Sony start rolling out Ice cream sandwich updates, and today, Xperia Ion has left the land of gingerbread. Xperia Ion’s ICS is now available to download directly from Sony. Android ICS has many new features including desktop mode, tabbed browsing and many more. For Xperia Ion users, the Android 4.0 update will provide faster Mobile Hotspot and Wi-Fi speed.
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Agent Albert: First up, the rollout plans for the Xperia NXT series (Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U) are progressing as planned. The first smartphone to be upgraded was the Xperia S, starting from the end of June. Then Xperia P followed, whilst Xperia U and Sola will receive it a little later in Q4.
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Hi there,
i'm sorry if there is another thread about that but i really didn't find it even i searched many hours!!! If there is already another one i would be grateful if you would give me the link to it.
My Question is as simple as short:
I've got a Sony Xperia Arc S (LT18i) and got the new official Android 4.0.3 realese. Everthing is fine except the UI of Sony Ericsson. Now i want to know if there is any way to get the "untouched" android 4 for my mobile phone as the one for Nexus. So: The Original Android 4 of Google without any themes, icons, branding just the necessary driver for the camera, mic, etc.
Maffin-Man
I wounder how is Sony Xperia Z updates proces to latest Android uppdates like 4.4.2 too 4.4.3 or 4.4.4 or too Android L.
Because I want too buy Z3 because iam tired of Samsung slow uppdates and blotware.
Skickat från Samsung Note 3
On z1 we have kitkat (4.4.4) for 6 and half Month now.
I guess this helps you.
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And on Z2 we're still on 4.4.2.
Sony have been pretty poor in the past with their update schedule and their lack of support for phones older than 1 year but I think they have improved a bit since I last owned my Xperia Ray ... I hope for timely updates on my Z3 when I get it, at least a years worth as I tend to upgrade annually anyway. HTC from my experience were just as bad, again I have no recent experience with any Sony phone to give a definitive answer.
With the new Nexus 6 and 9 presented today together with a new Android version, how soon can we expect that Sony updates its latest flagship devices? I have heard different stories about Sony's update speeds, and I hope that they are fast this time ironing bugs and giving their skin a visual up-lifting
Was just about to make a similar thread
Everyone excited about lollipop but I don't think Sony will update the z3 to lollipop anytime soon
It will be a minimum of at least 2 months after the motos or nexii
darkrai said:
Was just about to make a similar thread
Everyone excited about lollipop but I don't think Sony will update the z3 to lollipop anytime soon
It will be a minimum of at least 2 months after the motos or nexii
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2 months it's not much. Before it was 4-5..
So I hope for 2 months
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electrash said:
2 months it's not much. Before it was 4-5..
So I hope for 2 months
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Don't forget i said "at least"
darkrai said:
Don't forget i said "at least"
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I miss read this "at least"
If only we could have a Z3 with Stock Android!
Sony amazed everyone with android 4.4.4 updates to its Z series, even faster than Motorola.
Let's hope that the same thing would happen again with Lollipop ?
Hmmm... I guess I can't post URLs yet but Sony Blog had some good news:
You’ve probably seen Google unveil Android version 5.0; Lollipop…
Since the initial reveal of the Android “L” Developer Preview, we’ve seen lots of questions on our upgrade roadmap about our plans – so, here goes…
We’ll be making Sony Mobile’s Android “L” upgrade available for the entire premium Z series*: including Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1S, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3v, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact. Sony Z Ultra Google Play edition devices will be first up – we’ll be back with more details on that soon.
We’ll start the upgrade at beginning of 2015 for the core Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z2 series – continuing thereafter for all remaining devices above.
We’ve been working hard to bring this major update to as many of our Z Series devices as we can, as quickly as we can. We’re really excited about the new Sony features & functionality and the improvements we’ve made to the user experience – and we’ll be sharing more soon… so stay tuned to the blog and @SonyMobileNews for all the latest and greatest.
*Software rollouts are a phased process – timings & availability will vary by market/operator. Most models supported but some operator/market exceptions will apply
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Looks like we can expect it around the start of 2015. Good news
https://www.change.org/p/sony-xperia-l-update-to-android-4-4#invite
Here ! Please share this and don't say "They won't" !
jakubekw1997 said:
https://www.change.org/p/sony-xperia-l-update-to-android-4-4#invite
Here ! Please share this and don't say "They won't" !
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Signed :fingers-crossed::highfive:
signed
Singed i hope Sony Update My XL
They won't. People you need to understand, Sony had made the mistake of releasing too much devices (which in turn made them lose a lot of money). They also need to support these new devices despite causing them financial trouble. Their dev team would not be able to handle too much, that's why they cut support for the Xperia L and other mid-range and low-end devices for last year as well. Plus the fact that our Xperia L is an ODM device, that's why it has a lot of hardware issues no software can fix, most probably why they did not give us a 4.4 or at least 4.3 because they just can't solve these with software.
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They won't. People you need to understand, Sony had made the mistake of releasing too much devices (which in turn made them lose a lot of money). They also need to support these new devices despite causing them financial trouble. Their dev team would not be able to handle too much, that's why they cut support for the Xperia L and other mid-range and low-end devices for last year as well. Plus the fact that our Xperia L is an ODM device, that's why it has a lot of hardware issues no software can fix, most probably why they did not give us a 4.4 or at least 4.3 because they just can't solve these with software.
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make sense. that's is why at the time Xperia L for AOSP KitKat released by Sony, is just a "death flag" for us to get 4.4 or even 4.3.
itsjustJOH said:
They won't. People you need to understand, Sony had made the mistake of releasing too much devices (which in turn made them lose a lot of money). They also need to support these new devices despite causing them financial trouble. Their dev team would not be able to handle too much, that's why they cut support for the Xperia L and other mid-range and low-end devices for last year as well. Plus the fact that our Xperia L is an ODM device, that's why it has a lot of hardware issues no software can fix, most probably why they did not give us a 4.4 or at least 4.3 because they just can't solve these with software.
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I said , DON'T SAY THEY WON'T !!!
Stop denying the fact that this phone is discontinued. There's no Mid/Low end sony phone that have more than 2 android upgrades
Xperia L 4.1 > 4.2
Xperia M 4.1 > 4.3
Xperia M2 4.3 > 4.4
Xperia J 4.0 > 4.1
And so on
Admit it, THEY WON'T Do anything, or care about a small petition
TakuyaZ said:
Stop denying the fact that this phone is discontinued. There's no Mid/Low end sony phone that have more than 2 android upgrades
Xperia L 4.1 > 4.2
Xperia M 4.1 > 4.3
Xperia M2 4.3 > 4.4
Xperia J 4.0 > 4.1
And so on
Admit it, THEY WON'T Do anything, or care about a small petition
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Dont forget M Dual it became 4.2.2 and 4.3 to and started with android 4.1.2 so it had 2 Software updates
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Dont forget M Dual it became 4.2.2 and 4.3 to and started with android 4.1.2 so it had 2 Software updates
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M dual have no 4.1.2, it came with 4.2.2 out of the box
Hate to be this guy to give you this "truth" but I don't see Sony doing anything really to update Xperia L at all.
All your efforts would not suffice to change their minds.
I remember doing that for another device and regardless of how big our community grew in efforts to persuade Sony to give us another update but it didn't happen.
Sony has a very weird system of updating devices and there's no real thought given and usually their promises of updating for a year aren't kept either. They would simply stop " updates of a mid ranger" while update an older low end device with half the ram. And if asked why you can't update the device, they'd just say that the mid ranger wasn't good enough to run the new OS due to its limited memory.
And that's it. In recent year Sony is bracing for more losses than previously expected due to selling lesser mid range and low end phones. One of the factor being, very little and slow updates.
Sony needs to learn from Motorola which is updating its phones to lollipop which are not just old but also run on 512 mb ram.
I wish you all the best and I hope that I'm proved wrong by Sony but I don't see that happening at all.
I won't sign because simply they won't..our device is discontinued.. So no matter what we do..nothing will happen
Last year we have made a petition to update our phone to kitkat or jellybean 4.3 (Sony didn't announce that our xl is discontinued that time) but Sony didn't do anything.. And now you want them to respond to us after they have announced that our xl is discontinued?? Oh please
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No use
Many phones have been discountinued
For eg - xperia s with 4.1 last update
can it be possible?
Positive signs:
Well, I cannot assure nothing, but could be possible because Sony have an active AOSP development over 2014 Xperias (included E3). The thing here is we need to get official confirmation via blogs.sonymobile.com.
Negative signs:
Keep in mind that AOSP developing is not intended as a direct confirmation of lollipop. Is just for developers and bug chasers.
Positive signs:
For E3, there´s cm12 via free xperia team (FXP, stable and usable without camera) and an AOSP 5.0.2/5.1 filled of bugs to be not used daily (nothing works)
Currently, just mid range devices like Xperia C3 and T2 Ultra are going to taste lollipop officially (previously announced from Sony).
Negative signs:
For E1, E3, M2, M2 Aqua and T3 theres no official confirmation yet. I have serious doubts about E1 and E3 because sony consider them as low end or entry devices, and M2/ M2 Aqua and T3 are considered mid range devices.
Possitive signs:
In addition, E3, M2 and T3 are all hardware capable (1.2 Ghz+ of processor and 1 Gb RAM) to afford lollipop inside. Maybe even E1 can afford it, but i have my doubts due to hardware in it (just 512 Mb RAM).
Comparing our situation with Motorola, Moto E 2014 is closer to xperia E1/E3, Moto G 2013 is closer to Xperia E3 and XperiaM2/M2 aqua is compared to Moto G 2014. So, following that basis and thinking in the fact sony is the only company updating mid range devices at this time, so, in that basis is highly probable we can have lollipop (due to hardware capabilities).
Negative signs:
Now, if you think in Sony new devices, we are in danger to get obsolete. Look at 2015 mid range Xperias confirmed at this date: Xperia E4, E4g and M4 Aqua (maybe they ship with kitkat or lollipop). So, in order to motivate people to buy them, Sony can drop off their intentions to update the E3 and M2 references. You know, programated obsolescence. But theres a temporary relief: this new models are not fully dispersed around the world, and slow distribution can give time to sony guys to release official lollipop (and us) for give shape to cm12 in case of a negative answer from the japanese company.
Also, remember the false promess of sony to update Xperia SP, a 2013 mid range device that was hardware capable to get kitkat or even lolipop inside. That is an important background to keep in mind.
Now, Sony is working "very fast" in order to bring the new android experience for their devices. Soon or later, maybe we can taste lollipop. We should wait patiently until sony announces a good or a bad new for us.
In case sony confirm us positively, remember that D2002/2212 models update first, followed by LTE models (via ota, pc companion or via xperifirm-flashtool)
My final answer for you @Fliopp3rix is: theres uncertain. The answer is not "yes", is not "not", and is not "maybe"