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If you have a Samsung device,and you are not getting an ICS update,then sign this groubal ASAP people...
http://www.groubal.com/unavailabili...-various-samsung-android-devices-from-samsung
I am just sharing this groubal I am not the creator of it..
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nice.
I dont have Samsung but i've signed it for you
while I agree it could be nice to have an update, you should keep in mind that ICS or not it doesn't change much... I mean, the SGS II got the update and with the touchwiz and all you can barely see the difference. Plus your phone won't get any faster so... Better hope for a custom ICS ROM for your phone than from Samsung
signed!!
Signed.. Rediculous.. ICS was released in December, it's April, and still there is no Update.. And even if there would be one.. with the damn ugly TouchWizz
On Samsung you will always get touchwiz..its not a nexus its not android sorry.. but I signed it for you
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ray3andrei said:
On Samsung you will always get touchwiz..its not a nexus its not android sorry.. but I signed it for you
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True, if I knew more about Android, I would make another choice.
By the time they push the OTA update the next best thing will be out. Find a good Rom. Will benefit you more
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How many petition have we made? and do they really have any effect?
I did not want to mention a rival company, but Sony updated its entire Xperia line of 2011 to ICS, which means your competitors have realised that their customers don’t deserve to be frozen out.
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Actually, they just pushed back the release date for ICS recently. We were supposed to get it in mid-march, but the WT19i will get it around end of may/early june. I bought my SE WT19i because they promised the upgrade for ICS, but two weeks ago they mentioned that if they couldn't make their rom perfect, they would even skip the 2011 line, and give ICS only for the 2012 line.
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while I agree it could be nice to have an update, you should keep in mind that ICS or not it doesn't change much... I mean, the SGS II got the update and with the touchwiz and all you can barely see the difference. Plus your phone won't get any faster so... Better hope for a custom ICS ROM for your phone than from Samsung
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Also checked out the Jw4 value pack... meh. I liked the snap stills while recording feature, and the face lock with blink did sound great but execution was lack luster. My wife's GS2 phone seems to laggier on tw ICS than it was on tw GB.
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Executioner1337 said:
Actually, they just pushed back the release date for ICS recently. We were supposed to get it in mid-march, but the WT19i will get it around end of may/early june. I bought my SE WT19i because they promised the upgrade for ICS, but two weeks ago they mentioned that if they couldn't make their rom perfect, they would even skip the 2011 line, and give ICS only for the 2012 line.
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One one hand that sucks, but given what I saw on Sammy's Touchwiz version of ICS it could be for the best. Sorry have not played with the Xperia line, don't know how Sony UI is. They seemed a little more concerned with refinement. But all OEMs are dragging their feet on this.
evolsam said:
while I agree it could be nice to have an update, you should keep in mind that ICS or not it doesn't change much... I mean, the SGS II got the update and with the touchwiz and all you can barely see the difference. Plus your phone won't get any faster so... Better hope for a custom ICS ROM for your phone than from Samsung
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U r not getting the point ...when Samsung releases a rom or the libs , XDA devs can work full-on on custom roms like cm9,aokp etc ...no one cares for Samsung's roms we want the libs and some base ics rom to start off with...
Our cm9 port is yet to get a working camera and everyone is going crazy asking for ETAs
you know you are rooted when you use XDA more than FB
don't think that petition can solve the problem.... :-(
I have the Galaxy tab (first generation).
What Samsung said about Honeycomb: The size of the screen, 7''. (!?!?!?!?!?!?!?)
What Samsung said about ICS: Hardware. (!?!?!??!)
What I say for samsung: No more. Asus and Sony, wait for me.
PS: Samsung will do nothing, the only thing that wants is MONEY, MONEY AND A LOT OF MONEY.
True... At least they should release libs and files
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U r not getting the point ...when Samsung releases a rom or the libs , XDA devs can work full-on on custom roms like cm9,aokp etc ...no one cares for Samsung's roms we want the libs and some base ics rom to start off with...
Our cm9 port is yet to get a working camera and everyone is going crazy asking for ETAs
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You obviously have much better understanding then some of those who are new XDA, most likely because you own a device directly affected. Of course I and evolsam don't know all the nuances like you do. I myself only just noticed the SGS2 ICS ROMs are not as refined yet as the GSS ICS ROMs. The Galaxy S has had to port over most of the ROMs. Which has gone over quite well so why would it not seem like an answer for other Galaxy devices like the Ace and W. Barring an explainantion, the need for code source release in these cases is not something that is readily apparent.
Anyways I now know, and of course I'll sign, anything to aid the devs. That's all you needed to say or anyone needed to say. Maybe more like evolsam will then too.
Don't think that petition can solve the problem.... :-(
signed
signed but won't change anything
hi everyone
i am new to this and always will be.
I have searched the forums but i lack the attention or technical know how to digest the information. On YouTube there are videos that says "how to update any phone t jelly bean" but they all want you to contract to a prepaid service of some kind
When i had my iPhone i found websites where you just download this APP, double clicked it and it updated everything for you
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE must be able to develop a generic app which will update any phone no what size, configuration or OS is on it ... c'mon techies n geeks ya letting us all down
I am looking for something similar ... pls help me
PLS REPLY to me personally and not on the forum ... there's just too much info and threads and i can't make heads or tails of it
Many many thanks
There's no app that will update it for you sorry
Also what kind of phone do you own?
Depending on your phone there may be options to achieve and upgrade to jellybean via ROMs or possibly ota (depending on your phone)
A good step would to be root first as you'll need it to achieve custom ROMs and recovery options
Like I said first state your phone model etc
So we can help
P.s hit the thanks button!
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I didn't want to state my phone as i thought they were APPs out there that can update any phone to jelly bean
but the phone i have is the 5.3" blu studio phone
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There's no app that will update it for you sorry
Also what kind of phone do you own?
Depending on your phone there may be options to achieve and upgrade to jellybean via ROMs or possibly ota (depending on your phone)
A good step would to be root first as you'll need it to achieve custom ROMs and recovery options
Like I said first state your phone model etc
So we can help
P.s hit the thanks button!
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Got a model number to go with that? Also
I'll look into it for you after work see what I can do for you
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You can't update any phone to jellybean, too many devices to create a single solution. You also appear to have a non brand phone which makes the chances of having a jellybean ROM drop down to 4%
And... I doubt a third party app could even update the iPhone... without it being from Apple
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Yea I just searched ya phone it is unbranded
So the chances of a jb upgrade will be slim
In your case very slim but rooting will still be possible for you again I'll keep looking after work to try help you but don't get your hopes up for a jb upgrade
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hey many thanks man
i thought it was like a hard drive, u format it & put the new OS on ... job done
if u do upgrade jelly bean to the blu studio 5.3 then a lot of people will be very interested - the blu studio was quite popular
i'm not rich but i will pay you/contribute ... just give me your paypal name ...
as i said im not techie so i will need proof ...
whiteboi-hakz said:
Yea I just searched ya phone it is unbranded
So the chances of a jb upgrade will be slim
In your case very slim but rooting will still be possible for you again I'll keep looking after work to try help you but don't get your hopes up for a jb upgrade
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hey many thanks man
i thought it was like a hard drive, u format it & put the new OS on ... job done
if u do upgrade jelly bean to the blu studio 5.3 then a lot of people will be very interested - the blu studio was quite popular
i'm not rich but i will pay you/contribute ... just give me your paypal name ...
as i said im not techie so i will need proof ...
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The issue is the drivers, BLU is not a popular brand so the likelihood of a developer taking the time on the port is slim. Not to mention VERY time consuming on a device that has BROAD support. Typically devices like HTC, Samsung, Motorola (the ones that aren't Nand Locked) will receive ports fairly quickly, while obscure devices MAY never get them.
Now on with the specs. The BLU Studio 5.3 features a an ARMv6 CPU, clocked at 650MHz, a PowerVR SGX531 GPU, and 512MB of RAM. There is 200MB of built-in memory
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You may lack hardware support in all honesty, ICS is optimized for dual core devices, though it does run on the HTC EVO 4G (keep in mind that while this is a single core processor it is also a 1 GHz single core, and pretty powerful for a single core device)...If I were in your shoes I would either,
A) Buy a new phone, one that has more community support, if you want Jelly Bean, or
B) Find a bad a$$ Gingerbread ROM for the phone you have.
If a lot of people would be very interested perhaps they can learn to port JB...there are tutorials for the basic port.
Buying a new phone has always been an option for me but ...
there's not many 5inch+ phones out there that has dual sim options
this 5.3" blu motion phone does everything easy to use, great size and large screen for GPS and not to mention cheap as chips
I don't really care about the other bells n whistles i like a phone with a big screen
if someone gave me the iPhone5 i'd put it on eBay in a heart beat ...
... heavens knows why you would want a small phone ...
if anyone knows where i can get a 5inch+ phone with two or more sim slots and with JELLY BEAN
do let me know
ItzCrooK2UxD said:
The issue is the drivers, BLU is not a popular brand so the likelihood of a developer taking the time on the port is slim. Not to mention VERY time consuming on a device that has BROAD support. Typically devices like HTC, Samsung, Motorola (the ones that aren't Nand Locked) will receive ports fairly quickly, while obscure devices MAY never get them.
You may lack hardware support in all honesty, ICS is optimized for dual core devices, though it does run on the HTC EVO 4G (keep in mind that while this is a single core processor it is also a 1 GHz single core, and pretty powerful for a single core device)...If I were in your shoes I would either,
A) Buy a new phone, one that has more community support, if you want Jelly Bean, or
B) Find a bad a$$ Gingerbread ROM for the phone you have.
If a lot of people would be very interested perhaps they can learn to port JB...there are tutorials for the basic port.
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hey many thanks man
i thought it was like a hard drive, u format it & put the new OS on ... job done
if u do upgrade jelly bean to the blu studio 5.3 then a lot of people will be very interested - the blu studio was quite popular
i'm not rich but i will pay you/contribute ... just give me your paypal name ...
as i said im not techie so i will need proof ...
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No worrys me and my brother on the case
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I have that phone too.
But I bought it under the name 'Simvalley SPX-5'.
Mine is branded.
So is it possible to get Ice Cream Sandwich?
My brand is: yusu
Found it at 'BuildInfos'.
Just curious...What's the deal with the lack of development with our tab...specifically with the wifi version? Are the developers more interested in other tabs or what? Development just started to pick up and then went dead.
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Just curious...What's the deal with the lack of development with our tab...specifically with the wifi version? Are the developers more interested in other tabs or what? Development just started to pick up and then went dead.
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I'm not a developer but speaking strickly as a tablet user I can honestly say this is the first tablet I have owned where I had no desire to modify it in any way. This tablet functions just the way I want it too right out of the box.
So for me , lack of development has never been an issue.
Have to admit, even though I rooted so I could use Apps2SD, my Note is fairly perfect just the way it is.
It could be that they're waiting for jelly bean.
And yeah, the note is pretty much perfect the way it is.
I will say that I had the same problem with my note GT 7000 (the phone) having the perfect GUI.
It would be nice to see some fast kernels and slim Roms though. Maybe some themes.
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It would be nice to see some fast kernels and slim Roms though. Maybe some themes.
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+1. Exactly my point. ROMs arent always aosp. With our tab, because of the s pen functionality, its a given that custom stock roms would make more sense. But stock roms can always be slimmed down and tweaked.
I have asked a few devs if they could consider developing for the Note 10.1. And they have all asked they have a very tight schedeule but maybe later ( Indiemega) and another said about the same but he would be glad to help (Wanam) if i liked to develop myself. And its really no point in just building something thats no better or diffrent from stock. And that would be what i would have come up with, i dont have any skills to see what MOD or TWEAK would fit nice and that doesnt interfere with some other tweak. Lets just hope for the best and maybe when prices goes down in a couple of months the devs start coming.
I too don't pretty much have any issue in the way my Note 10.1 performs. It is already cool. Plus the promised JB update will make it even better. So why bother developing anything for something that's bound to get better in near future?
Let's wait and see and in the meantime enjoy our precious
Im going to say this again... theres always a need for development. No matter how good the stock rom is we as a community need custom roms. Lol
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I don't feel the need for this tablet... Just waiting for Jelly Beans!
Also can't wait for the Note II!
Develop for those that really need it.
this is the first tablet where i've had where stock is pretty damn good. great battery life, snappy processor, no real bugs... other than some apps i don't need this thing is great as is. even overclocking wouldn't make much of a difference in my usage.
still i'd probably flash a good JB rom when ever they start rolling out.
Devs come super handy when the product you like so mucho gets dropped officially, say goodbye to sweet potatoe pie 6.0, unless you upgrade the hardware.
dont burn bridges man, we need devs in the later years, no doubt.
This thread may interest some of you,
[PETITION] Let's get some Exynos sources!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925709
spreading the good word
Xperia M is getting android 4.3. Any news for Xperia L???
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...sony-xperia-m-preparing-for-imminent-release/
It's a good news Sony still remembers mid-rangers, But what about Xperia l??
That is only just testing first, if it pass, then sony will do the update, but if didn't, so it didn't...
Hope xperia l, m, and m dual will get at least 4.3
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Xperia L will get 4.3 if Xperia M gets the update..
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Xperia L will get 4.3 if Xperia M gets the update..
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But I'm fearing Sony for not updating our phones, too, because our phones' key selling point are camera experiences, take for example, xperia play, all 2011 xperia's are getting ics, but even xperia mini getting ics, sony said ics will slow their phones and also even for gaming, so I fear that our phones are for camera, so they will not give us the update
Hope I'm wrong
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But I'm fearing Sony for not updating our phones, too, because our phones' key selling point are camera experiences, take for example, xperia play, all 2011 xperia's are getting ics, but even xperia mini getting ics, sony said ics will slow their phones and also even for gaming, so I fear that our phones are for camera, so they will not give us the update
Hope I'm wrong
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Sony has great misconception that our phone is their camera expertise in a smartphone..
Hope they've understood their mistake from response from customers..
Regarding ICS update for 2011 Xperia series.. It is because the heaviness of 4.0 compared to 2.3 Sony said that it will slow down their devices..
4.3 and 4.2 have a very small amount of difference.. And it won't slow down our phone ..
Maybe Sony is thinking of directly updating our phone to Kitkat as there is no major difference between 4.2 and 4.3..
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saurabh007 said:
Sony has great misconception that our phone is their camera expertise in a smartphone..
Hope they've understood their mistake from response from customers..
Regarding ICS update for 2011 Xperia series.. It is because the heaviness of 4.0 compared to 2.3 Sony said that it will slow down their devices..
4.3 and 4.2 have a very small amount of difference.. And it won't slow down our phone ..
Maybe Sony is thinking of directly updating our phone to Kitkat as there is no major difference between 4.2 and 4.3..
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Yeah mine are the same views, about a direct KitKat update.
Its also logical, I will explain......
For Xperia M, this might be a last update! Yeah I am telling right, it is bit more towards the lower end and so like the previous low end phones getting 4.1 as last update, it might see only till Android 4.3.(Although Kitkat is supported by low end devices but Sony will be busy with its large range of products on update list)
And Xperia L on bit towards mid range that makes it sure that atleast 4.4 will be a last update, as the device has been getting just bug fixes to 4.2 from last 5-6 months,
if Sony gives 4.3 it will take time and may(if it does) give 4.4 update late and might cause XL to go out of standard 18 month update window,
so not willing to make XL customers unhappy, they are more likely to update to 4.4 directly.
All this are just assumptions so take with a pinch of salt
P.S - And BTW I have been contacting Sony Developer World devs directly and I showed my concern regarding all this matters and they are surely looking towards solving these issues positively.
Not confirmation but they atleast gave me assurance that they will look into a direct 4.4 update for XL.
Thanks for reading.
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Yeah mine are the same views, about a direct KitKat update.
Its also logical, I will explain......
For Xperia M, this might be a last update! Yeah I am telling right, it is bit more towards the lower end and so like the previous low end phones getting 4.1 as last update, it might see only till Android 4.3.(Although Kitkat is supported by low end devices but Sony will be busy with its large range of products on update list)
And Xperia L on bit towards mid range that makes it sure that atleast 4.4 will be a last update, as the device has been getting just bug fixes to 4.2 from last 5-6 months,
if Sony gives 4.3 it will take time and may(if it does) give 4.4 update late and might cause XL to go out of standard 18 month update window,
so not willing to make XL customers unhappy, they are more likely to update to 4.4 directly.
All this are just assumptions so take with a pinch of salt
P.S - And BTW I have been contacting Sony Developer World devs directly and I showed my concern regarding all this matters and they are surely looking towards solving these issues positively.
Not confirmation but they atleast gave me assurance that they will look into a direct 4.4 update for XL.
Thanks for reading.
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That is kind of logical explanation.. :good:
Many months on and still no significant update for this supposed 'mid range' handset with an aggressive carrier bootloader lock policy. I am so utterly disgusted by Sony for dropping all support for this handset early that I will never buy a Sony handset again. Its no wonder they only ever report losses when they offer this quality of service.
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Many months on and still no significant update for this supposed 'mid range' handset with an aggressive carrier bootloader lock policy. I am so utterly disgusted by Sony for dropping all support for this handset early that I will never buy a Sony handset again. Its no wonder they only ever report losses when they offer this quality of service.
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please provide the link of this news
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please provide the link of this news
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What? Its not news, its fact. No 4.4 is insulting, no 4.3, which the Xperia M has and is a virtually identical handset, is disgusting. Aggressive carrier boot loader lock means users who purchased through carriers can't even update the software themselves. As such, there is little to no active development team here beyond a few loyal enthusiasts. Compare that with the Samsung series phones, which all have complex active communities, this phone is dead. No real updates, no support. Released April 2013, release, dump, move on and screw anybody who bought the thing. The xperia L could have been the definitive mid-range handset, but instead they have treated it like dirt. And what did Sony, in their infinite wisdom give us? AOSP sources with broken bluetooth and GPS. Geewiz, thanks Sony.
My Mother-in-laws carrier purchased Samsung S3 mini is smoothly running KitKat,
My Old phone, a 1st generation ZTE blade released the end of 2010 still has an active CM11 maintainer.
thats how insane this situation is.
Yeah, you're saying right.. We have only one major update.. from 4.1 to 4.2. They released broken AOSP source. Okay, our great developer Varun.chitre15 and other devs fixed it. But what about people with locked bootloader? Anyway, I think for many users this will be last smartphone from Sony.
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Yeah, you're saying right.. We have only one major update.. from 4.1 to 4.2. They released broken AOSP source. Okay, our great developer Varun.chitre15 and other devs fixed it. But what about people with locked bootloader? Anyway, I think for many users this will be last smartphone from Sony.
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No 4.4 is insulting, no 4.3, which the Xperia M has and is a virtually identical handset, is disgusting.
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Even Sony Xperia E1, a phone with a 1,2 GHz dual core processor yet only 512 MBs of RAM is running 4.3 and according to their website (at least in my country), there's a Kit Kat update planned for it. Why can the E1 handle 4.3 (and possibly 4.4 too) and the L not? Because of a slightly faster processor? I don't even know what their excuses are anymore
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Even Sony Xperia E1, a phone with a 1,2 GHz dual core processor yet only 512 MBs of RAM is running 4.3 and according to their website (at least in my country), there's a Kit Kat update planned for it. Why can the E1 handle 4.3 (and possibly 4.4 too) and the L not? Because of a slightly faster processor? I don't even know what their excuses are anymore
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I read somewhere that sony said how xperia L wasn't strong enough to support kitkat roms.
LOL in their faces.
No comment....
Other then slick design they really have nothing else to offer for their mid range devices.
Its a shame.....and dissapointment.
We won't be getting kitkat update for xperia L.....its final.
I know that Sony have not been the best at updating their mid range devices but if you look on the bright side; the people who can unlock their bootloaders have official cm thanks to varun. Also there is amazing development going on for our device. But the people who can't unlock their bootloaders, they have every right to complain. I am just sharing my opinion. Thanks.
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I know that Sony have not been the best at updating their mid range devices but if you look on the bright side; the people who can unlock their bootloaders have official cm thanks to varun. Also there is amazing development going on for our device. But the people who can't unlock their bootloaders, they have every right to complain. I am just sharing my opinion. Thanks.
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Sony should at least bring 4.3 (same as the M)
There is new rule in this life
" never buy Sony phone if the phone doesn't have good developers "
Sony update all z phones to KitKat and SP with them
That's mean one thing
Sony only care in money
They only care update expensive phones to make people buy them
i think sony developers team in the company must be changed
Thanks
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david makarove said:
There is new rule in this life
" never buy Sony phone if the phone doesn't have good developers "
Sony update all z phones to KitKat and SP with them
That's mean one thing
Sony only care in money
They only care update expensive phones to make people buy them
i think sony developers team in the company must be changed
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Agreed with that...:good:
Xda Dev r best.that's way we have stable kitkat.
We all have the right to complain when the almost same specced and even lower end device Xperia M gets a 4.3 update, while we're stuck with a version still full of the bugs that still hasn't been fixed. A very capable phone, but they are all too busy with the flagships and the new sh*tty new mid-range devices that doesn't really differentiate them from other OEMs.
to win money to buy a new phone, do not expect updates from Sony