Hi guys, seems sony is not going to support us and not going to update our phones to the latest Jelly bean android os. Looking around the thread i see the only problem with sony not updating to jb is with the drivers for jelly bean for our phones, i also found out that making the drivers is not a impossible task but a very hard one ( seems X8 has no problem running JB as devstaff said ). I on behalf of all the owners of 2011 xperia devices kindly request all the great developers here in this forum to join togeather to develope drivers for these devices, pls guys help us keep our great phone RAY up-to date.
As far as I know it's NOT an impossible task (because nothing is impossible), but our developers have to deal with reverse engineering and believe me concerning drivers it's a very complicated thing. Too much effort and time put with minimal or no gain at all.
I remember WM 6.5 ROMS for HTC Touch HD whose support was so quickly dropped by HTC and we, simple folk, didn't get the desired 6.5 update. So there were cooks and lot's of 6.5 Blackstone ROMS but, as genius as they were, developers didn't manage to get them work full throttle because, guess what, of them blasted drivers!
So the answer to your question is probably "no"..
am i missing the point of this thread?
there is CyanogenMod 10 jb which supports well most 2011 handsets - CyanogenMod the best you can have on the xperia ray.
i too have an xperia ray and was very unhappy with the original Sony bloat - the phone constantly crashed, rebooted, froze up - you name it, it made no fun at all. after throwing it around out of anger, i put myself together and installed CyanogenMod 9 at first, all previous errors were gone spontaneously. now a month or two ago i started to move to CyanogenMod 10 and guess what, it works great - running android 4.1.2. i'm anxious to install the latest fxp146 which will be online soon.
you can find the stuff here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409053
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As far as I know it's NOT an impossible task (because nothing is impossible), but our developers have to deal with reverse engineering and believe me concerning drivers it's a very complicated thing. Too much effort and time put with minimal or no gain at all.
I remember WM 6.5 ROMS for HTC Touch HD whose support was so quickly dropped by HTC and we, simple folk, didn't get the desired 6.5 update. So there were cooks and lot's of 6.5 Blackstone ROMS but, as genius as they were, developers didn't manage to get them work full throttle because, guess what, of them blasted drivers!
So the answer to your question is probably "no"..
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Xperia X8 support stopped with 2.1, but they have jelly bean, so it's not impossible as you say. If the developers wish they could do it for ray too.
thyssen2k said:
am i missing the point of this thread?
there is CyanogenMod 10 jb which supports well most 2011 handsets - CyanogenMod the best you can have on the xperia ray.
i too have an xperia ray and was very unhappy with the original Sony bloat - the phone constantly crashed, rebooted, froze up - you name it, it made no fun at all. after throwing it around out of anger, i put myself together and installed CyanogenMod 9 at first, all previous errors were gone spontaneously. now a month or two ago i started to move to CyanogenMod 10 and guess what, it works great - running android 4.1.2. i'm anxious to install the latest fxp146 which will be online soon.
you can find the stuff here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409053
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Ya man CM is awesome, but it dosen't contain the awesome picture quality of the sony ics camera, there was a picture preview glitch in CM. I'm saying that it would be great if developers could make the drivers for ray and make a debrand engine of sony jb version it will be fuc**in awesome thats all mate.
Well. Only sony has to do this. No developer is able to build drivers. We can port ones as FXP do. And see what is haappening. You dont ahve a full working and cool JB. SO you will never will. There is no engineer that knows sonys hardware and would like to be part of xda and share. No possible way
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Well. Only sony has to do this. No developer is able to build drivers. We can port ones as FXP do. And see what is haappening. You dont ahve a full working and cool JB. SO you will never will. There is no engineer that knows sonys hardware and would like to be part of xda and share. No possible way
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Then can you tell me how xperia x8 having only 600mhz processor runs jelly bean so smoothly, with its software support stopped by sony in android 2.1 foryo. There is a way, the devolpoers could do it, i personally think if the FXP,AOKP,PA join hands they could do it
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Then can you tell me how xperia x8 having only 600mhz processor runs jelly bean so smoothly, with its software support stopped by sony in android 2.1 foryo. There is a way, the devolpoers could do it, i personally think if the FXP,AOKP,PA join hands they could do it
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It seems you do not fully understand how drivers are developed. And with x8 devs were just lucky to get hands on something similar which they adapted for this xperia model. Hell, you can have legendary HTC HD2 running Android and WP7 smoothly but you won't find not a single driver created from the ground up by our XDA tech gurus! So I repeat, what you suggest is very complex and most likely impossible.
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Then can you tell me how xperia x8 having only 600mhz processor runs jelly bean so smoothly, with its software support stopped by sony in android 2.1 foryo. There is a way, the devolpoers could do it, i personally think if the FXP,AOKP,PA join hands they could do it
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Well for us jelly bean is smooth too but when it's not fully useful and it freezes a lot. For x8 its the same
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We need good devs, like Nobodyatall to help us port drivers and more.
Maybe we should start a donation to Naa to help us? Cuz nAa is a superior dev, he made 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, 4.1 for the X8, and the X8 only runs eclair on stock.
Is my idea good? Should we ask nAa for help?
Another idea is to port DesireHD roms because the HW is almost the same, or maybe Xperia J?
Nothing is impossible, we just need good developers thats good at working with drivers.
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devstaff said:
We need good devs, like Nobodyatall to help us port drivers and more.
Maybe we should start a donation to Naa to help us? Cuz nAa is a superior dev, he made 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, 4.1 for the X8, and the X8 only runs eclair on stock.
Is my idea good? Should we ask nAa for help?
Another idea is to port DesireHD roms because the HW is almost the same, or maybe Xperia J?
Nothing is impossible, we just need good developers thats good at working with drivers.
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If you're really willing to put some effort into it, go for it! Ask Naa and see what he says. I bet he'll also have useful information when it comes to porting :good:
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Well for us jelly bean is smooth too but when it's not fully useful and it freezes a lot. For x8 its the same
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Jelly in my devices is superb, better game performance, better battery live, ect, all whit stock GHZ speed, no need to overclock on JB. :fingers-crossed:
devstaff said:
We need good devs, like Nobodyatall to help us port drivers and more.
Maybe we should start a donation to Naa to help us? Cuz nAa is a superior dev, he made 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, 4.1 for the X8, and the X8 only runs eclair on stock.
Is my idea good? Should we ask nAa for help?
Another idea is to port DesireHD roms because the HW is almost the same, or maybe Xperia J?
Nothing is impossible, we just need good developers thats good at working with drivers.
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ya thats a nice idea dude, surely we can ask him, +! from me :good:
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If you're really willing to put some effort into it, go for it! Ask Naa and see what he says. I bet he'll also have useful information when it comes to porting :good:
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finally we are getting someplace, soon a proper jb for our ray
Ok, I contact nAa later today
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good man, any other developers who could help us willing to join this project ??
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Okay guys,
All of us know about the imminent ICS update that our phones are receiving/will receive. Users of Ray, Neo V and Arc S have already the chance to upgrade to 4.0 version of the little robot.
But, after reading reviews or watching videos, i can notice that there are many voices of displeasure about the update. Phones getting slower, battery drains, HD games lagging or just not working...
What do you think:
-In this month, Will Sony develop a reworked version of the update (fixing all bugs described), releasing it for first time for the next phones in the list -XM, XMP, LWW, Arc, Neo, Pro-, and also for the phones that have already received the first update?
-What will you do? Will you update and keep ICS? Will you just test? Or you will stay on GB?
More info will be appreciated (official news, ...)
sorry for my english
This should not be a problem.
If you dont like the official ics roms, you can always go back to stock gb.
Or just make a custom ics roms based on the official ics.
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well.
Well man as i am a user o xperia NEO V and had this update,I think that it does not worth it...it is laggier/some apps not working and the overall speed of my phone had ruined..Not that much,but as i play HD games, I can feel the difference...Finally,it is useful that games based on orientation are not working on my ICS NEO V,but were working smoothly on GingerBread ICS neo v!
Conlcusively,as i have unlocked the bootloader of my second phone XperiaMiniPRO and tried ICS on beta stage...i think that this small screen is not for ics...Gingerbread is more smooth,better,better and better
I dont think that SONY will fix these bugs for now,i cant predict for summer but I really hope!
Izzy Stinson said:
This should not be a problem.
If you dont like the official ics roms, you can always go back to stock gb.
Or just make a custom ics roms based on the official ics.
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Thread closed? you would be kidding hehehe
This is opinion, GENERAL discussion about our devices. This topic concerns to all of us. It's OBVIOUS that BETTER ICS custom roms will exist after the release of the update. Please give more mature opinions
About djnik7... I think, would ICS run faster on the mdpi devices? i think, as the screen resolution is smaller than the Neo V, Ray, etc., the processor has to deal with less graphics to run...
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Thread closed? you would be kidding hehehe
This is opinion, GENERAL discussion about our devices. This topic concerns to all of us. It's OBVIOUS that BETTER ICS custom roms will exist after the release of the update. Please give more mature opinions
About djnik7... I think, would ICS run faster on the mdpi devices? i think, as the screen resolution is smaller than the Neo V, Ray, etc., the processor has to deal with less graphics to run...
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alright then my opinion is, the official ics will not run any better on our devices. although im still not sure because we havent even taste it yet.
but due to other xperia users who has has experienced ics, most of them complaining about it, like slow fps, high usage of battery and ram and that kind of stuff but yet im still not sure,
because who knows ics made for lww, xmp xm or active are probably different than ics that are already came to ray, neo v, arc s and it could probably be even better.
so our bet is just wait and try it for ourself
if one not satisfy of its performance, just wait for an updates 2.4.2, 2.4.4 and so on or just go back to stock gb 2.3 or maybe wait for someone make an ics roms that are based on the official ics.
Will certainly test ICS, after that we will see.
A small note to previous user: ICS is Android 4.0, not 2.4
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Someguyfromhell said:
Will certainly test ICS, after that we will see.
A small note to previous user: ICS is Android 4.0, not 2.4
Sent from my Xperia Live using xda premium.
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my mistake, i have been confused about android version. so yeah ics is 4.0 not 2.4
Hey guys,
i would like to thank our developpers for the effort they make, especially for making the dream of having ICS on x10 a reality so thank you so much, it wouldn't be a reality without you..
as the new version of Android is out there, and a lot of Devs are very interested in porting it into their phones, so any chance that interests our great devs to port it to the old modest x10?
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Hey guys,
i would like to thank our developpers for the effort they make, especially for making the dream of having ICS on x10 a reality so thank you so much, it wouldn't be a reality without you..
as the new version of Android is out there, and a lot of Devs are very interested in porting it into their phones, so any chance that interests our great devs to port it to the old modest x10?
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i'm very interesting to port 4.1 on xperia x10 but i'm noob....so there are SOME very very very very very very very good developers for this phone xD ..... I will wait for their fantastic work, hoping to get to Jelly Bean
Raschild6 said:
i'm very interesting to port 4.1 on xperia x10 but i'm noob....so there are SOME very very very very very very very good developers for this phone xD ..... I will wait for their fantastic work, hoping to get to Jelly Bean
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I doubt it.
Till now we haven't been able to port ICS completely. The AOKP is project still in progress. We are miles, miles away from JB.
Moreover, the 'Project Butter' in JB uses 60FPS throughout the UI, which our phone just won't support, even with all the mods & tweaks. Sorry if I'm busting that rosy dream bubble, but it's wiser to be practical...
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I doubt it.
Till now we haven't been able to port ICS completely. The AOKP is project still in progress. We are miles, miles away from JB.
Moreover, the 'Project Butter' in JB uses 60FPS throughout the UI, which our phone just won't support, even with all the mods & tweaks. Sorry if I'm busting that rosy dream bubble, but it's wiser to be practical...
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yes .. unfortunately
John Cooper, UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, has been taking questions from customers on Facebook and, perhaps inadvertently, revealed that both the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S and Xperia mini pro will not receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update.
We have been waiting for Sony to make an official statement on their Jelly Bean upgrade plans and this is the first concrete news we have on the matter. The Xperia arc S was the highest specced 2011 Sony Xperia handset, so if this handset isn’t getting it we can conclude that none of the other Xperia handsets from the 2011 range will get the update either. However, the 2012 Xperia range do look likely to get the update, although timing remains an unknown right now.
Its funny that many of the 2012 Xperia handsets have lower specs than the 2011 models. It sux! anw, we can hope for a developer to port JB for 2011 Xperia lineup. & Cynomod10 is coming with JB
Credit goes to www.xperiablog.net
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/07/26/official-2011-sony-xperia-handsets-will-not-get-android-4-1-jelly-bean/
They have made a mistake
Xperia 2011 handets should have had that minor upgrade to Jelly Bean, especially given the performance issues. Also, it means those handsets are stuck permanently on 2.6 Linux kernel, unless one goes the custom ROMs way. Thankfully, Cyanogenmod devs are supporting Xperia Mini Pro, so I am starting on a quest to root my SK17i.
Jelly Bean would be slow on our phones if official update was done. Sony will push own Timescape UI inside instead of Butter UI, so we don't get any performance improvements in UI.
It's a shame, but it was expected...
Yeah, i also expect 2012 xperias will probably get Jelly Bean update around this time next year (+/- couple months), just before Key Lime Pie comes out
Someguyfromhell said:
Jelly Bean would be slow on our phones if official update was done. Sony will push own Timescape UI inside instead of Butter UI, so we don't get any performance improvements in UI.
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but google successfully made JB for nexus S right? it has the same specs as the xperia 2011 lineup sooo sad
Someguyfromhell said:
Jelly Bean would be slow on our phones if official update was done. Sony will push own Timescape UI inside instead of Butter UI, so we don't get any performance improvements in UI.
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I wonder....
does anyone remember Xperia x10i? the funniest was they came from Donut 1.6 to GingerBread 2.3. they've got 3 official FW update.. and me guess we still have a chance.. Our device is not low range since we have 512 ram inside. and some of Xperia 2012 family also have the same type.
I was expecting this. They won't update 2011 xperia phones to JB. But they will update 2012 xperias. If I buy another phone, it won't be a Sony. Maybe a Nexus 7 but not a Sony. I was very disappointed with the ICS update. Can't imagine a JB for our phones, maybe to slow...
Long live to Gingerbread! xD
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Jelly Bean would be slow on our phones if official update was done. Sony will push own Timescape UI inside instead of Butter UI, so we don't get any performance improvements in UI.
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I dont't think Timescape has anything to do with Butter
Anyway, I'm not surprised, but they could change their minds if community presses them enough. As I remember, HTC upgraded Desire to GB even though they said phone was underpowered (for sense bloatware).
I smell some "business politic" here from sony.
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I wasn't really expecting that our 2011 Xperia phones would get 4.1. But I'm going to flash a custom rom when it's available
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who cares about their update...cyanogenmod 10 alpha has rolled out..have to tell its much more faster than GB..wait for fue for days l get the beta version of bug free ...just waiting to get beta cm10.
The thing is that to be able to create stable custom roms you need support from the manufacturer. Without proper source code or hardware drivers/libraries that suit the new OS developers have to tack everything together which greatly increases the chances of bugs.
IMHO the least thing Sony could do is provide a proper hardware layer to developers to give them a solid base to work from. Nobody really needs the Sony customisations anyway so they could actually save a lot of development time there.
Personally I'd wish all android phones came with AOSP, like what Apple and Microsoft do. It saves the manufacturers a lot of development and opens the way for more frequent/longer OS updates.
All hope of custom rom
**** Sony, where's Ericsson when we need him?
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The thing is that to be able to create stable custom roms you need support from the manufacturer. Without proper source code or hardware drivers/libraries that suit the new OS developers have to tack everything together which greatly increases the chances of bugs.
IMHO the least thing Sony could do is provide a proper hardware layer to developers to give them a solid base to work from. Nobody really needs the Sony customisations anyway so they could actually save a lot of development time there.
Personally I'd wish all android phones came with AOSP, like what Apple and Microsoft do. It saves the manufacturers a lot of development and opens the way for more frequent/longer OS updates.
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Correct.
Nicely Explained Brother:good:
Here is example!
1.Bravia Engine wont work without proper supported lib files
2.Same will happen with xLoud
But we can force SONY to give us JB update
If majority of all the customers keep on telling them about the update for 2011 Family, after all customers are the only strength of any COMPANY
What say guys?
Yeah yeah yeah! As what I have expected from SONY!
Come on guys! This isnt the first time so stop relying on this b*llsh*t company. We have the developers here and they are even better than those "INCOMPETENT" developers from Sony.
So stop crying over spilled milk and just wait for JB port to our devices :good:
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Come on guys! This isnt the first time so stop relying on this b*llsh*t company. We have the developers here and they are even better than those "INCOMPETENT" developers from Sony.
So stop crying over spilled milk and just wait for JB port to our devices :good:
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Well... There is
And i agree, Not only the developers here are better, they also keep updating us with Alpha, Nightly and Beta builds all the time, and they're also open for suggestions
I don't know why people keel slagging off Sony as a company?
Personally I buy an SE phone for the hardware (who else makes a tiny phone with a useable hardware keyboard?) while knowing you can optimise the thing to personal taste by modding the firmware and using apps.
As for updates the Mini Pro got 200% of what it's predecessor got (the X10 Mini Pro which only got Eclair).
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very sad news for xperia 2011 series, but im now testing CyanogenMod10 Alpha rom in lww but its have lot of bugs hope it will fix soon
And I was right! 4.1 probably coming after all!
We are actively investigating Android OS upgrades for all devices, but in the meantime, our Ice Cream Sandwich rollout for Xperia S and 2011 Xperia smartphones continues as planned.
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WHY doesnt xperia S get some roms and kernelS?
Other devices like , Arc and Arc S , have ton of roms , but xperia S doesnt
Even xperia mini has alot of roms , why is xperia S so limited??
its because the S is to new and the devs are limited at time... it will change in the near future
Who cares about the amount? It´s all about the quality in my opinion. Having FXP working hard on both cm9 aswell as cm10, we sure have that. MIUI is allso a high quality rom, that is extreamly smooth and still have most of the usefull stock apps, best of all it works those that don´t want to unlock their bootloader.
If you could have 10 OK kernels or 1 great kernel, which would you go for?
I'd prefer the one.
And by the way, you don't count development support with the amount of ROMs and kernels, you count it by the quality of ROMs and kernels
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What ROMs do you want? No one whining about quantity managed to answer this question before.
Thankful for what is there.
YousifNael said:
WHY doesnt xperia S get some roms and kernelS?
Other devices like , Arc and Arc S , have ton of roms , but xperia S doesnt
Even xperia mini has alot of roms , why is xperia S so limited??
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...and it took almost a year before the lot of ROM's showed up for the ARC and at that time I bought the S.
Quality of FXP is high
They released cm10 very fast and got most of the things working.
Sent from my Xperia S
Arvid719 said:
Who cares about the amount? It´s all about the quality in my opinion. Having FXP working hard on both cm9 aswell as cm10, we sure have that. MIUI is allso a high quality rom, that is extreamly smooth and still have most of the usefull stock apps, best of all it works those that don´t want to unlock their bootloader.
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I found cm9 to have problems with the brightness , its low even when its on the highest level ,and cm10 doesnt have a camera app , i really need camera , i know miui is cool , but i want more stuff ... :fingers-crossed:
the stuff will come... CM9 is Stable, for GB the KA Rom is great, ICS and JB is just beginning with developing, they are a couple of great kernels... for that SXS has not much users like HTC oder Samsung devices, and just a couple of active Developers... its great what the do - and as i said, the device is relative new, and in the future there will give a lot of cool stuff - i mean, the SXS is official CM and MIUI supportet - that means a Long Tearm Support
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What ROMs do you want? No one whining about quantity managed to answer this question before.
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Parnoid android , a working aokp , something JB and fully working , if i could make roms on windows , i would have tried to make some ...
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Parnoid android , a working aokp , something JB and fully working , if i could make roms on windows , i would have tried to make some ...
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I'll have AOKP ICS for you in a week. Paranoid porting is on the way. JB fully working depends on Sony.
There is much development for the XS.. there are 3 good kernels 2 fully working stockbased roms, CM9,CM10 ... Aokp is coming what do you want? Do you want the best rom ever seen in just one day? that wouldnt ever happen because developers are not better than other people and the most have a job or anything else
Hello guys, i had sony live with walkman, but he broke.
Now, i liked xperia sola, but, on XDA xperia sola development have little custom roms, so, with the arrival of ics on sola, roms will emerge as there are on other devices? like xperia ray, live with walkman and others that have much custom roms...
sorry by my english...
In next time CM9.1 will come to our sola For sure in Future will come more Developing for the sola i think, but not as much as for the XperiaRay or the XperiaS :/ The XperiaS is widespread and the sola not, it's more a "low active" device i think but ROM's are not all! The important think is that you have a smartphone which you really like and not a smartphone with that you can change everyday to a new ROM!
And sorry for my bad English
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In next time CM9.1 will come to our sola For sure in Future will come more Developing for the sola i think, but not as much as for the XperiaRay or the XperiaS :/ The XperiaS is widespread and the sola not, it's more a "low active" device i think but ROM's are not all! The important think is that you have a smartphone which you really like and not a smartphone with that you can change everyday to a new ROM!
And sorry for my bad English
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Ok, you´re right, arriving the ICS on sola is already a great step i think... but, some good custom rom´s are also great...
Do not go for it. Buy any other brand. The development for U,P and Sola is like zero. Even after ICS i don't think there'll be any good development. Go for sAmsung device. I know they're ugly and all but the development is awesome.
Tapatalked !!
Rapier07 said:
Do not go for it. Buy any other brand. The development for U,P and Sola is like zero. Even after ICS i don't think there'll be any good development. Go for sAmsung device. I know they're ugly and all but the development is awesome.
Tapatalked !!
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Nonsense !
There is no sense in developing for GB because ICS is right behind the corner.
After getting ICS there will be plenty of ROM's ! U and P are the same phone, only differences are screen size and ram therefore every rom that comes to P can be ported to U in no time.
Samsung devices are crap in matters of build quality.
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Do not go for it. Buy any other brand. The development for U,P and Sola is like zero. Even after ICS i don't think there'll be any good development. Go for sAmsung device. I know they're ugly and all but the development is awesome.
Tapatalked !!
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This is my fear... i gonna think about it... thanks
nathan96 said:
Nonsense !
There is no sense in developing for GB because ICS is right behind the corner.
After getting ICS there will be plenty of ROM's ! U and P are the same phone, only differences are screen size and ram therefore every rom that comes to P can be ported to U in no time.
Samsung devices are crap in matters of build quality.
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Yeah? I have a galaxy s i9000 right with me atm. A 2010 phone, running JB perfectly! So yeah for me its way better than my 2012 PoS xperia U!
And fyi i said that because the u,p and Sola are based on a completely new board. The development isn't guaranteed.
Tapatalked !!
nathan96 said:
Nonsense !
There is no sense in developing for GB because ICS is right behind the corner.
After getting ICS there will be plenty of ROM's ! U and P are the same phone, only differences are screen size and ram therefore every rom that comes to P can be ported to U in no time.
Samsung devices are crap in matters of build quality.
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OK man, you think xperia sola will be many custon rom´s after ICS? I´m still a lot of fear about launch custon roms on sola, because i like custom roms... but i need a new smartphone and de xperia sola is very good phone.... cost X benefit
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Yeah? I have a galaxy s i9000 right with me atm. A 2010 phone, running JB perfectly! So yeah for me its way better than my 2012 PoS xperia U!
And fyi i said that because the u,p and Sola are based on a completely new board. The development isn't guaranteed.
Tapatalked !!
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Who are you trying to **** ? the Sgs I JB is a LITE DE-MODED version !! It's nothing like FULL JB or even ICS !
toninsc said:
OK man, you think xperia sola will be many custon rom´s after ICS? I´m still a lot of fear about launch custon roms on sola, because i like custom roms... but i need a new smartphone and de xperia sola is very good phone.... cost X benefit
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If you like it, buy it. There will be plenty of Roms.
Same happened with my Atrix. came to a NEW board and now its highly developed
Good luck !
I just got the xperia U today, awesome phone !
I own a galaxy note and yes the development in that board is astounding. With the Sola, I'd wait til ICS comes out and see if development picks up, if it's that important to you. I got a Sola as a backup device and I can tell you that I'm extremely happy with it. For my requirements, it's very reliable and cost effective. It runs games and apps flawlessly. temple run doesn't lag! Lol
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nathan96 said:
Who are you trying to **** ? the Sgs I JB is a LITE DE-MODED version !! It's nothing like FULL JB or even ICS !
If you like it, buy it. There will be plenty of Roms.
Same happened with my Atrix. came to a NEW board and now its highly developed
Good luck !
I just got the xperia U today, awesome phone !
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Xperia U is nice, but doesn´t have micro sd slot, i put many musics, videos and games... só because that i prefer the sola...
I think I'll risk buying the xperia sola. I´m not a maniac chance rom, but, I like to put roms that improve the performance, add to quick panel, for example...
Thank you for all answers...
toninsc said:
Xperia U is nice, but doesn´t have micro sd slot, i put many musics, videos and games... só because that i prefer the sola...
I think I'll risk buying the xperia sola. I´m not a maniac chance rom, but, I like to put roms that improve the performance, add to quick panel, for example...
Thank you for all answers...
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The last time i use a custom rom is on my x10 mini .
For me the custom rom is for those phone which cant get official update .
I don care about the fancy UI thing as you already can do it by installing launcher pro etc
The ICS on xperia P which using same chip with sola is running more than decent .
So it probably does not need any custom rom at all . At most some clean version of stock rom without bloatware .
Just my opinion .
IF...
if you want to have your phone updated as fast as it can be you should buy google backed smartphone like galaxy nexus, companies using android are not to keen on making hasty updates to already sold phones so its better to stay close to the source of android development. If i could get my money back from my Sola i would do so and then i wouldn't hesitate to save some money and buy nexus or sgs II (which used in good shape are like 20-30% more expensive). I should know to not trust Sony in making the ideal phone for me (it was, on paper..) nevertheless its a good phone but in that price range its purchase ain't reasonable IMO.
Since I started using it there were no positive surprises, just the bad ones for ex. you can't make folders in the main app menu, I can't comprehend why on home screen folders can be created, but in app menu you can not make them so with a lot of apps its one giant mess. other trivial example is the Sony's ICS rollout, which is very sluggish and as far as Sola is considered i think it might be the last major update to its firmware.
For me its 5.5/10 in terms of overall satisfaction of owning it.
nathan96 said:
Who are you trying to **** ? the Sgs I JB is a LITE DE-MODED version !! It's nothing like FULL JB or even ICS !
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You should hold your horses player! With your comments till now i've understood that you Sir are an idiot!
He needed opinions and that's what i gave him and i'm sure you failed to understand that. And those stars you added in your comment, let me tell you i can show you a bright sky full of such stars! So watch it!
Tapatalked !!
Rapier07 said:
You should hold your horses player! With your comments till now i've understood that you Sir are an idiot!
He needed opinions and that's what i gave him and i'm sure you failed to understand that. And those stars you added in your comment, let me tell you i can show you a bright sky full of such stars! So watch it!
Tapatalked !!
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You're right, sorry...
we're cool ?
Guys let's keep it cool in here, shall we ?
BTW toninsc if you got the answer can I close this thread ?
No news for ICS yet for Sola and there is no custom roms available yet..
I'd better recommend you to go for any other device...
XperiaU said:
No news for ICS yet for Sola and there is no custom roms available yet..
I'd better recommend you to go for any other device...
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ICS for XU will come on 1st week on October! I dont know about sola.
So, U and Sola will get ICS!
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It seems OP got his answers. Thread closed.