Posted on 25/05/2012
Hello everyone. We’d like to bring you up to speed with recent developments in our Android 4.0 software rollout.
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 will be Xperia S, starting from the end of June. Then Xperia P will follow, whilst Xperia U will receive it a little later in Q3. As always we will keep you in the loop with the latest info as soon as we can.
For our 2011 range, as you know, we began our Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade with Xperia arc S, Xperia ray and Xperia neo V last month.
Now, we are happy to confirm that the remaining 2011 smartphones; Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia active and Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will start to receive their updates starting from next week.
This software upgrade will be Android version 4.0.4 and the good news is that this latest version will also be made available for Xperia arc S, Xperia ray and Xperia neo V users, who received Android 4.0.3 the first time around.
In regards to Xperia PLAY, after extensive in house testing with our developer teams and working with our partners, we have concluded that a consistent and stable experience, particularly with gaming, cannot be guaranteed for this smartphone on Ice Cream Sandwich – therefore, we will not make the Android 4.0 upgrade available for Xperia PLAY.
This decision was also verified when we received similar feedback from the developer community; both experienced developers and advanced users, along with game content providers following our ICS beta ROM for unlocked Xperia PLAY smartphones.
Our priority has and always will be, to provide the best possible user experience on Xperia smartphones. In this instance the ICS upgrade would have compromised stability, where we look to ensure a quality gaming experience with games optimized and developed for Xperia PLAY.
As always, feel free to drop us a comment or question below.
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Source: http://blogs.sonymobile.com/product...ream-sandwich-rollout-for-xperia-smartphones/
UPDATE 02/06/2012
Sony Mobile team is preparing the rollout, as on the Sony Support Forum, located at talk.sonymobile.com are being made topics for every phone, that will receive the update, with the SI numbers.
Rolling out to other devices is began, list is being updated daily.
Links to the topics:
Xperia Ray - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199350#199350 - 4.0.4 rolling out.
Xperia Arc S - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199360#199360 - 4.0.4 rolling out.
Xperia Neo V - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199356#199356 - 4.0.4 rolling out.
Xperia Neo - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199355#199355 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 19/6/2012
Xperia Arc - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199357#199357 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 21/6/2012
Xperia Pro - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199354#199354 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 21/6/2012
Xperia Mini Pro - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199353#199353 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 21/6/2012
Live with Walkman - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199753#199753 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 21/6/2012
Xperia Mini - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199352#199352 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 20/6/2012
Xperia Active - http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/199351#199351 - Lots of devices getting the update! - Last updated 18/6/2012
UPDATE 31/05/2012
More related to the topic, but just placing it here for people, who don't look to all pages.
Someguyfromhell said:
For all the people complaining about ICS being released to X devices.
Sony has exactly said, that
Now, we are happy to confirm that the remaining 2011 smartphones; Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia active and Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will start to receive their updates starting from next week.
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There is not said, that update is released to all devices to all regions during this week. The whole update project to named devices begins this week and lasts until they have done everything for devices receiving the update.
The whole team is in progress of uploading thousands of firmwares and now they also occured server problems probably due to massive uploading and downloading. It all takes long time.
And yes, they said end May/early June. It begon end May. They started like they said, what's the problem?
Now please, calm down, be a bit patient and stop spamming the topic. I know you are all excited and so impatient, but please, that's not a reason to spam. Go outside, have some fun, it is pointless to wait hours behind computer, waiting for the update, finally going to sleep without it. You can't miss the update, it will be available for long time.
When a update comes, then it will be announced/posted, I will update this topic when I see something new, on Sony forums the SI lists are updated when new firmwares are available etc.
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UPDATE 05/06/2012
I am without laptop for few days, I come back, forum is spammed with the whole ICS update. Seriously - spammed.
So many new topics about ICS, everyone posting that they got ICS update.
Yea, I know, most of you are so excited, but don't go spamming everywhere.
WT19, Live with Walkman, and SK17, Mini Pro, type phones are now receiving the update.
UPDATE 13/06/2012
Topic updated with a few stuff.
Live with Walkman, Xperia Mini Pro and Xperia Mini receiving the update from 2011 MDPI selection, Active users need to wait and "be active"
FTF FILE LIST - 4.1.B.0.431 firmware!
Files are in .7z format in order to make it as small as possible. Use 7-zip file manager to extract the .ftf file.
Live with Walkman - WT19i - http://www.mediafire.com/?xklhl2uk1itk0ey
Live with Walkman - WT19a - http://www.mediafire.com/?4t3mm7dvm01v3mh
Ray - ST18i - http://www.mediafire.com/?2j7i7rruqxnui3q
Neo V - MT11i - http://www.mediafire.com/?84d4w462qdfk44a
Arc - LT15i - http://www.mediafire.com/?pzr6phfd19xgbva
Mini - ST15 - http://www.mediafire.com/?wot47vumhstlc4h
Mini Pro - SK17i - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0bdx06zz5skvzt
Mini Pro - SK17a - http://www.mediafire.com/?9d2wcbfqly4lkf3
Pro - MK16i - http://www.mediafire.com/?8jdu5dkhlm4psoc
Arc S - LT18i - http://www.mediafire.com/?20z5t5tg3dgbugz
Neo - MT15 - http://www.mediafire.com/?6i2ihiint7tfl79
Active - ST15i - http://www.mediafire.com/?7hsrd2wmuqgmmq1
Finally !! Waiting eagerly for it !!! any news if they have updated the kernel also ?? anyways WOW.... 4.0.4 .... worth the w8
Upgrade to Android 4 - Sony Smartphones
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/upgrade-to-android-4/#updatetoandroid
You dont miss anythin hu?
cheers!
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These news are juste the awesome mcawesome sauce we were needing! ICS 4.0.4 and 3.0.8 kernel, sweet!
And I would be VERY pissed if I had a Xperia Play.
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nit3wolf said:
and 3.0.8 kernel, sweet!
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Where did they say that kernel is being updated too?
nit3wolf said:
These news are juste the awesome mcawesome sauce we were needing! ICS 4.0.4 and 3.0.8 kernel, sweet!
And I would be VERY pissed if I had a Xperia Play.
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yeah, how do you know and are you sure?
KING XPERIA MINI!!!!
I think Xperia Play users will be really dissapointed with this new... :/
davidcmc said:
Where did they say that kernel is being updated too?
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gandhar said:
yeah, how do you know and are you sure?
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There was a screenshot of an Pro with a 4.0.4 firmware running 3.0.8 kernel leaked somewhere in XDA. Can't point it out now cuz I'm on phone and searching Just sucks. Make a little search, I'm sure someone will find it.
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nit3wolf said:
There was a screenshot of an Pro with a 4.0.4 firmware running 3.0.8 kernel leaked somewhere in XDA. Can't point it out now cuz I'm on phone and searching Just sucks. Make a little search, I'm sure someone will find it.
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i can just find a xperia s screenshot, anyway fingers crossed!
hope for the best
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/22/xperia-s-ics-update-will-bring-android-4-0-4/
yep, after following the link given in the post below, the build.prop posted does say msm7x30 somewhere
which seems to be the code or something related to the 3.0.8 kernel.. (i hope)
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NO, mine says msm7x30 too, thats not it, anyway cannot confirm in any way
gandhar said:
i can just find a xperia s screenshot, anyway fingers crossed!
hope for the best
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/22/xperia-s-ics-update-will-bring-android-4-0-4/
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Exactly what I saw too! And here is the Pro thread I saw: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26035898#post26035898
Like you Said, fingers crossed and let's hope for tha best!
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Is the time becoming slow this week?
Or did I became faster
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Finally!!!!!! Waited for this almost 4 months..
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gandhar said:
i can just find a xperia s screenshot, anyway fingers crossed!
hope for the best
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/22/xperia-s-ics-update-will-bring-android-4-0-4/
yep, after following the link given in the post below, the build.prop posted does say msm7x30 somewhere
which seems to be the code or something related to the 3.0.8 kernel.. (i hope)
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NO, mine says msm7x30 too, thats not it, anyway cannot confirm in any way
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msm7x30 is chipset model...
What news brings kernel 3.0.8??
Kamarush don't use it in his works because it's not fully stable yet... Maybe something is change?
reaper61616 said:
msm7x30 is chipset model...
What news brings kernel 3.0.8??
Kamarush don't use it in his works because it's not fully stable yet... Maybe something is change?
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Honestly I can't tell you what it brings but, if Sony is giving it to us, it might be stable. The latest version released was 3.4.0, so I think 3.0.8 might be far from stable by now. Dunno why kamarush says it is unstable, should we ask him?
Anyways, are you guyz serious when you say that a fw won't be released before its registered here? http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=19510
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@Someguyfromhell why dont you make this a [discussion thread] ?
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uhh guys 4.1.A.0.562 was certified for arc s on 30 mar and released around mid april....... certificate for wt19i is still not certified ... how can they release it next week then ??
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=20152
Is that a rule? I mean, the fw could be ready for mass distribution and just waiting for certification... Maybe that site is delayed? Because if Sony will actually release fw for ALL 2011 phones, they might have tons of work to certify everthing.
Just my 2 cents, though.
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hmmm ya maybe....
I wonder after we upgrade to ics, we will lose root or not?
Btw, when ics came, I'm waiting for someone to taste it first. If one complains due to slow performance and such, id rather not upgrading but we'll see
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