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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Ok ics on the xperia seems a bit slower than gingerbread. It also looks and feels less refined. What's with the childish iphonish fonts. What was wrong with the elegant presentation we had before.

This firmware feels incomplete and we hope for improvements to follow soon. It seems an insult to have waited so long for something not quite ready for release.

I mean I keep getting notifications in the lock screen for 51 unread emails when there's no such thing. Too late, and not very impressive from Sony at all. The only things that impress are the stuff that's natively done by Google. Web browser to name but one.

Plus were back to the hopelessly poor battery life crap again. Shame on you Sony. Not at the bottom of the smartphone game for no reason. It's like they took good software from Google and just spoilt it as much as they could. Wonder if they've got something against android or something. I mean 9 months working on this software and this is what they have to show for it. A meaningless album app, rebranded music app, and marginally improved video app. That's it.

Ok that rant was a bit top heavy but still I'm not impressed with Sony's alterations at all. I think for the first time I can say stock android is actually the best option right now. I was considering the nexus 7 but now it's a certainty. I need my faith in android restored because Sony have once again with all the exploits this year, tried once again to ruin my experience of android in 2012.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Chocolate Columbo:
To be fair, it seems to me like you're never going to be happy. You initially criticise ICS on its aesthetics, something of which is generally praised, then go on to say that you're impressed by it and that you place the blame on Sony. It may be laggy at times, but I don't agree with you at all on ICS and how it looks, and I don't dispute or want to address other issues. I just generally don't understand the main concept of your post.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] huntedsoul:
^^ +1 ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SavCom:
Well I am inclined to agree more with Zodiac100. What was a truly splendidly performing phone under Gingerbread has become a slightly hesitant, slightly laggy phone under ICS. I upgraded along with the rest of you when 3114 popped up on the list of SI's and after two days can report that:

Bluetooth audio is now firmly broken - playback is interrupted when you use the phone (unlock it / switch programs / etc) and it stutters every five minutes or so.

Camera is slower to respond - and I have had a Memory error pop up twice if I try to use the camera when the phone is asleep

I'm not so bothered about the look and feel of the phone - but do think the phone looked better with the Gingerbread interface than it does with the ICS one. I prefer the Gingerbread lock screen too.

I've not had a chance to play with the other media features but will do so over the weekend. As you'll see from my sig, I'm less than impressed. If I'd bought this phone from new with ICS on it, it would have gone back to Sony.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arw9000:
I'm inclined to agree here. Performance under ICS is not really flagship quality. If this was a cheap phone from 2011 I wouldn't be bothered but put next to any of the phones that launched with ICS and it looks a bit embarrassing. On the whole I prefer ICS, but I have to be honest this is a beta release.

I suspect that the phone is being too aggressive at stripping apps from the memory, which is making it laggy as it retrieves the assets from the storage. Things like the camera, phone and launcher could benefit from not being dumped from memory - especially the launcher.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Obviously aesthetics are a matter of taste so let's not focus too much on that.

This is the first android update I've ever had where the benchmark results actually went down. That kind of ridicules the idea of the term "upgrade".

The ics firmware build will certainly get better with time as bug fixed get released but I swear to God, if I ever ever hear another fanboy utter the words "Sony take their time to get it right", I will not be responsible for the way I respond to that and if the mods want to ban me for life... Please by all means, they can.

This update has not by any stretch of the imagination been worth the wait.

No use blaming Ericsson for all this as Sony would have us do with their meaningless rebranding. They are also just as guilty.

It's slower than gingerbread and that for me is unacceptable because the hardware is more than capable of running ICS. I just saw a video on YouTube showing the x10 mini pro running ics. That's a 600mhz 128mb ram phone. The xperia s in my opinion will run even android 7.0 happily if coded correctly.

Let's face it, we are all here because we prefer Sony to other brands. To be perfectly honest I would not swap it even if it remained on gingerbread with anything else. But please enough of this fanboy crap and the need to mindlessly defend your beloved chosen brand.

Sony needs to hear loudly and clearly from all it's users "this simply will not do".

This after all was meant to be an upgrade but the damn phone's slower with a lot of lag in the menus as well as all the issues users have been reporting. Seriously you want to tell me that is good enough 9 months after the launch of ICS. Everything that's native to ics shines brightly and so hats off to Google. Thank you very much.

Sony's alterations however leave a very sour taste in the mouth. I'm not saying they've completely ruined it but they very well tried their hardest to do so.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Chocolate Columbo:
"fanboy crap"? I'll assume you're not refering to me there. It's been slow going occasionally for me in the launcher, and sometimes my phone will slow during a 45 minute video streamed from my computer in flash, or after an hour in gaming. This isn't uncommon though. You've also mentioned " as well as all the issues users have been reporting"... Are you so pent up and angry on behalf of everyone else? To say that Sony have tried their hardest to ruin it is rather absurd, and I'm definitely not even closely defending Sony to say that.

If Sony need to hear loud and clear, do you think that falsifying and exaggerating in the Q&A section is going to help you with that quest? I'm disappointed in Sony in many ways, so I don't feel like a fanboy, but there's almost grounds for you to be a hater.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Assume whatever you will. I was speaking in general. I have read countless posts from countless jokers with the line "Sony take their time to get it right". They stick to that religiously despite the fact that there is nothing to back up these claims. The only android Rom they have so far been able to deliver without much problems was their gingerbread Rom of 2011. The1.6 and 2.1 roms were late and riddled with their own issues. Some of which were never rectified, timescape to name but one.

I wonder did skipping Froyo give them enough time to get a stable gingerbread Rom. If so, we can safely assume that they need more time than their competitors to get it right which isn't a place any company should want to find itself in.

While Sony will still probably be bug fixing ICS, their competitors would be releasing stable versions of JB.

Not good enough and I'm sticking to that.

Lets leave the argument about whether XDA is the place at all, never mind the Q & A section in the xperia s forum, to start a revolution. Not quite sure what that has to do with anything. One of those neither here nor there statements I think.

I wonder what's exaggerated or falsified in anything I've said. They do, we see, we say. If you don't like what I've said, say you disagree and expand. Just throwing out accusations doesn't do you any favors.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Chocolate Columbo:
I've not randomly thrown out accusations, I've told you as it is. This is without assumptions, though you ironically refer to other people, their posts and how much of fanboys people here are, then go on to admit that your goal is to start a revolution in your heavily exaggerated hate-filled world of Sony. If you can't find relevance in that, i.e. your own irrelevant mentioning concluded with bias and unnecessary emotion, that's your issue, not mine.

I've listed my examples of you and your misdirected aggression. I could have broken it down line for line if I had the time or patience. Funnily enough, I don't feel the need or see the benefit, likewise with talking to you anymore.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
What examples have you listed. Absolutely #### all. Is the ics Rom slower than the gingerbread Rom, yes it is. Is the battery life poorer, yes it is. Does it benchmark less, yes it does.

Is out plagued with issues, yes it is from Bluetooth, home launcher, music playback, lag, and just general confusion.

It can take as much as 5 seconds to load up the widget menu for goodness sake.

What is false or exaggerated about any of that.

You sound like a fanboy trying to present a face of rational. Just face it, your attachment to the phone is purely emotional so stop trying to pretend otherwise with your blunt and aimless arrows. If you want to exchange insults, I'll exchange insults.

"I outlined in detail" he says. What detail and in which line of any of your posts. Just another fanboy getting upset that some others dare to say anything critical of his beloved brand.

You can be as defensive as you want with those sorts of irrational interventions and emotional outbursts. I couldn't care less if what I said about the ics update offends you. That's a matter entirely for you to consider. That's what I think of it and so that's what I said of it. Period.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MrBelter:
Back to the topic please ladies.

I'm really liking it apart from not being able to split the ringtone and notification sliders and the screen stays black when I want to end a call so the proximity sensor seems a bit hit and miss
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Chocolate Columbo:
I've ignored the guy since my last post as he clearly cannot keep impartial so no idea what he said...

I read about this yesterday, but honeestly I never noticed until then. It would make sense to me to have them the same from the start, but I don't like the idea of decreasing and stripping functionality as opposed to increasing it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SavCom:
Sorry - Sony have a lot to answer for:

It hangs. No other word for it; the phone stops working every now and again for upto 10-15 seconds. Not acceptable.

It's laggy. ICS is supposed to be more efficient than GB so why is this? What have Sony done wrong - or added?

Bluetooth doesn't work on audio. Unacceptable. One reason I bought this phone was for the quality of audio playback.

Camera has caused two memory errors and seems slower to respond

WiFi drops connection and is not add quick to restore connections

Battery life no better than before (so if they've tweaked for performance - they failed)

For now, I'll go back to Gingerbread. I'm not suffering with this Sony like I did for my Asus Transformer .

Have tweeted Sony - @sonyxperiagb How to take a great phone and ruin it: upgrade the Xperia S to ICS. Performance is diabolical now. Very disappointed.

We'll see.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] elation:
I updated OTA, unfortunately this disabled my camera, so had to do a full repair through PC companion.

Now works fine, using Nova Launcher and seems fairly smooth. Like the new Album and Walkman, other than that not too much difference.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Ive been using .453 for a while now well since it was rolled out. I havent had any battery issues or nfc or bluetooth problem. Yes I had launcher redraws but after rooting one simple fix in the build.prop and I love it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
I got railed on by a fanboy for pointing out that the ics update just is simply not good enough but oh well you've got deal with them. There is no escaping fanboys.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Have to admit I'm not really seeing most of these with mine apart from it is a little laggy compared to gb but the battery life is pathetic, I've had ics on my phone now since it was released in the uk so it's had a good few charges but whenever I turn the screen on you can just see the battery drain :(

Think I'll be going back to gb until sony bring out a stable ics.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dhilluk:
My battery is no different, I get an average of 1 day low to high use. When WiFi is on I find it draining the battery and it was the same on GB.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SavCom:
Maybe, but I tend to ignore someone who is that blind to reality. (Apple users mainly ... )

I wanted the Xperia S. I was very very impressed with it when it first arrived. There was nothing wrong with it - best call performance, media a dream, music playback phenomenal, both on wired and on Bluetooth. The camera wasn't bad either.

Now I am disappointed for the reasons I have previously stated. And to top it all the phone hung on me today.

Problem now is how to get Sony to acknowledge it and do something about it.

Or I go back to Stock Gingerbread

Or I chance a ROM from a developer.

Decisions decisions. :confused:

Savcom - from my Android device.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SavCom:
Well I tried.

I formally approached Sony Support about my three issues.

- Bluetooth pausing during streaming

- Laggy UI when switching between applications

- Failed 3G connections

Three responses I received:

- My existing devices (Sony MW600 & Pioneer DEH-P800BT) are no longer compatible

(my problem apparently - Sony no longer support them)

- Repair your software (tried that - no good!)

- No issues with Android 4.0 on Xperia according to Sony

So that's it then. Sony support are of no help whatsoever.

So - on to new Roms from the Community.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] catnamedog:
XS support

Hi. Just joined the forum.

I think it is appalling that Sony appears to be rolling out newer phones when their alleged Xperia S flagship product displays so many problems. Yellow screen, random lockups, ICS problems. I'm on Orange, and no sign of ICS, by the way.

I also have problems with PC Companion (PCC). Having loaded and reloaded PCC many times, I connect my phone to my PC running XP Pro, SP3, and after a good few minutes, I get the "no phone connected" message. Again, following the "hold volume down etc." instruction, I still get nowhere. The only way I can sync my phone is using the excellent My Phone Explorer. It's free too!

The problem is, I'm still on Build number 6.0.A.3.75, and there is newer software. Can anyone help this noob to get the new sw?

Oh, and I also tried using the Sony updater software. Same problems as above. :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jonmorris:
The Sony software for Mac rarely works with the Xperia S, yet works fine for all 2011 models. Highly frustrating.

I am on holiday now and manually updated to ICS. I've been to a wedding and another party and wanted to take photos at both. Only I have now had countless issues with quick launch - namely not launching or certainly not quickly. I get apologies that the camera has shut down, which isn't good when you want to take a picture of the bride and groom being showered in confetti.

I am really hopeful that this deal with Google to speed up updates happens now!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Oh well, I can't check at the moment as I just flashed the swiss ICS 2 hours ago lol
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
yeah SUS = SEUS :victory:

you didn't unlock your bootloader right?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
I just spoke to o2 uk lol they are great but also funnily stupid. Either that or the person I spoke to doesnt know what theyre talking about.

They said that because its a new device there isnt an update yet for the phone and when there is we will be notified but as of yet we have not been informed. But to confirm you can contact sony.

I obviously argued the point and this woman did not know what to say. Unbelievable! I did just check sus and so far no update. I might just end up flashing one of the roms here lol
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gloris:
nope, no unlocking, no rooting or anything, totally stock...the only change i;ve done is that when i first connected the phone to the pc, pcc said there was an update to version 6.0.A.3.75 which i installed.

other than that i haven't changed the system at all.

si on the box is 1257-3114, but if i dial *#*#7378423#*#* it says that it's 1257-3921 (under active customization?)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Malner27:
Ive had ics on my arc t-mobile
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Apparently generic uk SI no 3114 is up now on sus, someone on the sony support forum has said that they are updating right now, can anyone check this ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
SI is sales item and is not the same as the Customization version.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MrBelter:
Just tried PCC and SUS and nothing apart from your phone is up to date cobblers
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Bugger thanks for checking, must be a troll over there ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Deniz.S:
3 UK have released it but i'm not sure about UK Generic

http://www.androidcentral.com/three-uk-customers-can-grab-android-40-sony-xperia-s
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Android>iPhone:
How does it make sense that branded phones (3) are getting the update before generic ones? What was the point of buying a sim-free phone?

But something seems to be happening:

Information is not accesible at the moment.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MrBelter:
Thing is a few people are saying they are getting it so I wonder if one in so many connections to the update server is a winner lol
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Apparently the ics is on sus for orange users now
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] slyevo:
Any Updates yet, Still looking but nothing showing online!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Still waiting for it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Has anyone in the uk with a branded phone actually managed to update via sus or pcc?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Sony UK seems to focus on the networks. It used to be that genetic kits launched first but with the xperia s, it's been a totally different story.

Maybe it's a sign that there aren't too many people buying the phone sim free.

But what about folks like me who got on contract but still got generic phones. The chances are if you got the phone on contract in the early days before the networks get their modifications ready, you'd have got a generic device.

Oh who knows with Sony anymore. Very little seems to make sense nowadays.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
I only got my phone a week ago well just over so it is o2 branded on contract. But apparently other networks have reveived the update
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Orion73:
Just checked, no update on SUS or PC companion for 3114.

Sony need to get their thumb out of their rectums.

:(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jimbobcox:
Agreed!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] s-X-s:
Why u wait.... flash one of them ftf available... I did yesterday i havent got anymore bloatware that was already on GB... But i'm not so excited about getting ICS... just customised back to my style wallaper n widgets , except changes in album, music app, settings menu etc... i feel like no change... but more worry as i got yellow tint , not sure got it after update or time has come up to get the tint ( 2.5 months now since i baught)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] scook94:
As I understand it the yellow tint is a hardware issue, so it's unlikely flashing to ICS has caused it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] s-X-s:
yaa i know.... but i was saying it only appeared this afternoon...:p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xperia.s.:
anyway you can up this im awaiting tmobile branded cheers
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
Sorry for the delay

I have followed the instructions here

http://mytechencounters.wordpress.c...eate-an-ftf-file-of-your-xperia-ics-firmware/

and made this

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4GfMj45xhr3aGUxQUJxSkxtSzQ

4.0.4 from my phone on UK t-mobile

I cant promise the link will be there long so if someone could mirror it I would be grateful.

-- Phil

Edit: one user has messages me saying this is an international rom. No idea how that could have occurred, the FTF was built from the files pc companion sent me. Make sure you back up before using
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Deniz.S:
Thanks but how did you mange to get this? mine still says i have the latest software.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
I plugged my phone in and pc companion said there was an update. That was on Friday. Today I plugged it into my home computer and clicked repair. These files were used to make the rom.

If it helps I got my phone on release date fom an "everything everywhere" store. Other than the t-mobile app there is no indication it's t-mobile specific at all. No boot screens, no crappy wallpaper, nothing. Was very happy at this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Is the t mob one branded with bloatware app?

Sent from my Xperia S on which The Kernel has been installed but he bought no chicken.....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
Suspiciously little. I suspect Sony have given me generic rom. Saying that, there was virtually none when I first got the phone. Is App Recommender Sony or tmob?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arw9000:
App recommender is Sony - have it on my sim-free from Amazon.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xperia.s.:
mmmmmmmmmm

this has customization version 1257-8821-r4g..........looks norway unbranded
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] slyevo:
Is there still no sign of a UK or Central Europe release?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Crocodile1973:
No. Alot waiting for 3114. But not released yet.

Sent From Xperia Arc
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dgattenb:
Still waiting ... Juts brought a nexus 7 with JB .. so may have JB before ICS !! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MrBelter:
I am normally pretty sanguine when it comes to updates but even i'm starting to think bad things about Sony taking the urine when it comes to support in the UK.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Deniz.S:
yep, me too. Don't get how 3 can release their UK update but Sony can't release the generic one.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilChinchster:
I have been waiting impatiently... So I tried the SUS and PCC this morning however I keep getting stuck at same part for a possible update, at the turn off phone and plug in USB while holding volume down... Tried it over 10 with different combinations and it still didn't work... Anyone able to help me on how to do that part properly
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Best thing to do is plug the usb into the phone, hold down the volume down key then plug your usb into the pc. Keep it held down cuz it might need to install the drivers. You might need to do it two times.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilChinchster:
I'll try it again later... The times I did it, the notification light would go green for 5 seconds and then later the little charging symbol would appear... So you're saying I would need to hold it longer until it installs drivers?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Food for thought indeed. Sony fanboys might not get it but hey being the last of the major brands with android version is one of if not the biggest thing holding the company back.

It's poor that Sony users who bought phones this year are still two versions back. It's not about what jellybean or ics does that gingerbread can't but more the fact that gingerbread is nearly 2 years old. It should never have been put on this phone at all. Until Sony learn that, never mind what fanboys have to say. They are fanboys, they'd live the phone still even if it had 1.6 on it.

They are competing in a very competitive environment and what they do now simply won't do. I say this because I feel that this phone could have been a true champion, S3 processor or not, if it launched with ICS.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilChinchster:
Atleast now we know when JB is expected on our phones