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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denaz:
Update on Sony software upgrades, including uplift to Jelly Bean Android 4.1 for 2012 Xperia™ smartphones

December 17, 2012 - 4:02 PM

Hello everyone,

We’d like to bring you up-to-speed with the latest in our Android 4.1 rollout scheduling.

First up, the upgrade plans* for Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V are progressing as planned – these smartphones will start to receive Jelly Bean during February and March.

Next up, Xperia P, Xperia J and Xperia go will be upgraded from the end of March. Then Xperia S, Xperia SL, Xperia ion and Xperia acro S will follow in the subsequent weeks.

We’re particularly excited about the Sony Xperia Jelly Bean features and functionality – we look forward to bringing you more information on this in the New Year.

The decision has been taken not to upgrade Xperia U, Xperia miro, Xperia tipo, and Xperia sola beyond Android 4.0.

Feel free to drop a comment below, and keep your eyes on the blog as we’ll be sharing more detailed news/updates as soon as we can.

*Availability and rollout timing will vary by market and customer variants
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Xperia S JB update in April? Are you guys out of your mind? That's like 1 month away from KLP...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
To put it simple, **** yaself, Sony! Anyone wants to buy an XS?

Sent from the outer space, delivered by an android
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Xperia S, Ion, Acro S and SL after P, Go, Sola... Bad planning Sony.. April would be to far away :/

Send from my small apps enabled Xperia™ Ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cikomiko:
sony betrayed us really bad. 2011 phone got ics before us and now low- and mid-end phones will get jb before us.

i also don´t expect a newer edream-version. sony ****ed it up really bad this time.

this **** is way more worse than the dilemma with x10.

i won´t purchase a sony again, execept their 2012 h2 flagship is going to be way way way way better than the competition...

damn i´m so ****ing pissed that i even can´t write properly..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] monivan:
bye bye sony! My hope's up when the last time a guy said it will be updated in early december. Turn out to be April. I can't stand waiting for that ****ty buggy and late JB. Let's just move on and forget abt it.

Send from my stupid lt26i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
SXS deserves to get JB first! And by that time, that update should be 4.2!

Well I loved the Xperia UI and devices from the beginning and as always, their software support is a real crap! Its been less than a month I got my ion and I guess regression is not very far!

No more dream for Xperia Yuga.. Only NEXUS from now on.

Sorry if it seems like I'm shouting alone.

Send from my small apps enabled Xperia™ Ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] d3ft0n3s:
So bye bye users who complain about Sony everytime. That's for good, a pure cleansing :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Lol, I wouldn't be so sure. JB in April of 2013 is too far away for a phone released in February of 2012 (XS).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] monivan:
Sony deserves to be boycotted. The new slogan is "Sony.Make no Sense" !

Send from my stupid lt26i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Well, at the very least Sony is ahead of LG who released a quad-core phone last month and has yet to provide an update or news of an update. :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] d3ft0n3s:
Yes, but that update is not a life saver anyway. I understand your anger, but you throw it in a wrong direction. Don't like Sony - sell your phone and buy a Nexus. It's that simple.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Slow down, Gonzales. I don't own an XS nor am I angry.

You're right about the update not being a lifesaver, but that's because it's not coming until April. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] d3ft0n3s:
It was the principle and not directed at you. Sorry for being misunderstood. No offence :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
None taken. :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reptile64:
Please Sony Mobile, fire all the European developers from Sony Ericsson era and hire new people that will do the job faster!!! :P

I can't understand why Samsung is rolling out the updates so fast... and they are heavily modified, more than the Xperia ROMs!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
Sammy has done only one phone.. SIII.. they want keep their users n stay top... but sony is like having to raise 10-15 children at a time...... its bcoz of that Sony users not served in time....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] guilhermedsx:
^ Not really. Samsung has the SIII Mini, the S Duos, several versions of the SIII (with LTE, different CPUs, blah blah blah...) and it seems to be still supporting the SII.

And oh well, if they will update only in April... they should go Jellybean 4.2 already. Most binaries from 4.1 will work on 4.2 anyways.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
All of those phones already have JB though. Except the duos I think. :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ThilinaC:
This is what I wrote in xperia blog :p

tbh really feel for you guys :/ glad I didn't brought SXS or acro s,I was so damn close to buy SXS,damn you Felimenta97 :p lolz
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
the thing is they played the same with X10, now they do with XS. and if you just do the math, the XS is running out of that one and half year support time sony signed for (releasing newer Android versions within 1.5 yrs of release of the phone), so no more updates coming i believe.

but in fact it's not really Sony's fault but Google's. Why on earth don't they do the same as MS does with Windows Phone? Seriously i mean. That would make sure everyone gets the update who's meeting the hardware requirement (if new version is released and not just bug fix and small feature update). Sooner or later Android will go down because of its fragmentation. That said, i'm outta of any manufactures phone unless it's Nexus but i'm seriously considering buying WP instead.

and this is just my opinion, so agree or disagree, don't get mad on that.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Don't bash at me lol
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] krabappel2548:
I don't get the problem that most of you heren have. I really don't care that much about Jellybean. I'll be working on the Sony AOSP project files from now on. Once I'm a bit into that we'll have sort of official Sony Jellybean :)

Just look at it from the bright side, Sony is not a bad company at all. Ok, they bring late updates, but the updates and their User Interface and more important nowadays, their User Experience is really good :)

I'm studying Information Technologies and they do everything right to be honest. Nowadays everything is about User Experience and User Interface before all other things.

Most of the people, normal users of Sony phones don't really care about continuous updates for their phones, they want something that works, and reacts like they expect it to be.

That's what Sony provides. I'm sure the update will be worth waiting for. So I don't blame Sony at all.

But that's just my opinion :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
well, i have to disagree. the phone constantly drops wifi & HSDPA, camera can't focus a lot of times, quick launch is either working or not, i can't listen to music for 1.5 hrs without the music getting stuck. what that is if not user experience? not to mention the slow downs on a this powerful device, or the black screen after calls that i can't hang up.

but i agree with the UI part, that's why i chose sony again over any other manufacturer's product. now i wish i rather haven't done.

but to sum it, for me, i want a stable operating system on my phone, rather than a fancy UI with basic functions working and getting the most out of the hardware. then we can talk about the UI.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] richteralan:
Glad I dumped my SXS early enough.

The whole SXS update is a joke. Not as bad as Nexus 4 shipping limbo but close.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] akashgupta222:
+1

Your right my friend

Latest version of android is not essential at all

I would be more happy with a totally smooth and bug free ICS rather than jelly bean on my xperia s

i came to this straight from an optimus one and i have tried out almost all custom ROMS and everything else out there and i know the power of custom roms and i know that whenever i will feel the need for a newer version, there are the awesome developers out there for our rescue (and the aosp project will help further in ensuring that the developers have all the drivers and stuff needed to port the latest version of android to the sxs)

in India only sim free versions are available and it is alot cheaper than the s3 or the one x so it should not be compared to them in getting updates.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] krabappel2548:
Well, I dont have these issues at all:

- Dropping wifi

- Quick launch is working perfectly with .55 fw for me

- Camera focus is only difficult in low light for me, but that's with almost every camera on a smartphone I've ever tried, at least if you want a good picture. Also with manual mode, this is better :)

- Music doesn't get stuck for me, it only stutters sometimes when playing over bluetooth.

- Also no slow downs here :p

- Black screen after call really isn't a big problem for me, I don't really care about that one.

I'm using my own .55fw base rom with 80% of xperia V framework, apps and also some other xperia V files and my own tweaks and custom kernel. But stock fw also isn't that bad for me :)

And if you are here on XDA, you canuse custom roms and kernels, then your XS will be faster etc ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
The only one of those issues I have is the black screen after calls which happens seemingly randomly. I don't get the bluetooth stutter I used to back in the initial ICS releases. I do get stutter when installing an app from the store but even my Nexus 7 does that. Overall Sony ICS is pretty damn good, though I am disappointed that for some stupid reason Sony is waiting till last to update the Xperia S even though it was the phone that put them back on the map last year. It should be updated along with the T and TX. Sony is a great company but they can be dumb as **** sometimes. Everyone loves comparing the 2011 Xperia line with Samsung's S2 but its not a fair comparison. How many of Samsung's 2011 phones are getting Jelly Bean or have even gotten ICS. Not very many, of course the S2 is getting Jelly Bean because the userbase is huge for it. Sony has been doing a pretty damn good job considering they don't sell anywhere as near as many phones as Samsung and they still have updated more phones to ICS than either Samsung or HTC. Also Sony won the award for best OEM of this year on XDA which should say something.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
Well, if you tell me there's a way to unlock the bootloader when it's not unlockable without losing almost a half year warranty, I'm glad to try it. I tried custom rom's that works with stock kernel but I had the same issues. It's random which rom works well. I'm on .55 fw now, but for instance WiFi drop out is something I couldn't get rid off, no matter what I tried... HSDPA drop out wasn't present on .45 only but that lagged a lot after awhile. And music stutter was terrible... I also had the phone freaking out during music playback and rebooting randomly. And the issues with music are present since the x10 GB era - that is a lot of time to fix it. But I'm glad u don't suffer from these problems.

I now have a Nokia Lumia 800 as my company mobile as well, a lot weaker hardware and yet, not a single problem at all (i have it for 2 months now). It feels fluid and much more smoother than the XS... But anyway, this is just me :)

Sent from the outer space, delivered by an android
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SpeedingGriffin:
i moved from Xperia Mini to Xperia S and for about 3 days no issues
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
Yeah i cant help you there man. I bought my device for custom roms and have used them since I got it. I dont have any of the issues you have shown so there must be something wrong. Maybe everything isnt getting wiped properly when you upgrade.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Galaxen:
Here at Xda.. we can mend our problems fast buy sending bugreports to devs flashing roms and updates with ease etc.. I just feel sorry for the poor people who are stuck on buggy stock .45 and so on... remember that .50 and .55 are not released everywhere.

I know I had serious issues with Stock ICS .45. You cant defend sony in this case.. they have failed majorly by releasing too many phones and not coping with keeping them updated. Next phone def will not be a Sony.. never ever again out of principle. Nexus is the only sane option.

10 months after JB release!?:confused: thats is a LOLZY!!:laugh:

Thank god for you devs here..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
There are two things about Nexus that stop me from getting it: Sub par camera and low storage.

And think, Xperia S will get Jelly Bean around 1 month before Key Lime Pie comes out.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
What a really want is a Xperia Nexus, but I will never buy a nexus phone until google pulls their heads out of their ass and offer a 32gb version. I still cant believe the Nexus 4 doesnt come in 32gb. Also LG sucks majorly, the battery life of the Nexus 4 is a joke, worse than the Xperia S.

You comments about the camera and reception are really unfounded. At the time of release Xperia S had one of THE best cameras in its price range. You do need to adjust some options in the camera app to get the best pictures but it still is a damn good camera. Sony makes the sensors for most of the top rated phones anyways.

Reception has been good with my phone, but you must remember reception varies alot depending on where people are located and what service they have. It certainly beats my HTC Hero for reception and my buddies Galaxy Nexus on Verizon gets worse reception than I have.

I do think Sony ICS has been a bit buggy, but I never buy a phone just to use stock anyways so it doesnt bother me.

All in all their is no perfect option for android phone right now.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
I don't think I would be happy with a Nexus 4 solely because it's too plain. I like having certain features that the Sony UI (and others) provide. I don't want to have to download an app with annoying ads or pay for it when I can just get a phone that does it for free and probably better.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] richteralan:
Such as?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
I'm happy with my Sony ion, even though it's locked down I have root and cwm I can tweek and ics isn't too bad. Would jb be nice? Maybe, if it comes out and we can't even root? Not a chance I'd upgrade to jb then. Now if that is the case you'll all cry about how you miss ics jb sucks and so on, it happens on every device in every forum in ever firmware release we beg for new then we beg for the old stable customisable release we had. Just chill out stop

/ragequit and just enjoy what we have while we have it. Look at the trends of technology right now, they want to eliminate downgrades to older firmware go buy a windows 8 pc and try to toss windows 7 on it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Included but not limited to Sony's UI:

Smart stay.

Turn over to mute.

Voice commands. (telling the camera to capture a photo, etc)

DLNA Server.

Advanced camera settings.

Animated weather widget.

Better looking music player.

Swipe to text/call.

Many other gestures.

Physical capacitive buttons.

Less proprietary TV-out.

LTE.

Dedicated camera shutter button.

These aren't cons for everyone (obviously) and they aren't all cons for me, just nice features to have. There's no way any one phone would have all these features but it's the point that the Nexus 4 lacks most likely all of them out of the box. Software I could probably get used to, but I'm paying for an LTE data plan so unfortunately that rules out the Nexus 4.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] warface:
Care to point us to a tutorial on what to do to spoof PCC into thinking you're in Singapore?

Tried Re-installing PCC with Singapore as location, and Language English, but it still won't update me past .453 (UK)

Unlocked BL and Rooted, BTW.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nemer12:
yeah..this month in next year april maybe...that means june for some of you..

sold my xperia s..was the best thing that i've done...sorry for u guys..but SONY isn't prepared for "big things" sadly.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doctor_droid:
Would u plz care to give a minute here guyz

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/jellybean-update-for-xperia-u-and-xperia-sola.html

Need everone's help

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Thats right, that phone doesnt have software problems.. But it has hardware problems. Lol
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
sorry mate but who you think you are to tell us what to do? share your opinion and don't tell others what to do or how to feel. we are all glad you are satisfied with your device but some of us is not. accept it as we all accept others' opinion.

top of that, if ppl don't make their voice heard and we all would be satisfied with what we have, there wouldn't be development at all (and not just the xperia). ppl tend to desire the best, and even more. that's how most of us are.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] romiltherock:
You cudnt have put it more rightly. Whats the point of upgrading software if we sit tight and remain 'satisfied'. Why the need to include more features every few months? People could stay on Android Eclair and remain satisified?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrBelter:
Id be happy with a working ICS, not too bothered about JB :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] r0bot:
For a lot of us it's just a tool. We don't obsessively compare benchmarks and anticipate an immediate software update everyday. We're happy with stable and functional software.

For the people who rely on these technicalities to make their lives fulfilling are really on the wrong device. A Nexus would be a better suited device for them.

If you feel like the product you purchased is not working as advertised, you should return it or try to utilize your warranty towards any manufacturing defect. It's better than making empty gestures on the forums, while your warranty expires.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrBelter:
In the UK you have to allow "reasonable time" for things to be put right, .453 is now 5 months old, has this been reasonable time? I am guessing that The Carphone Warehouse would argue it isn't.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
signed that for you, mate
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Galaxen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=061JdTi3hww

Xperia E will get JB.. but look at the Specs.. how come this one can get JB but they ignore other phones that are similar in specs or even better!?:confused: Is Sony for real!?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lusterboi:
As long as the release for jelly bean will be bug free, April is not too bad. If however the April release is filled of bugs, please dont even bother releasing it.

I dont understand the mentality that certain amount of people carry on xda, constantly begging for new firmware updates and saying things like my benchmark is than yours... What does that translate in real life experience? 1 to 2 millisecond of speed difference?

Common, relax and enjoy the phone. But on the serious note, Sony developers, if you cannot release a stable bug free jb with the given time frame, you're probably in the wrong career field.

Dont let jb be a repeat of ics, a firmware filed with bugs that poisoned your most prominent features such as quick launch and bravia engine. Give us a good experience for once.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
From GSMArena:

"In case you are wondering how is that the low-end Xperia J is getting the Jelly Bean update, while the dual-core U and sola aren't - despite Sony didn't make any statement, we guess the GPU is the one to blame. All three phones have 512MB of RAM, but the Adreno 200 GPU on the Xperia J uses far less RAM than the Mali-400 inside the Xperia U and sola. We also know that Project Butter needs more GPU power than what the ICS UI. And the insufficient RAM due to GPU usage is probably the reason why these phones won't be getting to taste Jelly Bean."
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] solid0snake:
As a SE and Android User from Day 1 i can guarantee you, that the first jelly bean update will break at least something. In 2013 Sony has to focus and the fall lineup with all new phones. By then the XS is completely outdated and probably at the end of its product lifecycle. Same as the X10 was when getting the last and only 2.3 Gingerbread Update which sucked big time.

My next Smartphone will be an Nexus for sure since i've already moved to all google services and don't need any sony features which i never used anyway.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BrilLiang:
shame on sony i'll wait for 4 months……
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BelzIgoh:
waiting for too long, just install cyanogenmod 10.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] adbanginwar:
I've installed CM10.and it works wonderfully. Free Xperia team is really awesome.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Well either Jelly bean comes some time soon , or around mid 2013 , I did some looking around and there will be updated between now and then but its just fixes , no jelly bean yet

but if you want to risk it you can install a JB ROM for your device but I DON'T RECOMMEND unless you know what your doing
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lordanas59:
Thanks god we have fxp team here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ishaan0123:
i think jelly bean is out for xperia s

i think yes.. jelly bean is out..for xperia s.

my phone is up to date, with ics 4.0.4 and firmware 6.0.A.2.45.

i just connect my phone to pc companion and it said software update is available for your phone.

its taking around 3 hrs to download the software..

i think its a big update, so hope that its jellybean :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
Nah it is not jelly bean..... its maybe 6.0.A.2.50
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] adbanginwar:
Must be. 55 update. jelly bean for Xperia so is not scheduled till may say least. Fxp's rom is 178Mb.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
.50 and .55 are both ICS, Jelly Bean for XS, only on April lol
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deepgunnam:
JB Really?

.55 FW is still ICS. JB for Xperia S will be 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? Anyone know this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hayden18:
I'm gonna guess its 4.1.2 to match up to what the T is getting
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
The way I see it all the devices should end up with the most current 4.1 build or maybe a 4.2 build. Kinda doubt that 4.2 will happen though. I would think in a few weeks we will start seeing some JB leaks floating about. I dont see what the fuss is over JB though as I like ICS over it. Not allot of difference in the two either.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Normally doesn't happen leaks with Sony fw, even because it wouldn't work on user devices (unlike Samsung, the developer devices are different from the user ones)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pruikki:
exact date

Sony Xperia S

6.1.A.2.45	- to JB	jae week 16 2013	Android 4.1 (Jelly bean

week 16 is like 4 months away !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Well I know with the Ion we had ICS from the LT28H long before it was ever released to the 28i or 28at. Guess we will have to just wait and see what happens. Guess what I was trying to say is builds for the devices could show up early from other regions.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] obiwannn:
having gone through all the pages of this thread,I ask myself was it wise to order the Acro s as my next phone? I can still cancel the order tho so I need your candid advise...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ishaan0123:
Go for xperia s its best till nw. Its a complete package.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Day 410...

Still waiting for jb.

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Will JB officially bring small apps to our devices? And new walkman, movies etc? :D

I'm excited!

Send from my small apps enabled Xperia™ Ion