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[Xperia SP General] xAD3r1ty:
Well on the website it still says that kit kat is Under Investigation... Well, the best thing Sony could do would be giving us kit kat before giving up on sp.. but since we know it's sony, those probabilities decrease... but hey, atleast it still says its under investigation.. must mean something :) unless they do like samsung (saying s3 couldn't run kit kat because of hardware) and tell us sp isn't capable to run it (hello moto x) ... Only time will tell i guess
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
You realise that s3 was released in 2012 and it got many major updates from 4.0.4 to 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 to 4.3

What about sp which just got 4.1.2 to 4.3 and was released when s4 was released.
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
S3 has a crappy 4.3 update and remember it was a top. Sp is a mid-high and has more or less stable 4.3 with no lag

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
And btw guys,I want to update my C5303 to 12.1.A.1.205(at the moment it has 12.1.A.1.201 installed) which has the over heat issue fixed,but my device wont find it over the Update Service,and some sites say that you shouldnt use PCC if your OTA Update Service didnt find the .205 because it will be stuck at 99 %.Is there any other way except for the Flashtool?I just dont want my phone to overheat,nor to brick while trying to update,I had just bought it. :eek:
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
Thinking to buy Z1c, but not sure it will got L on the feature, so,.. i keep my word :D
[Xperia SP General] shadyg:
Any idea if Generic version appears to .207, or only isolated versions?

Is someone who has installed the version, 12.1.A.1.207 Cosmote GR ? If yes, has bloatware, I'm thinking to put it if it does not appear Generic version.
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
You forgot to mention that the galaxy s3 was a flagship. The xperia sp is a mid-range device. Companies always take good care of flagships.

Although, just look at the xperia sp's predecessor, the xperia p. That thing got 2 major upgrades (one to i.c.s. and one final to 4.1.2 jelly bean). They could do the same with the sp, but I don't expect anything to be released anymore. They already have released 4 4.3 firmwares. Don't wait for kitkat or l (instant troll).
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Well I think we don't need kitkat after trying the pac ROM I have to that's the best thing ever happened to xperia sp.
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
No. You can't compare the stock with sony service ecc. And aosp stability and battery drain

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
I don't care what you think but this Is way better than stock...

Even If they released kitkat update it will incomplete and with full of bugs.
[Xperia SP General] pepoluan:
Why not use Flashtool?

Honestly, there's greater chance of bricking doing OTA/PCC upgrade than using Flashtool.
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
I agree

Flashtool>>>>pcc

Odin>>> kies ecc.

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Why not? If it calms some people down, and shows Sony how bad are their programmers, it's good to compare custom ROM vs stock Sony firmware. Btw, AOSP is way more stable than Sony firmware, and battery drain is subjective - it exists only for some people.
[Xperia SP General] Dark Passenger:
Um i would like to respectfully disagree on the point of bad developers. Our freexperia devs are working closely with sony guys and much of the work that gets up cm 1x.x has arrived due to sony developers work so you can't really say they are all ****. also aosp vs sony its all a matter of how clean a flash was yours. both are equally stable as they have nearly all the same parts only difference is aosp remains on all newer releases while sony plods along on older sources.
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Yes, I know that, but this doesn't change the fact that they do a really bad job when making stock firmwares.

And when flashed correctly, AOSP can be more stable as there is no Sony junk in it.

Also - yep - Sony also started with AOSP, the source is just older.
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
Yup,

But, i don't know why i'm still looking for KK update from SONY. May be, they keep adding new features on their new fimware updates for newer devices that SP not recieved its yet???....

BTW, talking about custom or stock (based on stock) is really depend on everyone's need/taste.

For custom's/latest android lovers, they should go for Nexus devices though.

For me, i'll go for stock, and then port the newer Sony's/Android's features on it. This is my another reason i bought Sony. It seem, niaboc's rom will be my first option. Never try it (due to my limited internet connection), but i'm pretty sure it has for most of my 'wanted' ;).
[Xperia SP General] RoXzAn:
Imo the reason behind no info from sony about kk is due to the fact that they are searching for a pretty solid reason to tell the users that they are not going to get kk as happened to SGS 3...
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
imo u need to stop thinking sony care about SP users, no need for a "solid reason", Sony just can say no and will be enough for they.... actually, they can say nothing xD
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
Did anyone see this? http://smartphonetechie.com/sony-xperia-sp-4-4-update/ Is this going to happen?
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
They can just say that SP resolution is too low, as they did with two generations of phones already.
[Xperia SP General] krump_lee:
R O F L
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
TrolL

Website trying to gain web traffic..
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
Pretty much everyone here has seen similar rubbish before.
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/08...itkat-rolls-for-xperia-e1-and-xperia-e1-dual/

Nothing for SP yet :D
[Xperia SP General] D-SHEL:
Ah cr@p. Weeks for M2 now. After M2 it's time to SP (Kit Kat: yes or no).
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
If we'll receive kitkat obviosuly we must wait kitkat for m2 and maybe a few weeks later we can receive it. Seriously, xm2 has nothing better than sp, they must "publicize it" saying it has kitkat and sp no. Lol

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
Sony has already stop selling xperia sp..so stop upgrade for that:p
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Guys this is what they replied to me......Hopes are still on the edge....could it be true?

http://smartphonetechie.com/sony-xperia-sp-4-4-update/
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
Did they really stop selling it? it probably wasn't bringing up enough money.. cause i've seen htc/samsung/... that still sell 1 year old devices
[Xperia SP General] NestorC:
You really cant know that unless if u know some developer from Sony, other than that is just guessing will be there new update or not. All what is giving me hope now is that they dont have any new device to replace SP in terms of notification/light bar like this, so maybe, just because of that, we got kitket, but after this .207 pointless update, our chances are a lot smaller. But lets wait.believe until we got happy or mad :)

P.S. Have anyone seen anything worth updating new .207?
[Xperia SP General] zaryab:
i guess .207 update was only for Branded phones :/

may be i am wrong..
[Xperia SP General] D-SHEL:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/08/0...l-18-3-b-0-31-kitkat-firmware-gets-certified/

So, around 10 days for official KK for M2. Maybe Sony say something about SP. Stay tuned at Sony Blog.
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
Friends What do you think about this photo ?
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Still hoping for KitKat I see?

Let's hope for the best :)

Euhm... Anyone else who is not running a Branded .205 build got the update?
[Xperia SP General] TechnoSparks:
A link would help me so much :)
[Xperia SP General] Mrcl1450:
http://motoringcrunch.com/news/sony-xperia-phones-skips-ahead-to-android-4-4-4-kitkat/10021364/

http://motoringcrunch.com/news/sony-xperia-phones-reaching-out-to-android-4-4-4-kitkat/10021026/
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
All these.websites are.saying this but there are no sources or sony communication

No sources = 99% fake

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
This is the only source that replied

Hope that they are right.... fingers crossed
[Xperia SP General] oneofthedudes:
Seriously ? SP has a resolution higher than Apple's retina display. I hope that doesn't happen.
[Xperia SP General] Daniel D.:
I thought that, too. So many days after the release of .207 and only a few carrier received it? Perhaps they had problems with an earlier update (Telekom didn't updated to .205).

I hope that because of this release cycle we will get another update, perhaps KitKat.
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
I think I peed a little.
[Xperia SP General] nrg_52:
And higher then m2 too...
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
oh cmon, stop it ffs, its embarrassing. discussing what would be the public sony excuse... like that would change something
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
Sony may postponed the kitkat release for the m2 and e1 because they may want these phones to directly get android l, which is coming in fall. Remember that both of these devices were released in March/April in stores. IF Sony is about to make an annoucement, we'll see what will happen to our sps when the time arrives (although you all may know the answer).

P.s. Yesterday I had the chance of playing around a little bit with the 4.3 jelly bean on an xperia sp. I used that device for about 6-7 minutes. It seemed quite stable, very fast (it may be faster than 4.1.2) and no bugs or problems all that time I could use it (you know, I saw the phone on a store, it had 4.3, so I thought it'd be good to see a little bit of the newer firmware). Anyways, that phone had the 12.1.A.1.201 version. Just wanted to say my impressions of my first-time-use on a 4.3 powered xperia sp, because I'm on completely stock 4.1.2 and probably won't upgrade.
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
If sony upgrading our SP to Kitkat, it's call miracle :P
[Xperia SP General] Patrol619:
IMO Sony won't update SP to 4.4. Why? Because if they did that, people wouldn't buy their newly released phones: M2, T3, T2 Ultra etc. As simple as that.
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
idk, but I doubt that there are alotta SP in stock to buy. Why should they update SP? so that ppl would know that sony cares not only about hi-end phones and ppl buy M2,T3, T2 ultra etc. As simple as that.
[Xperia SP General] User013:
Well that would actually be nice, that way they can send a message, hey guys look we are updating last year mid-range and we do care about mid range, xsp is not available anymore but you can buy our new mid range phones m2, t3, t2 instead of buying mid range from other companies.

Well i guess with me as leader Sony would be broke in a few weeks xD
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
6 months ago......

MY FRIEND : Hey bro, may i borrow yours (X SP).

ME : Sure, i'm using it for months (5 months) and it's great for me, except for software update from manufacturer (sony) :(.

MY FRIEND : K, yeah this is nice phone, gonna buy this ASAP, i just FIL on it. I dont care about software update.

ME : Well, yeah... @#?!(.)/\

1 week later............

MY FRIEND : Bro, i bough my XPERIA SP by yesterday afternoon. Damn i'm so happy with it.

ME : Good, congr.., if you have wifi or touchscreen issue, then you need. -#()@€¥[{%+=.

MY FRIEND : Thanks, will try it, but i can live with that anyway, lol.

3 Months later.......

ME : Hello bro, have you see the latest firmware update from sony for their flagship?

MY FRIEND : Yeah, i saw it. Really hope SP will got it later.

ME : Me too..??? @:#()^~|¥

1 month later.........

MY FRIEND : Damn, why they (Sony) need so much time for update's investigation to bring KK for SP?!!!!, I can't wait longer.

ME : So do i, but ???!!! @#()\%$$$, bye, see you later.

1 Week later........

MY FRIEND : Hello bro, any news about it (KK for SP) :( :( :(.

ME : Nope, perhaps you should follow it's twitt, or may be there is some news on XDA forum. And you can try custom KK on there.

MY FRIEND : Yeah @()#%***

1 Week later.........

ME : Hi dude, new phone ah???

MY FRIEND : Yes, just bought it this morning, it mad my day, lol.

ME : Nice,...may i try it?, btw what happened with your SP?

MY FRIEND : I sold it for $$$$##***, lucky me ah?

No more SONY in my life, lol. :D

ME : Oh... i see??!! ¥§&><%%+= (Yes, if there is KK for SP, but for Sony's Mid Range phone only, because i still love my X10 and my PS3 :D).

bY mE
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
What phone did he buy? :P
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
Selling a phone because "no kitkat" is a bit ridicolous imho

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
Just stop ok... i'm getting sick of people saying: Oh f*ck the xsp doesn't get kk? oh I better sell this piece of crap and buy a midrange htc or samsung phone that has low specs! but who cares? it has kk right? I don't care if it lags the only thing i give a sh*t about is that it has kk

just be happy that we got a stable build of kitkat available for our phone (its locked bootloader so you don't have to void your warranty) look at the htc one x and one x+ they got cm11 but almost nothing works! and htc doesn't even care for developers... for most mid and low end htc phones the source code isn't even complete! (cough cough desire x, desire c and possibly a lot more and i had a desire c and we spent a freaking year trying to get wi-fi working on a 4.1 ROM while kitkat was already released)
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
I agree. I got recognized for twrp and other recoveries for desire x.

And that was all that phone ever got.

That cursed phone.

No working cm10, 10.1, 10.2

Forget cm11.

And that phone was released 2012. Only updated from 4.04 to 4.1

No more. Not even bug fix. Nothing.
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Screw stock ROM and just flash the pa and PAC ROM from nexus.prime then you guys won't even go back to stock unless your a weird fan of sony 's stupid ui..
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
***** beep ******

(no ads here).

I knew it, perhaps he just getting mad, that's all.

And i'm not gonna sell my X SP due to this stupid KK update from sony.

Sorry mate, but sometime i can't resist my self :)

And i'm not interesting to talk about another brand here, also for brand comparison, sorry.

But it's true story!

Regards
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Altho it is stupid to sell your phone because of no KitKat it is extremly lame from Sony to upgrade phones with far worser spec to KitKat and to keep this high mid end device stuck on Jelly Bean.

There is absolutly no reason not to upgrade this device and I hope they dont use the "EOL 18 months" argument to stop it..

~~ Regards
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
But didnt we find out that sony actually plans on updating the Sp,T,L to 4.4.4 after the M2?

I just want to have the latest SONY features,I dont care on which OS it might be.But the sensation of havining the latest OS is thrilling,especially when you know that you payed 500 $ for the phone off-contract.I got mine for 150 $,and I am not complaining,I have never had a phone this good,I dont even notice lags on the stock rom cuz i had the old,stinking Xperia Mini.This phone is awesome,and I am surely going to keep it at least for 1 year,even tho I am a smartphone junkie. :P

SONY is my favorite company,with the stylish design of its product,and the OS.No phone can copy the combination of a mid-high end phone and premium Sony headphones.Noone! xD
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
I totally agree with you. I've said it before, but the firmwares/updates of a phone isn't the first thing you should look when buying a phone. Our sp is the only phone in its category (?) that has 720p display, and the only one that has g.p.u. from flasghips and high-end devices (htc one m7, xperia z, zl, e.t.c.). Everyone stop moaning, because sony has made final decisions. It seems the freexperia team already knew that so they released a version of cm11 for locked bootloaders.
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Where is freexperia cm11 for locked bootloader?
[Xperia SP General] Emma22288:
That would be nice ..
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
I mean that there's a cm 10.2 and a cm 11 for locked bootloaders (as far as I know) for the xperia sp. Just check these two out: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/cyanogenmod-11-and-slimkat-for-the-locked-xperia-sp/
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
Well Your Cm11 is amazing,it is the only custom rom I use.
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Ok, so please give proper credits.

locked bl cm is only possible due to bagyusz and some others. Freexperia contributes to unlocked cm11

and i have no major part in it.i just build upon his already present efforts.
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
Why no profile support page

http://www.sonymobile.com/us/software/phones/xperia-sp/

[IMG="http://8pic.ir/images/bq76b5h1qt6wtg9zkdc2.jpg"]http://8pic.ir/images/bq76b5h1qt6wtg9zkdc2.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
they are updating it maybe?
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
This is it guys, this may reveal the news
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
Clench your buzzoms,guys!
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
Still the same http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-sp/
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
Maybe they will publish it for the US market first,then for global?
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
hahaha everybody are waiting :D And then the site will become as it was before :p

Update: http://www.sonymobile.com/us/software/phones/

I can't find SP :p
[Xperia SP General] xAD3r1ty:
Omg... the hype train is real, kit kat confirmed
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Actually not at all
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
Kitkat isn't confirmed yet

They can also put in the page "last version: Android 4.3"

Lol

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
I checked that page a week ago and it was already missing so it's most likely a sign of ended support
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
You guys know that a lot of phones are missing from that site. Why? It's US site. So nothing changed. At all.

We still need to wait untill Sony gives us an excuse about RAM/screen resolution gives us an official confirmation. :p
[Xperia SP General] feromgar:
In the Global Spanish site the Xperia Sp is there. People should check first before making wild claims.
[Xperia SP General] lee480:
Nothing to be excited about. Xperia SP was never officially sold by Sony USA, and hence, not displayed in the USA site...
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
In indian site, its the same
[Xperia SP General] GoL LuM:
Same here, in France...
[Xperia SP General] Remlas:
Australia page is empty :eek:

(Page reloaded many times with many browsers)
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
Greek page still the same
[Xperia SP General] TechnoSparks:
May I join? :)

For Malaysia and Singapore site, it is still the same one throughout these whole months. Currently as Jellybean .205 and KK is under investigation

No need to have screenshots since the page is just the same like the above post.
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
ok, we've got it.
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
Sony tasks can not be predicted , for example update Android 4.4.4
[Xperia SP General] Dr.TheMaster:
waaaaaaaiting...

official Kit Kat from Sony is unfortunately still under investigation for our XSP :( .. when are they ever going to change that to something else?!
[Xperia SP General] Th3B1ff:
Do they know what they're doing?

Just got this e-mail from Sony Mobile Africa:

" Dear Brendon,

Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.

In regards to your question about updating your Xperia™ SP, kindly find the below;

Please note that the Xperia SP will be receiving the KitKat 4.4 update soon. However it has not be released yet. Kindly be informed that we’re making the KitKat upgrade available to a portion of our 2012 portfolio and the majority of our 2013 line, so it takes a little longer than if we had only focused on particular models at the high end.

We try to set very conservative public dates so that we’re always able to make good on our intentions, however the key factor in any upgrade is, and will remain the quality of the user experience. If we choose to take a little longer over a given release it is in order to provide customers with software that matches our exacting standards.

The roll out of newer released software will be released in packages for the SI numbers of the phones according to the market and the operator for each country.

Therefore, we cannot give you an exact date for when a specific update will be available for your device. "
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
If it was real that would be wonderful but I doubt sony'll release kitkat for 2012 line

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Wasn't Xperia T released in late 2012?
[Xperia SP General] AdrianDC:
Yes it was, September 2012, TX in October and V in December 2012.
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
Oh and xperia v also! I forgot them, i was thinking they are 2013 lol

I hope email is real and not fake

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
Yeah. Sorry about that. I got confused. Bagyusz and other guys are responsible for bringing cm for locked bootloaders to our phones. Thanks for mentioning me that.

---------- Post added at 01:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:18 PM ----------

I'll be laughing real hard if Sony releases kitkat for 2012 phones. It seems almost like a late April fool. Anyway, in sony's website for Greece, as already mentioned, the xperia sp's support page is still there, and in U.S. one is missing, but I don't expect anything new for this phone anymore...
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
As we said in the previous posts xperia t v and tx are 2012

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
What,you payed 500$ for a phone,and you think it is garbage that doesnt deserve dev support?maybe if you guys were positive,more people would buy this phone,and more devs for it would pop out.The galaxy s3,whos latest and last firmware is 4.3, has devs who ported the S5 4.4 rom to it,removing the need of buying a 700$ toy.XDA is all about taking the devices potential out in the open,not to be dissappointed in them... :rolleyes:
[Xperia SP General] klacenas:
Latest
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
I'm not saying that these phones are garbage. Both 2012 devices like the xperia t, tl, tx, v and the xperia sp have huge potential and do deserve a lot of attention when it comes to developing stuff. Besides, sony is known as one of the most developer-friendly companies. Although, I find it impossible for those 2012 phones (t, tl, tx, v) to get kitkat because they're officially old. I mean, they all came out in the end of 2012. It's August 11 of 2014 now. I don't think sony will pay attention to these phones (including sp) even though they're capable of running kitkat or even l.
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
Can you give us a screen shot?
[Xperia SP General] Th3B1ff:
UHM....OK?

Here is a screenshot of my gmail.......if thats what you're asking.
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
You made my day bro, and probably everyone out here.
[Xperia SP General] MH-Droid:
So good news ..
[Xperia SP General] RoXzAn:
Hope they update it few weeks aftr m2 kk update
[Xperia SP General] paulux2:
Oh yeahhh

I think this increase our % to get official kitkat

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] NestorC:
I just hope they know what are they talking about, and if this is true, they will have my trust, and my next phone will be sony also for sure, I am anyway Sony fan, its just I dont like to be lied.
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
sony support either knows it all or knows nothing at all it's just confusing and i wouldn't get too excited before we get some official news
[Xperia SP General] NestorC:
I agree, thats why I said it like that, in past we could see a lot of robotic replies, and totally wrong informations, so I hope they didn't make mistake again about version or model of phone.
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
Sorry to go off topic

But this website says something funny
[Xperia SP General] MH-Droid:
Hahaaa... A better processor
[Xperia SP General] air001:
OMG. Shoot me - ah him, please! :D
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
Thanks for the news :)

It's doesn't matter if they need until september/oct (2014 :D) for preparation.

Regards