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Android 2.1

To all of you that's been anxiously waiting for the android 2.1 firmware upgrade, I just finished talking with a sony rep and they have plans to start rolling out the update by the end of October. So hopefully in a couple of weeks we should start seeing some updates for this phone. I don't know about anbody else, but, I'm not pleased at all with 1.6 at the moment.
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You have waited two years to tell us something we already know? It was your first post and you should have waited to at least tell us some good news.
There is already a thread for 2.1 news which you should have posted there.

Oooooooh yournot pleased with 1.6????? SO????? Who cares??? I personally think the x10 is a great phone, it does everything I need it to do, from satnav (co pilot) to reading me ebooks (moon+ reader), im sick and tired of people slagging a phone off just because of the firmware, I had a G1 on day of release and that was android V1, my son still uses said G1 and its still a great phone, some people should really get a life
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While the X10 only runs 1.6 its still far nicer than my nexus one running 2.2 (froyo) well when I had my nexus one anyways lol.
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Possible Update to Froyo by end of year 2010?

hey guys
i was just surfing the web and i came across this news article.
http://www.phonedog.com/2010/12/24/rumor-samsung-fascinate-set-to-get-froyo-before-2010-is-up/
In this article it compares the smartphones that verizon offers.
In the adobe flash section it says that fascinate will be supporting it by end of year 2010.
And you can see that droid 2 already supports it since it is on 2.2 already..
What are your thoughts??
Is it safe to bet this is plausible?

Look at the Droid X area and you can see this is an old memo. Would be nice though to have it by the end of year.

This is why lazy bloggers =/= journalists.
That's a launch comparison chart for the Fascinate. As in, from when the phone launched in early September.
Don't believe me? Take a look at the Droid X comparison, where it says it's currently running Android 2.1 and will get Flash by "End of Summer 2[010]."
The problem? The Droid X has been running Froyo -- and Flash -- since late September, shortly after this chart was published.

Daswolven said:
Well, this time the Froyo rumor is true a much as I hate to say it. Confirmation here: http://bit.ly/4vqx0
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Thanks for the confirmation! I'm so excited!
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Please read this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877707
And please understand that this information was pulled from a place where ALL front line sales people and Customer Service people (basically, the only people you will talk to about anything phone related) go for information. So, understand that once someone reads that, they can now confidently relay it to you, because as mentioned, the moderator is pretty high up on the software revisions totem pole....
Stop fantasizing. Please. Its not healthy. There's only 6 days left in 2011 anyway

Lol i was the one who leaked this. I didn't think anyone would take it that seriously
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Gingerbread on X10 delayed in August

According to SE blog Gingerbread is delayed in August:
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/06/20/update-on-gingerbread-for-xperia™-x10/
While this is a bad news for X10 owners they have some excuses:
"...March most of the 2011 XperiaTM software functionality from e.g. XperiaTM arc will be included. The UI with the desktop layout and pinch-to-overview gesture will be similar and Gingerbread features like Wi-Fi & USB tethering, App storage on SD-card etc are included. Also the customizable horizontal app tray and the media experience widgets from the 2011 XperiaTM Products are in, including an integrated equalizer in the music player. Of course also apps that require Android versions 2.2 or 2.3 will now be possible to download from Android Market, e.g. Adobe flash."
August is not so far away so let's see. I am not o pressed anymore as I have also my Arc
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu.ro/tag/xperia

look up
*smacks forhead*

I just checked the blog out too. I wonder, why the delay? I see the mobile will become a hotspot, tethering they are allowing. Is it compatible software on SE's end?
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the reason was explained in the blog and the discussion is happening in the gingerbread update discussion thread.

I actually had faith in SE, but now they've delayed their update I don't care what device they will bring in the future. Also the only improvement of our devs their roms will be the camera. I will move to HTC (Only if they get a nice design) or else I will go to Samsung. They said it's planned for end Q2/begin Q3. August is not the begin but middle of Q3!! I'm very dissapointed as SE customer and I spend my damn money on this phone that will not even kept as updated as a Arc would be.
1.5 years left, and I can finally say Hello to HTC/Samsung and bye SE. I don't care what ever they say, they promised fast updates. Well I see, months of work and still a late release then promised. Also, great customer service. NOT, they can't even reply to your questions, and mostly in a NORMAL way without typefaults.

PlayGunsta said:
I actually had faith in SE, but now they've delayed their update I don't care what device they will bring in the future. Also the only improvement of our devs their roms will be the camera. I will move to HTC (Only if they get a nice design) or else I will go to Samsung. They said it's planned for end Q2/begin Q3. August is not the begin but middle of Q3!! I'm very dissapointed as SE customer and I spend my damn money on this phone that will not even kept as updated as a Arc would be.
1.5 years left, and I can finally say Hello to HTC/Samsung and bye SE. I don't care what ever they say, they promised fast updates. Well I see, months of work and still a late release then promised. Also, great customer service. NOT, they can't even reply to your questions, and mostly in a NORMAL way without typefaults.
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Agreed they have always been full of crap they promised us features then later retracted statements
Ill never make the mistake of buying a SE. again
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And we needed a separate thread for this to remind us about the delay every time we look in general section right?

This was the final push. I am buying a new phone now.Not a SE.

Closing this thread cause there is already a gingerbread thread stickied

I hope ICX can allow 3g networks soon (Xperia Play).

Don't get me wrong ICX is brilliant. Iv'e been waiting since December for the Data Usage to be fixed (3G)...
It must be hard since even Sony have moved their official ICS release from March to this Summer.

When did this happen? I was really looking forward to ice cream sandwhich on my xperia play this month. So we now have to wait longer.
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I thought we get ICS at the end of April?

if your gonna drop a bomb like that please tell me you have proof?

I can't remember where I read this but sony said icx will be releases late april or early may.
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I'd love to have internet data whilst away from my Wi-Fi too. I'm sticking with ICX anyway as ICS on the Play is still going to have the standard Xperia skin job over the top
OS updates should make the device look completely different in my opinion as it makes it feel like having a new device. That's why I flashed ICX in the first place. That and it confuses staff in phone shops when it looks like a Galaxy Nexus . It should be like Xbox Live when the new update hit and changed EVERYTHING.
Alas, we can't change what phone companies decide to do with their products unfortunately.
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Android 5.0 , coming to the xperia Play?

I just read about the new android version possibly coming Autumn. Since Sony has been good to us do you think we'll get it?? Here is source MOD EDIT:adfoc.us links are not allowed on XDA
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Ever unsatisfactory ??
you just got ics man enjoy it as 5.0 will take year and half to come to any device
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madman_amit said:
Ever unsatisfactory ??
you just got ics man enjoy it as 5.0 will take year and half to come to any device
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Just opening up discussion and sharing what I found. Sorry if I may seem ungrateful but I am very much content with se work thus far.
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LMFAO that's not even for phones, just tablets..Jellybean is nothing new

The whole will be 2.5 yrs old by the time its in wide distribution. Won't be a snowballs chance in hell...

Lets take this ...it was much easy for sony to update all xperia 2011 as at end of day all were running same core components ...sammy have fragmented hardware so would take considerable amount of time and money for each to make ...
2012 sony also doing same by sticking to novathor and same gpu so no problems for updates
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I think XPlay can handle as much as ICS. They wouldn't update their 2011 devices in 2013, maybe only Xperia S, P, U, sola (2012 Sony devices) etc. will get that new update.

I would not even hold your hopes up for official ICS.
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Sony has said that they don't particularly believe ICS will run as well as we want it to on their phones. Given that, and the fact that Jellybean will be advanced beyond ICS, as well as the fact that Jellybean has been said to be tablet-only, I don't think Android 5 will ever, ever see the light of day on the Xperia Play.

Wait, Jellybean is tablet only? I thought the whole point of ICS was to merge the tablet and handheld branches on android into one unified platform moving forward. I guess that went out the window. Maybe there is something to that whole "fragmentation" argument after all.

crono141 said:
Wait, Jellybean is tablet only? I thought the whole point of ICS was to merge the tablet and handheld branches on android into one unified platform moving forward. I guess that went out the window. Maybe there is something to that whole "fragmentation" argument after all.
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I thought so, too.

@jdz7t8 and crono141
I think they mean that Android 5.0 will be primarily focused on features for Tablets. It will also come for Smartphones though because then it wouldn´t make any sense what they´ve done with Android 4.0 . Seriously, would be dumb to fragment Android even more from a app developer sight.
And Android 5.0 for our Xperia Play... Well, i doubt it will happen. Look at other smartphone devices. The Galaxy S didn´t get ICS because it got two majour updates (2.2 and 2.3) and it was two years old at the time when the update plan from Samsung was released which is very old for a smartphone (usually 1 year support). And it was successful! ICS is possible from a hardware perspective. The main reason is to prompt customers to buy a new smartphone. Other companies are even worse in this matter(Motorola, LG).
I mean Sony isn´t bad. They did it better with the 2011 Xperia Line. But they
want to sell their new phones. I would appreciate if they bring that update, but unless they announce anything in regards to that, i believe there isn´t any update for us.

I think that Sony should be focusing on giving their customers a good experience with their phones. It would benefit all their us customers who typically get their phones every two years. They need to keep their us customers loyal to their brand right?
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beez1717 said:
I think that Sony should be focusing on giving their customers a good experience with their phones. It would benefit all their us customers who typically get their phones every two years. They need to keep their us customers loyal to their brand right?
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....... GB w/ working games and touchpad not a good experience? or is Ics with few working games and no touchpad a even better experience?
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