topic Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied? in Other/General

How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:25:14 GMT

Greetings to Sony for the ICS roll out. Yet I havent upgraded my phone as I am waiting for more reviews to come on all aspects.

One doubt.. In case I am not satisfied with the performance of my phone after upgrading to ICS, how can I downgrade it back to Gingerbread? Just trying to play safe.

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Raja22223 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:20:07 GMT

HI premvarma, The only method for downgrade officially is visit the service centre and they will do the Job..

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:44:02 GMT

great!! so I still have a choice.. thanks @raja

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

ryan515 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:51:17 GMT

i saw some positive review on xperia P's ICS. and i think that it will be great than the GB version.

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:54:43 GMT

I am not in a hurry burry.. will wait for somemore time for more reviews.. may be Sony will provide an update by then with latest fixes (if any bugs in ICS)

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Deepankar — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:57:40 GMT

No point updating man i did it to my phone its stuck at loading screen "finishing boot" and did it to my friends phone also his is not even updating

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:06:05 GMT

may be the way you are doing it is wrong or could be an issue with the phone.. coz most of the people here has been able to do it without any issues and are putting reviews... retry and if still not upgrading, take it to the service centre.. let them do it for you.

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Nabeel — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:28:39 GMT

There is no official way to downgrade.

Service center won't downgrade your device to gingerbread

Once ICS is installed, you would have to stay with it. No matter what

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

ryan515 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:33:01 GMT

or you could have sony service center themselves update your phone to ICS.

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:17:58 GMT

Ohh really??? thanks @nabeel.. you saved me.. I was about to upgrade it thinking I can downgrade at service centre if not satisfied as per @raja mentioned.. can you tell me is it worth to upgrade to ICS at this point or should I wait for some more time before jumping into it?

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Nabeel — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:36:53 GMT

Oh yes really it is.

The downgrading option is for 2011 Xperias and not for 2012 mobiles

You need to search the forum for feedbacks by the users and decide accordingly .

If i were you, i wouldn't have waited a second to update my mobile

ICS is YUMMY, no matter if buggy, though it seems to be quite good for Xperia P

It's your wish to wait. People would report bugs, see if you can cope up with those bugs , then decide to update or not

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:55:37 GMT

No more waiting @nabeel.. I have gone through some honest reviews in other threads and I am satisfied... now whtever happens I am ready to face..already on it just waiting for my phone to get atleast half charged and then wrooommmmm!!!!!!!!!

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

spectre51 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:09:53 GMT

You can downgrade by flashing a ftf file of the GB firmware you want. Obviously not official but it works great and is easy. Stop by xda-developers.com and look in the Xperia P forums for info.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1516

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1729

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:18:49 GMT

thanks brother.. I already know about this method but sorry I dont want to try anything unofficial thats why I posted this topic to see if there is an official way for it

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Uliwooly — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:21:50 GMT

you could take it to a sony repair center and they will downgrade your phone or use flashtool or wotanserver

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41609

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:25:01 GMT

oopzz... so you want to contradict with what @nabeel has mentioned on the 7th reply?.. what is the truth? I am getting confused now..

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:30:22 GMT

Finally I did it... got downloaded in less than 30 min... installation took less than 5 min... android got upgraded in another 5 min for everything and at last came the sony xperia logo and I am ready to go Thanks everyone for your suggestions and advises

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

Deranged — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:25:56 GMT

what was the total update size?

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:22:40 GMT

325 MB

Re: How to downgrade from ICS if not satisfied?

premvarma — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:24:44 GMT

Here is my review

Date of update : 18th August late night

Pros: Improved battery life.. its true.. I have been using wifi for the whole night yesterday till 4 am and fel asleep, still more than half battery was lef when I woke up.. which is lot better than GB..

No death grip or network grip issues so far.. call clarity is awesome and consistent on earphone, main speaker and call speaker.

Love the new facelock function and pattern lock option if first one fails..

The new notification area looks pretty with settings option incorporated.

Improved response and performance.

The new data usage tracker option is helpful.

ICS has something called developer options.. havent touched that section yet :smileysilly:since I am not a developer lol

Seettins menu seems more sophisticated, arranged and advanced

Cons: When I put media volume to maximum I can hear cracking here and there..

If any body annoyed with the mix up of pics and videos in album, here is the trick.. you can see a downward arrow on the righ corner of the album.. click on it and you will get it sorted by just pics and videos.

Picture zooming option sucks big time!! This was great in GB as compared to ICS sad.. even after reducing animation and animation speed to minimum.

Taking screenshots was too easy in GB as compared to ICS.. whenever I tried to press volume down and power buttons together, only one of their functions pops up .. means either it will reduce ring volume or it will power off .. lolzz :smileygrin:

Overall : Worth updating.. you can just close your eyes and go for it.. :smileyhappy:if not concerned some above mentioned minor cons.