topic Re: Enable downgrade NOW!! in XPERIA archive

Enable downgrade NOW!!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:41:58 GMT

After a day of moderate usage my Xperia Ray is now at 14% battery. With GB it used to be around 50-60%. The phone is slow as molasses, and some apps (notably web browser and maps) are all but unusable because they just shut down with no error message. I would like to be able to browse the web with my "smart" phone, thank you. I even performed a factory reset/restore to no avail.

Sony obviously knew about this, and still they decided not to provide a downgrade option.

Sony: You broke my Ray, give me Gingerbread back now!

Also, this is my ~tenth Ericsson/Sony Ericsson phone. If this remains unsolved, my next phone will be anything but a Sony.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:57:31 GMT

An upgrade should be a good thing... but not with sony.

If this continues I'll root the phone an install a custon ROM, but is stupid, was not suppose to happend.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

PeterM — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:00:37 GMT

Before roll out was on blog written about ICS memory usage and was described that ICS can slow down xperia phones. Go on XDA site to find solution. I think there are posted stock GB rom for flashtool.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:02:57 GMT

I don't think the ICS is slow, I have more free ram than I had with GB.

The problem is that wireless is not working!!! and the data connection is not perfect also, and that was not in the blog!!!!

This type of problem should not ocorre in a Alpha version, wtf was Sony doing since Dezember whem release the alpha version of ICS ???

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

PeterM — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:06:22 GMT

I think sony had lot of time to work on upgrade fw. i think optimization is something anonymous for them. but what now? we can believe that sony release next bug update where optimize lot of on current ics release :S or unlock bootloader and instal any custom kernel and rom

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:09:26 GMT

PeterM wrote:

Before roll out was on blog written about ICS memory usage and was described that ICS can slow down xperia phones.

Did it say that ICS would have such bad RAM usage that even the built-in web browser would't work correctly? No, I didn't think so..

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

PeterM — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:09:50 GMT

i have installed ics only about 5 hours but for me is WiFi working better i have signal now where i wasn't with GB. 3g data i tested working good too but it is short time to test ...You true and i agree sony could do more but they are working hard on new series of xperia i think

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

PeterM — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:13:01 GMT

I do not know but built-in browser on ics is working faster i think (on my ray)

For me when i had GB i had to wait lot of time to render page or to load data from wan. now i think it is faster

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

eng_samy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:13:07 GMT

Don't bother your self

Sony have something like deaf...

they don't hear their custmoers....

90% of customers over all blogs are not satisfied and Sony still offering the same upgrade !!!

My advice to all customers never ever buy SONY mobiles again....

my next phone will be Samsung or HTC...SONY to the trash

I think there is an option to downgrade your Mobile again to GB ..but not officially ...

this is link of how to rollback Xperia Neo V

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35123

sure you will find the same for your Xperia Ray

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:06:56 GMT

I'm with you bro! Give me back my phone I even have to wait 5-10 seconds just to dial a number. My SE K810i can do that in less than 1 seconds!.

Btw, my phone is Xperia Neo V.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

ugurkaya — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:31:58 GMT

In fact I don't blame Sony for releasing a useless software.

I blame Sony, to release a buggy software and push the customer to upgrade to it. Please do not tell me about the blogpost about the differences between GB and ICS. Why? Because no owner of xperia has the obligation to be aware of the Sony blogs. Yes Sony told the upgrade may not be suitable for us but just on a blog which no customer does not have the obligation to follow.

When you connect your xperia to PC Companion, it only says there is an upgrade and says it will be very good if you upgrade to ICS. There is no link or no knowledge about that blogpost. It does not say "look at this blogpost before upgrade", it just says "go, upgrade it will be great!".

Sony played a great market game. They think they won, but they ended up with many angry customers.

Again, I don't blame Sony for the bugs. Each software may have those.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

uliwooly-wooly — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:41:59 GMT

I agree on this, they should add this info on PCC and SUS so customers know if they want to update their phone

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

neo1 — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:09:34 GMT

how hard is to for any provider to make the user switch between available updates ??

i don't think its that hard, if sony don't want to retreat back to GB for market issues then make it working on your new ICS.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

uliwooly-wooly — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:17:14 GMT

it's not that simple, if you flash 2.3.4 to 2.3.2 you will get a battery bug, it will stuck at 0%. so if you think about it, this could create a LOT of issues and angry(er) customers.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

neo1 — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:45:11 GMT

it's not accepted by any meaning to leave customers this way, sony even don't admit that they have a problem, so what should be done now, through our phone and money in the trash??

just say that you will solve it , preven us from searching more than 3 hours per day for a solution our selfs, long time ago sony was one of the best but realy its better is check the support of a brand befor investing your mony with them

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

uliwooly-wooly — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:51:44 GMT

but you can take it to sony service center to downgrade or do it manually.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

neo1 — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:55:32 GMT

since you are following the official company on there updates then they are responsible for that update, you said you will lunch ICS on Neo v for an example , i buy it accordingly, so a solution will not be by downgrading.

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

michael1 — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:59:46 GMT

there is must be an official tool from sony to revert back software to GB ...this is the least thing they can offer after problems we have with the new ics...and this tool will not take any time from them..so why the ignore?!

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

uliwooly-wooly — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:09:43 GMT

As I stated above it will create a lot of issues if they have both options to upgrade and downgrade. you have 2 ways to downgrade

1) take it to a sony service center

2) use flashtool or wotanserver or davinviteam or other thirdparty software

Re: Enable downgrade NOW!!

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:36:13 GMT

My wi-fi doesn't work. Sony, give us Android 2.3