topic Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ? in XPERIA archive

REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

nigeLT26 — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:38:47 GMT

Yesterday the jelly bean update appeared on my Xperia S. Someone on this forum had said that Sony had pulled the update, looks like not!!. I have tried to find a way to remove it, but no luck. So people, is there any way of removeing or canceling it. No way i am going to update at the moment or ever. Thanks for any help

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

nigeLT26 — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:43:11 GMT

Forgot to say. I got this phone from Sony in February with ICS pre-installed and it works like a dream.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

Johan — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:17:25 GMT

You mean that you want to remove the notification about the update?

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

nigeLT26 — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:15:47 GMT

Hi, Johan.

I would like to remove both if i can. With all the problems your consumers are having at moment, upgrading is not a good idea. If in the future Sony provide a usable and stable Jelly Bean update, then i might upgrade.Just a thought. Are the Xperia S being sold on your website with Jelly Bean preloaded, working without any problems??. Thanks for any help Nigel.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

skip0pot2mus — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:29:16 GMT

If you haven't come across any problems with ICS that was bundled with your phone, then I doubt your'll notice any of the problems with the Jelly Bean update.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

emirbud — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:44:38 GMT

Just ignore the notification of the update, and do not listen to skip0pot2mus. The update is guaranteed to screw up your phone. ICS also worked with no issues on my Xperia S, but after I updated to JB, the video camera is lagging and frame rate is halved. Just read through the posts on this forum.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

Thommo — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:50:06 GMT

I beleive that this method on XDA will root your phone even if your bootloader is locked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=188646

Next if it worked is to download the free version of Titanium backup from the play store and open it up then choose Backup/Restore and look for Update Centre and touch that app then choose if available Feeze which will stop the update notification from popping up by disabling the app not uninstalling or you may have to Un-install which speaks for itself

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

skip0pot2mus — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:57:40 GMT

I beg to differ emirbud, the JB release has less bugs than ICS, and so stand by my original statement that the OP wouldn't notice the JB bugs because, as they said:

"I got this phone from Sony in February with ICS pre-installed and it works like a dream"

If they think that about ICS, then JB will be the same.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

OzRob — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 03:34:10 GMT

I was very happy with ICS, but Jelly Bean update has introduced two major bugs for me. Firstly, any widgets from paid apps on my home screen disappear after a reboot and I have to add them again each time (a major PIA for me). Secondly, HD video capture lags badly.

Neither of these things happened with ICS.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

emirbud — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:06:35 GMT

You are quite right up to a point. The fact remains that JB upgrade introduced a major bug in video camera, and for me that's a huge problem. Otherwise, my phone works just fine, but I had no issues with ICS. Therefore, I regret my decision to upgrade.

Re: REMOVE JELLY BEAN UPDATE ?

nigeLT26 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:25:03 GMT

Thanks for your input, guys. I've no intension of rooting the phone till next February, when the warranty runs out. As for rooting, most security software will not work fully without rooting ( i.e. firewalls ). You would think phone manufactures and security providers would get together to sort this out?. Using a major update is about informed chose, there is little information on this forum. People need to put info about their phones. Is it tied to a carrier with bloatware in the software?. Is it a phone with generic software?. Are non English phones having more problems?.Is it a early phone that was upgraded to ICS?. Has anyone bought the latest Xperia S from Sony with JB pre-installed?. I have previously rooted and flashed roms onto phones ( not Sony ) from sites like Mocado and Cyanogenmod. I did that knowing i might get some bugs, but never did. I use my phone like a mini computer, i also take 9mp photos and fullhd video( need more memory). So i'm not going to upgrade and take the chance it may work. I think this phone should have come with 2gb of ram. It would be great if we could do hardware upgrades like i do with my computers.