Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for Xperia Sola & U?

[Solaris]

Sony in their announcement today declared that 2012 devices will recieve the Jelly Bean update, however the list of phones doesn't mention Xperia Sola and U? What sort of a contradiction is this ?

Xperia Go (same internals) and Xperia J (way inferior) have been listed. Did Sony give the list as an example or made a mistake by not mentioning?

Senior members and Sony representaives please clarify.

[Ubaid]

Hi Alena,

Are you still waiting for official ics update for xperia u? or did you recieve the update?

[KPopDreamer]

Ubaid, your last reply to my question . . .

"Yes xperia u can recieve JB possible because if xperia go bad ppi device (which is not good as xperia u in terms of screen resolution) and xperia j (which is less spec. than xperia u) can update to JB then why not both xperia u and sola can update to JB too. "

I have several questions :-

1) If I want to update to JB, what's the requirements ? Because I'm using Gingerbread (2.3). Should I update to ICS (4.0) before upgrade to JB (4.1 / 4.2) ?

2) So, in case, if Xperia U can receive update to JB, when will we receive the SI numbers for JB update ? Because http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/53823 , this thread, SI number had been removed !

[alena2341]

Sorry for this very late reply but i am still waiting maybe they are not gonna release the update for my si number

[SarathBP]

I am using Xperia U and I am still received the ICS update so far.

I am in Qatar

Any possibilities?

Or will I get Jelly Bean update?

all of my friends using samsung and LG phone got ICS update and I am still waiting.

[23W]

Sign the petition to Sony,

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/jellybean-update-for-xperia-u-and-xperia-sola.html

[sherif118]

can i root xperia u and make it jelly bean ?

please answer me fast

[talha880]

i have got mad for finding xperia sola 4.1 updates , according to this article it says Xperia Sola and its 3 other family members will also get jelly bean http://www.techenclave.com/news/exclusive-sony-xperia-gosolapu-getting-jelly-bean-early-december-oth... , plz check

[FolkCleric]

It's funny, how Sony decides which phones gets Jelly Bean update. I guess they don't reck to the phone spec., because Xperia U has 1 GHz STE U8500 Dual Core processor and 512 MB of RAM. Now here is the fun part. Samsung phones with 800 MHz Cortex-A5 processor and 512 MB of RAM gets Jelly Bean update. Even Sony Xperia mini is more capable, than some Samsung's devices, but who's getting Jelly Bean update? Not Sony's, but Samsung's users. I think Sony is making a big mistake not updating their older phones, but I get it. Sony wants to sell the new phones. The more expensive ones. But if the user gets disappointed with his previous Sony phone, he'll probably choose another manufacturer, that offers better phone support.

Of course, Sony releases very "attractive" to eye devices, but ther phone suppor is not that great.

Sorry, Sony, but that is the true I see.

p.s. Sorry for bad english (if it was).

[jatinrungta]

Sent this message to sony on 16th Dec 2012

Hello Sony,

Saw the post that Xperia U is not getting Official JB.

The reason you have posted in the blog is not all correct. How Can Xperia Go have JB and U not have it. Does water resistance make a phone capable of running JB.

The Support Center from America asked me to contact you guys for my question. So may I please have a reason for not updating the phone to JB. This is definitely not a software compatibility issue as Xperia J and E both can run JB then why cant U?

Got this reply today 11jan 2013

Hi,

I understand your frustration. Believe me when I say we have really tried this. One difference of Xperia U and Xperia go is the screen resolution. This comes into play when in relation to RAM in the device. Xperia J is on another platform and Xperia E has the same resolution as Xperia go.

In the tests we made we felt that the user experience wasn’t good enough with Jelly Bean in relations to the few new features in that upgrade on some of the phones.

So there is a pattern in the update strategy. I’m truly sorry if this makes you like Sony a little bit less.

[Iez]

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• 1 download Flashtool
• 2 download busybox the lastes vursion
• 3 download kernel search cm10 your phone vursion (demo lt18i a.k.a xperia arc s)
• 4 download Flashtool-drivers(adb)
• 5 root-tollkit
• ____________________________________________________________________________
• next up all complete and unzip every zip file finish download and keep everything in 1 folder.
• after finishing and complete the flash unplug your device mean your phone
• ouh one more thing,
• Go to settings > Security > Mark "Unknown sources"
• Settings > Developer options > Mark USB debugging
• Settings > Xperia > connectivity > USB connection mode > select MSC mode
• Complite all This First Before Fun Flashmod
• after setting complete add your kirnel ftf. to,
• c/:flashtool/firmware
• and then open flashtool under file options logo thunder klick flash run flash and do as he said
• after setting adding kernal after flash unplug phone first then plug again close flashtool
• and then coppy root tool kit at C/:flashtool/paste inside here and make sure no FT/PCC/ETC then Klick runme and sit back readit waiting until its say Its Done!!!
• Congratulations u Finaly Finish Rooting all this is just finish rooting not finish install jellybean not finish unlock the boot loader unlock the bootloader is the same software folowit u can find it at flashtool at Options above Connected To Usb First Search at Options Above and They Say UnlockBootloader And Klick Run Folow Instructions And Done! u have unlock the bootloader u have rooted your phone
• Next? is CMW Clock Work Mod Easy Seek The Software at google Play Store Search CMW and the software is shownup there
• [WARNING IF U DO ALL THIS WILL BREAK YOUR WARANTY PHONE DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK IM NOT GONNA PAY IS U DO IT WRONGS.. SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH AND TYPOS