Android jelly Bean for Xperia 2011 :

[Alaa]

Hi All,

My name ALAA , Im from meddle East > Kingdom of bahrain

Where is the Android : Jelly Bean 4.1 for Sony ( Ericsson ) ARC S ?

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No Enformation for the jelly Bean 4.1 Software for SONY ?

[Uliwooly]

1st of all the source code was released 2 days ago

2nd there's NO word by any OEM about updating to Jelly Bean, as only Nexus devices are getting it

3rd the Arc it's dead, how so? Sony among other manufacturers agreed to support their device for at least 18months after it was released, the Arc was released 18months ago

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[Uliwooly]

there are other threads on thist topic

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/241921#241921

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/223571#223571

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[Atif]

Dear Uli

He has got ARC S for which he is asking and ARC S is not dead at all as its not even 12 months old so lot of time left for 18 months, so its very much alive provided SONY keeps up their promise and provide us JB

Rgds

[Uliwooly]

indeed BUT the Arc S it's the same as the Arc just a faster processor, everything else is the same, we'll have to wait and see

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[Atif]

I dont think it has anything to do with hardware as according to various renowned 3rd party developers, any phone which can run ICS can run JB perhaps, even better, same was stated by google when they launched it, Its just upto the OEMs whether they are willing to facilitate their customers or not on the same...

[#7]

AT LEAST, not UP TO... so it's definitely not died yet.

[#8]

Well, the fact of the matter is I paid a lot of my hard earned money for my phone. My phone is Arc S. If updating it to 4.1 makes it faster and google, who write codes for android, says if your phone can run 4.0 it will be able to run 4.1. Now, If sony wants to be an idiot and not support the phone I bought only few months ago with latest releases, I will never buy a sony phone again and so will countless of other customers. If you say you will support it for 18 months, man up and keep your promise. I hate the fact that I have to wait 2 seconds for contacts to load up on 4.0.4, I paid top money for a phone and I want the software which will make best use of the hardware. It has 1.4ghz processor and 512MB ram, If it was a PC , i would have been able to install windows 7 on it. You are trying to tell me that the phone is too old for 4.1 ? is this some kind of a joke ?

[#9]

I dont think so.. the arc S has a different architecture as far as I know(?)

[Uliwooly]

It seems that Aimee forgot that the android update alliance is to address fragmentation not just minor updates or patches, her answer doesn't seem to be true/accurate

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/247673#247673

Aimee

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Sep 20, 2010

7. Jul 16, 2012 11:57 AM (in response to uliwooly)

Re: Are we going to have the jeely bean update ?

Hi,

18 months of updates does not necessarily refer to Android version updates. This also includes performance enhancing updates on the Android version the handset is already running on.

Our developers will test the handsets on the new versions of Android which Google release and confirm whether the user experience is stable enough to provide an update.

Until we have confirmation regarding this, we would be unable to confirm which units will be able to run this version.

Just like she did before

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/121814#121814

you said that

Aimee

1,417 posts since

Sep 20, 2010

8. Nov 16, 2011 5:34 AM (in response to uliwooly-wooly)

Re: The real reason X8, x10 mini/pro, w8 won't get an update?

The official statement does mention the RAM but it also mentions the following reason:

The upgrade of Xperia^TM X10 also was made possible due to that we had a code base that mostly could be reused. For the mini’s, who have a different user interface, this possibility did not exist.

I am only able to provide you with the same information I have been provided with myself.

BUT the fact is that Android doesn't have a minimum hardware requirement. I've been waiting for you or someone from Sony to reply to that thread and still no answer.

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