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Apr 13 2012

Kicking-off Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade for 2011 Xperia smartphones

April 13, 2012 - 5:00 PM
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Hello everyone – a quick update,

Starting from today (13th April), we’re beginning the Sony software upgrade including the uplift to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for our 2011 Xperia™ smartphones.

The software will initially be made available for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray for consumers in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway. For the above models, the software rollout will continue over the next 4-6 weeks, becoming available in other global markets – we will update you here on the blog when additional markets can upgrade.

You’ll be able to see when the software kit (customized specific to your operator and handset) is ready on our support community; http://talk.sonymobile.com  – please continue to check in if your kit is not yet listed, as it will be updated when new kits become available.

In order to upgrade your 2011 Xperia smartphone you will need to connect to a PC or Mac – please visit http://www.sonymobile.com/update and follow the instructions.

Following on, Xperia arc, Xperia PLAY, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia active and Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will receive their scoop starting from the end of May/early June*.

Thanks for all your comments and questions so far; please keep them coming and we will continue to answer as many as possible.

If you’re looking for more information, you might find these links useful:

*The availability and scheduling of this software upgrade and specific models upgradeable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and carrier requirements

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      • By André Fialho

        What? How can the brand new xperia s phone be the last one to get ICS?
        I appreciate the effort releasing ICS to all xperia 2011 line up, but leaving xperia S, P, U and sola for last just seems senseless…

        • By Excessionist

          Nothing really strange about that – they probably have several reasons. First, if you are to get a product out the door with one Google release, and get that approved by carriers, it would not be a good idea to work with a completely different Google release at the same time, on the same products. That’s called focus.
          Secondly, getting ICS out on the previous products is important for those of us who have bought them with ICS in our sights, and we would be sorely disappointed if the newbies got the fast lane treatment.
          And thirdly, my impression of the new devices is, that there is not much ICS can bring which would make a huge difference except ticking the box – at least until many more apps are updated to take advantage of the new features. Even the Nexus Galaxy is, in my opinion, a mess of old and new interface stuff with little constancy between and even within apps. Yes, ICS is really a work in progress, not the huge breakthrough Rubin and Co wants to make us all believe.

          • By srikar v

            *I love you forrever Sony.* I’m using my neo v right now, and I’m just loving it.

            To Anthony.

            Please can you let me know when the ics update for neo v comes out in India as soon as it releases…

            Thanks alot man. !!

            I still love Sony.

          • By anthony

            Hey Srikar,

            Unfortunately we cannot comment, at this point, on availability by individual region or SI number, but, you’ll be able to find all the latest information on the rollout right here on the blog and our support community (http://bit.ly/HGrHWE), so please keep stopping-by.

            I hope that’s useful,

            Ant.

            P.S we love you too :-)

    • By anthony

      Hey Johan – thanks for stopping by,

      Ice Cream Sandwich will be made available for Xperia S towards the latter part of Q2.

      We’ll continue to provide you with regular updates along the way.

      I hope that helps,

      Ant.

    • By anthony

      Hey Cihan, Kailas, Alex – thanks for your questions,

      You guys and others have been asking about the ICS rollout in specific markets, but unfortunately we cannot comment, at this point, on availability by individual region or SI number.

      You’ll be able to find all the latest information on the rollout right here on the blog and our support community (http://bit.ly/HGrHWE), so please keep stopping-by :-)

      I hope that’s useful,

      Ant.

    • By Shankameswaran Balamurugan

      would you pls give us a feedback about the performance of the device with ICS ??? that would be of much help …… thank you…

    • By Akmalzaman Shaharuddin

      Im asking the same question too.I’m hoping for it to update within this weekend.that’s the only time I have to used my PC properly.if it is available OTA I dont mind,but this is good enough though.^^ thanks Anthony

  • By Martyn Hollinshead

    I’ve been checking these blogs for news on when the ICS update would start rolling out, and when I saw this post I thought ‘Hooray! Finally, it’s here!”. AAAAAAND then I read the part where it says “for consumers in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway”. I live in the UK, England to be precise. THE COUNTRY WHICH I READ BEFORE ON OTHER SITES THAT IT WOULD BE GETTING IT FIRST! When will we have to wait till exactly then? AGAIN!

    Too many delays, Sony!

  • By Marcus Asdrubal C. Navarro

    Someone with Xperia Neo V could give some first impressions about the Update? I’m one Neo’s owner and I want to know how smooth is working in Neo V or even the other phones? I will be glad to hear any review here. Please send some reviews, about performance and etc.

    Anthony do you believe that Neo will be released soon? It has the same hardware of Neo V, the difference is just the partitions layouts. Please give anything new about Xperia Neo.

  • By Marcus Asdrubal C. Navarro

    Someone that have a NEO V, could write some review about it? I have a Neo , so the same hardware, I would like to read about the performance issues and etc. I would be so glad.

    Anthony please give us some news about Xperia Neo, the difference from V is just the partitions layouts. Please something specific about Xperia Neo.

    • By Jahdiel Mapkn

      I am in Colombia and I have the Neo V. With a night reading tutorials in xda-developers I managed to Unlock the bootloader, flash the kernel, and install the official nordic release thru Flashtool. (You can download the official rom and everything you need explained step by step in Xda also) and I think it is pretty good. As of now no issues with Wi-fi, Data or signal. The screen is a lil bit less responsive than GB but I think is a good ICS port so far. A Holo theme would have made the roms more “Attractive”. What elese can I say…Oh yes, if you read and learn more about flashing phones (no need to be a hacker, I am NOT) you do not have to wait for SONY to WANT to give you the rom thru PC Companion.

        • By Arjun Gundlapelli

          Thanx to above Link. Yesterday I was Latest Software Updated My SONY XPERIA NEO V Mobile from Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.1.A.0.562. Please click on this above Link who want to use eagerly awaited Android latest Software in Sony Xperia Smartphone.

          • By Fábio Leke Reêh

            Me ajudem a entender algo… há quase 6 meses espero pela atualização do 4.0 ainda meu sk17 não teve esta atualização, o celular da minha irmã e dos meus amigos que possuem o da Samsung já atualizaram e porque o nosso não?? Qual a desculpa agora?? Datas sempre mudam… axo que irei para a Samsung possuem mais respeito com nós consumidores!!!!
            Me arrependo de comprar SE

  • By rohit gilhotra

    SONY , INDIA IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONSUMER MARKET TO YOU , U SHUD HAVE ROLLED OUT UPDATE IN INDIA FIRST and then everywhere else,,,,,,,,, I ASK U TO PROVIDE ICS UPDATE IN INDIA ASAP

  • By Mauricio gaona

    acabo de actualizar mi celu pero tuve un problema pc compation me dijo ke se avia actualizado a 4.0 pero al momento de prender el celu y configurarlo me di kuenta ke tenia android 2.3.4 ocea no se me actualizo esto no es justooooo :(

  • By Jeeva Sivabalan

    im sivabalan from india, please release ICS update with indian languages support, because my neo v doesn’t support the indian regional language tamil in facebook, browser, applications.

  • By Adrian Casillas

    I’m so excited! I hope the U.S.A. get’s it rather quickly :)
    I’m anxious to read some reviews on how ICS will perform on the ARC S. I hope everything runs smoothly :)
    Can’t wait! :D
    Thanks SONY, you’re definitely the absolute best!

    • By anthony

      Hey Adrian,

      Thanks for your kind words – we’re making ICS available in other global markets over the next 4-6 weeks, so hold tight!

      We’ll continue to provide you with all the latest info right here on the blog :-)

      Ant.

  • By Gopal Vvr

    Hey Sony Dev Team :o ))
    First of All my Greetings & Congratulations on starting the update release…
    hope the delay is only give us a better n better product as always
    …
    …
    waiting to c my country getting added into the list
    to get & use the best :-)
    as always from
    “SONY”

    • By anthony

      Hey Gopal,

      Thanks for your kind words – we’re working to bring you the best possible Android 4.0 experience on Xperia smartphones.

      Keep your eyes fixed right here on the blog, as we’ll be updating on availability in other global markets over the coming weeks!

      Ant.

  • By Yack - Yack Lovina

    Hi Ant! I hope you would add the option to downgrade to GB in case other users will not like the ICS. A guide will be much appreciated. Thanks and have a good day!

  • By john jeevinth

    Well I do not have si number on my mobile.. which would mean its not carrier dependent and its not dependent on the country .. that being the case I hope the global ICS version would fit into it. am I right?

  • By Anonymous

    You could start the update for Neo, Arc, Play etc end April-mid May.
    Why first user should wait more then others?
    The difference between two roll out is about 2 month !!! very disappointing

  • By Thoufic ali

    when ll be available in saudi…? i have one problem (not exactly) n my Xperia S.. there is a shade (thinly yellow) in display upper of the home button.. it only seems when the background is white.. but in other case its not see.. i checked my display with services test from this code (*#*#7378423#*#*).. top of the display nd right side of the display nd upper of the home button.. its a display problem or what.. can anyone clear me guyz..

  • By Ambar Chakraborty

    We here in India are waiting for the update.. Hope it reaches us without any more unnecessary delays.. I personally feel the update should be rolled out globally..

    IS SONY ERICSSON/SONY NOT A GLOBAL CORP..???

    C’mon guys…. you can do better than this…. Can’t you….???

    A honest customer centric answer will be expected and appreciated.

  • By Nightfury 'pain

    well well well….look whos here its ICS…on the door .
    i was checking regulerly if any upgrade has come or not…and i saw it 2day thought wow its here OMG annnnd afterwards reading its only available in some regions ….well sony how bout UK ?
    i live in london (UK GB)
    when is it gonna be here ….pls hurry cant wait ?

  • By Sebastian Daniel

    If you can not answer questions like “When is updating the country x” then if I see have to wait until May, June to appear in my country ROMANIA
    sony sucks you said will appear in the heart of April we understand, and now big “update” only five countries after many delays and have not been able to update globally …
    sony you suck …
    I am very nervous I
    from a big fan of Sony …. Sony engineers today than disappoint me, you are liars … you will never reach the top of lies …. I’m sorry I got sony I will move on Apple and Samsung phones ..

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