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will xperia play get ics or not?

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:23:44 GMT

Hi,

i contacted the chat support and mailed sony about the ics update.

what they said in chat support 1 time: no update to ics sorry.

2e time: yes the play will get the update (both sony nl)

mail: Yes, the update will be avaible in june (also sony nl)

so will it get ics or not??

Nick

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:29:10 GMT

no you won't get ICS at all

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:30:21 GMT

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/products/2012/05/25/update-on-ice-cream-sandwich-rollout-for-xperia-smartphones/

In regards to Xperia PLAY, after extensive in house testing with our developer teams and working with our partners, we have concluded that a consistent and stable experience, particularly with gaming, cannot be guaranteed for this smartphone on Ice Cream Sandwich – therefore, we will not make the Android 4.0 upgrade available for Xperia PLAY.

This decision was also verified when we received similar feedback from the developer community; both experienced developers and advanced users, along with game content providers following our ICS beta ROM for unlocked Xperia PLAY smartphones.

Our priority has and always will be, to provide the best possible user experience on Xperia smartphones. In this instance the ICS upgrade would have compromised stability, where we look to ensure a quality gaming experience with games optimized and developed for Xperia PLAY.

As always, feel free to drop us a comment or question below.

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:36:43 GMT

hi,

first: i see a lot of people want the ics update and wants that sony will let us choise if we want to update. you will make a lot of people happy with it:)

2: we have a working ics port from the arc with all games working and almost in all games touchpad support (yes, it is ported by me)

and also your mail support says that the update will come (got mail back 1 day ago)

Nick

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:40:18 GMT

can you post your email here (just delete any private/personal info). I agree with you I have a Play too and I want it to get ICS

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:45:58 GMT

Hallo

na wat navragen kan ik vertellen dat de update naar ics in juni beschikbaar is voor de Xperia Play.

Groet, --------

(sorry i won't post the names)

i didn't contact sony via the site but got the mail adres via facebook and i used an other mail adress then the one i used for this account (i only use this mail adress for development and for the play store:P)

translation:

Hello,

After some asks i can say that the update will be avaible in june for the xperia play.

Regards, --------

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:48:48 GMT

and the person who reply does he works for Sony? if he does then you can post his name. if he doesn't its nothing but speculation or a misleading fb user

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:50:06 GMT

he works for sony nl, but i asked him and he won't me to post his name (i know this ins't the correct way to contact sony....)

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:52:29 GMT

I would take his answer with a pinch of salt bc it seems that Sony won't release this, we'll have to wait and see, I did see another rumor that Sony will release further GB updates

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:54:14 GMT

ok,

then i will use my own port:(

this is really dissapoiting:(

i will sell my xperia play then i think.......

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:01:23 GMT

lets just wait a bit longer who knows maybe your friend might be right and they will offered it to some knowing it's limitations

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:53:33 GMT

The only way you can get ICS is to unlock the bootloader then install the beta ics version. Also, we're not getting ICS in the future, never. Talked with a representitive today and they said they have 0 plans to bring ICS even as a optional update 😕

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Uliwooly — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:55:26 GMT

that's what I've read too we'll have to wait and see, I think an official statement other than a blog post along with the plans for the Play is necessary for us Play users

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Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:58:53 GMT

Yeah, hopefully we hear more about this. This is really disappointing since I was looking forward to it for months 😕

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

kartik77 — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:26:30 GMT

Even though Sony won't officially release any ICS update for Xperia Play, these days developers are working specifically on that. There's a strong development on ICS platform for Xperia Play. Several ROMs are being developed. Just found this useful:http://www.androidust.com/xperia-play-miui-ics-2-5-25-rom-gsm-only/

Re: will xperia play get ics or not?

kartik77 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:01:27 GMT

We have recieved a report that Xperia Play can recieve an ICS update. Sony is already thinking on this. Xperia Active and Xpeia P is already getting the ICS update via batches.http://www.androidust.com/sony-rolls-ics-for-xperia-active-announces-ics-for-xperia-p-and-rethinks-on-xperia-play/