This is a demo of the ice cream sandwich alpha rom for xperia phones. Take note this will wipe all your files and data on your phone. In what is, apparently, a first for the company, an alpha rom of its indevelopment ice cream sandwich port is available for install across a trio of unlocked xperia devices the arc s, neo v. For those toting the sony xperia play, the long wait for some ice cream sandwich goodness isnt over just yet, but as of today you can grab a.
Sony has also confirmed that ics is only available through pc companion and not ota. This procedure is a bit complicated and needs some skills. How to create an ftf file of your xperia ics firmware now that all of xperia 2011 phones well, except for play have had the taste of ice cream sandwichthe latest incarnation of android. For older android phone models such as the sony ericsson xperia x10 mini pro, installing custom roms might be the only way for you to taste the sweetness of ice cream sandwich. Hack my android sony xperia u manually update sony xperia u st25 to ice cream sandwich firmware 6.
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Sony xperia s ice cream sandwich update now available. Sony has unveiled its first ice cream sandwich phone, and its one l of a mobile. The users of the smartphone can now update their device from current operating system, android gingerbread 2. Sonys xperia ice cream sandwich rollout pushed to mid. Installing the prerooted ice cream sandwich ics firmware on a. View secifications of sony xperia s lt26i mobile and download android ice cream sandwich 4. In case you have an xperia arc s handset, which is running a custom rom, or the ice cream sandwich firmware and you want to downgrade it to the official gingerbread 2. Sony xperia s finally gets ice cream sandwich update.
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