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Sony had rolled out Ice cream Sandwich to 3 models of Xperia phones previosly. It was an Android 4.0.3
version using the 2.6.32 kernel. Sony users are facing various performance issues with current version of Ice cream sandwich(4.0.3). Force closing of apps, lagging, delay in opening of the apps(phone app sometimes takes 6-7 seconds), incompatibility of games(HD games) and apps are the main issues. Also RAM management and battery(5-6 hours) has to be improved. In phones with less than 1GB RAM, performance is very poor.
Many users are thus compelled to bring a bad feedback on ICS update as well as they are unlocking bootloader and installing custom ROMs. Recently ICS versions of new custom ROMs AOKP and KA19 has proved that lite and compatible version of ICS is possible in Xperia phones. Now Sony is rolling out a better version Android 4.0.4 rather than 4.0.3. The snapshot of the leaked ROM comes from the Xperia NX (SO-02D) – the Japanese equivalent of the Xperia S. It shows that the handset is running Android 4.0.4 and an updated 3.0.8 kernel. The firmware build number of this version is 6.1.A.0.405. Hopefully the firmware will bring with it better power management and hence longer battery.
Features( review from a user of Xda developer):
Sony has decided not to update Xperia Play due to the compatibility issues of games on ICS. By the end of this month Sony will be rolling out the new version of ICS for all other Xperia phones including Xperia S which were left out. The update can be done through PC companion or flash tool. The leaked video of Xperia S shows that Sony has packed a new Gallery as well as Walkman music player, but the proprietary Sony launcher has been kept.
The unofficial version of ICS 4.0.4 is available for download. But you should expect bugs if you decide to use it or wait for one or two weeks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655067
Many users are thus compelled to bring a bad feedback on ICS update as well as they are unlocking bootloader and installing custom ROMs. Recently ICS versions of new custom ROMs AOKP and KA19 has proved that lite and compatible version of ICS is possible in Xperia phones. Now Sony is rolling out a better version Android 4.0.4 rather than 4.0.3. The snapshot of the leaked ROM comes from the Xperia NX (SO-02D) – the Japanese equivalent of the Xperia S. It shows that the handset is running Android 4.0.4 and an updated 3.0.8 kernel. The firmware build number of this version is 6.1.A.0.405. Hopefully the firmware will bring with it better power management and hence longer battery.
Features( review from a user of Xda developer):
- Fast UI transitions and smooth as GingerBread.
- Faster Wifi.
- Custom launcher
- New gallery(resizable thumbnails)
- Resizable widgets
- A new Walkman player
Sony has decided not to update Xperia Play due to the compatibility issues of games on ICS. By the end of this month Sony will be rolling out the new version of ICS for all other Xperia phones including Xperia S which were left out. The update can be done through PC companion or flash tool. The leaked video of Xperia S shows that Sony has packed a new Gallery as well as Walkman music player, but the proprietary Sony launcher has been kept.
The unofficial version of ICS 4.0.4 is available for download. But you should expect bugs if you decide to use it or wait for one or two weeks.
Download it from Here after reading the thread properly:
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