Sony releases Android 4.0 Beta ROM for certain Xperia handsets

24 February, 2012
The beta ROM is currently only available for the Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray.

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  • mictheone
  • Mk3
  • 24 Feb 2012

Installed it yesterday. It is absolutely amazing!! Everything works. With help of XDA guys we have: ROOT, WiFi, Bluetooth, Google apps. I can confirm that camera and camcorder works as well as HDMI output !!!

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    • FaisaL
    • UNK
    • 24 Feb 2012

    AnonD-6211, 24 Feb 2012JPEG file size on ICS beta is now 2MB+ for 8MP photos. Have... moreThanks for the response.magnification isnt a big factor for me from mobile,but actual resolution and quality must be improved so that pictures come better to see on big screen like monitors.if you give a try to all that then please share that.thank yoU ..

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      • AnonD-6211
      • 7Xb
      • 24 Feb 2012

      FaisaL, 24 Feb 2012Really good to see that finally its showing up.but i would ... moreJPEG file size on ICS beta is now 2MB+ for 8MP photos. Havent checked for improvements at 100% magnification though.

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        • Baldy
        • snM
        • 24 Feb 2012

        Control the music player from the lockscreen? Ummm i can do that on my Galaxy S and it still runs Android 2.2.....So much for Ice cream Sandwich...

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          • FaisaL
          • UNK
          • 24 Feb 2012

          Really good to see that finally its showing up.but i would like to know about the camera problem,i mean the file size of the of the pictures taken(around 1 MB only even at resolution of 8MP).which might be related with jpeg library thing.well am not an expert but as an user i am eagerly looking for the pictures file size problem.hope its been solved in the ICS update.anyone expert or dev here would please inform me about the pic file size thing and also about the battery back up in ICS,whether its been improved or not.thanks in advance.love the Xperia Series and my Neo..

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            • Anonymous
            • mT2
            • 24 Feb 2012

            I hope Sony will do something about Timescape UI because it`s starting to get a bit old and unimpresive unlike HTC Sense UI

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              • Yay
              • t7$
              • 24 Feb 2012

              EDIT
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              I'm not sure if I'm going to try this in my Xperia Neo V. But I'm surely going to update it to Ice Cream Sandwich if it's officially polished. Is this just BETA?

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                • xneo
                • wMH
                • 24 Feb 2012

                I unlocked my bootloader and flashed CM7. No way to go back and be entitled to the official ICS update? CM7 is great (I hope they will come up with ICS too) but I want FM radio.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 4Ax
                  • 24 Feb 2012

                  looks like ginger

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                    • markbhelle
                    • 0Ck
                    • 24 Feb 2012

                    when it comes in sony live with walkman ?

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                      • Sunshine 4.0
                      • 0%N
                      • 24 Feb 2012

                      Hi,
                      thank you for this information,
                      But this means that I am not able to upgrade to 4.0 by myself!?
                      I want to buy Xperia S soon but current version will be 2.3.7 - I do not want to wait for 4.0 which will come a couple of weeks later :/

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                        • blueglue
                        • PTi
                        • 24 Feb 2012

                        AnonD-6211, 24 Feb 2012Usual habits? Are you referring to X10 fiasco? They were ov... moreYes mate, and secondly Sony should not lose the interest it created among users with Xperia Arc S. many a time it killed good devices by releasing it after almost an year. Remember the Xperia with winmo, it was release after an year its announced , by then the entire market changed.

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                          • blueglue
                          • PTi
                          • 24 Feb 2012

                          Seems promising, hurry up sony ...dont get to your usual habits ...delaying the updates

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                            • AnonD-38989
                            • thf
                            • 24 Feb 2012

                            much like the android 2.3.4 experience

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 3x8
                              • 24 Feb 2012

                              not a pixel change from v3.2 :(
                              not so impressive ...
                              hope they change layout

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                                • AnonD-34832
                                • 2CY
                                • 24 Feb 2012

                                how much more do we have to wait to get the final release????i can't take this waiting....i soooo want this update for my arc s

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                                  • AnonD-6211
                                  • 7Xb
                                  • 24 Feb 2012

                                  blueglue, 24 Feb 2012Seems promising, hurry up sony ...dont get to your usual ha... moreUsual habits? Are you referring to X10 fiasco? They were over that.
                                  They have speedy and nice updates last 2011. Hopefully this pace will continue. :)

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 2SN
                                    • 24 Feb 2012

                                    very nice.....

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                                      • Marc
                                      • pXJ
                                      • 24 Feb 2012

                                      Did you see that huge ring? lol

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                                        • blueglue
                                        • PTi
                                        • 24 Feb 2012

                                        Seems promising, hurry up sony ...dont get to your usual habits ...delaying the updates