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[Q] [q] Xperia SL Worthwhile purchase in August '13?

Hi Team,
I've broken my HTC One X and am considering purchasing a Sony Xperia SL. I understand that it is no longer a top of the line device, however all of the new phones that are are 4.7"+ which is too large IMO. It seems that the S has a fairly active dev team, though I'm not so keen on flashing new roms so often these days (have been using the same rom on my HTC One X for about a year). Having said all that; are there daily driver ROMs available for the SL that I can stick with for an extended period &/or how does the update roadmap for the device look; is JB likely the final update etc.
Thanks in advance,

Try Xperia sp or zr
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luigi0824 said:
Try Xperia sp or zr
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Thanks, I'd probably consider the zr over the sp but both of these handsets are still probably a bit too big, and they don't really have the 'premium' look.

Xperia v and HTC one mini are 4.3 inch so same size as Xperia s
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I would recommend Xperia V but not SP (the 0.2 Ghz difference doesn't make so much difference, u can overclock if u plan to unlock bl and modify the phone with flashtool. The camera on XV is much better too)
Xperia V is even cheaper than Xperia S/SL in Hong Kong now (where i live)
The only thing that make V weaker is the 0.3mp front camera, while XS/SL got 1.3mp (SP seems got 0.3mp too, not sure)
Even XSL got 1.7Ghz cpu, the XV will be still much faster becoz the CPU on XV is snapdragon s4 but the CPU on XS is snapdragon s3
(s3 actually isn't that bad, it is just supposed to be a bit slower. but s3 actually overheat so much which will make it very laggy, s4 is much cooler)
but if u got money, XZ/XZR ofcoz

Xperia SL - a good choice
IMO xperia SL is a good choice considering the specs it has got that still many latest phones lack behind easily...
12mp camera, very nice screen and screen quality, hdmi port, 32gb inbuilt memory to list a few...
plus speaking of the developer support it has got a great developer support...
already got JB 4.3 :laugh:

Please give me a link for xperia sl jb 4.3 rom download
Saurav16 said:
IMO xperia SL is a good choice considering the specs it has got that still many latest phones lack behind easily...
12mp camera, very nice screen and screen quality, hdmi port, 32gb inbuilt memory to list a few...
plus speaking of the developer support it has got a great developer support...
already got JB 4.3 :laugh:
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Hey!! guys,
Please give me any link to download jb 4.3 for xperia sl..plz

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391058
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Have you tested on xperia sl
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391058
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Thanks for your support brother.. plz tell me It works on XSL. All stuffs work fine or have some bugs.

samr007 said:
Thanks for your support brother.. plz tell me It works on XSL. All stuffs work fine or have some bugs.
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Can't you read? Bugs are mentioned in 4.3 thread

Yes ROM hv many bugs..hv you another ROM option..plz tell me.
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Why didn't the single-SIM get updated to 4.2.2

I've been reading this forum lately and I noticed that C2004/5 users got updated to 4.2.2 but I am still at 4.1.2. I suppose it is compatible with my C1905 and if so why didn't Sony push the update? Also is it worth flashing it or should I wait for CM portç
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Antrikos48 said:
I've been reading this forum lately and I noticed that C2004/5 users got updated to 4.2.2 but I am still at 4.1.2. I suppose it is compatible with my C1905 and if so why didn't Sony push the update? Also is it worth flashing it or should I wait for CM portç
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Perhaps because Sony will be releasing 4.3 so they just stopped working on 4.2.2?

alvinhochun said:
Perhaps because Sony will be releasing 4.3 so they just stopped working on 4.2.2?
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While KitKat will be released in a month or two?

From what I've read yes the M will get kitkat but wont be till mid/late 2014
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Kitkat is miles away as far as our phone is concerned and there's been no official announcement as of yet.. The one you are referring to in Q1 in 2014 is an android 4.3 update for Xperia M.. I doubt if Sony will release an official 4.2.2 for single sim.. There were talks afloat that it'll directly upgrade to 4.3
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If you have a Nexus, sure, you get any new Android versions the day it is released itself. But on the other hand, if you have devices from Samsung or other Original Equipment Manufacturers, then they will first have to skin that particular Android version before they release it for your device.
Skinning is often a tedious job, and making things creative in the new Android version will take some time. This is why we are getting 4.3 Jelly Bean in the first quarter of the coming year for M.
Since KitKat has done away with fragmentation, it has the potential to even run on older devices (devices released after mid to late 2012). The Xperia M is sure to get a KitKat update, but that will be a long time in coming. It's pretty obvious that we will get CyanogenMod or its derivatives or AOSP and its derivatives long before the official one.

Ok thanks guys. Wish I could give you a thanks but the app won't let me
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[Q] Would you like CyanogenMod on Xperia M?

While visiting family over Christmas I had a lot of time to relax and be merry. But being away from my usual assortment of computers and gadgets that keep me occupied, I also had a lot of time with not much to do.
I also noticed that Xperia M forums are really quiet, so after our 'traditional' fried fish and potato salad I used nothing but my Nexus tablet to create a very basic CyanogenMod repo.
I quickly learnt that doing dev work on a tablet is really hard. I was just about able to create a few basic files and copy over content I know will be the same on my other Xperia device.
However if I'm to continue, I need to know how many of you want this. Xperia M has all the right hardware to run Android 4.4 KitKat, but if nobody uses this phone, then why bother?
P.S. Don't forget the poll above!!

This would be good for devs to start and produce custom Roms as there is very little development, yes there are kernels available but need a good base and cyanogen mod would be fantastic and I'm pretty sure all users of the M would really appreciate it I know I would and 4.4 would be fantastic
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Yes bro we want cyanogenmod for this device.... will poll when I am on PC .... And bro there are lot of xperia m users
And please tell me that you own this device
We have no developers...
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adfad666 said:
While visiting family over Christmas I had a lot of time to relax and be merry. But being away from my usual assortment of computers and gadgets that keep me occupied, I also had a lot of time with not much to do.
I also noticed that Xperia M forums are really quiet, so after our 'traditional' fried fish and potato salad I used nothing but my Nexus tablet to create a very basic CyanogenMod repo.
I quickly learnt that doing dev work on a tablet is really hard. I was just about able to create a few basic files and copy over content I know will be the same on my other Xperia device.
However if I'm to continue, I need to know how many of you want this. Xperia M has all the right hardware to run Android 4.4 KitKat, but if nobody uses this phone, then why bother?
P.S. Don't forget the poll above!!
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Bro now we have Cm11 alpha version...so it will be great if you can look into it and help to fix bugs ...thanks....
 @adfad666

@adfad666 CM11 arrives for XM SS, if u have intrested then port it or make it for XM DS.. Thanks. Voted in Poll.
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I would love to have CyanogenMod on my Xperia M. I used CyanogenMod on my Xperia X8.
I have Xperia M for a few days now, and it would be great to have 4.4 on Xperia M.
So what are you waiting for?
:fingers-crossed:

That's typical, I ask something just as someone posts a ROM

It's unclear to me why this phone belongs to low activity devices.
It's a very nice budget phone that offers alot for the price.
I am one of those that would very much like to see CM on XM.

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Droidlover123 said:
Bro now we have Cm11 alpha version...so it will be great if you can look into it and help to fix bugs ...thanks....
@adfad666
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agreed, it would be great if we have another ROM for XM :good:

adfad666 said:
That's typical, I ask something just as someone posts a ROM
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So bro will you try to build cm for us?? maybe if you make from scratch we have all bugs removed...! @adfad666
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Yes I am waiting....... Plz support xperia m
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Nah, I was thinking of buying a cheap phone for development and Xperia M seemed unloved when I posted.
I'll probably now wait to see what 2014 brings, perhaps I'll get the rumoured Xperia E2, assuming it is still qcom and not mediatek.

Bro pls consider it....its not bad phone....also it most popular among all Sony budget phones even when it is last one to be launched(see survey on xperia blog)
Pls dude if u plan get this phone....WE HAVE NO DEVELOPERS....:crying: :banghead:
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Sony will have a big presentation at CES, which is less than a week away. We'll soon see if there is anything on the horizon.
If the Xperia E2 does turn out to be MediaTek, and no other Qualcomm based devices get announced, then I'll likely stick with Xperia M, probably the dual SIM version. I prefer how it looks compared to Xperia L, which is the same price as M here.

adfad666 said:
Sony will have a big presentation at CES, which is less than a week away. We'll soon see if there is anything on the horizon.
If the Xperia E2 does turn out to be MediaTek, and no other Qualcomm based devices get announced, then I'll likely stick with Xperia M, probably the dual SIM version. I prefer how it looks compared to Xperia L, which is the same price as M here.
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Good bro... And hope e2 is a complete crap... Lol
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Droidlover123 said:
Good bro... And hope e2 is a complete crap... Lol
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It looks like it's going to be called Xperia E1, with model numbers D2004/5 and D2104/5 for the single and dual SIM variants respectively.
http://www.xperiaguide.com/2014/01/...-dual-sony-d2004-as-xperia-e1-spotted-on-fcc/

I hope you can support this device. XM isn't a bad smartphone bro
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CyanogenMod for Xperia M
I would love to see CyanogenMod on Xperia M as I previously owned the Arc S and was running it from CM10 through to the recent CM11 that was being released for the device.
Im also interested in helping develop the rom for the device as I own 2 Xperia M's one for everyday while the other is for development purposes so im not worried if it gets bricked and would like to join anyone else willing to bring CyanogenMod to our devices and get more people interested in the power of this phone

adfad666 said:
It looks like it's going to be called Xperia E1, with model numbers D2004/5 and D2104/5 for the single and dual SIM variants respectively.
http://www.xperiaguide.com/2014/01/...-dual-sony-d2004-as-xperia-e1-spotted-on-fcc/
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@adfad666 bro no xperia e1 so whats ur plan?

Droidlover123 said:
@adfad666 bro no xperia e1 so whats ur plan?
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Mobile World Congress is at the end of next month. I believe the Xperia E was released in March 2013, so we should see the Xperia E1 by March 2014 this year.
After that it all comes down to specs and price. My assumption is that Xperia E will not have better specs than Xperia M, but I think they will be very close.
I predict the Xperia E1 will have the following specs:
Snapdragon 200 chipset, with Adreno 302 GPU - dual core msm8x10 or quad core msm8x12
512mb RAM (probable) or 1024mb RAM (hopeful)
Android 4.3, with an upgrade to Android 4.4
Resolution of 480x320 (probable) or 854x480 (hopeful)
The most important spec will be the processor, I want something compatible with Android 4.4. The above chips are brand new, they have support for Android 4.3 and above, I didn't see any Android 4.2 support on CodeAurora Forums.
If it comes with anything MediaTek, I will not buy due to lack of available source code. If it comes with the older Snapdragon S4 based on msm8x25 or msm8x25Q, I will not buy as it will only ever have Android 4.1, support for its Adreno 203 GPU was dropped from Android 4.2 due to missing hardware functionality.
The other specs I'm not too worried about, but obviously the higher the specs the better.
After all that it then comes down to the price difference between the Xperia E1 dual and the Xperia M dual. I assume the Xperia E1 will be cheaper, but if I happen to find a really good deal on a discounted Xperia M, I might be tempted by it, though I would prefer to work on the new msm8x1x chips...

Xperia m 4.3 maintenence release 2 update

Hey,
It seems that the testing for qmr 2 is over and releasing of the maintenance release 2 update for xperia m will be available in July 2014..
What's in the update?
Updated Google Mobile services
Stability, performance, and other general improvements
Source: vodafone Australia
http://support.vodafone.com.au/articles/FAQ/Sony-Xperia-M-software-update

Hey guys.., according to Vodafone Australian community, maintenance release 2 for Xperia m will be released on or before 7th of July for phones bought through them. For other people, they have to wait till PTCRB approves new build number for this update

FakrudeenAhamed said:
Hey guys.., according to Vodafone Australian community, maintenance release 2 for Xperia m will be released on or before 7th of July for phones bought through them. For other people, they have to wait till PTCRB approves new build number for this update
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When can we expect this update in India???

Altaib said:
When can we expect this update in India???
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As I ve said in the previous post.., Indian phones will get the update only after PTCRB approves the new build number for the QMR2 update...

Don't you know the date of releasing????
My phone is heating heavily after the last update...
I want the next update immediately..

Altaib said:
Don't you know the date of releasing????
My phone is heating heavily after the last update...
I want the next update immediately..
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It ll be before 10th of next month for sure.. ,because in the last update it happened like that only I.e india got update after one month of vodafone Australia release

I want the new update just to fix the really bad battery life.
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RedLedLight said:
I want the new update just to fix the really bad battery life.
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We are also waiting for the update to fix the volume bar bug and fast battery draining...
Did u try factory reset after the last update., bcos after the factory reset, the battery draining was reduced little bit....
Try this
http://bgr.com/2014/03/19/speed-up-android-how-to/ to increase the speed little bit...

Answered my own question.

I personally don't like these small updates. Why Sony keeps releasing a lot of small updates to an outdated version of Android instead of focusing giving us KitKat, which our phone is more than capable of running?
Take a look at Xperia L, for example, that phone is identical to ours (the only difference being internal memory and main camera) and was released with Android 4.1. They got a major update to Android 4.2.2 and now all they get are a lot of small updates and nothing more. I mean, Xperia L is veeeery similar to Xperia M, so why they didn't get an official 4.3 or 4.4 update too?
If this history of updates repeats with Xperia M, we'll be stuck in Android 4.3 forever. Sony will keep releasing small updates to us instead of bringing new versions of Android and when our phone support ends we will depend only of custom ROMs, not to mention Xperia M dual users (like me) that need to choose between having second SIM functionality or using a custom ROM to get KitKat

mbc07 said:
I personally don't like these small updates. Why Sony keeps releasing a lot of small updates to an outdated version of Android instead of focusing giving us KitKat, which our phone is more than capable of running?
Take a look at Xperia L, for example, that phone is identical to ours (the only difference being internal memory and main camera) and was released with Android 4.1. They got a major update to Android 4.2.2 and now all they get are a lot of small updates and nothing more. I mean, Xperia L is veeeery similar to Xperia M, so why they didn't get an official 4.3 or 4.4 update too?
If this history of updates repeats with Xperia M, we'll be stuck in Android 4.3 forever. Sony will keep releasing small updates to us instead of bringing new versions of Android and when our phone support ends we will depend only of custom ROMs, not to mention Xperia M dual users (like me) that need to choose between having second SIM functionality or using a custom ROM to get KitKat
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I agree with you bro..., Sony is just irritating the user with these small updates and even those updates aren't checked properly before they are released., those updates are released to fix a bug, they do fix it but the problem is that they are creating a new bug..
And bro I read somewhere that xperia m both single and dual won't receive Kitkat, and it seems that we ll be stuck with 4.3 forever unless we use unofficial roms.. I think that this ll be the case for all the Sony midrange phones....
I am a great fan of Sony, but now I am starting to hate it...

FakrudeenAhamed said:
We are also waiting for the update to fix the volume bar bug and fast battery draining...
Did u try factory reset after the last update., bcos after the factory reset, the battery draining was reduced little bit....
Try this
http://bgr.com/2014/03/19/speed-up-android-how-to/ to increase the speed little bit...
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Thanks
There is a way to fix the volume bug but you need to have root and delete something...
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RedLedLight said:
Thanks
There is a way to fix the volume bug but you need to have root and delete something...
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Yeah I heard abt that from one of my frd.. But I don't want to do that cos we are almost close for the next update.. Waiting is nothing wrong ..
It seems that the next update after QMR2 for xperia m ll take a long time ( usually it takes long time) I mean much longer cos there is no info regarding the future updates from Vodafone Australia

The build number to the firmware is 15.4.A.1.9, a firmware what has already been released.
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gamer649 said:
The build number to the firmware is 15.4.A.1.9, a firmware what has already been released.
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That's feature release 2 brother, and it was released on June 10

FakrudeenAhamed said:
That's feature release 2 brother, and it was released on June 10
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Technical details
Android Version: 4.3
Build Number: 15.4.A.1.9
Kernel: 3.4.0 [email protected]#1 Fri May 9 12:13:00 CST 2014
Baseband: 2.22.J.1.18_8x30_M:1721632.43.00.000 424_A:1721632.43.00.001912
Model: C1904
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Is there really a point in the hype around it if it is the same firmware what has already been released? We already have ftf files of it.

gamer649 said:
Is there really a point in the hype around it if it is the same firmware what has already been released? We already have ftf files of it.
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This post isn't about 15.4.A.1.9 cos it's old news
. This is abt the next update which xperia m is gonna get next month.. Still the build number for the next update has not been released as the update is yet to be certified by PTCRB

RedLedLight said:
Thanks
There is a way to fix the volume bug but you need to have root and delete something...
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Found the thing to delete
It is /vendor /overlay
Then just reboot
I I helped press the thanks button!
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RedLedLight said:
Found the thing to delete
It is /vendor /overlay
Then just reboot
I I helped press the thanks button!
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I didn't ask for the steps to fix volume bar bug brother...

It's so sad that, still thr is no official info abt the release of the update

[q] android m for xperia s

I am curios to know wheather XPERIA S Lt26i is capable to run ANDROID M?

it is, since sony just released a dev preview of android M for 17 devices and xperia s is one of them

Yasharkhan said:
it is, since sony just released a dev preview of android M for 17 devices and xperia s is one of them
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R U trolling?

Before asking about M port, lets hope for a rc or stable version of L, and some other ports like PAC or carbon or AOKP or vanir or omni or ... , any is good
Plus M is still in dev preview
It would be nice to have it, but still early to say
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zaidx said:
R U trolling?
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I'm not, he said if Xperia s is capable of android m, and you can Google it, Sony did announce what I said in my post, though it will obviously not be updated officially by Sony when android m finally arrives

Yasharkhan said:
I'm not, he said if Xperia s is capable of android m, and you can Google it, Sony did announce what I said in my post, though it will obviously not be updated officially by Sony when android m finally arrives
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The xda portal has quotes Xperia S by mistake. There is no developer preview of M by Sony for Xperia S, it is just that the page has link to older binaries(Jelly Bean I think) which caused the confusion.

Mirhawk said:
The xda portal has quotes Xperia S by mistake. There is no developer preview of M by Sony for Xperia S, it is just that the page has link to older binaries(Jelly Bean I think) which caused the confusion.
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Very sad to hear that...then we have no chance to get M on our xperia s?

nageswarswain said:
Very sad to hear that...then we have no chance to get M on our xperia s?
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Where did you read that
KK and L are not developed by sony
They are ported by xda's great developers and hard work
Time will reveal all
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nageswarswain said:
Very sad to hear that...then we have no chance to get M on our xperia s?
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We might get the android M, developer mickybart is looking through it. Although expecting anything now is very early, as these are just developer builds.

I read on the news on xda that xperia s is one of the listed devices
Will that mean it maybe has a chance to get an official updat?

anas.shelbayeh said:
I read on the news on xda that xperia s is one of the listed devices
Will that mean it maybe has a chance to get an official updat?
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No not at all.the official updates has been stopped from Jelly bean for xperia s...

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