I have an Xperia Ray (2011) phone with unlocked bootloader.
The phone cannot upgrade automatically as it says that Android is up to date.
I'm new to this so I would like to know the detailed steps for installing Android 4.4 manually.
Any answers appreciated.
you gotta search if there is a KitKat ROM for your phone,here in the whole XDA page, if there is a ROM available, you will find also they instructions on how to do it
Google says Android 4.4 can be installed on older phones like this one with the respective specs.
By ROM you mean kernel?
I think a standard kernel is good enough, no special one needed.
But where can I download it from?
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Hi, Can someone put together a newbies guide for getting ICS on the Xperia Arc S.
I have a unlocked bootloader, but all the information in the developers section is rather confusing (most because they don't differentiate between Arc or Arc S, so it's unclear if it's safe to load). It also seems much more complicated to get CWM that it is on my other Android device (Asus Transformer) and previous Android devices.
I am looking for something is is basically the ICS beta release by SE, but with the fixes to get the missing stuff like Wifi back.
Thanks.
bare in mind i am very new to this but i have managed to flash install ICS on my arc
for CWM i assume you say its difficult because rom manager says device is not supported?
well i was worried but after some searching i found "auto instaler"
which allowed me to install CWM
i then managed to get ICS
id feel better if i didnt explain steps...as i dont want to confuse you as i said i am very new to all this
... search is your friend.
[GUIDE] How to install the Ice Cream Sandwich Beta: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516130
Make sure you click through to the video and read the description.
Im also a NOOB..... few day ago
my experience is
u need to
1.unlock your phone
2. root your phone
3. learn use fastboot to install Kernel
4. use CWM (mostly include in Kernel) to install ROM
then will work (this is short version explain)
im using arconium ICS (choose one of the kernel that provided and install first then install the ROM)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515148
READ CLEARLY THOSE INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM
Hi,
I'm a new Xperia Arc S user, this is my first android phone as well (previously - WP7 on Samsung Focus, unlocked it and installed custom roms there - im experienced)
Got this phone since a couple of days now, it's running android 2.3.4, as ICS update is not available in my country yet. The phone came with PlusGSM branding, although can't tell the difference to stock android because I never had one.
I installed couple of apps, did some updates from android market and now I have like 44MB free only. Anyway now I'm wondering what to do next? Do you recommend anything in particular, like flashing to ICS, rooting, wait for official ICS update, etc?
Gonna read some guides like "Ultimate v1.0 Newbie's Guide For Arc / Arc S User" meantime
Wrong forum for question look at Q&A Section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1182
Oh sorry for that, could a moderator move my thread there?
ps. I'm just upgrading to official ICS via PC Companion, it poped up 1h ago...
I heard that there is no valid method of unlocking bootloader on Xperia Arc S without loosing DRM's. So I would like skip this part and try some custom roms that doesnt require to have it unlocked. Could you recommend any particular custom ICS roms ?
Hey, I am using my xperia arc. And I would like to have my UI look like ICS, but still stay on Ginger Bread since it is more stable according to the official Sony website. I currently have the .62 software, Android 2.3.4, boot loader unlocked and I have no idea what I should do after my boot loader's unlocked. Moreover, I have the flash tool software, but I don't get what would happen if I flash some software (i.e the global generic software from Sony). And I would like to have a tutorial on how to get my phone look like ICS. So if you guys can help me out it would be great cheers.
*Please also show me the download link and the phone is not ROOTED.
Please do a little search in the ARC Theme section. Everything is there. And your phone must be rooted to use any UI MOD.
For rooting instructions check the ARC General section. The procedures threads are in top. All are sticky.
cwk8412 said:
Hey, I am using my xperia arc. And I would like to have my UI look like ICS, but still stay on Ginger Bread since it is more stable according to the official Sony website. I currently have the .62 software, Android 2.3.4, boot loader unlocked and I have no idea what I should do after my boot loader's unlocked. Moreover, I have the flash tool software, but I don't get what would happen if I flash some software (i.e the global generic software from Sony). And I would like to have a tutorial on how to get my phone look like ICS. So if you guys can help me out it would be great cheers.
*Please also show me the download link and the phone is not ROOTED.
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u try out aniking stock based ics rom {GB} ..ITS INTERFACE IS LIKE ICS.
I Dont have Link Of ANikIng RoM buT U uSE sEARCH tOOL . AND tYPE anIkiNG rOM.
Oh found IT. go.to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381597
Hit thanks
Hello everyone,
I just bought this sony xperia m and i want to put the latest version of kitkat in it, but I really don't know where to start.
I know I may sound like a total n00b, but this is my very first experience w/ a smartphone.
Thanks!
well theres no official kitkat rom yet for the m, there are custom roms so you will have to root and unlock your bootloader to flash them all instructions are in the respective threads, also this only applies if your bootloader is unlockable and not hard locked
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Wow! I would not be in any rush to install a modified ROM on an XPERIA M.
There are upgrades in the works for the XPERIA M which MAY take the phone up to an official Sony distributed/supported Android 4.3
Sony's warranties don't cover a phone while the bootloader is unlocked
Just enjoy your new phone as it is for a while.
The current JB 4.1.2 firmware is very stable, the graphics processor is VERY strong for this price range phone.
Battery life with the standard Sony distributed Android 4.1.2 is very good.
If this is your first Smart Phone and you want to broaden your knowledge base, start off with applying root access to your phone.
You don't have to unlock the bootloader to do this.
Hi there.
I have the Huawei Acsend p6 phone, i have some rom of our cellular carrier, i'm not sure if it's custom or official rom with some minor changes. anyway, i can see that the build is "b130sp03".
i want to be at kitkat 4.4.2 with a good custom rom (one of the reasons i want custom is i not sure if my ver is official or not). the thing is: i'm new in this, and i don't know how i get from here to there.
i see some custom roms here, and each rom says you must have kitkat installed, or you must have this build installed before... so i go to the mentioned build, and then i see you must have that build before you install it... so i really don't know where to start and what is the right upgrade path for me.
can someone instruct me how to burn new custom rom from where i stand, and which builds (with links) i need to install after that in order to get to 4.4.2. Thanks a lot!
oh yeah. i rooted my devices. and install touch CWM