Sony has announced that the Sony Xperia P Ice Cream Sandwich update has begun to roll out and will continue to roll out globally over the next few weeks.
In a blog post, the company confirmed the Sony Xperia P ICS roll out which will take the Xperia-branded device from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android 4.0, while feature rich, is not Google’s latest piece of mobile software. That honor goes to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which was announced in June at Google I/O.
It’s unclear if the Sony Xperia P will get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean though Sony has said that it is evaluating updates for its current Xperia devices.
At the very least, it will now for sure be getting Android 4.0 ICS which means it will be getting a number of new features including a new user interface, a new Gmail application, a better browser, Face Unlock, and a whole lot more.
Read: Guide To Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The Sony Xperia P ICS update has started to roll out.
Other features include:
- New ways to experience your media with new media applications – “WALKMAN”, “Album” and “Movies”
- Extended standby mode, increasing standby time by up to four times (depending on user-profile and data consumption)
- Lock screen with improved functionality
- Resizable widgets for improved personalization
- Improved control of your mobile data consumption
- Recent Apps button for a clear overview of your applications
In addition to confirming the good news for Sony Xperia P owners, Sony also confirmed that it will be rolling out ICS to the Xperia U, Xperia sola and Xperia go, though it hasn’t confirmed a specific date for any of those.
Sony says that it will be letting owners of those devices know about their updates soon.
The company continues to be one of the best when it comes to communicating with its customers about major Android updates. While other companies remain silent, Sony is working diligently to keep its community updated with the latest news about upgrades for its assortment of handsets.
yes i have got the update yesterday n successfully installed it on my p………… believe me its working great :) …………………… so smooth n fast better than before :)…………… really totally changed the look of my p…………….. :) but i havnt installed it through pc companion as it fails to download the update after running for a short time it disconnects the update by itself…………. i tried lot to update through pc companion but i could’nt…………. so i successfully updated through sony update software which is available on sony website……………….. hence m happy to get this update waited since long……………………………. thnkz lott sony <3 <3 <3 with regards aki……….. :) :)
hi just wanted to say thank you for the info .my phone now has ice cream sandwich . folw this info it works
aki james, can you give some detail info about how to upgrade to ics trough sony update service? thanks
when I will get update of Sony xperia u in India of ics..
plz tell the date of updates
I updated my Xperia P today, but, when I connect to my router internet stop working even on my laptop until I disconnect my Xperia (Wi-Fi is not working), nor GPRS (it’s not working either).
I live in Iraq (using Arabic language), the update I get has free programs included that was in Persian language (people in Iran use this language).
I found where the Wi-Fi problem is, it’s with the WPA2 AES or WPA2 AES + TKIP, if you change it to something else say WEB or WPA “1” you will have no problems at all.
I did noticed that it was not the security after all, I was changing lots of settings on every try, I was misled, the only thing that makes deference is the wireless mode, if set to “bg mixed” it will work, if set to “bgn mixed” it will not.
Samir – I am having same problems with my phone since update. How did you fix it? Thanks
Just go to your router settings and change the wireless mode to BG Mixed (on some routers its 145 mbps), don’t use N mode (300 mbps) until Sony do something to fix the issue.
Help, I’m using my laptop as wifi hotspot (using Connectify). How can i change the setting of my wifi so that my Xperia P may connect? Please help!
but in your case you may not even see the SSID because Android don’t support Ad-hoc service like in connectify.
Thanks for the reply, Then, is there any way to connect my Xperia P using my Laptop Wifi? I’m using Windows 7 OS. T_T
if you have your internet service trough USB then you can connect a router to your laptop trough Lan port but if you get it trough Lan port i cant help you.
How to start smart tag after upgrading it to ics
Thanks for the replay again, Samir. I’ll try to buy USB Router, hope it will work. Thanks again.
a power saver was installed in my mobile. After upgrading my system software,it was deleted. I cannot find the same application anywhere. Can anyone guide me through this problem.?
Upgrade 6 Dec:
The Xperia P ICS upgrade is very bad. You will kill some functions of your phone.
So don’t do it. I did it and I feel so bad I did the upgrade to ICS. No I can’t show pictures / photos anymore. Several more issues and SONY doesn’t help. Apparently they don’t know neither. The ICS upgrade is SkyFAIL instead of the SkyFALL – all these marketing dollars wasted as they can’t deal with the ICS problems.
SkyFAIL