Xperia PLAY R800x Verizon Update Coming April 30th, 67mb
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Actually, the update is supposed to start rolling out at 23:59 on April 30th, so you'd have to wait till Tuesday
It is not going to be ice cream sandwich. The update ota size is 67mb. So I think its going to be at least 2.3.4 and the news from Sony this Tuesday is that PlayStation store will be available Tuesday or Wednesday. And that in order for r800x users to access it they need the firmware updated. Of course we will have to wait. These are just my thoughts.
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eeeek why tusday
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and i say it will be android 2.3.6 or 2.3.7
If you edit your first post, you can change the title, so it stops throwing people off
(And you already know my thoughts on the OTA ) Nope, no way, it's only 60ish mbs... anybody remember how big the .88 update was?
Pax
If you edit your first post, you can change the title, so it stops throwing people off
Nope, no way, it's only 60ish mbs... anybody remember how big the .88 update was?
Pax
this be come some in is 67mb dos not mean it nots android 2.3.6 or android 2.3.7 or even 4.0 will this have too wait and find out
so may be it is andoid 2.3.6 or may be its not will this need too wait and see
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by the way has any one noted that 67mb on the software updates is the biges of them all why evere thing else is like 4mb up too 66mb
If you'll notice, of the devices that are confirmed to be getting ics, they're all over 100mb.
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Agreed, And they don't come with any preloaded games, Unlike the play, so the play would most likely be bigger than all of them.
When 2.3.3 was "released" for the r800x back some time in October-Novemberish, I didn't get it until mid December. Looks like I'll have to wait til the beginning of June to get whatever form of android is going to be released....
its probably an update, maybe a 2.3.4 incremental update, and any bets its a "security update" and contains root patches.
Anyway, it won't be ICS, unless they have made a new method of compression.
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Anyway, it won't be ICS, unless they have made a new method of compression.
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I do remember on one of my older Android phones, we got an update to prepare for the next actual upgrade. While I highly doubt that's the case here, there's always the possibility.
On another note, any guesses on how many noobs will rage/whine-post about the ota breaking root? I'm already saying there'll be too many to count.
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On another note, any guesses on how many noobs will rage/whine-post about the ota breaking root? I'm already saying there'll be too many to count.
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I for one am not going to ftf back to 2.3.3. I am going to wait and see what it is. And I am pretty sure it will root patches to prevent people from rooting.
Also Pax I changed the title and my first post so that it wont throw people off on the thread.
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Also Pax I changed the title and my first post so that it wont throw people off on the thread.
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Also for those going to OTA please look up OTA rootkeeper in the google play store to keep root after a ota.
And with that in mind I might ftf and use ota doorkeeper then ota.
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And with that in mind I might ftf and use ota doorkeeper then ota.
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20 years later: "hey verizon finally released ics for xperia play, wait but i got rid of that play 18 years ago."
OTA Root keeper probably won't work. If you have an unblocked BL (via test point) then you can try it, if not, you are locked, don't update till root status is known, and also, if you unlocked the sony way, don't move until an FTF is posted.
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It works. Took out my root, then tested it on a root app. Didn't recognize root at all. Restored root, and then it recognized root.
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6Definitive instructions how to update to 2.3.4 if you are Locked, Rooted, and the OTA Update will not complete for some reason. This will also save all your apps without individually backing them up.
1. Reboot your phone into CWM and take a nandroid backup of its current state.
2. Reboot and use flashtool to flash the stock 2.3.3 ROM
3. Reboot, activate Phone, upon activation it will start downloading 2.3.4, let it complete and when it does, choose "Remind me later"
4. Use SuperOneClick to root via Zergrush method.
5. Install 2.3.4 update.
6. Activate phone again, then go into Android Market and re-download Xperia CWM Auto Installer, Run it and install CWM.
7. Reboot Phone into CWM and go to "Restore", "Advanced Restore" , and then "Data".
8. Reboot Phone
When this is done, all your apps, contacts, etc will be back to how they were before the update, and you will have 2.3.4 rooted on your phone.3
SO I GOT AN ANSWER
Spoke to a very nice girl in tech support. Laid out the deal from the start, explained I already reimaged my phone, others have the same problem, etc. She told me that many people have called with the issue. Then she put me on hold for about 3 minutes while she did some research.
When she came back she said the latest word is that its an issue with Google's versions of their framework that they used in the update. I got the impression that the version of 2.3.4 that VZ customers were issued is not the same one that other R800 users got (as in it was custom made by VZ with Sony framework, probably why it doesn't have xLoud). She said that their engineers cannot fix it but they have been in touch with Google to try and find a solution. She could not give me any sort of ETA and apologized for the issue.
Thats prettymuch where I left it as the answer made sense and no reason to argue there. So they know about the issue, they are willing to fix it (if you believe them) but in theory they need Google to fix it. I can't believe no one tested this before releasing it, but then again it is Big Red.3Here's a link to the fota folder I found in /cache/recovery
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21955004/fota.zip2
I'm pretty sure Verizon wants nothing to do with CyanogenMod.
Sent from my phone, please excuse any Swypos.2Not sure if anyone already posted this or not, but it's 2.3.4:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/04/3...-4-0-2-e-0-57-pops-phone-up-to-android-2-3-4/
And while that is an improvement, the lack of ICS and the Sony Frameworks required for PSStore makes it almost pointless anyway
Wondering if Verizon ever marketed the "Playstation Certified" part of the phone. If they did, then withheld those features, isn't the false advertisement?
