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[DISCUSSION] Android 5.0 for our devices.

Android 5.0 is codenamed key lime pie and would already be running perfectly on a device which has only 512mb of ram, so i wanted to make a thread dedicated to any news about our device and Android 5.0, it should be going live in October. Sony Helpdesk didn't give any information yet about it when i contacted them ;(.
Any rumours, speculations can be posted here.
Do you think it is likely our device's are getting Android 5.0?

I am sure they won't EVER be getting official 5.0. Most likely will get with xda and Cyanogenmod though.

Option58 said:
I am sure they won't EVER be getting official 5.0. Most likely will get with xda and Cyanogenmod though.
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Fxp already didnt release cm10.1 for 512 mb RAM devices ...
So I think we wount get fully functional version of lime pie
But its too soon to know
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andro-SYR said:
Fxp already didnt release cm10.1 for 512 mb RAM devices ...
So I think we wount get fully functional version of lime pie
But its too soon to know
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Well most sites say that 5.0 is optimized for low-end devices etc, so it would be sad if we wont get this version

sidle said:
Well most sites say that 5.0 is optimized for low-end devices etc, so it would be sad if we wont get this version
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If our device's hardware possible to get KLP, i think it wont due to Japanese market strategy. So, they encourage us to buy newer device. :thumbdown:
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Our devices haven't even got 4.2 yet. I think it's too early to expect 5.0 .
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Man, tipo can handle ICS ok, Jelly Bean has Project Butter, so it's verry smooth, why Key Lime Pie can't run on our devices?

Well it ain't confirmed that key lime pie would be released. And the news in the web are rumour. So don't post knowing something correctly..
No offence and hard feelings

MZay said:
Well it ain't confirmed that key lime pie would be released. And the news in the web are rumour. So don't post knowing something correctly..
No offence and hard feelings
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Correct, but this discussion is based on internet roumours.
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It will released with Google Console, smart watch and New Nexus 5!!!
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Whats the benefit on android 5, if you cant even play video properly on custom kernel? Unless devs work on making custom kernel run as smooth as stock sony , fixing gsm / 3g video call, hardware decoding, I think stock is better option for now. No bootloader unlocking for me.
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sidle said:
Android 5.0 is codenamed key lime pie and would already be running perfectly on a device which has only 512mb of ram, so i wanted to make a thread dedicated to any news about our device and Android 5.0, it should be going live in October. Sony Helpdesk didn't give any information yet about it when i contacted them ;(.
Any rumours, speculations can be posted here.
Do you think it is likely our device's are getting Android 5.0?
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Xperia Tipo/Miro will definitely not be getting official Android 4.1 and beyond.
You guys already reached EOL. (end of life)
Xperia J and E will most likely also end at Android 4.1.
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Well I think the Xperia tipo deserves 1 update for a less, we need to create a post and send up to Sony and Qualcomm, to dispel all the answer!! Is hard to see the Sony release device only whit 1 update like Xperia j and nothing like miro, tipo and tipo dual is not fair because we pay for her product they don't give us free
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ruben21 said:
Well I think the Xperia tipo deserves 1 update for a less, we need to create a post and send up to Sony and Qualcomm, to dispel all the answer!! Is hard to see the Sony release device only whit 1 update like Xperia j and nothing like miro, tipo and tipo dual is not fair because we pay for her product they don't give us free
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It will never happen. Sony will never ever upgrade Xperia Tipo and Miro to 4.1 and beyond. Xperia Tipo and Miro reached EOL (end of life) and it's Sony's least priority. Only bug fixes from now on. There will not be update to add new Walkman apps etc or upgrade to Android 4.1 and beyond.

Well it is kind of sorrow, when you know that your device is end, and you don't even own him for a year. Since there won't be any further official upgrades it would be nice to unlock our phones and bootloaders with some kind of OTA update only for that.
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What end? Maybe Key Lime Pie need required hardware lower than Jelly Bean.
Android 5.0 is Google 5th android yet.
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KennethTan20 said:
What end? Maybe Key Lime Pie need required hardware lower than Jelly Bean.
Android 5.0 is Google 5th android yet.
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That depends on sony, if they ever decide to give us updates. Heh, even x8 just stayed at 2.1 even though everyone else got gb.
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zzztidurvirus said:
That depends on sony, if they ever decide to give us updates. Heh, even x8 just stayed at 2.1 even though everyone else got gb.
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It's the end for your phone. X10 received it because it was Sony's previous flagship. Xperia Tipo is Sony's lowest, cheapest phone. Let's be realistic, you guys will remain on 4.0 ICS forever.
KennethTan20 said:
What end? Maybe Key Lime Pie need required hardware lower than Jelly Bean.
Android 5.0 is Google 5th android yet.
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Me? I dont mind staying on ics, as long as its official. If i really want android 5, i really should wait and buy 5.0 out-of-box device.
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I highly doubt that any sony device will get JB 4.3, exept Z, Z Ultra and Honami I1. Maybe these phones will be the only phones that will get upgrade for a newer version
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[Xperia L] [Confirmed] We will get android 4.3

Confirmed by sony mobile argentina we will get android 4.3 for our xperia L in November.
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https://www.facebook.com/sonymobilear/posts/647528258613040
Translation:
Sony Mobile AR Hi Caro, for now only version 4.1 is available but version 4.3 is expected by mid-November. Greetings!
Now we just have to wait.

whow!! Its a bloody great news! If they hoping to release it in November its probably gonna be in December! Fingers crossed for the ultimate JB experiance!

Let's see if the problem in kernel for cwm for locked bl is resolved and the developers are able to bring it to us. :fingers-crossed:

Grrrrreat news!
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Ohh, great Sony you just made my day. If we receive 4.3 then I can wait half a year for 4.4

A commentator on xperiablog posted a screenshot that sonymobile ar made a mistake and it is actually 4.2.2. 4.3 is for z family by mid december
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Nice Info :good:

Wow this is great news....I hope sony fix the restart issue when headphones are plugged in..:fingers-crossed:

Sony Mobile AR: Hello Hernan!, by the time is aviable version is 4.1, but version 4.2 is expected by mid-november. Greetings!(edited)
Sony Mobile AR: Hello Hernan! We CONFIRM! you the version who is going to be aviable in november is going to be ther 4.2. ¡We apologize for the error!
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amnher said:
Sony Mobile AR: Hello Hernan!, by the time is aviable version is 4.1, but version 4.2 is expected by mid-november. Greetings!(edited)
Sony Mobile AR: Hello Hernan! We CONFIRM! you the version who is going to be aviable in november is going to be ther 4.2. ¡We apologize for the error!
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So the above message was after this one!? :silly:

No They Have Edited Their Comment.......
Check It Once Again..

Here is the whole screenshot of the editted conversation

So what we guys withe the kitchen roms await, is actually Sony to release 4.3 for the Z so the Xda will port it to the L/ M. Cause lets face it: who cares for 4.2 on our phones once 4.3 is out for the Z's?

amnher said:
Here is the whole screenshot of the editted conversation
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I do , android 4.3 of Xperia z may have issues if we port to Xperia L
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I don't think Sony will release 4.2.2 for us.They announced the official list for 4.2.2 long time ago and XL wasn't on that list.At the end of the post they said that some devices that aren't in that list will skip 4.2.2 and jump directly to 4.3.As 4.3 is kinda out I don't see why Sony would work at 4.2.2 for XL...maybe just some marketing technique...Anyway,we'll live and see what Sony prepared us.
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Marius Cristian said:
I don't think Sony will release 4.2.2 for us.They announced the official list for 4.2.2 long time ago and XL wasn't on that list.At the end of the post they said that some devices that aren't in that list will skip 4.2.2 and jump directly to 4.3.As 4.3 is kinda out I don't see why Sony would work at 4.2.2 for XL...maybe just some marketing technique...Anyway,we'll live and see what Sony prepared us.
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I am sure that we will get either 4.2.2 or 4.3 by mid November..100% sure
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Marius Cristian said:
I don't think Sony will release 4.2.2 for us.They announced the official list for 4.2.2 long time ago and XL wasn't on that list.At the end of the post they said that some devices that aren't in that list will skip 4.2.2 and jump directly to 4.3.As 4.3 is kinda out I don't see why Sony would work at 4.2.2 for XL...maybe just some marketing technique...Anyway,we'll live and see what Sony prepared us.
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Sparksys said:
I do , android 4.3 of Xperia z may have issues if we port to Xperia L
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BLiapis said:
So what we guys withe the kitchen roms await, is actually Sony to release 4.3 for the Z so the Xda will port it to the L/ M. Cause lets face it: who cares for 4.2 on our phones once 4.3 is out for the Z's?
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Here is the whole screenshot of the editted conversation
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Sparksys said:
I am sure that we will get either 4.2.2 or 4.3 by mid November..100% sure
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Mrcl1450 said:
Confirmed by sony mobile argentina we will get android 4.3 for our xperia L in November.
https://www.facebook.com/sonymobilear/posts/647528258613040
Translation:
Sony Mobile AR Hi Caro, for now only version 4.1 is available but version 4.3 is expected by mid-November. Greetings!
Now we just have to wait.
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The Sony only updates firmware once in lower and mid range phones. So if you get 4.1 out of box, you will get one update to 4.3 or 4.2.2 !
I will go with 4.2.2 to be the end of Xperia L life.
This means that there is a slight chance that we will get anything more than one major update! We will get some small fixes but that will be that !
We will still be at 4.2.2 and receive one to two minor updates for bugs. Thus, thinking that we will also get another major update is out of question !
I hope they do but the chances are very small. They will put up an excuse that hardware doesnot support or anything.
Xperia U and Samsung Galaxy S3 mini has same NovaThor but Sony claimed that NovaThor can not run Jelly Bean but surprisingly S3 mini does ! Samsung updates their phone to JB with same NovaThor but Sony didnot.
Even, JB was ported to Xperia U from Xperia P and it worked great but had battery issues. I think if Sony had taken the initiative, they could have easily done that. But sony doesnot do that. We will be extremely lucky to get another update to Xperia L after 4.2.2 ! Minor bug fixes would be there but nothing more. That's one of the reason I do not like Sony. They make great phones but lack the energy to give timely updates to all of their devices. Also, this is a way to make people buy new phones !
UPDATE :
I reread the article and found out that the real culprit was GPU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46622516&postcount=27

Hnk1 said:
The Sony only updates firmware once in lower and mid range phones. So if you get 4.1 out of box, you will get one update to 4.3 or 4.2.2 !
I will go with 4.2.2 to be the end of Xperia L life.
This means that there is a slight chance that we will get anything more than one major update! We will get some small fixes but that will be that !
We will still be at 4.2.2 and receive one to two minor updates for bugs. Thus, thinking that we will also get another major update is out of question !
I hope they do but the chances are very small. They will put up an excuse that hardware doesnot support or anything.
Xperia U and Samsung Galaxy S3 mini has same NovaThor but Sony claimed that NovaThor can not run Jelly Bean but surprisingly S3 mini does ! Samsung updates their phone to JB with same NovaThor but Sony didnot.
LIARS! Even, JB was ported to Xperia U from Xperia P and it worked great but had battery issues. I think if Sony had taken the initiative, they could have easily done that. But sony doesnot do that. We will be extremely lucky to get another update to Xperia L after 4.2.2 ! Minor bug fixes would be there but nothing more. That's one of the reason I do not like Sony. They make great phones but lack the energy to give timely updates to all of their devices. Also, this is a way to make people buy new phones !
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Well actually Sony gave low internal memory of Xperia U as a reason for not giving update. Xperia P has same chipset but it got 4.1 update officialy.

shivamk11 said:
Well actually Sony gave low internal memory of Xperia U as a reason for not giving update. Xperia P has same chipset but it got 4.1 update officialy.
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Yes that simply blamed the hardware.
Look at this, now even the battery life has been tweeked. Complete Rom which Sony could easily have worked on !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284394

@Hnk1
I totally agree with you, Sony's more busy working with bringing up New devices instead of working on updates. Well basically they just want users to buy newer phones with newer features :L they really shouldn't do that, this is my first and last Sony phone.
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Good News!Android 4.4 for 2012 xperias.

Kit Kat is all ready on 2012 Xperias?
Official Sony:Source
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it doesnt mention our device...

+1

is there anybody else here who knows English and didn't find our devices listed?
have some brains before before posting stuff like this... don't just give false hopes to these people..
our SINGLE cored devices can't even control jellybean 4.2 so what makes you think Sony will directly update to 4.4...please try to understand the fact that to stay updated in the world of Android, you will have to keep on upgrading our devices (budget phones ')
and furthermore, our devices cannot handle the openGL of 4.3.. then how come the OP says there's an update to 4.4
i demand an explanation from the Op. just show me the clause where Sony says that there would be an update to 4.4 or 4.3,..
thank me if I helped you...
thank you

mathewsj114 said:
is there anybody else here who knows English and didn't find our devices listed?
have some brains before before posting stuff like this... don't just give false hopes to these people..
our SINGLE cored devices can't even control jellybean 4.2 so what makes you think Sony will directly update to 4.4...please try to understand the fact that to stay updated in the world of Android, you will have to keep on upgrading our devices (budget phones ')
and furthermore, our devices cannot handle the openGL of 4.3.. then how come the OP says there's an update to 4.4
i demand an explanation from the Op. just show me the clause where Sony says that there would be an update to 4.4 or 4.3,..
thank me if I helped you...
thank you
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your wrong,our phones dont have suport from qualcom on 4.1.2+,its posibole to get 4.4 i will done it soon but first i need to make 3.4 kernel half stabile

mathewsj114 said:
is there anybody else here who knows English and didn't find our devices listed?
have some brains before before posting stuff like this... don't just give false hopes to these people..
our SINGLE cored devices can't even control jellybean 4.2 so what makes you think Sony will directly update to 4.4...please try to understand the fact that to stay updated in the world of Android, you will have to keep on upgrading our devices (budget phones ')
and furthermore, our devices cannot handle the openGL of 4.3.. then how come the OP says there's an update to 4.4
i demand an explanation from the Op. just show me the clause where Sony says that there would be an update to 4.4 or 4.3,..
thank me if I helped you...
thank you
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You don't need openGL ES 3 gpu to run KitKat. And our devices can control even 4.3 perfectly, Lg L5 has Snapdragon S1 like our devices and works perfect (but it has ram issues because of 4.3 gapps), and they are porting 4.4 because it requieres less resources.
Sony won't update a older phone than Xperia Z, ZU, ZL, Tablet Z etc... because its market strategy is don't update devices. Even RAM isn't an issue for no update, 4.4 is designed to run perfect with 512mb ram devices.
My Xperia tipo will be the last, and the first sony device I buy.

Sony itself won't give a damn about Tipo and that category models,it's up to the developers to do their tricks and bring us KitKat

Oh Odin why??
KennethTan20 said:
Kit Kat is all ready on 2012 Xperias?
Official Sony:Source
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No support for our Xperias with S1 processor and for phones released more than 18 months ago

madprofessorus said:
Sony itself won't give a damn about non lastest high-end phones, before xperia Z,it's up to the developers to do their tricks and bring us KitKat
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Sony is one of the worst companies, I realize that after some months after buying tipo...

Even xperia sp wont get kitkat ,also xperia l wont get atleast 4.3.so its just a middle finger to all the 2013 non high end phones too.
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Ketcchup said:
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Sony is one of the worst companies, I realize that after some months after buying tipo...
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Me if I hadn't installed a custom Rom I would throw my tipo out of a window... It was tragic
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Xperia J/miro/tipo are not in the list of devices with planned update to KitKat.

well sorry if I was wrong about the openGL..
I thought 4.4 too wouldn't work...

To desire nikez have made 4.3 with kernel 2.8. And xperia Miro is better than HTC desire.
He is porting kit kat to it right now and it's not even with kernel 3
So it can not be impossible.
But it's a realy hard job
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henrikht said:
To desire nikez have made 4.3 with kernel 2.8. And xperia Miro is better than HTC desire.
He is porting kit kat to it right now and it's not even with kernel 3
So it can not be impossible.
But it's a realy hard job
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one thing we have sources for 3.4 kernel and our dirvers are writen for 3.4 kernel thats way we need to inporve 3.4

Moved to Q&A, as it is a question after all
Also, I think the Question is answered, that these devices will most likely not get updated.
(I personally don't think so, too TBH)
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Q-xperia l kitkat update?

any information about kitkat update for xperia l???
We will get or not??
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mukulatri said:
any information about kitkat update for xperia l???
We will get or not??
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Xperia L have an android 4.4 kit kat, but it's pure, and is part of the AOSP project of sony.
To install you need to unlock the bootloader ( and lose the warranty ).

mukulatri said:
any information about kitkat update for xperia l???
We will get or not??
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As of now Sony hasn't said anything. Obviously we all hope we get Kit-Kat. I would expect some news after the Kit-Kat roll out for the Xperia Z series has started (mid-end February).

Any one notice the leaked screenshots of z2
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any information about kitkat update for xperia l???
We will get or not??
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Absolutely Not

hurrmmm
KK is made for 512ram+ .. we have 1gb .. why dont sony make KK to our device ? or our device have other problem that make sony not give us KK :\ ..

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KK is made for 512ram+ .. we have 1gb .. why dont sony make KK to our device ? or our device have other problem that make sony not give us KK :\ ..
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Problem is that our device is mid range,not flagship

Agree!! But point is that our device launched in 2013?
And new xperia E1 going to launch this year with 512 mb ram.
it comes with 4.3 android.
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I'm waiting for it, hope give it soon.
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We'll definitely not be getting KitKat Android 4.4, chances are dim. However, a 4.3 update is possible (not sure though).
Obviously we all would love to see the latest Android software for our phones, but till now.. *fingers crossed*

KitKat is still very new, most of the flagship devices are just getting it. Obviously midrange devices are less important, so even if we'll get a 4.4 update, it'll be months later from now.
And hopefully we'll get it, even if we have to wait for a while, a lot of other phones with Snapdragon 400 are getting 4.4, I don't think Sony will forget about us.

So,Possibility to get kitkat.
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I hope we will get it directly?
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I thought Xperia u would get 4.1 jelly bean but Sony surprised me when they announced that the less powerful Xperia J would get the update insted goes to show anything could happen.

Well, we may or may not get the update..
It's purely in the hands of Sony
If they decide to give, they will.. If not, then they won't..
Fortunately, we are getting CM11 which is based on Android 4.4 and unfortunately its release is delayed week by week..

saurabh007 said:
Well, we may or may not get the update..
It's purely in the hands of Sony
If they decide to give, they will.. If not, then they won't..
Fortunately, we are getting CM11 which is based on Android 4.4 and unfortunately its release is delayed week by week..
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"its release is delayed month by month " #frustrated

Xperia tx getting 4.3 update xperia l not?
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saurabh007 said:
Well, we may or may not get the update..
It's purely in the hands of Sony
If they decide to give, they will.. If not, then they won't..
Fortunately, we are getting CM11 which is based on Android 4.4 and unfortunately its release is delayed week by week..
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cool.gautam said:
"its release is delayed month by month " #frustrated
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Its better delayed than never and fully functional than have early build but people will just complain

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Its better delayed than never and fully functional than have early build but people will just complain
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Its better not to ignite hope and desire in people when you can't fulful your own promises. I still remember 25th dec,2013 as cm11 promised .Just think for a second , only 7 days left to be delayed for 2 months release. And i know that it won't come soon maybe in March but thats not for sure.
And still bluetooth is not fixed

Maybe 4.3 update in March...
Sony Xperia Arg. sayed in Twitter....:laugh:

And Samsung says no 4.4.2 for us.

And here it is.. Another reason to say "f*ck you samsung"
Have a look:
http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung...id-442-kitkat?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=dlvrit

szzlgupta said:
And here it is..
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Did you expect anything else from Samsung? :highfive:

There WAS a rumour that we will get. But its now confirmed that we are not getting.

szzlgupta said:
There WAS a rumour that we will get. But its now confirmed that we are not getting.
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And Samsung says no 4.4.2 for us.
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- but TeamCanjica said YES to KitKat.

shut_down said:
- but TeamCanjica said YES to KitKat.
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Well I guess thats the reason we love team canjica <3

We don't need the f*****g Samsung...

We need the device itselfs
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Tesla-MADAL93 said:
We don't need the f*****g Samsung...
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If we want NFC then we do :/

The S3 mini is getting it. Maybe there is something good still for the novathor platform.
If proper sources are released.
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no shieet use cm 11 better then every samsung rom ever

I know the reason why these b*stards don't give any 4.3+ update for us.

Samsung has done only one good think in his phones. He sells it with unlocked bootloader.
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s3mini on novathor is not getting kitkat also. Only US version of s3mini(almost completely diffrent device) on qualcomm is getting an update.
And what's the moral of it? Never believe in rumours, and NEVER EVER BELIEVE Sammy. Oh wait I forgot... they kept their promise, they gave us JB... Yeah, right... Fck sammy.
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Hahaha I just remembered that Sammy sait that they will provide many mid range devices with Kitkat, coz it's lighter than JB ! ROFL

Maclaw said, that, the US version of the s3 mini, and from what i learned, the "US" version is the AT&T variant, i seriously don't think that Sammsung is goin to invest in the few hundreads(?) of AT&T S3 Mini version (i think it has express name or something), when they can invest in the vastly international version sold in USA and almost all the american continent (the GT-i8790L).
Anyway time will tell maybe later this month Sammobile is going to have STE Novathor firmwares of S3 Mini.
Even then we have more than amazing dev's and we are in the golden age for our device, also i think that by years end most of us will be having new cellphones.

I think if wolft will came back witch android 4.4 costom rom witch touchwizz we will feel the same feeling as official kitkat for our devices.
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MikiGry said:
I think if wolft will came back witch android 4.4 costom rom witch touchwizz we will feel the same feeling as official kitkat for our devices.
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Where are witches
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We will.

It's better...with 4.1.2 samsung hasn't working well

Yeah we wouldn't get a decent OS anyway

I don't think the rom is itself would be good. I don't like the touchwiz experience that much. But it would mean newer kernel sources, and newer binary blobs, such as OMX components, Mali libs, etc... All those could improve the current state of Team Canjica's CM11 (which I'm currently happily using).
Given all the 4.4.2 ROMs floating around, it wouldn't be much of a hassle for Samsung to make an upgrade (not taking Touchwiz into account).
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