A few days back we posted that Sony Charging Plate WCH10 was certified at FCC and now its official, Sony has announced two new wireless charging accessories i.e. Wireless Charging Cover WCR12 and Charging Plate WCH10. Xperia Z2 in original don’t support wireless charging but with the help of above mentioned wireless products you can now charge your Xperia...

Sony has updated its Album app to 6.1.A.0.14 version and Walkman app to 8.3.A.0.7 version recently and today we saw Sony Movies 7.0.A.0.8 and Video Unlimited 12.0.B.0.3 app getting rolled on Xperia Z2, Z1, ZL, ZR ,Z Ultra, SP etc. Apart from the performance enhancement and bug fixing a new feature has been introduced in Movies 7.0.A.0.8 app. Movies 7.0.A.0.8 app...

Sony has officially started rolling android 4.4.2 KitKat 10.5.A.0.230 firmware update for Xperia ZR whereas the same update hit Xperia Z, ZL and Tablet Z, a week ago. Sony has updated the software status of Xperia ZR on its software update page as KitKat. Android 4.4.2 KitKat update was the very much awaited update for Xperia “Z” series owners and it...

A few days back we saw 14.3.A.0.761 firmware on Xperia Z1 L39h in China while the same update not seen anywhere else. Following 14.3.A.0.761 firmware, a new 14.3.A.0.769 firmware has been certified at PTCRB for Xperia Z1, Z1 Compact and Z Ultra recently. After buggy KitKat update from Sony, 14.3.A.0.757 firmware was released to fix those bugs but unfortunately...

Renowned Xperia themes maker Green has published 6 more Xperia themes on Play Store out of which 4 are paid and 2 are free for the users. Yesterday we saw Xperia Tattered Stripes theme from same theme maker on Play Store. Sony introduced a functionality of downloading and installing new Xperia themes on your device either from Play Store or custom themes on rooted...

Yesterday we shared Xperia Theme Tattered Stripes from theme make Green on Play Store and now for the first time Xperia themes have been uploaded on Google Play Store by an XDA developer. XDA user DaRk-L0rD came up with Xperia Coffee theme a lot days back and now under the name TDX on Play Store three Xperia themes have been uplaoded viz. Triangles, Abstract and...

Renowned Xperia theme maker Green has come up with new Xperia Tattered Stripes theme on Google Play Store for android 4.3+ powered Xperia handsets. Sony has brought an option for installing downloadable Xperia themes on all Xperia handsets in its all updates after android 4.3 which made many open source community developers to come up with new cool themes for Xperia...

Yesterday we saw Sony rolling out Walkman 8.3.A.0.7 app update which is a minor performance enhancement and bug fixing update  and now album app has also been updated to new 6.1.A.0.14 version from the old 6.0.A.0.26 version. Sony recently launched Album app with new updated UI which was seen running on Xperia Z2 at MWC 2014 event. Album 6.1.A.0.14  app update...

Sony has updated their media app Walkman to version 8.3.A.0.7 from previous  8.3.A.0.5 version which was also a bug fixing update over original new UI based Walkman  8.3.A.0.2 app update. Walkman 8.3.A.0.7 app update is confirmed on all Xperia handsets running android 4.3+ version like Xperia Z2, Xperia Z1, Z Ultra, Z, ZL, ZR, SP, T, V etc. Walkman 8.3.A.0.7...

We are writing this with very sadness that this will be the last post published on our blog. Sony Mobile Communications AB have raised a formal complaint about using their trademarked name “XPERIA” in our domain name “XperiaGuide.com” and wants us to discontinue the use of XperiaGuide.com immediately. Sony Mobile is the copyright owner of all the images of the phones and the themes ( leaked by the users around the net and republished on our site ) published on out site as mentioned by them in the notice sent to...

Sony Mobile has posted an interesting infographic regarding their FY 2013-2014 Business Update. It is the second inforgraphic from Sony which came this month after they posted “Benefits of waterproof phone“. Sony mentions the $75410(m) consolidated sale for Sony Corporation which is 14.3% rise as compared to previous year 2012 consolidated sales. 2013...

Sony launched Xperia Z1 Compact earlier this year in January at CES 2014 event and now it has been “Mugenised” by Mugen Power 3000mAh Battery Case. Xperia Z1 Compact is the mini version of Xperia Z1, powered with 2300 mAh battery which is enough to keep alive the 4.3″ 720p screen of it but still if you are feeling that its not enough here comes...

Sony recently launched a major update for its Movies app in form of 6.2 .A.0.8 version where a new UI with features like pinch to zoom, slide in and out menu navigation are seen and now a new minor bug fixing update is rolling in form of Movies 6.2.A.0.10 app has been spotted as OTA update. Movies 6.2.A.0.10 app update is confirmed on handsets like Xperia Z2, Xperia...

Sony is planning to launch a new Xperia handset soon in the market and it can be predicted by seeing that recently a new Xperia device with FCC ID PY7PM-0732-BV running 18.2.A.0.9 firmware got passed though the FCC certification. Sony has already launched a couple of handsets like Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z1S, Xperia E1 / E1 Dual, Xperia T2 Ultra / T2 Ultra Dual, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia A2, Xperia ZL2 so far in first 5 months of 2014. New Xperia handset which is running 18.2.A.0.9 firmware, android version is still unknown...

A new firmware in form of 14.3.E.0.1 firmware is being certified at PTCRB for Xperia Z1 Compact D5503 which is a very different build firmware configuration as when compared to present android 4.4.2 14.3.A.0.757 firmware. As the firmware config. has changed it seems a specific firmware for some carriers rather than regular Xperia Z1 Compact global variants. After...

Michael Jackson XSCAPE album will be available for free on Xperia Z2, M2, Z2 Tablet and Z1 Compact as mentioned by Sony on Michael Jackson XSCAPE album promotion page a lot ago and now you can download the same album via Xperia Lounge app on above mentioned handsets. Concerned album is not yet available on Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra  in any region for the time...

Yesterday we shared the leaked official FIFA Xperia theme from Sony which isn’t yet available on Play Store, second promotional theme from Sony after Amazing Spider Man 2 theme. Sony is the official partner at FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 and Xperia FIFA theme is a way from them to spread this news. Well a new Xperia Theme Lundakarneval Futuralkarneval has landed...

Verizon Xperia Z2 has been in rumors before Xperia Z2 was launched and recently we saw some press render pic of Verizon Xperia Z2 on one of the Sony’s official social network channel where later Sony retracted the image and posted an explanation for the same. Just now we spotted another press render of Verizon Xperia Z2 on Sony Korea site. As for an update...

Sony launched Xperia Z2 and as expected wireless charging facility on it was not seen but it seems Sony is putting its effort to enable wireless charging on Xperia Z2 and other Xperia devices with the help of two new wireless charging accessories viz.  Sony WCR12 Wireless Charging Cover and Sony WCH10 Wireless Charging plate. WCR12 and WCH10 accessories are currently...

Coming back to our series of posting custom Xperia themes we have brought some new custom Xperia Dopi themes from XDA user dopitax viz. Xperia DopiWolf, DopiFire, DopiBloodyrose, DopiJoker themes. If you are using any android 4.3+ custom ROM on your Xperia smartphone then above mentioned themes will work good for sure otherwise check the below mentioned steps to...

A few days back we saw 10.5.A.0.230 firmware getting certified for Xperia Z, ZL and Tablet Z and now the same android 4.4.2 KitKat build has been certified for Xperia ZR also on PTCRB. A previous build 10.5.A.0.227 firmware was certified a bit ago and an updated build has now arrived which was recently seen rolling on some developer Xperia Z handsets. 10.5.A.0.230...

Xperia M2 which came into existence at MWC 2014, has already seen its launch in India a few days back and soon will be available on Sony Online stores across European regions. Xperia M2 features 4.8″ qHD Display, Snapdragon 400 SoC 1.2 GHz quad core processor ( MSM8926 / MSM8226 ) with Adreno 305 GPU. Xperia M2 packs 8 MP rear cam, HD video recording, 1 GB RAM,...

Earlier today Sony launched Xperia Z2 in India at a press event at Crystal Ballroom, Lalit Hotel, New Delhi where Sony India MD Mr. Kenichiro and Koyal Rana, Miss India World 2014 introduced it in Indian market. As expected Xperia Z2 is priced at Rs49990 i.e. $834, €598, £492 for Indian market and will be available 12 May onwards. Sony is giving away SmartBand...

A day back we saw Sony Japan launching waterproof SRS-X1 speaker and SRS-X2 20W output speaker and today we saw Sony India launching Xperia Z2 in India market. A new Xperia smartphone Xperia ZL2 SOL25 is launched for au by KDDI in Japan. Xperia ZL2 SOL25 resembles Xperia Z2 in terms of specifications in many factors. Xperia Z2 Tablet is also launched for domestic...