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From a long time there was no word from Sony on the Android 4.2.2+ upgrade for Xperia C and Android 4.3+ upgrade for Xperia SP well now Sony has officially confirmed that both Xperia C and Xperia SP will no longer be updated anymore, they have reached their EoL ( end-of-life term ) of android updates. Sony last updated Xperia SP to android 4.3 as when Xperia V and T was also given update but Sony Xperia SP Software update page says “Latest & Final Version, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean“. Xperia SP was launched with Android 4.1.2...

Xperia SP 12.1.A.1.207 firmware which was certified a few days back is now rolling on carrier operators T-Mobile in Netherlands, Slovakia, Poland and Orange in France. 12.1.A.1.207 firmware is a bug fixing update over previous 12.1.A.1.205 firmware build android 4.3. 12.1.A.1.207 firmware brings performance enhancement and bug fixing, nothing major is noticed so...

In the middle of KitKat crisis for Xperia SP, Sony has certified a minor android 4.3 12.1.A.1.207 firmware for Xperia SP on PTCRB. 12.1.A.1.207 firmware is spotted for all variants of Xperia SP i.e. C5302, C5303 and C5306. At present Xperia SP in Android 4.3 12.1.A.1.205 firmware. Sony has still put Xperia SP under investigation for KitKat build and there is no...

Do you remember Mozilla Firefox OS, Sony demoed Firefox OS on Xperia E last year for developers which unfortunately never came to users. Sony also submitted a gadget functionality to Firefox OS but things then didn’t work out. Adam Farden from FreeXperia Project team has ported Firefox on Xperia SP now exclusively. Dalvik virtual machine is replaced with Mozilla’s...

Yesterday we saw two firmware updates from Sony, first one is for Xperia SP in form of 12.1.A.1.205 firmware which moves it from previous android 4.3 12.1.A.1.201 firmware and second one is for Xperia M in form of 15.4.A.1.9 firmware which enabled installing of Xperia themes on Xperia M now which was previously missing in first build release of android 4.3 for...

Xperia SP 12.1.A.1.205 firmware was certified on PTCRB in May end and now it has started rolling on a few carrier operated handsets. 12.1.A.1.205 firmware is seen rolling in regions like France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, UK on carriers Orange FR, customized GR, T-Mobile HU, Orange PL, Orange SL, Orange ES, T-Mobile UK, O2 Pay Monthly respectively. 12.1.A.1.205...

Sony Xperia SP ( huashan ), the forgotten handset from Sony which is still on android 4.3 and no confirmation is there yet from Sony when it will roll android 4.4.2 KitKat update for it. CyanogenMod team has come up with CyanogenMod 11 Nightlies android 4.4.3 build for Xperia SP officially, not the stable one but the first build from CM team. CyanogenMod 11 Nightlies...

A new 12.1.A.1.205 firmware has been certified for Xperia SP variants on PTCRB which seems a big fixing update over previous 12.1.A.1.201 firmware  which is expected to solve the bugs seen from the original Xperia SP 12.1.A.0.266 firmware android 4.3 update released by Sony. 12.1.A.1.205 firmware is certified for Xperia SP C5303,  C5302 and C5306 variants on...

Sony rolled android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware update on Xperia SP after a long wait and when it came users were disappointed by the bugs it brought with itself. As a bug fixing update over original android 4.3 firmware update for Xperia SP, we saw 12.1.A.1.192 firmware getting certified for Xperia SP on PTCRB and then SFR French carrier posted the info that 12.1.A.1.192...

Xperia SP 12.1.A.1.192 firmware which was spotted on PTCRB at Feb end has been approved and confirmed by SFR carrier in France and roll out of the same starts today dated 21 March, 2014. Sony rolled android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware update on Xperia SP after a long delay and getting number of firmware certified for the same android version but Xperia SP users...

A few days back we shared Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper which was only installing on rooted Xperia smartphones but now Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper 1.0.A.0.9 version port has come up which can be installed on every Xperia device hopefully. We have tested Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper 1.0.A.0.9 version on our non rooted Xperia Z1 and SP, it works fine. XDA dev ra3al has come...

We have seen so many Xperia Z2 features and apps getting ported till now like Xperia Z2 Smart call handling feature port, Xperia Z2 Camera apps Addons port – Creative Effects, AR Effect 2.0.4 , Background Defocus 1.1.7, TimeShift Video port and Xperia Z2 KitKat Media apps viz. Movies 6.1.A.0.4 and Walkman 8.1.A.0.4 app port on rooted Xperia smartphones...

Xperia Z2 has been announced officially and just a few days after its launch we saw Xperia Z2 System Dump from 17.1.A.0.289 firmware Android 4.4.2 KitKat getting leaked and at the very same moment developers started porting apps from Xperia Z2 System Dump to other Xperia smartphones. We have already seen Xperia Z2 Smart call handling feature getting ported on Xperia...

As you all know Sony has used a new horizontal all white battery icon in Xperia Z2 KitKat firmware which has got mixed response from the users; now can be installed on Xperia SP. XDA Dev Levered has modded the SystemUI.apk for Xperia SP so that Xperia Z2 battery icon can be installed on Xperia SP. It is a mod from Xperia Z2 original KitKat SystemUI and only to be...

Sony rolled android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware update on Xperia SP after so called delayed crisis  and when they rolled Xperia SP user started complaining about so many bugs which this 12.1.A.0.266 firmware brought. Just now it seems a new bug fixing update in form of 12.1.A.1.192 firmware will soon be arriving on Xperia SP as it has just been certified on PTCRB. 12.1.A.1.192...

Yesterday we saw many Xperia SP users reporting android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware update on their handset but at present it is only limited for some particular regions, globally roll out is yet to be seen. Sony Mobile has updated today android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware update changelog for Xperia SP officially on their product support page but a blog post confirming...

A few months back we reported that many Xperia Z1 users were complaining that frame bent has appeared in their handset without any external force applied. Though if you’ll look at Xperia Z1 frame bent pics you wont believe that it has appeared without application of any external force but as number of users reporting this issue is very large so it makes us to...

After ages Sony has now officially rolled Android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware for Xperia SP, just now saw it. 12.1.A.0.266 firmware was certified more than 10 days ago and as promised a bit late Sony is rolling it now. Sony has already rolled android 4.3 firmware for Xperia Z1, Z Ultra, Z, ZL, ZR, Tablet Z a lot ago and still it is awaited for Xperia T, TX and V....

Another info regarding android 4.3 rollout for Xperia SP and TX has come up from weekly software updates info from Vodafone Australia, they claims “Android 4.3 Testing completed, Awaiting rollout“. Some times back Vodafone AU says testing is in progress and then we saw a new firmware getting certified for Xperia SP, T, V and TX on PTCRB, may be that’s...

Oops Sony did it again.! Just now a new Xperia SP Android 4.3 12.1.A.0.266 firmware has been certified on PTCRB following the previous certified 12.1.A.0.263, 12.1.A.0.253 firmware builds. A few days ago Sony made a statement in a tweet saying android 4.3 for Xperia SP, T, TX and V will be soon rolled out  at end of Jan or in early Feb 2014, well it seems Jan...

Xperia SP users if you are looking for some USB desktop dock charger for your phone then you already know that Sony has not officially launched any such dock charger for Xperia SP but it is not the end of road. We searched among many manufacturers and  found Xperia SP USB desktop dock charger and it goes well with Xperia SP M35H, C5302, C5303 and C5306. As there...

Yesterday we posted a video which showed Xperia Android 4.4.2 KitKat Boot Animation running on Xperia SP, well some people liked it and some don’t. Xperia Android 4.4.2 KitKat UI was first revealed in screenshots from Sony D6503 aka Sony Sirius which included many new features besides a new Xperia Android 4.4.2 KitKat Boot Animation. Well now Xperia Android...

Yesterday we saw the leaked Xperia Android 4.4.2 KitKat UI of Sony D6503 and it is simply amazing. Sony has integrated so many new features in Xperia Android 4.4.2 KitKat UI like 4K Video Recording, Gloves Mode, White Balance Control, Built-in-answering machine, Sony’s new “What’s New” feature integrated along with Google Now, Smart Back light...

Yesterday we saw Sony tweeting regarding an ETA for android 4.3 roll out on Xperia SP at the end of Jan or in early Feb 2014 after two android 4.3 firmwares were already certified on PTCRB from which one was removed later. Well it seems now another new Android 4.3 12.1.A.0.263 firmware is certified on PTCRB page and we hope it is the final build of which Sony mentioned...