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android version 2.1 when?!....

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:36:07 GMT

hi guyz....im new to this site so im not yet familiar with all the things going on...but im planning to buy xperia x8 but one thing is troubling me it has version 1.6.....can i ask this thing....is version 2.1 available to download?...if it is where can i possibly download it?...plzzz rply...need really help here...T_T

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Er_Kannan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:29:20 GMT

The update may be rolled out by the end of this month. Keep in touch with the forum to know the latest development in SE. There is no other source other than the softwares made available by SE (SEUS and PC Companion) that can assist you to make your phone run on Android 2.1 unless you root the phone. Rooting the phone will invalidate your warranty.

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:34:38 GMT

thank u very much for the info...i'll keep in touch in this forum...definitely getting xperia x8...:smileygrin:....hope it will come sooner...and one more thing is rooting considered to be illegal?...

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Er_Kannan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:06:13 GMT

Rooting phone is not illegal. Problem is that rooting the phone will invalidate the warranty and if not properly done may cause irrecoverable problems.

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:56:01 GMT

What ROOTING exactly means

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:45:47 GMT

Accessing the root of your phone and give you full control. If you mess anything up, well, you will be sorry then

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

sushidushi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:18:54 GMT

Yes, indeed. I am rather cautious and would certainly not advise anyone to root their phone just to get the update a week or two earlier. In fact, I can't think of any reason I'd do it to my phone, unless it was absolutely guaranteed that to do so wouldn't cause any problems now or in the future.

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:24:08 GMT

If there was a way to load custom roms into xperia phones you wouldn't get the updates 1 or 2 weeks earlier... Eclair was release in October last year (2009), so you would get the update about an year earlier... I just hope that Froyo comes right away and that gingerbread won't take long either...

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:35:29 GMT

so u mean 2.1 is already available?....2.1 is eclair right and 2.2 is froyo?...am i right...correct me plz im new to this....T_T

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:41:21 GMT

2.1 (Eclair) is available from google since last year (october 2009).

Most updated phones now are using 2.2 (Froyo)

As far as I know, we are weeks away from launch of 2.3 (Gingerbread)

But, if SE will continue with the louzy updates, we will only receive 2.2 next year... And if we do...

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:46:03 GMT

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?s=cdf3c73d93d71f8b304af978c19cfe78&f=723

and for x10:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=617

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

sushidushi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:52:02 GMT

Gingerbread is 3.0, isn't it? It's the one that is on the point of being released, anyway, whatever its number.

Why they are called donut, eclair, froyo and gingerbread is another matter. I have no idea!

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:53:07 GMT

Were they able to load custom roms?

AFAIK, they were able to root the phone but the boot loader wasn't already cracked...

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:57:01 GMT

Lol. That is an easy answer... In a certain way!

I don't know why they decide to give it food name but... let's see: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, etc... If you check the first letter of each release it follows an order: A,B,C,D,E,F, etc... so, you can expect cakes all the way XD

So about the versions: Wikipedia says that 2.3 is gingerbread and 3.0 is honeycomb, however, Wikipedia may be right or may be wrong...

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

sushidushi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:07:23 GMT

I feel ashamed that I hadn't even noticed that the initial letters were following the alphabet! I just Googled 'Froyo' and discovered that it's a brand name for frozen yoghurt. I had only heard of it in the Android context.

Wikipedia does certainly sometimes get things wrong. I just checked with Google and that suggested that Gingerbread was 3.0 and that Honeycomb would be 3.1 or 3.2. For X8 and X10 users, I suspect that it is all academic anyway.

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:07:52 GMT

that means we can download the eclair from google right?...since x8 has 1.6 getting eclair 2.1 is right choice..but when i updated my x8 it says ur phone has the latest software...my questions is which one?..the donut or eclair?..

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

sushidushi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:19:12 GMT

Eclair isn't yet available for the X8. You can't download it direct from Google, so you'll just have to wait till it is made available by Sony Ericsson.

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:18:58 GMT

Well SonyEricsson, it's now 3pm on the 28th October 2010 and version 2.1 remains unavailable!

I have just received my X8 from O2 in the UK with 1.6 on it. If the update is not available VERY soon it will be going BACK to O2 as an out of date piece of rubbish, this software is very old.

I do not expect to buy a new phone at the end of October 2010 which was released as a new product this year. Then I discover 2008/9 operating software on it!!

(2.2 would be asking too much so soon, but a new phone with an 2 year old opperating system is appalling)

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:27:05 GMT

1st - No one forced you to buy it

2nd - Sony Ericsson is not watching this threads

3rd - Complaining won't bring you 2.1 faster

4th - Read other posts and threads to find when 2.1 will *probably* be available

A possible solution:

1 return the phone

2 study hard

3 make yourself SE's CEO

Another possible solution

1 return the phone

2 wait until 2.1 is out

3 buy again and update

Yet another possible solution

1 return the phone

2 buy from another brand

3 talk bad about SE

If these solutions are not suitable for you I can give you a couple more, however, keep in mind that coming to the forum with demands and threats won't give you anything... besides troll-food

Re: android version 2.1 when?!....

higwayman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:28:32 GMT

mate, not again, asking for 2.1 release whe you know you are buying a 1.6? We need to be responsible for our action and decision.:smileywink: