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Xperia TL Update?
Where's my JellyBean update your people promised me when they sold this phone? I know Sony and Android have signed off on it, and we're waiting for you(ATT) to release it? Well? Here's the deal....1 week....that's how long you have to release it before I dump all 5 of the phones I have with you. Enough is enough! All your doing is filling it full of useless ATT aps that I won't be able to delete. Sad company.
CSULA21
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22 Messages
11 years ago
Sony released the JB update through their website today; http://www.sonymobile.com/us/software/phones/xperia-tl/
However, you should read through the Sony Forums regarding the JB update to the Xperia T. A lot of people are having problems w/ JB; http://talk.sonymobile.com/community/support/xperia_t_tx
Hope this helps.
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JayRay86
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11 years ago
AT&T is also rolling out the Xperia TL update today. So enjoy. But let me share my Xperia TL experience with you...
I came from Windows Phone 7, and wanted an Android. I agonized for a couple months leading up to my upgrade over which device I wanted. After the Xperia TL came out, I went into an AT&T store, hoping that some hands-on time would make my choice easier among the several phones I was looking into. They didn't even have the TL in the store. I asked a clerk about it, and he told me they didn't have any because it's a terrible phone that nobody should want. He didn't make me want it any less, because I like to form my own opinions based on my own experiences.
But long story short, they AT&T clerk was rude and unprofessional. I never got my hands on a TL, and I ended up going with the HTC One X (a couple weeks later from Best Buy Mobile.) It was my front-runner the whole time anyway... And here I am in March, having to unlock and root my phone to get Jelly Bean. The Xperia looks like a nice phone, so I'm happy for you. I just wish AT&T would support the more popular HOX as quickly as they have done with the Xperia TL...
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CSULA21
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CSULA21
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11 years ago
Well, so much for updating to JB. Went to the Sony website, and it turns out that they removed the update, so that AT&T can release it themselves. And big surprise, AT&T has yet to release it! Oh well! Se La Vi!
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Tae.One
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11 years ago
This has turned in to a Benny Hill show. How are they screwing up releasing a fw? That's the systematic part of a release. I'm a software engineer and I can't imagine screwing up the part where you're already done creating and testing the software and all you have to do is hand it out.
[word filter avoidance]
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Tae.One
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11 years ago
Is AT&T only monitoring for language on this thread and not progress on the issue?
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rsu1981
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11 years ago
I've been trying for 4 days to get the jelly bean upgrade. Sony's web site says it's out, but pc companion and sony's software updater say I have the most current software. It won't kill me to wait, I just wish they hadn't announced it was released until it was ACTUALLY released! I guess Sony just released it to ATT, and ATT will release it when they see fit.
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rsu1981
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11 years ago
Sony removed the update from their website today. Now showing ICS as most current software. Oh well!
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redhot4400
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Entropy512
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11 years ago
Not Sony's fault. JB has been available for the T for nearly a month, and it's not a bugridden shovelware update like it is on many Samsungs. (Look at ICS for the GS2 - even on the international I9100 it was a total disaster.)
There is zero difference other than the baseband between the T and TL - in fact over on XDA, people were frequently crossflashing T firmwares onto the TL.
Unfortunately, JB requires an updated baseband, so last I checked, crossflashing T Jellybean onto the TL had issues.
If it were the T, you'd have a few techniques for taking matters into your own hands (CM10 on the T is rock solid at this point), but AT&T forced Sony to lock down the TL.
If you want a decent device these days, you *absolutely cannot* purchase it through AT&T. If you do, you are guaranteed delayed updates of poor quality and an inferior device.
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