{"id":25197,"date":"2011-12-16T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T02:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=25197"},"modified":"2011-12-16T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T00:49:05","slug":"sony-ericsson-shows-off-ice-cream-sandwich-for-xperia-phones-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/16\/sony-ericsson-shows-off-ice-cream-sandwich-for-xperia-phones-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Ericsson Shows Off Ice Cream Sandwich for Xperia Phones (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Ericsson is trying to make up for all the <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/sony-ericsson-delays-xperia-android-2-1-update-to-end-october\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;complains&#8221;<\/a> that they had a while ago with Xperia smartphones. Today, I saw a post by SE about their developer&#8217;s ROM for Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS or Android 4.0). It is available for download for Developers right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/16\/sony-ericsson-shows-off-ice-cream-sandwich-for-xperia-phones-video\/se_xperia_ics\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?fit=540%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,305\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SE_xperia_ics\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?fit=540%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25198\" title=\"SE_xperia_ics\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?resize=540%2C305\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SE_xperia_ics.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Before you jump with joy, here are the models that are supported: Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. There are still a lot of limitation according to the blog post.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Limitations and functionality<br \/>\n<\/strong>The number of features and functionalities working and turned on in this alpha ROM are very limited. This is because many features are not yet certified, and in a few cases because we have more work to do on certain features, as they are still in the <a title=\"Ice Cream Sandwich \u2013 from source code to software upgrade\" href=\"http:\/\/developer.sonyericsson.com\/wp\/2011\/12\/07\/ice-cream-sandwich-from-source-code-release-to-software-upgrade\/\">Bring up phase<\/a>. These are <strong>some of the features turned off or not yet working<\/strong> in this alpha ROM:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Mobile Services (GMS) apps are not included (for example, Gmail, Google Maps, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Modem is turned off and SIM card will therefore not be recognised (this also means you can\u2019t make any phone calls).<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth\u2122 is turned off.<\/li>\n<li>Wi-Fi\u00ae is turned off.<\/li>\n<li>ANT+ is turned off.<\/li>\n<li>FM-radio is turned off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a demo on it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QoIsNYR7XJ8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.sonyericsson.com\/wp\/2011\/12\/15\/ice-cream-sandwich-alpha-rom-available-for-unlocked-xperia-phones\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=ice-cream-sandwich-alpha-rom-available-for-unlocked-xperia-phones\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Check Out All Information about Xperia ICS ROM<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[ad#img]<br \/>\n[ad#boxlist]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Ericsson is trying to make up for all the &#8220;complains&#8221; that they had a while ago with Xperia smartphones. 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