Sony's been more transparent than most manufacturers in the way
it's handled its Android 4.0 Ice
Cream Sandwich updates. It released a
couple of early ICS builds for various 2011 Xperia phones over the past few
months, and now the manufacturer has a fresh beta ROM prepared for yet another
device -- the GSM Xperia
Play. As Sony prepares to roll out the Play's ICS update, it wants advanced
users to see how the phone's library of games holds up on the new version of
Google's OS.
To get an early look at Ice Cream Sandwich on your Xperia Play,
you'll need an unlocked device on the latest firmware, as well as an unlocked
bootloader (check Sony
Mobile's bootloader site). You'll then need to flash the new ROM onto your
device using some command-line wizardry. After you're done, Sony wants to know
what you think, and it's set up a thread over on the XDA forums to collect
feedback from testers.
A word of warning, though -- Wifi connectivity is apparently
not functional in this beta, and there are no Google apps included either,
apparently due to licensing issues. The latter can be solved by finding, downloading and
flashing the apps yourself, but the lack of Wifi will probably be a deal-breaker
for many. That said, we expect enterprising Android hackers to have a workaround
for that before too long.
For more info, along with download links, check Sony's dev
blog, linked below.
Source: Sony
Developer Blog
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