Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and X10 Mini Pro Android 2.1 updates

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#72337 24-Nov-2010 15:30

Just received:

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and X10 mini pro now come with new features for enhanced speed and usability

• Continuous auto-focus camera HD recording function for the clearest videos
• Social Phonebook auto-syncs your contacts with photos and updates
• Operating System upgrade to Android 2.1 (Éclair)

The Android 2.1 Operating System upgrade is being rolled out now in New Zealand by mobile operators on all Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones. In addition, all new Xperia X10 smartphones will now offer HD video recording, Timescape enhancements and improved interface functionality. Existing users can download all of these features in one easy upgrade via PC Companion on their computer and follow the simple online instructions.

New features include:
• Larger home screen creates more space to organise apps: The Xperia X10 now offers a five panel home screen instead of three, allowing for a 20 icon setup instead of the previous 16.1
• Continuous auto-focus & HD video recording: The continuous auto-focus function now comes enhanced with greater clarity and responsiveness for an outstanding HD recording experience.1
• Improved connectivity: Improved Bluetooth functionality with support for sending and receiving pictures, contacts and more.
• Social Phonebook: Automatically syncing Facebook, Twitter nd phone contacts with photos.
• Improved Timescape usability: Auto-scroll of social media updates and improved
responsiveness enhances the Timescape user experience.

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#408962 24-Nov-2010 15:37

Why not 2.2 "Froyo", one might ask...

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#408965 24-Nov-2010 15:43

juha: Why not 2.2 "Froyo", one might ask...

It is interesting that SE didn't re-target the X10 phones for Froyo. It would have made the phone much more appealing - to me anyway. Their spec is generally pretty good.

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#408981 24-Nov-2010 16:12

Just tried updating my cousin's x10 mini pro. Still says latest software already installed.

I'll try every day for the next few days and advise accordingly if successful!

It gives an option to update over wifi, which is what I tried I'm guessing it'll only happen OTA?

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#409011 24-Nov-2010 16:56

Linuxluver:
juha: Why not 2.2 "Froyo", one might ask...

It is interesting that SE didn't re-target the X10 phones for Froyo. It would have made the phone much more appealing - to me anyway. Their spec is generally pretty good.

I get the feeling that Sony Ericsson just doesn't get Android. Same with Samsung actually but at least they have a decent community to pick up the pieces (at least for their flagship).

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#409515 25-Nov-2010 15:54

I was told that people who had problems updating the phone OTA should try plugging to your PC:

"Plug the phone in, swipe the top menu down on the phone and mount it. The phone will be recognised by PC Companion and will then state that there is an update to run."

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#409586 25-Nov-2010 18:36

No offence to SE, but I am more interested in what the folks at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835308 are doing.

They have got stock Froyo running already and only a few things need to be fixed up.

I have no faith in SE software, and the ugly and slow UI they put on top of Android.

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#410947 29-Nov-2010 23:40

siimo2005: No offence to SE, but I am more interested in what the folks at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835308 are doing.

They have got stock Froyo running already and only a few things need to be fixed up.

I have no faith in SE software, and the ugly and slow UI they put on top of Android.

Lots missing in that ROM, and still far from being a daily driver so to speak.

Updated successfully to official 2.1. The SE UI still sucks but at least its fully functional.

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#412222 2-Dec-2010 19:00

Updated successfully to official 2.1. The SE UI still sucks but at least its fully functional.

Also updated to 2.1, but mobile data isn't working... wifi is fine. Any ideas?

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#412226 2-Dec-2010 19:05

polglase:

Updated successfully to official 2.1. The SE UI still sucks but at least its fully functional.

Also updated to 2.1, but mobile data isn't working... wifi is fine. Any ideas?

Should have looked more carefully before posting... to answer my own question there is a Sony Ericsson menu under settings that allows you to download the Internet and MMS settings, I would have expected the official update to just work, but I had to take the extra step.

All go now.