Sony Xperia Upgrade l Part 1 l Root, ROM and DATA Backup upgrade to Gingerbread
Sony Ericsson has announced Xperia X10 will get the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update! Yes, the Xperia X10 will get a direct update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread from Android 2.1 Éclair. Rikard Skogberg announced via the Sony Ericsson blog, While I have welcome the upgrade , it poses a few obstacles which might be a good thing.
The Gingerbread update will be released via SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service and not via OTA. The company will release the Android Gingerbread update for the Xperia X10 by the end of Q2 or early Q3 of this year. The update is only for unlocked and un-branded X10 handsets. Network locked X10 owners, will have to rely on their network provider whether they will release the update or not.
The Sony Ericsson Backup and Restore client is not supported in the Gingerbread version and will therefore be lost. This means that I have finally had to consider
- Overview l Root, ROM and DATA Backup upgrade to Gingerbread
- Rooting Sony Xperia X10
- Backup Sony Xperia X10 ROM and Safely test new Roms
- Backup Sony Xperia X10 apps and user data
- Preparing Sony Xperia X10 for Gingerbread upgrade
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Will I lose any content or settings by doing the upgrade? Yes – All your personal content and settings stored in the phone will be lost in the process. You will have to make sure that you have stored your information somewhere else. Note that the Sony Ericsson Backup and Restore client will not be included in the Gingerbread version, therefore we recommend using a 3rd party backup application if you don’t have your data stored in other places than your phone. Content stored on your memory card is not affected by the upgrade, except DRM protected content since keys will be lost.
The current plan is that the XperiaTM X10 will get the Android standard Camera user interface and therefore features like e.g. face recognition, smile shutter etc will be lost.
[tags Sony Ericsson, Android, Xperia x10, Gingerbread, Éclair]
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