Noticia Sony lanza una Alpha de Jelly Bean para desarrolladores

[Nawi]

Sony lanza una Alpha de Jelly Bean para desarrolladores

Jelly Bean disponible para desarrolladores de Custom ROM's

Tiempo atras Sony Xperia™ News compartio una actualizacion de nuestros planes de actualizacion para ciertos dispositivos Xperia™ hacia Jelly Bean. Luego de eso recibimos un monton de pedidos de la comunidad de desarrolladores de Android™ para que lanzemos una pronta version de Jelly Bean (JB) para los desarrolladores. De esta forma, los desarrolladores avanzados podrían probarlo y evaluarlo, de forma similar a como lo hicimos el año pasado con el lanzamiento de la ICS alpha. Por favor noten que hay ciertas limitaciones en este software alpha , por ejemplo, el aspecto y la sensación de la interfaz de usuario no se actualizara hasta el software final de Sony Jelly Bean.

Limitaciones y funciones
Una limitada cantidad de avances y funciones estan habilitadas y funcionan en esta alpha ROM. La razon por la que no todo esta funcionando es que todavia no han pasado las pruebas necesarias.
Estas son algunas de las funciones que estan apagadas o aun no funcionan en esta alpha ROM:

• Las aplicaciones de Google Mobile Services (GMS) no estan incluidas (Por ejemplo, Gmail y Google Maps).
• La SIM Card no es reconocida. (por lo tanto no es posible realizar llamadas).
• Bluetooth™ esta apagado.
• Wi-Fi® esta apagado.
• FM-radio esta apagado.
• NFC esta apagado.
• La interfaz de usuario no se siente ni es la final de Jelly Bean.

En otras palabras, este software no es para un uso diario, solo es para el uso de un desarrollador avanzado. Esta alpha ROM incluye un numero de avances de JellyBean que sabemos que los desarrolladores apreciaran y estamos agradecidos por la respuesta que esto generara para con nosotros.

Jelly Bean available for custom ROM developers [Alpha ROM]

A while ago, the Sony Xperia™ News room shared an update on our plans to upgrade certain Xperia™ devices to Jelly Bean. Since then we have received quite a few requests from the Android™ developer community to release an earlier version of the Jelly Bean (JB) software for the developers. This way, advanced developers could try it out and evaluate it, in a similar way to how we did it last year with the ICS alpha release. Please note that there are several limitations to this alpha software, for instance the UI look and feel is not updated to final Sony Jelly Bean software. Read more after the jump!

We’re now making an early alpha ROM of Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) available for Xperia™ T, along with the open source archive, as a way for us to get valuable feedback from the custom ROM community (although we are not far away from the official release of JB for Xperia™ T). Thanks to the great dialogue we have with open community developers, we see this as a great way for us to get input, and for the open developer community to get to try this alpha out hands-on.
As mentioned above, this JB alpha ROM is strictly targeting advanced developers, and it will not workfor ordinary everyday usage, as it only has a limited set of features working(for example, you cannot make any phone calls). Several more legal and usage conditions apply – please see the Important informationsection below for more details.
Important information
Since this is not the final software upgrade roll out, there are a few requirements to pay close attention to before you flash the ROM:

• You should be an advanced developer with extensive knowledge in how to flash and switch between different ROMs. If you are a consumer without these developer skills, then we strongly recommend you not do try this as you may damage your phone.
• You must be using an unlocked Xperia™ T. It will not work on a locked Xperia™ T.
• You must unlock your phone using Sony’s Unlock boot loader service, and agree to all the legal and warranty conditions that apply. Please note that you may void the warranty of your phone and/or any warranty from your operatorif you unlock the boot loader of your phone. Sony can then no longer guarantee the full functionality of your phone, and will not be responsible for any unusable functions or loss of personal data associated to the alpha ROM being flashed to the phone.
• Also, if you unlock the boot loader, you will not be able to get the final Jelly Bean upgradefrom Sony. For additional information about limitations and warranty restrictions, please see Sony’s Unlock boot loader service.
• You should have read through and acknowledged the limitations of the software described below.

Limitations and functionality
Only a limited number of features and functionalities are working and turned on in this alpha ROM. The reason for some features being disabled is because we have not yet passed all approvals yet. To get more information on how this work is carried out, check out our previous article about the bring up phase.
These are some of the features that are turned off or not yet working in this alpha ROM:

• Google Mobile Services (GMS) apps are not included (for example, Gmail and Google Maps).
• Modem is turned off and therefore the SIM card will not be recognised (this also means you can’t make any phone calls).
• Bluetooth™ is turned off.
• Wi-Fi® is turned off.
• FM-radio is turned off.
• NFC is turned off.
• UI look and feel is not updated to final Sony Jelly Bean software.

In other words, this software is not intended for ordinary everyday usage – it’s for advanced developer use only. This alpha ROM includes a number of Jelly Bean features that we know will be appreciated by developers and we are thankful for the potential feedback we may get on this.
How to flash the Jelly Bean alpha ROM
To flash the alpha ROM on your unlocked Xperia™ T, use our flash tool for unlocked Xperia devices. Check out the flash tool page for more information on how to download, install and use this tool.
The Jelly Bean alpha ROM will be a clean flash, so make sure you do a proper back up of everything on your phone before you flash it. Please note that there is another software version available for Xperia™ T smartphones in the Sony flash tool for unlocked devices, as it is possible to flash Xperia™ T with an official Ice Cream Sandwich software versions well.
Developers, please let us know what you think!
One of our ambitions with this release is to get feedback from the talented developers in the open community. So if you flash this Jelly Bean alpha ROM and download the open source archive, please go to this XDA-thread and provide us with feedback once you have tried the software. It’s very much appreciated – we will use the feedback for future product and software strategies, both short term and long term. Your voice counts!
More information:

• Learn more about the Sony flash tool.
• Download the flash tool for Xperia.
• Use our unlock boot loader service.
• Open source archive

Fuente:

Sony Mobile Developers

[alv4]

Aunque es solo para el T.
¿Servirá de base de algo para el U?
porque hasta donde sé, la base que servirá es la del Go que tiene algo similar al nuestro.
Aun así es una buena noticia.

[Nawi]

Es buena noticia porque Sony sigue ayudando a los desarrolladores. Por lo que me comentaron muchos usuarios, como por ejemplo los del Xperia 10, gracias a estos aportes pudieron desarrollar ROM's actualizadas para sus telefonos.

Perdonen si la traduccion es erronea, no soy un experto en ingles y es lo que pude interpretar

Mas tarde sigo traduciendo el texto, de todas formas empeze con lo mas importante

[juanlo88]

ya esto es un gran avance