How to install Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM for unlocked Sony Ericsson Xperia Phones

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The SONY Ericsson comes on the second ranking as an OEM for delivering Android 4.0 alpha especially created for the developers to use it to their best. This developer build of Android 4.0.1 is included in XPERIA Arc, XPERIA Neo & XPERIA Ray & could also be downloaded staright away from the official website of SONY Ericsson.

This Ice Cream Sandwich alpha build looks very tempting for our phones and it is very difficult to get our eyes off it. We would like to suggest here that don’t hurry, have patience and step by step deal with it. The SONY Ericsson if you analyze carefully has some drawbacks as well like it ensures that just the advanced more matured developers can only make the best out of it. This build Android 4.0.1 has some latest attributes to make it look more tempting, though SE hasn’t involved applications of Google and instead has shut down the support calling & SMS, Bluetooth, WiFi, ANT as well as the FM radio.

The SONY Ericsson has not provided us any latest news, info like as it hasn’t informed us when one official update for its phones would hit the market for its customers, Nonetheless we are even then anticipating to experience its success which it has reached till yet.

The latest attributes included are given below:

• The latest font of “Roboto”
• The latest “Holo” theme which is aided (enabling to check all the applications are written in  a way that can support the Holo theme)
• Even the Music player is controlled via locked screen
• The advanced UI in Settings menu
• The advanced UI in your web browser
• Also Advanced UI & interacting with the latest messaging action bar
• Advanced UI for better multifunctions
• Swipe enabled for rejecting notifications, tasks & also the browser tabs in your Notification menu

Just follow the below instructions for you to download then install an alpha ROM. Take notice that this works with only the Xperia neoV, Xperia Ray and the Xperia arc S.

1. Ensure that your own phone is working in the current released software that is build no. 4.0A Z 0.42. When it is not you need to upgrade it through the PC companion. When you cannot update into its build number, this will be impossible to try this alpha ROM Ice Cream Sandwich for phones from Xperia.
2. Proceed to the unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com then unlock its boot loader on your own phone. In order to perform this, you need to read through then agree unto all the warranty and legal conditions that will be applied.
3. Then download the Alpha ROM for Xperia arc S(132MB)  Ice Cream Sandwich,The Alpha ROM for Xperia neo V (131 NB)  ROM for Xperia ray (132 MB) Ice Cream Sandwich and  depending in your own phone model, Ice Cream Sandwich.
4. Then extract the zip file downloaded into your Fastboot directory Android,. Like for example… android-sdk|fastboot| Xperia arc S ICS alpha.
5. Then open its command prompt then proceed into your Fastboot directory…|android –sdk\fastboot|
6. Then flash these three ROM files Alpha one by one using the Fastboot. Then use all three commands (and replace its folder name when you use Xperia neoV or Xperia ray).
   • fastboot flash boot ..\Fastboot\Xperia_arcS_ICS_alpha\boot.img
   • fastboot flash userdata ..\Fastboot\Xperia_arcS_ICS_alpha\userdata.img
   • fastboot flash system ..\Fastboot\Xperia_arcS_ICS_alpha\system.img

7.  When this is finished, reboot please your own phone.