Sony Xperia Ion Jelly Bean Update Leak

Sony Xperia Ion Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, which is currently scheduled to deploy sometime before the end of May, has leaked ahead of its eventual release to provide those who are interested in getting the software to do so early.

In late April, Sony, finally confirmed the good news for a variety of smartphone Xperia, including the owners of the Xperia Ion and Xperia S. The news, of course, treated them no Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates that were promised many months ago, but have yet to roll out the owner or device.

Reading: Sony Xperia S Jelly Bean Roll Out inches closer.

The company informed the owners of these two devices, as well as several others that their devices will receive their Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update sometime before the month of May ends. No specific release dates were not mentioned, although so far we have seen that the Xperia S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update leaked ahead of its release.

Now comes Sony Xperia Ion. According XperiaBlog, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update leaked courtesy of XDA-Developers forums, offering owners of Xperia Ion chance to install the software ahead of schedule. The update is available for CE devices due to the Lord of destiny firmware ported to consumer devices.

Firmware build 6.2.B.0.203, and it is only for those with an unlocked bootloader, at least for the moment. It is also possible that it will not be the final version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Software headed for the Xperia Ion. In other words, this update probably will not appeal to users, except for those that are comfortable tinkering with all aspects of their devices.

The arrival of this leak also means that the updates are one step closer to arriving, although the release date is still unknown. We're still waiting for Sony to hit it my time to update the Jelly Bean with Xperia Ion, S, SL and S Arco as the company has not given any indication that any of the updates are delayed for that month.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will take these devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the old version of Jelly Bean. It is currently unknown whether any of these devices can be taken to Android 4.2, the latest version of the software Android.