Procedure to Update Xperia Play with ICS Android 4.0.3 Firmware:
- Download ICS Android 4.0 Zip package from here to your computer and move the same to your device by connecting the phone to the computer using the USB cable. Once you finish copying the file, remove the USB cable.
- Now, enable the USB Debugging in your device from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. Also, ensure that the device should be left with the minimum charge of 60% so as to and turn off the phone so as to enter the device in the recovery mode to facilitate smoother and safer firmware update.
- Now, while the device is rebooting, you need to now use the volume buttons to boot into the Clock Work Mod Recovery. Once you boot into the Clock Work Mod recovery, with the help of the Volume keys press the power button to select.
- In recovery mode, select “Wipe data/factory reset” and “Wipe cache partition”. Now, select the option of “Install zip from sd card”, “Choose zip from sd card” after which you will see that many files will be listed out of which you need to select the file which you placed in your device.
- As soon as the file is selected, you need to wait till the device gets rebooted. Just in case if you again revert back to the recovery menu, you now need to select the option of “++++ Go Back++++” and select “reboot system now” so as to restart the device in the ICS Android 4.0 firmware.
- Just in case if the device refuses to boot then you need to reinsert the battery and then re follow the whole procedure mentioned above.
Congrats, you have successfully applied this latest Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 firmware in your phone. Do let us know just in case if you face any issues in the process of updating as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
