The ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 Modap platform is now ready to take the next step with Android. The latest release, Android 4.1, also known as Jelly Bean, is now running on the ST-Ericsson reference platform.
Combining a dual-core SMP processor and a high-end 3D graphics accelerator, the NovaThor U8500 enables efficient multitasking and highly responsive user interface
We look forward to seeing this soon on commercial devices.
Ron
August 21, 2012 at 7:22 pmNice one.
For next time – run it with Battery so no more unwanted power cables, show some benchmarks, and if possible display on a bigger screen.
BillYANG
August 27, 2012 at 3:31 amWhat will be if compare it to Nexus 7?
Jafer Hussain
September 3, 2012 at 8:18 amGUI is no doubt very responsive. It would have been nice to:
- Demonstrate Wi-Fi and GPS performance
- Head to head comparison with competitor’s platform
vikirules
December 4, 2012 at 6:03 pmCan St ericsson release this ROM to developer community with drivers,kernel and source ? we hope to get jellybean soon
Proud xperia U user
Adek Zakk
December 19, 2012 at 1:04 pmHi, when you pass on sources to U8500 to build Jelly Bean to comunity? Sony is plaiyng with our feelings, and won’t release Jelly bean to Sola and U…
Bunders League
February 7, 2013 at 2:33 pmAre these the sources that linaro.org are working with?
Frédéric Delhommez
February 12, 2013 at 10:56 amHi,
Linaro.org is maintaining the BSP sources for ST-Ericsson Snowball platform that is based on the same application processor core than our internal Smartphone reference design for U8500
Ben Ling
February 15, 2013 at 7:31 amWhy Sony don’t upgrade Xperia sola to Android v4.1.1 Jelly Bean?
This video showing NovaThor U8500 running on JB while Xperia sola also running on this same chipset!!!
Sony said it doesn’t supports!!! Please tell Sony to update.Thanks.
ozhan
February 22, 2013 at 8:38 amall of the other devices with the same hardware (1GHz dual core) got jelly bean , but we are waiting yet
and there is no news of jelly bean for our devices
Utkarsh
March 10, 2013 at 7:11 amSir I appreciate that you have made a working JB for Novathore u8500,
I represent myself to u as all U8500 users and want you to please release the sources for the same,
we on xda are really waiting for it, and a JB on our device will make our devices worth buying it.
abdelrahman adly
March 10, 2013 at 12:23 pmrelease the nova thor chip sources in order to help the devs. when sony ditched our sola and U then at least release the sources of the chips in order to get good custom roms !
Frédéric Delhommez
March 19, 2013 at 6:11 pmThis initial Jelly Bean porting was done on ST-Ericsson internal reference design as a starting point for our customer. Then final development and maturation work is done by our customer and it’s up to them to decide to upgrade their phones that have slightly different hardware combination
That being said, I understand your frustration regarding the Sola and U and your willingness to create custom ROMs running Jelly Bean. The best track for you are the other Sony phones based on our chipset (Xperia P and Go) and that will be upgraded to Jelly Bean soon
Ben Ling
April 8, 2013 at 6:35 amFrédéric Delhommez , according to Xperia sola/U specifications,does them can run Android Jelly Bean v4.1.2 smoothly?
Waiting Sony to release JB for Xperia P/go,until now haven’t release,then DEVS can port to sola/U…
Ben Ling
March 29, 2013 at 6:44 amFrédéric Delhommez , So will Jelly Bean port to Xperia sola and U?
Ben Ling
March 29, 2013 at 6:50 amFrédéric Delhommez , according to Xperia sola/U specifications,does them can run Android Jelly Bean v4.1.2 ?