Updating Your Phone; Updating Your Phone Wirelessly; Updating Your Phone Using A Usb Cable - Sony Ericsson PLAY User Manual

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Updating your phone

Update your phone to the most recent software version to get optimal performance and
the latest enhancements. You can download updates directly to your phone over a 2G or
3G Internet connection, or via a Wi-Fi connection. Another option is to use the PC
Companion application on a computer. Just connect your phone to the computer with a
USB cable, and the PC Companion application will guide you through the rest.
You may incur data connection charges when you connect to the Internet from your phone.
Contact your network operator for more information.
Make sure you back up and save all data contained in your phone before you start updating the
phone with PC Companion.

Updating your phone wirelessly

To download software updates wirelessly
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > About phone > Software update.
3
Tap Update now. Follow the on-screen instructions to update your phone.
Select the Auto search option if you want your phone to automatically inform you about software
updates.

Updating your phone using a USB cable

You can update your phone using a USB cable with the PC Companion application. The
PC Companion application is available when you connect your phone to a computer with
a USB cable. See PC Companion on page 84 for more information on how to start PC
Companion.
To download software updates using a USB cable connection
Do not disconnect the USB cable when updating your phone as this may corrupt the content
being transferred. Make sure that the hardware is safely removed from your computer when you
are finished.
Before you can carry out the instructions below, you need to have PC Companion installed on
your computer. To install PC Companion, connect your phone to the computer using a USB cable
and follow the on-screen instructions in your phone.
1
Connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable. If you have just installed PC
Companion, make sure you disconnect your phone from the computer and
reconnect it before trying to download software updates.
2
Phone: Tap Connect your phone.
3
Computer: Wait a few seconds for PC Companion to start. If PC Companion does
not start automatically, you can start it from the start menu of your computer.
4
Computer: Click Support Zone and select the Software Update option, follow the
on-screen instructions to update your phone.
While using PC Companion, you will also get notifications whenever there are available software
updates for your phone.
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