Your smartphone and / or inscription is only vagrant for an update. From time to time, these mobile inclination are sanctified with upkeep refreshes, bug fixes, tradition ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a large cube to get mislaid in a mix. To make certain they don’t shun though notice, we’ve collected each probable update, hack, and other diverse wit we could find during a final week and congested them into one accessible roundup. If we find something accessible for your device, greatfully give us a scream during tips during engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!
Official Android updates
- Samsung Galaxy S III: Unlike ATT, that chose to discharge a refurbish to Android 4.1.1 for a Galaxy S III around Kies, a vital Canadian carriers — that embody Bell, Telus and Rogers — are now delivering this ascent to Jelly Bean over-the-air. [Android Community]
- Sony Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia Go and Xperia Sola: Sony has announced a rollout of a upkeep refurbish for these 4 smartphones. Specifically, users will advantage from improved camera and messaging software, along with improvements for NFC, WiFi, tethering and hotspot features. System fortitude is also pronounced to be discriminating in this build. In all cases, a updates will be accessible over-the-air, unless we occur to be using Gingerbread — in that case, users will need to gaunt on PC Companion or Bridge for Mac. [Sony Mobile]
Unofficial Android updates, tradition ROMs and misc. hackery
- Samsung Galaxy Note II: An early build of CyanogenMod 10 is now accessible for this smartphone from ATT, though we competence wish to reason off for a bit, since it’s a bit severe around a edges. As is, a mobile radio, audio, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS are all pronounced to be in operative order, though — and this is a biggie — a S Pen is now non-functional. [xda-developers]
- Samsung Galaxy S III: Verizon Wireless has nonetheless to refurbish this smartphone to Jelly Bean, though if you’re wanting to live on a edge, there’s now a build of CyanogenMod 10.1 floating around that’s formed on Android 4.2.1. Sadly, a operative camera isn’t in a cards and there’s also pronounced to be a disaster of issues that describe to USB functionality. [RootzWiki]
Refreshes we lonesome this week
- ASUS PadFone 2 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean refurbish starts nearing over a air
- Motorola updates a Jelly Bean timetables, puts pivotal upgrades in Q1 2013
- Kindle Fire HD 7.2.2 refurbish adds Camera app, Swype along with FreeTime Unlimited
- Galaxy S III ‘Premium Suite’ facilities detailed: Multi-Window, Page Buddy and some-more (video)
- Amazon bringing Voice Guide and Explore by Touch facilities to Kindle Fires for vision-impaired users (update)
- Sony releases Xperia peep apparatus in beta, lets unbarred inclination lapse to batch ROMs
- Samsung pronounced to be pulling Android 4.1.2 to some Galaxy S III owners, multi-window included
- Google Now updated with some-more travel-minded features, stretched voice search
- Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ROM lets Nexus S spin right ’round Amazon’s carousel
- Google Nexus 10 picks adult nightly CyanogenMod 10.1 updates
- Jelly Bean now accessible for Samsung Galaxy S III on ATT around Kies
- Gmail 4.2.1 for Android adds easier resizing, appropriate facilities and more
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean rollout starts for Droid RAZR HD, RAZR Maxx HD
- Google staffer Android comic alludes to Key Lime Pie as a lark, stokes fans all a same
- Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II now open to pleasures of a secure kind