OS Update articles
April 5, 2013
Vodafone have confirmed in writing to Ausdroid a short time ago that the Jellybean update for the Samsung Galaxy SII has been approved for both the Vodafone and Three network devices and is now awaiting a release schedule from Samsung. While this is certainly good news for those of you still rocking the old Galaxy [...]
March 29, 2013
From the moment I finished watching the Livestream of the RAZR M launch I knew I wanted to get my hands on this phone. I loved the idea of a smaller, more manageable size phone with a display that was still big enough for my man-sized fingertips. The 3.5in display on my 4th Gen iPod [...]
March 26, 2013
HTC are pushing the Ultrapixel camera on their 2013 flagship as the best thing to happen to cameras since the lens, but now that the phone is actually in the hands of the internet, many reviews are pointing out that a lot of the photos the One is producing are kind of blurry when zoomed [...]
March 26, 2013
Good news for Samsung Tablet owners, specifially the Galaxy Tab 2 owners with rumours that Samsung is looking into a Jelly Bean update for their tablet. The rumour which originates from SamMobile states that Samsung is looking at updating the tablet to the first Jelly Bean version(Android 4.1.2) before updating to the final(Android 4.2.2 Jelly [...]
March 22, 2013
In a tweet that has just gone out, Optus has advised that owners of one of 2011′s most popular phones the Samsung Galaxy S 2 will begin seeing their Jelly Bean update over the next week. This update will take the Galaxy S 2 from Android 4.0.4 to Android 4.1.2 and should come as an [...]
March 2, 2013
According to a Google Groups update by Jean-Baptiste Queru, Tech Lead for the Android Open Source Project(AOSP), Google is releasing Android 4.2.2 into AOSP right now. The JDQ39 build that has been pushing out to Nexus devices OTA for the last couple of weeks is now being merged with the existing source. Matching binaries are [...]
February 28, 2013
If you currently own a Motorola device and you care about running the latest version of Android, you may want to head on over to the newly released ‘Home for Upgrades‘ page. This page will allow you to check if your device will receive an upgrade, what version of Android it will receive and when [...]
February 23, 2013
Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 for the Galaxy S III is still under internal testing by Samsung, but as is often the case, it has leaked it’s way into the big wide world of the internet. Thanks to SamMobile, Android 4.2.1 has been made available to the public, even though the official release isn’t expected until [...]
February 21, 2013
Well, it’s been over three months but Google has finally gotten around to releasing the official Android 4.2 Changelog, listing everything that was changed in the 4.1-4.2 update. The tweet announcing the list, came through this morning from Hugo Barra, VP, Android Product Management at Google and links to the Android.com website. The Changelog shows [...]
February 19, 2013
Looks like the Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1(GT-N8010) is receiving it’s Jelly Bean update now. Thanks to a tip off from Michael we can confirm the update is now available via Kies as a 505MB download and takes the Galaxy Note 10.1 up to Android 4.1.2. The update was also advertised by [...]
February 15, 2013
The biggest news in the past couple of days has been the release of Android 4.2.2, which brings Quick Settings toggles, app download countdown timers, some new sounds and a number of bug fixes. The update has been rolling out to various Nexus devices, and Google have now posted the 4.2.2 factory images. If you [...]
February 14, 2013
Want the Android 4.2.2 update on your Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 Wi-Fi/3G or Nexus 10 right now? Well reports are hitting that people in Australia are seeing the update right now after performing a brief workaround. To force your device to udpate you’ll have to go to Settings > Apps > Scroll across to All [...]
February 14, 2013
The latest update to the official Android documentation leads us to think that we could soon be seeing an OTA update to Android 4.2.2 for the Nexus 4. Aside from a typo in the build number which reads ‘JDP39′ should read ‘JDQ39′, the interesting part is that the build number is followed by android-4.2.2_r1 for [...]
