OS Update articles
January 30, 2013
Good news for owners of the unbranded Australian version of the S-Pen wielding Galaxy Note 10.1 which launched last year running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android, the update to Android 4.1.2 is now available via Kies. The update was listed in the @SamKiesUpdate tweet stream : Australia GT-N8020 update N8020XXBMA3/N8020XSABMA2(Android 4.1.2) sammobile.com/kies — [...]
January 24, 2013
It’s finally happening! The Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) is getting a taste of Jelly Bean, Android 4.1.2. Samsung is starting to push out the Jelly Bean update to its best selling Android device of 2011. With so many Galaxy S II users still loving their device, it’s no wonder Samsung are continuing to push [...]
January 17, 2013
A tip off from an Ausdroid reader Michael who has advised that the Jelly Bean update has arrived for his unbranded Samsung Galaxy S III which he purchased outright from Dick Smith Electronics. The I9300XXELLA Android 4.1.2 update is available for your handest via KIES. Whilst Samsung has not released a changelog for the update, [...]
January 14, 2013
Yet another reason to bemoan the lack of Nexus 4s in Australia — Android Community are reporting that brand new Nexus 4s in Brazil and Malaysia are coming out with an unannounced version of Jelly Bean — 4.2.2. There are no details as yet about what this mystery update entails, but word is that the [...]
December 24, 2012
Telstra today announced on their community forum something that many HTC One XL owners have been painfully waiting for. The Jelly Bean update was approved earlier today (Monday 24th December). Deployment is also scheduled to begin today at 4PM, so keep checking your phone for an update, or use our forced OTA update guide. Other [...]
December 22, 2012
This was a big week for Android updates, with all three carriers releasing Android 4.1 updates to their flagship Android phones — the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III. But often, these updates are rolled out progressively and you may have to wait a couple of weeks for the update to reach [...]
December 21, 2012
Update: Another reader, acceler8er has informed us that his “unbranded” SGSIII has also received the JB update. One of our readers, Matthew Cranley has just made us aware that the SGSIII phones on the Virgin Network are starting to receive Jellybean, 4.1.2. This update has been long awaited for most SGSIII owners, and it will [...]
December 19, 2012
Last we saw from Optus the status of the Jelly Bean update for the HTC One X was ’4.1 Jelly Bean Approved by Optus Manufacturer to release’ and it looks like Optus HTC One X owner Dwayne is currently receiving that update. Dwayne sent us a screenshot of his phone downloading a near 360MB update [...]
December 19, 2012
Looks like Telstra Samsung Galaxy S III owners are being prompted to download the Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update on their handsets Over The Air(OTA) right now. Reports are coming in of users being prompted to download and install the 295MB update. Update : More details have been made available over at the Crowd Support [...]
December 19, 2012
Christmas has come early! Vodafone branded HTC One X handsets will begin receiving the update to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean as of 2pm today. The update will bring all of the features from Android 4.1.1 such as Google Now, Project Butter as well as addressing some small bugs and glitches present on the handset previously. [...]
December 18, 2012
Sony has supplied an update on the rollout of Jelly Bean to their 2012 Xperia Smartphones. For a start the update to Jelly Bean will be to Android 4.1 not Android 4.2, the blog advises that they are particularly excited about the Sony Xperia Jelly Bean features and functionality and will provide more information on [...]
December 17, 2012
A couple of days ago, Google removed the factory images for the Nexus 4 from their Google Developers page. This has left a gaping hole in the ability for Nexus 4 owners to restore their devices back to stock if required. Well the developer of the Nexus 4 Toolkit has you covered, they’ve uploaded an [...]
December 17, 2012
The other day the Optus Update page advised that the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S III had been approved and was awaiting distribution by Samsung, well it appears that this rollout has now begun with many users tweeting us to advise they have received the update on their phones. The update takes [...]






























