It appears that Google is making good on their promise to fix the December bug in Android 4.2 ‘soon’ with reports cropping up on XDA about an Android 4.2.1 update hitting both Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices right now. The only noticeable difference at this stage is that the update definitely fixes the bug [...]

Those of you who own a generic quad-core HTC One X can look forward to finally receiving an official Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update. HTC have begun pushing the update out over the air in a number of countries, including India, Argentina, UK, Russia, and Brazil. Other countries are sure to follow soon. The update [...]

In Telstra’s most recent public announcement of software updates, they’ve informed users for a range of devices that major updates for their devices are expected to be rolled out before the end of this year. The Samsung Galaxy S II 4G “Ice Cream Sandwich” update is expected to see Telstra approval on November 26th, with [...]

Galaxy S3 owners on Vodafone – The wait is nearly over! The Vodafone Blog has been updated with a notable change, the 4.1.1 Jellybean update is scheduled to roll out this coming Monday. In the never ending race between the carriers to get updated out to their branded Android handsets, it seems that Vodafone has [...]

If you have the 4.2 version of Android installed on your Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 or if you have received your Nexus 4 and have recently tried to add a new event to a person in the people app that occurs in December you would be familiar with the above screenshot which shows December missing. [...]

What you see above is the Over The Air update notifications for Android 4.2 to the Yakju build of the Galaxy Nexus and the Australian Nexus 7. This means that people who purchased the unlocked international GSM Galaxy Nexus should be seeing their OTA update over the coming days, the Takju build Galaxy Nexus phones [...]

Last night, the CyanogenMod team began tagging the source code for CyanogenMod 10 (Android 4.1) as stable. They took the time to note however, that the ‘stable’ tag really is only used for want of a better word — as I can personally attest, the nightly builds have had no stability problems. Why is stable [...]

If you missed out on ordering a Nexus 4 or 10 yesterday to replace your aging Nexus S or XOOM, prepare to be dealt another painful blow – Google are dropping support for these devices from AOSP, and they will not be updated (officially) to Android 4.2. While it’s unlikely to win any speed contests, [...]

HTC started the roll-out of Android 4.1 for the One X in Asia last month, and since then many people have been wondering why their device hasn’t been upgraded yet. HTC posted some insight into the upgrade process on their website in the form of a FAQ page. After internal testing, we test the software [...]

We’ve barely had the dust settle on the frenzy that was the Nexus sale that occured yesterday and Google is now pushing Android 4.2 source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and they’ve also updated their Google Developers page with Factory images for various Nexus devices. In the announcement on the Android Building Group, [...]

There’s a bit of a mixed bag this week regarding Telstra’s Android handset OTA updates. Good news for Samsung Galaxy S III owners, as the Android Jelly Bean 4.1 update is progressing ahead of schedule. Telstra were expected to sign off on approval today and deployment of the update is expected within 10 business days [...]

Australian owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S III have been waiting for the Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” update for their devices for some time. The Galaxy S III 4G recently launched here in Australia running Android 4.1, fueling speculation that the update for the older model device was imminent. Google originally released Android 4.1 into the [...]

We recently received an email notifying us that Samsung had done something both very unusual and slightly worrying! With the OTA update that Galaxy S III owners received they also received two bonuses of an unwanted nature : Their app drawer was now completely locked to whatever apps were in it when the update came [...]