Yesterday Google posted the latest Android platform distribution numbers. As per these statistics, Jelly Bean is now on 54.5% of total active devices running Android. 18.6% of devices are running Ice Cream Sandwich and 24.1% are running Gingerbread. KitKat, now a month after launch, has 1.1% share. This number should rise quickly as more Nexus […]
Do you remember Motorola’s last foray into the tablet market? Remember how lackluster it was? Enter the Droid Xyboard 8.2 and 10.1. These tablets came out almost 2 years ago launching with Android 3.0, a.k.a. Honeycomb. They were then updated to 4.0, ICS, but then they were lost in the shuffle of the myriad of […]
Android 4.3 update coming soon to Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Last week we heard news on Android 4.3 JellyBean update rolling out to international variants of Samsung Galaxy S3 and it looks that Galaxy Note 2 will also receive this update soon. Samsung customer service centers usually get the access to device updates prior to […]
Today, Sony announced some plans for Android 4.3 Jellybean and Android 4.4 KitKat updates. First off, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Sony is set to start pushing out updates as soon as next month (December), to the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia SP, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1, Xperia T, Xperia […]
This is great news folks! 52.1% of the millions of Android devices are running Jelly bean (4.1-4.3). That means that devices running Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich are starting to dwindle. Which is such a great thing considering Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb left a bad taste in a lot of users mouths (like […]
Last week, Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC America posted on twitter that Android 4.3 Jellybean update for HTC One on Verizon Wireless was coming soon and users can expect a status update from HTC on Monday. However it looks that the update is delayed at least for a month as HTC needs more time to […]
Good news for HTC One users on T-Mobile waiting for Android 4.3 JellyBean update. It looks users started receiving Android 4.3 OTA update notification on their devices. Last week HTC America’s CEO Jason Mackenzie confirmed on twitter that Android 4.3 update for T-Mobile was certified and will be rolled out to users as an OTA update […]
Android 4.3 I9505XXUEMJ5 is rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 as we write. The build number is I9505XXUEMJ5 with build date of Sun, 13 Oct 2013. In case you haven’t got the update you ca grab it from hotfile (source:-xda). Once downloaded you can follow the installation instructions mentioned here.
Google posted Android 4.3.1 ( codenamed JLS36I ) factory image for latest Nexus 7 LTE variant. You can grab it from Google Developers website and make sure check-sum of the downloaded file matches with posted value. It looks Android 4.3.1 update is just limited to Nexus 7 LTE and the change log is tiny. Some Security […]
Good news for HTC One X+ users in India waiting for Android 4.2.2 JellyBean. HTC started rolling out an OTA( Over -the -Air ) update including Android 4.2.2 JellyBean and Sense 5 to HTC One X+. Update is about 408.79 MB in size and firmware number is 2.18.707.5 Here is the update changelog Android […]