Outside of the US, the Samsung Galaxy Note II has a famous feature called Multi Window. It allows you to run two apps at the same time, one on top of the other, on the massive 5.5″ HD display. It’s a great multitasking feature, but it’s been strangely absent in all the US models. We don’t know of any possible reason, but that’s the way it is…. Read more
We know that the Jelly Bean update for US Galaxy S III’s was coming. Samsung said it’d roll out in the coming months. I guess “the coming months” meant this month for Sprint, as it seems that the update will start rolling out tomorrow. The build is L710VPALJ7 and will include improvements such as Google Now voice searching, Project Butter… Read more
The massive Galaxy S III Jelly Bean rollout continues, with UK unlocked devices being updated right now. Those who are using the “BTU” British unlocked devices should be very happy, as they’re getting a pretty good update. Not only does it contain Project Butter, famed for making device smooth as butter (or other smooth substances), but it also comes… Read more
Samsung is rolling the Jelly Bean update out to two more countries, Germany and France. All unbranded Galaxy S III’s there are getting the update, while most carrier devices are currently out of luck. All except Bouygues, a French carrier. They are updating their S III’s to Jelly Bean as well, continuing Samsung’s massive rollout ahead of every other… Read more
Yesterday, Verizon tweeted that the long overdue Ice Cream Sandwich update for the DROID Bionic is rolling out the next day, which is today. While the update was promised a long time ago, at least we are getting it now. The update is very similar to the DROID RAZR update, resembling a version of ICS closer to stock. Meaning it’s a good update. The… Read more
A carrier releasing Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S III? What? You heard right, Three UK is rolling out the Jelly Bean update to its Galaxy S III’s today. This bodes well for both Three and Samsung, seeing how they’re the first to roll Jelly Bean out to a non-Nexus device. The update is 286MB and should be available now. Check for updates in Settings,… Read more
Now that the Nexus 7 4.1.2 rollout is well underway, Google is releasing the update to GSM Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S devices. Now all of the current Nexus devices can have the newest version of Jelly Bean (unless they’ve been modified by a carrier). We’re glad to see Google pushing this one out really fast, and it’s fantastic to see the Nexus S stand the… Read more
If you have a yakju (check your model in /system/build.prop) model Galaxy Nexus, we have good news for you. You can now manually install Android 4.1.2 instead of having to wait for the OTA. You have to be on build JRO03C to install this new GZO54K build, but that’s it. Even though this is an official build, be careful. Flashing any phone isn’t 100%… Read more
We’re releasing Android 4.1.2 to AOSP today, which is a minor update on top of 4.1.1. As a note to maintainers of community builds running on Nexus 7: please update to 4.1.2 at the first opportunity. Future variants of the grouper hardware will have a minor change in one of the components (the power management chip) that will not be compatible with… Read more
The XOOM 2, for those who don’t know, is the better named European version of the US Xyboard. And while the Xyboard has been enjoying its Ice Cream Sandwich treat for a while, the XOOM 2 owners have been left out. Even the XOOM has had ICS for a long time now. Well the day has come, and the Euro XOOM 2 WiFi models are receiving the ICS update. Along… Read more
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