After Silence, T-Mobile Agrees to Update Optimus L9 to Jelly Bean
T-Mobile has begun pushing Android 4.1, after radio silence on the device’s status to our questions.
Editorial: T-Mobile Needs to Shape Up on Firmware… or Write Off Tech Savvy (Virgin Mobile, You Too)
T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile’s lackluster performance on firmware claims another victim; the Lumia 710. I’m sick and tired of catching fire from them, for talking about it. Here we go again…
webOS Community Testing 2.2.4 Update for Original Pre, Pre Plus
Despite HP not delivering on a promised webOS 2.0 upgrade for all first-generation webOS devices, the webOS community is still at it. While unofficially upgrading the Pre and Pre Plus to webOS 2.0 (via the webOS Internals’ meta-doctor project) is nothing new, progress stalled out at webOS version 2.1. Since then, webOS 2.2 has provided […]
LG Facebook Post Affirms ICS for G2x, Nitro, Marquee, Leaves Revolution in Doubt
A post on LG’s Facebook page today disclosed plans for upgrading their devices to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). However, the post requires translation to make sense for their devices in the United States. Not because the post wasn’t in English, but because LG devices in the United States have different names than LG’s […]
Sprint Says LG Optimus S Gingerbread Re-release Still Coming
Readers from our most recent editorial had commented about Sprint’s pulling of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the LG Optimus S. The update for the LG Optimus S was announced back in January. It took another nine months for Sprint and LG to approve the Android 2.3 upgrade. It took about 48 hours after […]
Sprint Pushes HTC Sense Security Update Over the Air
Sprint has begun a round of firmware updates for all of its current HTC Android phones. The firmware update fixes a vulnerability in the HTC Sense user interface that could allow a hacker to access Android user data from their device. Specifically, updates will begin to be made available today for the EVO 4G, EVO […]
Exclusive: Clearwire – Expect iSpot Comeback, Firmware Update Live
Clearwire sat down with PhoneNews.com late last night, with one clear message; the Clear iSpot is not six feet under. Read more to see what they had to say, and where Clearwire stands on the Clear iSpot.
LG enV3 Gets Firmware Update to V07, Changes Unknown
Verizon has issued firmware V07 for the LG enV3. The update is now available to all enV3 units over the air. No change list has been released for the update. The update appears however to deliver mostly performance and stabilization improvements. To update your enV3, go to Settings & Tools > Phone Info > Software […]
Peek Firmware Update Issues Surface
Following up on a previous report regarding the newest update for the Peek low-cost messaging device, users have begun to experience issues with the update involving the reception of messages intended for other recipients entirely as well as message transmission issues when sending via Twitter or SMS. The update also enables Google Voice messaging support […]
HTC Now Demanding Takedown of Unmodified ROM Archives
HTC has sent the site shipped-roms.com a cease and desist letter, demanding that they remove all HTC firmwares for phones. The site claims to have the largest collection of HTC ROMs available for download. The archival of ROM versions is important for two reasons. One, companies often do not offer firmware updates for older or […]