Your smartphone and / or tablet is barely begging to get updated. Sometimes, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and such a lot of of them are floating around that it is simple for a large chunk to wander off inside the mix. To ensure they do not escape by surprise, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery from the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. In case you find something available in your device, please give us a shout attips at engadget dawt com and tell us. Enjoy!
Official Android updates
LG’s got a great number of Gingerbread coming to its premier Optimus devices, beginning with unbranded models in Europe. This week, the Optimus 2X began rolling out. The week of November 21st stands out as the timeframe for owners of the Optimus 3D, and the Optimus Black is predicted to get its dose of Android 2.3 beginning the week of November 28th. [ Facebook ]
A Motorola Droid Bionic bug fix update is predicted within one to 2 months, consistent with a post at the Motorola Owners Forums. [ Phandroid ]
The unique Verizon-branded Samsung Galaxy Tab (y’know, the 1st seven-incher) should now be bestowing gifts of Gingerbread — Android 2.3.5 — upon its users. It aims to enhance front-facing camera, power management and device security. [ Droid-Life ]
Extra security is available on Rogers’ HTC EVO 3D, as version 1.20.631.3 is able to download. Here is the safety fix which HTC was engaged on for the past month. Additionally, it increases performance and fixes a force close issue. [ MobileSyrup ]
Gingerbread has arrived at the Samsung Galaxy S… on Cellcom of Wisconsin. Yep, the regional carrier’s offering up improved battery life, miscellaneous performance enhancements and download management. [ AndroidCentral ]
The ASUS Transformer’s nabbing a maintenance release also known as 8.6.5.18. Together with the standard list of bug fixes, it also adds app backup support. [ 0 Droid-Life 0 ]
Unofficial Android updates, custom ROMs and misc. hackery
HTC made kernel source available for the 1 Rhyme 1 , myTouch 4G, Jetstream, Sensation XE and XL, EVO 4G+ and the Thunderbolt. [ 2 AndroidCentral 2 ]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus boot, recovery and system dumps are actually available. [ 3 AndroidCentral 3 ]
Also, the Motorola Droid RAZR’s been rooted. [ 4 Droid-Life 4 ]
The LG Optimus 3D’s much-awaited Gingerbread update (Android 2.3.5) is anticipated to roll out on November 21st, but it’s already been leaked via XDA. As a disclaimer, the build — because it currently stands — was reported to be rather unstable. Once it does officially arrive in stable form, it promises HSPA+ support for quickens to 21Mbps in addition to a number of other video enhancements. [ 5 AndroidCentral 5 ]
An XDA forum member has compiled a manual root method for the Motorola Atrix 2. [ 6 AndroidCentral 6 ]
Other platforms
The HTC Freestyle, an AT&T-branded BrewMP device, has a ROM update up for grabs. It doesn’t specify what exactly was enhanced, but make sure you back up all your data before updating. [ 7 HTC 7 ]
Together with the most recent beta of iOS 5.0.1 comes its obligatory Redsn0w jailbreak, version 0.9.9b8. [ 8 Redmond Pie 8 ]
Refreshes we covered this week
9 Which devices gets Ice Cream Sandwich? 9
0 Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers 0
1 Apple confirms iOS5 bugs causing battery drain, promises fix in a number of weeks 1
2 webOS 3.0.5 clues point to integrated Twitter, better TouchPad performance 2
3 Sony Ericsson brings gesture input to Xperia line 3
Samsung Zipel oven takes instructions out of your Android phone
White House gets behind online ‘bill of rights,’ companies to adopt ‘do not track’
