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Refresh Roundup: week of June 4th, 2012

Zachary Lutz
Updated ·4 min read

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

Official Android updates

  • Motorola Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR Maxx: According to CNET, Verizon Wireless will begin the Android 4.0 rollout for these two handsets on June 12th. We'll know for certain very soon. [CNET]

  • HTC One S: Like expected, T-Mobile is now rolling out a maintenance update for the One S. It's said to fix to the voicemail indicator, improve WiFi calling and resolve signal fluctuation. [Android Central]

  • Telus: The Canadian carrier has released a revised timeline for its planned Android 4.0 deployment. With respect to smartphones, a tipster tells us that the update is now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy S II X, although official Telus documents peg the date as June 12th. The Sony Xperia Ray is also on board for an Ice Cream Sandwich arrival later this month. The HTC Desire HD, LG Optimus LTE and Samsung Galaxy Note will all receive the upgrade in July. As for tablets, both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 models should receive Android 4.0 in late July. Telus also expects to deliver Android 2.3 to the LG Shine Plus on June 12th. [Android Central]

  • Motorola Droid Bionic: A minor update is available from Verizon Wireless which brings visual voicemail notifications to the status bar, improves LTE connectivity and adjusts the volume of certain notification tones for Bluetooth users. [Droid Life]

  • LG Lucid: Some minor changes are in store for Lucid users on Verizon. With the latest update, the weather widget is said to sync properly based on location coordinates, instant search is now part of the dialer widget and the GPS widget has been improved for navigation and the battery temperature threshold has been modified to show less overheating warnings. [Droid Life]

Unofficial Android updates, custom ROMs and misc. hackery

  • HTC One S: HTC has made the kernel source available for its middleweight champion. Unfortunately, the US T-Mobile version is wholly absent from the release. [Android Police]

Other platforms

  • Nokia Lumia 900: A software update is now available for AT&T users of the Lumia 900, which is said to resolve a purple hue that had affected some screens in low-light conditions. The refresh also brings improved sensitivity for the proximity sensor and a few otherwise minor tweaks. [Nokia Conversations]

  • BlackBerry Curve 9360: Fido users will notice that BlackBerry OS version 7.1.0.391 is now available for download, which brings BlackBerry Tags and improved mobile hotspot functionality to the smartphone. [MobileSyrup]

  • BlackBerry Torch 9810: Telstra has made BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.428 available for download. [N4BB]

Refreshes we covered this week