Refresh Roundup: week of May 20th, 2013
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
Sony Xperia ZL: An OTA update is now available for the unlocked Xperia ZL (C6506) that brings improved battery life, better performance and an enhanced user experience. Sounds nice, right? [Android Central]
HTC One: Bell, Rogers, Telus and Virgin Mobile have each released an OTA update for the One that's said to bring "system enhancements and bug fixes." Reports from users suggest that sensitivity issues with the capacitive buttons have been resolved with this update. Meanwhile, a similar update is now rolling out to the Developer Edition and unlocked versions of the smartphone. [MobileSyrup, Droid Life]
Sony Xperia S: The first signs of Jelly Bean are beginning to emerge for the Xperia S, as Sony has announced the rollout of Android 4.1.2 within France. [Xperia Blog]
Samsung Galaxy Music: If you've never heard of this smartphone, don't worry, because it's not much of a looker. Nonetheless, Samsung has released an update to Android 4.1.2 for the single-SIM version (S6010) of the handset, which is available for OTA installation and through Samsung Kies within the UK. [Unwired View]
Unofficial Android updates, custom ROMs and misc. hackery
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: A release candidate and nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 are now available for this very slim slate. [Android Police]
Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL: Nightly builds of AOKP are now available to this pair of 5-inch smartphones. [RootzWiki]
Samsung Galaxy S 4: Dan Rosenberg has released a set of tools known as Loki, which allow developers to bypass the locked bootloader of the Galaxy S 4 for AT&T and Verizon and flash custom kernels and recovery images. [xda-developers, drjbliss (GitHub)]
Other platforms
Nokia Lumia 920: Rogers has released a firmware update for the Lumia 920 that's been available from other carriers for a while now. After installation, Lumia owners can expect stability improvements, enhancements for automatic brightness level adjustments and better touchscreen operation while on a phone call. [MobileSyrup]
Nokia Lumia 521: T-Mobile released an update that brings WiFi Calling to its budget Windows Phone handset. [WMPoweruser]
BlackBerry Q10: Bell, Rogers and Telus have each released an update that brings software version 10.1.0.273 to the Q10. [CrackBerry]
BlackBerry Z10: BlackBerry OS version 10.1.0.1916 has leaked for the STL 100-2 and STL 100-3 variants of the Z10, while version 10.1.0.2009 was leaked for the STL 100-4 model. [N4BB, CrackBerry]
