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Refresh Roundup: week of May 27th, 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

Unofficial Android updates, custom ROMs and misc. hackery

  • CyanogenMod: Release Candidate 4 of CyanogenMod 10.1 is now available, which fixes a data calculation glitch that cropped up in the RC3 release. The group also released the first nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the HTC One, which includes the AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and international versions. Additionally, nightly builds of CM10.1 are now available for the Galaxy S 4 on AT&T, along with CDMA variants from Sprint, US Cellular and Verizon. [Android Police, CyanogenMod (Google+) 1, 2, 3]

Other platforms

  • BlackBerry Z10: A leaked version of BlackBerry OS 10.1.0.2354 worked its way into the wild for the STL 100-1 variant of the Z10. [N4BB]

  • Nokia Lumia 928: Verizon Wireless has requested permission from the FCC to distribute a software update that will enable LTE Band 4 connectivity for this smartphone. [WPCentral]

Refreshes we covered this week