Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and any one thing 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 likely update, hack, and other miscellaneous funny 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.cite this source synonym collection v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group from the last week and crammed them into one proper roundup. If you find commodity receptive for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!



Official Android updates

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  Verizon was spitting out new refreshes left and right this week, as we saw Gingerbread begin to roll out as OTA downloads on the Motorola Droid 3, HTC Droid Incredible, and -- get this -- even the Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 edition.


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  Interestingly enough, Android 2.3 for the Droid 2 Global was already getting pushed out, but was pulled just a couple days later after a Microsoft interchange encryption issue was discovered. We've been told the updates will resume "soon." [via Droid-Life]


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  Finally, Verizon also pushed out one other ms-dos upgrade -- this time on its 4510L LTE MiFi. (Thanks, Matt)


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  HTC continues to expand its bootloader unlock tool to more phones, region by region. This week the company enabled support for the EVO 3D in Canada and Europe. [via Phandroid]

Unofficial Android updates / custom ROMs / misc hackery

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  The Motorola Droid 3 and Droid X both now have access to an SBF -- System Boot File -- to act as a safeguard for anyone who manages to brick their phones. [via Droid-Life (1) and (2)]


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  Recently we heard about the Honeycomb ROM for the HTC Flyer getting leaked by MoDaCo, but no screenshots were facile at the time. This week, however, someone successfully grabbed a few images to share with the world (shown in the above image). The ROM appears to run on Android 3.2 with HTC Sense 1.1 for tablets as the appear UI. [via AndroidBugle -- thanks, Dennis]


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  Let's talk a little more about leaked Sense ROMs. We've already seen Sense 3.5 working on the Desire HD, and now we have another device to add to the list: the EVO 4G. [via XDA]


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  The first kernel for unlocked bootloaders on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is now waiting for your download, so head over to the link for instructions. [via XDA]


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  If you've been waiting and hoping for CyanogenMod 7 on your HTC sentiment or EVO 3D so you can shed the Sense UI, that time may be very close at hand. as it should be to a member of the CyanogenMod team, an early alpha build for both devices may be third edition by the editors of the old glory heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 by the end of this weekend, so keep an eye out. [via Phandroid]

Other platforms

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  Two new unofficial ROMs -- one for Windows Phone Mango and another for NoDo --are now 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all rights reserved.cite this source synonym quantity v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico printing group for the Samsung Omnia 7. The Mango ROM improves the device's radio, camera drivers and motion sensors, in addition to a few other enhancements. [via WPCentral]

Refreshes already covered this week

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  Vizio rolls out Tablet macos update, promises consummation boosts aplenty

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