"run multiple different operating systems from the NAND flash or SD card has given it an enduring popularity, and this made the HTC HD2 one of the phones that could run the largest number of operating systems in the world. Android (versions 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.1 Jelly Bean, 4.2 Jelly Bean, 4.3 Jellybean, 4.4 Kitkat, 5.0 Lollipop, 6.0 Marshmallow and 7.0 Nougat), Ubuntu, MeeGo and Windows Phone have all been unofficially ported to the HD2. In addition, many customised versions of Windows Mobile are available for the device, with versions 6.1, 6.5, 6.5.3 and 6.5.5"
"Android Lollipop Android ""Lollipop"" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1. Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O 2014 conference, it became available through official over-the-air (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. It is the fifth major update and the twelfth version of Android. One of the most prominent changes in the Lollipop release is a redesigned user"
"was released with Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread, but, on 28 September 2012, Sony released an update to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. Users can choose to keep the Gingerbread operating system, or, using Sony PC Companion or Bridge for Mac, they could upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich; however, downgrading to Gingerbread is not officially supported. The Xperia U is fully Facebook integrated and features Sony's Timescape UI. It is connected to the Sony Entertainment Network, allowing users to access Music & Video Unlimited in some parts of the world. The Sony Xperia U is also DLNA certified. On 17 December 2012,"
"Nexus 7 on December 19, 2014. Android5.1, an updated version of Lollipop, was unveiled in February 2015 as part of the Indonesian launch of Android One, and is preloaded on Android One devices sold in Indonesia and the Philippines. Google officially announced 5.1 by releasing updates for existing devices on March 9, 2015. In 2015, Amazon.com forked Lollipop to produce Fire OS 5 ""Bellini"" for Amazon's Fire HD-series devices. Android Lollipop Android ""Lollipop"" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1. Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O"
"Cream Sandwich, the release schedule advanced from CyanogenMod 7 (Gingerbread) directly to CyanogenMod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich). CyanogenMod 9 is based on Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is the first version of CyanogenMod to use the Trebuchet launcher. Steve Kondik and his team have announced that they had begun work on the new release after Google released the source code of Android 4.0.1. Development on this release took longer than with previous releases due to the significance of the changes between Android 2.3 ""Gingerbread"" and 4.0 ""Ice Cream Sandwich"", and the team took this opportunity to clarify their"
"including Webtop 3.0. However, the leaks included many bugs, such as the webtop launcher causing systemUI to crash, white text in the widgets menu (In custom launchers), and facelock not enabling correctly. Leak 6.7.235 will not let users FXZ back to OTA 5.9.902. In October 2012, Verizon officially pushed Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0.4 out to users. In April 2013, Verizon officially pushed Jelly Bean Android 4.1.2 out to users. The smartphone includes 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, HDMI output, 1 GHz OMAP dual core processor, a 4.3"" qHD display, 3G/4G wireless hotspot capability, GPS, an 8 MP low-light–capable camera with 1080p"
"globally available on December 12, 2011. On March 13, 2012, Samsung began to roll out upgrades to Android 4.0.3 ""Ice Cream Sandwich"" through their phone management software KIES to users in South Korea, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. Russian users received the update on July 5, 2012, while the rest of Europe received it on August 1, 2012. In February 2013, Samsung began rolling out an update to Android 4.1.2 ""Jelly Bean"" for the device. The S II employs the TouchWiz 4.0 user interface, following the same principle as TouchWiz 3.0 found on the Galaxy S, with new improvements, such as"
"the tablet. The tablet was offered with Android 3.0 upon release. Android 3.1 and 3.2 was made available later through over the air updates and Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update has since been made available (April 2012). Root was possible using an app developed by sc2k and published at xda-developers. up to Android version 3.1 after which the vulnerability used was patched up by Acer, although by downgrading to one of these susceptible version of Android one can install ClockworkMod Recovery before installing a pre-rooted version of 3.2.1 or indeed Ice Cream Sandwich. Some leaks of Android 4.0.3 from"
"(Gingerbread) installed. A future upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) was announced by HTC in March 2012. The phone received the upgrade to Android version 4.03 in July 2012. The stock Android operating system was initially layered with HTC Sense version 3.0, which is software that visually changes the user experience. The benefit of this software has been met with mixed reviews. While some prefer the additional visual effects, opponents argue the cost of performance is not worth it. The upgrade to Android 4.03 also updated HTC Sense to version 3.6. The phone is available in the United States"
"4.0). Beneath the soft keys, a multicolored notification LED is featured, a feature missing from the Nexus S. There is no microSD card support. The Galaxy Nexus was the first device to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, introducing a large number of new features, bug fixes and improvements. Beginning from 11 July 2012, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean began rolling out to the GSM Galaxy Nexus as an over-the-air (OTA) update. The 4.2 update began rolling out on 13 November 2012 to the GSM Galaxy Nexus ""Takju/Maguro variant"" (smartphones sold in the US and directly supported by Google) as an"
"Cream Sandwich) based on CyanogenMod 9 became available. It was a preliminary alpha build (Alpha 0) with some features including hardware-accelerated video playback, microphone and camera not functional at the time. It was updated to Alpha 0.5 around January 24, 2012 and then to Alpha 0.6 around January 30, 2012, bringing fixes and stability improvements. On February 2, 2012, HP released the source code for Android 2.3 for the HP TouchPad. The CyanogenMod Team received source code from HP and started working again on the TouchPad tablet port. PhoneNews.com reported, ""The Android kernel was based on Qualcomm’s reference Android source"
"ROMs (which are usually based on the ""stock"" version of Android) have ultimately become an important, yet controversial aspect of the Android ecosystem. In August 2012, a group of users released an unofficial port of a later version of Android, 4.1 ""Jelly Bean"", for the Dream as a proof of concept. However, the port lacked key functionality, and had severe performance issues due to the phone's relatively weak hardware in comparison to the modern devices that 4.1 was designed for. The Dream was released to mixed reviews. The design of the Dream was considered to be solid and robust; Joshua"
"company. Two in-house Lollipop-based distributions, OxygenOS and HydrogenOS, were released earlier, on 4 April 2015, outside and inside China respectively. On 9 April 2016, OnePlus One devices running Cyanogen OS started receiving Cyanogen OS 13.0.1 based on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1. Team Cyanogen started rolling out Cyanogen OS 13.1 on 10 June 2016. CyanogenOS 13.1 for OnePlus One includes mods for Skype, OneNote, Microsoft Hyperlapse and an updated Cortana mod. Android 8.1 ""Oreo"" is available for the device through the successor of CyanogenMod, LineageOS. The OnePlus One has received a positive reception, not withstanding occasional technical issues and lack of support."
"the latest Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet is set to be made available, for shipment, on 28 September. Novo7 Crystal matches and surpasses the specifications of the Novo 7 Elf II and looks to replace its predecessor. It has a special 7-inch MVA screen with 1024×600 pixel resolution and wide 170° viewing angle. On March 28, 2012, Ainol released updates to Android 4.0.3 v1.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for NOVO7 series. It fixes most of the bugs for [v4.0.3 v0.9] firmware that was released in March 7, 2012. Some users are trying to hack and create scripts to enhance the"
"released in October 2015. The release was internally codenamed ""Lemon Meringue Pie"". Android 5.0 was first unveiled under the codename ""Android L"" on June 25, 2014 during a keynote presentation at the Google I/O developers' conference. Alongside Lollipop, the presentation focused on a number of new Android-oriented platforms and technologies, including Android TV, in-car platform Android Auto, wearable computing platform Android Wear, and health tracking platform Google Fit. Part of the presentation was dedicated to a new cross-platform design language referred to as ""material design"". Expanding upon the ""card"" motifs first seen in Google Now, it is a design with"
"Jelly Bean. It doesn't include a custom skin by Acer though they have tweaked the Notification bar. The play store version is 3.10 which is the latest from Google. There are 3 onscreen capacitive buttons – for Home, recent apps and back button. In the quick settings area there are options for GPS, brightness, screen timeout, Screen rotation, Bluetooth, Aeroplane mode, Wi-Fi and shortcut to Settings app which are all located at the top of the notification tray. Users can add up to five customisable home screens with various app shortcuts and widgets that are available along with the stock"
"people to give it a chance. Camera irregularities aside, this is a pretty good phone."" Lenovo Vibe Z The Lenovo Vibe Z is an Android smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen released in late 2013. The Vibe Z originally ran Android 4.2.2, also known as ""Jelly Bean"". It now comes with Android 4.3 and Lenovo has announced an upgrade to 4.4 Lenovo customized the dialer in order to facilitate one handed dialling. Lenovo has also included numerous proprietary apps. SECUREit includes antivirus, child safety, privacy and anti-theft functionality. SYNCit backs up and restores contacts, messages, and call logs. SHAREit facilitates file"
"several community Android ROMs of Jelly Bean (versions 4.1, 4.2.2 and 4.3.1) have been released for the device, such as JellyTime (compiled from CyanogenMod 10) and codefireX builds. There are multiple variants of the Desire HD in the USA. AT&T Mobility in the US has a variant of the HD called the HTC Inspire 4G, one of AT&T's first 4G HSPA+ devices. Verizon Wireless has a LTE-enabled variant, the HTC Thunderbolt, which has a slightly modified design which includes a front-facing camera. The HTC Desire HD has received generally positive reviews from critics. CNET UK gave it a 4.5/5 and"
"LCD, and the back is Corning Gorilla Glass. The Xperia Z originally ran Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with Sony's launcher and additional applications, including Sony's media applications (Walkman, Album and Movies). The device received an update on 24 June 2013, to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. In December 2013, the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software update rolled out for Xperia Z devices. In May 2014, the Android 4.4.2 KitKat software update rolled out, later followed by Android 4.4.4 in September 2014. On 16 October 2014, Sony reported that it would be updating the entire Xperia Z lineup of devices, to Android"
"210,000 applications through Google Play. The Nexus One OTA update to Gingerbread (2.3.3) started on February 23, 2011. The Nexus One currently runs the Google Android 2.3.6, Gingerbread, operating system. Google has stated it will not update the Nexus One to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich saying the hardware is “too old”; however, third party ROMs were made. The Nexus One ships with an unlockable bootloader allowing developers to participate in the Android Open Source Project in addition to developing applications. The Nexus One bootloader can be unlocked and various partitions on the device can be flashed with the fastboot"
"on Google's 4.4.4 ""KitKat"" Android operating system out of the box, featuring the improved TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5 as well as introducing a theme suite, later made standard on newer devices. The Note 4, Note Edge and the Galaxy A-series were the only devices to ship with this interface on Android 4.4.4. The Galaxy A5 would later receive Android 5.0.2 ""Lollipop"" in May 2015. Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for the Galaxy A-series was announced in July 2016 and the devices are currently receiving the newer operating system. The OTA update also brings a slightly updated TouchWiz UI that remains largely similar"
"Nougat, with 18.1% on Android 7.0 (API 24) and 10.1% on Android 7.1 (API 25), making Nougat the most widely used codename Android, while Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23) is more popular than either of those Nougat versions. The release was internally codenamed ""New York Cheesecake"". On March 9, 2016, ahead of the Google I/O developer conference, Google released the first alpha version of Android ""N"" as part of a new ""Android Beta Program"" intended for testing by developers and enthusiasts before official release ""this summer"". The developer preview builds were compatible with only current Google Nexus devices; the 5X,"
"Cream Sandwich, running Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz Nature UX as the default user interface. Where possible, the operating systems can be upgraded to somewhat newer official versions of Android 4.x than the factory install. To perform a firmware upgrade, the phones must have at least 1 GB of free internal storage. Since these phones run Android 4.0, they are still supported by cloud, communications and social networking services that push the latest versions of their apps, which have in some cases been designed with only the newest hardware in mind. Such applications hog system resources and cause the phones to run"
"2012 keynote presentation, Google introduced the Nexus 7, a 7-inch tablet computer developed with and manufactured by Asus. Released in July 2012, it was the first device to run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The latest Android version supported by Google for the device is Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. On July 24, 2013, at Google's ""Breakfast with Sundar Pichai"" press conference, Pichai introduced the second generation Nexus 7, again co-developed with Asus. Keeping with Google Nexus tradition, it was simultaneously released with the latest version, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. It was made available on July 26, 2013 at select retailers and on"
"(CyanogenMod) is available for the Nook and the smartphone/tablet version of Ubuntu operating system to run applications incompatible with Android. On February 1, 2014, official CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (""Android 4.3 Jelly Bean"") was released for the Nook HD and HD+. CyanogenMod versions for Nook HD and Nook HD+ are released for download under the ""hummingbird"" and ""ovation"" codenames respectively. CyanogenMod releases monthly M-builds (""rolling release"") and no versions marked ""stable"" are to be expected after version 11.0 M6 Release (""Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat""). The latest version (4.4.4) is available for the Nook HD/Nook HD+ as a ""SNAPSHOT"" and ""NIGHTLIES"" versions. Since"
"as a download for manual installation. Later on, the changelog, or list of improvements was released. A Motorola employee later confirmed the update was released to some by accident, and will be later released to all other DROID Bionic users soon. In April 2012, an OTA update to version 5.9.902 was done, followed by one in June to version 5.9.905. In June 2012 Ice Cream Sandwich builds 6.7.2231, 6.7.2233, 6.7.232 & 6.7.235, were pulled from Motorola's servers through cheesecake. It provided users with Android 4.0.4, with many features such as overclocking the CPU from 1.0 GHz to 1.2 GHz and"
"color schemes for selected markets. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with Android 4.3 ""Jelly Bean"" and Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz user interface and software. Additional pen-oriented features have been added to the Note 3 Neo's software; removing the stylus from its compartment (or pressing its button whilst hovering over the display) activates an ""Air Command"" pie menu which provides shortcuts to pen-oriented features such as Action Memos (on-screen sticky notes that use handwriting recognition to detect their contents and provide relevant actions, such as looking up addresses on Google Maps and dialing phone numbers), Screen Write (an annotation tool), Pen"
"shipping with the version 4.2.2 ""Jellybean"". Jellybean 4.2 included various improvements to accessibility, new lock screen features with quick access to the camera, support for wireless display (Miracast), and a new built-in clock application with world clock, stopwatch, and timer. Motorola and Verizon released an update to Android 4.4 ""KitKat"" on 19 December 2013, and an additional update to Android 4.4.4 on 15 July 2014. KitKat brought restyled navigation bars, ""immersive"" full-screen mode, stronger security, power management and some other minor improvements. Motorola also enhanced its proprietary camera software for better color, exposure, and dynamic range accuracy and included the"
"One (M7) was announced. The One X shipped with the Android 4.0.4 mobile operating system with the HTC Sense 4.0 graphical user interface. The upgrade to Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5 is available for most regions like Asia, Europe, Middle East, the Americas, and Australia. 25 GB of Dropbox storage is offered free for two years. Some users have noticed that multitasking does not work on the HTC One X as it does in stock Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich since the system more aggressively terminates apps in the background. HTC has explained that they customized Android on the One"
"5.0 Lollipop, beginning in early 2015, for the core Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z2 devices, with others following soon after. Later in CES 2015 at Sony's event, they announced that Android 5.0 Lollipop would be rolled out to Xperia Z series starting February 2015. On 29 May 2015, Sony released Android 5.0 Lollipop for the Xperia Z, followed by Android 5.0.2 from 23 May 2015. On 7 September 2015, Sony released Android 5.1 Lollipop for the Xperia Z. A release of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for older devices is unconfirmed as of yet. The following table shows which UMTS and LTE"
"Lenovo Vibe Z The Lenovo Vibe Z is an Android smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen released in late 2013. The Vibe Z originally ran Android 4.2.2, also known as ""Jelly Bean"". It now comes with Android 4.3 and Lenovo has announced an upgrade to 4.4 Lenovo customized the dialer in order to facilitate one handed dialling. Lenovo has also included numerous proprietary apps. SECUREit includes antivirus, child safety, privacy and anti-theft functionality. SYNCit backs up and restores contacts, messages, and call logs. SHAREit facilitates file sharing, including via direct connections using Bluetooth and ad-hoc wi-fi. Power Manager extends battery life"
"4.0.4 was released, promising performance improvements to the camera and screen rotation, and other bug fixes. Google Play Services support for 4.0 ended December 2018. The user interface of Android4.0 represents an evolution of the design introduced by Honeycomb, although the futuristic aesthetics of Honeycomb were scaled back in favor of a flatter and cleaner feel with neon blue accenting, hard edges, and drop shadows for depth. Ice Cream Sandwich also introduces a new default system font, Roboto; designed in-house to replace the Droid font family, Roboto is primarily optimized for use on high-resolution mobile displays. The new visual appearance"
"Android 2.2 (Froyo), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) have existed for some time, typically based on kernels from leaked updates. The continued postponing of Milestone updates has become known under the term ""Motofail"" in Central and South America. In July 2010, Motorola launched the phone for Mexico as the Motorola A854 (MOTOROI) and became exclusive to CDMA network carrier Iusacell. Its history is similar to the Motorola Droid and Motorola Milestone. Motorola Droid The Motorola Droid (GSM/UMTS version: Motorola Milestone) is an Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system. The"