“Microsoft has figured out why the Windows 10 October 2018 Update deleted data from some systems and produced a fixed version.”
Microsoft planning to automatically offer Windows 10 to existing PCs
“Microsoft launched Windows 10 earlier this year with a reservation system designed to tempt Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upgrade for free.”
Samsung lays out which devices will get Android 4.4.2 KitKat
“Galaxy Note 3 Galaxy Note II Galaxy S4 Galaxy S4 mini Galaxy S4 Active Galaxy S4 zoom Galaxy S III Galaxy S III mini Galaxy Mega Galaxy Light Galaxy Note 8.0 Galaxy Tab 3 Galaxy Note 10.1 Galaxy Note 10.”
Apple Releases iOS 7.0.2 with Fix for Lock Screen Passcode Bypass
“The iOS 7.0.2 release follows the launch of iOS 7 on Wednesday, September 18. That day also saw a special release of iOS 7.0.1 specifically for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, which launched on Friday, September 20.”
Google Now update hitting devices, bringing new and improved cards
“That latest Google Now update that the official Android Google+ account teased us with a couple of days ago is now rolling out to devices, and it even brings a few more features than expected.”
Google Keep gains time, location-based reminders — Tech News and Analysis
“Google Keep is a nice little catch-all app to jot down thoughts, lists, and save pictures, but it’s about to get a little nicer. On Wednesday, Google announced the addition of reminders in Keep; these can be time-based or location-based, helping to turn Keep into a mini to-do list app.”
Google Maps and Waze begin sharing features
“Wondering what Google would be doing with Waze after they bought the crowd-sourced mapping service? The web technology company has just announced that Google Maps users will now be getting real-time incident reporting powered by the swift and informative community surrounding Waze.”
Chrome for Android update brings WebRTC to stable channel
“Chrome for Android has been updated today, and along with improved scrolling and startup performance, there’s also a pretty cool new feature — support for WebRTC. WebRTC is a free, open project that enables web browsers with Real-Time Communications capabilities via some simple Javascript APIs.”
How to: Unroot the Galaxy Nexus, Re-lock the Bootloader and Return to a Factory State
Unlocking the bootloader and rooting your Galaxy Nexus is really only half the battle. There may come a time when you need need to lock everything back up, including that bootloader. Thanks to the Android team, we have the factory images that can not only fix a bootlooping or soft-bricked device, but make it look like you just pulled it out of the box.
Instructions:
1. Download the Android 4.0.2 factory images to your PC. [Download]
2. Unzip the file and its contents into your SDK/Tools folder (wherever your adb.exe and fastboot.exe files are).
*Make sure they are not in their own folder, but have all been extracted to Tools.
3. From within your Tools folder, open a command prompt (SHIFT + right click – “open command prompt here”):
4. Type the following commands, allowing each to finish before moving onto the next:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock
5. Reboot your phone by highlighting “Start” and pressing the lock switch.
6. It really is as simple as that. Your phone is now back to a 100% stock, unrooted and locked state.
via Droid Life.
Android 4.0.3 Announced: Better Social App Integration to Contacts, Camera Capabilities, and Polish
Say bye, bye to Android 4.0.2. In the coming weeks, the Android team will roll out the next version better known as Android 4.0.3. Through the new API that has also arrived, developers will have the ability to integrate their social apps into contacts like Google has done with G+ and Google Talk. You can imagine that this likely means Facebook and Twitter updates showing in you friends’ contact pages as well. In other goodies, apps will now be able to access more camera and calendar capabilities while additional polish was added to graphics, the database, spell-checking, etc.Social stream API in Contacts provider: Applications that use social stream data such as status updates and check-ins can now sync that data with each of the user’s contacts, providing items in a stream along with photos for each. This new API lets apps show users what the people they know are doing or saying, in addition to their photos and contact information.Calendar provider enhancements. Apps can now add color to events, for easier tracking, and new attendee types and states are now available.New camera capabilities. Apps can now check and manage video stabilization and use QVGA resolution profiles where needed.Accessibility refinements. Improved content access for screen readers and new status and error reporting for text-to-speech engines.Incremental improvements in graphics, database, spell-checking, Bluetooth, and more.
via Droid Life.
