The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Nougat firmware updates are now live across the globe along with the full stock firmware files. Now, the stunning SE8 firmware has been ported to two other devices including the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and the Note 5. Moreover, the Galaxy Note 5 new unofficial Nougat build is already…
Update: OxygenOS 5.0.3 is now available for download for OnePlus 3/3T. The break is over and the OnePlus development team is back to work. The very first thing the development team has deployed is the Oxygen OS 4.0.3 OTA update for the OnePlus 3 and the OnePlus 3T. The new Oxygen OS 4.0.3 is a…
Axon 7, the latest flagship phone from the ZTE is now receiving the latest Android 7.0 Nougat firmware update. This brings the new firmware build number A2017UV.1.1.B15 to the device. The ZTE Axon 7 previously dawned the firmware A2017UV.1.0.B29 based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. However now, the official ZTE blog has now published an article reporting…
Update: This guide is specific to Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices only. However, you can still follow this guide if you have the proper files for your Samsung phone as well. The two most important partitions on an Android device are EFS and IMEI partitions. The main function of EFS partition is to…
The February 2017 Security Patch updates are now live. The factory images and OTA zip files are now available for download from Google’s servers. The new security updates are based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with build number NOF26V for Pixel series like Google Pixel (XL) and Pixel C for global variants and N4F26O for the…
There are reports of the official Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update rolling out for the Note 5 – which is second in line to the Samsung Galaxy series. This new update comes with the firmware build number N920CXXU3CQB2. Moreover, the developer base or as they call it, the firmware dump, is already available for download for the Note…
Android has turned out to be the most popular open source operating system for mobile phones. The OS can be customized, modified or even personalized in numerous different ways. Gaining root access has become quite common with Android due to the various privileges that come with it. However, in order to get into Android development, you need to get…
Google just now released the latest Android 7.1.2 Nougat for the Nexus and Google Pixel (XL) devices. This is an upgrade to the previous version – Android 7.1.1 Nougat that Google released last year. Although Google is expected to release the next Android version “O”, the Android 7.1.2 has come up as a surprise with…
Update: Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F/FD) and Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F/FD) devices are being updated to official Android 8.0 Oreo firmware. This takes the S7  SM-G930F and SM-G930FD to firmware build number (Baseband versions) G930FXXU2ERE8 and G930FXXU2EREM respectively. Whereas, the S7 Edge variants are receiving build G935FXXU2ERE8 and G935FXXU2EREM for SM-G935F and SM-G935FD. The Oreo update features latest Samsung Experience 9.0 which is the…
Updated October 12, 2018: Download latest XperiFirm 5.3.7 for all Sony Xperia devices with better stability. XperiFirm lets you download and install full stock firmware FTF Sony files based on Android 9.0 Pie and Android 8.0 Oreo. The major Japanese smartphone manufacturer Sony has been rolling out the latest Android 9.0 Pie and 8.0 Oreo…
The Samsung Galaxy S7 and the S7 Edge devices have already received the Android 7.0 Nougat firmware update with firmware build PLN. The Nougat firmware has been renamed to the Samsung Experience 8 instead of the prior TouchWiz since the Beta 4 update. Moreover, the Galaxy S7 (Edge) OTA has been rolling out since last couple of weeks and…
[Update March: Open Beta 13 and Open Beta 4 full firmware downloads now available for OnePlus 3 and 3T respectively.]Â Right after the official Oxygen OS 4.0.2 was released yesterday, the Open Beta 11 and the Beta 2 has been released for the two flagship phones OnePlus 3 and the 3T. The OnePlus development team have…