Refresh Roundup: week of August 12th, 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
Sony Xperia SP: A transparent notification bar, new Small Apps and additional quick settings are front and center in this update (based on Android 4.1.2), which is available for installation via Sony PC Companion. [Xperia Blog]
HTC One Developer Edition: According to Jason Mackenzie, president of global sales for HTC, the company is skipping over Android 4.2.2 in order to deliver an update to Android 4.3. [Android Central]
NVIDIA Shield: Software update 51 is available for download, which weighs in at 402MB and is said to reduce audio latency issues that'd plagued GeForce PC streaming. [Android Central]
Unofficial Android updates, custom ROMs and misc. hackery
HTC One X+: The international version of this smartphone is now officially supported by CyanogenMod, with nightly builds of CM 10.1 available for download. [Android Police]
Other platforms
Windows Phone 8 GDR 2: The latest version of Windows Phone is now available for the HTC 8X (AT&T), Nokia Lumia 521 and 810 (T-Mobile), Lumia 928 (Verizon) and Lumia 920 (Telstra). [WPCentral 1, 2, 3, My Nokia Blog]
