Android Security Update for September available for #Nokia 6 *UPDATED*
Some variants of Nokia 6 started receiving this month’s Android Security Patch. The update for Nokia 6 is about 160MB in size and brings just Google’s September Android patch. You can find it in...
View ArticleHMD to unlock bootloader on #Nokia Android phones
To install custom ROMs, the simplest way is when you have an unlocked bootloader that doesn’t verify the software on your phone. Bootloader is like a start up manager, that checks different aspects of...
View ArticleOfficial: This is #Nokia 7
HMD Global today announced the Nokia 7. Nokia 7 is HMD’s higher end midrange device that is supposed to fill the price (and specifications) gap between the Nokia 6, that retails at €229 and Nokia 8,...
View ArticleHMD starts Android Oreo Beta program for #Nokia 8; for 3, 5, 6 coming soon
HMD Global today officially announced the Android 8 Oreo beta program for Nokia devices. If you sign up for the program, you can immediately download the beta version of Android Oreo for the Nokia 8....
View ArticleWhy don’t all Nokia devices receive updates at the same time?
Probably one of the most frustrating things a phone owner can experience is waiting for an update that is already available for their device. That is if you care about updates, and a lot of people do....
View ArticleHMD: We’ve listened, we’ve taken action and we will soon roll out official...
HMD’s CPO Juho Sarvikas announced on Twitter that HMD collected valuable feedback and implemented necessary changes to Android Oreo for Nokia 8, thanks to the participants of the Beta Labs program....
View ArticleNokia: Android continues to be the main target for Malware
Nokia’s cyber security unit posted a new Threat Intelligence Report for 2017, where the company analyzed more than 100 million devices using the NetGuard Security Management Center software, that Nokia...
View ArticleAndroid 8 Oreo officially available for Nokia 8
The beta testing is over, and starting today, HMD Global has begun the official rollout of Android 8 Oreo for the Nokia 8 flagship smartphone. The update is huge, literally (1520MB) and in features,...
View ArticleNokia 5 and 6 next in line for Nokia Beta Labs and Android Oreo
Today, HMD Global officially started the rollout of Android Oreo for Nokia 8. The update will be rolling out over the period of next two days, but for some devices that need operator approval that...
View ArticleVideo: By simply adding Face Unlock on your Nokia Android smartphone, you...
One of the most symbolic features of Apple’s anniversary iPhone, the iPhone X, is definitely the notch that holds the advanced 3D face mapping technology. Often people oversimplify it to “face unlock”...
View ArticleNokia 2 is not going to Android GO, but getting some essential parts of GO...
Nokia 2 is HMD’s and Nokia’s take on low end Android device market where the obvious target are people that want to transition from a feature to a smartphone. That 1 GB of RAM combined with Android OS...
View ArticleNokia 3 started geting Google’s January Security Patch
Users are reporting that Google January 2018 Security patch started coming to Nokia 3. Headline screenshot is from TA-1032 model version of the Nokia 3. Update is 86.6 MB large and it seems it just...
View ArticleNokia Mobile’s funny gif about Microsoft maybe revealed list of speakers for...
Nokia Mobile published a funny gif on its Twitter account representing Valentines conversation between Nokia and Android OS. Well, Nokia had some long relationships with various platforms. Some were...
View ArticleHow to get Android 8.0 update after “Dead Android” screen
The official Android Oreo started coming to Nokia devices and sometimes update doesn’t go smoothly. Actually, it didn’t go smoothly with my Nokia 6 (TA-1033). I was beta testing the Android Oreo (8.0)...
View ArticleIs Pure Android the best choice for Nokia phones?
Lately, a small controversy happened with a Chinese manufacturer asking Twitter users what do they prefer on phones. Basically, the manufacturer asked users do they prefer Android One (in other words...
View ArticleAndroid 8.0 Oreo officially available for Nokia 3
HMD’s CPO Juho Sarvikas announced on Twitter that Nokia Mobile is starting the official rollout of Android 8.0 Oreo from Nokia 3 today. For quite some time, almost three weeks now, Nokia 3 users had...
View ArticleNokia 8 and Nokia 6 (2018) started getting the Google Security Patch for April
Owners of Nokia 8 and Nokia 6 (2018), started receiving the Google Security Patch for April. The update is classically released in stages so don’t start worrying if you don’t get it right away, but you...
View ArticleIn the EU, Android phones might become more expensive, but with greater...
In July this year, the European Union antitrust regulator fined Google 4.3 billion euros for abusing their dominant market position in mobile phones. The ruling stated that Google required Android...
View ArticleNokia 2 owners will choose to go on Android Oreo or stay on Nougat
Nokia 2 was HMD’s first try of bringing Android on a low-end Nokia device. The OS of choice for this 1 GB of RAM device was Android Nougat, and that worked OK. Not long after, Google launched the GO...
View ArticleNokia 8 (2017) receiving the Google Security Patch for January
Nokia 8 (2017) started receiving the January security patch.The update is not big (78.5MB), so it definitely won’t bring the missing features from Android 9 Pie with it. If you do have the Nokia 8 near...
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