You don’t need to have Google Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player in order to enjoy Android M Developer Preview features. No need to flash the Android M Developer Preview image. Yes, you can also install and use Android M stuffs like launcher, clock, boot animation, wallpapers, ringtones, Play Services and stock Nexus Android M applications on your current Lollipop and KitKat devices now. We can enjoy all of these wonderful features thanks to XDA Developer, FaserF who extracted them from Android M Developer Preview ROM.
Tag: KitKat
Install Android 4.4 KitKat on Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300
Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 is not getting official Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade any time soon. Or maybe forever no as Samsung just cancelled its plan to do so. However, there is still hope to run KitKat on Galaxy S3 I9300. Yes, there is an unofficial Android 4.4.2 KitKat TouchWiz ROM for Galaxy S3. It is based on Galaxy Note 2 N7100. And still in Work-In-Progress status. So be sure to face lot of bugs flying around. Do try it only if you know what all is about…
Download Android 4.4 KitKat Nexus 5 apps & wallpaper
Finally, Google Nexus 5 is here. As usual, it is available for certain countries at launch. More country after that. And expected, it was sold out within hours. I did not manage to grab one in Malaysia (not so soon based on Nexus 4 situation). However, it does not stop us to try out latest and greatest Android 4.4 KitKat applications and wallpapers from Nexus 5. You can try out new Google Play Services 4.0, Google Experience Launcher, Google search, Calculator, DeskClock, Email, Gmail, Keep, Maps, Hangouts, Play Books, QuickOffice, Street View, Play Games and Keyboard. And enjoy the lovely wallpapers too. Can’t wait for Nexus 7 (2013) KitKat OTA update because the last update screwed up multitouch. Err…
How to write to MicroSD on Android 4.4 KitKat?
Google does not like you to use external Micro SD card on your Android devices. Therefore, you won’t see SD card slot on Google Nexus devices. And starting Android 4.4 KitKat, Google removes the ability to write files to MicroSD card. So your newly installed applications are stuck with internal storage. No worry, SDFix is able to help to solve this issue. So your Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 will be working fine as before. However, root access is required.
Download official Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Galaxy Note 3
Yeah… Samsung is always the fastest manufacturer to release latest Android version on their devices. Of course, we don’t count Google Nexus devices here. Yes, Galaxy Note 3 users can enjoy latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat now. As usual, Europe region ~ Poland is the one that get it first ~ N9005XXUENA6 firmware. Other country will get it sooner or later…
Poland users, you can start to use Samsung Kies or OTA to get this update. Others, give Samsung some time to arrive to your country. One month or two…