Sony Xperia S, Xperia Ion
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Sony Android 4.1 Jelly Bean now available for Sony Xperia S, Xperia Ion and Xperia SL

Sony today released an update version of Android i-e Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for its handsets. It also mentioned the handsets that won’t be upgraded beyond Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Astonishingly Sony said that its handsets Xperia Miro, Xperia U, Xperia Sola and Xperia Tipo won’t be upgraded to latest version and at best can have Android 4.0.

Sony Xperia S, Xperia Ion

Although the abovementioned list of handsets do not have high price tags but it is a disappointing news for users of all these handsets.

However for owners of high end phones like Sony Xperia S, Xperia Ion and Xperia SL the it is a good news as they can upgrade to latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.Other sony models will company after release of update for them in Feb and March of next year.These sets includes Xperia T, Xperia V and Xperia TX.

Samsung SIII exploit
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Samsung Galaxy S III hit by new Android malware exploit

Alephzain of XDA Developers claims that they have discovered vulnerability in a number of Samsung devices that can gives access to physical memory of these devices. The potential flaw hackers can completely wipe out Samsung devices data or get access to complete data using different tools.

Samsung SIII exploit

The first device which was subjected to test by Alephzain was Samsung Galaxy S III and he found flaws in it. He says that flaw also exists in other Samsung devices like Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note II and the Meizu MX. He also hinted that other potential devices with flaw are those that feature Samsung kernel or an Exynos processor (4210 & 4412).

So far Samsung has issued no official statement on this critical security vulnerability. However the flaw has already being exploited. A moderator called Chainfire has already created an APK file using Alephzain’s exploit to gain root access on any Exynos4-based device.

The post shows a list of following compatible Samsung devices
Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300
Verizon Galaxy Note 2 SCH-I605 (with locked boot-loaders)
Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8010.