Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. 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 from 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 updatesAmazon began delivering a system update to the Kindle Fire this week, updating the tablet to version 6.2 of its software. It's an OTA update that gets installed automatically. All Amazon will say about the new version is that it provides improvements to the Fire's operation.

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is simply begging to get updated. Once in a while, these mobile gadgets are blessed with upkeep refreshes, bug fixes, customized ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it is simple for a large chunk to get lost within the mix. To verify they do not escape without notice, we've gathered each potential replace, hack, and different miscellaneous tomfoolery from the last week and crammed them into one handy roundup. When you find one thing accessible in your device, please give us a shout attips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

Official Android updatesGuess which phone's finally getting Gingerbread: the HTC Thunderbolt. Yes, we're being serious.

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