This means it's a very fresh build which has some extra bug fixes than
other older firmwares builds.
Not exact matches
Like any
other old piece of
firmware or software, these
old machines are more vulnerable to hackers.
The
other thing I love is that they also keep updating
firmware for
older devices, too.
In this case an option to keep / re-install
older firmwares without automatic updates would be helpful; — the option to save sideloaded books in the Kobo cloud (something
other companies offer).
However, Intel did announce a production - ready release of the
firmware update for a range of
other older processors: covering: the Arrandale, Clarkdale, Lynnfield, Nehalem, and Westmere series.
On the
other hand, the
older the computer, the smaller the chances to have the serial number embedded into the PC BIOS or the UEFI
firmware, though it goes without saying that it's users of these
older systems the ones that might need to turn to the aforementioned commands.
Old and new Samsung flagship handsets are on today's daily
firmware updates list, but so are
other Samsung smartphones from all ranges.
-
Firmware availability to
older phones - Fragmentation changes (screen resizing)- Miracast updates - New Gallery Visualisation - New APIs regarding animations - Change android default blue to
other preset palette colours - New notification widgets
Here carriers have nothing to do with phones, even Xiaomi and
other OEMs recently rolled out
firmware to enable VoLTE on
older phones.
It would be best for your Nexus 4 to be running the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
firmware build, but you can install it over a custom ROM or
older other different Nexus ROMs.