Ever since Google pushed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), there has been a host of quickly put together ROMs for popular devices. Smartphones like the Galaxy S III, One X and tablets like the original ASUS Transformer and Kindle Fire all have one or more Android 4.1 Jelly Bean based custom ROMs available for those who want to get a taste of the new OS.
Now the latest reports state that the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 have received Jelly Bean. Each device actually has two ROMs available for it. The report has been put together by development forum XDA Developers in the form of threads posted by the developers themselves.
As per them, each Galaxy Tab – the 8.9 and the original 10.1 – has received two Jelly Bean ROMs. Whereas one is based on AOSP, the other one involves CyanogenMod 10.
It further states that while the former is the purest form of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the latter is the same Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but with some modifications on top that are aimed to enhance Jelly Bean’s own feature set.
Every ROM has a somewhat different list of features that are working and non-working. While on the Galaxy Tab 8.9, the AOSP ROM is quite stable, CyanogenMod 10 is more stable on the Galaxy Tab 10.1. However, note that these ROMs haven’t really received a good amount of development time, so they are not yet up to the mark of what the final official Jelly Bean will be like for the tablets. Nonetheless, all eyes will be on Samsung as to when they decide to push the update.
But if you are among the adventurous sorts, you can pick between the ROMs, keeping in mind what’s working and what’s not, and, of course, download. You will find the download links below.
Galaxy Tab 8.9 – AOSP, CyanogenMod 10
Galaxy Tab 10.1 – AOSP, CyanogenMod 10
