Don’t wait for your mobile network to
eventually get around to pushing an
upgrade to Android 4.3 – you can
take matters into your own hands!
There are various online resources
offering ROMs based on Android 4.3
(also known as Jelly Bean), and all
you need to do is search, confirm
that there is a suitable ROM for your
device and download the file. As long
as you have an Android phone or
tablet with root access and an
unlocked bootloader, you’ll be able to
install a ROM based on Android 4.3.
The best place to check is
XDA-developers.com, where you will
find ROMs that can be installed on a
wide selection of current and older
phones using tools such as
ClockworkMod Recovery and TWRP.
CyanogenMod 10.2 is the most
common Android 4.3 ROM, and is the
latest version from the
CyanogenMod team that has been
building alternative ROMs since
Android Gingerbread. It supports the
widest number of devices, and often
gets ported to less popular handsets
as well, bringing easy updates to the
widest number of users.