The latest iteration of the world's most popular mobile operating system brings a significant number of new features and enhancements. Android 9.0 Pie aims to rid all of us of addiction to smartphones, gives new emotions from interaction with the device and reorganizes its management.
What's new?
The full name of Android 9.0 was revealed on August 6, 2018. Many expected the new operating system to be called Pistachio (pistachio), but Google has traditionally preferred a sweeter product. Let's see what the operating system has prepared for us and which phones will soon be updated to it.
Updated appearance in the style of Material Design 2
Perhaps the first thing that catches your eye is the new typeface. This is Google Sans, which replaced the familiar Roboto. We will see it not only in the system, but also in other products of the company. It looks interesting, it has a creative approach, which corresponds to the concept of the "Corporation of Good".
In connection with the advent of large-format phones with rounded edges of the display, smoothness is in trend. iOS and Android actively use it in all developments so that the content looks more concise on new screens. In Pie, dialog boxes, the app drawer, the notification shade are all rounded. The Google Assistant and the search engine itself now also have smoothed, highlighted white cards.
In Android Pie, the black and white themes have been improved, which recolor the system, launcher, some programs and system settings. You can assign them manually or make an auto-selection based on the wallpaper. The settings themselves have also been transformed, now the icons are colored, the categories are even better ordered. Above is a large search field in the form of an elongated oval.
New curtain and its contents
In Android Pie, the clock icon has moved from the far right of the screen to the far left. This is not the most important innovation, but it was made for the sake of "monobrows". And yes, there is native support for cutouts.
In the curtain, now you can not only quickly respond to messages, but also conduct a full-fledged dialogue there, view attachments. Android Pie has AI-generated responses similar to those observed in Gmail (the question is how it will work in Russian). There is a feature to save unsent messages, so if you collapse something without adding a response, you can continue editing later.
The interaction of the quick settings field with the notification platform has been conveniently implemented. When you expand the first panel, the second one shrinks completely, and vice versa. On large, widescreen matrices, this is convenient. Annoyed by the transfer of the settings icon from the top of the quick settings to the very bottom. Now, to click on it, you need to perform an extra action - fully expand the curtain.
The interface looks great, the little blue round icons on a white background are beautiful. The volume control panel has also been updated, it is now in the form of a tile, pops up from the side of the volume rocker and has additional keys for changing sound modes and going to settings. By default, only the volume of multimedia is adjusted, not system sounds and calls.
Significantly increased autonomy, speed and smoothness
The best part about the new version is the animations. They are the perfect symbiosis of the smoothness of iOS and the speed, movability of all Android objects. The smoothness of the system has increased significantly (without exaggeration). It just needs to be felt. Collapsing popups, transitions - everything looks amazing, there were no lags even on the Developer Preview. As animations, now not just fading, but nice expanding and collapsing effects that help you understand where the notification came from or where the program shortcut is located.
The speed of work, but rather, even responsiveness also pleased. Return to the desktop, any touches to the display are immediately processed. There are no delays in the system, application launch is much faster. Multitasking also works great.
Android Pie brings improvements to autofill, which allows apps to remember and automatically fill in usernames and passwords when you sign in again. Added native support for two cameras.
Google continues to improve autonomy by suppressing processes running in the background. In addition to the limitations we've seen in previous versions, Pie cuts down on apps' ability to get information from sensors while they're in the background. They can no longer access the microphone or the camera.
Thanks to the new tracking system for rarely used programs, the developers promise a 30% increase in life time from a single charge. In the area of security, users can still look forward to improved encryption for backups and other fixes.
Fighting smartphone addiction
This year, there has been growing concern about screening (phone screen) addiction, which has social and health consequences for the person who spends too much time in front of the screen. In response, the corporation launched the Digital Wellbeing tool, giving people more information about how they use their devices.
The new Shush option will work for apps like Do Not Disturb does for notifications. App Timer will allow you to set restrictions on certain programs. That is, it will turn out to set a limit on the time that you can spend in them.
Another impressive feature is Wind Down. It allows you to set the time range in which you want to use your phone less. During the specified period, the device will operate in black and white mode. This is a powerful visual cue to take a break. It also removes the strongest and most attractive part of smartphones: bright colors and visuals.
Apple already demonstrated the answer to the screen addiction tool in the iOS 12 beta. It's hard to compare solutions because Google didn't include their tools in the iOS preview, but they clearly use similar features to achieve similar goals.
Redesigned multitasking and new gestures
Just as Apple got rid of the home button on the iPhone X, Android Pie does away with the familiar on-screen keys in favor of a new gesture system. Instead of three icons, you now have one elongated, multifunctional Home button at the bottom center of the screen, as well as a back key located on the left.
Here's what you can do with gestures.
- Swipe up on the central button opens the recent applications panel.
- Another such gesture brings up a list of installed programs.
- Holding "Home" brings up Google Assistant.
- Right swipe is analogous to Alt + Tab on PC, it launches the previous app.
- If you move the home key left and right in multitasking, you can quickly switch between applications.
- A single tap on an oblong button still throws it to the desktop.
- Pressing "Back" works as before.
Insanely convenient ability to access programs from anywhere in the system. At first it is so unusual, but after an hour of use you do not understand how you lived without it. Pictures of minimized programs in the recent list are now interactive. You can select text from them, and holding on their icon will launch a menu where you can go to the program settings or start splitting the screen. Shortcuts have appeared in the menu of all programs, which so far look like the most useless thing.
Note that Google Assistant spoke in Russian, but it does not have such a wide range of functions as the English version. It still looks like Google Now. Although he understands the context, he has not yet learned how to execute complex commands and answer several questions at the same time.
The tiles of recent apps are now horizontal, as in MIUI 9. Below is a search bar from Google, as well as the five most popular apps, which are duplicated in the list of all programs.
If you don't like auto-rotation of the screen, a new feature will help. Now, if you move your smartphone to a horizontal position, an icon will pop up, pressing which will launch the landscape view mode. Convenient for those who rarely turn the phone upside down, and false positives of auto-rotate were annoying.
Gestures, though convenient, but they kill the dignity of elongated screens. What is the point of them if the bottom part is still eaten off by the panel and the content is cut off ... Google should reconsider this and completely remove this element from the workspace. It is very frustrating when Google Photos displays a list of categories at the bottom, and another bar below it. The gesture system in MIUI and OnePlus is much better, it really frees up space there.
List of devices that will receive Android 9.0 Pie
The vast majority of smartphones that will receive the update are flagships and devices released in 2018 and 2017, as well as some older models. The update should come to users within six months, but some devices will receive them much earlier. For now, let's say that if you have a Pixel of the first, second generation or Essential Phone, then you will receive a fresh build any day.
How to install?
An update should come to your phone, which will be displayed in the notification shade or in the update center in the settings. To update, install it via OTA.
For enthusiasts, let's say that the official GSI image of Android 9 Pie can already be downloaded online and installed on any phone that supports Project Treble. The source code of the firmware has also become available, so custom will appear in the near future, and everyone who is familiar with the features of their installation will be able to flash the downloaded archive through custom recovery and try the firmware.
Concluding the review, let's say that the Pie was a success! Compared to Oreo's tatty and less-than-ideal in many ways, this is a much-needed upgrade that improves and makes the mobile experience more enjoyable.
You can watch a video review of Android 9 below.
Installing Android 9.0 Firmware
Now it's even easier to update and install the operating system of your smartphone or tablet to the latest version. Now, to install a new firmware, just download Android 9.0 from our website, follow the instructions from the downloaded archive, download and install the application on your smartphone or tablet with the Android operating system.
To download the firmware for your mobile device, you need to select your device from the list below or by clicking on the link below.
I have a couple of gadgets from Apple in my household, which are not quite fresh, so to speak. But all our needs, with the exception of autonomy, they cover. When it was announced that with the release of the new operating system iOS 9 there would be support for these oldies, I, as a lover of everything new, was undoubtedly delighted. Moreover, as always, improved performance, autonomy and other goodies that the guys from Cupertino love to distribute are announced. But in reality, everything turned out differently.
The iPad on which I mainly read books, subscriptions and social networks has become terribly stupid out of the blue, stumbling on the simplest tasks and draining the battery right before our eyes. Something went wrong with the iPhone 4s too. And, of course, the decision to return to iOS 8.3 came the very next day.
I decided to give the nine another chance, for this I needed to find a little time, check if the backup is in order, if its date is out of date.
You need to reset all settings and content, and start with a clean face. On both devices, this allowed me to significantly revive the system, the battery discharge returned to its previous values. In a word, I am satisfied!
If in your case this option did not bring results and everything is still bad, and iOS 9 cannot live on your device, then there is an opportunity to roll back.
How to rollback from iOS 9 back to 8.3
- Install the latest iTunes, if not yet, then download .
- Temporarily disable Find My iPhone on your device.
- Download iOS 8.3 for your device by clicking one of the buttons below.
- Connect the device to the computer.
- Click on the iPad icon in the top left.
- Then, while holding SHIFT, left-click on "restore iPhone" and select the downloaded distribution.
- The process will start on its own, you just have to wait for completion.
Here are some simple steps that will help you survive an unsuccessful upgrade to iOS 9, or go back to the previous version. I personally stayed on the nine, on a smartphone and tablet, because resetting the settings corrected the situation, and I do not lose hope that the next Apple update will correct the shortcomings.
iOS for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad of all versions in one place: what's new in the latest version of iOS, direct download links for original firmware for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad from Apple servers.
iOS(until June 24, 2010 - iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed and released by the American company Apple. Was released in 2007; originally for iPhone and iPod touch, later for devices such as iPad and Apple TV. Unlike Windows Phone and Google Android, it is released only for devices manufactured by Apple. (Wikipedia)
Information about the latest iOS version
- Version: 9.0
- release date: September 16, 2015
- Compatible devices:
- iPhone 4S, 5, 5s/5c, 6/6 Plus;
- iPad 2, 3, 4, Air;
- iPad Mini, Mini Retina
- iPod Touch 5G.
Download iOS for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad of all versions
All iPhone firmware
Note: There are 3 modifications of the iPhone 4: GSM model, CDMA version (without a SIM card slot), modified GSM version (iPhone 4 Rev A), which was launched in the fall of 2012. 2 models of iPhone 5: "USA only" and "global", differ only in the number of supported 4G (LTE) communication bands. The iPhone model index (letter A and four digits) is engraved on the back of the device.
All iPad Firmware
Note: All versions of iOS for the first generation iPad are universal, they work with both models with 3G and models without a modem. There are four types of firmware for iPad 2: Wi-Fi, GSM, CDMA and Wi-Fi with 16 GB internal (it went on sale in the spring of 2012 simultaneously with the third generation iPad). The third revision of the iPad was not numbered by Apple and was named "The new iPad". 3 types of iOS are available for it: for models with Wi-Fi, for models with a GSM modem, for Verizon models with CDMA support. iPad mini and the fourth generation GSM version of the iPad can be identified by the model number engraved on the back of the device (letter A + four digits).
All iPad Mini firmware
All iPod touch firmware
Hello, today I will tell you how to jailbreak iOS 9.0.. To make it work.
The jailbreak cracks iOS 9, 9.0.1, 9.0.2 and is compatible with the following devices:
iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S;
- iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2;
- iPad mini 4, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2, iPad mini;
- iPod touch 6G, iPod touch 5G.
Those things that are important are marked in red. Please read the entire article to the end before you begin. If this is too difficult for you, then it is better not to try. Do not forget that you do all the actions at your own peril and risk!
And so, detailed instructions:
We prepare the PC
First we need to download the jailbreak program from the site http://pangu8.com install it on desktop without folders 
and download the latest itunes version, if already installed, then update it https://support.apple.com/ru-ru/ht201352
We prepare the phone
Making a backup
If your phone is running an older version of iOS, then we restore it through iTunes up to iOS 9.0.2. If the latest version of iOS is installed, then we create a backup copy and we restore phone through iTunes, like new!) After installing Jailbreak, restore from a backup.
Jailbreak procedure
(If you have anti-virus programs and firewalls installed on your computer, turn them off!)
Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable (use only original cables from Apple, both for firmware update and jailbreak installation)
Wait for the driver to install
unlock the phone and click "trust this computer", on the PC you also need to confirm the trust in the phone
After connecting the phone to the PC, iTunes will automatically open, close it,
Run Pangu Jailbreak as Administrator, which was previously installed. 
After some time, the program will determine the model of your device. After that, click the Start button.
On the page that appears with a warning (I quote verbatim what is written there).
Please read the following notice carefully:
1. Jailbreak can lead to the loss of all data. Please make a backup copy before using the utility (you do everything at your own risk).
2. Please turn on airplane mode to improve speed and successfully jailbreak
3. We offer you a device backup and restore if you have a lot of apps and data installed on your device. 
It's up to everyone to decide, I clicked "Already Backup".
click "Already Backup".
By the way, my program got up to 30% and did something for a long time. Wait for the end, be patient!
The program will install the Pangu and WWDC applications on your device.
The device will reboot and prompt you to re-enable Airplane Mode.
In the process of rebooting, all kinds of windows pop up, close them!
When the hacking scale reaches 75%, the program will ask you to unlock the device and run the Pangu application on it.
The program will request access to the photo gallery - click the "Accept" and "allow" buttons
Wait until the hack scale reaches 100% and the device reboots.
The program will report a successful jailbreak, and a message appeared in the photo (see below) and the device rebooted.
The "Cydia" icon will appear on the start screen of the device. Next, turn off the "aviation" mode and run Cydia and do not touch the device until Cydia completes the installation and the device reboots.
We launch Cydia again and see if everything is in order.
after we need to restart the phone.
After, we restore the phone from a backup.
All is ready! You can install tweaks.
Dear users, if this instruction helped you, please put + or "like";))), I will be very pleased!
If you're the proud owner of an iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 or newer without a jailbreak, there's no reason to stay on iOS 8.4.1. It's time to update your device to the new iOS 9. Owners of the iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and iPad Mini are contraindicated in updating - the new Apple mobile operating system will most likely work on your device much slower and with errors than in earlier versions - iPhone 4s with iOS 8 to that direct confirmation.
Under the cut is information for those who want to update their iPhone, iPad or iPad Mini to iOS 9 correctly.
iOS 9 compatible devices
The new Apple mobile operating system can be installed on:
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 5c
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 4s
- iPad Air 2
- iPad Air
- iPad 4
- iPad 3
- iPad 2
- iPad mini 3
- iPad mini 2
- iPad mini
- iPod touch 5th gen
Let me remind you once again that it is better not to update the iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and iPad Mini on iOS 9, the requirements in the operating system for the hardware of devices have increased. Consequently, they will work much slower, and the battery will discharge faster. It is impossible to roll back the iPhone firmware from the current one to an earlier one - it is guaranteed.
Create a backup
To avoid losing personal information (photos, contacts, notes, reminders, calendars, email account settings) before updating.
Clear your memory
When updating iPhone and iPad through iTunes, you do not need to delete their contents first, this is done automatically.
Create a 6-digit lock password
How to install iOS 9 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes
If you encounter errors during the update process in iTunes, you will find solutions.
How to install iOS 9 on iPhone and iPad "over the air"
Updating iOS over Wi-Fi is easier but takes longer (iOS downloads over Wi-Fi) and is not recommended when migrating between generations of iOS as it often causes device performance issues later on.
If that doesn't stop you:
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