Why did it take longer to push out an unlocked
update over the carrier branded variants?
Not exact matches
Update 6/7/2017: The Best Baby
Carriers of 2017 Ergobaby has really come a long way
over the past few years!
And personally I think there's an agreement between Google, the manufacturers and
carriers that no one will go rogue, offering free Android
updates (
over the life of your contract term, for example).
Despite having been officially announced back on June 2nd, Canadian
carriers have sort of lagged in officially rolling out the BlackBerry OS 10.3.2
update to customers but it looks as though the wait is finally
over for the most part.
But it will be interesting to see how
updates go with the HTC One S. Samsung fumbled a bit with their Gingerbread
updates to the Galaxy S line, but they got it out eventually, and at least one other US
carrier brought it
over, so now T - Mobile starts to look especially bad there.
The
carrier announced
over twitter the
update was coming, in a message that reads «Android 2.2
update for HTC Desire available on 23 August.»
Cell phone
carriers have not relesed it yet as an
over the air
update.
According to screen caps taken from internal Verizon
update documentation, the Thunderbolt will be the first
carrier supported Android smartphone to feature Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, the first Gingerbread version to feature support for Google Talk with Video support for two - way video chat
over 4G service.
UPDATE: T - Mobile has confirmed that with the update to iOS 11.3 and Carrier Bundle 32, iPhones will prefer LTE over Wi - Fi ca
UPDATE: T - Mobile has confirmed that with the
update to iOS 11.3 and Carrier Bundle 32, iPhones will prefer LTE over Wi - Fi ca
update to iOS 11.3 and
Carrier Bundle 32, iPhones will prefer LTE
over Wi - Fi calling.
Over the past few weeks all major
carriers in the United States have released the Android 5.0 Lollipop
update for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, wit...
It has been
over a year since the
carrier released a new
update for either device.
Totally valid — the issue of
carrier control
over Android
updates is still an issue and will be until that changes.
I can count on one hand how many times I have
updated my phone to my
carriers latest OS
over the latest overall but still a nice touch by RIM.
HTC «developing a simple process» for
update over a wire Reason number 101 why making a «special» version of a phone for a
carrier can be a bad idea — the Sprint EVO 4G LTE doesn't have a large enough partition to extract the OTA for the Android 4.3
update that was aimed for sometime this month.
For all those of you out there waiting for an official OS release of 7.1 to show up on Verizon, your wait is nearly
over and the
carrier is set to
update your Blackberry handset as well.
As expected from an OTA release, the software
updates at hand are distributed gradually by their respective
carriers, which means that availability will continue to expand
over the next days.
The
update comes in at just
over 1.3 GB and brings all of the new features that are included in Android 8.0 Oreo with none of the
carrier bloatware.
Hooking up to Smart Switch can get you an
update quicker, though, in cases where your
carrier is slowly rolling out an
update over the air (OTA) or the
update checker on your phone for whatever reason won't download an
update.
Timely
updates give the Pixel XL a leg up
over the competition, as
carriers and manufacturers are typically slow in issuing
updates.
North American
carriers have also been actively rolling out the Oreo
update to Samsung's flagship devices, and
over the last weekend, AT&T started pushing out Oreo to the Galaxy S8 Active, bringing the total count of Samsung devices to have received the latest version of Android to three (four, if we count the Galaxy S8 + as a separate device).
The
update has been pushing to devices
over the past year and you may be delayed in getting it because some networks and
carriers will be issuing the
update later than others.
It's been just
over six months since Microsoft started the rollout for its Lumia Denim
update on its many Lumia smartphones, but many US
carriers still have not provided the
update for their Lumia devices
Last week, that rollout finally expanded to the United States with the Verizon variant, and
over the weekend two more
carriers started pushing out that same
update...
The American
carrier has just started rolling out the new Android 7.0 Nougat OTA
update to the 2015 flagship
over the air.
For instance, the
update process in an Android powered phone is something that Google has no control
over, they just finalize the
update after which it is at the sole discretion of the OEM or the
carriers on when and how to push the
update.
The three major
carriers in South Korea are pushing out the
update as we write this, and users can grab it off Samsung Kies,
over the air, and also through our firmware section.
It has been
over a year since the
carrier released a new
update for either device.
Samsung, through a post on its official community forums, revealed that it is currently working with
carriers to roll out the Android 8.0 Oreo
update for the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8 +, and Galaxy Note 8
over the next two to three weeks.
For all of the features and benefits that Android affords, the mobile OS has been plagued by fragmentation
over the years as handset makers and wireless
carriers more often than not take their sweet time in rolling out
updates.
The
carrier updated the Galaxy S4's support page and notes that the OTA (
over the air)
update is rolling out in stages and could take up to several days before Galaxy S4 users are notified.
Windsor thinks Google may soon take
over the distributions of Android
updates and security patches because handset makers and cellular
carriers aren't doing a good job of it.
It comes well
over a month after the top four US
carriers started rolling out the same
update to their versions of the same phones.
This
update will be made available to customers via the Firmware
Over the Air (FOTA) using Wi - Fi,» notes the
carrier's changelog.
UPDATE:
Over on Seoul Space, Erik Cornelius has a post about
carriers raising prices for their data plans.
Unlike the Apple iPhone or Google Pixel, most major Android version
updates roll out
over an extended period of time after
carrier testing and release.