OS upgrades

Canadian Galaxy Nexus owners start receiving Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Good news for Canadian Galaxy Nexus owners who have patiently been waiting for their Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean upgrades. After last week’s minor update to Android 4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich, users are finally starting to report that they are getting Jelly Bean upgrade notifications. So far, I’ve heard about confirmations from both Fido and TELUS. To check for your upgrade, […]

Samsung Galaxy S III to be upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean starting in October

Samsung confirmed today to CNET UK that it will begin to upgrade its Galaxy S III flagship smartphone to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in October. Confirmation came during an event at which UK-based carrier Everything Everywhere (essentially the merged version of Orange and T-Mobile) announced that the 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy S III would be available with Jelly […]

Canadian Galaxy Nexus gets Android update – Just not Android 4.1

While most Galaxy Nexus owners have already received Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades, Canadian owners of the device have been stuck on version 4.0.1. That looked like it might change today when many received update notifications (including ours). Unfortunately, the update is only taking them all the way from Android 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. The Canadian version of the Galaxy Nexus […]

Motorola to offer US$100 credit for 2011 devices not to be upgraded to Jelly Bean

As first announced yesterday during its event with Verizon, most Motorola Android devices released from 2011 onwards will be upgraded to Jelly Bean. It also promised a US$100 credit for those devices that would not be upgraded due to hardware limitations. If we don’t upgrade your phone to Jelly Bean, we don’t want you to miss out. Buy a select […]

IFA 2012: Android 4.1 coming “very soon” to Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1

During its IFA 2012 UNPACKED event, Samsung briefly touched upon upcoming Android 4.1 upgrades for some of its existing devices. It confirmed that both the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 would be upgraded “very soon.” Not mentioned but also present on the background slide that accompanied the announcement was the original Galaxy Note. Samsung did not provide any […]

Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1.1 upgrade rollout to start at end of August?

The rollout of the Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1.1 upgrade could start as early as the end of this month. Just last week, SamMobile indicated that Samsung was readying the public version of the upgrade. It now reports that the rollout could begin as early as the end of this month both OTA as well as through KIES. Carrier-specific […]