Canadian Carriers Begin HTC One Updates to Android 4.4.2
The U.S. update was placed on a temporary delay following some “Carrier Certification” that prevented them from making the 90 day deadline that HTC was shooting for. It might be a hit to the carriers and to HTC, but our friends to the north in Canada don’t have to wait any longer.
The Android 4.4.2 OTA update for the HTC One has started rolling out to owners all across the country this morning. Literally, Rogers, Bell, Virgin, TELUS, SaskTel and WIND Mobile are all pushing the update out to their HTC One users. The update weighs in at 585.44MBs, at least for one of the carriers and carries a software version of 4.19.631.9.
If you happen to be one of those lucky owners on any one of those carriers you might want to take a minute to check. To do that you will want a good amount of charge on your device and enough time on a Wi-Fi connection to pick it up. Head into your device Settings –> About Phone –> Software Update. You may or may not have it available yet as these sorts of updates tend to be on scheduled roll outs. So keep your eyes open.
Source & Image: MobileSyrup
US HTC One Misses Scheduled Android 4.4 KitKat Update
While the KitKat update process for the European HTC flagship has already initiated, US based owners will have to wait a little bit longer.
Carrier-banded handsets will not be receiving the update by the end of January, as previously promised by the company. Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC America, announced yesterday that the delay is due to carrier certification, which he hopes won’t take long. In fact he assumes that the whole procedure won’t last longer than a fortnight.
Props to HTC though for giving us some heads up instead of leaving us frustrated and wondering why our handset wasn’t seeded with the actual update.
European readers of AndroidSPIN. Let us know your first impressions of KitKat running on your HTC One. How do you like it so far? Sound off in the comments below.
Source: HTC
HTC: “We’ll miss our self-imposed Android 4.4 target”
HTC president (U.S.) Jason Mackenzie has penned a post on the company’s website advising that the hardware maker will miss its self-imposed target for Android 4.4 KitKat. Initially expected to arrive for the HTC One this week, it appears that the process could take another week or two before it hits the U.S. versions of the handset. As you likely guessed, the delay comes from the carrier certification aspect.
The challenge we gave our teams, in cooperation with our carrier partners, has taught us a lot that will allow us to improve on our upgrade delivery in the future. We remain resolved to provide timely updates and to be transparent about the process and status of our efforts. Supporting our customers is a major priority for us and we thank you for your support of HTC!
We have to give HTC credit for both imposing its own deadline as well as the transparency. There’s nothing worse than waiting without any clue as to what we should expect.
Read the full open letter at HTC’s website.
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Samsung Galaxy Note PRO 12.2 available for pre-order in the UK
We have been hearing rumors about a super-sized Samsung Galaxy tablet for months, until it was finally debuted during CES 2014.
The Note PRO packs a selection of high-end specs including a gigantic 12.2-inch display resolving at 2560×1600, Exynos 5 Octa core processor clocked at 1.9GHz, 3GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of storage with a microSD slot, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a massive 9,500 mAh battery. The device also supports LTE and ships with Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI on top.
For whatever reason, Samsung decided to initially launch the tablet in the UK instead of the US, with more countries to follow. You can pre-order the device from Samsung’s website. It will set you back £649 — around $1074. If you pre-order now you will also be provided with a $99 gamepad for free.
If you’re planning to buy a new tablet you can now pre-order our latest Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 from our e-store http://t.co/sRkHWuoWpD
— Samsung Mobile UK (@SamsungMobileUK) January 28, 2014
In case you are interested head over to Samsung’s e-store and opt for one before it goes out of stock. Let us know if you picked one up in the comments below.
Source: @SamsungMobileUK Twitter
HTC to deliver KitKat to One owners a couple weeks late (updated)
HTC pledged to put KitKat on One handsets in the US 90 days after the newest version of Android’s release, but today, the company revealed that it’s going to miss its target date. While things looked to be on schedule as late as last week — when the company pushed the final software out to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — it appears that certification process is taking longer than expected (HTC One owners outside the US may experience a more timely rollout, namely in the Nordics, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Middle East and North Africa regions). There is a silver lining to be found, however. The delay should only last a week or two according to HTC Americas President Jason Mackenzie, and, of course you can keep an eye on the firm’s Software Update page. That way you One owners will know precisely when you’re able to break off a bit of KitKat for yourselves.
Update: We should mention that the update’s already rolling out to folks in Scandanavia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Middle East and North Africa, with more to come.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, HTC
Source: HTC
Motorola announces multitude of updates, including “KitKat sweetness” for Canada and Australia
Motorola took to its blog yesterday to announce that despite the chilly weather, it’s not preventing its engineers from churning out software updates.
Among the updates are a new “Motorola Gallery”, offering an enhanced UI with faster navigation, a streamlined album drawer and bigger/boulder thumbnails, and an update to “Motorola Migrate,” making it easier to migrate from from an iPhone with the ability to transfer iCloud contacts and calendar events right from the app and not just in the MotoMaker web tool.
The latest version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat is also coming to more devices. Moto started releasing KitKat to the Boost Mobile Moto G in the U.S. and Australia and to the Moto X on Rogers and Fido in Canada.
All this being said, the new Google-owned Moto is definitely keeping its word in delivering timely software updates worldwide.
Please note that while “Motorola Migrate” can be used on any Android smartphone to migrate to a new Moto smartphone, “Motorola Gallery” can only be installed on supported devices, the Moto G and X, and Verizon’s Droid Ultra, Mini and Maxx.
via Motorola
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Android 4.4 for the HTC One Almost Here! Sense 6 Spotted on Graph. – Device Updates
Device Updates is coming at you in this Monday night. We didn’t have much this week. Everyone with an HTC One will be happy to hear that Android 4.4 is right around the corner. We will let you know when carriers start rolling it out.
Device Updates
Android 4.4 for HTC One waint for certification
Other HTC devices show up on update graph as well as Sense 6
Android 4.4 KitKat update for HTC One hits U.S. carrier labs, certification expected next week
HTC took to the Twitterverse Thursday to announce that One owners in the U.S. should be seeing the update to the latest and greatest version of Android soon.
The company said that the final KitKat software has entered carrier labs for final testing and certification is expected next week.
The unlocked, developer and Google Play edition’s of the One have already received the update.
Over at the software update page, it also indicates that the KitKat updates for the AT&T HTC One mini and Sprint and Verizon HTC One max are in the integration phase, the Verizon HTC Droid DNA is in the certification phase and the Virgin Mobile HTC Desire 601 is in the integration phase.
For more information about the KitKat updates, check out the source links below.
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HTC One will get KitKat certification in the US next week
Eighty-four days. That’s how long it’s been since HTC announced its intent to bring Android 4.4 KitKat to all North American versions of the One within 90 days. With just six days left to go on the countdown, HTC just tweeted on its US account that the final software has finally entered the hallowed carrier labs for testing and will be certified (and, we hope, rolled out) sometime next week. Of course, the process is now essentially under the control of individual mobile operators, so let’s hope that they don’t make liars out of HTC — we’ve had Wednesday circled on our Sense calendars for quite some time now.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, HTC, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile
Source: HTC (Twitter)
Android 4.4 KitKat Ready for the US HTC One
HTC One users. Get ready to break yourself a piece of that KitKat bar. Android 4.4 is about ready to be sent out to all HTC One users, on all US carriers. According to HTC’s Twitter page, the Android 4.4 update is ready, but awaiting certification. It shouldn’t take too long to get that certification, so expect the update to start rolling out in the next couple weeks as promised by HTC.
Source: HTC
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