Handset updates - 12 October

[CraigR]

 HI all,

Once again things are very busy so another short update this week:

• The HTC EVO 3D ICS update is approved and HTC have commenced deployment of the update

• Samsung have delayed the Galaxy Nexus Android Jelly Bean update submission until late October

• Samsung have delayed the Galaxy S 3 Android Jelly Bean update submission until late October

• Samsung have delayed the second round of firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S2 4G. It is now expected 19 October.

• HTC have given high level timings for the HTC One S Jelly Bean update

That’s all for this week.

Update status for this week*:

Handset	Update	Status	Expected test rounds	Expected approval date	Expected customer availability date	Notes
HTC EVO 3D	Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ update	Now available	3	8/10/2012	12/10/2012	Now deploying
LG Optimus L3	Bugfix update only	Now available	1	3/09/2012	17/09/2012	Now deploying
HTC One XL	Android 4.0.4 update	Now available	1	2/10/2012	3/10/2012	Now deploying
Samsung Galaxy S 3	Bugfix update only	Now available	1	26/09/2012	27/09/2012	Now deploying
Sony Xperia P	Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ update	Now available	2	5/09/2012	17/09/2012	Now available as an "Over The Air" update and via "PC Companion" software
Nokia N8	PR 3.1 "Belle Refresh"	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Update received and in test
Samsung Galaxy S2 4G	Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ update	Waiting for second FW submission	2	5/11/2012	19/11/2012	Samsung have delayed the second software submission until 19 October
Samsung Galaxy Nexus	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	November	TBC	Samsung is preparing an update but has slipped the test submission. Current estimate for submission is 26 October. Customer availability dates TBC
HTC One XL	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	TBC	TBC	HTC is preparing a submission for late October, Customer availability expected before end-2012
HTC One S	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	TBC	TBC	HTC is preparing a submission for late October, Customer availability expected before end-2012
HTC Desire S	Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	TBC	TBC	HTC is preparing an update but is yet to confirm the date it will be submitted for Telstra testing.
Samsung Galaxy S3	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	November	TBC	Samsung is preparing an update but has slipped the test submission. Current estimate for submission is 19 October. Customer availability dates TBC

* - Although accurate at time of publishing these dates are subject to change.

[dunners]

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CraigR wrote:

Samsung have delayed the Galaxy S 3 Android Jelly Bean update submission until late October

Samsung have delayed the second round of firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S2 4G. It is now expected 19 October.

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Some people are really not gonna be happy. 

Thanks for keeping us upto date Craig, I really appreciate it

[i_r_humungeous]

S2 4G update delayed again, I am not surprised.

[haydencoonan]

Wow.. Teach me for trying to stay technologically ahead of the curve.. And trusting that Samsung would do the right thing by its consumers! grrrr!

[No_Underscore]

Hey Craig, 

Thanks for the update, sad news for the NExus adn SGS3, but yeah...

Cheers for updating the "Expected approval date", makes things a bit clearer now with a distinction between the submission and approval.

Keep it up

[Aydan_H]

C'mon samsung. you have released the firmware for the unlocked s iii, how much harder is it to install a few things for telstra and give it to them to test?

[fox]

evo 3d update..... yay finally

[Waz]

Don't get to excited. My EVO has been constantly restarting since i upgraded a couple of hours ago!!

[peterdeg]

1.5 hours to download (over home network/wireless) and 30 - 40 minutes to actually install.

No problems so far. No rebooting.

Ran Antutu benchmark before and after:

G'bread -> ICS
cpu 2375 -> 2476 (4.3%)
ram 710 -> 1080 (52.1%)
gpu 1517 -> 1528 (0.7%)
i/o 482 -> 556 (15.4%)
total 5084 -> 5640 (10.9%)

[Bomples]

Really disappointed about the Galaxy Nexus delay, I just don't understand why? (or why it's been delayed longer then the S3) it's not like Samsung need to add TouchWiz to it or modify it that much...it's the same device as the one directly supported by Google and that image has been out for months now. Not to mention it's been rumoured Android 4.2 "Key Lime Pie" is expected to touch down as soon as next month (with a new Nexus phone)...very poor show for a Nexus device and I can see why Google have ditched Samsung for LG. 

I know it's not Telstra's fault, not much they can do if Samsung can't get their act together and push out the firmware. I hope Google learnt from this and the new Nexus is Google supported only to avoid this fragmentation issue within the same model range..

EDIT: Nevermind the Android 4.2 thing, apparently that was hoax and completely false. Opps, my bad.

[fox]

my evo is running better than ever, may i suggest turning phone off taking out battery pressing on button (with no battery installed) put battery in and reboot, it allways seems to fix any issues i have. ive also noticed the camera quality is better 

[waiwai]

S2 delayed, is this the 4th time?

[BeePee]

Yes I too am frustrated by this. So when can we expect the Jelly Bean update ?
You can see why some people just buy a unlocked phone without all the Telstra Bloatware. I have !
If ever the JB update ever arrives wake me up. I have ditched the S24G for now, other phones out there which match it now. You really dropped the ball on this one Telstra and Samsung.

[Ben_F]

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BeePee wrote:
If ever the JB update ever arrives wake me up. I have ditched the S24G for now, other phones out there which match it now. You really dropped the ball on this one Telstra and Samsung.

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Fixed it for you.