Handset updates - 19 January 2013

[CraigR]

Hi all,

A very quick update this week. Unfortunately we are still investigating the issue identified with the Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean update. We hope to have more information early week commencing 21 January. Apart from that the status of each of the updates is in the table below. There is not a great deal of change as the test team have only just come back on board after the holiday break.

Update status for this week*:

Handset	Update	Status	Expected test rounds	Expected approval date	Expected customer availability date	Notes
Samsung Galaxy Nexus	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Test submission received and currently in test. Unfortunately a potentially serious issue has been identified which is still under investigation. Approval and deployment dates are now "TBC".
HTC One XL	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Now available	1	24/12/2012	24/12/2013	Now deploying as a FOTA update
HTC One S	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Waiting for initial vendor submission	2	TBC	TBC	HTC have delayed the submission of this update until early 2013.
Samsung Galaxy S3	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Now available	2	19/12/2012	19/12/2012	Now deploying as a FOTA update and via the "Kies" desktop software
Motorola RAZR M	Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update	Second round testing	2	28/01/2013	8/02/2013	Test submission received and currently in test
Nokia Lumia 920	Windows Phone GDR1 update	First round testing	1	21/01/2013	TBC	Expected within 10 business days from approval
HTC 8X	Windows Phone GDR1 update	First round testing	1	29/01/2013	TBC	Expected within 10 business days from approval
Nokia Lumia 800	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	21/01/2013	31/01/2013
Nokia Lumia 610	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Approval/deployment dates not locked down yet. Expected to be available late February/early March
HTC Titan 4G	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Approval/deployment dates not locked down yet. Expected to be available late February/early March
HTC 7 Mozart	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Approval/deployment dates not locked down yet. Expected to be available late February/early March
HTC HD7	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Approval/deployment dates not locked down yet. Expected to be available late February/early March
Samsung Omnia W	Windows Phone 7.8 update	First round testing	1	TBC	TBC	Approval/deployment dates not locked down yet. Expected to be available late February/early March

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

[Ben_F]

Better late then never, thanks Craig

[Duradel]

Been waiting on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean update for too long. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

[longjohn1987]

Yay, been waiting for some news on the Lumia 920, I am assuming that this update is the "portico" update everyone is talking about?

[Ben_F]

@duradel I agree it's a long time coming, however it seems that Samsung just don't care about getting it right :-(

[Bomples]

I'm curious to what this issue is they found in the Galaxy Nexus 4.1 update, it's obviously serious because Optus have also halted their testing too because of it. However, Vodafone found no problems and pushed the update out (far as I can tell, correct me if I'm wrong). CraigR, can you give us anything on what this issue is?

[LadyX]

Thank you, sounds good to me.

[harold_257]

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Bomples wrote:

I'm curious to what this issue is they found in the Galaxy Nexus 4.1 update, it's obviously serious because Optus have also halted their testing too because of it. However, Vodafone found no problems and pushed the update out (far as I can tell, correct me if I'm wrong). CraigR, can you give us anything on what this issue is?

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i've had a look on the vodafone forums and they have approved the update and just waiting to google to roll out the update to their customers, maybe its been held up with the same issue

[Ben_F]

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Bomples wrote:

I'm curious to what this issue is they found in the Galaxy Nexus 4.1 update, it's obviously serious because Optus have also halted their testing too because of it. However, Vodafone found no problems and pushed the update out (far as I can tell, correct me if I'm wrong). CraigR, can you give us anything on what this issue is?

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To the best of my knowledge, that information would be commercial in confidence and can't be disclosed

B.

[Muithe]

Not testing an S2 3G JB build yet? Disappointed.

[Builty]

Any news on the fix for the "sudden death" critical issue on Galaxy S3?

Fix has rolled out for generic Australian devices already and many EU territories. Samsung seem to be pushing it out quickly to stem the flow of warranty failures.

The most popular handset with the most serious bug should be priority number 1.

If you guys are going to persist with carrier branding devices then you need to step up and provide high speed releases for critcial issues. Better still save yourselves and everyone else the trouble and just leave it unmodified and provide your "value-added" stuff via App download.

[Froggers]

And the usual blame will be thrown at Samsung, BUT, Samsung have be up front and have released the fix that could be sent out for Telstra branded handsets, but as usual they will be weeks if not months behind while the units keep falling over like flies.

Cut the crap bloat you shove on your handsets Telstra and for once do the right thing by your customers.

[rishigarg]

I noticed that in your latest handset update it says that the update it now available for Samsung GAlaxy s3. However when i connected it to kies desktop it said no update available. i also checked the FOTA option but that said the same thing. 

help please?

[Lhii]

Craig

4.1 has been released for a while now for the Samsung galaxy 3. When will 4.1.2 be available? I notice that it has been released for a week on other network providers.

Cheers