New Android users are often disappointed to discover that their shiny new smartphone won’t get any updates – or worse, that it was running old software from the moment they bought it.
Android phones use a wide variety of different hardware. Some phones are made to be super-cheap, Some are “flagship” phones with more advanced hardware.
To make Android work on their hardware, device manufacturers must write Android device drivers for their hardware. These are often closed-source, so device manufacturers have to update them on their own. Google can’t just release a new version of Android that works on all devices – manufacturers have to update the drivers to work with newer versions of Android.
When a new version of Android is released, OEMS have to port their stock software and tweaks to the latest version. In some cases, the stock software is incompatible. For example, Samsung never updated the original Galaxy S to Android 4.0 – Samsung said that the phone did not have enough RAM to run TouchWiz and Android 4.0 at the same time. While many cried out for Samsung to drop TouchWiz on the Galaxy S, Samsung refused – Galaxy S owners are either using Android 2.3 or a community-developed ROM like CyanogenMod.
Android OEMs and carriers often aren’t very interested in updating devices after they’re released. With the large amount of models being released, there’s no incentive to put a lot of work into updating an older model that’s been replaced by a newer one. OEMs and carriers also want to encourage you to buy newer devices, anyway.
So there u have it, blame it on your device manufacturers and carriers for gold digging into your tiny wallet
And explains why flagships and some midrange gadgets from few manufacturers are updated more frequently. Xperias, Samsungs, HTCs, LGs, Nexuses One Pluses and others of the same class receive more updates than other manufacturers’ android gadgets. Infinix wanajaribu. Others are just hopeless…like Blu, Itel and other entry level gadgets.
Others have zero developer support, so they don’t get custom roms. Cyanogen huokolea sana.
The Nexus has ALWAYS been the best android phone. Runs on stock android and you get all android updates as soon as they are released. No bloatware ya irrelevant apps and heavy UI.
Now that google has ditched Nexus to produce Pixel. Let’s see what they come with and whether it is good enough to compete with the other flagships
My Tecno C7 is so unstable with the media player I’ve installed, vlc, Hebu advice before nianze kwenda kudai simu ingine.Just a week old. It’s proving to be headache.
Ai mboss hapa umedanganya. Hardware drivers oems don’t makw them. Kama simu iko na snapdragon processor for example, snapdragon will make it’s drivers for that . That’s why snapdragon not releasing snapdragon 801 drivers imefanya Sony not to release nougat for Xperia Z3. And not only sony but other oems too with Snapdragon 801.
Android one are the cheap phones. Android one was a program started by Google by partnering with other oems to make cheap phones with stock android and quick updates just like Nexus device. Like in Kenya they patnered with Infinix