I would like to know.
Thanks.
The source code has not even been released yet, how would anybody know the answer to that?
The source code might not be released to the public yet, but I'm sure Google did release it to manufacturers/carriers.
It happens all the time.
No, that's not how AOSP works. The OEMs have exactly the same access to the source code that the public does, no sooner, no later. That is the whole concept behind open source, if the code was handed to anybody before anybody else, it would no longer fit the open source criteria.
so, kitkat has now been released for verizon droid maxx, ultra and mini. when will it be released for droid 4?
How long ago was the DROID 4 originally released for sale to the public?
szztopp wrote:so, kitkat has now been released for verizon droid maxx, ultra and mini. when will it be released for droid 4?
szztopp wrote:
It won't; according to the Motorola Android support page:
DROID 4
This device will remain on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
There was Talk a Few months ago of a new Flip that might come out the Droid 5 I don't know if it is still in the Talks or not but if it does come out, It will have the most recent OS on it which more in likely will be KitKat..
I don't know when it'll happen. I do know this. That phone has more than the required processor (dual core) and more than the required ram (1 gb).
So if it's not updated to 4.4. It's because motorola and/or vzw doesn't want to update it.
Yeah, it doesn't work that way.
It is dependent on the partition size, if the partition is too small, you will never get it.
4.1 partition is much smaller than 4.4
The Motorola Droid 4 has all the necessary specs to receive KitKat. It has 8 GB built in storage (i'd be surprised if the OP has used up all 8 GB), a dual core processor 1200 Mhz, system memory 1024 MB of RAM and 16384 MB ROM.
If the Motorola Droid 4 doesn't get KitKat along with all the other phones that meet the system requirements. It's because the OEM and/or Verizon doesn't want those phones to get it.
As noted above, this phone will remain on Jelly Bean, according to Motorola's web site.
Once again an OEM and/or Wireless Carrier, in this case the OEM, is artificially limiting a phone or phones for no technical reason at all.
The DROID 4 is likely outside of the 18 month software update agreement Google has the OEMs and the carriers.
It seems to happen to a fair piece of phones after being on or off the market my Maxx won't get update that is why after the first of the year I'm moving to the Moto X or and HTC device..
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Ann154 wrote:The DROID 4 is likely outside of the 18 month software update agreement Google has the OEMs and the carriers.
Ann154 wrote:
Agreement?
And those corporations have the nerve to wonder why so many people use the word collusion.
Heretic1989 wrote:Ann154 wrote:The DROID 4 is likely outside of the 18 month software update agreement Google has the OEMs and the carriers. Agreement? And those corporations have the nerve to wonder why so many people use the word collusion.
Heretic1989 wrote:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/10/io-2011-android-alliance-promises-timely-android-os-updates-for-18-months-after-device-launch/
It's not what the corporations say. It's what they do.
Think about it. If they literally meant what they said in that so-called "agreement". Then all phones (including the Droid 4) that meet the system requirements would've received the software updates as soon as the updates came out.
The Moto Droid 4 with 4.0 (ICS) was announced Jan of 2012. It was released Feb of 2012 (per phonearena).
4.1 was pushed out July 2012, 4.2 was pushed out November 2012, and 4.3 was pushed out July 2013.
Yet the phone in question is still on 4.0!
Heretic1989 wrote:It's not what the corporations say. It's what they do. Think about it. If they literally meant what they said in that so-called "agreement". Then all phones (including the Droid 4) that meet the system requirements would've received the software updates as soon as the updates came out. The Moto Droid 4 with 4.0 (ICS) was announced Jan of 2012. It was released Feb of 2012 (per phonearena).4.1 was pushed out July 2012, 4.2 was pushed out November 2012, and 4.3 was pushed out July 2013. Yet the phone in question is still on 4.0!
The most current software version of the Android OS on the DROID 4 is Jelly Bean 4.1.2 not the 4.0 version.
Since the phone was released in Feb 2012, that puts is outside of the 18 month update schedule. Also it was announce with 2.3.5 verion of Android.
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