HTC One X Jelly Bean update hits O2 as percentage grows
One of the biggest criticisms levelled at the Android platform is the amount of different versions of the operating system that are in use, and the time it takes carriers and manufacturers to rollout the various updates. Some are guiltier than others for releasing new firmware updates, but today we have news of an O2 HTC One X Jelly Bean update as the percentage of devices running on the software grows.
The HTC One X Android Jelly Bean update first broke cover back in November but the rollout to all users has been a painfully slow one, with some UK users receiving the firmware update later in December. Now according to the Android Authority the update has begun arriving for users of the O2 network in the UK.
Back in December owners of HTC’s flagship smartphone on the carrier thought the update would be arriving on their handsets, only to be met with problems that caused the carrier to halt the release of the firmware. Now though everything seems to be ok again and the firmware update is arriving on customers handsets, and if you have yet to receive a notification for the software update you can manually check via Settings, About, and Software Update option.
Only last month the HTC One S also started to receive the Jelly Bean software, which seems to be a growing trend for the platform as more hardware is being treated to the later firmware at last. According to Google Android Jelly Bean is now sitting on 10.2 percent of hardware on the platform, which comes from data collected during a fourteen day period ending on January 3rd, 2013.
This compares to a figure of only 6.7 percent during the same period the previous month, and back in October Jelly Bean was only being used on 2.7 percent of hardware running the Android platform. This news comes after we told you earlier that Android and Samsung are still dominating the smartphone market in the US beating Apple into second place.
HTC hasn’t got the best record with regards of updating its hardware to later versions of the Android operating system, as previously flagship smartphones are seemingly abandoned sticking with ageing versions of the OS. This can certainly be said about the HTC Desire HD that was originally promised to be treated to Ice Cream Sandwich only to be left on Gingerbread, which comes after many users rooted the device to run the software without any issues.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread is still the most widely used version of Android being used, and accounts for almost 48 percent but hasn’t seen any updates for over a year now. We are probably only a few months away now from seeing the next major update to Android that is being tipped to be called Key Lime Pie, which will further add to the confusion regarding Android updates.
Has your handset got Android Jelly Bean yet?
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12 thoughts on “HTC One X Jelly Bean update hits O2 as percentage grows”
nope and i got an htc one x
I did and am I sorry. I have the one x on O2 in Ireland and after the upgrade I can no longer get the phone to communicate with my PC which it did without difficulty prior to the upgrade. I only wish that I could revert to the original Android 4.0 from this 4.1.1 version
No update for the One X on AT&T. Not surprising though.
Yeah this wait is ridiculous.
no update for htc one s in canada yet
no update for HTC One S yet in Nigeria
My next phone will be the Nexus 5. That way my OS won’t be 6 months out-of-date.
I got jelly bean about two weeks ago and a further update today and I live in the ass of nowhere
Just got Jelly Bean updated on my One X today in Aus. I want to go back to the older version.. my WiFi has stopped working.. and they have changed around some buttons on the keyboard which now I have to get use to all over again. Stupid update if you ask me!!
Once again an update sucks. New keyboard buttons, changed the colors and backgrounds are no linger black. Very disappointing.
I am very sure that I am not going to get another phone from HTC. I have the one x in the US and I still haven’t gotten it like many others. If the don’t fulfill their promise completely and give it to everyone, which I’m pretty sure is impossible because they already gave it to other countries, then I would be really mad at these guys. Im not sure if should blame att or HTC. They’re taking about a new update, Key Like pie, coming out in a few months and they still haven’t even given jelly bean to everyone.
Any update for Desire X? It has enough RAM.