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this episode of technobuffalo is brought to you by netflix welcome back to another episode of renter's ransom your host Jon regice the show where I rant and rave on anything from the white with the technology and sometimes a little bit outside so up this week we're going to talk about Android updates for your phones the processes that carriers have to go through to get updates on them and why your shiny new Samsung HTC LG phone doesn't have the latest version of Android and you are super sad face this is right in jerz rants let's go and get started so one of them were popular questions I get is when is my ex phone gonna get the latest version of Android so let me walk you through the process a little bit first stop complaining if you bought your phone unlocked meaning you bought it from a third party you bought it not from the carrier themselves you went to an unlocked retailer site you bought it from the back of truck however you got your phone if it's not through a carrier then you might be in luck you might just get newer version of Android the only barrier between Google and your phone in that case is the manufacturer that phone let's just say HTC for example because that was the first thing that popped into my head Google puts out a new version of Android they see the code out to everybody usually developers get the code the same day that it's released from Google's its developers that's manufacturers everybody usually gets that code on the same day so I get a week or two they get the code that tested out the latest skin and they can push it out to you in theory that's how it would work and then you get android 4.2 and you'd be super happy and i'll be okay with the world but that is not the way the world works there are skins on these phones first of all which have to be checked for compatibilities they gotta run through that phase they got to check for features to make sure they're not counteracting each other they got to go through and do QA which stands for quality assurance make sure every spec and every feature works the new version of Android which takes quite a long time once they do that then they'll push it out to your phone but also it's a question of whether or not it's worth the money for them they got to go through and test all these things that takes a lot of man-hours a lot of computer hours and has a huge cost so your two-year-old phone they probably not gotta see if it works forgot maybe a four or five month old phone them yeah they might test it then your only barrier to gain latest version of Android is just that or they're not the manufacturer wants to spend the money and if they do then boom Andrey on your phone everybody's happy you're not sad you're not emailing your friendly local tech journalist sank John why is your fault that my HTC whatever didn't get Jay balls well now you know why but then you throw in the carriers or most people get the phone so go to a store assign it to your contract and they get a phone and then things get even fishier and longer you can appreciate why you're not getting latest version on your phone so after the manufacturer goes to in tests all those things spend a bajillion dollars to test it then has to go to the carrier just use AT&T cuz that popped into my head AT&T has got to say okay we got to test that on our airwaves maybe there's a line of code that's not going to play nicely with the LTE to hspa+ transition or they just be a plus transition to edge they got to test all those things to make sure you get a seamless experience as possible on their network and that takes time and that takes money and that actually takes a lot of time the process for certification can generally take anywhere from four weeks to six weeks and sometimes even up to two months when you throw that into the mix and all those times is very well to people saying not worth the money so you're not get the update to your phone when it just takes longer and longer and longer so should you complain to the manufacturers nope probably not she complained your carriers no probably not you want to go to Google though should be the focus to complain to if Google want to make this easier for everybody they could possibly release the code earlier than their announcements or this is just something crazy maybe stop releasing new versions every three months it might make life easier for everybody stop it too many versions of Android let people enjoy their latest stuff for like a day before a new dessert comes out that might make people happy might make me happy all I might be sagged then you don't get cool features but people are gonna stop complaining and if they stop complaining about that i'm sure they find something else to start complaining about cuz there's so much to complain about complaining about the fiscal cliff complain about wars all around the world famine people starving inflation stagflation other things that end inflation inflation balloons are blowing up everywhere there's a lot of stuff to worry about whether or not your phone's going to get the latest version of Android so stop it stop complaining if you want to make sure your phone good latest version of Android for the next couple months buy a nexus phone I'm saying it again by a Nexus device and stop complaining honestly the bulk of emails that I get saying when is my phone getting X upgrade it's probably in the 10 to 20 per day seven days a week and I want to share with you it's a friendly ranti way stop it just do your research if you want to get one of the great carrier phones out there when the great third-party manufacturer phones that put on their own skins they're awesome but don't rely on a software update don't rely on saying okay no I'm good next version of android because yeah you might not so be happy it's what you have when you buy a phone is really the moral this video you're not happy to what you get they buy it not to be happy two years from now get a phone you're gonna be happy with for two years if you want to be guaranteed of upgrades go for a nexus hopefully that helps answer a lot of questions I'm sure I ain't get a few folks out there but heck threatened just rants you gotta make somebody mad somebody out there's got to be mad or I just didn't do my job alright so let me take a break ranked in and ring them to thank our friends and sponsors at Netflix you know them you love them you watch Mad Men with them and you should sign up with them netflix streams TV shows and movies drop you to your home saving you time money and hassle the netflix member you can instantly watch TV episodes and movies should be directly to your pc mac or write to your TV with your xbox 360 ps3 or nintendo wii or wii u consoles watch as many movies as you want anytime you want Quetzal any time to get a free 30-day trial membership go to netflix.com slash buffalo sign up today you could get netflix and be happy and catch up with all your favorite shows thank you for watching this episode of renton jerz rants let me know we have thought and my way off base should I not have told you that you're not to be happy with your phone love to hear your thoughts on about it leave your comments down below check is that I technobuffalo compra latest and greatest tech news i am jon rettinger and i will see you in the next video