Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Shortcut to Bluetooth Tethering? Date: 4 Jan 2025 18:45:12 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <0c2m4lxaho.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> X-Trace: individual.net +lxAP4Fmegg9Ol3bppXECQJk9N4z2wdG0FlnnANs7TSFS7PxM2 X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:wncOp8GgsjXMuw2Pnn/85tw9LW4= sha256:Uu66G0XscjeghpWVlJfNDbCe6vhQwOp3DoTZ15tDWPs= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2487 AJL wrote: > On 1/4/2025 7:59 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > > Carlos E.R. wrote: > > >> Samsung phones use to have older Android versions, and sometimes > >> they don't update the phone to the next version after being sold. > >> And that update comes several months later, because they have to > >> add again their customization layer. And in the case of Samsung, it > >> is big. > > > As you said, that *used* to be the case, but is no longer the case > > for many years, at least 4+ years, but probably longer. My 4+ year > > old Samsung Galaxy A51 lower-range phone came with Android 10 and > > was updated to 11, 12 and finally 13. > > My 5+ year old Samsung Galaxy S10+ is now at Android version 12. I don't > remember what the version was when I bought it. It says it was last > updated June 1, 2024. It gives me a big green check-mark in a circle > that says "You're all set! Your phone has been updated to the latest > software version." when I check for updates so guess it's still in the > running... So it still gets updates, probably mostly security updates, but no Android version updates, otherwise it would be at Android 15 or at least 14. So *when* are you going to toss that stone age phone of yours!? :-)