Help Very confused >.<

[Kokothemonkey]

Long story short: I come from Apple world

My first ever Android device came with OS 2.3.5 on it. How exactly are OS updates "pushed" to Android phones and by whom? your wireless provider? samsung app store? android market? According to this article Galaxy S II Skyrocket Update to Android 2.3.6 Pushing Now "f you are among those calling the LTE device your own, you can pull the update by navigating to &#8216;Software update&#8217; under the Settings menu." yet I've spent 4 days searching for a way to check for OS upgrades and couldnt find anything.

EDIT: I have a MacBook Pro 2011...hopefully I don't need a PC.

Thanks for reading

 

[Midiman]

Done properly and legally, the updates are pushed from your carrier when they become available. Go to the settings menu and scroll to the bottom, you'll find a "software update" option. You can check for new updates once every 24 hours. If you still have 2.3.5 on your phone, you are lucky. The 2.3.6 update that was briefly available and sent to many users was defective and pulled from circulation. Unfortunately, there is no legal way to switch back once you have updated. I'm not 100% clear on this point but I believe that when a new update is "pushed," at some point it will be forced on you whether you "check for updates" and opt to update at that time. If you want to switch back, you will be forced to root your phone, install software which will void your warranty, FIND the older ROM image you want to downgrade to, and flash the ROM in your phone. The carriers and manufacturers frown on this and the process will cause a "flash counter" to be triggered at least once, so they will be able to tell you have done something to the phone.

You won't need a PC to do the updates sent by your carrier.