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Why isn't an Android 11 update showing?
- Thread starter Dave_M
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That would depend on your manufacturer and possibly your carrier. It is surprising you got an update from 7 to 10 already. What phone do you have?
plus most manufacturers only support the phone thru no more then 3 updates.....sometimes less depending on who makes the phone.
if you really want android 11......if your phone is rootable, you can root it and flash an android 11 custom rom.
A Samsung Galaxy A50. I mean, I've never updated it since recently.
well
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a50-9554.php
and looks like you might be getting it soon:
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-a50-android-11-update/
according to gsmarena your phone came with android 9 and is upgradeable to android 11
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a50-9554.php
and looks like you might be getting it soon:
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-a50-android-11-update/
Surprising. My A50 came originally with Android 7. Now it's in Android 10. Though I never got an update to version 11. Maybe I'll get it soon?
More than surprising: although Samsung someones re-use model numbers I can't find any sign that they've done that with the A50 (there is an A50s, but that came out at the same time so wouldn't account for what you see). And there is nowhere that suggests that the A50 ever had Android 7, and given that it was released in 2019 it would seem incredibly unlikely that it would come with a 2016 operating system (Chinese "fake" phones do that sort of thing, but they never get any updates at all so I think we can rule that possibility out).
Are you absolutely certain that you didn't misread "9" as "7"? I know that sounds almost insulting to ask, but it honestly seems the most likely explanation. Especially since I've never heard of an over the air update skipping multiple Android versions in one go.
As for A11, you are lucky enough that there does seem to be one planned. There's nothing unusual about OEM handsets getting updates many months or even more than a year after a particular Android version is released, assuming they get them at all. If you want the latest version when it comes out then you need to buy a Pixel, otherwise you wait until the manufacturer decides that it's your handset's turn to get the update (updates have to be built and tested for each model, so how long you wait depends on what resources the manufacturer is willing to devote to getting updates out, and for most manufacturers speedy updates aren't a priority).
Are you absolutely certain that you didn't misread "9" as "7"? I know that sounds almost insulting to ask, but it honestly seems the most likely explanation. Especially since I've never heard of an over the air update skipping multiple Android versions in one go.
As for A11, you are lucky enough that there does seem to be one planned. There's nothing unusual about OEM handsets getting updates many months or even more than a year after a particular Android version is released, assuming they get them at all. If you want the latest version when it comes out then you need to buy a Pixel, otherwise you wait until the manufacturer decides that it's your handset's turn to get the update (updates have to be built and tested for each model, so how long you wait depends on what resources the manufacturer is willing to devote to getting updates out, and for most manufacturers speedy updates aren't a priority).
i agree with @Hadron. i have my doubts that it was android 7 that your phone came with, unless you have the wrong model number of your phone.
anyways you should see an update soon.