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Will Android 4.4 (Kitkat) be available on Galaxy S2 Skyrocket LTE?

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Has Samsung announced if the new version of Android 4.4 aka Kitkat will be available for the Galaxy S2 Skyrocket LTE?
I hope they do, considering how closely specked the Skyrocket and S3 are.
 
The Kit Kat update uses the newest Linux Kernel, which can run on devices with as low as 512 MB of RAM. It will likely be available, if not ported by someone like CyanogenMod.
 
Do you have a link to that?

I've seen it mentioned a few times on these forums but nobody has ever had any source for it.

History tell us this:
The older devices get, the less chance they have of getting an android version number update. If you have 4.3, you might get an update to 4.4.

If youre on 4.1 or earlier, its likely not going to happen

That's not to say you cant get *parts*of kitkit... Google is seperatong out many of the apps that used to be a part of stock android. You can now download these from the play store and as a result you can get certain things updated.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Do you have a link to that?

I've seen it mentioned a few times on these forums but nobody has ever had any source for it.

History tell us this:
The older devices get, the less chance they have of getting an android version number update. If you have 4.3, you might get an update to 4.4.

If youre on 4.1 or earlier, its likely not going to happen

That's not to say you cant get *parts*of kitkit... Google is seperatong out many of the apps that used to be a part of stock android. You can now download these from the play store and as a result you can get certain things updated.
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The Kit Kat update runs Linux Kernel 3.8. Here are all the details on it: Linux 3.8 - Linux Kernel Newbies

As for getting an update, yes and no. There may or may not be an official update (last one from Samsung was 4.1.2) but it will likely be ported (CyanogenMod is releasing 4.3 nightlies). I'm picking up a new phone in April, so hopefully KitKat will still be fresh by then.

EDIT: Last section on this page mentions lighter load on storage and RAM: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/514788/20131018/android-4-kitkat-lg-nexus-5-launches.htm#.UmLDA_m218E
 
We'll have to see if the Galaxy Nexus gets it, since it's about 2 years old now. That's the age in which Google dropped support for the Nexus S. If the Gnex doesn't get it, I wouldn't expect any S2's to get it since they're the same generation. 3rd party roms are always a different story ;)
 
DrDoctor said:
The Kit Kat update runs Linux Kernel 3.8. Here are all the details on it: Linux 3.8 - Linux Kernel Newbies

As for getting an update, yes and no. There may or may not be an official update (last one from Samsung was 4.1.2) but it will likely be ported (CyanogenMod is releasing 4.3 nightlies). I'm picking up a new phone in April, so hopefully KitKat will still be fresh by then.

EDIT: Last section on this page mentions lighter load on storage and RAM: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/514788/20131018/android-4-kitkat-lg-nexus-5-launches.htm#.UmLDA_m218E
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I thought all of the leaked images I've seen have had it running the 3.4

Maybe I need to check those out again (its entirely possible I'm wrong)
 
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