Who is responsible for android device upgrades ?

[Desertfoxza]

Who is responsible for android device upgrades ? From my understanding it is the it is the cellphone operators who should update the devices.

I have a galaxy tab 7.0 plus on Cell c and it is still running gingerbread even though ICS has been available for the device for more than a month now.

 

[Fcon_Vpro]

Think its Samsung SA. Because they have to do testing for all the networks, thats why it takes long.
I dont agree with that logic but I've been waiting for ICS for my Galaxy tab 10.1 P7500 for the past 6 months already.
Im hoping and praying it arrives at some point.

 

[upup]

That will be Samsung in this case. But you are responsible to upgrade it if you want to.

 

[Adoxographist]

I thought it was up to the network providers? I thought samsung had updates for them but vodacom/mtn blocks them because of testing and after service?

You could always download the firmware and flash through odin.
http://samsung-updates.com/

 

[upup]

vodaphone have there own software.
Samsung in korea, must test new software and then make it available. the slow distribution has been criticize before.