How to update Android on your mobile (cell phone) or tablet (updated)

 

are you looking for chow to update android? That is the million dollar question we ask ourselves when a new version of Android is introduced. It has already become a tradition that every year Google presents news about its operating system for mobile devices. Every x time, they will go out updates for you android phone or tablet.

From the phone we can check if these new updates exist. If they are available, we can download and install them, how? Let's see the usual and official procedure. This is the one that we will carry out on any android device, without the need to use third-party tools or applications.

How to update Android on your mobile (cell phone) or tablet

To answer the questionhow to update my android?, we must know that the updates come to improve some aspects of the device, such as optimizing energy consumption, that is, the battery. They will also serve to "cover" and solve some "security holes" through software patches. In minor updates, of a few tens of Megas, those can be the improvements.

In updates of hundreds of Megas or even Gigas, the changes will be more important. They are called Major Updates. In addition to security patches and system optimization, they will incorporate new functions and uses, as is normal in the evolution of any operating system.

To take into account before updating your Android mobile

Depending on the type of update that we do, it can erase all your personal data and personalized settings, as well as remove the applications that you have installed. make sure you have one Backup of all the information and files you want to keep. Normally, the official update does not delete any data on the phone or tablet. But if something goes wrong and the update is half done or fails, in that case, we can lose what we have on the device.

So as a security rule, we must make a copy of what we do not want to lose. Photos, videos, files, music, we should copy this information to our computer, in case something goes wrong in the android update.

Android versions available to update

Since the beginning of Android, back in October 2.008 when it appeared on an HTC Dream, many versions have been presented. From the first named Android 1.1 Petit Four, later others would come like Android 1.5 Cupcake, Android 1.6 Donut, Android 2.0 Eclair, Android 2.2 Froyo, Gingerbread 2.3, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4, 4.1 Jelly Bean, 4.4 kit kat , Android Lollipop 5 y Android 6 Marshmallow.

As newer Android versions, we have the 7 Nougat and android 8 oreo, of which there are still a number of mobiles, which are still waiting to receive it.

Surely you have had more than one Android version and that you have dealt with some of those updates. Whether this is the case, or if you have never updated your android, let's see how to update Android on your smartphone or tablet.

How to update Android, from the Android mobile (cell phone) and from the PC / computer

How to update Android, on our mobile or tablet, in 3 different ways:

Officially via OTA (On the Air)

1.- Officially by the brand. Also called via OTA (on the air) we will receive a notification, which will inform us that there is a new version of android available, which we can download through our Wi-Fi network, since normally there will be tens and even hundreds of megs.

The latter must be taken into account, since if we download using our data contract, we may run out of megabytes in that update. In this case, depending on the brand, you should not lose data from the device, as it will be preserved after the update.

As a sample of this procedure on how to update Android, we show you in the following video. In it, we upgraded to Android 7 Nougat, from Android 6, the Samsung Galaxy S7. With the video, you can get a clear idea of ​​how to update android officially.

Officially, downloading to the PC

2.- Officially by the brand, downloading the new version on the PC and copying it to the tablet or mobile to install it later from the Recovery menu. In this update mode if all installed data, apps, games, files, photos, videos...

Unofficially, installing a ROM

3.- Unofficially. Searching in the mobile forums, on the Sammobile website (for samsung) and downloading an official ROM or not. Then we are going to install it using a tool such as Odin. In this case, all data on the mobile or tablet is also lost. So we must take this into account and make a backup of photos, videos, files and data that we need after the update.

We show you a video below, about how to update my android manually, in this third unofficial way. It is an old video, but it comes to show the methodology and the procedure that we will carry out.

How to check if there is an update for our Android mobile phone or tablet

How to update Android manually? Checking for updates for Android can be done manually, with the steps detailed below:

1. From the main screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings.
2. Scroll down the screen and then tap About phone.
3. Click on “system software updates” and go to the “Check now” button.

After this, the phone will check and show the availability or not of official updates. To do this, it will connect to the brand's servers, where the update will be hosted, if available.

More information on how to update Android, check which version we have installed and if there is a new update:

• How to know the version of Android that our device has?
• How to know if there are updates for your Samsung Galaxy

What to do if there is an Android update available

This would be the case of official update by the brand. When an update is available, the update installation system software will display a dialog on the screen. Select Install Now and then click OK. Wait for the update process to finish. When the update is finished, the phone will automatically reboot.

If what we want is to manually install an official Android ROM or not, then we are going to need an external tool such as Odin, for Samsung mobiles.

You have a good example of how to burn, toast or apply an android ROM, in the following link:

• Video tutorial, how to update the Samsung Galaxy S2 to android 4.1.2 official Jelly Bean using Odin

Beware of what was said above, when installing system updates, data and phone settings may be lost. So we must make a backup of everything, before updating the phone. We repeat ourselves in this sense, but it is good to remember it, before we lose some important file.

So far how to update Android software on your Android phone or tablet. We hope that it will be useful to you in the transition from an old version to a more current one, such as the new android 8 oreo. How was the process of update your android phone in your case? Leave a comment with your experience when moving from one version to another, on your mobile as well as Android tablet.