The Sprint
variant of the HTC One M8 smartphone was expected to receive Android 5.0 OTA
Update last week, but Sprint has delayed the launch for today. Multiple users are reporting via Twitter that they’ve received new OTA Lollipop Update
notifications early morning. The update for Sprint One M8 comes only a few
hours after the first One M8 T-Mobile owners have started to report it.
The Android
5.0 Lollipop comes with a huge number of changes such as the brand new Material
Design UI, Smart Lock, Intelligent Notifications ranking, Device Sharing
functions, new Recent multitasking, Android ART Runtime, new search feature for
the Settings menu, lock screen notifications controls, security improvements
and multiple other great functions. Check the Android 5.0 Lollipop web page here in order to learn more about this release.
The Lollipop
5.0 OS is the biggest update that the Sprint HTC One M8 smartphone has seen and
it is highly recommended for you to upgrade it, as you will get a much more
stable environment with enhanced security tweaks. Note that this update is
being released in phases which mean that not all devices will be updated at the
same time. Before the end of this month your Sprint One M8 phone should get the
brand new firmware files, so you shouldn’t panic until that happens.
In case the
new Android 5.0 Lollipop update notification isn’t shown by your One M8 phone
in the next few days, then you can choose to verify manually for it: go to
Settings> System Updates > HTC Software Update and then tap once on
the ‘Check Now’ button. If there are any files available for download you
should make sure to use a Wi-Fi connection in order to complete the
installation process.
Note that
this update will set the 4.20.651.10 Android 5.0 version number and it will
most probably be the first Lollipop build from many others that are going to be
released by Sprint and HTC in the future. Keep in mind that the Android 5.0
Lollipop update is pushed only for HTC One M8 smartphones that are running 100%
stock Android 4.4 ROMs; you won’t be getting any new official Lollipop files in
case your device is sporting a custom ROM.
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