Samsung has started distributing the July security update to all unlocked variants of the , and located in Europe. The upgrade weighs in at 90MB and brings the and not July 5 like the for the and in Germany last month.
Unfortunately, this release doesn’t bring any new functionality to the handsets. Instead, it transports a flurry of Google’s patches for the Android OS, in addition to a handful of Samsung-specific optimizations, which include a fix for an exploit that resulted in the audio service enabling malicious applications to access values in shared memory.
Like every maintenance release, this one is being rollout out in stages. If you’d like to see if it’s ready for your device, all you have to do is head into Settings » About Device » Software Update » Update Now. Alternatively, you can wait until you receive a push notification prompting you to download the upgrade.
Unfortunately, this release doesn’t bring any new functionality to the handsets. Instead, it transports a flurry of Google’s patches for the Android OS, in addition to a handful of Samsung-specific optimizations, which include a fix for an exploit that resulted in the audio service enabling malicious applications to access values in shared memory.
Like every maintenance release, this one is being rollout out in stages. If you’d like to see if it’s ready for your device, all you have to do is head into Settings » About Device » Software Update » Update Now. Alternatively, you can wait until you receive a push notification prompting you to download the upgrade.