If you've been using Android smartphones for a few years and your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime is not your first smartphone, you have certainly seen a lot of changes to the operating system. Each new update comes with its own set of features and improvements, but first you need to know which Android version is installed on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime?
In this context, we will first learn what is the point of updating your Android phone, then the procedure to know the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, and, finally, how to do the update of his Smartphone.
What is the point of updating Android on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime?
We therefore start our article by presenting the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime. As we told you quickly just before, it is essential to update the system of your phone so that it works properly. Indeed, above all, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be beneficial for your device.
In addition, the more Android versions advance, the more features integrated into the system are. For example, we will now find the option that allows you to save applications on the SD card by default, to make videos in Slowmotion on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, whereas a few years ago it was totally improbable, except through a dedicated application ...
In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we strongly recommend that you update Android if the version on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime is too old. Despite everything, we regularly hear that the updates slow down smartphones , updates are sometimes attributed to planned obsolescence, however, it is more in connection with the internal memory of a telephone that you will perceive slowing down, and not because of the updates. We therefore suggest that you especially clean the memory of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime to always keep around 10% of storage free.
How to find out the Android version installed on my Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime?
After having given you the advantages of the updates, we will teach you the process for find out the version of Android installed on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime. This is important in case you are trying to use recent Android features and you are not sure whether they are present on your phone. To control the current version of Android on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, it's easy:
- Access the » Parameter »Of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
- Then in the menu » About the phone ", Depending on the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, you may have to go through the tab first" System »
- Finally either discover directly the » Android version ", Otherwise go through" Software Information " to get there
- You will have on this line the Android version installed on your device
How to update Android on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime?
Finally, now that you know how to control the version of the operating system installed on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, you can move on to the practical part, and if you want and assuming you have sufficient memory, update your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime to Android. In this context, there are two ways of downloading, either with Wi-Fi, or directly with your internet package. If you ever have problems updating your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime during handling, we invite you to browse our guide.
Update Android without Wi-Fi on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime with Wi-Fi. We advise you to do it like this, because depending on the update that you are going to download, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigabytes. You risk consuming a good part of your internet package following your subscription. If ever, however, you have controlled the size of the update and you still want to do it, you will have to go to:
- » Settings »Of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
- In the menu " Software update »
- Click on " Download and installation »
- Start the update if it is available and validate that you want to do it without Wi-Fi
Update Android on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime with Wi-Fi
Second solution and the one recommended by our editorial staff. If you have ever checked the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and it is too old, it will be time to upgrade to the more recent version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it is consistent to update Android over Wi-Fi, because they can sometimes, depending on the versions do several gigabytes. Let's go:
- See you in the » Settings »Of your Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
- At the bottom of the list click on » Software update »
- Check that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi »Be checked
- Now click on » Download and installation »To start the procedure
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