If you've been using Android smartphones for some time and your Samsung Galaxy J3 is not your first smartphone, you have certainly seen a lot of changes to the operating system. Each new update offers its share of specifics and improvements, but first of all, you need to know which Android version is installed on your Samsung Galaxy J3?
To do this, we will first of all find out what is the point of updating your Android phone, after that, the technique to know the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy J3, and, to conclude, how to update your phone. day of his Smartphone.
What is the point of updating Android on Samsung Galaxy J3?
We start our article by showing you the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Samsung Galaxy J3. As we told you quickly just before, it is essential to update the system of your smartphone so that it works properly. Indeed, first and foremost, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be advantageous for your mobile phone.
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 J3, whereas some time ago it was completely unbelievable, except through a dedicated application ...
In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we strongly advise you to update Android if the version on your Samsung Galaxy J3 is too old. However, we often hear that updates slow down phones , we attribute at times the updates to the planned obsolescence, however, it is rather in connection with the internal memory of a smartphone that you will distinguish from the slowdown, and not because of the updates. We therefore advise you above all to clean the memory of your Samsung Galaxy J3 to always keep around 10% of storage free.
How to know the Android version installed on my Samsung Galaxy J3?
After having listed the advantages of the updates, we will explain the technique for find out the version of Android installed on your Samsung Galaxy J3. This is essential if you are trying to use recent Android functions and you are not sure whether they are present on your smartphone. To control the current version of Android on your Samsung Galaxy J3, it's easy:
- Go to the " Parameter »Of your Samsung Galaxy J3
- Then in the menu » About the phone ", Depending on the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy J3 you may have to go through the tab before" 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 mobile phone
How to update Android on Samsung Galaxy J3?
Finally, now that you know how to control the version of the operating system installed on your Samsung Galaxy J3, you can move on to the practical part, and if you want and if you have sufficient memory, update your Samsung Galaxy J3 to Android. There are two ways to do this for downloading, either through Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. If you ever have update problems on your Samsung Galaxy J3 during the operation, we invite you to browse our tutorial.
Update Android without Wi-Fi on Samsung Galaxy J3
First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy J3 with Wi-Fi. We advise you to do it like that, because depending on the update you go install, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigabytes. Your internet package may take a big hit depending on your subscription. If ever, however, you have controlled the size of the update and you still want to achieve it, you will have to access:
- » Settings »Of your Samsung Galaxy J3
- In the menu " Software update »
- Click on " Download and installation »
- Start the update if it is ever available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi
Update Android on your Samsung Galaxy J3 with Wi-Fi
Second solution and the one suggested by our team. If you have ever checked the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy J3 and it is too old, now is the time to upgrade to the more recent version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it makes sense to update Android over Wi-Fi, since they can sometimes, depending on the version, do several gigabytes. Let's go:
- See you in the » Settings »Of your Samsung Galaxy J3
- 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 launch the operation
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