As promised by LG and confirmed lately in these last days by the files on the opensource devsite, Today my LG D505 Optimus F6 received the waited Kitkat Update.
The File was around the 595 MB OTA, the download was at my ADSL top speed @ 740 kb/sec .
The installation Was in 2 phase, the first one faster then the second (i think that the first was the unpacking and checking routine, and the second one was for the rom + kernel itself. It tooks about 35-40 minutes in total.
Suggest: Before the update starts, i suggest you to remove your root completely. I rooted my JB with Towelroot v3 then installed SuperSU, which i used to Full Unroot. If you don't, the 1st phase of the update will fail, forcing you to wipe and start the download all over again.
I wiped out to start from a clean base once updated.
My F6 was a no-brand, but comed out with some Vodafone Bloatware Apps. Some of the apps removable by LG in the JB version, such as QuickTranslate, are now unremovable.
I tried again Towelroot v3 to try root then remove it myself, but it fails (Give a false positive root) updating the binary in SuperSU.
Some Kitkat LG Features are missing, as the Knock Code and some others, but has still the double tap2wake.
The Optimus UI is bad optimized, leaving a good portion of the bottom screen untouched (maybe LG forgot that we don't need softkeys?) and some application as LGEmail, Gallery and QuickRemote are the same identical as seen on Jelly Bean.
I'm writing this because even if this is a different version, this is the most active forum on this device and some of you keep asking about features and UI in Kitkat for the Optimus F6, and i think that it's the same for all.
As a new user i can't post Screens or Links. Maybe i can pass a shared folder link in GDrive with some screenshots to someone that can publish it via PM.
Thanks for reading, and sorry for my poor english
BUILD: KOT49I.D50520a
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Software Version: D50520a-222-10
The File was around the 595 MB OTA, the download was at my ADSL top speed @ 740 kb/sec .
The installation Was in 2 phase, the first one faster then the second (i think that the first was the unpacking and checking routine, and the second one was for the rom + kernel itself. It tooks about 35-40 minutes in total.
Suggest: Before the update starts, i suggest you to remove your root completely. I rooted my JB with Towelroot v3 then installed SuperSU, which i used to Full Unroot. If you don't, the 1st phase of the update will fail, forcing you to wipe and start the download all over again.
I wiped out to start from a clean base once updated.
My F6 was a no-brand, but comed out with some Vodafone Bloatware Apps. Some of the apps removable by LG in the JB version, such as QuickTranslate, are now unremovable.
I tried again Towelroot v3 to try root then remove it myself, but it fails (Give a false positive root) updating the binary in SuperSU.
Some Kitkat LG Features are missing, as the Knock Code and some others, but has still the double tap2wake.
The Optimus UI is bad optimized, leaving a good portion of the bottom screen untouched (maybe LG forgot that we don't need softkeys?) and some application as LGEmail, Gallery and QuickRemote are the same identical as seen on Jelly Bean.
I'm writing this because even if this is a different version, this is the most active forum on this device and some of you keep asking about features and UI in Kitkat for the Optimus F6, and i think that it's the same for all.
As a new user i can't post Screens or Links. Maybe i can pass a shared folder link in GDrive with some screenshots to someone that can publish it via PM.
Thanks for reading, and sorry for my poor english
BUILD: KOT49I.D50520a
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Software Version: D50520a-222-10