Welcome to the AndroidForums, triggerfish76 .

I've gone-ahead and moved your thread over here to the Kyocera Rise area so the good folks in here that know your phone best can share their knowledge and experience.

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You can't install jelly bean on the rise.

Updates have to be released by the manufacturer or customized to the device by developers. We don't even have a working clockworkmod recovery or an unlocked boot loader to even get started on CM10 (jellybean) and so forth.

So the best we can do is tweak the stock ICS, there are several threads about rooting, debloating, and tweaking. In the root section.

 

Reading through this post Sneaky is correct about the CWM or custom recovery not working. Which leads to no JellyBean version being created.

But I would like to correct the thought on JB not working on the device or bogging it down.

Once a CWM version is working JB development can be done. I installed Android v 4.2.2 custom rom on Samsung Exhibit with same amount of Ram. Seems the rom developer made enough tweaks to make it run good.

My point is CWM + good develop + custom rom + rise will = JB on the rise. So there is hope.

But first porting CWM needs to be done.

Hopes this helps!

 

Yes you can given the new Reef on VMs lineup in truth is just a Kyocera Event with a bigger screen on JB and forementioned is equivalent to rise actually Hydro,Rise,Event,Reef are all same phones just diiff names.Hydro waterproff,Rise Qwerty,Event lacks qwerty,Reef is an event.Given you want JB go with the new Reef getting one myself

 

Currently, its worth the extra $25 to get the F3, IMO. Just for the better screen, current generation dual core CPU, better GPU, and a pretty nice customizable optimus skin.