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LG Optimus One P500 won't be getting Gingerbread update

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8 December, 2010

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Bad news fellas - the LG Optimus One P500 is obviously going to be stuck to Froyo for the rest of its life. The device that is certainly one of the best bargains you can get for the holiday season, but despite being announced just a few weeks before Gingerbread was released, it won't get a chance to taste it.

It's not the first time a manufacturer has let down its users with OS updates. Besides it is probably more tolerable here, considering that the Optimus One is meant to rival high-end feature phones, rather than smartphone top-dogs. However what's most embarrassing is the way LG brought the news to its customers.

A post on the LG Facebook page states that the Optimus One P500 won't be updated because there's a 1GHz minimum requirement for Gingerbread. Makes total sense, right? They can't update it without fixing the hardware, which is impossible. Except that it's not true and there is no such Gingerbread requirement and that was confirmed by the Android guru Dan Morill.

We really hope it's a case of the guys maintaining the Facebook page being ill-informed or otherwise there's no explanation for the LG blatant lies.

Source: LG Facebook, Dan Morrill Twitter

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Reader comments

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  • yo
  • u1x
  • 14 Oct 2011

i updated my lg optimus one p500 with gingerbread

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  • Tanay
  • 2Z6
  • 11 Oct 2011

any one can guide me to update my ANDROID 2.2 to Ginger Bread.???

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  • Sathish
  • YQD
  • 06 Oct 2011

Hi .. just read the below link.. http://androidflip.com/how-to-upgrade-lg-optimus-one-p500-to-android-2-3-gingerbread/

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