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It is a Samsung Fascinate, running v2.1.<br />
It says it is upgradable to v2.2, but that is still quite old. Is there a way to upgrade it to an even newer version?<br />
&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_fascinate-3492.php" rel="ugc">Here is the link.</a>
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It is a Samsung Fascinate, running v2.1.
It says it is upgradable to v2.2, but that is still quite old. Is there a way to upgrade it to an even newer version?
 Here is the link. [http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_fascinate-3492.php]

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Actually, I don't have the phone yet. I was looking at getting it because it is fairly &nbsp;cheap, and I was just wanting to make sure it was upgradable. <br />
Thanks a lot for the links!
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Actually, I don't have the phone yet. I was looking at getting it because it is fairly  cheap, and I was just wanting to make sure it was upgradable.
Thanks a lot for the links!

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Can I get a phone running Android 2.1 and upgrade it to Android 4.2?
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Can I get a phone running Android 2.1 and upgrade it to Android 4.2?

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