LG BackTrack on Optimus 2X and Optimus Black Android 4.0 Updates

It seems to be a growing trend now that when Google release a new O/S version, people who paid a lot of money for a device on often a 24 month contract are being shafted by their OEM who initially said that an update would be supported.

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The highly popular Optimus 2X and less popular Optimus Black were both promised an update to Android 4.0 when Google announced the update however just months down the line, the struggling handset manufacturer has come out and said that both devices will not see the update and that the initial statement was simply a “general statement issued from HQ".

What’s your thoughts on this then? HTC, Sony and now LG – who will be next to backtrack?


John is the Editor-in-Chief at Land of Droid and considers himself a connoisseur of all chocolate deep fried (such as the Mars Bar) and Irn Bru. Based just outside of Glasgow in Scotland he is married with 3 young daughters and has always carried a passion for writing technology news since his early days writing as a reviewer and news writer on tracyandmatt.co.uk. You can get in touch with John by emailing john@landofdroid.com

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  • Dan Proudfoot

    The others may have backtracked, but they have released some ICS ROMs. The 2X was their flagship and completely blown any chance of me buying LG. To this date, they still haven’t released a single ICS update for any of their phones. They only have a few shipping with the OS…

    Utterly appealing behaviour

  • Dan Proudfoot

    Panic averted. Apparently the update isn’t coming to Canada. The Korean offices are still working on an update.

    • http://kennydude.me/ Joe Simpson

      Huh? That’s just daft why each office needs to make their own :S

  • John Crossno

    Last LG I every buy, in any case. I can understand that they would rather not provide support for their phones, or get you up to the latest OS which might delay you purchasing a new phone, but that practice in the end is just going to drive people to other manufacturers. I can totally get it if the hardware won’t support the new OS to some defined level of performance, but that is not the case with the G2x at all.

    • http://kennydude.me/ Joe Simpson

      Same here