We're used to seemingly interminable waits for phone firmware upgrades for carrier-locked phones. What is it that takes so long. Vodafone UK isn't promising a quicker process, but it's offering a rare walkthrough of just what itself (and many other carriers) do to rubber stamp a firmware upgrade. Using the Huawei Ascend G 300's Android 4.0 update as the reference point, Vodafone explains that the actual network testing lasts a week or less, depending on the scope of the upgrade - it's the requirements for branding and carrier-specific network settings that introduce additional overhead.
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