Yu is also planning launch of ‘Project Caesar’.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: Yu, the subsidiary smartphone brand of Indian manufacturer Micromax, will soon launch the much anticipated Lollipop Update dubbed CyanogenMod 12S (CM12S) for Yureka handsets.
The company had earlier decided to launch the Lollipop update on March 26th but they back tracked sighting bug issues in the custom Cyanogen OS and promised users that they won’t have to wait long. With this delay, for the first time since its launch in early January, Yu breached its CEO Rahul Sharma’s promise of regular monthly update announced during the launch event of Yureka during last December.
According to Yu’s support team, the new update will hit all the Yureka smartphones before the end of the first week of April. It’s recommended that Yureka users to try refreshing the System Update option starting from tomorrow to get the OTA update of Yu’s custom CyanogenMod 12S which, carries Android Lollipop.
OnePlus One, a mid-range smartphone that also runs on Cyanogen OS missed the update on the scheduled date sighting similar issues. Sharma had announced that Yureka will be the first Cyanogen based device to receive the Lollipop update. Currently, Yureka runs on CyanogenMod 11, which is basically the custom version of Android KitKat 4.4 OS.
Yureka is powered by a 64-Bit Snapdragon 615 Octa-core processor but, to utilize the full potential of the 64-bit processing it is essential to have Lollipop operating system as it is the first ever Android OS engineered for 64-bit operations.
Yureka, priced Rs. 8,999, has already garnered attention of the tech arena and is putting stiff opposition to Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Lenovo that also focus on budget smartphone segment in India.
Yu is also planning for the launch of its second smartphone code-named “Project Caesar,” by the end of this month.
Technical specifications of Yu Yureka:
- 5.5in HD IPS display
- Android 4.4 KitKat operating platform powered by CyanogenMod OS 11
- 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor
- Dual SIM-card support
- 13MP rear camera
- 5MP front camera
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- MicroSD card slot for expansion of internal storage up to 32GB
- 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and microUSB connectivity
- 2500 mAh battery
25 Comments
hi can u please tell me custmer care center phone no .tell me
hi please dont update lollipop .it very heat and diling display not shown while phone ring .
I got the update. But its shit. You can not pick up the call. That surprising… Now i am in nowhere.. need to visit customer care.
sooo i get the update,, update to lolipop and now my screen is blank… and does not show anything, it installed about 142 updates rebooted and still nothing. I removed the battery and pushed it back in and it came up again as updating and then the phone switched off.. is this a bug or should I jus roll back…
Bhai ji..
Yar..
Same problem in my cell
Screen has been a blanked when a coll come
They are cheating with us…..
No updates yet.
very upset regarding the lollipop updates.. YU promised the lollipop updates will be available on 26th march n then postponed till the 1st week of April. Guess what its the 2nd week still no news of the lollipop updates. Really YU sucks YU just don’t play god it’s just got at Action always speaks louder than words look at yourself YU xiaomi is better than u at least xiaomi don’t give false hope to it customers.Take ma words YU sucks n fool its customers.
ANYONE GOT UPDATES? I HAVE JUST PURCHASED AND HAVE OPTION TO GIVE BACK BY 9TH. TELL ME, SHOULD I SENT IT BACK OR WAIT ? PLS. REPLY- M-9313409240
Wait till 8th or send it back as yu promise is hopeless its just a chinese brand rebranded ….coolpad f2
Yeah send it back because now is the time. Wait for sony phone its beats the shit out of this bullshit phone. Lagging and draining battery issue will eat u from inside out
THANKS FOR REPLY WHICH IS GENUINE BUT LITTLE LATE DEAR. HOWEVER I HAD ALREADY SEND IT BACK AND PURCHASED ANOTHER ONE.
anyone recived update
Theres is no update coming. The update has been canceled due to unstability because it burns out more battery and heats up the phone. They couldnt stabilize the processor and it runs on full speed in lollipop there were glitches in modified version. Therefore the update has been further delayed for few months. They need to get out the bugs in beginning codes. It will not be coming till the end of this year. Stop the hopes for now.
It has been sent for approval to Google
I don’t know how u spreading this shit
You think you are the only satisfied customer on earth? You might be lying to yourself. This phone is crap its nothing better than a 5.5 inch brick that u can throw into the dustbin with no problem. Battery drains like it doesnt want to live another second. Softwares lags and freezes restarts automatically sometimes and they have been lying so much abput lollipop update and ypubstill think im spreading shit. Well im spreading awareness about shit asshole! Damn ya
Cyanogen os 12 is under google certification. After that licensing and after that final build and beta tests. Then the company will compile everything into an OTA and decide the date. There is a long way to go now. If you have a glance at the YU forums then you’ll find that the beta testers have been given unofficial 32 bit CM12 to test. The official 64 bit version is not rolled out for several reasons. So users have to be patient.
Nobody received the update yet. As per the forum threads, OS is in the certification process (not official news).
Yh man these liers had had enough. We tired of this lying shit of theirs.
any one with upadte info?
They just lied to people they will not push the update yo stop hoping
No one!
Has anyone received the updates? pls confirm…
Really very upset regarding the lollipop updates..really shame on u yureka u. YU promised the lollipop updates will be available on 26th march n then postponed till the 1st week of April. Guess what its the 2nd week still no news of the lollipop updates. Really YU sucks YU just don’t play god it’s just got at teasing other brands like xiamoi for the older os. Action always speaks louder than words look at yourself YU xiaomi is better than u at least xiaomi don’t give false hope to it customers.Take ma words YU sucks n fool its customers.
Has anyone received the updates? pls share