Let's take a walkthrough all these Android flavors
and updates.
And I worked really hard on this slide, which looks ridiculous,
I realize that, but it's important.
Starting back all the way back, if we
look at this poor little Gingerbread,
look how sad he is.
He wants the Lollipop.
But guess what?
He cannot get it.
He's stuck.
Not all devices are upgradable.
Android, it depends.
The manufacturer could say, you know what?
I'm only going to support this device for one year.
It will only allow you to update for one year,
and then you're stuck in that version-- no more security
updates; no more patches.
Why?
Because you'll buy a new phone.
Network service providers can also
only provide support for a certain period of time
because, guess what?
T-Mobile, Verizon, whoever your network service provider is
wants you to come back and turn in your old device
and get a new one.
So as you look at this, we can see all the way
from that sad Gingerbread, as you want to become Oreo,
you want to become Pie, you want to become 10, 11, and 12,
can you?
Some devices will never be capable of doing it.
I currently have a device, and I'm still waiting--
still waiting for it to become Android 12.
It's extremely frustrating.
This is where public images really come into play.
Josh Hickman, who 1099'd on this course,
does a fantastic job at providing public images.
If you go out to The Binary Hick-- that's his blog.
You'll see it's referenced all in notes of the course.
He has a public Android 11 and public Android 12 image.
Not only does he provide that, he provides
an entire PDF telling you this is when it was set up,
these are the apps that were used,
these are my account names.
It is fantastic information.
It is a great place for you to start your verification
process.