Following the official release of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow on October 5, all Android smartphone makers were scrambling to get the updates into their devices very soon.
While Google’s new mobile operating system will eventually come to most current Android devices, getting a head start from the other smartphone makers is an advantage in terms of marketability and functionality.
But as expected, the first to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow are Google’s very own Nexus devices followed by Motorola. After all, Google also has a stake in the company, even before it was acquired by Chinese tech company Lenovo recently.
The good news for HTC smartphone users is that the Taiwanese tech company may be the third manufacturer which would get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow on its current devices. In fact, latest reports now indicate that HTC devices may get the latest Google mobile OS before the end of the year.
Considering that HTC is in the race for the title of being one of the best smartphone manufacturers in the world, being ahead for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update over Samsung, whose devices will get the update early next year, means a lot to the Taiwanese tech firm.
Consistent with its promise
The release of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow on HTC devices is also in line with the commitment of the company that all firmware updates to its devices will come no longer than 90 days after the updates have been officially released.
As the Marshmallow came out on October 5, HTC has until January 3, 2016 to ensure that the new OS will come to its current devices, notes Gotta Be Mobile.
So far, the HTC devices which are confirmed to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow are the HTC One M9, the HTC One M9+, the HTC One A9 and the HTC One M8. The rest of the HTC devices to receive the Marshmallow shall be announced shortly.
Jason Mackenzie, an HTC official, actually confirmed as early as September 29 through a tweet that Android 6.0 Marshmallow will come to HTC devices very soon.
HTC normally updates the devices outside of the US first before it rolls out the update to the American carriers, which normally take some time to test it before completely making it available to consumers.
However, there have been leaked images of HTC One M9 in the US that already features the Android 6.0 Marshmallow as of early November so it seems that the update will be coming earlier than expected.
Bypassing the pattern lock on the HTC One M9
Meanwhile, Tech Times has reported that the pattern lock on the HTC One M9 can actually be bypassed in just two steps.
The first step is to use the Quick toggles on the phone’s lock screen, then toggle WiFi on either on or off mode and that’s it.
It has been discovered that the HTC One M9 simply skips over the pattern lock every time the WiFi’s connection state is changed.
This means that the screen becomes unlocked when the WiFi is disconnected. It also happens when the device connects to a WiFi network.
The lock screen of the HTC One M9 comes as a default and is not even password protected. However, users have the option to enter a PIN, a password, a pattern, or a fingerprint between the smartphone’s lock screen and the rest of the device.
The pattern lock that can be bypassed easily is just one of the many problems that besets the HTC One M9 and the other issues include the malfunctioning vibration motor, wake issues, rapid battery drain, a defective auto-rotate, cracked sapphire glass covering the camera unit, connectivity issues, slow battery charge, and overheating.
Most of these issues are in fact the reason why the HTC One M9 is considered as a sub-par flagship smartphone and the reason also why the Taiwanese smartphone maker is already readying up its successor soon enough – the HTC One M10.
The HTC One M9 came out as a disappointment to many critics, not because of its own doing, but because its predecessor, the HTC One M8, was already considered a perfect phone.