Software & Apps

MOTOROLA ELECTRIFY™ 2 receives Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean

March 15, 2013 : BY Motorola

We’re happy to announce today that the Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade is rolling out to MOTOROLA ELECTRIFY™ 2 owners in phases. This upgrade offers many features to help organize and make your life easier, including expanded notifications, Voice Search and Google Now. Here are some of the features included in the upgrade:

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  • Expanded Notifications – So much to do and keep track of, so little time in the day. Now you can get reminders about meetings or appointments from your calendar, and you can either tap once to snooze them or even email participants to say you’re running late. Your Google Play Music controls show up in the notifications menu so you can pause, fast forward or go back to the beginning of your new favorite song. These and many other notifications help organize your mobile life all in one place.
  • Voice Search – Ask a question and get back the answer you’re looking for, ranging from “What is the weather today?, to “Where is the closest dry cleaner?” or even “When is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday?”. You’ll either get a spoken response back or search results that answer your query.
  • Google Now – We could all benefit from a personal assistant every now and then to keep track of our busy lives. With Google Now you get notifications generated automatically and in real-time even before you ask as it learns what you search for the most. Now your ELECTRIFY™ 2 can deliver sports scores, stock updates, weather reports, traffic updates, airline boarding passes, movie showtimes, and so much more, so you have all the information you want even before you’ve had your morning coffee.
  • Denise

    Nightmare. One of my phones the data was on when downloading jelly bean now I cant turn the data off and by the end of the day will be over the data plan. the other phone data was off and now I cant turn the data on! Help!

  • http://www.facebook.com/derrick.w.corbett Derrick Wade Corbett

    when you update the phone you have to go into settings click more then mobile networks to turn your data on or off hope this helps

  • brucelud

    I lost the Accuweather application with the great graphics when I upgraded my Electrify 2 to Jelly Bean. It had such a neat graphic display, snow, rain, sun, clouds. I really miss it.

  • greygoose

    ughh. why do UPGRADES remove functionality? Don’t have access to quick conference call features. What a PITA!

  • brucelud

    I agree with you, greygoose. Another issue with the upgrade is that the switch that allowed you to turn data on or off is now gone! If I could roll back the upgrade, I would. I liked my phone before. I don’t like it as much now.
    Why don’t providers tell you the downside of an upgrade, too?

  • J Turner

    I lost the ability for email to check for new mail at a prescribed frequency. I must tell it to check. Is there a fix for this?

  • SJ

    is there a way to get my bluetooth button back when I am in the middle of a call (to switch to/from a car bluetooth connection)? I was also pretty disappointed I lost my accuweather. In addition to that, the alarms is no longer a button – you have to go through the clock…annoying!