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Android 4.4.4 KitKat has rolled out for a number of devices in the past few weeks, but some users are complaining there's bugs that still need to be ironed out. The update was released for several devices just days after Android 4.4.3 KitKat came out. A photo of Google's new Android mascot - in KitKat flavor. (Courtesy Google)MORE

By Larry Ong

Larry Ong

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Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.

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September 4, 2014Updated: July 18, 2015

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Is the Android 4.4.4 KitKat being rolled out to the Galaxy S5 in the United States?

XDA Developers found a possible Android 4.4.4 KitKat update for the Samsung Galaxy S5 inside a User Agent Profile string on Sprint’s website.

This should be good news to Galaxy S5 users in the United States, who have been stuck on Android 4.4.2 KitKat for quite a while, along with most users world wide.

Android 4.4.2 KitKat has a number of bugs that affects a phone’s battery life, Wi-Fi connectivity, signal strength, and causes random reboots.

Motorola, HTC, and Sony have announced and have been rolling out the Android 4.4.4 KitKat or an updated Android 4.4.3 KitKat to its users in recent months, but Samsung has been rather quiet on this issue.

It’s not that Samsung has not been releasing the Android 4.4.4 KitKat or Android 4.4.3 update, however.

Opus in Australia and some carriers in the UK are supposedly releasing the Android 4.4.4 KitKat update for the Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S5 LTE-A, while Rogers in Canada has made available the Android 4.4.3 KitKat for some Samsung models.

Also, Samsung’s latest Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy Note 4 will run the Android 4.4.4 KitKat update.

Meanwhile, the Android 4.4.2 KitKat roll out continues.

Here are the list of countries that will be getting the update for the Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, Tab 4, and Tab 3, according to SamMobile.

Galaxy S4

France (XEF, S4 Active)

Germany (Vodafone, S4 LTE-A)

Luxembourg (S4 LTE)

Malaysia (XME)

Serbia (Telenor, S4 LTE)

Slovenia (SIO, S4 LTE)

Galaxy Note 3

Baltic (Note 3 LTE)

China

Panama (TPA)

Singapore (XSP, M1, SingTel, StarHub, Note 3 LTE)

Galaxy Tab 3

Austria (T-Mobile, Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Czech Republic (Vodafone, Tab 3 LTE)

France (XEF, Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Germany (Vodafone, Tab 3 LTE)

Greece (Cosmote, Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Hungary (T-Mobile, Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Kazakhstan (Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Luxembourg (Tab 3 8.0 LTE)

Russia (Tab 3 8.0 Wi-Fi)

Spain (Orange, Tab 3 3G)

Ukraine (Kyivstar, Tab 3 8.0 Wi-Fi)

Galaxy Tab 4

Bulgaria (Tab 4 7.0 Wi-Fi)

Hungary (Tab 4 8.0 LTE)

Kazakhstan (Tab 4 8.0 LTE; Tab 4 7.0 Wi-Fi)

Singapore (M1, XSP, Singtel, StarHub; Tab 4 8.0 LTE)

Ukraine (Kyivstar, Tab 4 7.0 Wi-Fi)