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I would make sure before making any changes that using Cyanogen doesn't void the warranty.
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I have the S4. Mine updates automatically (prompts first) with no issues at all.
Go to Settings >> More >> About Device >> Software Update, and check if the settings are set for updating.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Joan,
If there is not an update available for your phone, Cyanogen is a great option. I have run it on an old (shipped with 2.3) HTC Thunderboldt, an HP Touch pad (still am there), and recently put it on an HTC One. I have not put it on an S3 or S4, but the steps are similar.
The best place I have found for each of them is http://forum.xda-developers.com/[^] to get the most current and complete steps. They are also VERY good at answering questions there when you may have made a slight mistake.
To do it:
0) Find the forum for your device
1) Find the root/ROM section for your device
2) Read the instructions for doing it from start to finish
3) download the recommended files (Biggest choice is ROM Manager, both Clockwork Mod and TWRP are really good. I just started using TWRP and think I like it better.)
4) Read the instructions for doing it from start to finish
5) Read them again just to be safe
6) Start with step one and move through them sequentially.
7) Only clear/wipe when directed
8) Only reboot when directed
It is really not very difficult once you have done it once, but a mistake can then cost you a LOT of time to figure out and get fixed. (My son grabbed the wrong version of clockwork mod because he didn't read ALL of the instructions before starting and lost access to the SDCard portion of the memory for about 4 days on an HP Touchpad.) It seems that it is much less likely that you can brick a device permanently than it used to be.
Good luck! The custom ROMs take up much less space and give you much better access to your device. I was able to run WireShark on mine the other day to solve an issue that arose. 
Don
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I second your post and link - even if I have never tried it myself - but xda was the only site providing me with useful help about android so far.
I'd add:
-1) Make a backup of your data.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Joan Murt wrote: t is from a Spanish phone company that looks like doesn't want to update the OS for that phone...
If you ever bring Kies to work, you can upgrade the android OS independently from the cell phone company layer. But this requires Kies to work, which I have never ever managed to do (Samsung S1, Samsung S3, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1).
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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The Word of the Day is Intransigence.
A Watch window in the Visual Studio debugger is showing "The runtime has refused to evaluate the expression at this time".
It's not saying it can't. It's saying it won't.
Maybe the Rise of the Machines doesn't start with a bang. Maybe it starts with lots and lots of petty little tantrums.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Warnings have been issuing such statements for a long time now ... if only we would let them turned on ! We won't have any excuse when Skynet wreaks havoc.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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How old is your PC? Are you sure it isn't entering it's teenage years? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I guess the PC's are ageing quicker nowadays. A 1 year old pc is likely already in it's puberty while a five year old one is practically dead 
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Well, well, my almost 5-year old PC is far from dead. I mean what happen to upgrade? A little more RAM, new video-card and some HDD and the PC turned from old-aged to modern usable PC, although it is not a gaming beast.
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By the time they rise they may just show some human traits and suffer from moodiness every now and again.
So: "at this time" may not be a permanent condition.
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This happens when you are not nice with your PC.
Take it out for dinner, buy it some nice flowers and give it a lot of chocolates.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Funnily enough I gave it a boot and it started working again.
The carrot or the stick? Hmmm.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I gave it a boot
and you call that treating it nice?  I usually do that after yelling at it and pounding on the keyboard.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Maybe the Rise of the Machines doesn't start with a bang. Maybe it starts with lots and lots of petty little tantrums.
Of which this is one.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Did you forget to feed the hamsters?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Almost sounds like VS thinks it's married to you. To paraphrase:
My wife in the dining room is saying "I refuse to evaluate your need to buy another [insert current need] at this time".
I shall not say anymore on this, lest my lovely, sweet, dear wife is listening.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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It's implied.
It's the same as when a parent says to a child, we'll see... or maybe later.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I don't think it's VS but .NET...
.NET was released into the wild in 2002, the same year as my eldest daughter was 'released'.
She is totally unpredictable and causes rage in all encounter her. This, I conclude, is not a coincidence.
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My daughter is almost a year old. The speech recognition isn't working, and the voice synthesizer won't shut off.
Plus, I have to manually run garbage collection. 
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Ah, you're still on a Beta - wait until you get the full working version, you'l DREAM of going back to manual GC...
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You kept the receipt, right?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Doesn't matter. Once we've invested, management won't let me upgrade.
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