Upgrading temporary phone to latest android

[35g700]

My family is switching from Verizon to US Cellular and instead of buying another iPhone 5S I've decided to use a temporary android phone until the iPhone 6 is released.

The phone that I have available is a Samsung Galaxy Fascinate SCH-I500 running Android 2.3.5. I've done some research and I've found that it's possible to upgrade the phone to Kit Kat, but every guide I see refers to the Verizon version. Does it make a difference if it's a US Cellular phone? The guides say it works with the SCH-I500 but I want to be 100% sure so I don't end up doing something stupid.


Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm not very familiar with Android devices.

 

[carnageX]

From what I could gather.. the US Cellular i500 variant is called the Mesmerize, whereas the Verizon variant is called the Fascinate:
Samsung Mesmerize - XDA Forum

 

[35g700]

From what I could gather.. the US Cellular i500 variant is called the Mesmerize, whereas the Verizon variant is called the Fascinate:
Samsung Mesmerize - XDA Forum

Thank you!...

EDIT: Although it looks like data doesn't work well. I may be stuck with 2.3.5

 

[35g700]

I installed Cyanogen mod 10.1 and everything seems to be working good.

Carriers won't care if it's not running stock, right?

 

[carnageX]

No they won't.

 

[35g700]

No they won't.

Good, I was a bit worried for a while.

And thanks for the help. I'd give you reputation but it says I need to spread some around before I can give you more.

 

[carnageX]

No problem lol.

Only issue that could come up is if you had to warranty the phone...but since its a fairly old phone then I don't see that being an issue.

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[farinha]

Even in warranty you can still install the stock ROM before returning it