Why didn't I get the iphone updates? How do I get them?

I have an iPhone 4 for Virgin Mobile, and I never got IOS 8, and a lot of my other friends got it. And then Apple put out another update called 8.0.2 to fix the bugs from 8.0, and I didn't get them one either. I went into my 'general', then my 'software update' and it still says '1.7.2, your software is up to date'. So why did I not get either update, and how could I get the new update?

DON'T PUT IOS 8 ON ANY IPHONE 4S AND BELOW!

IOS 8 is only for the 4s, 5, and 6.

Unless you have the 4s you will not be getting iOS8.X and above.

The iPhone 4 isn't supported anymore.

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