Jfalls63
Android Expert
Recently picked up a second S5 Active that was already on 5.0 OF2 when I fixed it so it is impossible to root. Looked around on XDA and found a link to all of the OTA updates by Muniz_ri. I downloaded the two that I needed to PC (OF3 and OJ3). Started with the OF3 update first.
1- Rename zip to update.zip
2- Copy to external SD card on phone
3- Turn phone off then boot into recovery
4- Select apply update from external storage
5- Select the update.zip that you copied
6- Press power to begin update.
If doing more than one update, you should do them one at a time in order as you would if you received them OTA. After I flashed the first update to OF3 and phone rebooted, I used the stock file explorer to delete the update from the SD card so I wouldn't get confused when I copied the next update (OJ3) to SD card and repeated the process.
I take no credit, all was found at XDA. Process worked for me but as always you do at your own risk.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=27720
Only use the downloads marked OTA.
They are the only ones that will work with the stock recovery.
3-29-17
Just tried the OTA update zip files from here and can confirm all working. Successfully updated a 870A from NE4 to PK5. I did not rename the zip files and installed them as is.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g870a-updates-ph4-t3494717
1- Rename zip to update.zip
2- Copy to external SD card on phone
3- Turn phone off then boot into recovery
4- Select apply update from external storage
5- Select the update.zip that you copied
6- Press power to begin update.
If doing more than one update, you should do them one at a time in order as you would if you received them OTA. After I flashed the first update to OF3 and phone rebooted, I used the stock file explorer to delete the update from the SD card so I wouldn't get confused when I copied the next update (OJ3) to SD card and repeated the process.
I take no credit, all was found at XDA. Process worked for me but as always you do at your own risk.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=27720
Only use the downloads marked OTA.
They are the only ones that will work with the stock recovery.
3-29-17
Just tried the OTA update zip files from here and can confirm all working. Successfully updated a 870A from NE4 to PK5. I did not rename the zip files and installed them as is.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g870a-updates-ph4-t3494717
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