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S5 Lollipop latest releases

thanks for that update ironass, as I also have a SM-G900i (Australia) I guess I can't be far behind :)


Samsung S5
Model: SM-G900I
Version: Android 4.4.2
AP: G900IDVU1ANK1
CP: G900IDVU1ANJ1
CSC: G900IXSA1ANJ2
Australian Carrier: Westnet (unbranded)
Not rooted
 
AZgl1500 said:
Thanks for keeping this thread so current.. You are ahead of the "big boys" reporting from Forbes, etc...

ie, http://www.latinpost.com/articles/3...5-android-5-0-lollipop-update-releases-uk.htm

this is "old news" for us because of your diligence.
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Thanks AZgl1500!

One tries one's best when one has enough, double strength, Taylor's Rich Italian Roast coffee flowing through one's veins.

Having said that, it would not be the first time that I have seen the media glean their information from Android Forums. ;)
 
Ironass, you sound too sophisticated for your screen name. :-)

I know this has probably been asked a million times, but any chance you know when it will be released stateside?
 
mriff said:
Ironass, you sound too sophisticated for your screen name. :)

I know this has probably been asked a million times, but any chance you know when it will be released stateside?
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The $64,000 question!

Since the U.S. does not have any unbranded models, which we have seen have a turn around of around 5 or 6 days from the build date, see post #23 for the UK release, and they do not indulge in lightly branded, carrier, firmwares which have a turnaround of about 21 days... see post #17 for the NL9 build of the 18th December.

Therefore, we are left with the medium and heavy carrier branded models which can take considerably longer to modify, add/remove apps and carrier brand. For those U.S. minority variants that are released by Samsung, (AT&T and Verizon are not), this means that Samsung must wait until the adapted firmware is returned by the individual carriers for release. Typically, this can take 4-8 weeks from the initial Samsung build date. As we have seen in earlier posts, all of the lightly branded carriers, so far, have opted for the NL9 build of the 18th Dec; as a suitable, stable, release. If the U.S. carriers also opt for that build, we should start seeing the first releases of Lollipop, for the U.S. minority variants, sometime at the end of this month or the beginning of Feb: If, on the other hand, a carrier opted to release on an earlier firmware build, such as the NL2 or NL7, (God forbid!), it could be any day now. I am afraid that Samsung will not be able to give you a time line on U.S. carrier releases and neither can I give you a guess-ta-mation without knowing which build they are working on. Let us not forget that some U.S. carriers lost precious time and budget in releasing the ill fated and short lived, Android 4.4.4, that Samsung chose to avoid, in favour of releasing Lollipop.

For more information about your particular model, see, 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

Bottom line... that carrier bloatware, modifications and NSA spyware... doesn't just add itself! ;)
 
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Thanks ironass, clear as mud! :-)

I suspect, as a Verizon guy, that I have another month or so for the upgrade.

The one small item that bugs me the most with the current version, is that there's no quick icon for Hotspot activation. Maybe the new version will fix that.
 
More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...

TMS = Slovakia

VFG = Czech Republic (Vodafone)

VFG = Portugal (Vodafone)

EUR = Greece

ATO = Open Austria

OXX = Macedonia

OXX = Slovenia

TNL = Netherlands (T-Mobile)

OXX = Serbia (VIP)

OXX = Croatia (TELE2)

OXX = Serbia (Telecom)

OXX = Hungary

OXX = France

MOT = Slovena (Mobitel)

O2I = Ireland (O2)

OXX = Cyprus (Cytamobile Vodafone)

OXX = South East Europe

VIA = Germany (O2)

OXX - Serbia (Telenor)

OXX = Baltic

DBT = Germany

ORO = Romania (Orange)

This brings the total number of releases, so far, to around 80 phone firmwares for the worldwide International model. :)

All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


AMO = Unknown

XEC = Spain (Movistar)

O2C = Czech Republic (O2C)

ZZH = Hong Kong


All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop except Hong Kong = OA1.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


LUX = Luxembourg

H3G = United Kingdom (H3G)

3IE = Ireland (Three)

OXX = Bosnia Herzegovina

FTM = France (Orange)

ETL = Czech Republic

PHN = Netherlands

BOG = France (Bouygues)


All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


TMZ = Czech Republic (T-Mobile)

TTR = Austria (Telering)

TTR = Austria (Unknown)

TTR = Austria (T-Mobile)

This brings the total number of releases to 96 phone firmwares for the worldwide International model and no major update issues so far. :)

All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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Sm-g900f Vodafone handset, 3 branded boot logo lollipop from samobile,

I'm having an issue with the WiFi set to always on only when plugged in, after long periods of no use ie. Night time WiFi does not come back on..

I also think the colour scheme is shocking..
 
More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


OXX = Ireland (Meteor)

VDS = Sweden


We also see the first release for the SM-G900M that is a country variant, covering South America. This is for the unbranded CSC code...

UUB = Trinidad and Tobago



All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop except Trinidad and Tobago, on OA3 (12th Jan:2015).

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


YOG = Spain (Yoigo) (Black Edition)


100 firmware releases for Lollipop to date. Roughly half way through for the worldwide, International, SM-G900F.


All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
Non Lollipop, Android 4.4.2, (KitKat), releases for the International SM-G900F and the U.S. SM-G900R6...

DGT = Venezuela

OJV = Iraq

LRA = U.S. carrier model SM-G900R6 (possibly Bluegrass Cellular?)

 
More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


EVR = United Kingdom (EE)

OXX = Slovakia

VGF = France



All of the above are on the NL9, (18th Dec:2014), release for Lollipop.

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
Samsung have issued 3 further improvement and enhancement releases for Lollipop, (sometimes called, "bugfix", releases), for the following phone models and CSC codes...

Model = SM-G900F

XEO = Poland NL2 -> NL5 -> NL7 -> OA3
(This is this CSC code's 4th Lollipop firmware release and brings it in line with the UK's OA3, (Jan: 2015), firmware)

Model = SM-G900S

SKC = Korea (SK Telecom) NL2 -> NL5 -> OA1

Model = SM-G900L

KLU = Korea (LG Uplus) NL2 -> NL5 -> OA1

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


VVT = Bulgaria (VVT)

TEN = Norway (Telenor)

VIM = Macedonia


All of the above are on the OA3, Jan: 2015, build

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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First U.S. release for Android 5.0, Lollipop, is on the Verizon, SM-G900V, model for the following CSC code...


VRU = Verizon


This is NOT a stock Samsung firmware release but a hybrid carrier version as per #1.6 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours??? This release is based on the OA8, 27 JAN: 2015, build.

EDIT (Video) It seems that unlike all the previous stock releases from Samsung, Verizon's own hybrid version of Lollipop requires not 1 but 2, separate updates to get Lollipop up and running on the G900V??? :confused: Looks as though they just couldn't cram all their extra bloatware and modifications into just one update. Let the fun and games begin! ;)


For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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For what it's worth, I downloaded it and have been using it heavily for 6-8 hours with as many of my 140 or so apps as I could. Haven't found an issue yet.
 
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More releases for Android 5.0, Lollipop, on the International, SM-G900F, model on both unbranded and lightly branded phones for the following CSC codes...


ROM = Romania

PAN = Hungary (Telenor)

IDE = Poland (Orange)


Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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Now it is the turn of the octa core, non 4G, International phone, SM-G900H, to receive some Lollipop loving with the following CSC code getting it...


OXY = Kazakhstan

Here is the link...

Model: SM-G900H

Model name: GALAXY S5

Country: Kazakhstan

Version: Android 5.0

Changelist: 77433514

Build date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:45:42 +0000

Product Code: SKZ

PDA: G900HXXU1BOAD

CSC: G900HOXY1BOAD

MODEM: G900HXXU1BOAD


Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
The Turkish, minority carrier branded, La Fleur, phone, SM-G900FQ, has been updated to Lollipop on the following CSC code...


TUR = Turkey (La Fleur)


This now makes 111 Samsung released firmwares for Lollipop, worldwide, covering 5 different S5 models, both unbranded and lightly carrier branded and so far there has been no major issues. (I do not include the Verizon release as that is not an official Samsung released firmware.)

Check both OTA, (Over The Air), and via Samsung's PC suite, Kies, for updates.

For more information about CSC codes, see #1.8 of 35 Galaxy S5 models - know yours???

See, also...
S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide
Galaxy S5, Fake Clone or Genuine - Dummies Guide

Top Tip: Use CTRL + F on your PC keyboard to bring up a Search bar on each page and enter your country or CSC code or carrier.
 
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