Help Verizon S5 lollipop With OUT problems

[Mcgee10]

Everyone is always first to scream when they have a problems, and with this update by looking at the posts you would think most are having problems well most people are NOT having problem. The silent people.
It should be fare to hear from both side.
I have talked to at least 10 people with no problems at all myself included. On the forums you would be lead to believe it's everyone having problems.
One fact we do know now is many didn't read the direction when updating. It said to remove your micro sd card first and many did not and some now won't admit they didn't removed it.
I feel for those that have problems nothing worse than having a good working phone and doing a upgrade and now have a non working phone, nothing is worse.
Writing this is also about another update on another devise I have and just been threw a similar set of problems and those problems turns out were from the people updating were not following the directions.

I'm by far no expert many on this forum know far more than me, just want to see if those not have any issues or maybe these forums are just hear for people to list problems.

 

[systemofadown]

that's the thing about a tech forum, only the people with problems will come around to post. Rarely if ever do you have someone to come on login (much less, take the time to sign up) just to say hey I got the update and everything went fine

you could think of it this way, for every one person that comes here complaining about how bad lollipop is and how bad the phone is screwed up - imagine how many people could be out there enjoying it right now with no problems....
Its hypothetical, there are so many variables but its something to think about

 

[EarlyMon]

IMO, the carriers are remiss in not testing for an extSDcard, and putting up a Warning Flag informing the viewer to remove it, and then to refuse to actually install the new software until the extSDcard is removed.

Were they to enforce that little step, wonder how many posts of problems would not have ever occurred?

For me, that would be an excellent way to avoid unwanted software changes.

OK, so you post in the Problems thread that your apps are fine and you post in the No Problems thread, intended to lighten things up, what they're doing wrong.

Did you successfully get Lollipop on your Verizon S5 without problems?

No??

Then this is NOT the thread to discuss it.

"Hear from both sides," doesn't mean in this thread - it means that this thread is for the unheard side - the side where it went pretty good.

 

[mustang8918]

I got it to work just fine once I got another new S5. I'm 5.0 and able to send text with this one.

 

[Mcgee10]

I see this is not a popular thread, I must be one of the few that got lollipop without any problems. I have tested as many problems as I have read posted on the forum so far none. I have found some apps work a little different than before.
Now I wonder if Verizon releases 5.1 that is going to fix some of these problem should I take it or like this one will I have no choice.

 

[victek]

One fact we do know now is many didn't read the direction when updating. It said to remove your micro sd card first and many did not and some now won't admit they didn't removed it.

My update to Lollipop went fairly smoothly. I had some issues which turned out to be caused by a failing battery and things were much better when I replaced it. My phone works reliably now, but I've gotten into the habit of rebooting it every morning because this seems to keep problems to a minimum. You mentioned directions for updating and I'm curious to know where they are? Did the carrier issue them? I'm with Verizon and I don't remember there being any instructions. I don't have an external SD card, but if I had I wouldn't have known to remove it before installing the update. Lollipop fixed a problem I was having with the phone not connecting consistently with my hands free headsets, so it turned out to be a good choice for me. I guess my point is I was lucky and it shouldn't be about luck.

 

[Mcgee10]

By what I have been reading we must be the only 2 that got threw it un touched. Almost everyone seem to have 1 or more problems.

 

[marc4575]

@ Mcgee10, well said.. I am new to the samsung s5 and got my phone after lollipop came out. I was getting nagged right from the beginning to do a system update so I never really got a chance to use the kitkat version. I have not experienced any problems with the phone since the update and am happy with it. however, from all the searching around I did, I am assuming that the SM-G900V phone with lollipop is un-root-able? I have asked this question in the verizon forum but never got an answer.

also, I had an SD card in my phone when I did the update and had no problems, I never saw anything mentioned about taking it out before hand.

 

[AZgl1500]

if you will back date the software to 4.4.2 or is it 4.2.1? with Odin.

anyway, Towel Root can do it, as maybe one or two others
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[systemofadown]

AT&T along with Verizon make it extremely hard to find a exploit to sneak root permissions in.

I seem to recall reading (actually just a quick scan) that Samsung haven't even started working on 5.1 yet.
That unfortunately would mean it could possibly take a couple months for them to get it ported onto the S5 with touchwiz added in, then send it to the carriers to tinker with a little bit more (add bloat/remove features) before they even release it to the public.
I hope this was incorrect

 

[marc4575]

thank you for the info AZgl1500, and systemofadown. I might try rolling back to kittkat one day and try it out. I apologize if I got off-topic in this thread

 

[Jim Chapman]

Count me as another one who has had no problems installing or using Lollypop on the Samsung S5. I can't remember ever having such a smooth upgrade.

 

[Mcgee10]

I find this strange that some of us had no issue and others had so many issues.

 

[Richmondva12]

I agree...easiest upgrade ever!!

Everyone is always first to scream when they have a problems, and with this update by looking at the posts you would think most are having problems well most people are NOT having problem. The silent people.
It should be fare to hear from both side.
I have talked to at least 10 people with no problems at all myself included. On the forums you would be lead to believe it's everyone having problems.
One fact we do know now is many didn't read the direction when updating. It said to remove your micro sd card first and many did not and some now won't admit they didn't removed it.
I feel for those that have problems nothing worse than having a good working phone and doing a upgrade and now have a non working phone, nothing is worse.
Writing this is also about another update on another devise I have and just been threw a similar set of problems and those problems turns out were from the people updating were not following the directions.

I'm by far no expert many on this forum know far more than me, just want to see if those not have any issues or maybe these forums are just hear for people to list problems.