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United Kingdom's Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) owners were getting a new update to build G900FXXU1BOI3. The update which eventually brings fixes to Stagefright vulnerability as it includes the new security patch against the said Stagefright bug. This particular update has only sent out on unlocked Galaxy S5 in the UK alone and no any other European countries received the said update so far.
In addition, aside from the Stagefright patch there are also some new features which totally taken from its successor; the new Galaxy S6. The update also brings the Smart Manager to which now allows users to monitor the status of battery life, RAM and internal memory usage. It has also added some several improvements and enhancements that only targets the inner part of the Android OS. So once your Galaxy S5 took the update you'll notice some significant changes when it comes to the device performance, including speed, fluidity and how snappier the Galaxy S5 performs if we compared it to the previously released build G900FXXU1BOH4.
Here’s what the technical details of G900FXXU1BOI3 update to which can be viewed inSettings > About device, after performing the software update.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S5
Model number: SM-G900F
Android version: 5.0
Baseband version: G900FXXU1BOI3
Kernel version: 3.4.0-5508620 dpi@SWDD6914 #1
Build number: LRX21T.G900FXXU1BOI3
Other info:
AP / PHONE: G900FXXU1BOI3
CSC: G900FOXA1BOI3
CP / MODEM: G900FXXU1BOI3
Build date: September 04, 2015
Release date: September 10, 2015
Again this update is only held available in UK at this time being. Other countries might also get the said update soon, it might arrive in different build version but has the same aspects of the overall changes detailed above.
Those who have not received the update yet, you folks might better manually check it via Over-the-air (OTA) update or using Kies. Below are the guides that show you the basic instructions on how to perform a software update on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
Samsung urges us to prepare the following important notes to consider before performing the software update. I have also added some useful insights why you should follow this procedure to keep your phone in safe.
Recharge the phone’s battery – You should make sure your device is fully recharged before performing the software update. Do not also remove the battery during the software update is in progress. A power failure may cause damaged to your device that might result to what we called “soft-bricks”. If this happen on your device, it may just stuck on Samsung logo or welcome screen and can’t reboot normally.
Backup important data – You should back-up your important files, including contacts, emails, messages, photos, videos, apps and other stuff. Like I said while during software update process is interrupted there is a possibility that your data stored from your device internal SD card may lose or deleted when a sudden unexpected failure happened and it forces you to perform a factory data reset which basically wipes your phone’s memory.
Ensure that your Galaxy S5 should still running in the official Lollipop released build version and hasn’t been rooted – Your device should not be modified or rooted, there are some certain circumstances that a modified and rooted Galaxy S5 SM-G900F may not accept any official software update anymore or it can accept an update but it might harm your device once the update has made. Learn about the new Samsung KNOX security suite. Most known error that says ‘firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in Kies and try again‘ or “Your device has been modified Software update are not available” you should try to avoid that from happening.
This is usually how the carrier branded or locked Samsung Galaxy S5, performs a software update. This method is Firmware Update through over the air or called as OTA update, which most often a notification message will directly send out to you from your network provider or Samsung and notifies you that there is a new update available for download. If you did not receive any notification messages you can manually check for the update instead. Doing this you may only tap on your Galaxy S5 SM-G900F Settings>>About Device, tap Software Update.
It will automatically tell you that a new update is available or your software is up to date when there is none yet. You can simply tap install now when you want to perform an update or install later. The G900FXXU1BOH4 Android 5.0 update is around 300+ MB in file size while updating via OTA.
The second method is a firmware update through Samsung Kies. You may head over to your local Samsung support page from where you can download Samsung Kies from there, and install it in your Windows or Mac computer. Choose the new Kies 3 which supports the Galaxy S5 SM-G900F and other Samsung devices running with Android 5.0 Lollipop OS . Once you installed Kies 3, all you need is to connect your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F to a PC using the USB data cable, then simply run and follow Kies on-screen’s software update instruction.
In addition, aside from the Stagefright patch there are also some new features which totally taken from its successor; the new Galaxy S6. The update also brings the Smart Manager to which now allows users to monitor the status of battery life, RAM and internal memory usage. It has also added some several improvements and enhancements that only targets the inner part of the Android OS. So once your Galaxy S5 took the update you'll notice some significant changes when it comes to the device performance, including speed, fluidity and how snappier the Galaxy S5 performs if we compared it to the previously released build G900FXXU1BOH4.
What are the Technical details of G900FXXU1BOI3 5.0 Update?
Here’s what the technical details of G900FXXU1BOI3 update to which can be viewed inSettings > About device, after performing the software update.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S5
Model number: SM-G900F
Android version: 5.0
Baseband version: G900FXXU1BOI3
Kernel version: 3.4.0-5508620 dpi@SWDD6914 #1
Build number: LRX21T.G900FXXU1BOI3
Other info:
AP / PHONE: G900FXXU1BOI3
CSC: G900FOXA1BOI3
CP / MODEM: G900FXXU1BOI3
Build date: September 04, 2015
Release date: September 10, 2015
Again this update is only held available in UK at this time being. Other countries might also get the said update soon, it might arrive in different build version but has the same aspects of the overall changes detailed above.
Those who have not received the update yet, you folks might better manually check it via Over-the-air (OTA) update or using Kies. Below are the guides that show you the basic instructions on how to perform a software update on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
How to Update the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F to Official Android 5.0 Lollipop?
Samsung urges us to prepare the following important notes to consider before performing the software update. I have also added some useful insights why you should follow this procedure to keep your phone in safe.
Recharge the phone’s battery – You should make sure your device is fully recharged before performing the software update. Do not also remove the battery during the software update is in progress. A power failure may cause damaged to your device that might result to what we called “soft-bricks”. If this happen on your device, it may just stuck on Samsung logo or welcome screen and can’t reboot normally.
Backup important data – You should back-up your important files, including contacts, emails, messages, photos, videos, apps and other stuff. Like I said while during software update process is interrupted there is a possibility that your data stored from your device internal SD card may lose or deleted when a sudden unexpected failure happened and it forces you to perform a factory data reset which basically wipes your phone’s memory.
Ensure that your Galaxy S5 should still running in the official Lollipop released build version and hasn’t been rooted – Your device should not be modified or rooted, there are some certain circumstances that a modified and rooted Galaxy S5 SM-G900F may not accept any official software update anymore or it can accept an update but it might harm your device once the update has made. Learn about the new Samsung KNOX security suite. Most known error that says ‘firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in Kies and try again‘ or “Your device has been modified Software update are not available” you should try to avoid that from happening.
How to Perform an Update via Over-The-Air (OTA)?
This is usually how the carrier branded or locked Samsung Galaxy S5, performs a software update. This method is Firmware Update through over the air or called as OTA update, which most often a notification message will directly send out to you from your network provider or Samsung and notifies you that there is a new update available for download. If you did not receive any notification messages you can manually check for the update instead. Doing this you may only tap on your Galaxy S5 SM-G900F Settings>>About Device, tap Software Update.
- Find “Software update”
- Slide your finger down the display starting from the top edge of your mobile phone.
- Tap the settings icon.
- Tap About device.
- Tap Software update.
It will automatically tell you that a new update is available or your software is up to date when there is none yet. You can simply tap install now when you want to perform an update or install later. The G900FXXU1BOH4 Android 5.0 update is around 300+ MB in file size while updating via OTA.
How to Update the Galaxy S5 Thru Kies?
The second method is a firmware update through Samsung Kies. You may head over to your local Samsung support page from where you can download Samsung Kies from there, and install it in your Windows or Mac computer. Choose the new Kies 3 which supports the Galaxy S5 SM-G900F and other Samsung devices running with Android 5.0 Lollipop OS . Once you installed Kies 3, all you need is to connect your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F to a PC using the USB data cable, then simply run and follow Kies on-screen’s software update instruction.
You may try to perform a full factory reset and clearing all data caches fist. You may also try to use another launcher rather than the standard one. The only way to remove this update is to rollback/reflash the previous G900FXXU1BOH4 version. It's a very risky process, noting that this update has the Google's security patch in it to which technically resides in the "bootloader" part of the Android OS.
ReplyDeletethis update work all the features like smart pause...
ReplyDeleteGot the update G900FXXU1BOI3 OTA yesterday over here in Austria on my unlocked Galaxy S5. Performance is way better now, also battery life and signal strength seems to be better, no problems so far.
ReplyDeleteSmart Manager seems to be no part of the deal(at least in Austria), but overall this update is a very good step.
Thank's Ric, we will mention that in our next post.
ReplyDeleteJust got mine in Portugal (with Smart Manager)
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