Minor update for Verizon S5?

[selectiveeye]

Battery dies twice as quickly. These updates should be optional. "Do or do not use, at your own risk"

 

[BlurryEyed]

So after a few days worth of use on G900VVRU2BOE1, I have noticed two things:

I get a "Google App has stopped" Message every now and again.
I have to turn the volume up when using my car's bluetooth and get the annoying "you could damage your hearing" notice more often now

I have cleared the cache and partition cache. Will continue to update on this matter, but so far, battery life is slightly better.

 

[Hardcase]

I waited to update my phone and finally did on Friday (fearing the worst based on past update experiences). I did not do a factory reset before or after. It is too big of a pain to reload and reset all my many apps.

Over the weekend I got MUCH better battery time and feel that the phone stayed cooler than before the update. I've not noticed any other problems. Before the update, I had many app crashes. It seems that they are about the same or slightly better. Time will tell.

 

[1901Madison]

Battery seems good to me too.

 

[ironass]

If you are at present, running the latest, U.S. carrier, Verizon OE1 firmware on model G900V you will be unable to downgrade your firmware at all and particularly to Android 4.4.2, to root your phone thanks to Verizon's own new and unique bootloader. See, here.

It would appear that Verizon does not allow you to... refuse an update... downgrade from an update or... want you to root their phones!

WARNING! Verizon are rolling the OE1 update out to customers and unless you are already rooted and have disabled OTA updates, there is no way of stopping it.

"You will be assimilated! Resistance is futile!" (The Borg)

Thanks Verizon... welcome to, "the land of the free!"

 

[Dr Claw]

Noticed that this removed the 100% charged notification.

 

[BlurryEyed]

Noticed that this removed the 100% charged notification.

Agreed, but the repeat volume notice about hearing damage is more rampant now. I wish Verizon offered the Nexus 5, I'm tired of their tampering with the host OS

 

[Josiah23]

Hello, I heard that the new OE1 minor update is unrootable and I have a question or two. Does Odin let you flash any older stock Roms or custom Roms with OE1? and if you use Odin, can you check the box next to "nand erase all" and delete the ENTIRE OS and then install an older KitKat or Lollipop ROM and root that? I did a nand erase all on my old S4 a few months ago and put an older KitKat ROM with some ".pit" file and rooted it with towelroot.

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[ironass]

Hello, I heard that the new OE1 minor update is unrootable and I have a question or two. Does Odin let you flash any older stock Roms or custom Roms with OE1? and if you use Odin, can you check the box next to "nand erase all" and delete the ENTIRE OS and then install an older KitKat or Lollipop ROM and root that? I did a nand erase all on my old S4 a few months ago and put an older KitKat ROM with some ".pit" file and rooted it with towelroot.

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See post #60, above.

OE1 has a new, unique, Verizon own mega locked down bootloader. You cannot downgrade whatsoever, (including, "nand erase all"), thus making it unrootable. If you are already rooted you can carefully upgrade to OE1 and retain root.

[How-To] Update to G900V_OE1 - 5.0 and KeepRoot

This is for competent, rooted, users.

 

[Dr Claw]

See post #60, above.

OE1 has a new, unique, Verizon own mega locked down bootloader. You cannot downgrade whatsoever, (including, "nand erase all"), thus making it unrootable. If you are already rooted you can carefully upgrade to OE1 and retain root.

[How-To] Update to G900V_OE1 - 5.0 and KeepRoot

This is for competent, rooted, users.

Verizon's constant lockdowns are totally unnecessary. Of course it would be nice if Samsung allowed certain usage/features in their phones without the need for root... even more so if carriers such as Verizon did the same

 

[IronCat21]

So I went through my phone and uninstalled a few panel apps I've had. I was getting paid about $20 a week to have them, but it just wasn't worth it. They were slowing down my phone, making it over heat, draining battery, and surprisingly killing my phone signal as well. After that, my phone feels AMAZING. Like, I get all day battery now, like advertised. It's worth giving up the $960 a year. So if you have any panel apps, take a look at them. They may only be taking up 2% on the battery chart, but it's crazy what 2% is.

Incase anyone does have an extra phone sitting around that they'd like some extra cash a week, the best two apps were Screenwise Trends Panel by Google and Media Insiders Mobile. That'll get you almost $10 a week in Amazon credit!

 

[BlurryEyed]

So I went through my phone and uninstalled a few panel apps I've had. I was getting paid about $20 a week to have them, but it just wasn't worth it. They were slowing down my phone, making it over heat, draining battery, and surprisingly killing my phone signal as well. After that, my phone feels AMAZING. Like, I get all day battery now, like advertised. It's worth giving up the $960 a year. So if you have any panel apps, take a look at them. They may only be taking up 2% on the battery chart, but it's crazy what 2% is.

Incase anyone does have an extra phone sitting around that they'd like some extra cash a week, the best two apps were Screenwise Trends Panel by Google and Media Insiders Mobile. That'll get you almost $10 a week in Amazon credit!

This sounds ridiculously sketchy. Nothing in life is free.

 

[IronCat21]

This sounds ridiculously sketchy. Nothing in life is free.

Like I said, you're sacrificing battery life and whatnot for money. It's a panel app, so what they do is monitor what apps you use and pay you in return. I'm not endorsing them, but if I had an extra phone or tablet I don't use anymore, I'd put them on that. I bought a nice new 1080p 40" tv with the amazon credit over a few months. Wrong topic for this anyways. I guess I thought those apps might not be updated for 5.0.

 

[Josiah23]

Who got the newest update for the Verizon Galaxy S5? It's suppose to update us to 5.1.1 but I'm still at 5.0

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[ironass]

Who got the newest update for the Verizon Galaxy S5? It's suppose to update us to 5.1.1 but I'm still at 5.0

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Verizon is still on Android 5.0, build G900VVRU2BOG5

Model SM-G900V
Model name GALAXY S5
Country USA (Verizon)
Version Android 5.0
Changelist 4782027
Build date Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:40:54 +0000
Product code VZW
PDA G900VVRU2BOG5
CSC G900VVZW2BOG5

 

[Josiah23]

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[Josiah23]

Verizon is still on Android 5.0

It's saying in the picture above that Verizon, AT&t, and T-Mobile pushed the 5.1.1 update to all their s5 users.

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[Josiah23]

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[conanbarb]

Neurogadget needs to correct their article. As ironass said, the Verizon S5 is still on Android 5.0 G900VVRU2BOG5. Can't speak for the T-Mobile/AT&T versions though.

 

[BlurryEyed]

I am still on 5.0 (G900VVRU2B0G5).

Checking for system updates yielded no updates at this time. I suppose we wait...