Marshmallow releases for Galaxy S5

[lgossin]

forgive my ignorance, does that mean when I am ready to upgrade my S5 I could get a global S7 and it would work on Verizon in the US? My 17 month old S5 has pretty severe screen burn in. Otherwise it has been pretty good. Really appreciate this forum and especially Ironass' helpful advice

SM-900V
RU2BP1
2016-02-01 Security
Verizon for updates, Verizon of coverage

 

[ironass]

forgive my ignorance, does that mean when I am ready to upgrade my S5 I could get a global S7 and it would work on Verizon in the US? My 17 month old S5 has pretty severe screen burn in. Otherwise it has been pretty good. Really appreciate this forum and especially Ironass' helpful advice

SM-900V
RU2BP1
2016-02-01 Security
Verizon for updates, Verizon of coverage

Unfortunately, no. Verizon, Sprint, C-Spire and U.S. Cellular still use the old CDMA network and not the the worldwide standard GSM. If it were not for Verizon or China Telecom, Samsung would not even issue a CDMA model of phone.

 

[cjp40]

How come the Vodaphone update is released before unlocked version on GM900F ?

 

[amar7]

Re: Marshmallow released for International model

Knew you would be a happy chappy, amar7. See post #4.

Oh yeah, indeed I am =)

 

[ironass]

How come the Vodaphone update is released before unlocked version on GM900F ?

Because the unlocked version will receive a later version that is more up-to-date.

 

[cjp40]

Thats good.........but when ????

ps Ironass, probably been asked before, but where does all your info come from

 

[ironass]

Thats good.........but when ????

Bearing in mind that the unbranded U.K. Galaxy S5 model, BTU, received a brief update to Marshmallow about 3 months ago. See, here. I would expect the Samsung R&D guys to maybe incorporate a May security patch, (if it is important enough), in the next release and get it out in the next 10 days or so.

ps Ironass, probably been asked before, but where does all your info come from

 

[cjp40]

 

[can3gxw]

AAANNNNDDD... Marshmallows are falling from the sky here in Canada. All over the place. Currently downloading this gooey 819.32 MB file...

 

[can3gxw]

Here's the info in case you want it, @ironass. Currently installing at 49% - going very quickly...

 

[ironass]

It's May Day, bank holiday, here in the U.K. so I haven't been checking today.

Usually, on the Canadian regional model, G900W8, all the carrier firmwares are updated en masse. What security patch are you now on can3gxw?

 

[can3gxw]

What security patch are you now on

April 2, 2016

AP: G900W8VLUDPD3
CP: G900W8VLUDPD3
CSC: G900W8OYA1DPD3
Changelist: 7722359

Should note also that this is version 6.0.1 (in case anyone wants to know).

 

[rokemsokem]

Hm. Well, good to see it out for Telus, at least. Mine is FMC so likely still won't see it for months yet.

The thought had crossed my mind to just change my CSC and flash the Telus one but if I'm going to flash a different firmware I may as well flash the G900f international version onto it.

Ahh, decisions, decisions, decisions...

Anyway, thanks.

 

[rokemsokem]

April 2, 2016

AP: G900W8VLUDPD3
CP: G900W8VLUDPD3
CSC: G900W8OYA1DPD3
Changelist: 7722359

Should note also that this is version 6.0.1 (in case anyone wants to know).

How much bloatware is on your build if I may ask? If I'm not mistaken, Telus doesn't usually load it up like other Canadian carriers like Rogers and their affiliates. I think the reason that the slower carriers take so long to release updates is because of all of the junk they load the phone up with. Given that I don't even live in Canada, I'd rather have the least amount of junk that I'll never use as possible. I'd like to install the Canadian firmware with the last amount of junk if I'm going to install the Canadian firmware update at all. Thanks.

Edit - nevermind. I forgot you're using Bell. I don't know why I thought Telus.

 

[ironass]

More Marshmallow releases for the global, G900F, model....

Austria (T-Mobile)
Austria (Telering)
Romania (Cosmote)
Croatia (T-Mobile)
Greece (Cosmote)
Macedonia (T-Mobile)
Slovakia
Hungary (T-Mobile)
Netherlands (T-Mobile)
Czech Republic (T-Mobile)
Montenegro
Spain (Vodafone)

Also, as mentioned above, there are Marshmallow releases for the Canadian regional model, G900W8...

Canada (Virgin)
Canada (Telus)
Canada (Videotron)
Canada (SaskTel)
Canada (Wind Mobile)
Canada (Bell)
Canada (Koodo Mobile)
Canada (East Link)


More rolling out as I type.

 

[rokemsokem]

Canada (Virgin)
Canada (Telus)
Canada (Videotron)
Canada (SaskTel)
Canada (Wind Mobile)
Canada (Bell)
Canada (Koodo Mobile)

Dang. No FMC. I knew they'd be last.

 

[can3gxw]

How much bloatware is on your build if I may ask?

IMO, there isn't a lot of bloat on my firmware, and yes I'm on Bell. I've got the usual stuff that carriers want me to use, like Flipboard, Push-To-Talk (this is a subscription service on Bell) and a couple of other small apps, but overall I'm pretty happy with how lean it is. I just disable those because I will never use them.

One other app is "Bell Mobile TV" - this updated and brought the app to over 65MB. I just disabled it and now it shows a paltry 44k. I'm not rooted (don't really want to). Overall, I've disabled 5 apps. The rest are Google and my "regular" stuff.

I am currently, now, sitting with 10.51GB used out of my 16GB with those apps disabled.

 

[rokemsokem]

IMO, there isn't a lot of bloat on my firmware, and yes I'm on Bell. I've got the usual stuff that carriers want me to use, like Flipboard, Push-To-Talk (this is a subscription service on Bell) and a couple of other small apps, but overall I'm pretty happy with how lean it is. I just disable those because I will never use them.

One other app is "Bell Mobile TV" - this updated and brought the app to over 65MB. I just disabled it and now it shows a paltry 44k. I'm not rooted (don't really want to). Overall, I've disabled 5 apps. The rest are Google and my "regular" stuff.

I am currently, now, sitting with 10.51GB used out of my 16GB with those apps disabled

Oh, okay. Thanks for feedback. That isn't too much, I agree. Seems like Rogers is really the only Canadian carrier that loads them full of bloat from what I've read.

This Fido one that I have that's still on 5.1.1 only has a couple of little bloatware apps, too. Like the My Account app and maybe 2 other little ones that have since been discontinued anyway. I think I have 9gb free of the internal 16gb. Of course, then, I have a 200gb sd card in the slot, too, so I'm good in terms of space. I guess I'll just wait for Fido to release its own formware. I'm not rooted either

Off topic, but I was just reading the Rogers forum and their customers are peeved about not getting their S6 and Note 5 updates yet. I haven't seen many complaints about the S5 update not being released over there, though.


Thanks again.

 

[jc_dizon16]

Re: Marshmallow released for International model

All the Philippines firmwares are carrier branded, Globe, Open Line, Sun Cellular and Smart. So it depends on them.

Nope. The Open Line firmware is the unlocked one.

 

[ironass]

I am currently, now, sitting with 10.51GB used out of my 16GB with those apps disabled.

I think I have 9gb free of the internal 16gb.

Stock unbranded firmware for the international, G900F, model has 12GB free, (11,980.86MB), for internal storage on Marshmallow. Just thought I'd mention it. I'll get me coat!