future updates

[joewoo]

Are any of you worried about getting updates very late or not at all being that it's sort of a niche product? How was the s5 active in terms of updating?

 

[LonestarROB]

Wanting to know as well.

 

[Photon4glover]

Are any of you worried about getting updates very late or not at all being that it's sort of a niche product? How was the s5 active in terms of updating?

If it's anything like S4 Active it'll be the red headed step child of ATT unfortunately

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[joewoo]

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[anon(5630457)]

Are any of you worried about getting updates very late or not at all being that it's sort of a niche product? How was the s5 active in terms of updating?

I'm not too worried about it. If it gets updated, it gets updated. If it doesn't, it doesn't.

I plan on holding onto the S6 active until the S7 active comes out.

 

[css34]

good point!

 

[T48]

If it's anything like S4 Active it'll be the red headed step child of ATT unfortunately

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That is exactly what I was thinking it was going to be. But I think the S4/S4A had some more differences between them than the current S6/S6A. So maybe they won't be left completely out of the loop.

 

[Photon4glover]

That is exactly what I was thinking it was going to be. But I think the S4/S4A had some more differences between them than the current S6/S6A. So maybe they won't be left completely out of the loop.

I think our only hope will be through the development community. These phones are 100% identical to S6 so as long as we get a developer on board we should be fine

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[joewoo]

I think our only hope will be through the development community. These phones are 100% identical to S6 so as long as we get a developer on board we should be fine

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Dunno about 100%... there IS an extra side button

 

[nyc_rock]

How far behind was the GS5A compared to the GS5 for lolipop? I think they got their updates pretty close together.

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[anneoneamouse]

Not getting updates might be a bonus- historically AT&T have removed functionality (e.g. tethering) & added extra bloat with the carrier-pushed updates. As long as the phone works out of the box, I don't care about the updates that AT&T wants to give me.

What I do want though, is root.

AoN.

 

[Phoneguy108]

Are any of you worried about getting updates very late or not at all being that it's sort of a niche product? How was the s5 active in terms of updating?

I was concerned about this as well, but still pulled the trigger on it and purchased regardless. I hope I don't regret it.

 

[Phoneguy108]

Because the battery in the S6 Active is substantially larger than the battery in both the S6 and S6 Edge, the phone has been getting a lot of attention. Perhaps, this will force ATT to not forget about the Active when it's time for software updates....

 

[pjniez]

How far behind was the GS5A compared to the GS5 for lolipop? I think they got their updates pretty close together.

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I've had the S5 Active for almost a year and it has received every single Android OS update that the regular S5 received but anywhere from a couple of days up to two weeks later.

 

[Phoneguy108]

I've had the S5 Active for almost a year and it has received every single Android OS update that the regular S5 received but anywhere from a couple of days up to two weeks later.

Awesome. Thanks for the info!

 

[Bkr11]

I'm thinking the larger battery size of the S6 Active coupled with the lack of a removable battery on all S6's may drive it to be more popular relative to former Active variants compared to their non-Active siblings.

This could help drive solid support for this device.

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[MDMcAtee]

I'm thinking the larger battery size of the S6 Active coupled with the lack of a removable battery on all S6's may drive it to be more popular relative to former Active variants compared to their non-Active siblings.

This could help drive solid support for this device.

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Only if they can get it on other carriers and a European version. If they do this then I agree with your sentiments.

Posted from my Samsung S6 Active

 

[zhelf]

It will likely get updates later than the regular s6 and if it is like the s5 active it will be a few months behind but should get updated eventually.

 

[FroggyStyle]

I've had the S5 Active for almost a year and it has received every single Android OS update that the regular S5 received but anywhere from a couple of days up to two weeks later.

That is good news And although I just got my ugly blue camo active last night I have yet to find anything buggy that needs fixing so update or not I am happy.

 

[ryjb]

From what I saw with the GS5 and GS5A updates were within a few weeks of one another. If you can live with that I would say this will be a great option for a while to come.