I'm tired of the flaws of 5.0 and need a change. Why is Verizon so slow at updating the S5 to 5.1 when so many other phones and service providers have it?
rwdxyz24,
I'm great to see that you are interested in the Lollipop software upgrade. As much as I wish we had more information, no definite date for that update. But you can check this link for updates when they become available: http://vz.to/1Isp89s
-TakendraW_VZW
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the last droidguy info letter said the s5 won't get 5.1.
This link doesn't show anything other than the last update which was in the beginning of August. It is now October and I know other carriers got the 5.1 upgrade for Samsung Galaxy S5 so am curious on when we will get it? My corporate connection can not be made without this upgrade and I am starting to think that going to another phone or even provider will be faster and better. Is there anything that Verizon can tell us than to look at a website that hasn't changed?
Verizon doesn't care about existing customers. They've already got us on the hook. They are looking at new customers, focusing on existing 5.1.1 or Marshmellow installations on newer devices.
The only way they will start to pay attention is when a mass number of S5 users jump ship and I mean leave Verizon Wireless altogether.
I am seriously considering moving to a different provider. T-Mobile seems to be on the forefront when it comes to US upgrades of Android OS's.
ME.Elocin I'm sad to learn you are thinking of leaving us. I understand you want the update. At this time I don't have any information to share. However, you can sign up for email alerts to be one of the first to find out when it is. http://bit.ly/1j2JFsGDeloresK_VZWFollow us on Twitter @VZWSupportIf my response answered your question please click the �Correct Answer� button under my response. This ensures others can benefit from our conversation. Thanks in advance for your help with this!!
I want my S5 update!!!!
I don't believe that mo one at Verizon knows.
We should dump Verizon!!!!!
Keeping your phone up to date is always key GregR1. We always want your phone running at its best. We wouldn't want to see you think about another carrier. Although we don't have a release date yet, as soon as it is available, it will be pushed to your phone. You can also stay up to date with updates here: http://vz.to/1GKIbN0.
NicoleB_VZWFollow us on TWITTER @VZWSupportIf my response answered your question please click the _Correct Answer_ button under my response. This ensures others can benefit from our conversation. Thanks in advance for your help with this!!
Your response has no value to me.
So, Verizon was the first of the US carriers to push out the 5.0 update for the GS5, and it was a complete bust. They were the first (or one of the first) to push out the 5.0 update for the LG G2 in May, which disabled the ability of the G2 to charge at more than a snail's pace (and they just updated that phone for the first time since the disastrous May update in November, but didn't list charging problems as a fix, and it broke the GPS in a family member's G2.) Because of the poor track records of the Verizon approved and bloated software updates, I'd rather wait until they have a well functioning and properly tested software version before pushing it to their subscribers.
My GS5 is running fantastic, especially once I disabled most of the Verizon bloatware and *disabled advanced calling*. I have 4 separate push email accounts running on my phone, and I average more than 4 hours of screen on time and around 14 hours of standby time which is fantastic. The only thing I wish they would consider is allowing us to use the fm receiver built into our GS5 (Verizon disabled the customers of their versions of all smartphones they sell's fm receiver in all of their devices), and I really wish they would re-enable the Samsung browser because Chrome leaks too much RAM in Touchwiz. We would have a smoother experience with the ability to use the Samsung browser. I just don't want a garbage software version pushed that will break the phone, why would you?
Helloooooooo. Why should we do all this [removed]. I shouldn't have to disable or uninstall or delete anything. If they do test and make sure this 5.1.1 update runs smooth then what you are saying is that when we bought the phone they were [removed] enough to skip testing and all the [removed] that the ""verizon workers"" reply on our posts makes me feel like its a computer randomly spitting words on this community site. I may not be the best typing a sentence or paragraph but i hope all will type random gibberish and see how they like it
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