Haven't found a discussion devoted to Verizon Dev Edition chances of getting a 5.0 update.
Will CM12 remain the only way to go, near term (in order to get Android 5.0 on a Verizon S5 Developer Edition)?
Think I read Samsung had disabled auto lock on reboot with this latest 5.0 roll out, and if true, would that mean the Dev Edition would be able to take updates directly from Samsung without the threat of a becoming a "stock" phone with a locked bootloader? (Obviously an awesome policy improvement by Samsung, if true).
Thanks in advance for thoughts/info on this!
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If I need to access root for some of my development efforts, do I have to get the developer's edition? Do you know how to get this from Verizon? None of the staff seem to know about it.
1. Of course you don't need a special phone to get root LOL (Did I understand the question correctly?)
2. This forum is for the i9300, not the Verizon version
3. Questions go to QA
No the bootloader is unlockable without the dev edition.
The dev edition is Verizon, you don't need a dev edition for this device.
Sorry but I had to post this here instead of the dedicated GPE forum as I am a newer member and could not post in the development section yet. I have a question about the compatibility of some of the more popular roms with the Google play edition of the S4. I currently own the AT&T variant of the S4 and just purchased the GPE as I am sick of not being able to flash Paranoid on my device due to the locked bootloader. When I purchased the GPE I was under the impression that with the unlocked bootloader I would be able to flash whatever I wanted on the device but from the research that I have done it seems like there is not a lot of support for the GPE and therefore only a few roms out there.
I was trying to find out if it will be difficult to get one of the carrier versions of even PA 3.99 to run on the GPE S4 with minimal changes hopefully just to the update script? Please forgive this post residing here but I have read through all of the threads on the i9505g and haven't really come across good answers. I don't know if I should keep the GPE if there is not a lot of rom support as that is my main reason for purchasing it being that I already have the locked carrier version.
Thanks guys ...
Just in case anyone was in the same situation as me ... I went ahead and flashed the nightly CM 11 for the international version and it worked. I have been using for a day now and have not had any issues. Pretty happy !
Hello,
I was wondering if, since the official Lollipop rom is available for AT&T since last week for the G900A.
I wanted to know if it is possible to install the Touchwiz rom from AT&T in my cricket galaxy S 5 ?
Because I am afraid that Cricket will never release Android Lollipop (I still have Android 4.4.2 ...)
Thanks a lot for your help
Regards
Edit: I asked Cricket and they will , with high probability, NOT update their devices to lollipop !
I'm new so please help, not hurt. I have looked every where but can't find a thread on rooting a Samsung Galaxy S5 developer device on Verizon. I bought it right from Samsung in May of 2015. It came out of the box running Lollipop 5.0. Does this mean I have to down grade to Kitkat before rooting? Can someone please direct me to the proper thread. Am I screwed?
Hello,
I recently bought an S5 Active off of Ebay and I'm using the bring your own phone plan on cricket wireless. Currently my phone is on 4.4.2 kit kat, and I know that lollipop has been released for a while, but my phone tells me that it is up to date. Is there any way I can update? I'm completely new to the world of ROMS and all this other stuff, so any help would be appreciated!
I asked this question on toms hardware and got a response saying
"definitely do not upgrade your phone over the air if you have 4.4.2 and it is a galaxy s5.
s5's that are on 4.4.2 kitkat are not bootloader locked and are highly desireable in aftermarket sale. your best bet if you "want" lollipop is to root and do a custom rom like cyanogen 12/13. i think there is even a 6.0 marshmellow rom too.
otherwise if you upgrade to stock over the air 5.0+ you will be bootloader locked, unable to ever revert back to kitkat, and unable to root and do a custom rom. 9 months later and nobody has cracked the bootloader and at this point it is likely nobody ever will with 6.0 marshmellow around the corner.
because of that your phone is probably worth $50-100 more than a 5.0+ s5 for that reason... there are those out there that would love to get their hands on your phone and root it and will pay more since you are still on kitkat and fully unlocked."
Honestly, I have no idea what that means so if anybody could help me out I would greatly appreciate it!