Galaxy S5 Firmware Update Now Launch On January 2017

TECHNOLOGY:-Sprint started pushing out an update containing the Android January 2017 Security Patch for the Samsung Galaxy S5 on Monday, users report. The update bearing the Firmware version G900PVPS3CQA2 is just over 27MB in size and is rolling out in several stages, meaning it will be a while before all owners of the Galaxy S5 on Sprint’s network can download it. 

Sprint’s latest update for the Galaxy S5 seemingly includes no performance improvements or other changes of any kind. Google initially released the January Security Patch earlier this month, only a few days before Sprint started pushing out the December Security Patch for all Galaxy S5 units on its network. 

However, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States has now apparently improved its updating game seeing how the January Security Patch for the Galaxy S5 started rolling out only three weeks after its predecessor. The update fixes various vulnerabilities of the Android operating system and consequently makes the OS more secure. 

The variant released by Sprint for the Galaxy S5 seems to be free of any major carrier-made modifications, though the Overland Park-based company has yet to post an official changelog detailing the update. The January Security Patch for the Galaxy S5 is being released as an over-the-air (OTA) update that will likely take a few days to roll out. 

If you’re feeling impatient and want to check whether the update is already available, open the Settings app, tap “About Device,” and select “Software Update” to perform a manual search. However, your phone also periodically performs automatic checks and will notify you once the update is available for download.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 was initially released in April of 2014 and was running Android 4.4.2 KitKat at launch. The phone was since updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop and Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latter of which only started rolling out in the second half of 2016. 

Sprint started pushing out the Marshmallow update for the Galaxy S5 back in August and it’s unlikely that Samsung’s 2014 flagship will ever officially receive Android Nougat seeing how it’s almost three years old now. However, owners of the Galaxy S5 will likely receive a few more Android Security Patches before Samsung stops supporting the device.