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As stated by GSMArena website there will be no Android 5.0 update for Galaxy S2 and obviously should apply to the variants too.
Although this news is leaked from the company's insider, it may be true. This news may be highly disappointing to many. Here's the link. Go ahead check it out.
http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s_ii...roid_50_others_get_stuck_at_422-news-5720.php
Honestly, did anyone ever expect Android 5.0 to be officially released for our device?
dwie said:
Honestly, did anyone ever expect Android 5.0 to be officially released for our device?
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No.. I'm still waiting for the premium pack for 4.1.2 although ! Multitask is not available yet
Thanks for making another thread to tell us. There was a shortage of them.
Extra kudos for linking to gsmarea, rather than the source.
oinkylicious said:
Thanks for making another thread to tell us. There was a shortage of them.
Extra kudos for linking to gsmarea, rather than the source.
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M sorry but lot of people here dont know so I thought about this. And GSMArena was the source through which I got this news so thats why I linked it to the website. And this is the General section so I guess there is no rule not to link websites here for information. No offence.
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this is the General section so I guess there is no rule not to link websites here for information. No offence.
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There is a rule about searching before posting, however.
gireeshtty9 said:
M sorry but lot of people here dont know so I thought about this. And GSMArena was the source through which I got this news so thats why I linked it to the website. And this is the General section so I guess there is no rule not to link websites here for information. No offence.
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Whaaaaat?! I thought you were being sarcastic in your first post!
What the hell is happening to xda these days.....
Edit: Nice. Two of the same threads from you!
3 major upgrades for a 2 year old phone still put Samsung as one of the better ones in terms of upgrades ...
jelly bean 4.2.2 is definitely the latest that i expected.
the s2 is too old but still good.
morover the most of us will get a new phone very soon because of the contracts.
and this phone will get android 5 or higher in the future.
Gonna upgrade to another manufacturer i think...since the uk galaxy s4 will be a snapdragon based model and not the octocore we were hoping for...key lime pie will be nice.
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3 major upgrades for a 2 year old phone still put Samsung as one of the better ones in terms of upgrades ...
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Still not sufficient. A 650€ flagship should be supported more than 2 years and 2 poor versions. Ics & JB...
Or at least let the community do their job...
I totally agree, and don't understand the attitude of some people here... I didn't buy the phone just to replace it at the end of contract. It's still working perfect and I don't see the need for a replacement. Samsung should just let the community handle the updates if they are to lazy to do it themselves.
S2 till it dies, and when it does, another s2.
Fu*k it, I'll buy a couple s2 when they get 300 bucks cheap here (It's still at 600 bucks unbranded, 400 branded, crazy).
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we can have it by custom roms.
as expected from samsung, they only care about selling phone and now, if you want android 5 you need to buy and s4,,,shane on you samsung
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as expected from samsung, they only care about selling phone and now, if you want android 5 you need to buy and s4,,,shane on you samsung
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Dude they updated it from 2.3.6 up to 4.1.2 and they will update it to 4.2.2. Some Galaxy devices havent got any update. Just some bugfixes.
I hate samsung for that, but i love touchwiz and their hardware
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Whaaaaat?! I thought you were being sarcastic in your first post!
What the hell is happening to xda these days.....
Edit: Nice. Two of the same threads from you!
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My post would be closed if its a nuisance over here. This is the General section and therz no problem if I post something usefull or worth knowing info. If you have problems you can PM mod to close this thread.
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Ok, chill out now, no need to get sentimental.
I really wanna see 5.0 and what it's all about, I'm somewhat skeptical on the gigant upgrade that would represent against JB.
If a couple of devs make it work with no issues on their ROMs I don't see why we can't lobby up and ask for that update.
I mean, samsung devs vs xda devs...I'm sticking with our troops.
One thing's for sure, if the galaxy nexus gets it, I'll burn tires right in front of Samsung.
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As stated by GSMArena website there will be no Android 5.0 update for Galaxy S2 and obviously should apply to the variants too.
Although this news is leaked from the company's insider, it may be true. This news may be highly disappointing to many. Here's the link. Go ahead check it out.
http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s_ii...roid_50_others_get_stuck_at_422-news-5720.php
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that's too bad..
Yes, if Samsung would now release all the sources (required by the license) we could keep upgrading our devices on our own. The S2 community has done a fabulous job, and we would get some disaffected devs back if we had all the sources. This is still a great phone. I'd hazard to say that there aren't many (any?) other 2 year old phones that still run this well on the "latest" software. I agree it might be still going strong in 4 years. Due to Samsung's intransigence however I think my next has to be Nexus. But it's hard to justify giving this up. Despite a faded screen, and reduced capacity of the battery, it still screams smoothly!
Hello XDA,
I have the 910G variant and I've been waiting for the release OTA or via Kies since the release began but bubkiss.
Sammy mobile literally has dozens of variant firmware and theres plenty of threads on here about cross flashing X to Y or what have you but not a single mention (according to a fair amount of searching) on whether any of the existing ROMs work for the G or whether its going to be released etc.
My question is, does anyone know of any of the variant versions that WOULD/SHOULD work with the 910G or if the firmware is out there and I'm just an idiot?
If someone can recommend a ROM to try within reasonable margins I'll definitely give it a shot and be a guinea pig.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello XDA,
I have the 910G variant and I've been waiting for the release OTA or via Kies since the release began but bubkiss.
Sammy mobile literally has dozens of variant firmware and theres plenty of threads on here about cross flashing X to Y or what have you but not a single mention (according to a fair amount of searching) on whether any of the existing ROMs work for the G or whether its going to be released etc.
My question is, does anyone know of any of the variant versions that WOULD/SHOULD work with the 910G or if the firmware is out there and I'm just an idiot?
If someone can recommend a ROM to try within reasonable margins I'll definitely give it a shot and be a guinea pig.
Thanks in advance.
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F ROM's will work on our G device with a custom kernel like AEL - but we need the bootloader and modems for our G model first, which we cant do without samsungs release.
Nationalmaverick said:
Hello XDA,
I have the 910G variant and I've been waiting for the release OTA or via Kies since the release began but bubkiss.
Sammy mobile literally has dozens of variant firmware and theres plenty of threads on here about cross flashing X to Y or what have you but not a single mention (according to a fair amount of searching) on whether any of the existing ROMs work for the G or whether its going to be released etc.
My question is, does anyone know of any of the variant versions that WOULD/SHOULD work with the 910G or if the firmware is out there and I'm just an idiot?
If someone can recommend a ROM to try within reasonable margins I'll definitely give it a shot and be a guinea pig.
Thanks in advance.
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What has become to xda? Everyone making threads all over the place. In the wrong place, multiply threads. OMG
Revenge of the noobs.
SGN4SD said:
What has become to xda? Everyone making threads all over the place. In the wrong place, multiply threads. OMG
Revenge of the noobs.
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Find me this question anywhere else on the forum and I'll take it down.
I've been a member a LOT longer then you, I just never post.
From my understanding our modem and bootloader is different from the n910f and therefore we can't flash it on our n910g untill someone finds a custom kernel or sammy releases it. Sucks i know, I'm waiting for lollipop since it was mentioned by Google
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From my understanding our modem and bootloader is different from the n910f and therefore we can't flash it on our n910g untill someone finds a custom kernel or sammy releases it. Sucks i know, I'm waiting for lollipop since it was mentioned by Google
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It was literally the main reason I bought this phone over the Nexus 6, I had a Note 3 and flashed the early Lollipop leak and that was such an incredible leap in quality I felt the lollipop for the note 4 would make it the best phone on the market by a long shot, especially given the 4.4.4 firmware was already so much better then the usually touchwiz fair.
Oh well, patience is a virtue, if only I could buy it on ebay.
Yep we just gotta wait, sucks but it's android and not ios and since we all love android we have no choice but to wait. The only good thing about ios if you get updates fast, but that's not good enough for me to use that horrible os.
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Yep we just gotta wait, sucks but it's android and not ios and since we all love android we have no choice but to wait. The only good thing about ios if you get updates fast, but that's not good enough for me to use that horrible os.
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Agreed.
I handle iPhones at work a lot and I have to admit the hardware is gorgeous and Android hasn't totally outdone the iPhone 6 yet in hardware, but the software, the most important part is far and away much better.
Every time I pick up an IP6 and think "man this sure is sexy...maybe the software is better now" I try to navigate through menus and end up playing the "wheres the back button now!" game and I hate it.
I like the design of the iP6, but i absolutely hate the OS with so much hatred lol. I would never go back to iOs. If only you could install android on a ip6...
I'm officially starting to get pissed off enough to consider returning the phone, the rep guaranteed me the Lollipop update would be out for my variant the week it released for all others.
Clearly thats not true.
What is taking so long to release?
Let's hope it'll be out asap.
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Let's hope it'll be out asap.
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Ok I have gotten tired of waiting and the battery life on my Note 4 has almost halved since I got it about 2 months ago, I'm going to try to flash the 910F version onto my device, I'm downloading it atm can anyone tell me where I can find spec sheets or something for the various models as I'm not too sure if the F is for the Snapdragon version or not.
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Ok I have gotten tired of waiting and the battery life on my Note 4 has almost halved since I got it about 2 months ago, I'm going to try to flash the 910F version onto my device, I'm downloading it atm can anyone tell me where I can find spec sheets or something for the various models as I'm not too sure if the F is for the Snapdragon version or not.
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first of all, relax and take a deep breath.
Lollipop for the N910F is NOT gonna work on G since you don't have the correct bootloader and modem.
so i'm sorry, but you'll have to wait for Lollipop release for the G.
and even though the F roms work on G with kitkat...it still needed a different kernel, and that has to come from sources...that samsung has to release...which takes a looooong time
so sure, you can look at spec sheets and see that F is basically the same as G, but it still won't help boot the rom.
sorry :good:
Im interested to see how he went with this...
I wonder if samsung ever reads our feedbacks
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I wonder if samsung ever reads our feedbacks
This is my last samsung as there is no support for note4 indian version...samung thinks we are fools...
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Another week no update... I am guessing something is seriously wrong with the update. Australian version Note 4 Edge received the update so i can't think what else would be stopping it. I hope they decide to bump us to 5.1 instead of going gradually...
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Another week no update... I am guessing something is seriously wrong with the update. Australian version Note 4 Edge received the update so i can't think what else would be stopping it. I hope they decide to bump us to 5.1 instead of going gradually...
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To everyone in the thread waiting, Sammobile reported yesterday that 910g is getting lollipop in India as of yesterday so the ROM should be up on their firmware section soon hopefully.
Rom is on Sammobile 5.0.1 enjoy
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To everyone in the thread waiting, Sammobile reported yesterday that 910g is getting lollipop in India as of yesterday so the ROM should be up on their firmware section soon hopefully.
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Rom is on Sammobile 5.0.1 enjoy
+1 Man, its been like half a yr now or more. Something is taking so bloody long. I dont believe the S'Pen function on the Note4 and Lollipop is the culprit hey? Theres no other explanation. Other phones get 5.0. the S5 got it. Note 3 too. WHERE IS it for sm-n910G ???
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
Check this out regarding Lollipop. The Note 3 might get it before us. The Edge and 4 are in manufacturer development.
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https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
Check this out regarding Lollipop. The Note 3 might get it before us. The Edge and 4 are in manufacturer development.
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I sure hope so. From the reports I'm reading, I don't think I ever want Lollipop on my Note 4 :silly:
I ran it on my nexus 5 for months. Short of the misc battery drain, it was fine. I just want a release to come out so the devs can get ahold of it and work it over. I think it will be just fine.
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Please stick to one thread regarding lollipop and software upgrade. No reason to start a new thread.
Here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2989077
Edfunkycold
Have a great day!
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/06/galaxy-note-4-android-5-1-1-update-testing-phase.html
It also might be 64bit optimized.. Benchmark spotted
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...-benchmarks-could-be-64-bit-optimized_id70386
Tmobile, are you on it?
twe90kid said:
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/06/galaxy-note-4-android-5-1-1-update-testing-phase.html
It also might be 64bit optimized.. Benchmark spotted
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...-benchmarks-could-be-64-bit-optimized_id70386
Tmobile, are you on it?
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Snapdragon 805 is a 32-bit processor so it won't matter if they optimize it for 64-bit.
Link: http://system-on-a-chip.specout.com/l/424/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-805-MSM8084
This is amazing and I hope it leaks.
Given the last lollipop drop...I thought we all came to an understanding that tmobile will drop the firmware 4 months AFTER everyone elses drop it? This is just going to create a needless anticipation....and if it drop for international, odds of it being ported to tmobile is slim to none. lol...
I'm certainly not holding my breath this time around. My expectation this time is it'll come when it comes.
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Given the last lollipop drop...I thought we all came to an understanding that tmobile will drop the firmware 4 months AFTER everyone elses drop it? This is just going to create a needless anticipation....and if it drop for international, odds of it being ported to tmobile is slim to none. lol...
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+1 BTW the Note 5 will probably launch before we get 5.1 anyway. The way Samsung and TMO are behaving these days I might just look at another phone Manufacturer......
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+1 BTW the Note 5 will probably launch before we get 5.1 anyway. The way Samsung and TMO are behaving these days I might just look at another phone Manufacturer......
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When you find out which, let me know [emoji1] I'm hunting as well...LG out of the question...there is enough drama with the developers and users to set the road for world War 4
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I sure will keep you in the loop.
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When you find out which, let me know [emoji1] I'm hunting as well...LG out of the question...there is enough drama with the developers and users to set the road for world War 4
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Apparently only the international LG G4 has an unlocked bootloader. I was considering this phone, but given the direction Samsung seems to be headed (no expandable storage/ removable battery); not any more.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...-supports-the-g4-for-the-eu-open-market-h815/
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+1 BTW the Note 5 will probably launch before we get 5.1 anyway. The way Samsung and TMO are behaving these days I might just look at another phone Manufacturer......
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Same here. I love my Note 4, but thinking of jumping ship at the next nexus release.
I highly doubt they'll remove the micro SD card slot and removable battery. A lot of people in the technology news believe that note will be a pro line for us power users. They're going to keep the S line for the lame end user. Anyway look like the current state of rumors are the note5 is not coming this year and Samsung is going with S6plus variant.
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Note 5 is definitely coming this year, the s6 plus could never replace the note line. It will release a month or two before note 5 launch.
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twe90kid said:
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/06/galaxy-note-4-android-5-1-1-update-testing-phase.html
It also might be 64bit optimized.. Benchmark spotted
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...-benchmarks-could-be-64-bit-optimized_id70386
Tmobile, are you on it?
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AlkaliV2 said:
Snapdragon 805 is a 32-bit processor so it won't matter if they optimize it for 64-bit.
Link: http://system-on-a-chip.specout.com/l/424/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-805-MSM8084
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Yes, the update maybe 64-bit optimized but 90% of Note 4s have Snapdragon 805 which is only 32-bit and won't be 64-bit, ever. The only 64-bit Note 4 in the world has the Exynos 5433, which wasn't enabled until Lollipop was released.
S5 was just updated to 5.1.1 on tmobile
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S5 was just updated to 5.1.1 on tmobile
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Guess it should be any day now for the Note 4.
Yea, I was just about to post that. Here we go again with the same ****. As much I I love my N4 the 5.0.1 update, even on custom roms drains the battery faster then 4.4.4. Skipped again and I'm sure it won't be for a while before it comes to the N4. I'll be keeping this phone for 2 years but when it's time to switch I'll be looking at a different company.
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Yea, I was just about to post that. Here we go again with the same ****. As much I I love my N4 the 5.0.1 update, even on custom roms drains the battery faster then 4.4.4. Skipped again and I'm sure it won't be for a while before it comes to the N4. I'll be keeping this phone for 2 years but when it's time to switch I'll be looking at a different company.
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I and many others disagree with the [bolded] as in above quote. Personally, due to possibly selecting a good lollipop base, following the instructions, selecting a decent kernel, doing research & setting up the kernel to maximize both performance & battery, along with the addition of a nifty little add-on Mod (found here on XDA) - Lspeed, I am very pleased with Lollipop and won't be looking backwards and look forward to further improvements if that is even possible as again, I am more than satisfied with my current setup. :good::good::good:
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Yea, I was just about to post that. Here we go again with the same ****. As much I I love my N4 the 5.0.1 update, even on custom roms drains the battery faster then 4.4.4. Skipped again and I'm sure it won't be for a while before it comes to the N4. I'll be keeping this phone for 2 years but when it's time to switch I'll be looking at a different company.
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I don't know what you did to your phone. I'm on stock rooted deodexed 5.0.1 with a few XPosed modules and my battery life is EXACTLY the same as it was on 4.4.2.
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I and many others disagree with the [bolded] as in above quote. Personally, due to possibly selecting a good lollipop base, following the instructions, selecting a decent kernel, doing research & setting up the kernel to maximize both performance & battery, along with the addition of a nifty little add-on Mod (found here on XDA) - Lspeed, I am very pleased with Lollipop and won't be looking backwards and look forward to further improvements if that is even possible as again, I am more than satisfied with my current setup. :good::good::good:
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I and many others are very happy for you but as 99.7% of Note 4 owners haven't a clue how to modify their phones, I'll have to say 5.0 sucks balls for that vast majority of owner.
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I and many others are very happy for you but as 99.7% of Note 4 owners haven't a clue how to modify their phones, I'll have to say 5.0 sucks balls for that vast majority of owner.
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I won't argue your opinion as I don't have the facts as to what percentage of Note 4 owners don't understand how to modify their phones.
Actually when I post here on XDA, beings it's a "developers" site with most conversation in relevance to those that do learn and like to root, unlock, Rom, mod, ect... their devices, I guess I assume too much that I am representing my experiences and opinion to a relevant audience.
My apologies if my reply was not appropriate or factual enough. :cyclops:
I was looking at the Galaxy S5 forums when I came across this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/bootloader-unlock-coming-soon-t3271883
This is coming from @firewaterdevs on Twitter from which they have provided this document: http://theroot.ninja/disclosures/TRUSTNONE_1.0-11282015.pdf
According to the document, this affects the Note 4. There's even an XDA article on it here: http://www.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5-bootloader-has-been-unlocked/
As well as the video proof of concept that firewaterdevs put on their Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCibUxoagiM
So... should we be hopefully excited?
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I was looking at the Galaxy S5 forums when I came across this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/bootloader-unlock-coming-soon-t3271883
This is coming from @firewaterdevs on Twitter from which they have provided this document: http://theroot.ninja/disclosures/TRUSTNONE_1.0-11282015.pdf
According to the document, this affects the Note 4. There's even an XDA article on it here: http://www.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5-bootloader-has-been-unlocked/
As well as the video proof of concept that firewaterdevs put on their Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCibUxoagiM
So... should we be hopefully excited?
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I don't know about hopefully excited, but possibly cautiously excited with a side of hopeful.:fingers-crossed::silly:
Im scared to view the links. Id hate to get hopeful for nothing. I own a verizon note 4 but Im still paying $100 a month to rent a center for theirs because its a TMO version. God I hope something positive is around the corner
I know, right? We really need some good news with this device, especially since Verizon is holding back updates from us that fix a lot of the issues with the phone. Unlocked bootloader would be the best thing ever. I just hope the guy who found this decides to release it, it seems some users have given him trouble over it. Annoying him won't help.
Please do more research guys. This has been debunked lots of times. The person that found the exploit said it wouldn't work on Verizon note 4.
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Please do more research guys. This has been debunked lots of times. The person that found the exploit said it wouldn't work on Verizon note 4.
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Would you mind showing me where he has stated this? Because I have a feeling you didn't even look at what I've linked. Would be quite remarkable for this to be "debunked lots of times" in just the 4 or 5 weeks it's been publicly shared. This is a brand new exploit affecting pretty much every device running a Snapdragon 805. He explicitly names the Note 4 as a vulnerable device, and he successfully unlocked the Droid Turbo with the exploit.
What's the point of having a unlock bootloader. I a note 4 DE and there's barley any development. I'm pretty sure a lot of devs had moved on.
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Would you mind showing me where he has stated this? Because I have a feeling you didn't even look at what I've linked. Would be quite remarking for this to be "debunked lots of times" in just the 4 or 5 weeks it's been publicly shared. This is a brand new exploit affecting pretty much every device running a Snapdragon 805. He explicitly names the Note 4 as a vulnerable device, and he successfully unlocked the Droid Turbo with the exploit.
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I have a feeling you didn't bother to click page 2 of the Verizon note 4 General forum. If you did you would see there has already been 2 threads about this, so why you make another.
The 2 developers have already said twice this won't work. Not sure where it was mentioned but it was thrust me.
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I have a feeling you didn't bother to click page 2 of the Verizon note 4 General forum. If you did you would see there has already been 2 threads about this, so why you make another.
The 2 developers have already said twice this won't work. Not sure where it was mentioned but it was thrust me.
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Yet I find nothing from the actual developers that found the exploit, which was your claim.