After the Galaxy S5
LTE, it is now the turn of the Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition to receive the
Android 5.0 Lollipop update. Samsung is now seeding the Android 5.0.0 Lollipop
update to the S4 GPE devices. Strangely the update isn’t based on the latest Android 5.0.1 Lollipop version as
the Galaxy S5. This is a bit odd considering the Google Play Edition runs stock
Android and is thus getting the 5.0.1 firmware ready for the device should
ideally take a lot less time than developing for TouchWiz based devices like
the Galaxy S5. Nevertheless, the 5.0.1 update for the device should also be
rolling out in the coming weeks. So far the only devices to run Android 5.0.1
apart from the Galaxy S5 are the Nexus devices and the HTC One M8 & One M7
GPE models.
The Android
Lollipop OTA update for the Galaxy S4 GPE is around 500MB in size and if you
own one, you can check for the update by going into Settings – About Phone –
System Update. Ideally it should show up automatically in notifications though,
so you shouldn’t have to manually check for the update. The update brings all
the Android Lollipop features and improvements like the updated Material Design
UI, improved performance thanks to the switch to Android ART runtime, new
lockscreen notifications, multi-user support including Guest mode, new battery
saving mode and improvements to battery life thanks to Project Volta,
interruption and downtime settings, improved security, Smart Lock and a lot
more.
If you
haven’t received the OTA update yet on your Galaxy S4 GPE, you can download the
OTA ZIP file from this link or even the full ODIN recovery image and then perform a full
restore in the program. You can simply download the OTA ZIP file and transfer
it to the internal storage. Boot into recovery on your device and perform a
factory reset. You will also need to wipe cache, Dalvik cache, system and data
individually. Once you are done wiping everything, simply flash the ZIP file to
get the latest Android 5.0 firmware running on your Galaxy S4 GPE.
If you have a
regular Galaxy S4 and are wondering when Samsung will be rolling out the
Android Lollipop update for it, you definitely will need to wait longer as the
update for the Galaxy S4 is expected to arrive early next year. As the Galaxy
S4 is the oldest Galaxy device slated to be updated to Lollipop, you can expect
the update to begin once the update starts seeding for the Galaxy Note 4 and
the Galaxy Note 3.
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