A series of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop releases both over-the-air update and custom ROMs has been made available to a bunch of Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets for a couple of weeks now. Here is a rundown of which already received the update, which is following next, and which models has yet to wait.
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE
A custom ROM developed by a community of Android users based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop stock firmware has already been released to Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE models. The custom Android 5.1.1 Lollipop named Paranoid brings in fixes to problems and errors brought by 5.1 as well as performance optimization and battery improvements.
The Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Paranoid custom ROM features LED options on boot, new key controls, new display with enable and disable option, Android M series wallpapers, tinnier battery padding options, and new translation features, among others.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
The US major mobile carrier T-Mobile has begun rolling out the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update to Galaxy Note 4 bringing in notable features and bug fixes. Qualified models are those with code SM-N910T while the new build number is N910T3UVU1DOFC.
Issues on Stagefright have been solved by the update, as well as those related to security. Stagefright allows direct access to video and photo files.
Samsung Galaxy S5
While users are threatened by problems like battery drain, crashes, heating and ineffective performance, the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop also promises a sustainable solution, esp. to Stagefright which has been widely known.
Samsung as well prepping a more secured S5 as LG and Google are already pushing their heightened security measure to their flagship devices. However, there are reported hackers who take advantage of the device's vulnerability.
To be test whether the device is still vulnerable to Stagefright, try looking on a detector app here from Zymperium.
Sprint's Galaxy S5 with 5.1.1 Lollipop is updated with Reactivation Lock upgrade, an anti-theft feature. While Verizon's model is still with 5.0, it would soon follow suit as per reports.
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