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Verizon’s 4-Year Old Galaxy S5, Note 4, Note Edge All Pick-Up KRACK and Blueborne Security Patches

Kellen January 18, 2018

We may hit Samsung hard when it comes to updating its phones to new versions of Android, but you've got to give them credit in the security patch department. They are one of the few companies that at least comes close to issuing monthly patches, plus they...

Verizon’s Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, and Galaxy Note Edge All Pick-Up Updates

Kellen August 4, 2017

Verizon pushed a batch of updates to some of its older Samsung devices as we ride off into the weekend. The Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, and Galaxy Note Edge are all receiving new builds that welcome in security patches. For new software versions, you'll...

All of These Verizon Phones Picked Up Security Patches This Week

Kellen May 4, 2017

Since it's the start of a new month, a whole wave of security patches are rolling out. Verizon, if you can believe it, has become one of the better carriers at doing so and has already pushed out updates to 10 devices within the first four days. We've listed...

#TBT: Samsung Galaxy S5, the Pinnacle of Fugly

Tim January 19, 2017

If we polled readers to see which flagship phone had the worst design, it's quite possible that Samsung's Galaxy S5 would rank pretty high on the list. With its obnoxiously large bezels and silly flap that covered the charging port, Samsung's water resistant...

Verizon is Pushing Updates to These 11 Android Devices

Kellen December 29, 2016

To end 2016, Verizon is sending out a wave of security patches to most of its flagship phones. The batch of updates are available this week for the HTC 10, Moto Z family, Galaxy Note 4, Note 5, Note Edge, Galaxy S5, S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge+. Again, we aren't...

Verizon Pushed Updates to the Turbo 2, Note 4, and Galaxy S5 Within the Past Few Days

Kellen June 28, 2016

Just a quick note here, but we wanted to point out that owners of a DROID Turbo 2, Galaxy Note 4, or Galaxy S5 on Verizon should have seen a prompt for an update in recent days. No, none of the updates are anything exciting, but our inboxes and Twitter...

Verizon’s Galaxy S5 is Getting Marshmallow Today

Kellen May 31, 2016

Late Friday afternoon, Verizon updated its Galaxy S5 software support page with today's date, a sign that an update would be arriving. We figured it might be a major update to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, since the T-Mobile variant had recently received a...

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S5 Gets Marshmallow Update

Kellen May 24, 2016

Yesterday, T-Mobile began pushing an update of Android 6.0 to the...wait for it...Samsung Galaxy S5. Yeah, that old bird. Sweet, right? The update is showing up as either software version G900T3UVU1GPE1 or G900TUVU1GPE1, depending on, something. Honestly, I...