The Android Lollipop currently occupies a meager 3% of in the official OS distribution chart. To a great extent, the laziness of most of the OEMs and carriers in pushing new updates is responsible for the poor distribution. When it comes to releasing major OS updates, especially for a little older devices, Samsung doesn’t have a very good track record. Lollipop is out for more than 6 months now and there are still so many devices waiting to get it. For the past few weeks, the Korean giant has been pushing the Android Lollipop to some of its older flagships. While the carrier-branded devices have to wait for months before they get the major updates, the international variants receive them pretty earlier. Anyway, the US models of Galaxy devices have now been receiving the Lollipop update in quick succession.

If you own the AT&T Galaxy S5 Active SM-G870A, it’s your moment. AT&T has started rolling out the Android 5.0 update with build number OC5. The size of the Lollipop OTA is 1434.38 MB and if you have not received it yet, you can request it manually by going to Settings>System>About device>Software update.

FlashFire is the most advanced on-device firmware flasher available for rooted Android devices. It can flash full firmware packages from various manufacturers, as well as apply over-the-air (OTA) and ZIP updates - all while maintaining root, and without using a custom recovery. It also offers full device backup and restore.

If you still haven’t any luck, you can flash the OTA Zip file via stock recovery. If you are addicted to enjoying root privilege on your AT&T Galaxy S5 Active SM-G870A, we also have the pre-rooted Lollipop firmware for your phone that you can flash right away. Thanks to for his commendable work for the AT&T Galaxy devices! Update AT&T Galaxy S5 Active to Lollipop (no root) Note. To be able to install the Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA package on your AT&T Galaxy S5 Active, your device must be fully stock (no root) with Android 4.4.4 firmware running on it.

If you phone meets this requirement, follow the steps provided below to upgrade to Lollipop. The procedure will not trip the KNOX Warranty Void counter. If you want root privilege on Lollipop, skip to the FireFlash method described below. Instructions to Install the OTA • Download the Lollipop OTA package and rename the file as “update.zip”: • Copy the update.zip file to the external SD card of your phone. • Enable on your phone as a precaution. • Turn off your device and reboot into the stock recovery.

To do so, hold the Volume Up+Home+Power keys together while the device is switched off. As soon as you see the Samsung logo, release the Power key and keep the other two keys pressed until you see the recovery menu. • Using the volume keys, scroll to “apply update from external storage” option and select it by pressing the Power key.

• Navigate to update.zip package and select it. • Confirm installation when prompted. • When the file is flashed, go back to the main menu and select “reboot system now” option. Now you need to wait patiently for about 5-10 minutes before your AT&T Galaxy S5 Active boots up and becomes usable. Install Rooted Lollipop ROM on AT&T Galaxy S5 Active Note: You can the following instruction of want to update to Lollipop and enjoy root access.

Besides, you can install the rooted Lollipop firmware regardless of what firmware or build version your phone currently has. Preparations • Rooted AT&T Galaxy S5 Active. If you don’t have root access, do as directed below: • Download the following firmware and extract it: • Follow our tutorial to flash the firmware: • Then root your Galaxy S5 Active using. • Enable on your Galaxy S5 Active. This step has nothing to do with the method given below but it could be a lifesaver if anything goes wrong. • Install Chainfire’s FireFlash app on your AT&T Galaxy S5 Active.

Since this new app is only available for beta-testers currently, go to the Google+ page and join the community. Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 Activation Code Key File Free Download. You must be signed into Google+ using the same Gmail ID that you use on the Google Play Store. Having joined the community, click the to download FireFlash. • Download the stock rooted Lollipop firmware for the AT&T Galaxy S5 Active: • • (older) • Also download the OC5 bootloader file: Instructions • Copy the G870A_OF3_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip to your device.