How to install Android Nougat on the Samsung Galaxy S5 -[AndroidTutor2018]

AndroidTutor2018- It's highly unlikely that Samsung's 2014 flagship - the Samsung Galaxy S5 - will receive an an update to Android 7.0 Nougat or Android O. If you want anything higher than Android Marshmallow 6.0, you're going to have to take matters into your own hands. We'll give you a step by step guide on how to ensure that you'll get those Nougat features and future updates on your Galaxy S5.
Android O features, news and release date
A full overview of all devices receiving Android 7.0 Nougat
Why should I install Android Nougat on my Galaxy S5?
Samsung has officially stopped providing support for the Galaxy S5. The S5 was introduced in early 2014 and already has 2, soon 3 (the long anticipated Samsung Galaxy S8) successors. If you've already received the last Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, this will sadly be your last. You will no longer receive any software updates from Samsung, which in turn also means that any potential security risks that might arise in the future won't be patched. Its up to you if you choose to manually update your phone - but there are no disadvantages and it's surprisingly easy.
Installing Nougat on the Galaxy S5: first steps
The first thing you need to do is create a backup. In most cases, your contacts will already be synced via your Google account. If you are one of the many WhatsApp users, you can easily back them up in Google Drive (here's a tutorial on how to backup your Galaxy S5). You can either backup your photos onto your computer or secure them via the cloud. If you've configured any apps then you'll have to reconfigure them again later, as the majority of app developers don't use Google's backup feature.
In theory, both WhatsApp and your photos should be unaffected, nevertheless it's always better to be on the safe side and do a proper backup.
How to backup everything on your Android
Connecting your Galaxy S5 with your PC
Unfortunately, you're going to need a computer that runs Windows to use the tools that we need for this. When we tested this method, we used a Virtualbox running Windows 10 - and everything worked seamlessly. You're going to need both the Samsung Driver for Windows PC and Odin in the Virtualbox. After you've downloaded the Samsung Driver, install it, unpack Odin and start the application.

Odin on the Samsung Galaxy S5 / © ANDROIDPIT
Boot up your Galaxy S5 in Odin mode. To do this, turn it off then press home, power and the lower half of the volume rocker when you switch it back on. Confirm the warning that appears on the screen by pressing volume up. Connect your S5 with your computer and check if they can communicate with each other. To do this, go the Log section in Odin and check if an "Added!!" appears, and check if the device appears in the interface list.
If you do end up having problems with this step, then you might have to switch to the ADB Driver Installer and follow the instructions from there.

If ADB recognizes your device, it should start communicating with Odin. / © AndroidPIT
Install the recovery
Now you want to replace the recovery software with the custom recovery software from TeamWin. Custom recovery allows you to interact with the partitions of your smartphone. This is essential for the next steps where we change the Android system and install system apps like the Google Apps.
Download the current .tar file of the TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP Recovery) for the US Version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Note: this is currently not available on the AT&T branded S5 (g900a) ). In Odin, click on AP and select exactly this .tar file from the download directory. Click Start to flash the new recovery.

This is what TWRP Recovery should look like / © ANDROIDPIT
Once the process is complete, you'll have to restart in recovery mode. If you don't do this, the recovery will automatically replace the TWRP recovery that you just flashed on your Galaxy S5. To get into recovery mode, press and hold home and the lower part of the volume rocker. Confirm the initial warning. Go to the Mount section and make sure that you can see the files of the Galaxy S5 on your computer.
Download and install firmware
After installing the custom recovery, we can finally proceed to the main part and install Android Nougat on your Galaxy S5. The appropriate firmware can be found on the download page of Lineage OS (formerly known as CyanogenMod). You'll need to click on the top left hand menu and select the S5 version that applies for you as they differ for each carrier. In the Lineage OS build column, you can get the ZIP files with so-called snapshots of Lineage 13 or Nightly Builds for Lineage 14.1. The former are based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, so they are less up-to-date and stable. The latter are based on Android 7.1 Nougat and are updated almost daily, though they're not fully developed yet.
For the Play Store and Google services, you'll need another ZIP file with Google Apps. The easiest way to do this is to use Opengapps.org. Download the ARM for your Android version. We recommend the micro package for a nicer looking calendar and Gmail. However, Pico image is also sufficient.
Copy the ZIP files to your Galaxy S5.
Now change to TWRP Recovery on Wipe and then on Advanced Wipe.
Select the Data and System partitions to delete Samsung's Android version of your Galaxy S5.
confirm the changes.
As mentioned earlier, your app settings will be lost but your data and photos will be unaffected as they are located in the internal storage.

Empty the Data and System partition first / © ANDROIDPIT
Go to the home screen of TWRP Recovery and tap Install.
Tap Select ZIP, you'll enter in the LineageOS Directory and then select the downloaded file.
By selecting Add more ZIPs, you can and should install the Google Apps. Do not do this later as it will cause conflicts with the authorization management.
Though it is not required, set a check mark for Reboot after installation is complete.
Swipe where prompted to start flashing.
The contents of the ZIP file will now be unpacked in the emptied partition.

Add the two ZIP files and flash them. / © ANDROIDPIT
Setting up your device
As you've lost all your app and phone settings, you'll have to repeat the initial setup of your device. You'll be required to log back in with your Google account and re-install the apps that you had previously. On the plus side, you'll be able to enjoy all the updates for your Galaxy S5 long after Samsung has stop delivering them. Future updates will arrive automatically on your phone and don't need this complicated process to install them.
Benefits and features of LineageOS 14.1* on the Galaxy S5
*Disclaimer: When we tested the 14.1 version, it was still known under the name CyanogenMod. Three months have passed since and CyanogenMod has rebranded to LineageOS. Both the version that we tested (CM 14.1) and LineageOS 14.1 are virtually identical.
We didn't encounter any major issues when we tested CyanogenMod 14.1 on the Galaxy S5. Even NFC and the fingerprint sensor worked flawlessly. The only real problem we found was that the camera lost its HDR ability, yet it continued to deliver satisfying results. Check out the gallery of our test shots.

Format the microSD Card as internal storage. NFC and fingerprint functionality works fine. Everything is the way it should be. / © AndroidPIT
I was surprised that CM 14.1 managed to support all the relevant features of the Galaxy S5. Issues that often came up with camera quality could not be reproduced. I actually like the camera of the S5 more now thanks to the added optimization features and exposure control.

The added optimization tools for the camera app offer a high degree of control. / © AndroidPIT
Overall the S5 feels a lot snappier thanks to the new firmware and if you buy a new battery for $15, your phone should last at least another year.
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1 Mustafeez Ahmad 1 month ago Link to comment
Hey guys! I would like to make a correction in this blog. In the section "INSTALLING THE RECOVERY", to go into recovery mode after installing the custom recovery by using ODIN mode, you have to Press and Hold the VOLUME UP key + HOME key and the POWER key.

Holding the VOLUME DOWN key instead of VOLUME UP key will take you back into the ODIN MODE.
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1 Ramshad Abdul 1 month ago Link to comment
Hello sir, I use a verizon Samsung galaxy S5 G900V and the twrp.tar for both American and European is not installing in odin. I'm not an expert at this and I tried doing with Abd driver, but I don't know where I should add the twrp.tar. I'd really appreciate it if you guys could reply to me with either a link to twrp.tar for verizon S5 G900V or some tutorial for Abd driver. Ps, USB debugging is on, running on Android 6.0.1 with security patch level July 2017. Thank you, my email is dr.ramshadabdul@gmail.com, hope I'll hear from you guys soon
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1 Jozsef Hegedus 2 months ago Link to comment
will this root the divece? and blow the root fuse? so my internet banking apps will stop working?
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1 Jadin Lee 2 months ago Link to comment
So if you wipe without enabling usb debugging mode you get stuck so now im trying to restore my os using odin so i can enable debugging mode. still stuck on the Samsung loading screen so any advice what I should do? maybe I put the wrong os file.
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1 Jadin Lee 2 months ago Link to comment
i did have the wrong tar file. oops and the sd card messed it up. I finally did get it to work. but i didn't like the nougat that much to hard to get used too. I might try it another time.
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1 Jadin Lee 2 months ago Link to comment
another thing is it dosen't support Samsung gear manager.
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1 Zacks ZC 2 months ago Link to comment
Yeah.... I followed every step carefully and the first time I boote it took like 10 minutes to finish booting, after that, when I was setting everything up, it suddenly restarted and it's stuck in the boot screen :(
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1 Lam Kuan 2 months ago Link to comment
II'm stating with Marshmallow 6.0.1 wanting to Install 7.1.2 in a SM-900A can I use Windows 8.1 PC ; any specific procedures?
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1 Mike F 2 months ago Link to comment
May have found the issue. Developer Options. "In some Samsung phones like: Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ you need to enable OEM Unlock option in Developer Options. By default the Developer Options is hidden and you need to enable the Developer Options first." "To enable Developer Options on an Android phone or Tablet, do the following:
Go to Settings, Click on About phone and then Tap Seven times (it may vary) on the Build number." I now have it enabled
on my Sprint GS5 and will retry root tonight.
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1 George Abadir (Geero) 2 months ago Link to comment
hi guys.....thanks a lot for that article but i'm confused here since i have s5 LTE-A G900L Korean and not sure which rom I should install
s5 Korea kltekor or s5 LTE-A lentislte????????
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1 Mike F 2 months ago Link to comment
I'm unable to install the recovery via Odin3 v3.12. I get the update failed error. My Sprint G5 has the lastest. Does the lastest update have a new or different lock that's affecting this or a different version of recovery needed? My phone is up to G900PVPS3CQD1
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1 JAVS 2 months ago Link to comment
It worked flawlessly, thanks!
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1 Mohamed Ali 3 weeks ago Link to comment
It has?
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1 Sup Cool 2 months ago Link to comment
If I download this will I get the new emojis too
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1 G Greco 3 months ago Link to comment
Hey all, I have a question. I have an AT&T Galaxy s5 Active SM-G870A unlocked, I would like to upgrade it to Android 7.1 for T-Mobile.... Does the Active make a difference or am I too S.O.L. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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1 Robby Kelley 3 months ago Link to comment
SO SINCE THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE MISSED A HUGE KEY TO SAYING WHICH GALAXY S5'S THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH OR NOT I HAVE THAT QUESTION. SO CAN A GALAXY S5 AT&T VERISON BE UPGRADED TO ANDROID 7.0 OR NOT? SINCE THE ARTICLE WRITER (ERIC HERRMANN) LIKES TO WASTE PEOPLES TIME AND NOT SAY I'D LIKE TO KNOW. I WANT TO UPDATE MY ATT GALAXY S5 G900A TO 7.0 FROM 6.0.
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54 Bastian Siewers Admin Staff 3 months ago Link to comment
Hi Robby,
first of all, it would be nice to not use all caps, you don't really want to scream at us right? ;)

As for your criticism: It says that the recovery is not available for the AT&T version, same goes for Lineage (simply look at the linked website and you will see that there is not AT&T S5 listed). I just had a look at xda-developers.com and really couldn't find a suitable 7.0 ROM for the AT&T Galaxy S5.
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1 Robby Kelley 3 months ago Link to comment
thank you for your response. before a article like this is written up it would be nice of you guys to list compatible phone models that it will and wont work on. dont make people read the whole article then at the bottom (after the person has downloaded all files to do the mod) put in parenthesis, dont have file for this phone. I mean what is that? It should say this WILL NOT WORK ON AT&T G930A model. How hard is that? As you can see I wasn't the only one confused that owns the at&t model.
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1 Sea Salt 4 months ago Link to comment
This did not work. I installed the files correctly, but it said error for some reason and wont boot fully.
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1 Hernan Urpiana 4 months ago Link to comment
Hi. I have an AT&T Samsung S5 and you mentioned that the "the current .tar file of the TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP Recovery)" isn't available for yet for my device. Could direct me to where I could possibly obtain this or perhaps a work-around? Thanks.
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