Android 5.0 Lollipop Update on Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Note 4, Note 2, Note Edge: U.S. Carriers Release Updates

Mercy Soriano Sunday, March 15, 2015

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The Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Samsung Galaxy Note series has made great strides in the U.S. and beyond, with American mobile carriers releasing the updates for both the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note 3.

Here is a recap of the domestic and international progress for the Note series:

Galaxy Note 4: On March 5, mobile carrier Sprint pushed the update to the U.S. Note 4 owners on its network. AT&T and Verizon have both remained silent on the Note 4 updates for their own customers, although AT&T did announce they were working on the Samsung S5 update. T-Mobile announced officially that the update was in "manufacturer development," but the company gave no time frame for the release. In other countries, French carrier SFR missed its self-imposed February deadline for the update while Canadian carrier Rogers has not provided any status report.

Galaxy Note 3: T-Mobile officially released the update to its customers. This marked another big step in getting the Andriod 5.0 Lollipop update to Galaxy Note 3 customers in the U.S. Meanwhile, an internal document posted on Sprint's website indicated that the Note 3 update for its customers is near. However, there have been no real news of an actual update from Sprint itself, as well as other U.S. mobile carriers, Verizon and AT&T. Internationally, the update rolled out in India on March 5.

Galaxy Note 2: No updates reported even through there were confirmed reports before for Denmark and Poland for an update back in February. It is still under speculation whether Galaxy Note 2 owners will ever see an update to the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS at all.

Galaxy Note Edge: Except for Australian Galaxy Note Edge owners who received the updates almost a month ago, no additional regions have been receiving the update. There are indications that there are issues requiring software tweaks for the curve-display phablet. This was the reason for the delay in the update for these devices.