[Q] Will the firmware update be pushed down to user on MVNO? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5

I no longer have an account with AT&T, I am on PureTalk which is one of AT&T's MVNO. Will OTA update be available to me when it becomes available to AT&T users?

uat1 said:
I no longer have an account with AT&T, I am on PureTalk which is one of AT&T's MVNO. Will OTA update be available to me when it becomes available to AT&T users?
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Nope. Only a postpaid AT&T sim. Even my AT&T prepaid service tab 4 didn't get the last OTA. Gonna have to hope someone makes a safestrap for L and a flashable. I'm in the same boat with all my devices. Won't ever go postpaid again but then lose the option of any OTAs.

uat1 said:
I no longer have an account with AT&T, I am on PureTalk which is one of AT&T's MVNO. Will OTA update be available to me when it becomes available to AT&T users?
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I'm on StraightTalk's AT&T sim and have received all ota's.

Can't you use Kies to do the upgrade?
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muniz_ri said:
I'm on StraightTalk's AT&T sim and have received all ota's.
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Me too! I bought my gs5 outright from at&t store about a month ago, inserted my straight talk sim, created a new apn, and Ota updated from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4... pre4speed, could u elaborate a little? Are u still on 4.4.2?

muniz_ri said:
I'm on StraightTalk's AT&T sim and have received all ota's.
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DMF1977 said:
Me too! I bought my gs5 outright from at&t store about a month ago, inserted my straight talk sim, created a new apn, and Ota updated from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4... pre4speed, could u elaborate a little? Are u still on 4.4.2?
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That is interesting. I wonder if st has a contract with AT&T? Would make sense, but I don't get them, never have with aio (when it started) and now cricket even tho they are owned by AT&T. And like I said even my prepaid AT&T data only plan on my tab 4 hasn't gotten the OTA to 4.4.4. Hmm, wonder what's up with THAT. lol
Yes DM, I'm still on 4.4.2 on this S5 (insight program) my beloved Note 3 and my tab 4, all prepaid mvno thru AT&T.
I'm wondering how this will work when L comes around since I don't get them, but will need the firmware for any ROM. @muniz_ri will you be updating safestrap and make a 4 part flashable again? Or even a full ODIN?

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[Q] OTA question

Question for whoever can answer -
I have the XT1060 which I'll be taking with me over to AT&T once my VZW contract expires. I'm well aware I will not be getting LTE, which is fine, but my concern now is when 5.0 is pushed out, which OTA do I take; VZW's or AT&T's? I'm going to assume VZW but I wanted to ask to make sure.
sivarticus85 said:
Question for whoever can answer -
I have the XT1060 which I'll be taking with me over to AT&T once my VZW contract expires. I'm well aware I will not be getting LTE, which is fine, but my concern now is when 5.0 is pushed out, which OTA do I take; VZW's or AT&T's? I'm going to assume VZW but I wanted to ask to make sure.
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You get the ota according to the original carrier. You're phone isn't a AT&T XT1058 so you won't be getting the AT&T update. You will get the Verizon XT1060 update.
XAlexander_AlexanderX said:
You get the ota according to the original carrier. You're phone isn't a AT&T XT1058 so you won't be getting the AT&T update. You will get the Verizon XT1060 update.
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Ok I thought so... it's just weird I guess. Thanks.

Silly question, does it matter if I have the Tmobile sim in phone when I update?

So I just got my Moto X pure edition that ships with a tmobile sim, I connected to wifi and I am downloading the OTA update but I left the tmobile sim in. I am going to be using this phone on AT&T though, so that is why I am asking. I notice in some of the baseband and other labels I see the letters TMO which to me means tmobile but it may be unrelated.
Thanks and sorry if this is a stupid question.
It is the pure it will work on AT&T fine. It supports both networks just fine. The baseband does have the TMO name in it but does not matter. Just keeps it different from the AT&T version.
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shamelin73 said:
It is the pure it will work on AT&T fine. It supports both networks just fine. The baseband does have the TMO name in it but does not matter. Just keeps it different from the AT&T version.
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Thanks, I figured as much but just wanted to be sure.
keep that tmobile sim. AT&T hasn't even released Lollipop yet, so if you throw that tmobile SIM when everyone else is starting to get updates, you should get the update too. If you try to update with the AT&T SIM in, you're going to be waiting quite a while.
xnifex said:
keep that tmobile sim. AT&T hasn't even released Lollipop yet, so if you throw that tmobile SIM when everyone else is starting to get updates, you should get the update too. If you try to update with the AT&T SIM in, you're going to be waiting quite a while.
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With the pure edition it does not matter what Sim you have in the phone. You get your updates from Motorola not the carrier.
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[Q] Att Galaxy S5 lollipop update while using Cricket service

I'm currently using a At&t branded S5 on cricket. I've tried to update with no luck and after reading here noticed I'm not even on the latest firmware. My S5 is running 4.4.2 and not 4.4.4. Am I able to receive the update? Can I force it in anyway? What are my options as far as getting the update?
lostmyphoneagain said:
I'm currently using a At&t branded S5 on cricket. I've tried to update with no luck and after reading here noticed I'm not even on the latest firmware. My S5 is running 4.4.2 and not 4.4.4. Am I able to receive the update? Can I force it in anyway? What are my options as far as getting the update?
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Hi, I have the same phone on straight talk service, and I received the update the day it came out... Are u checking for the update while connected to WiFi?
DMF1977 said:
Hi, I have the same phone on straight talk service, and I received the update the day it came out... Are u checking for the update while connected to WiFi?
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Yes I'm checking while connected to Wi-Fi. It's funny because all my other phones I got updates while on Straight Talk but I have received none while with Cricket. Only been on Cricket about 2 months now
lostmyphoneagain said:
Yes I'm checking while connected to Wi-Fi. It's funny because all my other phones I got updates while on Straight Talk but I have received none while with Cricket. Only been on Cricket about 2 months now
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Maybe throw one of your straight talk Sims in the phone and try it? I'm not sure...
DMF1977 said:
Maybe throw one of your straight talk Sims in the phone and try it? I'm not sure...
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I actually tried that last night and no luck, even searched for a old Att sim I had laying around and couldn't find it. Has to be something with the phone or service because even if lollipop wasn't released and my device serial number wasn't in the roll out so far the 4.4.4 update should've been available.
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I actually tried that last night and no luck, even searched for a old Att sim I had laying around and couldn't find it. Has to be something with the phone or service because even if lollipop wasn't released and my device serial number wasn't in the roll out so far the 4.4.4 update should've been available.
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Was it a working sim, and did u configure the apn, save, and reboot the phone?
I have the byop 4G LTE straight talk sim for at&t, not sure if that really matters or not...
DMF1977 said:
Was it a working sim, and did u configure the apn, save, and reboot the phone?
I have the byop 4G LTE straight talk sim for at&t, not sure if that really matters or not...
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No the Sim wasn't active and no I didn't configure the APN. I should've tried that. I have the same byop 4g att Sim. I think I'm going to try and take it to best buy and see if they can force the update for me.

5.1.1 on GP Nexus 6?

I'm seeing all these announcements for the 5.1.1 OTA rolling out, first AT&T and now Verizon...but has the Google Play/Motorola Store editions gotten it yet? I'm still sitting on 5.1 and not seeing any OTA coming my way.
Dacian said:
I'm seeing all these announcements for the 5.1.1 OTA rolling out, first AT&T and now Verizon...but has the Google Play/Motorola Store editions gotten it yet? I'm still sitting on 5.1 and not seeing any OTA coming my way.
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if you are using att, and have an att sim in your phone, you are waiting for att to aprove the ota. BUT.. you can always take your sim card out, turn on wifi, and check if there are any updates available through your settings.
simms22 said:
if you are using att, and have an att sim in your phone, you are witing for att to aprove the ota. BUT.. you can always take your sim card out, turn on wifi, and check if there are any uodates available through your settings.
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*Faceplam* Why did I not think of that? I have a Verizon SIM in my phone but I never thought that OTAs would be based on the SIM you have in the phone when you have a device you bought on Google Play.
Dacian said:
*Faceplam* Why did I not think of that? I have a Verizon SIM in my phone but I never thought that OTAs would be based on the SIM you have in the phone when you have a device you bought on Google Play.
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they are, and the Verizon ota started yesterday.
and again, you can update to the generic version, just take the sim out
Dacian said:
*Faceplam* Why did I not think of that? I have a Verizon SIM in my phone but I never thought that OTAs would be based on the SIM you have in the phone when you have a device you bought on Google Play.
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Probably because this is the first device that has started dishing updates based on sim card.
Typically, its either been dishes out by the oem (including google) or by the carrier for branded devices... Based on the software build. For example, if I had an O2 UK phone but a Three UK sim, I would get the update from O2. But not on this device.

Note 4 AT&T vs T-Mobile

If I'm going to buy one cash to use on AT&T getting the T-Mobile version is better? If I recall T-Mobile version has unlocked bootloader and AT&T does not, correct? Any other reason one better than the other?
Get tmobile version MUCH better for root than att
ShrekOpher said:
Get tmobile version MUCH better for root than att
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That's what I thought. Thank you.
T-mobile gets updates faster too
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Chocu1a said:
T-mobile gets updates faster too
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Actually AT&T version got 5.1 while T-Mobile is still on 5.02. However unlocked bootloader is the biggest advantage over the AT&T version by far. So many ROM options.
Armeniandave said:
Actually AT&T version got 5.1 while T-Mobile is still on 5.02. However unlocked bootloader is the biggest advantage over the AT&T version by far. So many ROM options.
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I agree about the bootloader, but T-Mobile released 5.1.1 on Nov 30.
Sorry actually meant to say AT&T got it Oct. 10th and T-Mobile November 30th.
In this case AT&T got it way before T-Mobile. I actually emailed T-Mobiles CEO
and asked him why we didn't get it after my friend on AT&T got it.
But you are correct in saying T-Mobile has it now!

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