Official LineageOS 15.1 builds are now available for Samsung’s 2014 flagship Galaxy S5 ‘klte’. LineageOS team had previously offered LineageOS 14.1 ROM for the same device now the Dev Team have shown their love for the older Galaxy S5 and upgraded their support to LineageOS 15.1 from 14.1. The ROM is available for Galaxy S5 variants comes under code name ‘klte’ and these models include SM-G900F/AZ/F/M/R4/R7/T/V and SM-G900W8. If you own any one of the mentioned model then this guide is for you, in this guide we’ll show you, how to download and install official lineageOS 15.1 ROM on Galaxy S5. Just read more to download and install official LineageOS 15.1 nightly on Galaxy S5 SM-G900F/AZ/F/M/R4/R7/T/V and SM-G900W8.
Official LineageOS 15.1 for Galaxy S5
Galaxy S5 was released as flagship phone back in 2014, the smartphone is still popular for it’s decent specifications and millions of users are still using it. Samsung has already stopped the firmware update support for it and the devices stuck on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. But thanks to LineageOS developers team for giving an opportunity to older Galaxy S5 to run latest firmware Android 8.1 Oreo head to head like other flagships.
The LineageOS 15.1 ROM is based on Android 8.1 Oreo that brings all the major Oreo features alongside it. The Galaxy S5 official LineageOS 15.1 is pretty stable and can be used as daily driver, so if you are willing to flash the ROM on your device just read the instructions carefully to flash official LineageOS 15.1 on Galaxy S5.
Here are the official Android 8.1 Oreo features you can get on your device.
- Picture-in-picture
- Notification dots
- Notification channels
- Autofill framework
- Autosizing TextView
- Downloadable fonts
- Adaptive icons
Download official LineageOS 15.1 ROM for Galaxy S5
TWRP custom recovery must be installed on your device. Download TWRP recovery from here and follow the instruction over here.
Create a Nandroid back of complete device in just one tap. Follow this guide
Downloads:
Download the official LineageOS 15.1 ROM zip for Galaxy S5. Here
Download Android 8.1 Oreo Google Apps (Gapps): Mirror
Process to flash official LineageOS 15.1 on Galaxy S5
Move both files on the storage of your device.
Now follow further steps to install official LineageOS 15.1 ROM custom ROM via TWRP on Galaxy S5.
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That’s it! If you have successfully updated official LineageOS 15.1 ROM on your Galaxy S5 give us your feedback. If you want to ask any question just drop your comment below.