Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus, Galaxy LTE-A Users Can Now Check Out Android Pie Through LineageOS 16: Check Out

The LineageOS 16 CyanogenMod custom ROM that introduces Android 9.0 (Pie) firmware even on older smartphones is now available to the Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus as well as the Galaxy S5 LTE-A variants. USP of these builds is obviously their introduction of the newer firmware.

If you are a Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus, Galaxy S5 Plus LTE-A smartphones, then the LineageOS 16 for these handsets is available for download from here, and here as per XDA Developers. Before installing LineageOS 16, then it is worth noting that your handsets should be unlocked, with TWRP custom recovery installed. To install, it is desirable to have Lineage OS 15.1.

In related Samsung updates, the South Korea-based electronics giant’s latest flagship offering the Galaxy S10 was very recently subject to durability tests at multiple levels including the likes of a scratch test, a screen test - by subjecting the display to flames, pressure tests, and the ultrasonic fingerprint durability evaluation. In case you are a Samsung loyalist (or user), click here to check out how the Galaxy S10 performed in these tests conducted by renowned technology analyst JerryRigEverything.

Also, the company may be planning a new foldable smartphone that folds outwards; rather than inwards which is the case in Samsung’s Galaxy Fold (launched at the Mobile World Congress 2019). Rumour mills are rife about Samsung having patented a foldable handset with outwardly folding display. Hence, it is worth waiting for the purported new-gen series of foldable smartphones with outwardly folding design. Don’t you think so?

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