As soon as you see the Samsung logo with the device name, release the Power key but keep the Volume Up and Home keys pressed until you see the Android system recovery menu as shown below. To do so, hold the Volume Up+Home+Power keys together while the device is switched off.
After flashing this OTA package, you can install the VRUGOC1 (Android 5.0.1) OTA. What we have below for you is the NK4 OTA package that can be installed on the VRUFNK1 base only. The first OTA package will bump the firmware version of your Vzw S4 from the old NK1 to NK4 and then your phone will become eligible to get the Lollipop OTA. Install Lollipop OTA on Verizon Galaxy S4 (no root) Note: Must ReadĪs I mentioned above, the Verizon has released 2 OTAs back to back. In case you can’t just afford to lose root because of the new update and still want Android Lollipop on your S4, there’s a step-by-step tutorial to get rooted Lollipop too (thanks to muniz_ri!). Below, we’ll guide you with updating your device by installing the OTA manually.
Please note that you might not receive the Lollipop OTA if you’re not using the device in the US and in that case, you’ll have to update your Galaxy S4 SCH-I545 manually. In case you have not yet got Lollipop on Verizon Galaxy S4 yet, you can go to Settings> About> Software Update and tap the Update now option to trigger the update. “Blocking Mode” in quick toggles renamed to “Do Not Disturb”.The lock screen has swipes to unlock to dialer (security required) and camera (no security required).Lock screen notifications for all apps, even with a pattern unlock.You now have parallax effect while scrolling app windows. Recents persist after phone reboot and now it shows Chrome tabs too.New boot animation and shutdown animation.Buttery smooth and fast performance with almost no lag.Floating buttons give you fast access to the most important features of the app. All new Material design with the use of bold colors in the user interface.A minor OTA update (99MB) takes the device from VRUFNK1 to VRUFNK4 (KitKat) and when you take the NK4 OTA, your devices qualify to receive the actual Lollipop update with build number LRX22C.I545VRUGOC1. Soon after, the Galaxy S4 users on Verizon reported getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop over-the-air. One queer thing about Verizon’s Lollipop update for the S4 is that the carrier has split the update into two parts. It was just a day ago that Verizon broke out the news of the long awaited update roll out through a support document on its official website.
Lollipop is undoubtedly one of the greatest updates and it’ll probably be the last major OS upgrade for the Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 received the KitKat update the last year and now Samsung has started rolling out the latest Lollipop update to the device. The Samsung Galaxy S4 was released with Android Jelly Bean out of the box about 2 years ago. If you own a one or two-year-old device, you might need to wait for months before its knocks your door. Whenever a new software update comes out, it makes its way to the new flagship devices first.