Phone Galaxy Note 5 aa series models Galaxy The S6 lost official Samsung support over two years ago. They have received several updates during the time they have been supported Androidand numerous security patches. But now it seems that their official support has not completely ended, as Samsung has quite unexpectedly released a new firmware update for them.
Update for Galaxy The Note 5 carries firmware version N920SKSS2DTH2 and users in South Korea started receiving it first. Meanwhile, the phones have also been updated with the new firmware versions G92xSKSS3ETJ1 and G928SKSS3DTJ3 Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+. At this point, the new firmware package should be rolling out to other markets, including Europe and South American countries.
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Of course, the latest firmware update does not change the version Androidu. Galaxy Note 5 and series Galaxy S6 are still "going" to Androidon 7.0 Nougat and from a security point of view, they work with the security level brought by the last firmware update in September 2018. The release notes mention the addition of security-related stabilization code, but the security level remains unchanged.
It is unclear from the changelog why Samsung decided to release a new firmware update for more than five-year-old smartphones after more than two years. However, it is possible that he discovered a vulnerability that affects these devices in particular, and it did not require much effort from the firmware team to fix it.
