When will Samsung release Android 9.0 Pie Update for Galaxy S6?
Samsung Galaxy S6 (codename: zerolte) came out of the box with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and later upgraded to Android 7.0 Nougat. There is no confirmation whether Samsung will roll Android Pie update to this device. This device has already received two major OS upgrade. You can check out the List of Android 9 Pie Samsung Supported Devices.
But you can install the Android 9.0 Pie Custom ROM based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) on Samsung Galaxy S6.
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What’s on Android 9.0 Pie?
Android 9.0 Pie is the 9th iteration and a major update of Google’s Android OS. The new Android Pie brings a couple of design changes to the successor Android Oreo but the most notable one is the gesture-based navigation system. Other features of Android 9 Pie are New Quick Settings UI design, Redesigned volume slider, Advanced Battery with AI Support, Notch Support, Improved Adaptive Brightness, Manual theme selection, Android Dashboard which Google calls Digital Wellbeing, and more other features.
Watch The Android 9.0 Pie Features
Check out the Top 10 Features of Android 9.0 Pie Update
Want to try Android 9.0 Pie Update for Galaxy S6 (zerolte)?
If you want to enjoy Android 9.0 Pie features, then follow the below guide.
Make sure you have Unlocked Bootloader and installed TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S6 (zerolte).
Pre-requisites:
- Supported on Samsung Galaxy S6
- Charge your phone up to 50% or more.
- Take a complete backup of your phone data [Follow any method]
- Do a full data wipe in the stock recovery (this is mandatory, twrp wipe will not work)
- First of all, enable OEM unlock on Galaxy S6.
- Install the latest TWRP recovery on Galaxy S6.
- Download Android 9.0 Pie: Here. [Thanks to the XDA Senior member lukasb06]
- Download Android 9.0 Pie Gapps Package
Supported Devices
- zero-multitarget: Samsung Galaxy S6 Flat/Edge International (SM-G92[0/5]F/FD/I/S/K/L/T/W8), comes with support for both Flat and Edge for all supported devices except the zero(f)ltespr-variants
- zerofltespr: Samsung Galaxy S6 Flat/Edge Sprint/China (SM-G92[0/5]P/R4/0/8/9)
[su_note note_color=”#fee9e9″ text_color=”#000000″]Warning: We are not responsible if you brick your device. Do it at your own risk.[/su_note]
Instructions to Install on Samsung Galaxy S6:
Root Android 9.0 Pie on Samsung Galaxy S6:
We are not responsible if the rooting procedure didn’t work on your phone.
Download and Install SuperSU root on your phone.
If you don’t want SuperSU rooting guide, then you can try Magisk on your phone.
Hope this guide was helpful to install AOSP Android 9.0 Pie Update for Galaxy S6.
Source: XDA
