Two more carriers roll out patches for Samsung phones

Aug 11, 2015 06:36 GMT  ·  By

Last week, we told you that device makers were finally giving signs of taking the Stagefright vulnerability, which was said to be affecting up to 95% Android devices, seriously. Samsung and Google were the first to announce their intention of providing security patches for their respective products each month, with the first arriving to solve the Stagefright issue.

We also brought you news that Sprint was one of the first US carriers that started rolling out a Stagefright fix for some of its Samsung handsets, including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy S5.

Well, this week, more carriers are jumping on board and releasing similar patches for a handful of Samsung devices. For starters, Verizon is rolling out the Stagefright fix only for the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note Edge, and Galaxy Note 4.

Interestingly enough, there’s no update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge yet, but we’re pretty sure we won’t have to wait long until this happens. Hopefully.

Verizon and T-Mobile are fixing the Stagefright issues for some Samsung devices

Verizon is not the only carrier releasing security updates covering the Stagefright vulnerability for some of its Samsung devices. The Magenta carrier is currently rolling out software version N910TUVU1COG2 for the Galaxy Note 4, version N915TUVU1BOG2 for the Galaxy Note Edge, and version G900TUVU1FOG6 for the Galaxy S5.

T-Mobile’s change log mentions that the update brings “messaging security improvements” especially to fix the Stagefright vulnerability. As in the case of Big Red, we’re yet to see the update roll out for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge.

It seems that Samsung has managed to steer carriers towards the right path, so we’re expecting more patches to be released for older Samsung devices. On top of that, we hope other device makers will follow Sammy’s example and start offering their own patches for their respective models.

For example, Motorola already announced the list of phones that are bound to receive Stagefright patches, but unlike Samsung, it hasn’t committed to rolling out security software updates every month.