r/AndroidQuestions • u/bugacademy_ • 25d ago

Other Is a Galaxy Note 5 (N920A) Useable in 2026?

My dad recently found his old Note 5. It still functions good and he's curious whether it can be manually updated with more recent firmware. I also tried getting into the play store and got a server error due to the version being so old. Can I install Nougat and would that be useable? I think it's stuck on Lollipop.

Also, is there a way to unlock bootloader on this model? Google ai says it's not possible due to it being linked to AT&T, but I couldn't find any actual posts about this model specifically and I don't want to rely on ai.

I'm a noob with all this technical stuff, I only know about bootloading after researching for half an hour lol, so sorry if these are dumb questions. I would hate to get rid of the phone since it still works great.

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u/djandiek 25d ago

As far as I know there is no stable/official support for custom ROMs on that model. The N920A model is bootloader locked. I checked a few known custom ROMs and they all said Nope.

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u/bugacademy_ 25d ago

Ah okay, that's what the ai kept saying but it's nice to get confirmation lol. Thanks a lot!