[Update: T-Mobile, too!] Sprint releases October maintenance update for the Galaxy Note 5

Sprint is the first carrier to start distributing last month's Security Maintenance Release (SMR) for the Galaxy Note 5 in the United States. Intended to compensate for the upgrade Samsung missed in September, the OTA bundles 215 patches for vulnerabilities in the Android operating system and six for the firm’s own software.

It's worth noting, however, that October's release doesn't bundle a patch for the ever-so-scary KRACK Attack vulnerability, which—if not tended to—makes it possible for hackers to eavesdrop on your data when you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network. The good news is: Samsung's addressed it in its latest SMR.

You can download the update from our firmware database

To check to see if the release is ready for your Galaxy Note 5, open Settings, select Software Update, then tap Download Updates Manually. If you don’t, for whatever reason, feel like taking heading down that route, you can wait until you receive an alert instructing you to install the OTA–or you can grab it from our database.

Model	SM-N920P
Model name	Galaxy Note5
Country
Version	Android 7.0
Changelist	11855991
Build date	Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:28:13 +0000
Security Patch Level	2017-10-01
Product code	SPR
PDA	N920PVPS3DQJ1
CSC	N920PSPT3DQJ1

Update: T-Mobile has released a near-identical update for its carrier-branded variant of the Galaxy Note 5. You can download the firmware from our database.

Model	SM-N920T
Model name	Galaxy Note5
Country
Version	Android 7.0
Changelist	10809541
Build date	Fri, 21 Jul 2017 01:36:38 +0000
Security Patch Level	2017-07-01
Product code	TMB
PDA	N920TUVU4EQG3
CSC	N920TTMB4EQG3

Josh L.

Firmware Galaxy Note 5 Security Maintenance Release Security Update