Not only in India, Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920G) Android 7.0 Nougat updated is also now available in other Asian countries, such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920G variant sold in other regions will also get the Nougat update soon. If you are looking to manually installing Android 7.0 Nougat update on your device, check out the guide below.

The Android 7.0 Nougat for Galaxy Note 5 (build N920GDDU3CQC7) update includes Samsung’s new Experience UI with enhanced usability, various new features like enhanced multi-window mode, better battery optimization, bundled notification, latest Android security patches (patch level March 2017), performance and stability improvements. If you have not received the OTA notification for Android 7.0 Nougat on your device, check it by going to Settings > About Phone > System update. If update found just download and install it. Do remember that this is the safest method to update your device to new version of Android.

How to manually update Galaxy Note 5 (India) to Android 7.0 Nougat

For some reasons, you cannot install the OTA update on your device, for example, network issues, if you have modified the device, etc. In such cases, you need to install the firmware manually on your Galaxy devices.

  1. Download Android 7.0 Nougat (build N920GDDU3CQC7) full firmware file for Galaxy Note 5 N920G (India) from here.
  2. Follow this guide to know how to flash the firmware file (N920GDDU3CQC7_N920GODD3CQC7_INS.tar) manually using ODIN tool. For Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920G sold in other regions, go here, download the firmware, and follow the guide to flash manually (Source – Sammobile)