Is the Samsung Galaxy On5 (2016) still supported?
End-of-support date: July 2018.
Support ended
Our estimateJuly 2018
Source: Samsung's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Galaxy On5 (2016)
How long will the Galaxy On5 (2016) get updates?
It has been unsupported for years. The On5 received roughly one OS update and about two years of patches after its 2016 launch, and should not be relied on for security today.
Does the Galaxy On5 have a removable battery?
Yes. Its 2600mAh battery is user-replaceable, a feature that has since become rare on smartphones.
What Android version does the Galaxy On5 (2016) run?
It shipped with or was updated to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow under Samsung's older TouchWiz interface; some early units launched on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.