[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] AptLogic:
Happy Holidays Everyone!

I know I'm a little late but it has been a full year since I've started this thread!

Thanks to everyone who has used the guide, provided feedback, helped others, and shared their experiences!

The Galaxy S5 is approaching the ripe old age of 4 years, and thanks to the community, I've been able to release 4 major releases of 2 ROMs this year; 3 AptOS releases and one X ROM Release.

I have purchased a OnePlus 5T and it will become my daily driver after Christmas, but that doesn't mean that development on this device is quite over. I plan to continue support for the S5 (albeit at a slower pace) well into the new year.

And as I did last year, I'm going to drop some early Christmas presents on you guys. And by Christmas Presents, I mean my plans for the next year.

Coming in 2018

First off, I will be working throughout the year on some stability fixes for the AptOS OTA updater, and I may end up expanding the app into a general control center kind of thing... but that's still in the air so we'll see.

And next, I am very excited to announce that I have been working since October on some feasibility tests for Marshmallow ROMs. If you follow my twitter or kept a sharp eye on my replies in the the AptOS thread, you'll probably be able to predict what I'm about to say:

I will be porting AptOS and the X ROM to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Unfortunately it probably won't have root, but with Marshmallow you'll be able to experience slightly improved performance, a new In-Call UI interface, fixed Pixel 2 Launcher bugs, notification badges in the launcher, and maybe fingerprint support (fingerprint support is very far out though so I can't make any promises).

With the OnePlus 5T as my new daily driver, I will no longer have to worry about having the S5 in working condition before I leave my house in the morning, which means I can develop and test throughout the week. I have ordered a stand from Amazon for the device to sit and get some nice airflow during these rapid-flash testing marathon rounds, and I can't wait to get back to work developing a bunch of new stuff in 2018.

Also, since I will be devving for Marshmallow instead of Lollipop, I will now be able to harness AOSP-built APKs optimized for the Galaxy S5 instead of Google's Nexus 5 prebuilts. This will eventually lead to less bugs, better performance, and hopefully fingerprint support. The framework for fingerprinting is here, now I just have to build something that works with it, and since this is a first-of-its-kind thing, AOSP-built APKs don't currently exist reliably for the S5. That means I'll have to build everything from source, but I think my beast of a machine will be able to handle it.

X ROM on Marshmallow will come before AptOS, followed (hopefully soon after) by AptOS. This is because the process of getting X ROM running on Marshmallow is 100x easier than getting AptOS to work. The only real heavy lifting I have to worry about is a new add-on installer.

But if you thought that was all I was going to announce, you're dead wrong.

Not only will I be bringing X ROM and AptOS to Marshmallow, I will also be providing a variant of the ROM for the Verizon S5 on release day. It will take some additional testing and may push release back a week or two so I can get closed betas done, but I am optimistic that everything on the Verizon side will roll smoothly.

I can't wait to engage with the community in the next year and help build more great software for the S5. Thank you all for making this a year to remember. :)