Samsung's latest software update may be bricking older phones

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• yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Didn’t they do this recently with another update?

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• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not bricked.

  Still bad, and you lose your data, but if the phone can get to recovery mode and install OS again, it isn’t bricked.

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• Jode@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Smasnug…

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• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Older phones get updates?

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  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The primary reason I moved to iPhones was because I got absolutely sick and tired of my android phones being abandoned by the manufacturer after a year. I’m sure it is better these days, but those earlier days of extremely slow Carrier-based updates completely ruined my trust and I know I’m not the only one.

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  • babybus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It depends what you count as an old phone. It’s Galaxy S10 in this case, it’ll probably stop receiving updates soon.

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  • misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Security updates are usually provided for a long time even if in a trickle.

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