Older Galaxy phones getting bricked by new Samsung update
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Samsung's latest software update may be bricking older phones
If you have an older Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you may want to hold off on the latest software update. 9to5Google reported that the update that has been rolling out from Samsung over the past few days is bricking devices from the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 series of phones.
Samsung Update Bricks Galaxy S10 and Note 10 Phones
It's a problem that may be familiar to some Galaxy S10 owners. Samsung also released an update that broke the phone back in 2019 where users were asked to enter a PIN even though they never made one. Entering any PIN would cause the phone to reboot and ask for the PIN again. Similarly, the only fix was a factory reset.
Have one of these Samsung phones? Don’t update it right now
Yes, your data will be lost, but the phone should work again. It’s very likely that Samsung has pulled this update, so if you haven’t already updated, don’t try to. It’s also a good idea to turn off automatic updates to prevent things like this from happening in the first place.
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Warning: Older Galaxy phones getting bricked by new Samsung update
A new update seems to be killing Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones, leaving them stuck in a perpetual bootloop.
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