Galaxy S10 and Note10 users are reporting bootlooping after recent update
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 04 Oct 2024
notafanboy, 04 Oct 2024Pretty sure "SmartThings" is a Samsung app.
&quo... moreThe writer implied that the bootloop started after an OS/firmware update: "The Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note10 series are far from current models, but many are still rocking them in 2024. First released back in 2019, Samsung hasn't abandoned them and is still pushing updates. However, a recent one caused a huge problem for some users."
It's not unusual for phones that has reached EOL to get system app updates. I'm pretty sure that Chrome, for example, is a system app on most phones. They could still be updated automatically if user didn't disable that. My redmi 3s from 2016 got some a couple of months ago. Mi Cloud has been incessantly crashing ever since one of such updates.
Pretty sure I didn't say or imply that "SmartThings" is not a Samsung app. And, sorry, you're quoting the source link, not this gsmarena article. Maybe you didn't understand my OP: what I had a problem with is this article, itself. It is misleading which is why we have people in the comment section referring to OS updates.
[UPDATE] I just noticed that RO actually tagged the article "Firmware Update." Well, I shouldn't really be expecting much from blog writers. They can't be accused of being good at journalism.
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- Atars
- Snv
- 04 Oct 2024
And here I thought it was OS update, but it seems it’s ordinary app update from Galaxy Store.
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 04 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024An app update. Found in the Galaxy Store. Maybe not a firmw... moreWho said it's not a Samsung official app? Definitely not me. The context of the article implies a firmware update which is misleading.
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- XBE
- 04 Oct 2024
I see no update.. still using my Note10 though.
If i see any update, i'm ignoring the d*mn thing lol
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- Anonymous
- XZv
- 04 Oct 2024
Planned obsolescence
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 04 Oct 2024
osiristheone, 04 Oct 2024This is why it is good to have your phone backing up data r... moreThank goodness Samsung phones still have microsd card slots so they have a local backup option besides the cloud.
Oh wait....
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- osiristheone
- rwn
- 04 Oct 2024
This is why it is good to have your phone backing up data regularly including apps like Contacts, WhatsApp and Gallery
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- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 04 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024TiMe tO gET a NeW pHoNe
- is what people with more money t... morewhat else are you gonna do if this happens to you and you have important files on your phone? I'm not gonna factory reset my phone and I'm gonna fight tooth and nail to recover the files.
Anyways, stuff like this is another reason why you shouldn't have anything important on your phone that ISN'T backed up AND why software is never a great selling point of something that's hardware based.
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- jiyen235
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- 04 Oct 2024
notafanboy, 04 Oct 2024Pretty sure "SmartThings" is a Samsung app. &quo... moreI'm not too sure but I think SmartThings is installed by default or something. If not, then you're basically forced to do it IF you have a Samsung TWS, watch OR TV. I think the app is really cool but man oh man, Samsung one-upped themselves in terms of laziness, shadiness, and sheer stupidity this time.
- notafanboy
- mAh
- 04 Oct 2024
Cyberchum, 04 Oct 2024How about you buy phones that receives 0 or 1 OS update and... morePretty sure "SmartThings" is a Samsung app.
"A number of Samsung smartphones, namely the Galaxy M51, Galaxy A90, Galaxy S10 Lite, S10e, S10, S10+, S10 5G, Note10, Note10+ and Note10+ 5G, are affected by a serious software error. The trigger appears to be a software update of the SmartThings Framework. Following the update, the smartphone becomes unusable due to being stuck in a boot loop. It is not yet entirely clear whether the problem has been fully resolved, but an updated version of the software update is apparently being rolled out. "
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 04 Oct 2024
[deleted post]It is about software updates that ruin devices my comment.
These samsung would be fine if support was over.
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- Anonymous
- 8XP
- 04 Oct 2024
Something else; an advice for android users: do yourself a favor and disable automatic updates for apps and system. You should be in control of what you update and when.
These silly machines have a mind of their own, more and more, but what you are able to control, do it!
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- FatShady
- CLX
- 04 Oct 2024
Crow1313, 04 Oct 2024Just like I'm using mine right now. :) ...but just ... moresadly, it won't matter in this case, you'd need a new mobo, unless you're talking cloud saving or google drive.
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- Ak1r0
- 00c
- 04 Oct 2024
This is Samsung telling you to buy a new phone for their Q-whatever number sales figures to go up. Yes, buy a new phone but not from Samsung. Such a scam.
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- Anonymous
- 3SI
- 04 Oct 2024
TiMe tO gET a NeW pHoNe
- is what people with more money than sense would now say
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- Anonymous
- 8XP
- 04 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024I have two of them around. Fortunately I haven't updat... moreUPDATE:
For S10 and Note10+, I checked right now. No updates for any of them. They must have revoked those updates.
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- Anonymous
- 8XP
- 04 Oct 2024
I have two of them around. Fortunately I haven't update them yet.
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- Azsi
- sxr
- 04 Oct 2024
Hahaha. Samsung 6.1 update makes my s21 ultra useless now. Touch is not responsing. No to samsung anymore. Already bought other brand. Bye!
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- Anonymous
- I@H
- 04 Oct 2024
Lowkey forcing people to upgrade.