Or is it another attempt to force users to upgrade to a newer phone…
Impacted devices can perform a factory reset to recover functionality
So it’s not bricking them, then? Stupid that they didn’t catch this in testing but the phone still works fine. These gross exaggerations are exactly why people aren’t paying for news anymore. I swear to god we’re five years away from people saying a single app crashing is bricking their phones.
It sucks for those affected, but I’m amazed at how many people will lose decades of their lives and access to critical services like banks because their phone stops working. This time it was an update, next time it’s a gust of wind blowing your phone out of your hand. Recovering from a factory reset is a pain but if it costs more than an evening, you’re setting yourself up for a failure in the very near future…
Side note, when have you last checked if you still have the 2FA recovery codes from your most important accounts? Maybe spend half an hour this weekend to make sure you can still access your bank accounts and email when your house burns down with your phone inside of it!
Good that my Samsung is too old to get Software Updates.
It doesn’t seem to be a full system update but a SmartThings Framework update that caused the issue.
Fuck these manufacturers who push out buggy softwares. I lost a $700 smartphone due to these MF.
