cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/43997478
Not bricked.
Still bad, and you lose your data, but if the phone can get to recovery mode and install an OS again, it isn’t bricked.
Older phones get updates?
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.
Yeah it was pretty terrible until recently. It at least seems to be changing now. The Pixel 8 line and up now get 7 years of support, and Samsung followed shortly afterwards by doing the same with the S24 series (but not their lower end devices). There’s still plenty of other Android devices that get barely any support though, so it’s getting there, slowly.
Correction: Google and Samsung have said they’ll do that. Time will tell if they actually stick to their promises.
Apple on the other hand has already done so for over a decade with no fanfare or promises.
It depends on what you count as an old phone. It’s Galaxy S10 in this case, it’ll probably stop receiving updates soon.
The S10 stopped receiving Android security updates in March 2022. The issue here is with an issue with a SmartThings app update on Android 12. Not sure if there’s any Samsung devices that both run that version of Android and are still supported, and that’s likely why the issue wasn’t caught.
I suppose with an issue this serious, they’re probably compelled to fix it regardless of whether or not the affected devices are still supported.
Smasnug…
Good thing I’ve rooted my J7 and completely removed all that bloat. And my S5 is running Lineage. Haven’t had a new phone in 8 years
after all those weeks of “testing” even, great
