A
Samsung
smart
home
software
update
released
this
week
put
some
users’
Galaxy
S10
and
Note
10
(including
e,
Lite,
Plus,
and
5G
versions)
and
A90
and
M51
smartphones
in
an
infinite
boot
loop,
rendering
their
devices
useless.
After
some
sleuthing,
Reddit
users
narrowed
it
down
to
a
Samsung
SmartThings
framework
app
update
that
was
automatically
applied
to
the
devices.
According
to
posts
on
Reddit,
Samsung
replaced
the
buggy
update
with
a
new
version
that
won’t
brick
the
five-year-old
devices.
(The
Galaxy
S10
series
was
released
in
2019.)
Still,
some
users
recommend
staying
cautious
and
turning
off
auto-updates
anyway.
Samsung
service
centers
in
Korea
reportedly
have
a
fix
for
the
problem
that
avoids
a
factory
reset
and
the
associated
data
loss,
and
users
have
confirmed
that
it
works.
Otherwise,
users
must
factory
restore
their
phones
to
make
it
work
again
and
lose
anything
that
is
not
backed
up.
Android
Police
noted
that
Samsung
had
recently
pulled
a
different
update
that
caused
camera
issues
on
the
Galaxy
S23
Ultra.
The
SmartThings
app
issue
comes
as
Samsung
held
its
developer-focused
SDC24
event
yesterday,
announcing
new
smart
home
features
such
as
a
smart
door
key
for
Galaxy
devices.
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