Samsung has now confirmed the feared bad news for millions of Galaxy users, as they fall further and further behind Google’s Pixel and other Android devices, to say nothing of Apple’s iPhone, its arch rival in the premium smartphone category. For those who have paid $1000-plus for a new flagship, this will come as a nasty surprise.

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.

Here's our Apple iPhone 16 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus comparison. Rather powerful, large-format smartphone to head-to-head.

Samsung pushed its October 2024 update to its lineup and things did not go as planned. According to various reports, the latest update is causing issues with older Samsung models, including the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S10.

That's according to Sally Hyesoon Jeong, Samsung Electronics' executive vice president and head of the framework research and development team, who briefly spoke about the update

Samsung recently pushed a SmartThings Framework update that bricked several Galaxy S10 devices. Users who downloaded the patch (v2.2.02.1) are caught in a terrible booting loop and some are suggesting that you factory reset the phone through Recovery Mode.

A new update has reportedly bricked older Samsung Galaxy models, according to reports from owners. Samsung users on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) have suggested that a recent update has caused the Galaxy S10,