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Didn’t they do this recently with another update?
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.
Smasnug…
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.
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.
Security updates are usually provided for a long time even if in a trickle.
