It's a problem that may be familiar to some Galaxy S10 owners. Samsung also released an update that broke the phone back in 2019 where users were asked to enter a PIN even though they never made one. Entering any PIN would cause the phone to reboot and ask for the PIN again. Similarly, the only fix was a factory reset.

Even as Samsung flagship devices fly from shelves, there’s bad news coming for million of Galaxy owners who have paid significantly more than $1000 for a latest, greatest smartphone. And with the launches of Apple’s iPhone 16 and Google’s Pixel 9, there’s little room for mistakes with competition fiercer than we’ve seen before.

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.

Just a week ago, there was speculation that Samsung’s One UI 7 Beta—its Android 15 preview—was imminent, albeit it’s already later than expected with SDC kicking off this week. But the company has now burst that bubble,

Samsung's Galaxy A15 successor, the Galaxy A16, is reported to offer a bigger display and six years of OS updates

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,