Samsung's Android 15 Upgrade Abruptly Halted, Affecting Millions Of Galaxy S24 Users
Samsung has suddenly halted the roll-out of its One UI 7 software update, which contains Android 15.
A 'serious bug' has been found in the One UI 7 release, it's claimed, after a matter of days.
It's not yet clear how big the problem is, but here's what we know.
Samsung Galaxy S24+
One UI 7 is already on the latest flagship phones, the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, and has been since those phones went on sale at the beginning of the year. But the roll-out to other phones, including millions of Samsung Galaxy S24 handsets, only started in the last few days, with U.S. users receiving it from Thursday, April 10.
It stopped again days later when problems arose.
Regular leaker @UniverseIce comments that the change was 'Sudden,' in a recent post. 'After the Korean Galaxy S24 series firmware was pushed, a serious bug was found, which led to the suspension of the push plan in all other countries, including China,' they explain.
This despite six major and two minor beta updates which, you might have thought, would have caught anything serious.
A later post on X from the same source claimed to know what was happening. 'The reason for the delay in the Galaxy S24 push is that users of the official version of One UI7 of the Korean S24 series found that 'they could not be unlocked normally in some cases.' Samsung urgently reviewed the firmware withdrawal in other countries,' they explained.
Right now, Samsung has yet to confirm that the rollout has been halted, or acknowledge the issue though more sources are now saying that the rollout has been stalled.
At first, it seemed that the problem was limited to users with Galaxy S24 models powered by the Exynos 2400 chip, but it now appears it also applies to those phones with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.
One UI 7 has been a long time coming and this hiccup doesn't speed things along —and may also have ramifications for users with older phones such as the Galaxy S23.
So, what to do? If you've installed the update, look out for a patch to fix any issues. If you haven't, hang tight (and practice patience a little longer).
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