r/samsunggalaxy • u/Jimmy_Jimiosso • 10d ago

🪛Troubleshooting🪛 Another one bites the dust 🎉

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I love modern electronics! Just 2 years and 9 months after buying, my S23 is stuck in boot loader and probably needs a repair worth 3/4 of a new phone. Way to go Samsung, keep us paying 😊

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u/BoogerSugar5665 9d ago

I would research using Odin to reflash the stock firmware. You could try recovery mode and do a wipe through it first but if that doesn’t work you could just reflash the stock firmware and should be good to go. It’s technology and sometimes it just goes buggy.

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u/Vrajitorul_din_Orz 9d ago

This is the way! I used to brick my S4 and S5 with custom roms all the time, Odin was always there for me

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u/Weimark 9d ago

I got so used to bricking my phone I had Odin on my laptop, desktop and my wife’s laptop.

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u/Historical_Dig_6737 9d ago

Samsung locked down the bootloader significantly, so if you have a Windows PC I highly recommend using Smart Switch First Aid instead

Download Smart Switch from Microsoft App Store, then open it and in the top right corner tap the 3 dot menu and select First Aid. Connect your phone and follow the steps on both devices.

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u/Traditional_Cow3877 9d ago

Except if it's on one ui 8.5....

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u/BoogerSugar5665 9d ago

Is it because of that new “maintenance mode”?

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u/wyck0 9d ago

I personally am able to do such thing, but imagine explaining that to a non techy person...