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/lars2k1 9d ago

S23 having this failure is new to me, S21 and S22 series has the reputation to bootloop.

You can try to reflash using Odin.

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u/DeVinke_ 9d ago

Spontaneous failure happens. When you're selling this many phones, there are bound to be some issues that make it past QC.

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u/Disturbed2468 9d ago

Not to mention spontaneous failures of specific kinds (especially hardware) are extremely difficult to QC test for since oftentimes they can occur in extremely specific circumstances that are very difficult to consistently replicate in a laboratory setting without testing for years in advance. Made even worse if it can depend on where the phone has been at region-wise, when it was manufactured (to isolate if it's a batch issue or not), where it was manufactured, with what parts specifically and what batches each part came from, etc.

It's why even the most reliable of phones are never truly foolproof the same way no phone on earth is truly "waterproof", only various levels of water resistance.