Samsung pauses One UI 7 rollout resulting from 'critical bug'

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Samsung has paused the rollout of One UI 7 to handle a “critical bug” that forestalls some customers from unlocking their telephones after the replace.
The discharge schedule for One UI 7 is “being up to date” and “new timing and availability shall be shared shortly,” in accordance with an announcement from Samsung.
One UI 7 has been quickly pulled from Samsung’s over-the-air (OTA) replace servers for the Galaxy S24 sequence, and the Z Fold 6 and Flip 6.

Samsung lastly began the worldwide rollout of One UI 7 final week, beginning on April 7 in South Korea and on April 10 within the US and different areas. Nonetheless, lower than per week later, the rollout has now been put on hold.

Ice Universe, a identified tipster on X, posted that Samsung has halted the rollout of One UI 7 resulting from a “critical bug” that forestalls some Galaxy S24 customers from unlocking their telephones after downloading the replace. Although the bug primarily impacts Galaxy S24 owners in South Korea, it appears Samsung has determined to pause its world rollout as a precaution.

In an announcement to Android Authority, Samsung confirmed “The One UI 7 rollout schedule is being up to date to make sure the very best expertise. The brand new timing and availability shall be shared shortly.”

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Earlier than Samsung confirmed the information, Tarun Vats, one other tipster on X, reported that One UI 7 had been faraway from Samsung’s over-the-air (OTA) replace servers within the US, EU, and Korea, for the Galaxy S24 sequence, and the Z Fold 6 and Flip 6.

One UI 7 has proven problematic for Samsung. After months of delays in rolling out the replace, a pause within the rollout is the very last thing that customers eagerly ready for it wish to hear. It is already been six months since Android 15 launched, and a few Samsung customers are nonetheless ready to have the ability to obtain the Android 15-based One UI 7 on their telephones.

There isn’t a timeline but for when One UI 7 will develop into out there once more. Hopefully, Samsung can resolve this unlocking bug shortly and get this present again on the highway. If it is any comfort, leaks counsel that One UI 8 would possibly launch a lot ahead of anticipated this yr, which implies Samsung customers would possibly get Android 16 a lot quicker than they did Android 15.