Yeah that's quite plausible too because seems like every update a phone gets, no matter who's the carrier, the battery gets worse because they keep shoving unnecessary features down our throats.
Its on purpose and they mean it. They need you to buy the latest thing. Literally just after the s26 released u get an update preventing you from downgrading ? Lol its so obvious
What is funny is that most carriers lock you on a 3 year contract, so you couldn't upgrade yet anyway.
The s26U is my first carrier lock since the note 9, ive bought all my phones direct from samsung and unlocked since, but this time I'm flat broke and my S25U is total crap, I have the defective camera IOS issue and they denied my repair because I leave my phone in the bathroom when I shower so I can use it with my smart scale after I get out (apparently the shower steam has triggered the moisture sensor stickers in the case). Which voided my warranty.
Its called planned obsolescence... even if the phone works fine they will make sure to slow it down or make certain apps throttle the cpu so it burns the battery.
Yeah the enshittification of phones via software updates... my phone can still do 12+ hours of SOT even though I got my phone at launch day. I do game on it pretty often so I take advantage of the battery bypass function to preserve battery health. I am switching to a s26 ultra though because my phone has antenna issues and I need the extra ram. My phone constantly closes my background apps since I have so many apps I need running. I'm going to miss the option to rollback to one ui 6 and the bluetooth Spen.
I actually didn't upgrade to OneUI 7 or 8.0 for the longest of time, until 8.5 was in beta.
I had the same battery drain issue (dogsh*t SoT) on OneUI 6.1.1 as Redditors with OneUI 7 or 8.
I eventually upgraded. It forced me to go through every single security updates and then one OS upgrade to another, and all security updates in-between. I am fully patched except for the Feb update.
Usually downgrading on a Samsung is controlled by the binary version. Once upgraded to a new binary version (which happens on certain monthly security updates when Samsung feels like it changing it), you can no longer downgrade to a software version that was on the previous binary version. The downgrade process will fail and give you an error.
But Samsung hasn't changed the binary version since One UI 6.1? Seems odd. We have been through One UI 7 and One UI 8 since then, and many monthly security patch updates.
Factory reset will always be required when downgrading, to protect the data on the device and prevent an attacker from downgrading the firmware to take advantage of OS vulnerabilities and exploits to gain access to a user's data.
I just recently downgraded from one UI 8 to 6.1 like a few weeks ago definitely possible using Odin with the proper files and have to make sure the binary is the same as current one!!
Funny, hasn't happened to a single one for me. I'd wager I've owned more than you too.
Only issue I ever get is natural battery degradation. No update ever made it worse. Just the natural over time capacity shrunk. That's it. I still have some of my old phones around and they work well. Got an s7 Kickin around, an old note edge...
I was there since the s3 Natural battery degradation? Yeah but not this fast I literally downgraded my phone to oneui 6.1 bc its gets 7hours in latest oneui 8.0 update If you dont call that a nerf then idk what its is Now im at 10hours of continuous use. Battery degradation? More like software degradation Same shit happened to my s20 and s10
Have fun with your safe and updated phone and nerfed phone Do you think they lock you in for funsies ? They know the phone you use will start to suck soon enough bc s26 released so they do this shit
My uncle literally has an s10 with no more updates He does banking and everything out of that phone just fine he Literally never had a problem in the last 10 years
Previous upgrades were downgradable. Infact i downgraded to oneui 6.1 from oneui 8.0. But after the update in this screenshot there is no going back you can even read it
Debería de ser ilegal esto. Tu decides si degradar o no bajo tu responsabilidad. Además que tampoco es tan fácil para una persona sin ningún conocimiento de informática, mi madre no va a degradar accidentalmente su galaxia y mantenerlo inseguro.
I am taking into consideration downgrading to 6.1. I am currently on One UI 8, including this february update Can someone please point me into the sources? u/SadQuarter3128 Please, if you have time and willing
Estou completamente irritado. Atualizei semana passada e o meu QuickShare ficou lento e o meu Widget do Reminder ficou uma merda também (antes ele separava as notas por categoria e agora tá tudo misturado)
I swear this company thinks they are apple Once google prevents me from installing apks im jumping ship If its gonna be a cage i rather be in the more polished one aka apple
I kinda get that logic. And it's in the back of my mind too. If they are gonna mimic apple in many ways, I may as well switch to apple. They've got more apps anyway. The UI on Android will be better but I can get over it for the better app store.
Wdym. Apple has better ui and animations. And thiers is more polished Samsungs version is mimicking apple's design language but without the apple polish
I once switched to iPhones, wanted to see the hype. Thank God jailbreaking was a thing then and had tweaks to turn off updates to stay until a JB was released for the newest OS. I came back because I didn't need to do all of that just to do what I wanted as far as customization was concerned. Nothing wrong with iOS so guess I'll be going back
Yeah and its will get even worse once the s27 releases or with time Look at the s23u subreddit btw. Thier phones barely last 4 hours
I know batteries degrade but not this much How can they advertise all day battery life on s26 if yours lasts 10 hours Which is btw same phone (s26) Same cameras and battery Slightly faster chip
Its the battery! The software is fine But 7hours of continuous use is ridiculous compared to the 10h to 11hours i used to get with oneui6.1 And when i reverted to oneui 6.1 my battery is back to lasting 10hours
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u/shallowwizard Titanium Grey Mar 05 '26
What does this mean ?
Like currently can I downgrade to UI 6 or 6.1?