Samsung has bricked thousands of Samsung Galaxy S22 (Ultra) with the One UI 6.1 Update. Samsung is not acknowledging it as issue and is forcing users to pay from their own pocket.

EDIT: Since i cant change title. I meant that a Security Update for ONE UI 6.1 on the S22 Series caused this. It wasnt the initial update of 6.1 Sorry for the confusion. Points are still standing.

The fact that I need to make this post is just sad.

In the past few weeks, Samsung had pushed out a OneUI 6.1 Update to various amount of S22 Series Phones all over the world. This Update is literally BRICKING the phones by starting with crashes, freezes, and ending with boot loops that go for hours and at the end the phone just not turning on anymore.

This is reported by DOZENS of people in this forum: S22 Ultra Boot Loop Issues after 6.1 UI / Firmware update.

The users affected went to multiple Samsung Shops. NONE Of them said or had any official infos about this and said that the Mainboard needs to be replaced AND paid by the user itself. This is 3 weeks old.

How is Samsung not even thinking of putting any official announcement?

One of my friends phone, which is an AT&T phone, got the update forced the past days and it run into the SAME issue the guy on the forum ran 3 weeks ago.

This issue is NOT fixable by just trying to wipe the cache nor a factory reset. The phone is running into a scenario where it is not even possible to reinstall the Image since it is just crashing.

There are posts of people being posted daily about this and nobody can find an official announcement from Samsung.

How can a company like this push an update which is literally breaking the whole phone and not even acknowledge the issue for nearly a month?

This is just pathetic from Samsung as one of the biggest Mobile Companies ever.