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Created January 1, 2026 17:53
Samsung OTA broke LTE/VoLTE on my phone — and Samsung’s rollback policy makes it impossible to fix
Samsung OTA broke LTE/VoLTE on my phone and Samsung’s rollback policy makes it impossible to fix
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I’m writing this after multiple days of debugging, flashing, testing, and second-guessing myself, because this is one of the most frustrating user experiences I’ve ever had with a smartphone not because I don’t understand Android, but because I do.
What happened:
After installing an official Samsung OTA update (E236BXXSCEYK1), my phone entered a broken radio state:
LTE no longer attaches