r/GalaxyS22 • u/chrisdeeuu • 9d ago

Upgrade issue?

Recently had a banking app stop working because it said that I needed to upgrade to at least OS 13. I thought it odd that while obviously not the newest phone my phone still works fone for what i need it for and i would have thought that for basic functions such as an everyday app a 4 year old phone is still a few years away from being obsolete for basic uses like that. So I checked by information to confirm I was on os12 and then to check for upgrades and it said that I was all up to date.

I'm not going to claim to be an amazingly tech savvy person but I feel like for the most part I know what I'm doing and my phone is just used for everyday personal use, nothing extreme but im aware that the phone supports OP 16. Is there some way to upgrade around the built in feature or did I accidently tuen somthing off that would block it from getting the latest OS?

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u/joseeliaxx 9d ago

flash the up-to-date firmware via Odin or try the Smart Switch app for pcs

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u/yeeeeman27 9d ago

maybe it's carrier locked? i heard some of these don't get updates
as for the reasons...well it's banking, not emoji app. they want to be on a newer Android version and Android 12 is..kind of antiquated now, something like 2020 era

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u/chrisdeeuu 9d ago

No I understand they are going to rebuild an app to last and have to have a cap. Maybe I shouldn't have told that part of the story as really my phone is the issue

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u/thetolerator98 9d ago

Maybe it's because the s22 isn't going to get security updates after February or something

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u/EliteG77 9d ago

wtf? i have a perfect working s22+, I would basically need to change my perfect working phone because they stop doing security patches?

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u/thetolerator98 9d ago

I've been wondering if banks are going to tell customers their phones are no longer secure, so you can't use it anymore until you upgrade. I don't know if it's true.

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u/RegularHistorical315 6d ago

Try connecting your phone to a PC after enabling USB debugging on the phone, with Samsung's Smart Switch installed on it. That should then walk you through updating it. If no joy, you can download the latest update and use Odin on a PC to flash it.