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3 publications · October 21, 2026
Samsung confirms fix coming for One UI 9 bug freezing Galaxy S26 phones
Key points
- A bug tied to the One UI 9 update is freezing some Galaxy S26 phones.
- Samsung has confirmed it is working on a fix.
- One workaround is to toggle airplane mode, which stops the freezing.
- One report says the S26 Ultra is affected after the One UI 9 update.
- Another report says the problem involves device setup and leaves some phones close to unusable.
Summary
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Samsung has confirmed the bug and a fix, according to the first report on October 21. A workaround, toggling airplane mode, appeared in that same report. No release date for the fix is given in the coverage we have.
The reports differ on what is going wrong. One describes the bug as a setup problem that leaves some phones close to unusable. Another ties it to the One UI 9 update on the S26 Ultra. The coverage does not say how many phones are affected, and the details do not clearly match across outlets.
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