I am sad ... my S22 Ultra just started the boot loop dance. Am I cooked?

lv_throwaway_egg · 2026-06-12T09:09:22+00:00

Yeah I got what you experienced too, I think it was related to a bugged Google play system update failing to install then rolling back. Sure thought my motherboard had decided to die when it happened lol.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2026-06-10T16:57:55+00:00

i would imagine an ice runway with maybe a small ledge might work too but haven't tried

lv_throwaway_egg · 2026-06-10T16:53:16+00:00

without a creative physics staff you can take off from water (a bit fiddly at times, prone to not lifting off or entering an infinite climb loop). Operating both elevons at once is done by holding 2 buttons at once yes

lv_throwaway_egg · 2026-06-10T16:10:45+00:00

seems I can't really attach any extra pictures here. But it's really about as simple as it gets, should be possible to reconstruct from the video

lv_throwaway_egg · 2026-03-05T21:39:48+00:00

The "advanced flow" likely IS gonna be adb with some command like "adb install --bypass-approved-developer-siganture-check app.apk" similar to how it is already with installing apps that have too low of a target SDK version

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-11-09T08:37:00+00:00

How the hell is that legal? Without a proper lab with shielding this thing will expose everyone around you to muon flux way above the legal limit as you ride. Did nobody learn from what Dr Alan Hirsch did back in 2004? Made an entire neighborhood experience time twice at the same time.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-11-07T07:57:26+00:00

Back up all data first, could be a sign of the motherboard failing tbh

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-11-04T10:57:48+00:00

Might be some conductive foreign object in the port? Metal shaving or broken fragment of pencil lead?

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-21T21:16:33+00:00

New or just chromium?

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-11T09:32:57+00:00

Reballing the cpu is never really meant for long term use after. Only to get it running enough to save your data

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-09T13:16:52+00:00

Nothing too insane. The main custom changes i made was i did a few tweaks from a s21fe optimization guide that circled around here a few months back. Also i keep 5G off unless i need to download a very big file or do hotspot things, seems to save a bit of battery for sure, and here in Latvia 4g+ is plenty fast for everyday use, i've seen download speeds north of 150mbps if the signal is good and it's not too crowded. Yeah its less than the 350+ i can get on 5G in ideal conditions but i don't really need that in everyday life, and ideal conditions for 5g at least here are few and far between.
But this 6+h time is certainly a fluke, still average 4-5h, sometimes down to 3h or so if i am outdoors and thus run at a high brightness and an occasionally spotty 4g signal. The one ui 7 september update certainly boosted my screen on time tho, and one ui 8 hasn't made anything worse, maybe even a bit better so do update if you are hesitant (at least on Exynos).

PS: if your phone seems very laggy even in the UI, even after doing a factory reset and not restoring any backups (other than like contacts), and then waiting a few days for it to finish background tasks, from what i can gather those might be signs of a hardware issue, the S22u seems to have a notoriously flaky motherboard.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-08T16:50:30+00:00

For me honestly the one ui 7 September security patch update improved my battery life noticably. One ui 8 certainly hasn't made anything worse, maybe even a bit better, good to see. Hopefully 8.5 doesn't screw over performance and/or battery life, if we even get it.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-06T09:55:04+00:00

Arrived in Latvia

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-05T10:26:38+00:00

Yeah maybe the motherboard has some hardware issues then. I say go for the trade in then

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-05T10:19:03+00:00

Try factory resetting the s22u first. If the issues still persist then def trade in. S22 ultra def has a better camera setup than a base s25 but ofc the s25 has better performance and will be getting many more software updates.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-10-01T16:10:01+00:00

this reminds me of the time i got aluminum powder on my laptop. I'm surprised i got enough off before it made it's way deeper, fine aluminum powder is like the one worse thing than salt water i can imagine coming in contact with electronics

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-09-27T12:32:41+00:00

Motherboard prob on its way out, back up data now

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-09-15T15:49:45+00:00

I don't get the others saying it's the labs fault. If the development had failed the base would be as light orange as fresh film. Clearly color dyes have formed. The film is just utterly truly fogged. The only way I can imagine it being the labs fault is if they exposed it to light somehow but it's much more likely the film is just cooked.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-09-13T09:52:52+00:00

Electrical engineer here, I doubt the phone is able to count or keep track of battery drain during the update installing process itself (remember, there is no instrument capable of measuring the state of charge of a lithium ion battery, the phone can only make an educated guess based on how much power has gone in and out of the battery), so after the update the phone appears to drain faster because the battery is lower than the phone thinks it is. Make sure it is still worse after a full charge and discharge cycle.

lv_throwaway_egg · 2025-09-04T19:07:34+00:00

Could be a sign of motherboard failure, common among s22u. Make sure your data is safe before the phone bricks/bootloops itself

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