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UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Obsydian — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:06:24 GMT

I usually reset and start over for big UI or Android updates.what are your thoughts with UI8.5 ?

I find installing over always leaves gremlins, but its a royal pain in the ***** starting from scratch, but a good chance to to s spring clean.

What are you planning to do ?

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

arianwen27 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:25:17 GMT

I only really reset when I get a new phone. Large updates have never really cause a problem for me.

Android should be modern enough to handle updates without issue. Though of course sometimes things do go wrong for people

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Star_girl — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:35:58 GMT

Have you got the stable version?🧐

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Moiramon — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:09:51 GMT

I don't usually reset after a software update. I usually just wipe the cage partition then galaxy app booster. Although wiping the cache partition now seems defunct.

Re: Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Obsydian — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:49:58 GMT

No dreaming about next week maybe, official

Re: Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Obsydian — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:52:00 GMT

Yep i dont think 8.5 is bug enough, but simply analogy I regularly but apps, delete Ring, Eufy, Smartthings data, cache and uninstall and reinstall, you'd be surprised minor changes missed but also solves app issues.

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

GoanGeek — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:21:36 GMT

I have always factory reset after major OS releases and when getting a new phone.

But got the scare of my life when I switched from the s24 ultra to the S25 ultra as I had sent the S24 ultra as a trade in and decided to do a factory reset as It had issues with the transfer over and It kept asking for authentication on the phone itself. Which was quite the nightmare.

Biometric and two factor Authentication is good and nice until it wants to do on the same phone you have.

Will see how it goes as I have just too many Important financial apps and stuff to be stuck on authentication now.

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

MoreiraNote — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:43:04 GMT

If the phone works normally after the update, excellent! That is the expected outcome. 😀 If there are gremlins that the basic troubleshoot does not help, only then I go for the Factory Reset.

Re: UI8.5 A Clean install or over ?

Joeeye — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:34:29 GMT

Not found the need to do a thing after any of the major updates. It really comes down to how customised your device is I guess.