Key Takeaways
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Samsung smartphones are spontaneously rebooting when viewing a rival vendor’s web page.
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The problem affects multiple generations of Samsung devices based on Exynos chipsets.
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Potential workarounds include switching to the Firefox web browser and switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data.
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is reportedly affected by a website bug forcing a variety of Samsung devices to reboot spontaneously
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An unexplained browser quirk is causing multiple generations of Samsung smartphones to reboot instantly when visiting a certain website.
The issue first came to light in a recent Reddit post where the user Spiritual-Scar-4800 reported that their two-week-old Galaxy S24 “keeps shutting down” when trying to access a specific website. They…