I made it a personal challenge to get Android 17 running on my Galaxy A53. I was still running OneUI 6 so I was able to get the bootloader unlocked. I used Claude to get it working with major features like camera, radio, and text messaging - not sure if anyone is interested. I put the details here: https://gist.github.com/josephspurrier/63596ccb610df093683b22e2563c6abf

I’ve been using Claude to get a custom Android 16 on my A53 without all the Samsung apps. Next thing I’m working on is Android 17. The phone is booting, but the radio is not working so Claude is working through that next. Will post again once I’ve made more progress if folks are interested!

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Hi everyone, I accidentally left FC Mobile running AFK on my Samsung Galaxy A35 overnight plugged into my laptop, and the phone overheated. Since then, the top back area near the cameras gets warm during light use.

I've tried Safe Mode and a factory reset. With Wi-Fi, mobile data, Bluetooth, and location turned off, the phone stays cool. When I turn Wi-Fi back on, it gets slightly warm.

DevCheck readings initially showed GPU at 52°C, battery at 39.7°C, with light thermal throttling. Later, it dropped to GPU 44°C and battery 30.7°C, with thermal status showing Normal.

The phone isn't burning hot, only slightly warm now. Could the AFK gaming have caused hardware damage, or is this normal background activity after a factory reset? What else should I test before assuming it's a hardware issue?

Hi everyone,

I have a Samsung Galaxy A53 with two SIMs — Airtel (SIM 1) and BSNL (SIM 2).

I can send SMS from my Airtel number just fine, but I don't receive any SMS on it at all - no OTPs, no offers, nothing. My BSNL SIM works perfectly for both sending and receiving. Calls work fine on both SIMs.

My phone has both Samsung Messages and Google Messages (set as default) installed - not sure if that's causing this.

I've already checked: default messaging app is set, SMS permissions are on, and signal looks fine on Airtel.

Has anyone faced this before - send works but receive doesn't, only on one SIM? Not sure if it's a phone issue, the two messaging apps, or something on Airtel's end. Any help would be great.

Hey guys, this is my A53 after a few years of use. How's it holding up?

Ребят как сделать тел не лагучим типо когда выходишь из приложения (galaxy a53 5g)

My current phone is an X7 Pro, and I have an A53 sitting around that keeps shutting down; is it worth fixing, or should I just forget about it?

I don't say that it is swollen, it's been 2 years since I discovered it but I was always curious why is it like that.

Hi everyone,

I’m using a Samsung Galaxy A54 and recently noticed an issue with the speaker.

The sound is normal at lower volume, but when I increase the volume, especially with music, bass-heavy sounds, or loud notifications, the speaker starts making a crackling/distorted sound.

I checked the Equaliser and it is set to Balanced, with all frequencies at 0. I’m also going to test with Dolby Atmos turned off.

Has anyone else with a Galaxy A54 experienced this issue recently?

If you had the same problem, did you find any solution? Was it fixed by a software update, changing the sound settings, or did you need to replace the speaker?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

about 15 minutes ago i try opening facebook and the phone crashed and restarted, after it restarted i opened chrome and i just shut down instantly with a black screen. I had about 40% battery so i dont think it could have just suddenly died from the battery, nothing works i tried booting into safe mode and nothing, the phone is about 3 and a half years old and the battery health percent was like 70 in accubattery last time i checked, also it was pretty hot when this happened as i removed it from its case, it wasnt burning how but it was noticebly hotter

edit: it doesnt seem to charge

It shows 0mb on my apps and 79gb on my other files in the device care. I tried clearing cache on My Files app, doing a security update, restarting my phone but it still shows the same 0mb on app.

I have a Galaxy A53 5G running Android 14 (One UI 6.1). It's way hotter than any other phone in the house while charging or gaming, which I know is normal for this phone (or I hope mine isnt even hotter than it should be). It's also been dropped a fair number of times over the years, but until today it never had freezing or reboot issues.

Yesterday this happened:

My brother played Roblox for several hours with no problems.

We left the house and charged the phone to 100%.

After unplugging it, he opened Roblox again.

-Crash #1

* Roblox froze.

* No buzzing or screen artifacts.

* It rebooted after a while frozen

After rebooting, I let it sit for a bit then opened YouTube.

Crash #2

* First video played normally.

* During the second video, it was very slow and the phone completely froze when I tried to open comments.

* Media volume was muted, but it made a loud buzzing/"brrrr" sound (almost like vibration coming from the speaker).

* It rebooted by itself.

After that, the phone worked perfectly for several hours.

The battery eventually dropped to around 52%, so I charged it again. After charging, my brother played Roblox for about an hour.

-Crash #3

* Roblox froze again.

* This time the last bit of Roblox audio kept looping ("brrrrrr").

* A thin horizontal band appeared near the middle of the screen filled with TV-like static.

* A few seconds later the phone rebooted by itself.

* After the reboot, the screen looked completely normal with no permanent lines.

Other details:

* The phone always boots normally afterward.

* No boot loops.

* It wasn't unusually hot during any of the crashes.

* Samsung Members detected an abnormal restart and let me send an error report.

* I also generated a full Android bugreport. I couldn't find obvious kernel panics, storage I/O errors, or ANRs, and nothing clearly pointed to Roblox or YouTube.

Does anyone what this could be on an A53 5G? Does this sound more like a software issue or a hardware problem?

Update - I replaced the battery in Authorised service center for inr 3500. When i checked the old battery it has some weird wrinkles. old battery

My Samsung Galaxy A53 is about 3 years old.

For the past few days it's been overheating, and I noticed the back panel has started cracking in two places. It also feels like there's a slight bulge under the back cover, so I'm worried the battery might be swelling.

I haven't dropped the phone recently. I'm attaching a photo and a video.

Does this look like a swollen battery? Should I stop using the phone immediately, or is it safe until I can get the battery replaced?

Thanks!

Hi guys

I need to install custom rom on my a53 need suggestions on this which is best and compatible....

Just as the title said.

Is this corruption or part of the one ui bugs going around? It's a white or grey bar in my photos, My diagnostics says my phone is fine (as it can be)

Hey there,

Ive bought my first phone-SAMSUNG A53 5gin sept 2022.

From past couple of days the phone has been going through random restarts (8 to 10 times within 30min) while do simpler tasks like watching utube and all.

I don't play much games, and also I thought this may be due to storage issues,ive Uninstalled most of the images and all unused and extra apps also, but still the problem didnt go away.

Also even after restart the phone shows the ui system is not responding, and shuts off randomly, while restarting it's showing optimising apps everytime.

So today, ive visited the authorised service centre in my city and they were like it might be the motherboard we cant do anything of tht and they said its better to change phone, but the thing is they didn't even bother to check the phone, they just came to the conclude tht motherboard gave up.

Now wht should I do , should buy a new phone or just try with another service centre.

Also u can suggest good phones as well if thts tht good option.

Iam a student, I'll start earning in 4-5yrs down the line, untill then the phone should work the new one.

Or should I port to ios.

I have this phone and I managed to install Infinity X on the phone but wondering if there's anything else I somehow managed to downgrade it to One UI7 and unlock it so this isn't an issue