Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note7 over battery fire hazard, sales halted

[patrick3027]

It's your boy patrick3027 back at ya with another story about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

 

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Samsung Electronics has suspended shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 to various South Korean mobile telecoms over a series of reports of Note 7 units exploding while being charged. Deliveries of Samsung's flagship phablet have been halted earlier this week, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency (YNA).

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Our experience with the Galaxy Note 7 took a sharp turn for the worse after just a few days of regular use. Our brand new unit has fallen victim to a strange software bug that has rendered it basically unusable, due to frequent random crashes that send the device into a bootloop. See:

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Speaking to the YNA, a Samsung rep has declined to confirm or deny that Note 7 shipments were suspended, saying that “we are checking whether the deliveries were halted or not“. South Korea's SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp carriers have stopped receiving Note 7 units earlier this week, according to officials at the telecoms, cited by the YNA.

Source:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Note-7-shipments-suspended-over-reports-of-exploding-units_id84751

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20160831012100320

 

I gotta admit, I love reporting this kind of news

 

UPDATE 1: Samsung now confirms that shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 are halted for additional tests
 

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"Shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 are being delayed due to additional tests being conducted for product quality," Samsung said in a statement to Reuters. The firm did not elaborate on what it is testing and to what markets shipments are being delayed.

Local media reports have said some users of the Galaxy Note 7, which launched in South Korea and other markets earlier this month, have claimed that the battery for their phones exploded.

 

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphones-idUSKCN1161BL

 

UPDATE 2 It's official: Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note7 over battery fire hazard, sales halted

 

While Samsung designed the battery cell, it outsourced the manufacturing to other companies and one of those factories is to blame for the faulty battery.

 

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-only-24-of-a-million-Note-7-units-found-faulty-we-apologize-and-will-compensate_id84887

 

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As of Sept. 1, a total of 35 claims were registered with Samsung's service centers at home and abroad. Only 24 units on a scale of 1 million were affected by the battery problem.

 

 

 

[Techicolors]

if anyone wants to see what this may look like... 

 

 

[zMeul]

who needs TNT when you can make do with a Samsung 

[Misanthrope]

Oh my we've never seen Samsung flatout bomb like this....hehehe

[PRTI]

We should just make another Nokia and itll all be ok

[VerticalDiscussions]

Built in partnership with Michael Bay

 

[JAKEBAB]

Hmm, why only south korean telco's? 

 

This makes me a tiny bit nervous about mine

[VerticalDiscussions]

Just now, JAKEBAB said:

-snip-

Oh how cute, its at 99% battery... BOOOM! 

[DocSwag]

At least now if you're in an emergency survival situation and you need some fire but all you have is your phone and a battery pack you can make some fire out of it am I right?

It's not like you would need that phone for important radio transmissions or anything to try to get someone to save you instead of making a fire, right?...

[goodtofufriday]

Okay, alright. I gripe about samsung phones a lot. I mostly didnt care for their software interfering with MS exchange, so I decommissioned them from the company I work for. And the screens always got burn in regardless of generation.

 

But this? Completely insane. Not even sure what to comment. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I had a go with a note 7 demo unit. kept restarting itself. Didn't even get a chance to properly demo it. 

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

I am wondering; does this specific issue have anything to do with the lazy certification of USB type-C cables?

[Coaxialgamer]

26 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

At least now if you're in an emergency survival situation and you need some fire but all you have is your phone and a battery pack you can make some fire out of it am I right?

It's not like you would need that phone for important radio transmissions or anything to try to get someone to save you instead of making a fire, right?...

you actually can if you have aluminum foil 

[patrick3027]

32 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

I am wondering; does this specific issue have anything to do with the lazy certification of USB type-C cables?

My guess would be the USB type B to type C converter bundled with the phone. 

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, Technicolors said:

if anyone wants to see what this may look like... 

 

 

heeeeeyyy i know why this happened.

 

some idiot tried to charge it in the micro-wave

[Doobeedoo]

Boom goes the battery, yeah that would cause some serious burns. Sucks =/

But hey, new type of batteries are coming that are not dangerous and are more lasting, yeah. Maybe we actually see new types...

[VerticalDiscussions]

4 minutes ago, Doobeedoo said:

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https://www.usbkill.com/ next thing you know, these guys will be making "USB-C killing cable" :p! At least it just destroys the cpu, motherboard (apparently those with ESD shielding are A-Ok) and whatnot and doesnt explode the device?

[JAKEBAB]

1 hour ago, patrick3027 said:

My guess would be the USB type B to type C converter bundled with the phone. 

That's the only thing i've used, i haven't even taken the type c cable out of the box

[patrick3027]

15 minutes ago, JAKEBAB said:

That's the only thing i've used, i haven't even taken the type c cable out of the box

It's just a guess, the type C cable could just as well be the culprit. My reasoning was that they probably tested the USB type C cable thoroughly and the the converter might just have been an afterthought. 

 

Let's hope they release an official statement soon. 

 

Meanwhile, the only thing you can do is avoiding to obstruct the airflow when charging (putting it underneath a pillow is a bad idea) and avoid charging it in direct sunlight. 

 

I also edited the OP, given Samsung now confirms that shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 are halted for additional tests.

[Yog]

Those wizards putting hexes on muggle devices again. Hopefully someone will send an owl to the misuse of muggle artifact office before anyone gets hurt.

 

...just got the Harry Potter books on audible...been listening to them at work.

[mattebad]

Just wanted to lighten this thread by saying I've had the note 7 for a week now and it's been absolutely perfect. Snapdragon version

[Lurick]

4 minutes ago, mattebad said:

Just wanted to lighten this thread by saying I've had the note 7 for a week now and it's been absolutely perfect. Snapdragon version

and with that said, @mattebad caught fire and was never heard from again.

[JAKEBAB]

This is starting to look really bad

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/samsung-galaxy-note7-recall-likely-australian-announcement-expected-tomorrow/

[ThinkWithPortals]

Well, we all knew that the New Note 7 was the bomb... get it? Bomb? cus it... exploded...

 

I'm so, so sorry.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Note to self , Do not Explode