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Samsung Will Reveal “Very Soon” the Root Cause of the Note 7 Battery Issue

Kellen January 4, 2017 26

This afternoon, during their official press event for CES 2017, Samsung took the stage for the first time since the Galaxy Note 7 recall. Their opening remarks addressed the recall directly, noting how "challenging" the past year has been. Samsung Electronics...

T-Mobile Galaxy Note 7 Battery Killing Update Arrives Today

Kellen December 27, 2016 28

Just a quick heads-up, T-Mobile Galaxy Note 7 owners, but the big update is coming today. No, not Nougat. This is the update that will stop your phone from being able to charge, rendering it useless. T-Mobile set today as the target date for this update to...

Verizon is Going to Let Samsung Kill the Galaxy Note 7 on January 5

Kellen December 15, 2016 36

Last week, shortly after Samsung announced that it would issue a software update that would stop the Galaxy Note 7 from charging and render remaining units useless, Verizon came forward to suggest that they would not be participating in such madness. Big Red...

Official: Samsung Pushing Software Update to Remaining Note 7 Devices to Stop Them From Charging (Updated)

Kellen December 9, 2016 106

Starting December 19, Samsung will begin pushing a new software update to remaining Galaxy Note 7 devices in the US that have not yet been returned. That software update will prevent devices from being able to charge and will then "eliminate their ability to...

Samsung is Probably Going to Remotely Kill Remaining Galaxy Note 7 Devices (Updated)

Kellen December 8, 2016 145

Hey, guy who refuses to return his Galaxy Note 7, your time is almost up. After giving you close to two full months to return your mini bomb following a second and final recall, Samsung may take measures into its own hands by remotely killing your device. ...

Samsung Says 85% of Recalled Galaxy Note 7s Replaced, Confirms Battery Limiting Update is Incoming

Kellen November 4, 2016 62

This afternoon, Samsung provided new details on the status of the Galaxy Note 7 recall and also confirmed that they will push a software update to all remaining Note 7 devices that will limit their batteries and push additional pop-ups to users. According to a...

Galaxy Note 7 Updates Rolling Out to Limit Battery to 60%, Continue to Remind Users of Recall

Kellen November 4, 2016 83

The Galaxy Note 7 has been dead for almost a month now, but Samsung and its partners are still having to take extra measures to make sure every last device in the wild has been returned. One of those measures is through a software update that will limit the...

USDoT Bans Galaxy Note 7 From Airplanes (Updated)

Kellen October 14, 2016 131

Starting tomorrow (October 15) at noon Eastern, you will no longer be able to bring a Galaxy Note 7 on an airplane in the US. You should have already returned your Note 7 if you own one, but if for some reason you have not yet and try to fly, it's curtains for...