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General blacklisting of Note 7's begins, starting in New Zealand.
https://9to5google.com/2016/11/04/sa...k-new-zealand/ http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/4/13...in-new-zealand Meanwhile Samsung are having to recalls 2.8 million top-loading washing machines ![]() https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/04/...achine-recall/ |
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Nearly 85 percent of Note 7s have been returned in USA Quote:
Samsung says that nearly 85 percent of Note 7s have now been returned in the US, meaning there are around 285,000 phones still unaccounted for. http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/4/13...es-returned-us
To get those remaining phones back, Samsung basically plans to annoy customers into returning them. It’s issuing a software update that will make a recall message pop up every time someone “turns on the screen of their Note 7.” |
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Nearly 85 percent of Note 7s have been returned in USA
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/4/13...es-returned-us |
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Why can't they just disable the phones
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No evidence these 'phones are generally dangerous, on what basis can a company destroy functionality?
It's amazing what big companies get away with these days. |
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No evidence these 'phones are generally dangerous, on what basis can a company destroy functionality?
It's amazing what big companies get away with these days. Or are you just trolling? |
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At least one UK network didn't block by IMEI because of possible legal ramifications I was told.
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Why can't they just disable the phones with an update?
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Because smart bods will just make a ROM with the update feature disconnected for people to flash to their phones and restore functionality.
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But surely if you're doing that you're voiding any rights you have anyway.
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At least one UK network didn't block by IMEI because of possible legal ramifications I was told.
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Samsung Note 7 to be 'killed' by software update http://news.sky.com/story/samsung-no...pdate-10689793 Quote:
Samsung Note 7s that have not already been returned will be killed off by a software update released later this month.
On Friday, Samsung Electronics said that the software update, to be released in mid-December in the US, would prevent the devices from charging and functioning as mobile phones, leaving them useless. |
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What is actually happening is a software update that only allows the battery to charge to 30%.
Samsung limits Galaxy Note 7 battery to 30% charge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38262909 |
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What is actually happening is a software update that only allows the battery to charge to 30%.
Samsung limits Galaxy Note 7 battery to 30% charge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38262909 Are you sure it's just 30% battery restuction and not a full kill over Christmas and New Year? as the timing was Verizon's objection I think. https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...oftware-update "Samsung software update will disable Galaxy Note 7 phones completely" Quote:
Although more than 93% of the devices have been returned as part of the exchange program in the United States, some units remain “in the wild”.
The software update, which Samsung confirmed would be released in mid-December in the US, will prevent the phones from charging and functioning as mobile phones, essentially turning them into useless mementos from a disastrous product launch. “Customer safety remains our highest priority,” said the company in a statement. |
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Excuse my ignorance here but can you refuse to accept the update when it appears on your phone thus continuing with the original firmware/software?
I've always manually updated my phones with any updates rather than the phone automatically updating. |
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EE also refused to kill phones for the same reason.
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Excuse my ignorance here but can you refuse to accept the update when it appears on your phone thus continuing with the original firmware/software?
I've always manually updated my phones with any updates rather than the phone automatically updating. From experience (often bad) I don't automatically update apps or the OS. Some updates cause a lot of problems. See Microsoft Windows Update that caused Windows PC's to loose connection to the internet due to DHCP issue in an update this week. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12...etworking_bug/ |
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Im sure you can stop the update by switching Auto Update off.
From experience (often bad) I don't automatically update apps or the OS. Some updates cause a lot of problems. See Microsoft Windows Update that caused Windows PC's to loose connection to the internet due to DHCP issue in an update this week. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12...etworking_bug/ |
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Wrong thread
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