Replacement Note 7's Catching Fire, Samsung's known about the fault since Tuesday - Polidicks

Pixel looks like shit tho

[B]UPDATE: [/B] [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/9/13219054/att-samsung-galaxy-note-7-stop-sales"]AT&T[/URL] and [URL="https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/samsung-note7-update.htm"]T-Mobile[/URL] discontinue all sales of Galaxy Note 7 following 7 reports of fires in fixed devices over the last few days.

[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51175466]There's [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/560luq/replacement_samsung_galaxy_note_7_phone_catches/d8fhh2s"]some hearsay[/URL] that the publicly available kernel sources have a bug in them that would charge the battery at a higher voltage than any other Samsung phone. I'm willing to believe this, as nobody has ever accused Samsung of making good software, and it would explain why 'safe' batteries might randomly explode. Of course you can always grab the kernel sources and check yourself.[/QUOTE] why would charging regulation be in the OS

[QUOTE=Map in a box;51179564]why would charging regulation be in the OS[/QUOTE] Quickcharge systems are anti-standard, so the phone has to negotiate a charge rate with the charger.

Does Samsung make their own batteries or is this not directly related to the battery?

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;51180405]Does Samsung make their own batteries or is this not directly related to the battery?[/QUOTE] The ones that were initially exploding were Samsung SDI produced batteries, and the 'safe' ones were a Chinese company they used for phones sold only in China. The replacements now exploding are exclusively using batteries from the Chinese company. [editline]9th October 2016[/editline] [b]UPDATE:[/b] [url=http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/09/report-samsung-is-halting-production-of-the-galaxy-note7/]Samsung temporarily halting production of the Note 7.[/url]

[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51175512]Ironically, they're also recalling some of their refrigerators right now because they can randomly light on fire if not opened for some time.[/QUOTE] I can't wait until I'm playing Destiny and my Samsung TV shoots pieces of shrapnel into my face all of a sudden.

[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51180025]Quickcharge systems are anti-standard, so the phone has to negotiate a charge rate with the charger.[/QUOTE] Not really anti standard, but USB controllers aren't really the OS. I'm just going to take it with a grain of salt; not like it really matters in the end since they're exploding OS or not.

I have a note 7, I think I'm going to swap it for a Google Pixel :)

[URL="http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/10/samsung-advises-note7-owners-power-phones-investigates-fires/"]Samsung advising all Note 7 owners to power down their Note 7s.[/URL] :incredible:

[QUOTE=PelPix123;51186076]guys let's talk about the real cause of this problem: non-removable batteries. Not because that would make the recall easier, no. I'm talking about something deeper. What causes these explosions? In general? Unstable batteries due to fast charging stresses. Why is fast charging, an unstable, mechanically stressful and fundamentally unsafe disaster technology now commonplace in phones? Because people who need to charge their phone fast can no longer just swap their battery for a charged one. Bring back removable batteries and you no longer need to bandaid the problem with fast charging. No fast charging and batteries stop exploding. tbh thinner phones are more uncomfortable and most people i know agree, so getting rid of removable batteries to shave off mm is literally making the phone more easily damaged, more difficult to charge, and prone to exploding for the "benefit" of making the phone even less comfortable to hold than a metal rectangle already is[/QUOTE] Fast Charging doesn't cause my Note 4 to explode which has a removable battery. Fast Charging + Non-Removable Battery is not the reason it's exploding, it's just making the replacement issue more of a hassle.

[URL="http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/"][B]It's now official: Samsung issues recall for reissued devices.[/B][/URL] Additionally, Swappa.com (A popular site for third-party phone sales) has banned the Note 7 from it's site.

[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51175512]Ironically, they're also recalling some of their refrigerators right now because they can randomly light on fire if not opened for some time.[/QUOTE] Sounds like Samsung outsourced their appliance development to Cinco this year.

Looks like the last update to this thread. [url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-permanently-discontinue-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-1476177331/]Samsung to permanently discontinue the Galaxy Note 7.[/url]

[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51187729]Looks like the last update to this thread. [url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-permanently-discontinue-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-1476177331/]Samsung to permanently discontinue the Galaxy Note 7.[/url][/QUOTE] Because instead of fixing the issue and not using faulty batteries, it's wise to just waste all the R&D time by discontinuing it.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;51187769]Because instead of fixing the issue and not using faulty batteries, it's wise to just waste all the R&D time by discontinuing it.[/QUOTE] Batteries most likely aren't faulty since even the ones originally sold in China are now affected. Looks like they had multiple problems. My money is on the recharge IC being one of them.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;51187769]Because instead of fixing the issue and not using faulty batteries, it's wise to just waste all the R&D time by discontinuing it.[/QUOTE] Waste? They've spent too much money on this phone, it'd be dumb not to discontinue it and focus on the next one.

[QUOTE=Map in a box;51187983]Waste? They've spent too much money on this phone, it'd be dumb not to discontinue it and focus on the next one.[/QUOTE] They found a way to spend more. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pySvc17K2jE[/media]