Samsung Galaxy Note 7 UK Units To Receive Security Patch Enabling Limited Battery Capacity To 30% This December 15th
Giant Korean smartphone producer Samsung has been exerting all its efforts to retrieve the purchased Samsung Galaxy Note 7 by consumers around the world. However, despite initiatives and protocols, still many buyers were unable to let go of the smartphones.
In order to secure and force consumers into returning their owned Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the company decided to update the Note7 to be severely crippled in Canada and literally unusable in the US. Applying the same solution, Samsung also decided to do the same for the Note 7 units sold in UK.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users in UK should expect to receive an update on December 15th that will force them to limit and prevent owners from charging the smartphone above 30%. Originally, the Note 7's has a 3500mAh battery but a 30% limit would only imply a usage of 1000mAh. As calculated by Android Police, that would be less than the original battery capacity of an iPhone.
"We have asked everyone with a Galaxy Note 7 to back up your data (click here for details of how) and switch off your device," the company requested. "This software update is designed to further minimize customer risk and reinforce to customers to replace their device through the Galaxy Note 7 Replacement Programe as soon as possible," Samsung reasoned out.
However, as the UK page has only announced the update so far, it is not certain if the rest of Europe users will also receive the same update. It was also informed by a commenter that effective December 15th, Samsung Australia will be banning the IMEIs of all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. An amount of $250 will be given to customers who trade their Note 7 in for an S7 or S7 edge in addition to the difference in resale values until December 22nd by the Samsung AU.
Meanwhile, US Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices will receive the update on December 19th. After multiple reports of units that caught fire, the Note 7 was recalled back in September. Replacement units were quickly sent out, and those units were then quickly recalled in mid-October when it became apparent that they had the same problem.
