Samsung’s software solution is created to keep users who have not yet returned or swapped their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 after the Samsung’s voluntary product recall safe from harm.
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Basically, they’ve issued a software update that caps your battery to 60%, so it won’t overheat.
Of course, we’ll have to wait and see if Samsung have actually fixed this problem – we await another report of someone’s Galaxy Note 7 going kaboom! and up in flames.
According to the Associated Press, the company is preparing the battery-fix update for the Note 7 in collaboration with the Korean carriers, wherein the update is due for release on 20 September.
The MTA wants riders and employees to avoid using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phones, which have been implicated in fiery battery explosions, in stations or on buses and trains.
If you’ve got a phone that’s being capped, and might explode, Samsung’s solution is basically giving you a massive handset that doesn’t give you the luxury of a long-lasting battery. The software update will be pushed out in South Korea on September 20, a day after Samsung will start handing out new Galaxy Note 7 with fault-free batteries to users in the country. The exchange program that Samsung put in place to allow customers to switch to another device or get their Galaxy Note 7 replaced with a new one has yet to prove its effectiveness since the bulk of the new phones won’t arrive until next week.
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The measure is meant to protect people who are still using the Note 7 despite recommendation to halt use. Obviously, once the sale embargo for the Galaxy Note 7 lifts, Samsung is likely to resume television advertisements for the flagship smartphone.
