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Samsung To Push Software Upgrade Which Will Cap Galaxy Note 7 Battery Charging at 60 Percent (zdnet.com)
As Samsung figures out how to tackle the big Note7 fiasco, it has found a temporary solution for existing users of the phone. It plans to roll out an over-the-air (OTA) update on September 20 which would limit the battery charging cap for the Note7 to 60 percent. ZDNET reports: The Over-the-Air (OTA) software upgrade will commence on September 20, 10 am in South Korea. Samsung is in talks with telcos from nine other countries where the phablet is available to deploy a similar software upgrade. Galaxy Note 7 has a battery capacity of 3,500 mAh, but the forced upgrade will enforce it to 2,100 mAh. The measure is meant to protect consumers who are still using the Note7 despite a recommendation to halt use. When the exchange starts on September 19 in South Korea, the tech giant will also offer to pay parts of the data fee.
This whole exploding Note 7 issue is waaaay overblown. I am using mine right now and have had ZERO pro
I'd love the option to set my various devices' charge/discharge limits to 90% / 10% or 80% / 20%.
Yes, Li-Ion chemistry has improved a lot in the past decade but batteries still degrade faster at 100%.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Your 60 percent of a phone has a headphone jack.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
When asked why Samsung decided to embed the battery into the new phone so that the user couldn't simply change it themselves, a Samsung representative responded, "Courage."
They're offering customers 100% of their money back, the trouble is getting people to actually return the recalled phones.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
All we need to do is load up a bunch of these phones into a fleet of un-recalled Toyota's... we will have out of control racing fire bombs!
Samsung steals 40% of customers' battery life
TFTFY
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
They actually have a site that where you can start the exchange process if you want a new phone. Also Samsung has said that in certain EU countries they will be deactivating (bricking) the phones that have not been exchanged by the end of Sept.
That's a cellular carrier problem, not an Android problem. They insist on having control over things they shouldn't be in control of. Apple had enough clout to tell them to f- off. Other phone manufacturers did not. Google had almost enough clout to keep their paws off the Nexus phones (though until the Nexus 6, Verizon refused to allow Nexus phones on their network for this reason).
IMHO at this point the solution is regulation to prohibit vertical integration. Phone manufacturers make the phone and only the phone. OS vendors only make the OS. App makers only make apps. Cellular networks only own tower networks. And cellular carriers only provide service (by leasing access to towers and activating phones on their network). That maximizes competition and interoperability.
On the plus side, the battery will literally last forever. Charging to 90% doubles the life of a LiPo, charging to only 50% eliminates cycle-based aging almost completely (the cells will still degrade, but just as quick as they would if you didn't use them at all). 60% will likely last very long.
The problem is battery terminals manufactured too close together. Why does having 40% less stored energy make the problem any better?
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
They're offering customers 100% of their money back, the trouble is getting people to actually return the recalled phones.
How does that work if you "bought' the phone as part of a several year long contract? Will Samsung buy out your contract?
After the article about Sony boosting battery life ( https://hardware.slashdot.org/... ) I started looking for a way to stop my phone from charging past 80%. I was hoping to find an Xposed module that covered it, but no such luck. There don't seem to be any apps to do it, either.
Its interesting that Samsung cobbled together something to do it. I wonder if it is hardware specific, or can be exported to other devices.
yes, you'll get your money back. I traded my wife's note7 for an s7 edge and it just changed the payment. I also got a $150 card at the store I bought it, which I got to keep, and a 256 GB SD card from Samsung, which I also kept. The s7 edge, also had a $150 gift card promotion, I got that as well.
So, this has worked out ok for me, but the note 7 was much better then the s7 edge, so that is a bit of a disappointment.
It also took about 3 hours to do the exchange, which is horrendous.
Cheap storage VM.