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T-Mobile Is Killing the Remaining Galaxy Note7 Units Today (gsmarena.com)
Samsung may only be in the planning stages for its Note7-disabling update in South Korea, but over in the U.S. things are in full swing. The company announced earlier this month that such an update would be sent out to all remaining Note7 units in the US starting on December 19. And now it's time for the first of the big four carriers to push the software to devices it's sold. From a report: That carrier is T-Mobile, which is starting the rollout today. The update will prevent the handset for charging, and will display a notification with information about Samsung's Galaxy Note7 recall and the steps needed to return the device. The build number for the update is N930TUVU2APL2.
I blocked TMobile's access to my phone. Now I'll have the only working Note7, and no one will dare get in my way. One flash of my phone and they'll start running. I'll take over the world!!
"... and nothing of value was lost."
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
I really liked my Note 7...
To me, this is an amazing and unprecedented act by a manufacturer.
Anyone know a way to block this rollout? My phone is working fine, thank you.
I'm curious about how you would block something like this, in the general case.
I'm not suggesting anyone use a phone that might explode instead of handing it in for a refund. But in the broad case, what are the defenses that you have in a case similar to this, where you might have great reasons to prevent such an update?
This sounds like it is being pushed out as a carrier update. On an iPhone, I can defer those as I can all updates. I suspect the same is true on an Android. Eventually, of course (or immediately in a case like this), such a phone will stop working as a phone on any network (or if that's not the case here, it could be made to be the case). But is that definitely the case?
Opps, not that galaxy.
blocking the device from connecting to the carrier is one thing but intentionally bricking the phone is another (by preventing it from charging.) How long until the lawsuits?
People obviously want the feature set of this phone. Why cripple future offerings, take advantage of the situation and put out a phone that people actually want.
DO set the firmware to disallow charging beyond a known-safe level and/or slow down the charging rate to a slow, known-safe speed.
DO throw up the "this device has been recalled" alert every time the user wakes the machine up.
If you must, disable non-emergency calling and throttle the bluetooth and WiFi to painfully slow speeds to encourage people to stop using the device.
But don't set it to brick when the power runs out.
Why not?
If Aunt Jane or Uncle Bill lost his phone the day before the recall was announced, when he finds it he'll need to be able to plug it in and get his photos off of it.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
It's going out in a blaze of glory.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Samsung is a company on fire. It will arise from its own ashes to deliver further explosive products that will no doubt re-kindle public interest. It is safe to say that people will soon have a burning desire to purchase those products.
Isn't this destroying peoples property?
In other words, the proprietor always had this capability (and, no doubt, other things indicating true control over what this computer will do). So even if you think you'd like to retain the hardware and fix it, give or sell such services to others (including devices where this update may have already been applied), or even work with others to make fixes and publish the results so as to let others alter (what they believed was) their device, you are in for a surprise—your plan is being undermined by those who truly own the device (and that's not the set of people who paid for the tracker).
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Today it's to kill handsets that have a legitimate issue. Tomorrow it's for some made up issue. I find it very troubling that carriers or even the manufacturers of any device have the ability to remotely brick it. Especially a device like a phone which can be in some cases someone's only way of communicating with the outside world.
I just keep mine in airplane mode.
your plan is being undermined by those who truly own the device
Welcome to the world we were warned about.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
...on our seismometer. It caused a strong event, but with an very undefined epicentre. I guess that many Galaxy 7 owner could no more read the notification message on the screen.