The South Korean tech giant is on a roll trying to get all the remaining Note 7 units from all over the world. Samsung Australia and Samsung Canada already announced that they are cutting network access to all Note 7s that have not been replaced. We know several carriers are trying hard to make sure that no more overheating and explosions will happen. While waiting for the official investigation results, Samsung is working on disabling the phones especially in the United States where millions of Note 7 units were sold.
There’s no confirmation yet but rumor has it that Samsung will release a software that will disable charging from the Note 7. This way, phone will no longer work. If you can’t charge, then phone’s battery will be useless and you can never turn the device on again. This information was from a Note 7 owner on US Cellular who received a special prompt on the screen that said, “As of December 15th, Samsung will modify the software to prevent the Galaxy Note 7 from charging. The phone will no longer work.”
This isn’t just cutting access to a network. Samsung is said to be modifying the software so that phones will be disabled. The idea of limiting the charging of the battery isn’t new. Earlier, Samsung tried to reduce charging capacity to 60% but unfortunately, it didn’t stop the overheating.
We don’t have the latest numbers but we know that about 85% of Note 7 phones in the US had already been returned or replaced. However, there are still about 285,000 units not yet returned or picked up. Hopefully, this new limit to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s battery will encourage owners to go to the stores and carriers.
VIA: THE VERGE
