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We received word earlier in the week that Samsung had ended their internal investigation as to the cause of Note 7 devices catching fire. The early revelation was that the batteries were to blame. This is what Samsung had been saying from the beginning. While we expected that batteries may be...

There have been a handful of iPhone units reported to catch fire over the past few weeks. On the surface it would appear that Apple is about to experience the same sort of issue Samsung experienced with the Note 7 months ago. According to Apple the fault does not lie with their iPhone 6 and...

In studying the design and layout of the Note 7 internals some engineers are saying Samsung sacrificed safety to make the Note 7 thinner. The group of engineers from Instrumental noticed that the margin for the battery bay of the Note 7 was dangerously thin. The device actually needs a bit of...

After several Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices caught fire and Samsung recalled 2 million devices Samsung had to officially discontinue the phone. Recalled units that Samsung promised to be safe also started to spontaneously catch fire. Samsung still has not determined the issue causing these...

No one will ever forget the Note 7 fiasco. It will go down in history just like the Firestone tires and Toyota Camry Brakes recalls. This unfortunate event will forever change the consumer's perception of Samsung. I still think Samsung can make a comeback in the smartphone world and continue to...

While it's easy to argue that the issues with Note 7 devices are fairly isolated and (so far) only affecting a small percentage of devices currently in consumer's possession, it's hard to not take the issue seriously when you see this special Note 7 Return Kit that some device owners are...

Why should Samsung have all the fun? Over the past month Samsung has taken a huge hit due to an unfortunate defect in their battery manufacturing process which causes batteries to randomly explode. This has initiated a global recall costing the company upwards of $1Billion. There is no doubt...

A few days ago Samsung announced that they would be using the same battery supplier that supplied batteries for the Chinese versions of the Note 7. Early this morning reports of exploding Note 7 devices in China started to roll in. The initial worry was that somehow Samsung's new battery...

Until now all the reports of the Note 7 exploding have been abroad and the consensus was that we here in the US are safe. I have even seen many people share that they will not be sending their Note 7 back to Samsung since they feel the risk is so small. While the risk may technically be small...

I bought one of the Kindle Fire 7'' six-packs; my Kindles are a mix of Fire OS 5.0.1 and 5.1.1. But, the app I'm using to collect data for my research doesn't work with Android or Fire OS 5. I need to install Android 2, 3, or 4. I found a way to root my devices (RootJunky's SuperTool). I'm...

Hoverboards have been the viral product of the year, that is until they started randomly exploding. Chinese companies rushed to throw inexpensive knockoffs to market substituting cheap cell phone batteries for heavy duty batteries. The end result was expected. You get what you pay for. When you...

The 5th Gen Amazon Fire is no flagship tablet, but is pretty good at doing what is made to do which is consume media. With root you can modify this tablet to make it even more useful. For starters you will be able to add the Google Play Store which means you will be able to use apps you have...

If you frequent these forums and have recently purchased the Amazon Fire HD 10 chances are you have at least tried to modify it to get the Google Play Store involved. If you are a bit more of a tinkerer you may have decided to change the OS altogether opting to run a custom rom like CyanogenMod...

The Amazon Fire 5th Gen is finally rooted! The root method is actually pretty simple. All you have to do is download the zip file to a Windows PC/ or Linux, unzip the file, click install.bat and follow the onscreen prompts. Once you are rooted you can install the Play Store which gives you...

Amazon just released a whole new generation of Fire tablets just after killing off the Fire phone. The biggest draw of these tablets is the extremely low price. Amazon doesn't have to make money on these tablets since they are hoping you will end up buying lots of stuff off Amazon with the fire...