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Huawei has really come of age in the Western World over the past few years. I have been following the company for years, but last year they entered American consciousness with the release of the Huawei built Nexus 6P. Then the Honor series also started to roll out in the US bringing even more...

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...

It is now official. Samsung has halted sales of the Note 7. All US carriers announced earlier today that they would be canceling sales of the device and now Samsung has decided to do the same worldwide. They are encouraging customers to immediately power down devices and send them back. This...

We now have 3 confirmed "Safe" Galaxy Note 7 explosions. Today there was a new explosion in Kentucky. Industry analysts are predicting a second Note 7 recall. Now it appears that Samsung has temporarily suspended the production of new Galaxy Note 7 devices. This report comes from Korea's Yonhap...

When a deer has been hit by a car and is laying in the road fighting for air as he slowly bleeds to death it is better to grab your rifle and put the deer out of his misery. After the reports of "Safe" Note 7 devices randomly exploding you begin to wonder when will all of this end? If it is...

Earlier today Sprint announced they would begin allowing customers to exchange their Note 7s for any other device on the network. This is in response to the "Safe" phones that have been catching fire even after the recall. Sprint didn't feel it necessary for their customers to have to walk...

The Note 7 would be noticed industry wide as the device of the year if not for the unfortunate exploding batteries. Samsung took the high ground and decided to replace every Note 7 device that was sold. They could have taken care of all of this on a case by case basis and saved $1Billion. Now...

Now that the new Note 7's are starting to arrive, as you can imagine, people have been a bit concerned. Are the units really fixed? Could this thing still explode on my face? There have been a few reports that the new Note 7 is overheating even when doing simple things like making a phone call...

Yesterday Jonny informed us that Team Win had come through again with TWRP for the Moto Z. Team Win however wasn't finished with goodies. They have now released an official build of their recovery for the Chinese variant of the Note 7. With TWRP you will be able to fully restore and backup your...

The hits just keep coming for Samsung. After a mass recall of Note 7 devices around the world Samsung confirmed that Chinese variants were not affected by the battery defect that caused the company to issue a $1billion recall covering more than a million units. Now that more than 60% of new...

Yesterday Samsung announced that about half of all recalled Note 7 devices had been replaced. This was good news on the surface, but it seems that Samsung may not be out of the water yet even as they prepare to ship the next half of recalled devices to consumers in the coming days. There have...

We found out the other day that Samsung had shipped out 500,000 new Note 7 units. That inventory may already be depleted. Note 7 owners rushed out to carriers to have their defective units replaced. Samsung is claiming that they have already replaced roughly have of all defective devices...

Where ever there is a disaster you can rest assured some greedy individuals will look to sink their teeth in and take advantage. Samsung has not been entirely transparent when it comes to the investigation of battery explosions since stating that 35 cases had been reported initially. While we...

There are now two versions of the Galaxy Note 7 in the wild now that Samsung has started shipping replacement devices. Whether you have replaced your recalled Verizon Note 7 or not you will soon receive an update if you haven't already. The recalled version of the Note 7 will receive an update...

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...

Version 2 Galaxy Note 7 devices are starting to ship out. If you are looking to buy your Note 7 device from a third party or an individual you will need to check it to make sure it is a version 2 device and not a recalled unit. A few days ago Samsung released an official IMEI checker. That...

There is one sure fire way to tell if your Note 7 has been recalled. Did you buy it any day before today? If yes then your Note 7 is recalled. You need to take it to your carrier or whoever you bought it from and get it replaced immediately. If you purchase a Note 7 in the future you should...

Last week Samsung announced they would no longer be using their sister company Samsung SDI as a battery source for the Note 7 going forward. With no battery supplier it was expected that we may have to wait a while for replacement phones. Sources say that Samsung has made a decision on the new...

If there were ever a good time to buy Samsung stock right now may be that time. Samsung has lost a staggering $26Billion in market value since the announcement of the Note 7 recall. The stock value since September 9th has plummeted almost 7%. The current price is right at $1300 per share which...

Everyone knows "You can't say bomb on an airplane", and if the underwear bomber is any indication of how airlines feel about explosive devices you can't carry a bomb on a plane either. That being said for now you can carry your potentially explosive Galaxy Note 7 onto a plane. The Federal...