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[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] MrAwesome75:
My personal opinion is they are going to stick with the 5.7" screen; it's been that size since the Note 3. I am also thinking Samsung wants to stick with the curved screen (they seem to be poshing the curved screen idea a lot lately). So waiting for the Note 8 will probably not make much difference in those 2 areas.

To me there is no other phone that comes close to the Note and I use the S Pen daily, so I am sticking with the Note 7; I'll just exchange it when the new ones are available since mine seems fine.

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Agreed. Thank you.

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I agree. iPhone is a fine product, but I like having access to the file system, customization with almost everything, transferring files back and forth between the phone and computer with a cable or over the air. Not being able to delete, disable or hide an app you don't use on the iPhone was horrible. Changing the icons, using widgets, changing themes on the Note is awesome!

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My wife got the blue; she hates it but only because she prefers white or would have gotten pink or purple if that was an option (I wish there was some kind of translucent wrap that could make the blue phone pink or purple; that might make her happy). I still like the black, but I think it looks best when naked. In the LED flip case you can't see how amazing it looks. With the blue you can still see the gold edges through the clear plastic sides of the case and when you open the flip cover, you see the blue pop out at you. I normally hate cases for this reason, but I'm afraid to not have something on this phone, so I'm debating on switching to blue.

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That was my experience. Called twice on Friday and got completely clueless and useless reps. I assume because the announcement was only a few hours old at the time. Went to the store yesterday and for better info.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] coolchris305:
Just cracked the screen...:( i wonder how the exchange process will be
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
How did you crack it? Since this is a "Safety" recall, it shouldn't matter what condition the phone is in. If it wasn't for "their" safety issue, you would have been fine with using the phone as is. ;)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
You can return the phone in any condition.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Do we need to return the accessories and the box or just the handset?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
New Video from JerryRigEverything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cd2WIxKRDk
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
For mine I was told everything(UPS LABEL RETURN). I keep hearing about going to the store so right now I don't know how they want it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Well we ll see. I would rather keep the charger and usb and type c adapter. In fact i will. I dont think they should care about it in stores
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] MrAwesome75:
They don't when when trading in a phone...
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
I'm using Tronsmart and Aukey chargers and Samsung wireless chargers. They can have it if they want. Everything is still sealed.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Roach419:
I think it was bc i had read the story, and the word exploded was on the brain when i shared the link...plus it was like 530 in the morning...my apologies
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] twoeleven99:
Though Samsung is voluntarily taking Note 7 handsets back, Consumer Reports notes it’s not an actual recall. From its report:

Samsung said on Friday it had stopped selling the Note7, and would replace models that consumers had already purchased. But the company’s action was not an official recall, which would have involved the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and would have made it illegal to sell the phones. Consumer Reports shoppers checked multiple retailers Friday morning, and found the phone for sale at some of them.

If Samsung was initiating the recall process, its first step would be to immediately report any issues to the CPSC. According to the Consumer Product Safety Act, two of the criteria for reporting are if the product “contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard,” or “creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death.” The CPSC would then evaluate these reports and determine if corrective action is required. The agency also works with companies to determine the scope, hazard, and remedy, and makes recommendations.

An official recall would lay out steps for consumers to take with their Note 7s; much like a recall for a faulty car part details how owners should proceed to have it fixed.

The issue with a smartphone recall is many consumers would have no way of communicating while out and about, and possibly at home. To make us whole again, Samsung would likely have to issue loaner handsets while the Note 7 issue was being remedied.

With its low failure rate — about 35 in every one million handsets actually burn up — the Note 7 recall is unprecedented. Unfortunately, in addition to not issuing a full-on recall, Samsung also didn’t pull the handset from store shelves. Consumer Reports says many retailers and carriers are still selling the Note 7
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pressagny27:
Personally I believe Samsung is doing more then is necessary and you will always have people or organization who will never be satisfied with the outcome that was taken. From my understanding Consumer Report is wrong it is a world wide recall made by Samsung. It was issued by a company in this case the CPSC (government) did not have to get involve and I applaud Samsung for doing what their. It proves one thing that you do not need government involvement to do the right thing. Consumer Report should just be grateful
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] PhilPan:
Are they actually issuing a 25 dollar bill credit if I call in? Because I just did and they were saying no.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Try when you actually exchange the phone. Or wait for samsung.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
As per tmobile instructions I'm just going to walk in with the phone like a trade in. Extra adapter, extra charger, extra pen tips for me. Win for me.

What's sad is how uniformed the reps in the store and on the phone are. Literally if you read the press release you are already more informed than whole stores.

Tmo reps have always been notoriously useless.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Can i keep the spen too?[emoji1]
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
It's a bill credit or GC to purchase an accessory from Samsung. Your choice.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
I am lol.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
Value of the SD card is dropping.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] JT man:
Why???
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
It went from $200 to $85
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyberguycpt:
That's your opinion but not mine. So they are replacing their faulty phone and I should just be happy with that and $25. What about someone who bought the phone on an EIP and the phone they traded in was half way, a quarter of the way, or almost paid off. Now they have to start all over which in my case would have been the 7 Edge, I've already put at least $100 into the phone now they want me to be happy starting all over. And yeah I know I could just wait for a new Note 7 but honestly my trust is pretty much gone with that phone at the moment. For me to be happy would have had to get me a new 7 Edge, plus reimburse the amount I already paid into the phone.

This situation would be like if you went to buy a new Honda accord and trade your old 2013 Honda civic in that was almost paid off and they said OK. Then like a month latter they come back a say you weren't approved for the loan on the car you wanted and we already sold your trade in. So here, what we'll do we can get you approved for another 2013 Honda civic but of course they want you to start over with this new car.

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Sure is. Lol. The other day they were going for $90 now there about$60. The market is over saturated maybe wait for two months to sell it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] PhilPan:
They told me I get nothing unless I go thru Samsung
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
Well Tmo people will have a Rom base guess why waste a dump and base for roms if the phone will go back anyways right??
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Best buy is still asking 250 for it lol
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pressagny27:
I'm saying if you traded in a phone an now your stuck with either starting over with a new phone maker or having to trust the reliability of your next Note 7 they should reimburse the amount you already paid into your last phone as most of us have already sent those in and can't go back.

I did trade in a Note 5 so i am in the same boat you are in. T-Mobile will work with you trust me I know because they are with me. Is it a hassle yes. But I am going to get more then the $25 worth trust me. If you more in I can PM you
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
Of course not!

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Screw Consumer Reports and CPSC! In this case I don't think an official recall is necessary! Another case of you're damned if you do and your damned if you don't! This 'unofficial recall' is good enough for me. As for any jagoffs still selling the phone, may they get sued!!

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To make you whole Samsung need only replace your phone with another exactly like it or similar one with a credit for any difference! You get to choose which option. Plus they refund or credit any accessories you bought for the old phone that you cannot use on/for the new. What could be fairer than that? Inconvenience doesn't come into the picture, you get nothing for that, except a $25.00 gift card.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Kilroy672:
My luck I'll say I must've left it at home and they won't honor the exchange. That's my luck. Even though I'll keep it in the car or my pocket at the time. What can they do if you don't have the s-pen in the phone at the time of the exchange? Say we need it or we can't do the exchange?

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At what point will I receive the $25 gift card? What do I have to do to receive it?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dvanzutphenkann:
I'll take that 25$ gift card to replace my screen protector and I called t-mobile to ask them about the cost of my screen protector and the credited me 25$as well so I'm good
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Did you buy your screen protector at the store or 3rd party retailer.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dvanzutphenkann:
Bought on Amazon
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] coolchris305:
I dropped it as i was getting out the car...point of impact was front bottom left corner. Literally no more than 2 feet...zagg screen protector and ringke clear case was all i had

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Are you sure? Any sources? I would call but i dont wanna self incriminate myself lol
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
I would assume you can exchange it like that. This is a recall due to safety issues. I don't think they would deny it because of that. If a store deny it, you would need to 611 right from that store.

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I told them that she was like we can only issue it if you bought it from tmo. You know how each rep says something differently all the time.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] msage:
Just take it to best buy and return it for store credit of 249
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyberguycpt:
Bestbuys around me have caught on. I'm in California they will not take them back. The employee even told me that card was from the Note 7 free give away.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] msage:
I was afraid of that! I almost didn't try because I figured they would be wise to it but I guess I got lucky, they didn't give me much trouble
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
WiFi calling and VOLTE have been solved! Does that change the minds of anyone exchanging?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyberguycpt:
The good thing about living in LA is there are tons of Bestbuys around and the bad part is there are probably tons of XDA members too, so after the first few did it they probably caught on. I can imagine the system alerts them when a certain product is being returned more than usual. Now what each store does may differ. Maybe in different regions they don't care as the person has to buy something from them regardless. But my region they must care. Lol. Someone else said they tried not to far from me and they got denied too.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
All I know is us Tmo people will have a new toy to play with shortly. I need more ssds in this computer. Who wants to sponsor me and buy me 4 1TB ssds
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
Still exchanging for a new one but about to root this bad boy...!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
I'll probably follow eventually. My flashing skills are rusty. I'll wait for a simplified guide.

EDIT: Well that was fast, the user friendly guide is already posted in development, lol!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dvanzutphenkann:
I called at 2am and got some dude from another country and he was all to eager to please, never asked me where I bought it lol

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What about secure folder?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] vibrantliker:
Where?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Root-Maniac:
Development section
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote7/comments/518ncu/my_note_7_exploded_first_case_in_australia/

Apparently the guy had it since release charging daily. Then it happened.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
Turn off quick charge when charging over night and you wont have issues. Or at least less issues.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Unless thats in writing thats heresay. And what are less issues? Less explody?

There has been a report of one in Taiwan exploding while not charging. Ill see if I can find it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyberguycpt:
Why bother yourself, you have to learn that it's not that some people cant be convinced of something it's more like they don't want to be convinced of it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
Once I wake up I'll look for my stuff. I know I have that tip on my voice call for when mine went up and got another temp note 7 but I'll see if others have posted it yet or not.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Good point
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
Or maybe some people know more than what the news is telling you. But it's ok. If my second one died o well it will go up in smoke like my bed since thats where it's hiding. But with quick charge disabled.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
The news knows what Samsung tells them, and since Samsung didn't make the battery they probably don't even know.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
It is funny how people forget that all of us outside of Samsung can only comment with "Our Opinions"! Without the full knowledge of the R&D testing of the effected units that have gone up in smoke, all we have is opinions. Neither side of the argument can be proven right or wrong. My opinion on the Fast Charging comments is that it is pretty widely accepted that fast charging causes more heat than normal charging. At this point, I think it is silly to argue that less heat is a bad thing. We don't know if this will actually have any effect or not but it sure couldn't hurt to have less heat while charging.

As far as Samsung identifying the problem, fixing it, and sending out replacement units all within a couple of weeks, is a little hard to believe. Originally reports were that these were just Korean units and none outside of Korea were effected. We have seen now a unit in the US and Australia that were effected but we do not know which models these were and where they were manufactured. Is this simply just one of the Battery manufactures producing bad units? It could be or it also could be a bigger issue than that. Samsung designed the battery but had other manufactures actually produce it. Could there be a design flaw that needs to be corrected that would effected all of the batteries produced? That could be possible as well.

What ever the issue really is, I hope Samsung correctly identifies and rectifies it completely the first time which I am sure they will do. Doing that in such a short time frame and being able to produce 2+ million phones just to replace existing stock and then also be able to fulfill new orders is what am waiting to see how it pans out.

Will that is my opinion on the subject so you can take it with a grain of salt. ;)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Kilroy672:
Can you imagine how much overtime those employess will be working to make all those 2+ million units in the next few weeks. Either they will be paid well or nothing at all. I'd rather have them take their time than to rush them out and have problems all over again.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] dc13:
4 year old little kids are making our phones lol. JKJK I hope. Lol.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Thing is there is a huge difference between giving your opinion of less heat should be better and making a comment of "Just turn off fast charging and you will be fine".

That is an absolute statement. On one side without an ounce of knowledge on why its happening, a roll of the dice could mean you are correct. On the other side fast charging could make no difference what so ever and now you are passing potentially dangerous information. Heck it could even be a degenerative issue where it just makes it take longer to happen.

People should form opinions like opinions and fact as facts with proof to back it up because we know how many lazy and gullible people are out there and then come back pointing the finger.

I mean don't you think those well paid engineers would try it without fast charge? And maybe offer that to users as something to mitigate the issue until replacement units hit the store?

Before it was fast charge it was after marker chargers, some people blamed not having type c on both ends, everyone is guessing. Thats great for discussion but until you get a new one im gonna assume even slow charging from a usb port will cause this issue.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
His actual statement was "Turn off quick charge when charging over night and you wont have issues. Or at least less issues." You left out the 2nd part which opens the statement up to not be so absolute. Again my point is we can't say that this statement is fact anymore that we can say that it is not a fact as we simply just don't know. I think your comment of assuming that even slow charging can cause the issue is just as important to take into consideration as a statement of turning off Fast Charging to produce less heat.

Samsung can't say don't use fast charging as slow charging will produce the issue less. That just opens them up if a unit burns while slow charging even if the chances were fare less likely to happen. In their statement, they aren't even saying to stop using or charging the device. Source

I understand what you are saying and everyone should make it clear that their statements are opinions and cannot be taken as pure fact unless they can show a source to prove it. Everyone should use common sense and be cautious at this point.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] trini1201:
If it was something like turning off fast charge that would stop or lessen the problem, then I would think an update to software side turning that option off would have been sent out till new devices came in.

Must not have been that easy.

Only a thought.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
Agreed but this goes back to what I am saying. Unless they have been able to examine all of the effected units and say with 100% certainty that they have identified the issue, any kind of temporary solution would give a false sense of security and the issue was resolved. At this point, they aren't even saying to stop using the device so it is very hard to tell how much of a concern there really is. "For customers who already have Galaxy Note7 devices, we will voluntarily replace their current device with a new one over the coming weeks." There original statement that it was a bad battery issue may or may not have developed further internally. They may have identified the issue with 100% certainty and are currently producing the replacements. They also may be still in the process of identifying the issue to make sure it was not more than just a bad batch of batteries. We just won't know all the details until Samsung releases them if they ever do.

I will be very curious to see some tear downs of the replacements to see if any hardware besides the batteries were changed.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
That's not working with root AFAIk. I'd go into the development section for details.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
More info on the issue and the batteries.

http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-7-drops-samsung-sdi-batteries-714788/
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] JaguarXT:
For me I will wait for the new batch of Galaxy Note 7. Time to play of this Note 7 before exchanging it for the new batch of Galaxy Note 7.

I wonder if they will have Android 7.0 Nougat installed into the new batches of Galaxy Note 7? You can only get better with newer batch.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] RMXO:
when did you pre-order the Note 7? I tried and was told you have to order on that day and at the same time.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chispas109:
Right but this is the part where i am not sure if they make you pay for the tablet if you cancel it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
Day 1 over the phone @12:01
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] hoonkim:
I was told I must have a data plan if I want the tablet, and where I live, the tax is $40 dollars. I don't mind it though, as long as I'm not charged for the tablet, but I didn't let the order go through with the rep, she didn't sound too sure about it. I literally had to find the deal for her and told her where to go on the T-Mobile website :p
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
That I don't know.