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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
How did you reflashed the stock 03? Also do you think the sound volume is stronger compared with B05?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
In the ZTE Europe community thread they talked with ZTE Germany on Facebook and a new Update is on the way with new security patches etc. That one will be officially announced.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeJe63:
I had tenfar recovery/boot B03 installed. So just flashed the stock files via twrp. ;)

I had not B05 installed yet so I can't compare sound volume.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
It's exactly the same. No changes whatsoever.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] obladi64:
Volume is same more or less but same cannot be said about quality.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gamer864443:
I do have one Problem. I have to buy thr axon 7 yesturday. But now i dont get any update. I do have B02. How i can fix this?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] padule:
I also had the problem of the B05 update disappearing.

I wiped the cache partition and it appeared again: just updated my B03 to B05.

So it's not recalled, just a cache problem.

For completeness, I found the procedure detailed in this Reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Axon7/comments/5aiyob/unable_to_install_b05_ota_update/
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] FloydQue:
I was wondering aside from exploding battery what are the other disadvantages of not returning the Note 7? I love the phone so much that I am willing to take the risk. I currently have the "fixed" batch. Do you think they will still honor my unit for warranty after the recall part 2? Will there be minor or major software updates?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] lawrence750:
they are accepting ANY note 7 whether original or 'repaired' to be returned for a full refund or exchange for s7 or s7edge. according to samsung us website they will also replace device specific accessories.

I don't think it's worth risking it.

Do you really want to wake up to a room on fire, or worse, not wake up at all?

People might say this is scaremongering, but when Samsung are taking them all back AND stopping production, who is anyone to say that this a non issue.. I certainly wouldn't keep it if I had one.

To expand a little - I own a GS6 Edge Plus.

It does normally get a little warm when charging, but not that hot, definitely not too hot to touch.

The other day it had sod all battery, maybe around 10%, and I accidentally tapped yes to do a software update. And left it plugged in on the quick charger, on my mattress. Was doing other stuff, didn't think much of it.

Half hour later after it had updated and was 'optimizing android apps', i picked it up, and the metal frame was easily 50-60C. I hate to think how hot the phones internals were, but holding the phone for longer than 2.5-3 seconds did start to hurt.

I unplugged it immediately and held in front of my fan to cool it down, as it was still 'optimizing apps'.. had it been left plugged in, and not only that but possibly in a warmer room, or under a piece of clothing or similar, what would have happened?!

Frankly it's scary knowing that if I had selected the option 'install overnight' and left it plugged in (with some bad timings as to the charge that it was on when starting charging and also starting the update at this higher current flow from quick charge) , that it could well have got even hotter, and been a worser situation.

As far as I've always believed, the phones are engineered in such a way so that charging speeds are forced to decrease when there is too much heat etc, but this proves that even Samsung with their normally incredibly robust testing processes, can be caught out, and end users can be presented with risks they wouldn't dream of ever occurring from a product made by such a huge and reputable manufacturer.

I do get that the problem is different in the Note 7, and Samsung aren't even completely sure why it's happening yet, but I can't actually believe people are thinking about keeping it. For god sake it's a phone. I love gadgets and I am the first to be p**sed and ranting when this stuff happens to me, but damn, it's not worth your life!!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] gCloud:
I don't think the device will Have hardware or software support.

I understand wanting to keep, I want to keep it too by far the best phone.

At the end of the day it is just a phone and not worth the hassle or the risk and there will be even better phones in the near future.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Braxos:
Simple think it starts burning when you are sleeping and it starts a fire or when you have it on your face making a call or when you have it on your pocket when you are driving on the highway!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] F For Fake:
No software updates

Resell value will be poor

Chance of it exploding

Keep it at your own risk, or just wait until a replacement device is released.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] DarkGuyver:
I'd keep it as a collector's item. Since Samsung is recalling all of them. It will increase the value of the device in the future.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] headsh0t95:
EDIT: Hmm, I see they even explode when off.

No way to keep it as collectors item then!

Imagine your house burning down because of this...

They don't explode when off, so if kepping it as a collectors item - with the battery drained to zero and powered off - means nothing bad should happen...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] lawrence750:
after the reports of some apparently burning even when off, you'd have to be a pretty serious collector..
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] azzicles:
They very well can catch fire when off.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] edwardob:
talk is now that charging rates are problem.... software updates would fix
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] usmaak:
Before the recall, if your device caught fire, everyone's focus was on Samsung and how they put out a defective phone. If you keep it and it catches fire, everyone will wonder why the hell you kept a $700+ phone when you knew the risks. If you're looking for your 15 minutes of fame, you'll have it. That and third degree burns.

I know that people are saying that it is only 8 phones out of all that they sold and that is a small amount. That's true, but that's 8 phones over a short period of time, and it would have kept happening. Samsung's actions were smart because what would have happened if the phone had killed someone or had burned someone's house down with their entire family in it?

You'll be keeping a phone that will have no support from the manufacturer and no support from any of the carriers. You'll be keeping a phone that you cannot take on an airplane. You'll be keeping a phone that might be blocked by your carrier. You'll be keeping a phone that will never receive another update, except maybe to disable it.

I understand the desire to keep the device, I really do. It was the only phone that I was seriously considering purchasing when my contract came up for renewal. Now that it's not an option, I'm going to ride it out with my Note 4, because there is no other phone on the horizon that looks to be worth having.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BereanPK:
I was all set to do the Note 7 (currently have the Note 4) when my trade-in period kicked in. Haven't done it soon enough, and now can't do it because my carrier won't sell them anymore due to the recall. I was disappointed, and still am, hearing everyone say how great a phone it is. I originally was thinking, "maybe the wireless charging feature is at fault" but apparently there's more to it than that, if the phone is catching fire/exploding whilst off. So, hoping that Samsung will figure out the problems, and a "Note 8" will be forthcoming that corrects all the issues - but I'm not expecting anyone to jump into the next Note with both feet right away (including me).

To those wanting to keep the Note 7, I would say that due to the official recall, I wouldn't expect ANY ongoing support from Samsung, nor any software updates from Samsung or your carrier. My gut feeling is that since Samsung wants ALL the phones back, they won't support any that are still in the field after the recall notice. It's going to be like a dead phone.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] nomailx:
I would have kept my Note 7. But I'm afraid they will bring out new updates sabotaging slowly the phone. Like Oculus removing support, or the Update limiting the battery to 60%.

Even though I used Package Blocker to avoid that Update, or I know I can use other App to compensate the absence of Oculus support, there's a truth you can escape:

If you decide to keep your Note 7, you will have to fight for it every day. Avoiding Updates, having to root your phone, not being able to use it in a plane, seeing apps removing support and having to find new ones...

And that's not even Half of it!

Remember... Your phone may explode at any time. This brings constant fear and mandatory extra precautions as "not being able to charge your phone without supervision" or "having to turn off your phone when sleeping", or even or "note being able to entrust your phone to people around you in fear of hurting them".

So it's a no brainer guys. As much as you love your phone, and are happy with it. You will return it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] lawrence750:
well said.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] svnelvnn:
I thought about risking it too. Samsung sold how many units? Assume 4 million globally, and i lost track of how many units exploded? Let's assume 100

100/4,000,000, or 1/40,000 is a pretty slim chance of having any issues. And having a phone nobody else has is pretty cool

but one thing came to mind. Samsung will no longer release software updates for this phone. So $900 you paid for a flagship phone has no future software updates. No custom rom will be released because nobody has it anymore. You will be stuck with an old tech pretty soon. and to be honest, the note 7 is really buggy/laggy. That is fine/acceptable if I can expect future fixes for existing issues, but not if I have to endure it for the life of this phone
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] tonymy01:
I was thinking of keeping mine until they released Nougat on the S7E. Assuming it doesn't get released for the N7, that will be the only incentive big enough to lose the spen which I use all the time. Another possible option would be if they offered a 128G N5.. But I have 128G of my 256G SD already used, and with a lot of Oculus use, quite a lot of the internal 64G used too (Gear VR stuff all ends up on internal memory), so would need to do some serious declutter to drop back to 128G...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] andyahs:
I thought I was over this yesterday but today I put away all my cases and it bummed me out again big time. Loved this phone.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] FloydQue:
Samsung's recall process here in my country is a pain to a point that returning the unit for recall is more hassle than keeping it + the risks. Hahaha

Now that money (refund) is involved, recall process pain will double.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] PhoenixJedi:
Don't turn it in yet. Samsung has NOT completed their investigation yet AND they CAN NOT replicate the battery failure. There are other things that samsung wouldn't test that could attribute to issues with the phone. #1: Cheap third party USB-C Cables. These were found to be the cause of damage to MANY USB-C Devices because they weren't wired correctly. #2: Failed rooting attempts where the software could have been compromised. #3: other forms of user tampering. The fact of the matter that out of the replacement units SEVEN out of 4 million total phones sold world wide (0.000125%) exploded. Pre-replacement, 35 exploded out of that 4 million. (0.000875%).

So, both combined, the chance of your phone exploding is 0.00105%, and that fits well into the number of people who could have lost their charging cable and bought a cheap, badly wired USB-C cable (which have been known to make OTHER DEVICES malfunction, blow out and explode).

The pictures of the note 7's that have blown up show that they literally created enough heat to melt GLASS. When you hit temperatures that high you can't hold the phone, yet the ONLY VIDEO of a note 7 supposedly exploding shows a woman HOLDING IT IN HER HAND for an extended period of time WHILE IT IS SMOKING. I work with electronics and lithium ion batteries all the time. When those things explode, sparks come out of one of the ends and they get TOO HOT TO CONTINUE HOLDING.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
well said, bloody well said mate, some good figures and logic applied is always better than unknown fear.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] PhoenixJedi:
That's the other thing. it isn't even a 1% failure rate. They have a 99.99895% success rate. by odds alone that's better than apple has had on ANY iphone release. Then beyond that you have some of the 42 people with exploded phones REFUSING to send them in. the only reason to NOT send a damaged device back to a company (when the company is PAYING for the shipping) is because you tampered with it and there's a way they can prove it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
here's my 2 cents...

theres a lot of fear going on but not much evaluation, maybe some logic could cast some light on this explosive situation. safe is always first but education should be very very close behind!!!

firstly, it's fair enough to have fear of explosions, even samy couldn't fix the issue after an official recall and with all the money to investigate.

2ndly, let's be fair and use the proper terms, 'Explosions of mass destruction' is media hype and so much more catchier than 'smokes up and gives time to dispose of after catching on fire' , search YouTube for 'note 7 battery exploding on tape' and maybe further researching lithium battery fire videos and if you still think it'll instantly explode without warming then fair enough, you have your mind already set.

3rdly, out of millions of units only a 100+ have fired up (but how many are confirmed? ), thats a very small chance as many have said, but you never know! right? well, you can't know it 100% but you can know a little more better as you start to use reason and logic.

you can test the heating and charging issues, test your note 7 in a hot hot environment while charging it and playing YouTube videos with gps, wifi and everything else ON to add more heat. good time while there's still no end date on the recall! mine survived and didn't seem to have changed physically or change in any other way.

At the end of the day, it's a risk but like all risks, it can be calculated and the unknown fears can slowly be removed bit by bit to a point where it is safe to manage.

i do admit, one of the main reasons im keeping the phone is bcos it's so damn good and close to what a perfect phone should be, fast charging, good battery life, waterproof, accurate stylus, all round great combination of hardware and software (except for the battery of course).

if your not prepare to learn more about the technology taking over your life, then yes, you rally should return your unit and most lithium battery product made in china, e.g hover boards.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] kromosto:
If you don't need a phone or can afford a new one without a refund and don't bother about the money then keep it. Samsung will destroy note 7 because of marketing and branding issues for sure now. There will be no support about it. Even from developers. So only reason to keep it is if you can wait for enough time you can sell it from a good price in the future to a collector.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
I'll assume you actually speak for all the developers, bcos everyone knows xda devs easily give up! they don't question boundaries and never cross lines or try new things :p

luckily, the note 7, already has root and with xposed working too, any software updates, features, anything done to most other androids can be easily done to the note 7... your probably in the best place if anything goes wrong.

no resale value? fair enough, true that.

self destruction ota updates? use a bloody firewall app already :p
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] doc_loco:
Any firewall app you recommend? I've never used one before
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] kromosto:
they never give up as i can see but they choose phones to support and abonden others. this is not a complain of course.

but at the end waiting support from developers for a phone that is not commonly used by people is selfish imo. they will support for a while for sure but as developers will be the only support source for note 7 it wont be as long as you expect for a phone like note 7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] doc_loco:
Also what do I block?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
that ls what they said about jesus coming back but Im still waiting for my man to turn our water into wine, sick of paying for wine!

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noroot firewall works good if your not rooted yet.

block everything at first, when as app wants to send your naked pictures online, the firewall app pop up in the notifications at the top and you can click allow always or decline always.

opening up the app, allows you more control.

what they are missing is a feature to allow internet access only when app is on foreground, but no internet while app is at the background.

YouTube hammers the internet access so much its horrible, no matter if you never open it, that's why i have to disable it all together and use other apps like habit browser or video Web caster, which pick up youtube links and plays them and downloads the vids too.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] FloydQue:
There's HOPE? Hehehe
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BubZX:
Seemed like everyday the last week there was one burning up and now since the media had blown it all up there hasn't been one report of one burning. Something just doesn't seem rite. Not everyone has given there awesome Note 7 back?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] br0adband:
There's absolutely no reason for anyone - rational reason, that is - to keep their Note 7 at this point. Regardless of an investigation being completed or not, regardless of an actual reproducible cause being discovered, Samsung is done with the Note 7 from the consumer perspective. As noted (no pun intend) there will be no updates for it (which some folks can live with) but the chance of the device exhibiting a problem is just too great from that rational perspective once again.

It's a battery issue, regardless of it being related to the charging circuit, the thermal protection circuit, etc - it just doesn't matter really. The battery itself was just too damned tightly packed inside the device for safety and sooner or later, even in spite of the incredibly small sample size of actually defective devices worldwide - like ~200 or so out of several million - doesn't mean even more can and will start having issues as time passes.

I'd love to have a Note 7 myself but, the entire reason Samsung has taken this rather drastic step is that they simply don't have a choice even if they knew precisely what was causing this and could reproduce it 100% of the time on test devices. The recall had to be done, end of story.

If you have a Note 7 at this time, get it returned and move on because it could end up being a lot more trouble and cost than the effort to return it will.

Be safe and smart, not stupid and sorry. ;)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] The Phone Company:
To be "smart" is to think for yourself and not blindly get caught up in media sensationalism. If someone wants to keep their Note 7 that's THEIR OWN choice.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
you state rationality along with chance, yet you ignore probability and basic maths ... what the!?! I guess that's why once in a blue moon, a jury will wrongfully find a person guilty even thought there's no real evidence :p

would have been better if you started a rumour about how so many note 7s were exploding in warehouses while turned off but Samsung covered it up all around the world, using ufo cover up specialist! they're bloody good cover-upererers!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] br0adband:
You're absolutely correct: if someone wants to be a stupid dumbass that's THEIR OWN choice. ;)

And actually, being smart is taking in all the relevant information and then making a conscious decision based on the rational interpretation of that information. Companies have a responsibility to ensure safety with their products - this is no different from a kid choking on a plastic toy in a Happy Meal from McDonald's or some potential bacteria in a food product in wide distribution and so on.

But, again, you're right, and overall there are vastly more stupid dumbass people out there who will choose to keep their Note 7 smartphones - at least a lot more people than actual phones that have exploded. :D

And there's our first contestant... because anyone with a rational sense of things wouldn't say Samsung is about to not only spend billions to clean this mess up but also lose potentially $10 billion in revenue from sales of all the devices they now have to destroy as the final act of the recall. :p
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
[MENTION=907867]br0adband[/MENTION] avoided the rationality part huh :p seriously though, nice to know your concerned about us but not cool to call others names just because we go against what we're being told by uncle sam.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] mysmartone:
It's official now according to CPSC.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...-makes-it-official/?client=ms-android-verizon
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] br0adband:
I didn't call anyone a name, I stated a specific state of being which is problematic in today's world and just getting worse.

Also, realize that the potential for a Note 7 to suddenly explode or heat up to a point where it could potentially cause a fire in any environment that it's located in makes it a danger to the public, regardless of personal opinions from those persons that continue to make use of them.

That's where it becomes a stupid dumbass thing to do (see, it's a description of a state of being): ignore what could occur just because someone thinks they know better which is how most every stupid dumbass accident happens.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
we're all here to add value to the situation, if you think your not offending others then, ok bud, I'll leave you to it then.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] usmaak:
Samsung, a company that doesn't care about any of you any more than the amount of money that they can get off of you, is willingly costing themselves billions of dollars as well as killing one of their iconic brand names. That says way more to me than anything else.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] kromosto:
actually i believe i gave one rational reason :D
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Ryland Johnson:
Spoken like a man living on a desert island. Bravo. Oddly enough it is people with your attitude that when or if their device goes pop would be taking litigation against Samsung! Samsung has warned you. Good luck riding the wave, please don't complain though if you are one of the few who has a problem and please don't expect sympathy if further down the road Samsung blocks the usage of the phone and then refuses to refund you. Samsung are doing what is proper and correct, they have made a recall and will compensate you accordingly. Here this Samsung importer even wanted the free gift back! Its a bloody mobile phone, its not the end of the world! WHY would you not cooperate?

Ryland
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] borisb:
LOL. Whats so special about it that a collector might wanna get it? Its just an another device (that has the same specs of the edge 7 really) in a series.

These are collectors phones (not the glassy ,easily scratched, laggy, samsung phone from Korea):

http://www.abcnewspoint.com/top-10-most-expensive-phone-in-the-world-2015/
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] B3501:
CPSC announce official recall, 23 new overheats since the first recall and 96 before the first recall. This phone has some sort of major design flaw...

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/S...-Additional-Incidents-with-Replacement-Phones