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It turns out that Samsung will not be totally bricking Note 7 devices to prevent further explosions. With more than 70 reported cases of Note 7 devices catching fire in the US alone extreme measures need to be taken. Therefore it wouldn't be entirely unjustified for Samsung to remotely disable...

If it hasn't been made clear to you by now using a Note 7 is very risky. Reports of exploding devices keep flooding in. Cars have caught fire as well as houses. Individuals have been injured. You should in no way be considering keeping your device if it is affected by the recall. The only phones...

The Note 7 Always On Display is even better than the AOD on the Galaxy S7. It includes notifications for most apps as well as the time. Now you can actually add custom images to your always on display with GalaxyXMods. This does require you to be rooted and have the Xposed Framework installed...

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...

By now we are all very aware that Samsung let a batch of less than perfect quality batteries into their Note 7 devices. The fact is Samsung wouldn't knowingly ship defective batteries that would put them at risk of such a wide recall and potential law suites. However the mistake has been very...

Now that it is clear that all 2.5 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices that have been sold thus far are at risk of exploding the question remains why exactly are they at risk? So far we have not officially heard from Samsung regarding the findings of their investigation. We have only heard that...

The news that the Note 7 would be recalled made for a pretty hectic morning. Many of you have been asking me how in the heck do I get this device replaced? Now that the recall of the Note 7 is official you will have a few options for exchanging your phone. You can exchange your Note 7 for a new...

Some very unfortunate news has come today regarding the Note 7 from Samsung. We found out yesterday that due to a handful of devices catching fire and or exploding Samsung was preparing to roll out a recall for affected devices. Samsung has now officially announced that they are recalling all...

you are a power user then one of the first things you probably to when you get a new phone or after you flash a custom rom is run a benchmark to see how well your new phone or setup will perform. GeekBench has always been the go to benchmarking tool for iOS, but has recently began to build some...

We have had the Note 7 for only a few weeks now, but the developer community has already come through with a root method. Team Win Recovery Project was actually released for the device last week, and even a root method was published but SuperSU has not been compatible with the Galaxy Note 7...

We are only a week past the official launch on the Note 7 and we already have root on the device! TWRP was actually released on this device a few days in. Apparently SuperSU is now working as well. Rooting this phone will require a few more steps than simply flashing SuperSU in TWRP. You will...

It has been discovered that the Verizon Note 7 is missing quite a few key features. One such feature, Samsung cloud, allows you to easily backup contacts and data making it easy to upgrade your device. Verizon has removed this feature from the normal settings menu, but it appears that the...

Last year we had a bit of a "Gate" situation with the Note 5 Spen. A few very unsuspecting knuckle heads decided to insert the Note 5 Spen backwards. This turned into a pretty sticky situation for Samsung who thought their customers would have enough common since to not need a play by play walk...

Over the past couple of years Samsung has been releasing special collectors edition versions of their flagship devices. We got an Iron Man edition Galaxy S6. This year we got two collector's editions versions of the Galaxy S7 thanks to the Olympics. We got both an Olympic version and a Batman...

Many of you are starting to receive your Galaxy Note 7 devices from your carrier of choice. The official release for the device is tomorrow. Unfortunately there is already a bigger badder variant of the device. Samsung has added 2GB of Ram to the Chinese variant of the phone. They had already...

Now that the Galaxy Note 7 is starting to get into the hands of excited consumers the official Note 7 wallpapers are beginning to hit the web. We had a few of these leaked out months ago, but now we have the entire package! Wallpapers include 4 of the S-Pen wallpapers with blue, silver, gold...

If you pre-ordered your device through T-Mobile or Verizon you should have seen that your credit card was charged either last night or earlier today. This normally means that your device is on the way! Of course August 19th is the official launch day, but some companies ship out devices a bit...

Once again the latest Samsung Flagship can't handle multitasking! This has been an ongoing issue with TouchWiz. The update to Marshmallow for the Note 5 and Galaxy S6 actually improved multitasking quite a bit in Touchwiz on those devices. The Note 7 ships with Marshmallow so there isn't really...

Nougat Beta has been around for several months for Nexus devices. It has also been available to companies like Samsung so developers can get it integrated into their skin overlays. Samsung looks to have a pretty good start here. They have officially announced that they will have Nougat ready for...