Samsung to disable Note 7 phones via software update

The update will prevent the device from charging and functioning, rendering them useless


Reuters December 09, 2016
The device is expected to be disabled. PHOTO: EXPRESS

UNITED STATES: Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless.

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The smartphone maker said that more than 93 percent of all recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices had been returned as a part of its exchange program in the United.

Transportation Department and other agencies in October ordered Galaxy Note 7 owners from carrying the devices or stowing them in checked baggage during flights following reports of fires in replacement Note 7 devices.

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