Samsung fix to stop fire borks your battery

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 woes continue, with the company losing over 20 billion dollars in value over the last few days.

Samsung fix to stop fire borks your battery

In the meantime, it's preparing to recall over 2 million smartphones from around the world, and putting other measures in place to help prevent further issues with overheating.

One suggestion is that users just don't turn on their phones, which is a bit unreasonable when people need a handset, and another is a software update which prevents the battery from charging to over 60 percent.

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