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09-20-2016, 11:51 AM
**te7 owners: Samsung is forcing a software update to limit your battery
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If you're still holding onto your original Samsung Galaxy **te7, otherwise k**wn as a potential fire hazard (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/samsung-**te7-analysis/), that smartphone is about to become semi-useless.
On Sept. 5, Samsung Electronics Australia an**unced it was recalling the country's 51,060 Galaxy **te7 smartphones after faulty batteries were blamed (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/samsung-**te7-explodes-brooklyn/) for a number of fires and injuries globally.*
**w, in an attempt to keep people safe, the company is going to the extraordinary step of pushing a new mandatory software update on local customers, which will limit battery charge to 60 percent to prevent the phones from overheating.
SEE ALSO: HP is buying Samsung's printer business for $1.05 billion (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/hp-buys-samsung-printer-business/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/20/samsung-**te7-software-update-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you're still holding onto your original Samsung Galaxy **te7, otherwise k**wn as a potential fire hazard (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/samsung-**te7-analysis/), that smartphone is about to become semi-useless.
On Sept. 5, Samsung Electronics Australia an**unced it was recalling the country's 51,060 Galaxy **te7 smartphones after faulty batteries were blamed (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/samsung-**te7-explodes-brooklyn/) for a number of fires and injuries globally.*
**w, in an attempt to keep people safe, the company is going to the extraordinary step of pushing a new mandatory software update on local customers, which will limit battery charge to 60 percent to prevent the phones from overheating.
SEE ALSO: HP is buying Samsung's printer business for $1.05 billion (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/hp-buys-samsung-printer-business/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/20/samsung-**te7-software-update-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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