If you don't need the S-Pen and bigger screen, then just go for S7.

If you are not in hurry, then just go for Note 7 for the latest tech. But wait for a bit, like 2-3 months. Wait until they fix all the issue in the later batches.

Sounds like the replacement unit is also a defective unit? If that's the case, you should really go to buy jackpot.....

Here's my own solution regarding the theme issue.

1. Update your PDP to the latest version.
2. After you applied the Batman theme, use PDP to disable Theme store and Theme centre.
3. Then go to your developer options, go to your running process, stop the theme centre process. Usually that process would stop automatically after you disable Theme centre in PDP. But somehow it doesn't anymore after the latest update in Samsung phones. Now you have to stop that proccess in the background manually.
4. Now your batman theme will stay permanently until you restart the phone.
5. If you restart your phone, do the step no.3 again within 1-2 mins. If not, the phone will be forced to go back to the original Samsung theme.


Note: Please share this tip inside lowyat forum only. I don't want this to be spreaded and Samsung may find another way to block this.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 29 2016, 05:10 PM

is it? For me the whole process only took 1 min. The only difficult part in here is that some people may feel reluctant to buy PDP, which I think it's quite irony, You could spend 3K to buy a phone but you can't pay a few ringgit to buy a good app?

IINM, so far there's 2-3 users who reported the same issue in here.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 29 2016, 05:21 PM

I think it could be a software issue. Need to wait for a new update to fix it.

Meanwhile, temporary solution is to restart the phone.

Do you mean reset or restart?

If restart, it should be no problem at all no matter how many times you restart. I always restart my phones whenever I feel like it.


If you are asking about reset, I reset all my phones everytime I updated. So far, none of them is giving me issues. I don't know if this practise would affect the performance or not. The only thing I know is that reset the phone after updating is good for preventing any possible issues rise up.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 29 2016, 05:51 PM

wah~ very kaya~

I also wish to own both side of smartphone world. But I am afraid that Note 7 is the only one I can afford to own.

Can you read mandarin? If can, refer here.

http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=568&t=4899663&p=1

Many taiwan users are also facing the same issue. They suspect it's a bug since you could only trigger it by using the smart select lasso mode, especially when you use it slowly.

For other Note 7 users, you all can also try this and see if the phone hang. According to that thread, some did not encounter any issue after using that mode. But some did. It's 50-50 chances.

Solution? Change to a new phone? Unlikely since it's more like a software bug. Most likely you will have to wait for Samsung to fix it in next update.

Temporary solution: Obviously, don't use smart select lasso mode for now.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 30 2016, 12:10 PM

Well, as I said previously, it's 50-50% chances. Consider yourself as unlucky since you are in the other half who have issue on this. But at least you are not alone in this. Let's hope that Samsung will fix this in the future update.

Definitely have. They did provided the same programme everytime they released a new flagship. I expected the trade value for Note 5 will be around RM 1200-1300.

If that's the case, sorry to say, NO. Samsung trade programme will never accept cracked screen unit. You will have to find other way to sell your phone. I believe there's some buyers out there who would love to accept broken phones. The only thing is you need to accept the lower trade in value since your screen is broken.

5 out of 7? That's "impresssive".

Based on my observation, there's more than 20-30ish lowyat forumers in here who have issues with their Note 7. Not to mention those who complained in Samsung facebook and other social platforms, plus those customers (not lowyat forumers) who walked in to SC. If all numbers add up, god know how many victims out there.

Also, I know there's still got many users who don't have any issues with Note 7 at this moment. But who can tell if this will stay permanently? As we already knew, the pre-order batch definitely have some issues going on. Holding a Note 7 now is like holding a time bomb. You will never know when it will go hay wire.

I know someone would say every product line would have defective units. Just accept the god damn fact and move on. Haters will always be haters, etc etc. But don't you guys think it's kind of ridiculous to see so many cases after Note 7 released? I don't know if the olders generations also had the same history or record. But I am sure there's whole lot of issues in Note 7 compared to the predecessor Note 5. This is certainly not a pleasant thing for me to swallow.

Don't get me wrong. I also love Note 7 (I am also a Note 5 user). But honestly, this is not really a good time to buy or switch to Note 7, unless Samsung show us the proof that they already fixed all the issues after they first launch in Malaysia.

Sorry for the long speech. Just a bit of ranting from the Note series lover.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 30 2016, 04:26 PM

So it finally reaches to one of the popular tech sites. bad news. But the good news is more attentions mean a public relation crisis for Samsung. Now Samsung will have no reason to hide from this anymore. Time to get their ass up and fix the issues!

This post has been edited by Max2006: Aug 30 2016, 04:56 PM

More news on Note 7 explosion.

http://bgr.com/2016/08/31/galaxy-note-7-explosions/

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/new...during-charging

Since Samsung official already said that the shipment will be delayed, I doubt that Samsung Malaysia will be launching Note 7 on time. Even if they do launch on 9/9, do we dare to buy it on the spot? People who don't read the news or those who do not have any tech awareness, they may go ahead without 2nd thought. But for us who have read through every single post in here, I am sure most of us will be hesitate.

It's not good to charge your phone beside your bed, eventhough if the phone battery is safe in the first place. Time to change your habit.

Looking at Note 5 Thread, it's been one year now, and it's still in V6 only. The feeling of loneliness is there. But considered OK since there's not much of complaints over there.

Looking at Note 7 Thread, it's not yet launched in Malaysia, but it's already in V5 in only 1 freaking month! People thought it would be a good thing because it's a sign to show that Note 7 is popular. But who on earth would have know that more than 50% of those posts are actually about those various problematic gates?



I am speechless.......

This post has been edited by Max2006: Sep 2 2016, 12:44 AM

Found this info from taiwan forum. It's a pic of Note 7 battery. The pic shows that the battery should not bear the heat which more than 45 celcius.

I know this is just a precaution method. Normal battery nowadays should be able to take that much of heat.

But when you try to put this info together with the latest explosion cases, now who else dare to play game/use gps on Note 7? Seriously................

This post has been edited by Max2006: Sep 2 2016, 01:16 AM


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Just read through all those news regarding the explosion cases. Here's my summary so far.

1. Until this moment, there's 7 explosion cases been reported.
2. 6 cases in Korea, 1 case in oversea.
3. 5 cases happened during charging battery, whille the other 2 cases happened during normal usage.
4. Samsung Korea will announce the result of their investigation on 9/2.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Sep 2 2016, 02:02 AM