Sien, was told 2 hours at Sunway Pyramid that they changed motherboard directly for me due to the random restart issue.

Now after 2 hours, they said it is still under diagnostic and Samsung need to run alot of test and get approval for motherboard change. WTF!

So I have to wait for another 1 hour. Reached 2.30pm and the phone need few hours for testing? Simply unbelievable.

Nope. It's the unread messages badge like whatsapp, stock email app and etc

It still water resistant. I have tried. Mine just change the motherboard last week and working like charm. 😎😎

Yes. No able on Gmail! 

in regards to Samsung "quality".

i still have an S3 and Note 2 that is still "working". S3 running CM now coz well, i get worried abt the vulnerabilities and lack of patches. Note 2... probably going to wipe and get a new battery and it should still be able to serve me for another 1-2 years...

with Note 2, it was my daily driver for the 3+ years. it's on 99% of the time. i use it for work, for gaming and also for video. many, many hours of it.
i think that's good enough statement about Samsung.

in regards to Note7 issue... let's see what Samsung has to say...

though i suspect it will be how they handled that "sudden death memory chip" thingy -- we will replace/ fix if it's in warranty. out of warranty -- sorry la.

fact is... Samsung cannot afford to do recall even if it's a known issue. mobile phone is not like car industry where it's critical to have the recall.

SIm 2 more weak...test on SMS receiving ..it take 10 minutes..dont know it is common or my phone defect.

I'm using original sp and it's working fine. Try to swipe from the curved area to the center of the screen. It requires some minor practice to get used to it.
Also, try notice the halo at top-center part of the edge. That's where you supposed to swipe from.

I think some note 7 edge is not that sensitive. I changed mine from right to left and now every time also can get the edge menu.

U wanna give it a try?

Under edge menu, Settings. Then press the upper right  [...] for more options. Then handle settings.

You can put 100% transparency too like mine. So the tab doesn't obstruct your view