Tag: Fault
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Will Samsung Remotely Deactivate Recalled Galaxy Note 7 Handsets?
An interesting development in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall story has surfaced in a reddit post which suggests that handsets not returned by Friday 30th September may be remotely deactivated by the manufacturer. This news, at present, seems only to affect Galaxy Note 7 handsets shipped to France and the somewhat extreme action is…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall Said to Cost Company Over $1-Billion
As covered last week, following reports of some Samsung Galaxy Note 7 handsets ‘exploding’ due to faulty battery cells the company decided to issue a global recall on the product just days after the first shipment left the warehouses. The extent of the financial setback this expensive exercise might cause Samsung has been kept officially…
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Samsung Issues Global Recall on Samsung Galaxy Note 7
The eagerly anticipated first shipment of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been troubled by reports of the huge handset “exploding” due to a dodgy battery cell. With 35 complaints received thus far worldwide, and images surfacing on social media of the devices that have apparently burnt out, Samsung has seen fit to release…
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Reason for LG Watch Urbane 2 Recall Revealed
After heralding the world’s first LTE-enabled Android Wear smartwatch just a couple of weeks ago, LG recently made the shock decision to pull the anticipated LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition from its market release. This unfortunate and sudden decision by the South Korean mobile manufacturer left us scratching our heads with our bare wristed hands,…
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Can’t Receive Calls on iPhone 4S After iOS 9 Update? Here’s a Fix!
Over the weekend I was speaking to a friend regarding a problem with an Apple iPhone 4S, which after receiving the recent iOS 9 update has been unable to receive any calls. The mobile network was clearly available with signal icon present at the top. Making outbound calls wasn’t an issue, neither was texting back…
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Apple Offering Free Repairs on iPhone 6 Camera
Apple have officially admitted that some models of their iPhone 6 Plus may have a potential faulty camera. This issue has been plaguing not only buyers but also retail outlets who, without official confirmation of the fault from Apple, have in many circumstances been treating the issue as “non-manufacturing” which essentially means it’s been accidentally…
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Skype Bug Discovered – Message Causes Crashing
A bug has been discovered within video and messaging service Skype which will cripple the user’s session and leave the programme un-openable when a series of characters are received. Yes, this does sound a lot like the recent Apple iMessage problem but in this instance when the offending characters are sent between Skype users they…
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ASUS Twitter Trolls Apple Over ‘iBug’
Taiwanese tech company ASUS has taken to Twitter to poke fun at Apple’s recent iMessage plight. As we’ve reported, Apple iPhone users have been experiencing unexpected shutdown of their devices after receiving a text containing a specific series of characters to their message inbox. Also See: How To (Temporarily) Fix the Apple iPhone Message Bug…
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How to (Temporarily) Fix the Apple iPhone Message Bug
Earlier this week Apple’s messaging service was found to be vulnerable when a user’s iPhone received a specific string of unicode characters. Apple acknowledged the iMessage problem which was causing mobiles to completely shut down when opening the malicious mail and has now worked out a temporary fix which we will share with you now.…
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Apple Watch Shortage Caused By Part Failure
It was originally believed that the Apple Watch shortage was due to high consumer demand – however, high-brow business news source The Wall Street Journal has reported that there might be more to the story than Apple is willing to admit and the lack of stock may actually be due to a faulty part. The…
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Microsoft resolution on Xbox One Disc Drive Error 0x80820002
Many fans and Xbox owners have been reaching out to Microsoft on the official Xbox Forums and via Twitter, but it seems the problem is still not being highlighted by Microsoft as lost of conflicting information is coming from the company. Yesterday afternoon on the Xbox forum, Microsoft (in the form of Mister Quimby, and…
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Xbox One Update Affecting Some Disc Drives – Error Code 0x80820002
Microsoft has acknowledged a problem following its most recent Xbox One update which was automatically rolled out to the masses yesterday. The Gadget Helpline has learnt of the issue though many reports from Xbox One gamers and the problem with the update version 6.2.11393.0 XB_REL_1408.140729-2200 affects the console’s optical drive, preventing any game discs from being recognised as…