Samsung enjoyed very much when it released its Galaxy Note 7 as it received a massive response from buyers. Unfortunately, dozens of devices explode and caused a great amount of damage to its users. Samsung globally recalled all the handsets but now it will remotely disable the remaining active Galaxy Note 7 before the end of this month.

Yonhap News Agency wrote that Samsung Electronics Co. will completely disable the charging of the faulty Galaxy Note 7 that have not yet been returned through software updates starting later this month. The company has been limiting the phone's battery from being charged beyond a certain level but not anymore. The latest update will completely prevent users from charging the phone.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was catching fire while being charged and also when unplugged in some cases. It caused property damage and injured some users as well.

Samsung previously said that it retrieved 97 percent of the Galaxy Note 7 sold in South Korea. According to BGR, more than 1 million handsets were sold before Samsung discontinued the phone. That means tens of thousands of Note 7 handsets are still in users' hands.

Moreover, Samsung will soon launch a mandatory software update that will completely prevent charging of remaining Galaxy Note 7. So, the phones will not power on without being plugged in. Tech giant and its carrier partners already issued a software update similar to this in late last year and in early 2017 in the US but now it will launch the update in remaining markets.

It might be a strategy of Samsung of stopping users from using Galaxy Note 7 as it will soon unveil its flagship phones. Samsung will announce Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in few days and these smartphones will be available to users from next month. For more updates stay tuned with us!

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