The Samsung Gear VR app is affecting S6 and S7 owners, phones running warm and slow

30 September 2016
An update to the Gear VR app, Oculus, was causing some S6 and S7 variants to run quite warm. Even when on standby.

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  • 09 Oct 2016

Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016There is no such thing as safe Note7 in China. Note7 in Chi... moreAnother 3rd replaced note 7 exploded in Taiwan and Baltimore.

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    • 03 Oct 2016

    Anonymous, 03 Oct 2016So its only poor quality when things happen to samsung? As ... moreWhat are you trying to imply? Other phones I have encounter from LG, Nokia, OnePlus did not get boiling hot or exploded.

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      • 03 Oct 2016

      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2016Which ones? The 2 year old Z3 series? Because those were th... morez2 is the best sony device.
      the 'self cracking' screen problem happen since z3.

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        • 03 Oct 2016

        Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016It doesn't matter how big Samsung is. IT CAN GO DOWN and th... moreLol. A partnered app had a little battery big.
        This means samsung is going down for sure! You guys Crack me up

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          • 03 Oct 2016

          Killero, 01 Oct 2016Success because of marketing, because millions of fans arou... moreLol. So in other words you never actually used them

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            • 03 Oct 2016

            AnonD-77322, 02 Oct 2016I hope these recent events teaches Samsung once and for all... moreSo its only poor quality when things happen to samsung? As if the note 7 was the first ever phone to have a battery issue like that.
            And one buggy update to one app that is not even all on samsung?

            Does anyone else live in reality or is it just me?

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              • 03 Oct 2016

              Davood , 02 Oct 2016Try Xperia phonesYeah because they exact same issues or different ones have never happened on am xperia device.
              What a fanboy

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                • 03 Oct 2016

                AnonD-195701, 01 Oct 2016Using odin voids warrantyNo, it doesn't, flashing custom ROMs with custom recovery, yes, ODIN is used for flashing official firmware, it does not trigger the KNOX counter.

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                  • 02 Oct 2016

                  Davood , 02 Oct 2016If you want to talk quality buy a SONY Xperia DeviceWhich ones? The 2 year old Z3 series? Because those were the last interesting ones.

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                    • 02 Oct 2016

                    AnonD-591979, 01 Oct 2016I am having the same problems since the last update on my p... moreTry Xperia phones

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                      • 02 Oct 2016

                      AnonD-77322, 02 Oct 2016I hope these recent events teaches Samsung once and for all... moreIf you want to talk quality buy a SONY Xperia Device

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                        • 02 Oct 2016

                        I have also the same problem with my s7 battery is getting zero in 2 hours with out using

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                          • 02 Oct 2016

                          I hope these recent events teaches Samsung once and for all and bring high quality products in their next release.

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                            • 02 Oct 2016

                            Grey1213, 01 Oct 2016I have defended Samsung a lot to date, but going to stop do... moreAre you tired of Samsung nuts?

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                              • 02 Oct 2016

                              Grey1213, 01 Oct 2016I have defended Samsung a lot to date, but going to stop do... moreDon't stop. We must continue rooting for Samsung.

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                                • 02 Oct 2016

                                Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016I wasn't saying that "Apple will never go down". I just can... moreIt wasnt samsungs fault this time around. Its the oculus team

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                                  • 01 Oct 2016

                                  If Oculus is US company, it's easy to understand why they did it, right now.
                                  iPhone7(jack-less)FTW:)

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                                    • 01 Oct 2016

                                    Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016Probably north American variants.As far as I know those will be Qualcomm versions, correct? That could explain some of the heat emission.

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                                      • 01 Oct 2016

                                      lacp, 01 Oct 2016Big failures, it was only the Galaxy Note 7 that has had pr... moreSuccess because of marketing, because millions of fans around the world, but those phone before Galaxy S6 were just low quality phones, every single Samsung phone I had came with failures and bugs, just plastic phones and breakable screens.

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                                        • 01 Oct 2016

                                        I am having the same problems since the last update on my phone. Now it won't even charge. So what am I supposed to do with that? So now I am stuck with a dead phone that I can't even open. I had fully charged it an hour before. What's up with that??