As the title of this post says a Samsung Galaxy S4 literally burned due to possible problems that this device has in dissipating heat when charging. All or almost all current devices get hot but to reach the extreme of burning it can only be due to some specific problem of the device.
No, not all Samsungs are going to burn, much less do we think that will happen with this great device, what happened to this user is usually considered a true isolated case and it seems that the cause for which it burned is very simple according to the affected person: he left the smartphone charging on his table All night long and the S4 burned out.
The user of this smartphone lives in the United Arab Emirates and luckily there were no personal or material damages of any kind (at home), apart of course, the Galaxy S4 burned as we can see in the image that heads this article .
Samsung already has the machinery up and running and announced that it will investigate the case of this smartphone to clarify if the fault of what happened is the device itself or the user of the same, but seeing the photographs I would bet on the USB or micro USB in poor condition.
In my case I cannot say that I have a Galaxy S4 (I would like to) but I am convinced that any current smartphone or rather the charger of these devices gets quite hot when it is charging and if for any reason it has a small fault it can arrive to burn the device.
We will follow the news to see how all this ends.
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Source - uberguizmo
For plastic crap!
Hahahaha thanks to that plastic it did not burn.
Then they recommend buying the S4 or not those who already have, please answer.
Buy yourself without a doubt it is a good and fast phone and I have been with the s4 for 4 months now and it is the best
I bought it instantly after its launch, and it's the best I've had, no problem, I can't wait for the Galaxy S5 to come out!
Hello, a few days ago I ate a galaxy tab 3 of 7 inches and the truth is that it works quite well but it heats up after 5 minutes of using it and if I play some heavy game I jierve but so I turn off the screen and in a minute I go back to cool as I would have It would be cold as it would be off, is this normal?
Buy it, the octacore would be good for you, it is the most complete of the range!
that plastic sure you would like to have it …… hahahaha
I leave mine carrying all night I have a month with him and he is doing the best
Another thing in the second photo shows that the charger connector was burned short and burned is the phone's micro usb
My galaxi s4 screen gets very hot when I use it for a long time that is why sometimes I turn off the cell phone, is this correct?
if it is normal for it to get hot, all smartphones get hot, some more than others ...
but you don't have to turn it off hahaha
The truth is that my galaxy s4 gets very hot when charging or when playing games, I hope the same does not happen to me.
I have IBS and the truth is that there are days when it seems that I have a stove instead of a smartphone ...
lol and more in summer, I'm sure of that
I'm scared ... hahahaha
the little burnt milk looks like the cable
Of course it is not normal for it to get hot, do not defend Samsung just because they have one and they have already used it up, I have a Sony and it does not get hot and I always charge it at night. Be careful because those things can explode.
Frankly, I've been using smartphones since preSmartphones (Nokia 5800), I used the fantastic Nokias until Symbian was withdrawn from the market; then I went to IOS, for the operating system more than anything ..
Android does not give me guarantees and neither does Windows Phone ... and for work reasons I need a stable, reliable system that only I can control, such as Symbian and Ios.
Please note that I am a Nokia Fan, not Ios Fan (or whatever you say, you know more about that than I do).
In my case, no Nokia has overheated when plugging it into power, and of my Iphones, neither the 4s nor the 5 have ever overheated me ... it is true that there are people I know who have, but once shown in the Apple Store of my city has been immediately changed for a brand new and sealed ...
From Nokia, the stability of Symbian, the toughness of its devices, the survival of abuse ... From Apple, the technical service and the few questions they ask once the incident has been demonstrated.
I do not speak about Android, it is a system that does not fit the way I work, it does not seem like a reliable terminal for company secrets, in Android terminals I may stay with the HTC One
Well, they gave me the SAMSUNG GALAXY S 4 on June 23 and after 6 days messing with it and talking on the phone I began to notice that it was overheating in the back at the height of the camera, and the worst did not cool down in a short time ... .I claimed the guarantee of origin after 14 days in vodafone because it is not normal and they sent it to me for repair ... very unhappy with the phone ... I would have continued with my iphone 4s 32g
What guarantee do Sansumg S4 users have? If the same thing happens to us, does the factory cover the damage?
The same thing happened to me with the Galaxy S3 Mini, I think it happens when for some reason the receivers where the current arrives ... positive and negative point are bridged or together, it is as if you connected two separate cables to the wall and put them together or when You put the car's jumper cables together .. made a spark, that happens… why? It may be because of the internal design, a blow, a fall, bad luck, for my luck my cell phone still works, but I can't charge it or connect it to USB, so I charge it with an external charger.
I have a galaxy s4 and it gets too hot and right now I'm on t..moble to change it for a new one.
I'm going to the case, you had an over-electric reaction, I mean, increased energy in your department, that the battery was hot first, and the cell phone founds it, letting it be known that your battery is to blame.
I have a s4 15 days old and it started to heat up when it charged and worse when I played. I worry because before it was not like that and I will burn and lose my money
That's a cheap copy of the s4, no s4 has the galaxy s4 logo on the back ... damn hipster iphonero.
Don't be naco, it's the case that comes with the phone….
This case does not come with the phone. It is a separate accessory that can cost up to € 30
I do have the phone and it came with the case ...
Hello, I have two days with my Samsung Galaxy S4 and just being in the applications for 5 minutes makes me hot when it is a long-term call, not that it could be and the truth is today I took it to Vodafone for the review and maybe they give me another but What I want to know is that it is normal for it to get hot….
Return it and buy an iPhone xD
I've been with the S4 for 4 months and it never gave me any problems.
Hi, good afternoon, I'm from Merida Yucatan Mexico…. Exactly the same thing happened to my cell phone ... the team is in technical service because according to them the guarantee does not cover these failures and they sent it to an evaluation which makes me silly ... then it is no longer an isolated case, gentlemen who have an S4, be very careful lest the same thing happen to you as the girl who exploded an s3 in her pants
Well, my S4 burned the first night I bought it, I burned my hand when I picked it up. When I turned it off it turned on again but the screen dark, the chip deformed from the heat. I just gave it back.
Exactly the same thing happened to me 20 days after purchase
The same thing happened to me, it hurts that I didn't even tone a photo I put it to load and the next morning it was like the one in the photo, I live in South Africa
Hello, good afternoon, I had the same problem with my samsung galaxy s4
When I got back from work I put it to charge, which was my surprise that while I was eating, I started to smell a little smoke, I went to check my phone, and it was practically melting from the part where it is charged.
Everything is functional even on the phone, the touch functions, the music and even the 3g, but honestly aesthetically it looks horrible from the base, I took it to telcel to see if something could be done about the guarantee, but honestly with it type of policies they have I think they will go off on a tangent…. It should be noted that the installation to which it was connected had a voltage regulator, to which an ipad was also connected and the only one that was affected was the galaxy s4, do a little research and apparently it is due to the poor quality of the hand work of the galaxy connectors.
I am from Mexicali Baja California and my story took place on October 31, 2013.
In 2 weeks I will post what they answered me on telcel.
Exactly the same thing happened to me last night so I keep my cell phone and I have only had it for three weeks
I tell you that I live in the city of La Plata, Argentina, and this has just happened to me, I can't believe it, I plugged it into my bedside table, 30 cm from the crib of my baby who slept there !. in 3 and a half hours I stay the same as the one you see in this photo. Movistar does not take charge despite having insurance and a guarantee, the official service either, tomorrow I travel to Buenos Aires to Samsung Argentina ... I'll tell you later.
My galaxy s4 had already been with the good for months if it got hot but I thought it was normal now a few days ago when the phone was charging the charger got very hot like the phone eh even once it was too hot last night it was I was charging and the screen just went black and nothing was seen now that I read the comments I think Samsung has a problem with the galaxy s4 since if they burn I agree with the comments
I'm from Mexico, from sonora to be specific, my galaxy s4 from the telcel company. Out of nowhere I stopped charging with the home charger, I connected it to the computer and after a while it started to smoke and disconnected it. My question is I'm going to telcel and the guarantee covers it or what am I supposed to do, it is dead without battery, it just turns on and says Samsung galaxy s4 that I can help !!!!
The same thing happened to me but I did not get to burn that way, it is a common fault in the s4, it seems, I took it to the technical service when I went to remove it the same day that they told me that the guarantee did not cover it because it It had wet, which did not happen, five more people were bounced with the same problem with the same device. obviously the company tries to hide the fault and has to do it luck for everyone it is an unpleasant lottery for the cost of the equipment
It is an unusual case, but we must know all smartphones heat up during charging once the battery reaches 100% it returns to its normal temperature, what happened as we see in the photo above may be the product of an overload in the installation electricity in the house caused what happened.
Yes, it is true that all devices get hot while charging but it is that reaching the extreme of burning the cable and right in the connector part indicates that something was not working well while charging. But I don't think it's because of the electrical installation of the house.
regards
The s4 battery can be damaged if it overheats too often
I have one and it gets hot when I play dead trigger
I have 2 s4 they get hot if I put the battery on it or put it to charge, do not invent they are 2 a waste and Samsung does not validate the guarantee and believe me, they did not fall, they did not get wet they cida more ka my children
the images are in the comments
First of all, I'm sorry about what happened to you, Iker. I would insist on the issue because if you used the home charger and everything is in order, Samsung has to respond.
regards
Well buy s4mini and in two months it no longer works, it overheated, I took it to the technical service and they want to charge me 400 soles
The logic card is crossed the guarantee for misuse, I know the guarantee, you lose it due to blows or liquid entry that bad product and a scam
The same thing happened to me, my S IV burned and almost exploded and the result is identical to the photograph on the screen. My surprise is that Entel gave me no solution. I'll go for Samsung,
It seems like a recurring problem and Samsung should take action on the matter. I'm sorry about what happened to you pink, tell us if you solved it.
regards
I woke up this morning and the same thing happened to me, I was overheated but I have been with the mobile since November (7 months) and nothing has ever happened to him, my partner also has it and for now nothing has happened to him and I know They gave it a few days before me on Monday I'll go see what happens because I'm in orange and in theory I have an insurance that covers everything .. see if it's true
Tere the same thing happened to me 3 months ago than to you and to many more people and Samsung does not take care of the problem, to me after three months and after sending it to technical service 6 times the answer was the same that I opened given to you to everyone that is our fault, last week I fixed it myself and it did not come out more than € 60 with postage and VAT and change it is 5 minutes
Exactly the same thing happened to what appears in the photograph. I was lucky that the battery didn't burn out and the internal functions were fine. I was able to disconnect it in time. The SIM card, if I had to change it because it suffered damage. I live in Panama, here they were able to repair it by changing the part of the contact with the charger.
But I say, how do you make Samsung take responsibility if what I see are not isolated cases.
Ps I have an S4
I just got burned yesterday and I have it the same as in the photo
Hello, I have a Samsung s4 and without being with any active function and without having it to charge, I simply carry it in my pants pocket and I begin to notice that my leg warms I take it out of my pocket and I have to turn it off immediately, the funny thing is that I am neither charging or anything and it burns with heat without more incredible to see if someone is happening this x of course going the wuifi and the gps off I do not understand anything thanks
Of course it is not normal Jesus, if you can call the SAT or if it is an operator, speak directly with them. Normal is that it heats up when you perform a process with it or at the time of charging, but if it heats up without having anything activated it is not normal.
Good luck and tell us
The same thing happened to mine, when I connected it it began to heat up when I disconnected it k it was right away, it was melted. The first time I went to claim the guarantee, they said it was my thing and I put a lot of energy into it. K thing is not true and now with your publication I can see that it was not an exclusive thing.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and it turns out that the charger was bad when I put it to charge, it turned off and the screen turned on, which cut off the power that the charger was pulling and it took all night and part of the morning charging ended up very hot. Cel then I put a cube of my iphone 4S and today if it charges very well and does not overheat they believe that what happened previously is ruining the plate of the samsung S4 ?????
The same thing happened to my s5 today and the worst thing is that it was not charging all night like 2 hours I left it charging and when I arrived it was like this
I bought the s4 and the screen gets quite hot when just writing a message
my sister burned the screen while checking her messages that happened after 3 months of use
I just received a s4 i337 with only a week of use and it started to reheat too I think I'm going to return it I don't want to wait for it to burn
Hello, I am from Peru and I only had 15 days of use of the galaxy A 5 and it turned out to burn the cell phone input and they do not want to change the equipment because according to them they say it is bad user use
Well my particular case is related to a SAMSUNF GALAXY S5 that I acquired in MOVISTAR Colombia.
I characterize myself for taking care of my communication elements and even more so when they are very expensive.
I bought the aforementioned device three years ago and as soon as I returned from my work I turned it off, it was kept in optimal conditions, however on Friday, April 8, 2016, when I turned it on I found a surprise, the screen internally showed as if it had a liquid greenish, and what could be visualized was as lists of mail programs, data of which he had never requested information, it became excessively hot and then it turned off, being completely useless.
It makes me think that these companies program these artifacts to last for a relatively short time and thus have an accelerated turnover of their inventories.
I would like to invite those affected with the damages of SAMSUMG in all its versions to publicly protest against said company and demand quality, because reviewing the preceding emails, my case is not so isolated, because I used it little for the internet, only calls and things that were very important to My, as it was the communication with my workplace and as I stated previously, I turned it off as soon as I returned home because there I did not find the use of the Cell phone justifiable because I had other types of communication elements such as the Computer and line telephones fixed
I bought my children two Samsung Galaxy S 4 cell phones, I paid 18 installments, that is, they no longer have a guarantee, one had a sudden death and cannot be fixed, the other overheated and does not work either. A real crap !!!!!!!