Samsung phones are Blowing Up - Here’s Why.

It looks like Samsung Phones have a (Dangerous) Problem. Let me know if you've experienced anything similar!

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[Mrwhosetheboss]

We need to know - have YOU had any similar problems?

[JerryRigEverything]

I thought my own expanded batteries were because I disassembled and manhandled them 'inappropriately'... but it turns out its a much larger issue. Hope we get some answers!

[canis_machina]

As a former Samsung Repair technician for about a decade, I know that from the S4 Series to the S20 Series, Samsung used Lithium Polymer batteries.
These are labeled as just "Li-Ion" However they also use a nickel and magnesium substrate between the Lithium layers. This is uncommon with most other companies, but Samsung uses this substrate as a "Shield" of sorts to discharge the battery in case of a puncture.
However what Samsung will not tell you is that this was a mistake since Magnesium has a Half-Life of around 1, 000 hours and produces carbon Dioxide as a by product of decomposition. This causes the batteries to swell and eventually rupture.

The S21 series and beyond no longer have a metallic substrate, with a discharge circuit built into the motherboard of the phone. This is a well known issue within Samsung and its subsidiaries, but has not been released to the public as far as I know.

[ai]

Maybe this is a cool feature so you don't have to pry the phone apart to change a bad battery. The battery just opens the phone by itself!

[paghalavan.i.d]

Bro honestly, this issue seems mind-blowing. And I can literally relate this with myself as well, given that my dad's Galaxy Note 5 that had been sleeping in a shelf for like 5 years, has a swollen battery too.

[az]

This is why batteries should be easy to access and dispose. Right to repair is a serious topic which more youtubers and public figures should advocate

[XEETECHCARE]

Yep can double confirm this with my collection too. Recent phones to have blown up batteries are my Galaxy Note 10+ and shockingly my Fold 2 this summer. No other phones in my collection have done this from Pixels to iPhones to Xiaomi's etc. Weirdly enough, It happened to my Samsung phones that came after the Note 7. My Galaxy S1 till S6 Edge are completely fine stored in the same place & in exact same conditions. There is something they have done to their batteries after the Note 7 fiasco that needs to be investigated. With that being said, It only happens to the "stored Samsung phones". No active Samsung phone in use has done this so far.

[ilankarthikeyan]

For people who dont know, this problem started when Samsung rushed to make the Galaxy Note 7. a week after the release, there were many reports of the battery overheating and exploding. This problem came with many other people too. This has also happened for a few other Samsung phones too. The last straw of this was when the Galaxy Note 7 exploded on an aircraft which caused the aircraft to come to an halt. It was so dangerous that the phone was banned on airplanes. This problem again came back in 2022. Where Mrwhosetheboss made a video on 3 or more phones batteries exploded. This happened to other tech youtubers too. Why is this happening? The answer is that the makers of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had stuffed too much components into the battery, which caused it to overheat and explode.

[AlexM-wnme]

As someone who has multiple galaxy devices stored, ive had 1 expand like this. It was a device i had only used once or twice, definitely having less than 2 discharge cycles.

The trend i notice here is that these batteries/phones are barely used, then stored.

I dont see this being much of an issue with devices that have had normal usage, but I would investigate this route..

[FerTechCH]

Pretty wild from Samsung to manage the communication with you so badly, if it was like this with you, imagine for the rest of us common consumers.

[powerpuffever]

I think one of the most alarming things about this is how Samsung communicated with you. It’s interesting how phone companies essentially rely on the advertising given to them by tech influencers but don’t see how it would be a problem to not be transparent with those same people

[onyxx_]

I actually learned that batteries can swell when they're not being used. Normally Li-Ion batteries. Li-Po batteries are less prone to that; though it does seem odd that it only affects Samsung phones

[timsonxx]

I had that exact problem just happen recently on an old stored S7 i had laying around. Luckily it was noticed fast and disposed of because i saw your video when it came out. I also had that happen on an old Motorola though. The only difference is that this Motorola was in constant use for over 4 years

[LifehackerAsh]

Tech community coming together to hold companies responsible. Love this ! Keep it up.

[Dasheble]

I work at a retail company where we also do smartphone repairs. A *huge* majority of battery replacements were with Samsung phones due to them expanding. One got so large my entire department was almost too afraid to safely take it off a customer’s hands.

[tim]

I personally haven't had this experience with the Samsung phones that I store. I think the world is lucky that we have YouTubers like you guys. The store hundreds of phones. To give us this information. Since I restore two or three times obviously I'm a smaller sample size

[domagojfilipovic]

Respect for Arun for using his fame to spread useful information, even when it's criticism of the companies he reviews. Gotta have balls for that, props to you

[Justaxrguy]

The fact that Arun can speak about phones for 10 minutes straight without making things boring is pretty amazing

[its_jocel]

Note 7: *look how they try to mimic a fraction of my explosive power*

[denisdrc]

Same happend to my iphone. Also when it was turned off for some time.