# I pit myself for being dumb enough to buy another Samsung brickphone. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684 "2017-03-08T13:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/21 "2017-03-08T23:22:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … and I have to reboot it when I’m in the bathroom ,… I’d love to have the correlation explained (or not…). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/22 "2017-03-09T22:57:03Z")
If it hasn’t burst into flames yet, you’re ahead of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Pointless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Polly\_Pointless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Pointless)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/23 "2017-03-10T06:07:19Z")
Maybe the problem isn’t the phone. I have a nearly 3 year old Samsung Galaxy S5. It is still going strong. I don’t anticipate needing to replace it any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/24 "2017-03-10T15:55:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I’d love to have the correlation explained (or not…). 😃 Nothing kinky. When I’m on the toilet for what will probably be a lengthy amount of time at work, I power on the phone and go to a book I’m reading. Sometimes I get a “No Internet Connection,” because the men’s room walls are too thick for the wi-fi, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/25 "2017-03-10T19:10:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I haven’t heard any particularly awful things about Samsung phones other than the unique tendency of the Note 7 to catch fire and explode in flaming shards of destruction. But the other models don’t do that. I don’t think there was in principle anything wrong with choosing another Samsung. If I were you I’d bitch like hell to your provider and to Samsung and make them replace it with something that works. Yeah. To be fair about Samsung phones, they aren’t all solid. The Note 7 is literally a flaming piece of garbage. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/26 "2017-03-10T19:21:14Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > Yeah. To be fair about Samsung phones, they aren’t all solid. The Note 7 is literally a flaming piece of garbage. Sick burn, dude. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/27 "2017-03-10T22:57:05Z")
Were your ears burning? ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/28 "2017-03-12T21:28:56Z")
Another Galaxy Note 4 user checking in, I’ve had the same one for two and a half years with no problems at all - mind you I’m not app-happy, the only extras I’ve added are an upgrade to the default camera software and a wi-fi signal strength analyzer. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/29 "2017-03-13T16:09:30Z")
I went thru three LG G2s. The screen cracked under the slightest pressure, and the slightest crack put it out of commission. Its predecessor (for me), the LG Lucid 3, is still fully functional with a much larger crack. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/30 "2017-03-14T03:46:59Z")
I had a Note 4 that was fine, until one day it got an update. Dang near a paperweight after that. Hellllooo iPhone! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/31 "2017-04-11T05:21:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Samsung Galaxy S5 user here. The glass is cracked, the chrome on the frame has eroded down to the primer layer, and I have to reboot it when I’m in the bathroom, but it’s still awesome. I can do Mobile Hot Spot, take pictures and sync with my Google drive, use it as a microphone, and buy books through Google Play. Bestest toy ever. I also have an S5, and it’s been mostly great. My only beef is that at only 16G internal storage is that I’ve had to refuse any version updates later than 5.0; yet they keep getting downloaded onto my device. Said download is nearly a gig but I can’t find it anywhere on the device to delete. The underlying problem really has more to do with how the OS allows you to use an external card and what you can store there, so it’s really more a Google/Android problem than a Samsung issue. If this device had 64G or even 32G internal storage I wouldn’t even think about replacing it right now, but as it is I will probably do so in the next few weeks. To the OP, what Samsung device did you get? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684/32 "2017-04-11T05:28:26Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > I had a Note 4 that was fine, until one day it got an update. Dang near a paperweight after that. Exactly the problem I was alluding to above. I’m guessing it installed 5.0 which meant not only did the OS take up more of your internal storage, but also you soon found that you could move practically no apps to external and all you could use that for was music and media. That’s what happened to me, and the only way I got around it was through some DIY customization. The end result is that the device “thinks” part of the external card is internal, so I can run more apps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684.md?page=1)