Samsung will now let you charge your recalled Galaxy Note 7 to 80 percent

Some people refuse to return their recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7, so the company is trying to make the phones safer by limiting how much they can be charged. Samsung recalled its Note 7s earlier this month after reports of batteries overheating and exploding. Last week, it issued a software patch in Korea that capped charges at 60 percent. But the company appears to now let users charge up to 80 percent. *Sammobile* reports that if the maximum charge of 60 percent option is turned off, the phone will charge to 80 percent. It’s not clear whether this setting is available in the US... more »