Galaxy S4 bursts in flames while gaming, Hong Kong man claims, fire spreads to house and Mercedes

10. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

You sir made my day. Haha

73. MartianMe (unregistered)

WTF!!...how come these kind of sh1t are only happening in asia?

11. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)

I think the man is trying his luck. Rich company? Well claim their device is the reason you lost you belongings and so they could pay. Oldest trick in the book, and yes, fanboys will believe this is Samsung's fault. Typical. If your fone is on fire why throw it under the sofa? Like really? I'm not convinced that this was S$'s fault.

20. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)

I do sense conspiracy in this. The story is 'too epic' to be real. Must be made up.

Notice how most electrocution/burning/exploding stories only involve Samsung's flagships and iPhones, never HTC, Nokia, LG or any other brands.

28. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 169; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)

I agree. Also, it's suspicious that these phone explosions and electrocutions are happening just a few days or weeks after the other.

29. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

might be a false story but when did you see a htc,nokia or lg to overheat like a samsung phone?
for example: i now own the htc one and before this i had the s4...i ditched the s4 because of overheating..to be more precise my s4 got a 65 degrees celsius measurement while the one with the same usage won't go higher than 44....personal experience...
i rooted the s4,flashed another rom and kernel just to solve this problem and it didn't do much...the phone was brand new...
same happened with my note 2 before this...i owned the whole galaxy lineup from sammy and everytime i noticed the overheating...
as for apple i have the ipad4 and trust me when i say that sometimes out of the sudden it gets extremely hot...and i'm talking when browsing the web not playing games or anything complex...
this is a real problem unfortunetely that i didn't find on any nokia or htc device that i owned...
they should focus more on this things instead of 8cores and crap...maybe with 8cores i can fry a chicken due to the heat...

30. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)

If your Galaxies are of the Exynos variant, that might be the reason. The only good thing about Exynos is cranking out a lot of power in performance and topping the benchmarks.

35. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

they were exynos and the s4 was the snapdragon 600....

37. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

and about samsung....i know there are a lot of people saying this on every tech site but....the lag...it's just amazing how on a flagship device like the s4 with all that power inside the phone lagged...compared to the htc one the s4 is years behind...sorry but it's the truth...and also the battery life is horrible on the s4 mainly also because of the overheating..
it's a cool phone but it feels like they forgot to do something before releasing it...like actually try the device themselves...

40. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)

^ I know, The lag on Samsung devices. People deny it but even i also experienced it. And the demo units in Samsung stores are also the same but people will tell me "the crowd used it and randomly open apps without closing, thats why it lagged".

You may be able to solve the lag with custom firmwares, but making sure a phone works well right out of box is the OEM's responsibility, not customer's. They stuffed in too much bloatware into the S4.

65. whysoserious (Posts: 318; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)

Setting the lag issue aside, i'm finding this guy's claims about this incident too hard to believe. Yes, phones tend to overheat during heavy use, but, seriously, a small device, capable of incinerating an entire house?! If it suddenly burned while playing with it, where's the burn on his hand? He could've suffered at least first degree burn on his hands if it's true.

50. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)

as an owner of the i9500 and i9505 i have yet to see lag

52. lambchops (Posts: 4; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)

LOL, ya know.. i am sooooo sick of hearing people like you trying to put the wrong idea in other peoples heads. Ive had the original galaxy i9500, the s2, s3, s4, note 10.1, note 8.0, aaaaand galaxy camera, and of course ive experienced lag, what phone/tablet doesnt lag? exactly. My sisters both have the iphone 5, and god, not EVERYthing positive that comes out of there mouth, it reboots itself here and there, it heats up from moderate use aswell, it lags. And as for the htc one, quite the coincident that my dad has it.. but anyways, dont tell me that thing doesnt fricken lag, cuz it does. And it does about as often as my galaxy s4 does. Which would be a little bit here and there. And just so ya know, the htc one is warm almost everytime i use my dads phone.. no phone is perfect bud. In my opinion, Touchwiz is the most user friendly interface, and air view and air gesture are cool as hell and i use them all the time, and the screen on the s4 is definitely best in its class, and same with the 13 mp camera.

53. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

for your own knowledge....i'm talking about personal experiences and i'm not trying to put ideas in others head...ok?so chill out...be happy with your device,i was not...and also to help you with your lag i recommend you deactivate the eye scrolling and air view and you will see that things realy improve...touchwiz is the thing that makes the phone lag...
as for the rest there is a thing called youtube if you wan't to see comparisons between these 2 and the problem is that pretty much everyone favors the one...
in every aspect...
i don't have time for fanboy wars because i really don't care...it's called choice...so everyone choses what ever he likes...
have a nice day!

57. lambchops (Posts: 4; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)

Haha, no offence, but your pretty stupid when it comes to knowledge about this kinda stuff eh? lol, smart scroll/air view/air gesture/smart pause could potentially cause the phone to lag, but having them turned on mostly just kills your battery, clearing the ram is what will call for less lag.. just letting ya know. Im just sick of people knocking down the s4 because maybe there phone isnt as good, or just feel the need to share there negative opinion about the s4. Im not a fan boy anymore than you are, i just dont like being told that my top of the line phone lags all the time and overheats. Meanwhile, i havent really had any problems with it.

69. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

first of all junior we are not the same age so watch your language!
second ...you say you own a s4 but still you're using your father's htc one!
third i use fast reboot and task killer on all my phones and also background data is off...so there is nothin g unnecesary running in the background..
4th...this is a public forum so if i wan't to express my opinion regarding my own experience with a device i will do it and i don't give a f....about what you like or don't...if you love your device junior so much then you should get married and have children together ....
5 th....there is a thing called education and respect ..you should learn about them..they might actually help you later in life...
6 th....i'm pretty sure that i know a lot more about this things than you know so please...

46. vincelongman (Posts: 5069; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

I am calling BS, I don't believe the explosion could have been that bad.

I've read of other phone's battery exploding including the iPhone 5 (while man was calling) and HTC One X (while on kitchen top, idle), Note II (in boys pocket, idle) and S3 (in ladys pocket, idle but third party).

People, just to stop, its unfortunately this happens, but its like a couple phones out of millions.

56. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

it's obvious he was lying...

48. nobelset (Posts: 270; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)

Dude my lumia 800 gets so HOT I could never use it while charging. I don't know about the other lumias but my note 2 NEVER gets as hot.

54. gabrielvoica (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

all phones get hot if you use them while charging...

62. Bilpocalypse (Posts: 301; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)

My Nokia overheats occasionally. This isn't just a Samsung issue.

68. Zegareke (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Jun 2013)

I wonder if they can find out chemically whether that c4 was overclocked and loaded with tons of background apps in case it was an original sammy.
I see nothing wrong in throwing away burning things. I don't think he was like "Oh, so it's burning, well, where should I throw it" rather just threw and it landed there randomly.
But also he could just smoke pot there while playing on s4, someone came in, so he threw the s4 under the couch and pretended he wasn't playing.

16. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)

S-plode

60. Caralho (Posts: 119; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)

What the heck is "Love Machine"???

5. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)

Everything made in China explodes, except bombs.
I have read cases that even adjustable office chair explodes (the gas/liquid in the hydraulic system).

44. Dingy_cellar_dweller (Posts: 265; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

Yea, he was testing a new after market charger thats going to be available on ebay soon.