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Galaxy S4

Mar 17, 2015 3:53AM PDT

I have heard many times of the S4 overheating and I am one of those who have one that over heats alot. So much so that the battery has started to bulge and is pushing the screen up and off the phone it self. There are so many problems that can cause damage to phones and people that there should be a recall. Like automobiles. Wish I could attach the picture of the screen popping off the phone but this editor won't let me. Trying to use the dropbox link.

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Looks to be nearing end of it's life cycle.
Mar 17, 2015 4:01AM PDT

What can really cheese some off is the usual 2 year life cycle of these phones. I see this debuted in March 2013 so it's clearly getting to the point where it's not expected to last much longer.

I checked and see only a 3 to 12 month warranty so if yours did that in warranty, what's the issue?

I can find folk that claim this to be an issue with many models by many makers but nothing points me to where it's more than a percent point of the product and all I found were older (1+ year) phones.
Bob

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It gets worse.
Mar 17, 2015 4:04AM PDT
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S4
Mar 17, 2015 4:05AM PDT

It is only a year old. Is there a warranty from the manufacturer. I did buy it out right off amazon brand new.

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See my second reply.
Mar 17, 2015 4:09AM PDT

Go Ralph Nader?

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Sorry. meant to add
Mar 17, 2015 4:10AM PDT

At 1 year and under, warranty. Use it.

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Warranty
Mar 17, 2015 4:14AM PDT

I honestly don't know how to go about doing that. Just searched on samsung to no avail.

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Then use their service reachout method. It's at link.
Mar 17, 2015 5:03AM PDT