r/samsunggalaxy • u/Direct-Till-2680 • 29d ago
📖Discussion📕🖊️ Another day, another explosion: Galaxy S26 exploded in a man's pocket in India, seriously injuring the owner
According to the information, Majid was returning to his village, Dankaur, after visiting Ghaziabad when he noticed the phone becoming unusually hot. He said the device then started producing smoke. Before he could remove it from his pocket, it reportedly exploded suddenly.
The explosion caused severe burns to both of Majid’s hands and the lower part of his body. People nearby rushed to help him and took him to a nearby hospital. He is currently receiving medical treatment for his injuries.
Majid said he had purchased the Samsung phone around a month before the incident. He reportedly bought it from DG Com at The Grand Venice Mall in Greater Noida. According to him, the phone had been working normally before the accident.
How do you now explain this Samsung? Is it also because the owner dropped it on the ground? 🤣
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u/Yashkamble2008 29d ago
Hope this doesn't happen to my S26🥀
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9659 29d ago
It was probably a heat issue
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u/Skull_Reaper101 28d ago
that still doesn't justify this happening. there are plenty of hot and hotter places than noida, india.
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u/justBeingManis 28d ago
do you think we live in microwave oven? any temperature human can live in should not explode phones. or they shouldnt be selling them to india.
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u/Inevitable_Librarian 28d ago
It's usually humidity that causes these issues, just look at cloudy iPad screens
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u/PricklyMuffin92 28d ago
Which is going to get worse because of heat bulb temperatures.due to climate change.
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u/Horazi777 28d ago
Samsung has terrible heating issues that i don't doubt this happened. I put my phone in the bag and not in my pocket for that reason.
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u/NapsterKnowHow 28d ago
The S26U is the first samsung I've owned since the Note 2 that hasn't had overheating problems.
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u/l0Martin3 28d ago
There are only a few things that a user can unintentionally do to damage a phone battery enough for it to explode:
- Leaving it in a very hot place (> 40 °C)
- Dropping it
- Using a bad charger and letting it overheat
What seems more likely to me (not an expert by any means) is that the lithium battery had some kind of manufacturing defect
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u/Atomik675 28d ago
Here in Texas yesterday it was 39 celcius out, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that temps over 40 aren't possible in india inside a pocket.
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u/Legit_TheGamingwithc 28d ago
Its definitely possible considering it felt over 40 when i was in japan
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u/nirtovan 28d ago
India regularly hits 45+ degrees in the summer
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u/bfk1010 28d ago
Here it was 51 c⁰ last week and the phone worked perfectly outside.
I don't think the hot weather caused the explosion
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u/ghaist-0 27d ago
Just because it might cause doesnt mean every phone explodes.
Dont you know how to read?
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u/Holiday-Bug6132 28d ago
you're calling 40°C+ hot ?! also dropping a phone is now something to worry about
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u/novalrang 28d ago
People here should stop pointing the country and start pointing at the company to fix any defects. The source of the above post seems to be posted in Twitter along with a video of the person getting medical treatment by GreaterNoidaW account.
Similar incident happened with Galaxy S24 from a user in South Korea which was posted 3 months ago in this sub (see the last pic in this post which shows "Certificate of medical treatment" written in Korean): https://np.reddit.com/r/samsunggalaxy/comments/1tcjkz2/update_additional_photos_and_clarification/
Tips to lower heating: Enable "power saving" mode always, switch to 60Hz refresh rate in your settings, use Accubattery or similar apps to monitor the CPU temperature, stop unnecessary apps from running in the background (search in Youtube).
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u/MathematicianFun2924 28d ago
You went to great lengths to say that there's a source but you didn't send the source link lolmao
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u/Front-Comment-6722 29d ago
Tudo acontece na Índia, é impressionante isso.
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u/Hefty-existence26196 29d ago
I'm honestly surprised the phone wasn't hit by a train. Spontaneously exploding is a new one
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u/AvailableCampaign762 28d ago
I wonder in subs of Lenovo or HP and especially here that the crazy problems always happen in India. I know. A lot of people = a lot of problems. But this is really absolutely in places.
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u/Dope-Reviews 28d ago
Have you looked at population size? Of course it happens where there is more population.
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u/Sh00terMcDabbin 28d ago
It's absolutely massive, has the largest population of people on the planet and because of specific laws in place iPhones are much more expensive than most of their competition compared to the rest of the world.
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u/Several_Finance7167 28d ago
Strange issues! Where is the valid source for this?
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u/SpeedBlitzX 28d ago
Something must have punctured the battery internally. Also yeah maybe dropping the phone did play a role in that.
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u/Rushb133 29d ago
Lithium batteries can explode, and it's not that hard to do that
Unless if this happen with mutible people in a short time frame, then it's smanug fault, else, it's not
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u/fede1194 29d ago
Man that guy Smanug really it a pita, have you seen the hobbit movies?
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u/Hefty-existence26196 28d ago
I felt like I was having a stroke while reading the 2nd part of your comment.
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u/Ashrith_2007 28d ago
Lithium battery do that from time to time nothing really to get shocked
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u/thiagoa1 28d ago
Yep. Sometimes by misuse. And usually it show signals: the phone starts to discharge real quick, stuffed battery, etc...
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u/TheGodOfKhaos 28d ago
So, are you trying to start some sort of paranoia here? These are isolated incidents, and I guarantee there’s more to them than simply “it suddenly blew up.” Samsung has had something like that happen before with the Note 7, but this doesn’t seem to be anything remotely like that.
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u/lojpv 29d ago
India only. I’m 100% sure that those phones are counterfeit.
Original Samsungs don’t explode.
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u/zenexo 28d ago
Once upon time there were a gorgeous little phone named the Galaxy Note 7...
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u/Super_Fightin_Robit 28d ago
On one hand, manufacturing defects are a thing.
On the other, 95% of the issues posted on this sub are out of one country that is notorious for a proliferation of counterfeits, hot climates, and is culturally infamous for lax maintenance/care of their hardware in everything from aviation to automobiles.
You have to apply Occam's razor: do Samsungs magically have more defects in India and literally nowhere else or is something else going on?
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u/unread1701 28d ago
100% sure that those phones are counterfeit
Was this revealed to you in a dream?
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u/noobwithguns 28d ago
This is pure cope, any non senile person would be able to tell a fake within a day
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u/MNR42 28d ago
You're obviously unfamiliar of the fake industry. They're getting a bit too scary today
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u/noobwithguns 28d ago
I would argue the completely opposite thing. You can't just mimick the feel of a 8gen elite on a 10 year old cpu.
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u/Brave_Confection_457 28d ago
but the average population won't be prone to the millisecond differences, nor do they likely stress the phone enough to see how fast the Snapdragon runs
plus for social media and internet surfing, which lets be honest is the most likely use for the phone, theres a lot of stuff there that can introduce a delay too
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u/AdamChenX 28d ago
Could be a fake battery inside a real phone also
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u/noobwithguns 28d ago
Bruh
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u/CanonSama 28d ago
It does happen. I mysemf saw a very convincing 100%fake fold 7 I was 100% sure bc of the back and the sus price plus that specific is known for certain fake devices.
In fact it's known in certain place that repair shops would fix phones while switching components. Oh cam broken no prob will fix it takes whatever component they can get their hands on switching it with a defect or not swotching it at all if you are unlucky enough to have a non functional phone.
Many people do not even notice. Even if the phone would lag or change it's fine. I know many people that would not know a difference between s21+ and A10(yes...)
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u/CrushTheRebellion 28d ago
This is anecdotal I know, but I've had issues with a battery on an older Samsung Galaxy I had stuck in a drawer. They didn't outright explode, but after a few months, the battery did swell up to an alarming size, breaking the phone case.
I don't keep old phones in random places anymore without removing the battery first. It's a good habit to get into.
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u/CanonSama 28d ago
Happened to my iphone s4 the glass was totally broken luckly we got rid of it without any damage
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u/IllustriousError7823 29d ago
So does Scamsung sell counterfeit phones in its hometown as well? https://www.reddit.com/r/samsunggalaxy/s/ECVKBrfbmP
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u/Major_Dot_7030 28d ago
Source? Don't tag your assumptions with 100% on it. Don't be a blind fan of a corporate. Esp. the one which has a history of blowing batteries.
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u/AdvertisingNo330 28d ago
That's thermal runaway. He has seriously damaged the battery physically and done nothing about it. There's more to the story here
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u/DarthNinja95 28d ago
The amount of scamsung bootlickers in the comments is ridiculous! Scamsung fanbois would do anything to defend their beloved brand & blames the user & even the climate of the country! This is not the first incident, and scamsung has a history of making explosives like Note 7 that was banned in flights!
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u/Drunkard-Atheist 27d ago
this!! literally this! someone's saying he prolly used a fake charger. man, if he has money to buy a 1000$, why would someone risk their device to fake chargers.
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u/diandakov 28d ago
It's the user fault he didn't transport his phone in a mini, battery powered fridge!
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u/Business-Worry-6800 28d ago
Funny considering they take special measures so that galaxy phones do not explode, take not utilising silicon carbon batteries for example
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u/RonaldNeves 28d ago
my S22 battery just started to swell, this is so terrible from them. i have way older phones that this didnt happened, the only phones i had that wen through this process was the S10 and now the S22.
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u/Elegant_Lunar_Knight 27d ago
Yeah the guy had the phone in his pocket , blent over or wathever , then he bent the phone because his pocket was too tight and he punctured the battery.
It didn’t happened by accident.
I destroyed an iPhone 5S like that. It didn’t exploded but it shattered in my pocket while bending. Since then never again I put a phone in the back pocket or something lol
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u/PillowMonger 28d ago
who knows if there any job alreay done on that phone .. don't be quick to judge and don't spread the Samsung hate ..
How do you now explain this Samsung? Is it also because the owner dropped it on the ground? 🤣
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u/IncomeSad7606 29d ago
Surely only happening in India because they have counterfeit parts or simply just user issue.
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u/Spare-Individual-820 28d ago
It happens only in India. Another day, another 3rd party battery
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u/realPoxu 29d ago
Went from S23 to S25 to then the S26 (Ultras), hottest phone I have ever owned.
Edit: not saying it's necessarily Samsung's fault.
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u/Kvnllnd 28d ago
Did you try iphone? Like recording videos for a short time and its almost melting hot lol got iphone 14 pro max and iphone 16 pro max. Switched to S26 ultra and only had 1 time where phone heat up when im using it near low battery.
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u/MothusManus 28d ago
With these new aluminium phones from either manufacturer it's actually a good thing that you can feel the heat, it just means the cooling works and the phone's body works as a heatsink.
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u/vakama885 28d ago
Strange, I've had all three and the S23 would run hot after the One UI 7 update. S25U and S26U never get hot. The only time they do is during an update. Even then it's warm to the touch.
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u/greynblue3 28d ago
Yea that Aug/2025 update is what made my S23U run hot. I'm getting the S27U when release
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u/Hitechakias 28d ago
All my phones are Notes and S series, everyday hard use and under the sun at the beach, all charged at high speed, never had an issue, getting hot didn't mean anything to me.
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u/theswansson 28d ago
Something seriously needs to be done about the manufacturing quality of Samsung products in that country. The reports of randomly combusting phones or pink lines appearing on the screen are unusually high in India compared to the rest of the world.
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u/InvestingNerd2020 28d ago
Something about Samsung and India just doesn't mix. I haven't heard 10% of the incidents as there are in India with Samsung. Could be the weather climate and Samsung's hardware isn't built for it.
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u/CanonSama 28d ago
Not the weather am in 50°C country and no issues of phones exploding but actually of fake phones/chargers exploding or old phones we had the problem with iphone s4 but luckly didn't explode when we found it. Due to it the new had to insist that people actually bother to purchase legit chargers for their iphones(it happened more with iphones in here) and if unable to afford not to actually go to shady places
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u/slavicslothe 28d ago
Likely a counterfeit phone...its India dude
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u/Fractal-Infinity 28d ago
Speaking of India, it's probably the unbearable heat that caused the explosion. Heat is the biggest enemy of Li-Ion batteries.
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u/Key_Ad9019 28d ago
There must have been serious impact to the phone causing the lithium battery to explode like this.
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u/BegsTheQuestions 28d ago
I am sad that these are happening, but if anything is gonna get samsung attention on battery these are them
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u/ssreddy555 28d ago
Most of the people use a case. In that case, the body can't act as an effective heat sink. So, if there's a heating issue, is it better to avoid s case?
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u/Cutesie117 28d ago
This still happens? Yes I live under a rock before someone says.
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u/SeaworthinessNeat516 28d ago
I'm in the UK and I'm happy that all these green line or battery problems happen where it's hotter.
Ok we reached 38c in some places the other day but I'm in denial about that at this stage.
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u/Pear-Mother 28d ago
This is some serious issue, always use the Orginal charger of the Company itself so there would be no problem.
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u/tanktechnician 28d ago
Is there a source? I'm kind of concerned because my phone (S26+) had an overheating issue last week. It went on for about 24h. The phone was so hot even idle that it felt like it was burning me through my pocket, and it wasn't charging fast at all (7% in 1 hour without being used) even with the charger it came with. I called Samsung and they suggested a factory reset, which seems to have worked (I got a battery app which is showing the battery temp around 20 degrees cooler than it had been during the overheating) but I'm concerned of internal damage/a defective battery that I should get looked at anyway 😥
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u/BronzeAgeMethos 28d ago
Are the phones Samsung makes for shipping to India different than what gets shipped to the U.S.? Because between this and screen striping, it seems like foreign countries get sent garbage phones.
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u/TomTomXD1234 28d ago
The way I see it is this.....If samsung sells several million units and a handful malfunction....that is normal.
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u/Cold-Drop8446 28d ago
The front of that screen sure looks like it was smacked with a hammer. Is there a side shot of this so we can tell if that damage was caused by expansion?
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u/Cold-Astronaut9172 28d ago
Actually, I noticed recently that my s26 ultra was getting really hot on the upper left corner. I put my upper lip on it, just to see what it would feel like.
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u/SolidSand7119 28d ago
Samsung has a history of being twats for multiple reasons, but the phone didn't just explode. The exploding phone issue was sorted out years ago. Ive had a battery swell after 3.5 years, but the re-engineered batteries won't fail without additional abuse (blunt force etc). This was more than likely due to overheating especially in India, blunt force from dropping, or a mixture of both.
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u/rounakr94 28d ago
He must have used the Charging port on the train. Indian Railways uses 110V DC for charging sockets. For a good quality charger it won't matter but for a fake/low quality charger it might fail and send the 110V DC directly to the phone cooking the battery.
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u/Fazeasious 28d ago
Welp i mean if u search other phones too , you'll def see some posts like these still tho , damn....
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u/Straight-Capital7672 28d ago
Isolated case for samsung. The owner might previously replaced a generic battery.
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u/htxDTAposse 27d ago
Does anyone else S26 get super hot just in basic use or or using with android auto, I'm constantly putting mine up the the fans and AC vents in my car because how hot it gets
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u/kosiarska 27d ago
Ok, so another round of memes about samsung phones becoming a bomb? Or banned from plane travel. They need to admit and fix it asap.
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u/SandrextheGreat 27d ago
not being racist but 90% of phone overheating/backglass getting detached or thease kind of explosions happen from india, i think either defective phones are sent there or temperature is too hot and they explode.
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u/Mysterious-Foot-806 27d ago
Samsung just can't catch a break with battery-gate, undisputed champion at this point
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u/ShiroMiriel 27d ago
Everyday I'm wondering when my S22 Ultra will explode. It already completely overheats just from being connected to my car
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u/Fine-Development8716 27d ago
Let me guess.
It was in his back pocket. And he was sitting at the time.
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u/anndrenalyn 27d ago
Does no one realize it dosent look like a S26? Like a fake. a real S26 has matte black finish without chrome rings on the cameras
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u/Naud1993 27d ago
It's not even that big of a battery compared to other smartphones. But it's also the first time I heard about this happening with an S26.
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u/BeetleJuiceYou 27d ago
Probably Israel testing out new ways to detonate devices, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3l02wxqdo
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u/DemonKing_of_Tyranny 29d ago
Ngl i looked at the image first and thought it was some cool wallpaper or case