This article is more than
4 year oldSamsung explains mysterious message
Samsung phone owners were left baffled after receiving a mysterious “1” notification with no explanation as to why.
It turns out the message was an internal Samsung gaffe, but plenty of people are still very confused.
Owners of various Samsung Galaxy smartphones received a strange and unexpected notification containing two “1”s above each other.
Tapping the notification cleared it – but did nothing else.
RELATED: Weird solution to annoying smartphones
Users were rightly confused by the notification.
One wrote: “That Samsung “find my mobile” notification everyone just got could easily be from an episode of Black Mirror.
“The fact the app has nabbed over 10% of my battery doesn’t feel very comforting either. Security breach for sure.”
And another said: “So myself and many other Samsung users have all reported receiving a notification from the “Find My Mobile” app saying ‘1’.
“I clicked it and nothing happened. Check app info and it used 20% of my battery? Did all our phones just get hacked?”
If you just got woken up by Samsung Find My Mobile saying 1 1 to you then congratulations you will be saved when the Rapture comes
— Simon Honeydew ?? (@SimonHoneydew) February 20, 2020
Anyone else get that find my mobile push notification that just about gave me a heart attack?
— Josh Broom (@BroomDoom) February 20, 2020
Jesus christ Samsung
Samsung confirmed that the strange notification was actually an accident, linked to the Find My Mobile app.
In a tweet, the company blamed an internal test – and said that the notification should never have been pushed to phones.
RELATED: Never charge your phone again
Picture: Josh Edelson / AFPSource:AFP
RELATED: Iconic phone brand finally dead
The firm also suggested that only some, not all, Samsung phone owners were affected.
“Recently, a notification about ‘Find My Mobile 1’ occurred on a limited number of Galaxy Devices,” wrote Samsung.
“This was sent unintentionally during an internal test and there is no effect on your device.
“We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers.”
Bizarrely, people without the app installed still received the notification.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.
Keywords
Newer articles
<p> </p> <div data-testid="westminster"> <div data-testid="card-text-wrapper"> <p data-testid="card-description">The foreign secretary's remarks come as the government...
Huge blow for Trump in hush money case
Harris debates her future
Israel shuts down embassy in EU countru
Drones are buzzing around US military bases, even forcing one to close its airspace. They reflect a growing problem.
Luigi Mangione is the new true crime obsession. Here are the 3 upcoming documentaries about him.
Elon Musk net worth more than Bezos and Zuckerberg combined
FRESH HOPE: Huge update announced in search for MH370
Huge blow for TikTok in US court
Igor Kirillov: Russia's chemical weapons chief and mouthpiece killed in Moscow