Mysterious Samsung Notification Causes Stir

February 21, 2020 Off By Naveen Victor

On Thursday, February 20th, something strange appeared on a number of Samsung Galaxy devices. A notification from the pre-installed “Find My Mobile” app, prompted a message stating the number 1, twice.

Micheal Fisher, a popular YouTuber mentioned that the same message appeared on his Galaxy Z Flip and his girlfriend’s Note 10+. When tapped, the notification disappeared. Many other concerned Samsung users reported the same issue.

Huh. Girlfriend and I just had exactly the same Samsung push notification: her Note 10+ and my Galaxy Z Flip each alerted with a Find My Mobile notification. When tapped, it disappeared. Different Samsung accounts on each phone.

Theories? pic.twitter.com/0NgVCWAjBe

— Michael Fisher (@theMrMobile) February 20, 2020

Samsung Help UK in an attempt to alleviate customer concerns, tweeted an explanation for the issue. Apparently, the message was sent out unintentionally while the company was conducting internal tests. It also said that this message had no effect on any device.

Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices. This was sent unintentionally during an internal test and there is no effect on your device. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. ^LF

— Samsung Help UK (@SamsungHelpUK) February 20, 2020

Popular Mechanics has reported that some of its users have admitted to experiencing high battery usage caused by this bizarre notification pop up. A Twitter user named Alex Rhynold mentioned that he lost 20% battery life due to this issue.

@SamsungMobile 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? pic.twitter.com/Qjg97N0h9Q

— Alex Rhynold (@alexrhynold) February 20, 2020

Mercifully, we, at the office, were spared of the problem. Even my Galaxy A50 chugged along happily all through Thursday without a hiccup. Whatever the cause maybe, we hope that Samsung has fixed it, and has put forth measures to prevent its recurrence in the near future.

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Popular Mechanics