battery swelling

[me just saying]

I pulled the case off the phone a few minutes ago and found the back was coming off. When I try pushing it closed, I noticed a bump in the middle. I am assuming the battery has swelled. I have not read anything about swelling batteries in the Galaxy s23u. Anyone heard anything? Too bad the warranty has expired.. Guess I will be using the s21 for a while.

 

[BerryBubbles]

Oh no! That looks scary.

Do you have a local repair service or do you have to send it to Samsung?

I'm sorry this has happened to you.

 

[me just saying]

I just got off the phone with a samsung authorized repair shop about an hour away. Most likely, I will take it there. Got a quote of 90 bucks to replace the battery. Hopefully that is all that will need to be done since the phone still works without any issue.

 

[Brad Bilger]

Don't waste no time. Those things aren't pretty if they pop.

 

[mustang7757]

Agree with everyone , turn the phone off and if you can carefully take back cover off take the battery out and disconnect the power cable to it , use gloves and face shield

 

[MozartMan]

I pulled the case off the phone a few minutes ago and found the back was coming off. When I try pushing it closed, I noticed a bump in the middle. I am assuming the battery has swelled. I have not read anything about swelling batteries in the Galaxy s23u. Anyone heard anything?

Did you use wired or wireless charging?

I had two LG phones that had batteries swelled. And I used wireless charging with them. I think wireless charging was suspect that those two batteries swelled.

Now I only use wired charging with my S23U.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Did you use wired or wireless charging?

I had two LG phones that had batteries swelled. And I used wireless charging with them. I think wireless charging was suspect that those two batteries swelled.

Now I only use wired charging with my S23U.

I've used wireless charging without any issues since 2019.

 

[MozartMan]

I've used wireless charging without any issues since 2019.

May be it is just a coincidence, but I remember those batteries getting hot when using wireless charging. With wired charging battery is stone cold.

 

[cohoman]

I had the exact same situation with my S23 a few months ago. Luckily, I had purchased the Samsung+ insurance and the repair was covered by my local repair shop. They simply replaced the battery, which took about 1 hours to repair.

 

[me just saying]

just got back from getting the battery changed out. All it cost me was the 90 bucks for parts and labor and a new tire because of a flat

 

[Laura Knotek]

just got back from getting the battery changed out. All it cost me was the 90 bucks for parts and labor and a new tire because of a flat

Sorry you had to replace a tire too.

 

[Bkdodger1]

Wow I have not seen one of those swelled batteries in a long time, sorry you had to go through it but happy you got it fixed.

 

[monsieurms]

...and labor and a new tire because of a flat

When it rains it pours, right?

 

[SarahP]

Yeah, sounds like a swollen battery. It’s rare on the S23 Ultra but can happen. Don’t press it down just stop using it and get the battery replaced at a repair shop. Good idea switching to the S21 for now.