I received my full reimbursement check today!!! I mailed my phone through UPS on October 13th and it was received on October 17th at their warehouse. I received an email with the 168/169 messages on sunday November 27th and received my check today. Overall, it took well over a month and a half for the whole process. An awful and stressful ordeal but finally over with. I think what helped the most was just pestering the **** out of Samsung by calling them on a daily basis requesting updates. I do have another Note 7 but will try and flash/root it before I hand it over and have to deal with this nightmare all over again.