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1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 3, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Aug 3, 2014the latest report was made
  • Aug 3, 2014the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
S4
Maker
SAMSUNG TELECOM AMERICA (STA)Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Phones and phone accessoriesCPSC’s product type: Telephones or Telephone Accessories (code 550), in Electronics: Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories

By month

1 report from September 2013 to August 2014; the most in August 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
August 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Aug 3, 2014, sent to the company Aug 15, 2014, published by CPSC Aug 29, 2014

    The product, in the report: Samsung S4 SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 AT&T carrier.

    Yesterday I plugged my Samsung S4 SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 into my USB charger. The charger and cable are also made by Samsung. When I checked on the phone 20 minutes later I saw smoke coming from where the USB connector goes in to the cell phone. I disconnected it, and saw a flame coming from the USB connector of the charger.

    I do have an after market [REDACTED] battery. The battery is still in good working order as far as I can tell, because it charges in an external battery charger.

    Model
    SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
    Serial number
    R31D50E3Z4R ZK
    Bought from
    AT&T, Texas
    Bought
    Apr 5, 2014, about then
    Where
    Flower Mound, Texas: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 34, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand S4, made or sold by SAMSUNG TELECOM AMERICA (STA)
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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