Air travel with a Samsung Note 3 (in relation to new Note 7 DOT warning)

You can now be fined or prosecuted for bringing a Samsung Note 7 on a plane.

I have a Samsung Note 3 (picture for reference), and I'm worried that my phone will be confused for a Note 7 when going through an airport/on a plane:

If questioned about my phone how can I prove that it is not a Note 7?

(The only indications I can find it is a Note 3 is the logo at phone startup and a label on the phone battery. The 'About Phone' settings on Android do not specifically label the phone as 'Note 3'.)

Or will they already have considered this, and security/attendants be able to differentiate the phones?

Best Answer

It's amazingly simple.

When (and if) asked:

Remove back cover
Remove battery
Show them the Model ID

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Which Samsung Galaxy is not allowed on planes?

The U.S. Department of Transportation, with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, have issued an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the United States.

Which Samsung phone is banned?

Last year when the reports of the Note 7 catching fire due to the battery problems surfaced, almost everywhere in the world airlines first banned the Note 7 from the check-in baggage and then later banned it altogether. The device was considered too dangerous to be carried on planes.

What happened to the Galaxy Note 7?

On 2 September, Samsung suspended sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and announced an informal recall after it was found that a manufacturing defect in the phones' batteries had caused some of them to generate excessive heat, resulting in fires and explosions. A formal U.S. recall was announced on 15 September 2016.

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