[systemizer]

I was on this flight. The flight wasn't late; but we almost had to be diverted because no one came forward with the device. It took about 30 minutes and 4-5 reminders from the flight attendant and pilot to resolve the issue, making me think the person either forgot he renamed it to that or he himself was pranked and didn't realize his phone was renamed until he took a second look. I was hoping someone didn't buy a galaxy note 7 as a gift and had it in a bag somewhere. But yeah, definitely one of the more interesting flights i've been on :/

[Pyxl101]

How was it resolved? Did the person come forward, turn off the phone, etc.?

What do you think would have happened if they didn't?

[mdrzn]

They said they would have searched every bag, but they wouldn't have find it since it could have been any kind of Android with a changed SSID. It's the ultimate troll!

edit: > no further action was taken on the passenger with the device (from the BBC article)

[zeroer]

Could have been an iPhone, too, since you can write whatever you want as the hotspot SSID.

[systemizer]

The person came forward with the device and it was determined that the phone wasn't actually a Galaxy Note 7, but was just named that way. We were very close to being diverted though.