You can safely ignore those viral videos showing a phone’s LED flash melting plastic

The internet has found a new way to make your phone look guilty. Press its flashlight against a black trash bag, wait for the plastic to melt, and post the result like Samsung just shipped a pocket-sized laser cutter. Viral videos showing Samsung phones burning through plastic bags are doing the rounds again, and the latest wave is making the issue look far more dramatic than it is.

A TikTok clip showing a Galaxy S25 FE flashlight burning through a thin black garbage bag has reportedly crossed 13 million views, but the stunt is hardly a new discovery. Similar clips have been posted for over a year, and the current spike appears to be another case of social media algorithms dragging an old phone trick back into the spotlight.

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