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[Galaxy S III General] Blackbeard_:
Will it void warranty to flash to a different stock ROM using Samsung Kies?

Like the newest UK release (XXELLA) from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077844
[Galaxy S III General] aadi1295:
You can only update your phone via Kies (If there is available any), For using different ROM you must have to ROOT your device, which will definitely void the warranty.

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I had some really bad experiences using Ultima ROM on my S3 in the past, Can't say it was sudden death but one time it will closer to it. Since then I am using Resurrection Remix, which is way better than Ultima. Give it a try.
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Wow! Never heard it before :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
Why not gift him icrap, lol.. I would say no as 49 is too much for note 1, can, t you gift him a slightly used note 2? With all acc, condition just like new?

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
My friend bought an Xperia SL for Rs. 33,800 yesterday. It has amazing specs. 1.7 GHz dual core processor, 12MP camera, 1GB RAM, 32GB storage, 4.3 inch 1280x720 HD screen, and ICS 4.0.4 out of the box. :)

Try looking at that. It has amazing specs and is a mid-range device! We went and bought it from QMart in Hafeez Center.
[Galaxy S III General] Blackbeard_:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=PAK&os=1&type=1#firmware

The providers in Pakistan are not releasing new updates. It has been over 2 months now since last update. This is unacceptable, I'm going to flash to a stock UK version with ODIN once I get the chance.
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Of course they aren't. Why would you wait for them to do so? :p
[Galaxy S III General] Blackbeard_:
Because I have a warranty. I know in other countries they are repairing sudden death failures even if the ROM has been changed but I wouldn't trust the companies here to do the repair if they could come up with an excuse. I'll wait a few days to make sure the new UK ROM has fixed sudden death issue then flash that using ODIN.

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Samsung says 4.1.2 is under testing and will be released "soon" for Pakistan region. o_O
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
No doubt! :cool:

iCrap is pretty much disliked in my circle. I have converted many people from iCrap to Android. :D I was also thinking that 49 doesn't justify for note 1 when we can get s3 in just 52k. Don't wanna go for used ones because its gonna be a gift. :)

Price is very attractive but I have no experience of Sony so far. I'll check it out. I think it will either be Sony or S3.

Thanks all. :)
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Well done, team Green! :D
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Congrats everyone! :D
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Hail high Pakistan!! :thumbup:

:):beer::D:beer::cool:
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
congrats greeeeeeeeeeeeen :D
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Tamanna has deleted virat kohli from facebook and now she sent a request

To nasir jamshed :D

Congrats to all
[Galaxy S III General] salmanghiyas:
After the gr8 fall of channel #Aaneydo by india

New channel from pakistan now ...

#Aagaey tey cha gaey thaa ker k
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
lol. I bet all of you saw the ads, right? :D

We came, we saw, we conquered! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] salmanghiyas:
http://drippler.com/updates/share/has-your-galaxy-s3-randomly-died-fix-its-way-0
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
any updates when we might be able to get 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S III General] Blackbeard_:
Send a note to Samsung from their website asking them. The more people that ask the sooner they might roll it out.
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
The 4.1.2 update for Pak is useless if they dont include new bootloader for exynos exploit fix.
[Galaxy S III General] Xami:
Anyone used olaround yet ?
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
Exynos Exploit fix is in Kernel not in the boot loader....
[Galaxy S III General] Xami:
Simple steps to get 4.1.2 :

Get XXELLA(with exynos exploit fix KERNEL) From Sammobile Get Odin Setup Odin Flash And hoorah you are on 4.1.2

OR

Wait for month or more to get Pakistani 4.1.2

P.S Get A Life too :D
[Galaxy S III General] omgbuffguy:
Has anyone experience sudden death in Pakistan? And if so, how was the customer experience with samsung? Since samsung provides a official warranty in Pakistan, will they replace the motherboard like other countries?

Sent by GT-I9300 SuperNexus
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
In india they are not entertaining warranty in sudden death issues and putting it on water clogging. I suspect things will be same here as well.
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
It's just a rumours against s3 or people seriously experiencing sudden death issues? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
i don't see anyone in Pakistan facing this issue... finger crossed...

M&P are official Samsung partners in Pakistan... better to buy s3 with M&P warranty
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
I'm kinda confused... Howcomes big tech sites didn't report this issue. They did so in exynos exploit though. Just now they are reporting it when sammobile's so-called "source" told them that fix is also for sudden death. But then you can't blame so many people of lying. Sudden death thread has been growing ever since!

I have the M&P but why is it better?
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
because Samsung choose M&P as a official partner for Galaxy S3 in Pakistan
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Hmmm and teletec?

Guys! I just had a strange thing happened to my s3. I replied to a text, locked the screen and put my cell in coat. After 10 mins I took it out and pressed home button 3-4 times but set didnt wake up. Pressed power button for a few seconds and home screen showed up. Widgets started to refresh just like they do after a reboot. Its the first time it has happened ever since I have bought this set. Its unrooted and on stock LLA.

I hope its not going towards the big day of sudden death. :banghead: :D
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I use GO SMS Pro. Sometimes, when I receive a text message, the screen flashes on and stays on the lockscreen. I can't touch anything on the screen because it doesn't let me. I always have to press the back button before the screen is usable. Annoying.

Maybe that's happening to you. Hmmm?
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
I was using stock sms app when this happened. Strange thing is that it never happened before. And screen didnt turn on let alone no touch. And upon pressing power button it showed home screen straight away instead of lock screen. It was more like a semi reboot or hot reboot whatever it is called.
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Hi guys! I know its a bit irrelevant but is any of you are from islamabad...!?
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
I m from islamabad
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
XXLEA kernel seems to have fixed the SDS issue
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Yess the kernel contains the fix but earlier every one was saying that the new bootloader contains the fix which turn out to be a rumour
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
No, both ENTROPY512 and another developer confirmed this. The second developer has even implemented it in his kernel.

Only VT00M fx01 seems to affected with emmc firmware date 13/04/2012 (Friday the 13)

Check SDS thread for details
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Yess the other developer is andiP and his kernel is boeffla :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
My S3 have a same chip which marked as vulnerable.... my device is 228 days old and still going strong Alhamdulillah... The last thing i want is to wake up one morning and see my mobile resting in peace! Btw i am on stock XXELLA kernel and bootloader .... Finger crossed
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Hi mate! I just want to know where this long March taken place in islamabad I mean which sector, as I am planning to arrive in islamabad and I don't want to face any trouble or chaos if you know what I mean!

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
Don't get intimated by this non existent march, it is most likely will br a tuss affair ;)
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
I agreed to what drraptor said but dont worry brother this march will be a epic fail and i think they all will gathered at constituition avenue the area which is ahead of blue area near parliament house i think u will face heavy traffic on roads and nothing else so dont worry

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Dont worry brother your s3 will keep rocking :D
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
if i flash UK 's XXLA firmware will it void my warranty because i m f**ked up waiting for 4.1.2 for Pakistan
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Thanks mate! :thumbup:

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Really appreciated mate! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
It won't, I guess!

Your everything will remain official and system status will be normal. Now if God forbid you somehow face sudden death issue then Samsung guys will not be able to detect that you were running non-Pak firmware (i don't think they even check this in first place) because set won't boot up. And for all other issues, you can simply wipe everything and flash back Pak 4.1.1 version for warranty purpose.

So, go ahead and flash LLA as it seems to fix the SDS issue.
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
Great thanks. Btw have u already flashed XXLA already?
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Yup.
[Galaxy S III General] omgbuffguy:
It is not yet confirmed by Samsung nor the developer community whether the new boot loader fixes the SDS issue or not. Pure speculation

Sent by GT-I9300 SuperNexus
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
They have found the fix in kernel not bootloader and are claiming confidently that the SDS fix has been discovered. Check AndreiLux's Perseus kernel thread for more info.
[Galaxy S III General] qazibasit:
Best warrenty for samsung pakistan is teltec. 2 years back i bought an s2. It died and i went to samsung they replaced me and gave me a new s2. Then i gave it to my sibbling and bought a galaxy note. Its battery went awry and they replaced me the battery. So uptil now i got a good response from teltec... dont know about M&P.

About sudden death syndrome of s3. They are not affecting pakistans distro. Different motherboard here in asian and middle eastern region.
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Wwwooaaahhh...! Guys seriously! I mean do you guys really depend that much on official Samsung or any warranty!?
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
A few Indians have faced this issue. Also some members of other Asian countries. And secondly its the emmc chip that fails not the motherboard. My chip is also from affected batch.

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For me its peace of mind. That's it!
[Galaxy S III General] drahad110:
Hi guys..

I am much worried about this sudden death issue. As mine galaxy s3 contains VTU00M 0XF1, which is affected chip. and my bootloader is XXALF6. I am using CWM recovery i think old one. as, it is not touch based. I am currently using Omega Rom v35. I heard about this Sudden Death issue and I didn't flashed new version of XXELLA version of rom. Please help me how to deal with this problem... Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
You should upgrade to LLA kernel since it brings the fix for sudden death issue. Or flash persues or yank kernel. They also contain the fix.

Try not to upgrade the bootloader since the LLA bootloader brings that notorious red ! mark if you root s3.

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Can you explain how are we safe? I bought from samsung Pakistan but, as mentioned before, my emmc chip is from 0xf1 batch.

I'd really appreciate if you could explain further.
[Galaxy S III General] drahad110:
I downloaded LLA kernel, can you help me about installing upgraded version of Omega rom v36. Should I install it or not? If I install it did it upgrade my bootloader also?
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Brother flash omega rom via cwm it will not upgrade your bootloader ... dont worry
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
There is a simplest way of downgrading your bootloader... Just flash this Zip using CWM :)
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Battery usage increased alot after updating to LLA
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
When we'll have like button along thanks on XDA :banghead::) !?

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Flashing Any aosp or custom roms via cwm won't hurt your beloved s3 don't worry;)
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Do you just leave your phone on all day and come back at night to pick it up? :p
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Lol so funny :D
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Lolz no i watched a 3 hour movie in the end :D and i also played subway surfers for 30 minutes plus 30 minutes viber
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Well, I'm jealous of your screen time. I wish stock ELLC had such great battery life! *sigh* :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
And i am happy to see u gettin jealous ... lolz just kidding :D
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
:D
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
Any news about 4.1.2????
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Be ready for my battery performance results :)
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Yess yess i am ready bring it on :D
[Galaxy S III General] salmanghiyas:
Saad and intruder ...

I respect ur posts and efforts that u put here on this thread and let people see and get amazed by ur stats ...

Few questions for you ...

whats the reason of buying a Quad Core phone and putting Power Saver mode ON ( which basically lets ur phone use only 2 cores of the processor ) and ur phone works as a dual core phone ... phone gets slightly slugish and laggish ...

Whats the reason of buying a SUPER AMOLED screen phone and putting the brightness level low and screen mode settings down to save power and not enjoying the actual power AMOLED brightness ...

Having the fully featured latest revolutionary smartphone in the world being supported by all internet social , professional , email , messenger etc etc apps ... And not letting auto SYNC on

And few other tricks that u do to maximize battery stats ...

I know .. u never do cpu over or under clocking neither touch anything related to voltage stuff etc etc ...

And i am even not against of any thing that u do ... its perfectly fine ...

But my point is ...

I put my brightness level to max. ALWAYS

Never turn on Power saver mode ...

My auto SYNC is 24/7 on ... all my widgets messengers emails social apps and all apps that require internet connect are always ON and i set their sync time to refresh in every hour ...

My wifi is also turned on 24/7 as i carry a PTCL nitro usb in my pocket all the time plugged into a 3G battery powered wifi router ...

Plus

I uncheck every single option on my phone where it says "SAVE POWER" ... lol

I use my phone to the extreme and max. Potential level ...

And guess what ...

I still can easily use my phone for a complete day :)
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
I totally agree with you brother but its just that every one has the right to use their phone the way they want and that is brilliance of android ... even i use my phone to its full potential but i travel alot and whenever i m out of city then i try to prolong the battery life as much as i can but i got ur point :D and another reason for posting battery stats is to keep the thread going :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] salmanghiyas:
Hahahaa ... thats a true spirit ;)
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
first thanks mate for your kind words !! well certainly yes I do agree what you wrote at above. Clearly there is no point of using S3 that way but its depend on ones complete day !! isn't it!! I mean for me a complete day means 16-17hrs,

to be honest I DO CHECK power saving mode for quite sometimes when I'm outside and I know that I wont be using my phone apart from receiving or making calls...and in the end I would say that any sort of tweaks, power saving mode or any other options regarding increasing battery performance is totally FAIR when you get neck to neck competitive results from your other mates and want to outclass your mate (Saad) :p and when you specially known for posting superior results :cool:

thanks tc and have a nice day!

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indeed :highfive:

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what a coincidence !! here I'm waiting for 4.2 to get official and you're asking about 4.1.2!!!! :p
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
**** YOU TAHIR QADIRI

Cost me 1000 riyal :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
3G router's battery doesn't last 24hours :p
[Galaxy S III General] salmanghiyas:
Very good sense of humor ...
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Does XXELLB for Pak contain the so-called SDS fix? Its LLB so I guess it might contain the kernel of LLA, right?
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Can someone quickly write a single post in the Official Firmware thread? I need to post my review at the top of the new page! Thanks! :D
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
DeadSOL: You bought your S3 from homeshopping, right? How was the experience with them and where is your S3 made of?
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Yes! I bought it from Homeshopping. This is not the first product! :D My neighbour bought a phone from them. Three friends bought a Galaxy Nexus from them. My friend and I bought an S3 from them! :D

The experience has been excellent, so far! For all the phones! The only complaint was with my friend's Galaxy Nexus! It didn't have proper blacks (manufacturing issue). He phoned them up and replaced it right away! His brother replaced his HTC One X five times (manufacturing fault with the One X)!!!! Five times! :p They always listen to the customers! :)

My S3 was from France, I think. It had French in it when I booted it up. I forgot to check the firmware and flashed a British ROM on it after a week. Haha. :D
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
Do try ishopping.pk there rates are always lower then homeshopping and there service is also very good ... atleast what i have experienced :D
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Thiw sounds promising! I will try them out soon.:D

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What have you bought from them?
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Actually, the rates are very similar. Homeshopping staff say that if the customer can find a valid place where the price is lower, they will lower their price to match the other store. :)

I bought an Xbox from iShopping, by the way. There have been no problems with it but they took quite a while to ship it here! When they finally shipped it, they told me to wait two more days since the delivery guy wasn't there. I decided to go and pick it up from Liberty myself. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
And was delivery from hsn prompt? I finally decided to gift my bro s3. Couldnt find anything better than this except n2 which is expensive. :D

So, I thought to try out hsn since they are selling blue one at 52k which is the lowest I have seen so far.
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
What have you bought from them?

One x , galaxy note , s3 and ipod 5 in last six months
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Which warranty did you get for S3?
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
My experience was really a bad one with homeshopping.pk.... In august i bought a HTC one X from them and they delivered me the product within two days... my device came with some manufacturing fault i guess.... the device was draining bettery like hell and rebooting after every 2-3hrs.... i had a 7days return policy so i sent the phone back and u know tcs charges are 350Rs.... after 1day i got a call and they asked me to explain my problem... i told them about rebooting thing etc.... they said they will observe my device for 1day and then report me back... next day they called me and reported that device is fault free and it must be software fault that will be removed with next upgrade... and they sent me my htc one x back...

The device was still rebooting and draining battery like hell.. i am a developer myself and i made sure it was not due to any app issue or software fault but a hardware problem... then the jelly bean update arrived in pakistan but it didn't helped.... after few days the device lower half of lcd stopped responding to my vertical touch... i did factory reset and many things but all in vain.... then i sent my device again to HSN karachi center..... they told me to wait for few days so they can identify the issue... it again cost my 350rs for sending my device back to them...

and when i asked what will be the procedure if my device turn out to be faulty... they said if it was a hardware fault then i have to pay to replace that specific part causing problem like LCD panel etc... and HSN only responsible to pay labor cost... so there so called HSN warranty is useless... whats the point of having warranty if you still have to pay for hardware parts.... WTF ...!

i am not a land lord or belongs to a rich family ... but i am crazy for gadgets... i bought them from my own pocket money... i was so sad after wasting my hard earned monely like that....

One thing more HSN warranty doesn't have any market value.... if you want to sell your mobile second hand you must not shop online.... buy from original Samsung and HTC dealers like M&P or teletech...
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
The delivery of my S3 wasn't quick because of the issues with stock! Samsung was having manufacturing problems with the Pebble Blue S3 so it took them 5 days to ship it (including a Sunday). But, there should be no issues now. My friend received his phone within 2 days. My dad received his Xperia Pro in less than 2 days.

Other than the post above me, I have heard zero complaints from customers. My friend recently bought a Samsung TV from them. There was a hardware fault with it (it refused to turn on after 2 days) and they replaced it.
[Galaxy S III General] saad2687:
They have there own one year warranty like homeshopping
[Galaxy S III General] omgbuffguy:
Homeshopping gives their own warranty for s3 (software per say) plus they get their stock from Samsung Pakistan so you also get the official Samsung M&P warranty also.

Sent by GT-I9300 SuperNexus
[Galaxy S III General] Blackbeard_:
Got the newest 4.1.2 update OTA! XELLA/XELLB:

Kies says:

They were two updates. One around 150mb, then around 35mb.
[Galaxy S III General] farrukhna:
can anyone post screenshot of 'About The Device' section which gives build number and other details after upgrading to Pakistani official XXLAB 4.1.2 firmware through kies/ota on galaxy s3?
[Galaxy S III General] omgbuffguy:
I got this about a month or so back :what:

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[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Tomorrow I'm Going to buy note 2:thumbup::D
[Galaxy S III General] mnhs1010:
Can some1 provide me pakistani stock firmware download thread????plz
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=10560

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Goodluck! :good:

Selling S3?
[Galaxy S III General] intrudar:
Thanks and wow what a great device is! Smooth and rocket speed and feels great in hands, mate even if I decide to sell my s3 you can't have it! Isn't about money but as I live in jeddah and I suppose you aren't from here right! That's why anyways soon going to post pictures.
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Congrats!!!! good to know that you are enjoying the note 2. which display looks better? s3's or note 2's? and I asked about selling s3 just to know if you are saying bye bye to the s3 and this thread or not. ;) already bought s3 for bro so not looking for any s3. :)