[Galaxy S III General] dalibertine:
It's fixed!

First off, thanks to XDA forums for all their guides and brilliant developers.

I had heard about the sudden death issue and had even used the eMMC check app which told me I had a dodgy chip.. But I ignored them because I was too lazy to restore it to how I had it after the upgrade in firmware.

So then, around a month and a half ago, my phone died over night. Couldn't get into recovery, only download mode. Device name was missing ECT. Was the sudden death! NOT COOL!.

I found this thread which explained the problem and the cause(Thanks again), with reassurance that me rooting the device would not effect warranty.

I tried everything, to fix it myself (PIT flash, *leaked* JTag fix aswell as full restore) but obviously, none of them worked. It was dead.

I visited the Samsung service center website(Link below) and found a SAMSUNG APPROVED local repair place, just down the road from my work near Canary Wharf E14, London. Went in, dropped the phone off and they said they would contact me.. Terrible service, I didnt get a call back and I had to call them and they said they wont fix it because it was rooted.. It was rooted but I tried to explain to them that this is a common issue and Samsung are repairing these phones regardless of it being rooted but the guy switched off as soon as I tried to reason. No help, still stuck with a dead phone.

I went to the Samsung shop in Westfield, Stratford and booked a repair, which was for a week after I walked in. I arrived, spoke to the guy, who was very friendly but had no idea.. He said that since it is still under warrenty, I can contact the Samsung Customer Service center and they will arrange for a courier to collect the phone from my house, it will be repaired and dropped back off to my house.. Sounded too good to be true. This was a Sunday.

I called Samsung Repair Center (Number below) on the Wednesday, they picked it up on Thursday through DPD couriers, who have an excellent service and they give you the choice of it being picked up between 9-1 or 1-6 and on the morning of the collection, they text me with an hour time slot they would arrive, which they got right, picked up the phone and it was fixed on the following Monday and delivered back to me on Tuesday!

I just wish I called Samsung Customer Service when it had broke and not gone elsewhere because I would have had my phone back with in a week.

Guys/Girls, if you're in the UK and you have this issue, contact their Customer Support Center and have them pick it up! Note that my phone WAS rooted and the screen had been repaired by a guy in East Ham market (Because I was not going to pay Samsung £250, the guy in East Ham repaired it for £160 and its, from what I can tell, the same screen.)

The Samsung Service Center locator = I CANT POST LINKS BECAUSE LESS THAN 10 POSTS, JUST GOOGLE SAMSUNG SERVICE CENTER LOCATOR

The Samsung Customer Support number 0330 SAMSUNG (7267864) - It's a landline number, won't cost anymore than a 020 number.

(Link if you want proof that its a Samsung number CANT POST LINKS - GOOGLE 'CONTACT US - SAUMSUNG'

TL;DR: Sudden death? Rooted? Want it repaired within a week? Call 03307267864