yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] jj92942000:
As I said I'm on v43.6.1 based on 4.1.x, and v44 to v46.x are based on a leaked firmware 4.2.x which is considered beta, source code are unknown hence no custom kernels. That being said many have had success with v46.1. To jump from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 usually one just needs to do a factory wipe/reset. However, many times you also need to format internal sd card a pain then restore only user apps without data using TB and never restore any system apps. V43.6.1 is very stable and everything works. I'll jump to 4.2.x when official firmwares are out and Omega can work with source code.
[Galaxy S III General] verynoob:
Is there a place I can buy a healthy eMMC so I can solder it instead? or a place that does that?

Or you can't replace eMMC with another?

So, you can't basically flash any custom rom on the galaxy s3?

I want to give Samsung the phone and they give me my money back lol..

Last time I'm buying Samsung lol
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
It's not soldered on normally with exposed legs. It's a BGA (Ball Grid Array). You need special equipment to replace it and it's a hassle.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[Galaxy S III General] verynoob:
Where I work there is a lab that does stuff like that like soldering IC's and stuff, they have some cool equipment, I was hoping that if I could get one of those chips, I can give it to them.

But I can't find the eMMC name or model.

Btw, is it possible for example to buy 64GB chip and replace it for 16GB chip? or for that , other electronic components will need to change too?

Lol now I live in a constant fear
[Galaxy S III General] android addicts:
I saw that one site mentioned they offer emmc chip replacement just US $99.00. But I haven't use it.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] verynoob:
I understand that the eMMC chip i causing the sudden death, but is it the only part that is damaged during the sudden death process?

I mean, will replacing it solve the problem? or the failure of the eMMC chip kills other components on the way aswell?
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
You can replace it but you'd need to format the partitions correctly as well.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[Galaxy S III General] dawinner:
Service Center took Money for Motherboard!!! Any way to recover money?`

Hi,

My phone wenat dead last week. I gave it to service center and they said it is due to water.

But I never put it in water. I told them about the faulty EMMC chip and that I was running 4.1.1 they said samsung has never told them about any such bug and anything on such forums(like XDA) cannot be taken as official.

I paid them about $120:crying:. Now my question is that can I goto CONSUMER FORUM (I have original Motherboard) ????

Or is there anyway to contact samsung and get a refund. P.S. I am still in Warranty!!!

Also the new chip has Revision 0xF7.. is it safe for 4.1.1???

kindly tell
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Did they show you proof of the water damage? I doubt there is anything you can do now.
[Galaxy S III General] dawinner:
They are showing me some part, saying there is dirt which u can see here stuck on some metallic part.. I asked them there is no water, they said it has dried up...

Cant I goto Consumer Court, as the original motherboard will still have the faulty emmc chip???
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The water exposure stickers should show water damage. If not, then you may have a case
[Galaxy S III General] gdiax:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Gt I9300 16Gb for about a month and so far always worked without problems, and today, from one moment to another, I listen the phone to restart and when I look at the display was the boot image, just say "Samsung Galaxy S3 Gt I9300" and is flashing at intervals of 3 or 5 seconds without passing that boot image, just taking off the battery that it switches off. I'm desperate because I don't know why he had been so, or how to resolve the situation !
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Could be anything. Please post all info on screen in download mode
[Galaxy S III General] verynoob:
How do you do that?

XDA should raise the Thanks limit .. :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Guys what should I do about this?

I 'm using last version of omega

Pls tag my nick when answer :good:
[Galaxy S III General] gdiax:
can you be more specific?

I can't access to any info in my device because it won't boot, just stays on that first image with white letters and dark background
[Galaxy S III General] reS28raM:
Pressing toghether the keys Volume_Down+Home_Button+Power_Button will lead you to Odin Mode, the so-called Download Mode. In that mode some text is displayed, you are asked to post it here.

Normally you can leave download mode by long-pressing the power button, dunno if that is the case...
[Galaxy S III General] gdiax:
So I entered in ODIN MODE and pressed ''continue''

After that it appears on top left in tiny words the following:

Odin mode

Product name: GT-I9300

Custom Binary Download: Yes (6 counts)

current binary: Samsung official

system status: official

And appears in the middle the android logo and below ''Downloading... Do not turn off target!!''

EDIT: when I left the download mode by long-pressing the power button, before he tried to boot again appeared in the middle of the screen a grey battery with a grey circle inside, what is that mean?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You do not have sds. The product name would be blank. Maybe you simply need to factory reset (wipe ALL data) via recovery. Thats vol UP + home + power.

You may want to consider your own thread in q&a if problems continue, since its unrelated to this thread
[Galaxy S III General] gdiax:
I don't have sds ? What is that ?

I tried to do the factory reset, but I can't boot the recovery because when I press the up volume + middle + power he just boots with that issue.

But when I started the Odin worked fine
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Sds = sudden death syndrome. What this thread is about. Try flash recovery via odin.
[Galaxy S III General] gdiax:
Ok I'm going to try to flash via odin and will let you know if the problem continue. thank you
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Need answer?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Your question is incomplete. We cannot answer. We don't know what you're refering to when you say "what should I do about this?"
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Well, as i said,I'm using last version which this bug should be fixed in my rom anyway it's still has a brick bug,so what should I do? I already using lastest version of stock rom but still it's unsecure :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] oae08:
It will always have the chip lol the os will not change your hardware ;) it just has a fix to prevent it.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Exactly. Its a hardware problem. The brick bug app tests the hardware to see if it has the problem. The fix prevents the problem happening but it does not email samsung for replacement emmc and ask elves to replace it when you're asleep ;)
[Galaxy S III General] tom0:
Why not ;)

It's better as a stuck UI, problems to boot up and as result a unhappy user ;)
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Oh guys thanks for answer,I thought it was a software bug,thanks
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Its a bug in the hardware firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] dawinner:
What are water exposure stickers?

Can you please explain what are those?? Where are they present on Motherboard?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgnx_zoaIk0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S III General] adrenalin100:
Were there cases of SDS on the new chips in 2013?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
no. the fault is in the 0xf1 firmware
[Galaxy S III General] adrenalin100:
ок.i have 0xf7 firmware	))
[Galaxy S III General] e.chain:
Need to Know the state of my S3??

Hi to all, I've read a lot about the SDS and emmc brick bug of my S3 I9300, but I still can't find the answer for mine, I can enter download mode, but only can flash succesfully some bootloaders, some recoveries and the modem, can't flash cache or system or data to my phone via ODIN or HEIMDALL and pit files, when I enter download mode I can see the product name, I can go to recovery, but when I am there the phone throws this messages E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument), can't mount '/cache' (Invalid argument), E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command, E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument) and the same for data, when I try to wipe data/factory reset it says E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12, E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p8.

Please help, someone must happen to know what to do with my phone.

Thanks.

PS: This issue happened when I was messing with Kies doing a firmware update, but before that my phone got frozen a lot,
[Galaxy S III General] brainvision:
It seems something like data hardware corrupted.. :(

{ brvsn ~ P.A.C. 23.0.0 on Nxs7.3g ~ Tapatalk.4 }
[Galaxy S III General] waluh banjar:
whether s3 i9305 16gb lte europe got sudden death?I want to buy a s3 version of it in italy,please info,sorry google transelete

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whether s3 i9305 16gb lte europe got sudden death?I want to buy a s3 version of it in italy,please info
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I9300 only

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Needs sending for repair
[Galaxy S III General] e.chain:
This was the kind of answer I was expecting. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Sorry. Not always the best answer but sometimes failed upgrades cause big issues in NAND.
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Hello guys I Got Insane chip on EMMC too

Statistics:

eMMC: VTU00M

FW Rev: 0xF1

I have read that this FW has SDS issue but I also have read that Samsung fixed it on Android 4.1.2 (now I use Android 4.2.2 version) with

XXEMB1

firmware and Tomasek's kernel with Arcidroid Rom which is based on CM 10.1 and CRdroid and of course I've read that Tomasek's kernel is safe, so do I have big chance to get SDS?

Btw I use My phone for 4 months.

Edit would you recommend me to flash newer firmware?
[Galaxy S III General] verynoob:
Does anybody know if replacing the "KMVTU000LM-B503" eMMC chip will revive the phone? Or the sudden death is killing more electronic components on the way? Has anybody ever tried to do that? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] gosha100:
I have just experienced sudden death on my i9300 and I want to order a new main borad, do I HAVE to get the i9300 one or can I get any of the other models as well?
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
I have moved on from the S3 but I do have one more question my brother just bought a used i9300 on 4.1.1 I updated his recovery to philz latest and Omega Rom latest I have not changed the modem or bootloader though.... As I understand he should be "safe" except for download mode right? Modem has nothing to do with it right? if he is running latest 4.1.2 kernel......

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] sm_rasmy:
my device is gt-i9300

i tried to root but when i pressed star in odin

phone restarts and there is a black screen and blue led notification

i flashed root

then i tried to reflash another root

CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300

using odin v3 Odin3-v1.85

and there is a red screen saying rooting

and nothing further the same black screen

i was on official ksa jad 4.1.2 jb

thats all i know about my device :(

iam downloading now official rom ksa jad 4.1.2

and i will trying to flash it

ihope it will fix the brick

any other recommends??
[Galaxy S III General] chevli:
I sent mine in on monday as mine died saturday night. I didn't use their freepost option, I just want it to be done before xmas so I just sent it as special delivery. Which repair centre has yours gone to? mine's the one in glasgow. Still waiting for them to fix it, might give them a call tomorrow.

1	15.12.2012	Assigned to Service Center to ASC

2	15.12.2012	Acknowledge(ASC)

3	15.12.2012	Acknowledge(ASC)

4	18.12.2012	Acknowledge(ASC)

5	18.12.2012	Engineer Assigned

6	19.12.2012	Engineer Assigned
[Galaxy S III General] whitebait:
Ah, should've done that, didn't even consider it was an option! Mine's currently winging its way to Norwich... Engineer assigned is a good sign, right. As long as you haven't got the xmas temp :) Ah well, best of luck with yours!
[Galaxy S III General] JohnM1973:
As a matter of interest, a little off topic I suppose, those who's phones have been away for repair and returned, have your repairs been good, or do you have any obvious signs that the phones been opened. That'll be the only thing that'll worry me when the time comes for mine to die. Would hate it to come back not right, it's totally pristine as with all my phones, do like to keep them in as close to new condition as is humanly possible!
[Galaxy S III General] chevli:
Thanks. I saw someone post they had an engineer assigned (5 times) which means it means very little but that was for another samsung product. I guess these are independent companies which might operate at different rates so it would be cool if we could time how long on average it takes for people to get their handset repaired. Best of luck with yours too!

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I would assume that for these approved service centers to be "approved" they would have to follow some set standards to get this done as damage free as possible. I have that worry too but you just have to take your chances I guess. You could possibly take pictures before you send it as evidence should it get scratches, dents, etc. I will let you know as soon as mine arrives back from the ASC.
[Galaxy S III General] dzigy:
Did everyone whose phone died used samsung s3 charger.. That might be problem.. I've used my HTC Desire charger to charge my S3, and it died..
[Galaxy S III General] marvi0:
Yes had root when it died, and as soon as I got home I had it rooted again.
[Galaxy S III General] bligui:
Mine looks as new you wouldn't know about it if I didn't tell you.
[Galaxy S III General] Mushyuk:
I received mine back last Friday from carphone warehouse, after two weeks of waiting for it to go through their repair procedure, and I have to give them credit the phone was returned without any marks or scratches just new motherboard. And it's revision 1.3 hw.
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
Apparently my phone left the factory in September even buy it in mid-November ... I hope not to have to go through this terrible problem because I do not have warranty and because now I can not leave my terminal charging easy knowing that at any moment I can lose it.
[Galaxy S III General] Taubin:
Stupid question, but how do you see the manufactured date? Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] bligui:
Hardware revisión is the same as the first ones
[Galaxy S III General] Taubin:
Awesome, thanks! July 25th, hopefully my Christmas present isn't a 6 month old dead S3 this year
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
You mean that the date has nothing to do? And my phone will soon die? :crying:

The hadware revision is Different on each terminal?
[Galaxy S III General] bligui:
I didn't say it will die... But if you read back there are some posts of hw revisión and shows the same.
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
For those who have changed the phone .... supposed to give one of the newest no? Could someone who just got his phone put the hardware revision to know what is the latest?

*#12580*369#
[Galaxy S III General] Martin5000:
My phone died this morning :( When the alarm woke me up, I unplugged the phone from the charger and noticed that it was only at 80% battery. So I put it back to charging while eating and taking a shower. I removed it before leaving and it was charged to 98%. While waiting for the bus 5minutes later I took the phone out to check the time and it wouldn't turn on. I tried removing the battery, booting to recovery and download mode... nothing. It's completely dead! The last few days I've been noticing that it was rarely at full charge after a night plugged in, but other than that it's been working normally. It was running DarkyROM 8.0 and siyah kernel 1.84, undervolted and slightly overclocked.
[Galaxy S III General] bligui:
Read the posts

Sent from my "resurrected" Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 vía Tapatalk.
[Galaxy S III General] grypho:
RF Cal: 2012.5.25

Hw Rev. 1.100

Mine hasnt died...yet
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
I wish you all the luck in the world to keep well. ..
[Galaxy S III General] jonahjones:
Hi guys,

Could someone in the know answer this question for me please.

I sent my Note 2 off to Samsung for repairs as I was experiencing freezing and reboots. SDS symptoms. I was running 4.1.2 as well as some custom 4.22 ROMS.

The phone has come back and is working flawlessly running Samsungs latest stock firmware.

Called the service centre directly who fixed my phone. They apparently replaced the motherboard on the device.

The version is still 0xf1. I was expected 0xf7.

What I need to know is if this board has never been exposed to 4.1.1 that contained the sds bug is it now safe that I am on 4.1.2?

Also is there any way to tell that the board was replaced?

I am just concerned that the problem will come back?

Thanks

Paul
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
It's weird that they put the same version. When they changed mine they put the 0xf7 version. It isn't the Android 4.1.1 the one with 'bug', but the emmc itself. 4.1.2 it's only mark those affected (corrupted) sectors of the emmc as unusable. They should have changed it.

The only way to check it is to use the emmc bug app and check the Date of the emmc. See if it's the old one (if you remember the date of the previous one) or if it's December 2012 / January 2013 or something like that. If it's previous that date it could still be the affected one
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
You guys would find this interesting:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ld-fix-most-storage-related-device-slowdowns/

TRIM is basically a set of commands/protocol intended to slow down wear and tear on flash memory (commonly SSDs in computers) and extend overall life of the memory.
[Galaxy S III General] jonahjones:
Hi the date on from the emmc app shows 09/2012 which is what is said before the repair.

I was under the impression is was the combination of 4.1.1 and the 0xf1 firmware that caused corrupted blocks.

I am tempted to move away from Samsung now as I can't get the board changed for the 0xf7 now and the phone is really just a ticking bomb waiting to break.

Is SDS or the freezing easily induced?
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
In my case the freezing was happening all the time. I used an app to fill the whole memory with dump file, til I had 0 mb free. That made the phone freezing and not fixing as it was supposed.

Fill your S3 memory using a dump app and see if it's freezing.
[Galaxy S III General] Picazsoo:
Hi guys, I have a problem with my international sgs3. I have the half SDS problem (no recovery, download mode only, empty product name etc...). I sent my phone to freesamsungrepairs and they refuse to fix my device under warranty since it has been rooted. Can they really tell that it has been rooted or do they base their assumption solely on the "custom" field in Download mode? I shipped the phone without sd card or anything that would tell them the phone is rooted. Can they still tell? Can they maybe read somehow the partially wiped emmc and find traces of superuser and such? I had the original system - never cared for other ROMs - just needed root.

Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S III General] deadlydecision:
Dead US S3

This is maybe the first post of a US GS3 dying, but mine just died about four or five days ago. It's a 16GB Sprint SPH-L710. No power at all. I have sent it to Samsung to see if they will repair it. It will not turn on, at all. It's as if the phone had no battery in. I tested more than one battery and neither of them worked so I am guessing it's an issue with the motherboard, but it sounds exactly like Full SDS.
[Galaxy S III General] drmjp93:
DOES GS3 32GB Have the insane chip? Because I am going to buy the device and want to stay away from the problem..

I hope for a quick guide
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
It says in the first post that it affects 16gb versions only
[Galaxy S III General] drmjp93:
Thanks for guidance, I will get 32 gb device

www.dadabhagwan.org
[Galaxy S III General] enthusi@st:
i9300 16gb. rooted. Cwm. Cm10.1.

I used an app and it said that my chip is insane:

I read somewhere that I should change my recovery to PhilZ. What should I do?
[Galaxy S III General] drmjp93:
IS you phone 32gb?

www.dadabhagwan.org
[Galaxy S III General] ra3or:
SDS still on

my s3 didnt respond while on charge, blue led, screen not turning on

stock rom, 4.1.2 ... nothing changed, no root

boot-looping ever since.. full SDS?

also its overheating very fast

edit: went in recovery mode, wiped all data and cache

I lost all my data.... SAMSUNG!!! /shakes fist

my heart skipped a few beats
[Galaxy S III General] tangosierra_:
Flash stock rom via odin. ^
[Galaxy S III General] ra3or:
no need

after several factory reset from recovery mode,

found out that the culprit for bootloop is LockScreen>>Information Ticker (facebook ticker)
[Galaxy S III General] jeromeerome:
I just suffered Sudden Death on my 16GB GS3. It was rooted and running the AOKP based ROM Dirty Unicorns 4.2 Milestone 2. I have owned this phone for almost a year with no problems. Today it brought up a continuous error message about "the com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly". I hit the Close button but it just kept returning again immediately. I tried the submit error report button and the screen went black. Only the menu and back buttons remained lit up. The device was completely unresponsive. I unplugged the battery and it has not worked since. When I plug in my charger to the phone without the battery in it the red LED comes on for a while but it will not power up. If I have the battery installed first and then connect the charger no LED light comes on. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III General] stevoswifty:
Flash stock software through odin
[Galaxy S III General] jeromeerome:
I can't even get it to reboot into recovery or download mode. Its completely unresponsive.
[Galaxy S III General] sleaker:
i just checked and my phone got this problematic chip ! but i am using a custom room (SuperNexus 2.0 - I9300 - Milestone 1 [01-06-13]) from this

thread-> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2076672

so i am out of danger right ?
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Yes you're safe. And you will be even safer if you will flash a custom kernel which has fix to SDS (included Temasek's,Yank555,Adams',Siyah kernels) and latest version of your CWM recovery
[Galaxy S III General] drmjp93:
Hello everyone, as being in the family of s3 owners, I am buying this very soon, so only one query - will the newer manufactured s3 is safe to purchase? 16 gb. Model?

www.dadabhagwan.org
[Galaxy S III General] gspears:
You are better off to get the 32gb model. It has never had the issue whereas if you get the 16gb model it's possible you still might get one with the older firmware (Rev: 0xF1.) You won't know until you bring it home and run the eMMC Brickbug Check app. Supposedly there is a fix for the problem in the latest software, but who really knows for sure. It seems that since the fixed software has been out, this and other threads on GS3 Sudden Death seem to have quieted down. That should mean that you shouldn't have to worry about it. But I'd rather have the later fixed firmware or the 32gb model where you know for sure there is no problem.
[Galaxy S III General] corythug:
My 16gb us att i747 just succumb to sleep of death. Was texting at work, put in pocket, took out, now nada. Tries to boot but usually doesn't make it past Sammy splash screen, sometimes to the kernel screen, fully booted twice for maybe a minute then off. Won't boot recovery or dl mode. Also the second I put the battery in it vibrates and tries to turn on. Good thing I had my international as a backup, real bummer though as the i747 ran so much smoother and had less lockups then the international, plus Lte is a beautiful thing.