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[Galaxy S III General] CSeb95:
My phone came back from service at the end of last week, with eMMC firmware 0xf7.

Hope it will last this time ;)
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
Hope for u it HAS BEEN the last time :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] anilthomas26:
Afraid of the SDS issue,I have unrooted my phone and is now running the latest stock firmware. Now I would like to go back to the stock firmware.What is holding me back is the SDS issue.If I am using a custom ROM/Recovery and If I reset the counter and status using TA method, will I be able to claim warranty? coz even after I reset the counter and status using TA method, I will be able to enter the custom recovery. So If my S3 gets affected by the SDS issue and If I give the phone to the Samsung service centre, they will be able to bootinto custom recovery and they can reject my warranty claim right ?
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
If you have to claim warranty to Sudden death then there will be no way to get into recovery mode only some can get into download mode

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] Jovica666:
Can someone tell me why these days I'm losing the notification bar. It comes back after reboot but It happened 4 times for the past 3 days.Is someone else experiencing the same thing and can someone give me any suggestion. Running stock XXELLA 4.1.2, stock kernel and PhilZ recovery. Can it be a bug in the ROM or is somehow a sign that death is comming. Thanks in advance. For now I'm changing the kernel to Siyah v.1.8.9 just to see if the issue will continue.
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Be lucky your in Europe, I'm in USA and sent my Galaxy S2 for warranty last year and it takes 6 weeks from here! I don't think I can live without my S3 for that long

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
I had never heard any relation between the notification bar and SDS , neither XELLA rom . Coud be others than SDS beginning ...

If u suspect XXELLA why don't u try newer ROM : XXELLC ....
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
That happened to me once today for the first time ever. Omega ROM 37 (ELLA), JKay Deluxe Framework mod, Siyah 1.8.9, PhilZ. We're pretty running the same exact thing. I rebooted and it fixed it. Try doing a Fix Permissions in recovery and wiping both caches.
[Galaxy S III General] Jovica666:
I already wiped both cache/dalvik cache which seems to fix the issue but as I said it happened 4 times in 3 days...there has to be something else wrong and rebooting the phone cannot be a fix for the issue. I`ll reboot in recovery and as you suggested and give fix permissions a try, if not as other member (philgalax3) suggested I`ll flash XXELLC but I have one question - does XXELLC contain the BTU(UK) CSC or I`ll have to change it afterwards. Thanks for your replies, I really appreciate that you`re helping me :)
[Galaxy S III General] vet4snak:
XXELLA no use

Hi all,

you hear/see things online that says XXELLA can fix this sudden death syndrome. XXELLA does not fix sudden death!!!

i got my phone upgraded to jelly bean, only to be met with this idiotic problem of the phone freezing itself. Despite updating to XXELLA, this moronic phone just keeps killing itself.

i have done nothing to the phone except using Kies to update. does anyone know if the new officials ROMs are going to address this SDS?

wiping the device wont help either, so i dont know what might work. does it really have to resort to changing the motherboard?!

Using the eMMC app, i do have the chips that are affected by SDS.

sometimes you just want to snap this pos in half when you are working and it freezes itself...
[Galaxy S III General] zardoz99:
That's not sudden death syndrome. You don't get to restart after sudden death. It's fatal.
[Galaxy S III General] crumec:
s3 freezing ? =)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37308048&postcount=1
[Galaxy S III General] vet4snak:
thanks zardoz99, if my GS3 is freezing itself randomly 50 times a day- what problems am i having? i guess it isn't SDS then.

please kindly shed some light
[Galaxy S III General] owl74:
try reflashing a stock rom from sam mobile, if it still does the same thing after that, then eMMC could be getting corrupted....then SDS.... not Sudden Death though.... SLoooooooooowwww Death!
[Galaxy S III General] vet4snak:
i have tried to update to the latest ROM thru sammobile using Kies...to fix eMMC, the only option is to replace it?

the update for this phone was nothing but nightmares
[Galaxy S III General] Doug_BR:
Sudden death on Omega ROM V.39 ??

Please can someone tell me if with OMEGA ROM v.39, get free of sudden death?
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Use Odin instead of Kies and flash the latest.

Do a full wipe if possible.

It does not depend on the ROM but rather on the kernel.

If you are using the kernel that comes with Omega 39, then you are safe. But you also should have a safe recovery (for example: Phil's Touch).

If you need more info, read the OP. It's all there.
[Galaxy S III General] thisisuzair:
No it does not.
[Galaxy S III General] Doug_BR:
I'm sorry, but I did not. Who has Omega Rom is free of this problem? Is that right? Grateful
[Galaxy S III General] Scarface1991:
Reports like that are really worrying for me.

Have you encountered any slowdowns or any other unusual behaviour before your phone died?

Also what version of Siyah Kernel were you using?

Can you get into recovery or Download Mode?
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
Read the first page on here follow the links provided all your questions are answered. Please at least do some reading before posting stuff that has been answered many times
[Galaxy S III General] Doug_BR:
Thank's!!:good:
[Galaxy S III General] BLKSNAKER:
Hello, I am from Argentina, and I have a CLARO Samsung Galaxy S3 with 4.0.1 firm version. I decided to update via OTA and I only have 4.1.1 available. Than, I rooted the phone and installed perseus KERNEL. I am protected against sudden death?

I mean: 4.1.1 + perseus kernel it is a protected combination? or I need 4.1.2?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

Crosspostings aren't very polite. You already got your answer in other topic. Usually its not difficult to read the first post. But to to be polite myself I give you an answer:

Having a fixed Kernel like perseus makes your phone safe in everyday use. If you use a custom recovery, it should contain the fix too.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @197 days
[Galaxy S III General] Scarface1991:
Just to clear the air here. I contacted alexsmith to find out what Siyah Kernel he was using and it turned out he used the unfixed 1.8.6 Siyah Kernel. Was there a sudden death recently from somebody who used a fixed Kernel? I haven`t seen one.
[Galaxy S III General] pijindrin:
Querido como estas? Tb tengo Claro Argentina. Flahsea por Odin XELLA. Es lo mejor. Si queres alguna Rom custom necesitas algun kernel con fix como ser perseus, yanks , siyah. Tb necesitaras un recovery con fix. En este caso yo opte por Philz recovery. Saludos!

Translation

Hey how are u? I also have Claro Argentina. Just flash XELLA stock Rom. If u want a custom Rom just use a fixed kernel like perseus, yanks, siyah. U'll need also a fixed recovery. In my case I'm using Philz recovery. See ya!

122 days and counting!
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
I haven't seen one either that wasn't showing signs before update so hopefully that's good news.. A lot of freezing it seems like

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
English only please, or a translation.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
There's nothing wrong with him replying to another member in another language, especially if they're both bilingual. Starting a thread in another language is an issue though.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Mmmm, yes there is:
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I'm well aware of that rule. There's nothing wrong with replying to another member who speaks another language in that language, from a ethical/moral standpoint. If you're so interested in what he said, use Google Translate. It's not a big deal; get over it. The guy who posted in Spanish speaks English and has posted here before. He was just doing the other guy a favor and replying in a way that he would understand.
[Galaxy S III General] chrizhaynes:
@vet4snak

sounds like early symptons of sd. mine did the same 2 weeks before dying crashing quite alot. updated from xxell4 to new xxella and 1 hour later it died. only download mode with pit fail when trying to reflash. i got a new phone though no board change quite happy as mu back cover was a mess the outer layer was coming off from many battery swaps
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
That's fine but if we all did that the discussion would be full of little groups and not one complete discussion. This is why you can post on any language you like but you must provide an English translation.
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
That sort gives against the rules then, so if what I am understanding is correct then it is ok to have as conversation on here in another language or am I missing the point entirely
[Galaxy S III General] ajobbins:
Sadly my phone seems to have caught this bug today.

Phone won't load past the initial Galaxy SIII screen. Can't get into recovery mode, but can get into download mode.

Should I try to flash the 4.1.2 firmware over top? If I do this, am I likely to brick the phone even further? Have people been able to revive their device by this method?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
How do plan to you flash anything if you can't access recovery/download mode?
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
Just read the comment 2 comments above yours the guy doing did try to flash after sds and still could go in down load mode but it fails with pit fails error. This has been reported tons of time earlier as well. Your phone is already semi dead so you can still try to flag via odin and try your luck.
[Galaxy S III General] ajobbins:
Read again, I CAN'T get into recovery mode by CAN get into download mode
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
if you read back a bit you will find that with SDS you can get into download but it fails to flash anything using Odin.

If you can flash a new ROM it isn't SDS

Do some reading it is quite enlightening
[Galaxy S III General] invinciblecc:
Is it possible to use triangle away on xxela

Finally enjoying s3

Yanks kernel

Sotmax v13

Zram enabled

Swap enabled
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Of course. If it's your forum.
[Galaxy S III General] SiriusCybernetik:
There's nothing wrong replying to another member in his native language via PM!

Every other use of non-english language is not only against the rules but it is highly impolite.

I am also quadry-lingual but I will never use one of the other languages inside a thread.

Just imagine the babel-like cacophony if over one hundred ethnic groups start replying in their mother-tongue.
[Galaxy S III General] aardbeix15:
Noob question, I'm still confused, also after reading most of the posts here.

My unbranded SGS3 runs stock ROM Android 4.1.2, baseband I9300XXELKB, build JZO54K.I9300XXELL4.

My phone was rerooted in the update process (I rooted to workaround the copy-paste-bug and left it unrooted after the update.

I believe the update was late December 2012. The sudden death syndrom was described and on the media after that period. KIES says I have the most recent firmware but on SamMobile I see there is also a XXELLA.

Can anybody guide me?
[Galaxy S III General] pijindrin:
Sorry about that. I wrote in Spanish cause I found my answer irrelevant. It was a repeated question and I believe you all know the answer. My Spanish writing was for him to understand a quiet better cause I don't know his English level. Your answer would have been "read first post or pages back". So, there was no need for English translation. Anyways my apologies, no more Spanish.

Ps: Translation added to the previous post. Btw, it's not impolite writing in another language in an English forum. It's impolite not answering a simple question like he did.

122 days and counting!
[Galaxy S III General] MuertoKo:
I do speak spanish as well and both actions are impolite, but the one of the language is against rules ;)

I usually answer via PM everyone I see having troubles with English... many Spanish can't properly wirte/read English, and let's say techincal English may be even harder... so I just PM them and that's all, but will never answer in another language in an open thread, because it's against rules and rude, even though I'd never say "read a few posts back"... that's even more rude imho, I usually say that, plus answer the question just to teach people how they should behave in here, while answering the question ^^
[Galaxy S III General] Dabarr:
Okay, guys I have a HUGE Problem...

As I have mentioned a few pages ago my Samsung also died because of a half sudden death. So I sent it in under warranty. So far so good...

Now they have told me that they want 404 Euros for the repair because of mechanical damage! I need to explain very shortly what happened. Soon after I bought the phone parts of the paint of the silverframe came down. So I have some black spots on there. I did not react after I did some research. People had the same problem but Samsung declined warrenty. So I had never sent it in because of that. (you can have a look at it here: http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung...oblem-am-silbernen-rahmen-des-weissen-s3.html , it is a german board where one guy also describes that problem, just have a look at the picture provided there, so you know what I am talking about.

Now they claim, the s3 is "deformed" because of mechanical damange and that THAT is reason why it is not under warranty. I have never dropped the phone ever, also it used to be in a case. There is not a single scratch in the display as well nor are there any dents what so ever.

My phone definately died because of an SDS and now they claim the mainboard had a damage due to mechanicle mishandling. I am so angry right now and I feel helpless. I have waited two weeks just to get this message from them and I still do not have a working phone. What can I do now?

Please help!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] nmsv:
I would try to prove that the painting is peeling of regardless the time of use. Show them some pictures, try talking to a supervisor. Did you take the phone to a store or directly to Samsung service center?
[Galaxy S III General] Dabarr:
Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures before turning it in. I took it to the store where I had bought it in Germany (Media Markt) and talked to one of the service people today. I will receive a written letter the next days he told me. But he had read it to me on the phone so I know the content already..
[Galaxy S III General] nmsv:
Don't they have a complaint book? Try speaking directly with Samsung and see if there's anything they can do.
[Galaxy S III General] aardbeix15:
Noob question, I'm still confused, also after reading most of the posts here.

My unbranded SGS3 runs stock ROM Android 4.1.2, baseband I9300XXELKB, build JZO54K.I9300XXELL4.

My phone was rerooted in the update process (I rooted to workaround the copy-paste-bug and left it unrooted after the update.

I believe the update was late December 2012. The sudden death syndrom was described and on the media after that period. KIES says I have the most recent firmware but on SamMobile I see there is also a XXELLA.

Can anybody guide me
[Galaxy S III General] sgsboyo:
I have finally had a response from Samsung to my repair claim (my phone hadn't actually died - it was just constantly crashing). I sent it away to them to take a look at and have now received a quote for the repair because I had it rooted.

£162.79 is what they estimate the repair will cost.

I've sent a reply to them disputing the fact that having the phone rooted voids the warranty...

I feel less than hopeful that they will fix it without me paying them, but I've drawn their attention to this discussion (even though I guess they probably are already aware of it).

:(

---------- Post added at 03:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ----------

They won't budge on this at all. They just keep saying that rooting voids the warranty.

I am less than happy, but I've given them the go ahead to fix it.

Grrr
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

Why didn't you remove root????

Taper di Tap with my S3 @198 days
[Galaxy S III General] Ismail lotiya:
Hii... Guys can you help me..

How to customize my s3 themes. Like battery network and etc...

Help me guys, cant undestand this things...
[Galaxy S III General] sgsboyo:
I'm not convinced it was rooted when I sent it off (can't really remember because I was having so many problems with it I was reflashing with stock firmware etc and kinda lost track of whether it was rooted or not) but it did have the red exclamation mark on the bootup screen. I stupidly assumed that the EU Law thing would protect me anyway.

Lesson Learned!
[Galaxy S III General] lininjim:
Got mine back from repair today (3 UK)

Took them a week, battery was completely dead. They had peeled of my screenprotector and slapped it back on trapping all kinds of crap under it and creasing it :(

Software on it is

Android version 4.1.1

Baseband NEDLI1

Kernel Oct 8th

Build XXDLJ1

Doing software update now.
[Galaxy S III General] sgsboyo:
Edit: I should've either waited for the phone to completely die or tried harder to get it back to looking like it had never been rooted etc. If I'd known it would take them this long to fix it anyway I probably would've carried on with it as it was because it would probably have died by now anyway - I just hoped that getting it sent off for them to look at would avoid it actually dying.

Very annoyed that this has happened really as it's ended up costing me a lot of hassle and cash. As a long-time user of Samsung devices (phones and televisions) this has left a very bad taste in my mouth. If there was another brand of smartphone that I thought was even remotely close to Samsung's devices I would probably not buy Samsung again, but I'm not convinced there is...
[Galaxy S III General] lininjim:
In all honesty I'm going to sell mine as soon as and replace it with a Google Nexus mate.

(when they get some in stock of course)
[Galaxy S III General] htcsnap93:
His might be interessting for some of the devs. Today i got a minor OTA update. It was 8.22 MB and update my kernel from builddate 8 december to builddate 22 december.

CSC : PHN

XXELL4
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
If you are not sure of being safe with SDS , I think you are. Have a look here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045

"As It appears all 4.1.2 kernels have the fixes..."
[Galaxy S III General] nmsv:
Guys, there's been any report of a SDS under XELLA or greater? With so many threads I couldn't keep up with the news.
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
DO you know where are you posting this question? Can you read the bloody topic of this thread? What have you been smoking?
[Galaxy S III General] SiriusCybernetik:
I suppose that it is this article you are referring to: http://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/flashingdevices.en.html

You were indeed protected by EU consumer laws but now that you have given green light for the repair, you kind of officially agreed that their claim (i.e. your fault because of root) was right.

Did you bring it to the shop you bought it from or directly to Samsung?

You should never give in in such cases. If they say that you won't get it back unless you either pay for handling costs or for the repair, then make it clear to them that you understand your rights and that you will not hesitate to take legal action to defend your rights.

In most EU countries, there are special legal procedures for such cases, you don't even need a lawyer.
[Galaxy S III General] sgsboyo:
I bought the phone online from O2 as my new contract last year. I didn't even go back to O2 regarding getting it fixed (well, that's not strictly true because i did go into one of their shops to discuss the fault with them but they knew nothing of the SDS problem so i left the shop again after they convinced me that the phone would be alright and wouldn't suddenly die). There are no local O2 shops here, i was away from home when my phone started crashing so i was able to go into an O2 shop at the time. But because they didn't really seem to know of the problem i assumed that it would just be faster to deal directly with Samsung.

And the only reason i gave in and authorised them to do the repairs for the price quoted was because they said that was my only option - otherwise they'd just return the phone to me unfixed. So i couldn't see any other way around it.

Thing is, i haven't given them my card details yet. They said they'd contact me once the repair is done to take payment over the phone. Maybe i should refuse to give them my card details...
[Galaxy S III General] SiriusCybernetik:
Fight for your right, you have the law and the consumer protection on your side, especially in Germany. I have been working in a computer shop in Germany during my studies, so I know what I am taking about.

Don't let yourself be bullied by some MediaMarkt jerks who only see you as a nuisance.
[Galaxy S III General] krivinash:
Guys,

Is there any case of sds with s3 32gb?

Are they affected?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III General] crash_194:
I sold mine too with the fear of SDS setting in and replaced it with a nexus 4. I would say its on par with a sgs3 but certainly not a better phone. Its such a shame this sudden death fiasco because I'd say the sgs3 is the market leader at the minute!
[Galaxy S III General] lininjim:
Thank you, managed to order an N4 tonight in UK Google Play store. 1 -2 weeks. Got a buyer lined up for my SGS3.

I don't think it will fail again but….

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] crash_194:
Just a word of warning, you'll read nothing but problems in the nexus 4 forum too but just keep in mind people very rarely join a forum to post positive experiences! Lol
[Galaxy S III General] SiriusCybernetik:
If I was you, I would try to cancel the repair if still possible. Because else they won't give you the phone until you pay for the repair you agreed.

Let's hope it's not too late yet.