yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Lui-g:
Well, after my post, I had 8 freezes in a row whilst running updates after a full reset.

I've since reset the phone once more and not had a freeze all day despite using the phone a lot and installing numerous apps...

I wish my phone would just die so I can get it fixed. I can't trust it and can't get it fixed if it does not die.

Maybe I should regress to a vulnerable firmware in order to aggravate the problem...
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
Who.?

Taper di Tap with my S3 @185 days
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Nope, some people can still get into Download mode with SDS, but it's useless because any attempt to flash anything fails.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Ah ok. Its a relief to be honest because had you been on stock kernel, ELLA wouldn't be safe either.

Stock kernels at that time were not fixed as it was the update 7 source code that alerted us to the fixes - which wasn't out until early Jan.

First fixed custom kernel wad 9th jan
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Sorry I read his post wrong I'm so frickin worried about this sudden death issue its messing with my head now! He said he couldn't get Into recovery. So as long as I'm running latest Omega rom based XXELLC and download mode says official everything I should be good to go right? I have a gt-I9300 in the United States and it will be a pain to get a warranty replacement here

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] thedigger:
I got my phone back today. Sent to Samsung's UK repair shop last Monday, it was re-delivered today (after a missed delivery on Tuesday). 7 day turn around is pretty reasonable I suppose.

The notes don't confirm what was done, but presumably I had a new motherboard fitted. Same capacity as before (16GB) so I'm not one of the lucky ones to get a free upgrade!

It's running Android 4.1.2 and XELLA baseband... but one thing I forgot, just how horrible TouchWiz is. It's designed for idiots, I just can't get on with it. And my app list is full of crap like FlipBoard, FM Radio, PaperArtist, Messenger etc etc. Is the general consensus that I'm safe to go back to using custom ROMs (provided the latest Recovery is flashed, obviously)? I long for the familiarity of CM!
[Galaxy S III General] yhrn:
Ok, but in any case the post I replied to said that somebody SDS affected could get into recovery...

I suppose you mean custom kernels.
[Galaxy S III General] cile381:
It is the same chip VTU00M 0XF1 as in other MP 1.x00
[Galaxy S III General] behemot24:
I got my phone back today - the motherboard was replaced.

"eMMC check" says:

Type: VTU00M

Date: 11/2012

FwRev: 0xf7

They put XXDLIH (4.1.1) on it.
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

As your chip seems to be Safe, it doesn't matter.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @185 days
[Galaxy S III General] behemot24:
they should at least put "safe" chips on all the repaired S3's...
[Galaxy S III General] cocous:
what is the mp?

what mean?

where is the difference?
[Galaxy S III General] odoto:
Well, sure we'd like that... but as a profit-oriented company they sure won't throw out stocked phones they can fix via software...

Also it is possible that some sellers returned their stock of affected phones to Samsung... and why wouldn't Samsung use those for replacements after an update treatment...

Sure it sucks from our perspective, but it is the logical thing to do from their perspective.
[Galaxy S III General] behemot24:
I could understand this company reasonement when they apply it to some low-end devices, but not to one of the most expensive phones from the market...
[Galaxy S III General] Technician:
Hi..

I posted earlier about my Galaxy S3 not having a FwRev number in eMMC Check. I was advised I would need to be rooted to show that info which i now am but still no FwRev number shows up.

Am I missing something here ? (apart from that number that is).
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
Mine is similar but I've done the recommended changes to be on safe side
[Galaxy S III General] hermeson:
I have a friend who just received back his S3 from SC and they exchanged the board and given him an explanation of something about overheating...

My s3 damaged as I remembered, it used to get really hot when I use app waze, coincidence or problem linked?
[Galaxy S III General] Marilize-Legajuana:
Im not rooted and I can see firmware rev.
[Galaxy S III General] flowserver:
I have install rom cm10.1, how install kernel and recovery for be safe to SDS? I download siyah kernel and philz touch..
[Galaxy S III General] Morts:
Anybody knows if any S3 died with the kernel fix?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] jshashwat93:
My phone just died today. Had the same rev number as everyone else whose phone died and the date was April 2012.

I already had sudden death symptoms since 3 weeks and had the same issue of phone become totally unresponsive while charging with led on. However battery pull saved it.

Today was was freezing and crashing more often than usual and while browsing the internet it just died with blue led blinking. After restarting it said something like encryption error and do a factory reset to which I click OK, which took me to recovery mode and the factory reset failed with messages in red which I don't remember.

Now I can only access download mode and by pressing only power button it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again.

This is sudden death right?

I was on stock, unrooted and had no fix kernel, recovery, boot loader or ROM.
[Galaxy S III General] odoto:
which Android version?
[Galaxy S III General] jshashwat93:
4.1.2 or 4.1.1. Whichever was the latest in India. I am hoping kies does not fix this because the amount this phone started freezing and lagging in the last 3 days is not even funny. But what do you'll think? Is my case different or is it sudden death
[Galaxy S III General] AxelCM1:
In GS3 Mini!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] odoto:
well, I guess it is SDS, but can't be sure... but if it can't be revived by reflashing a ROM it is most likely SDS... I'd suggest you try the kies thing... can't hurt if phone is dead anyway :P

anyone knows latest version for India? fingers-crossed it is not 4.1.2....
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
You've got to be kidding me...

...and at the same time not surprising since they probably use the same memory modules.
[Galaxy S III General] AxelCM1:
no kidding, hopefully this does not expand.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] rajataghi:
Same here!

I hope we are safe... :)
[Galaxy S III General] odoto:
dammit... my little brother just bought one :/
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Read this.

---------- Post added at 08:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM ----------

Not sure, since most sudden deaths have been, well, "sudden" or acute, and not chronic! But it does look suspiciously like eMMC failure.

If you go to a service centre, could you (discreetly) find out if they are aware of this issue being hardware (and hence will they provide warranty for non-stock-software devices)?
[Galaxy S III General] yvliew:
how do i check for Main version where i can see Hardware rev? MP 1.1 something??
[Galaxy S III General] max_mitsu:
this is bad?

05/2006???
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Lol, this beats everything!
[Galaxy S III General] Thin_Bezel:
Lolwut!!! your phone is drunk!!! :D
[Galaxy S III General] ivan4o5:
This seems little disturbing :/ ...

(have you photoshoped it :/ ?)
[Galaxy S III General] krazy_about_technology:
Its XXDLK1, Android 4.1.1 as of now.
[Galaxy S III General] max_mitsu:
No,There is another program to verify EMMC?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
App is probably buggy, don't worry about it. It wasn't made for S3 hardware anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] max_mitsu:
But nobody here got this problem
[Galaxy S III General] tczhang:
Same here. 2006/05. I thought something wrong with my device...

Any clue what this is?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Untrue.

Probably buggy code, the dev didn't even make it for the S3. In simplest words this is how it works:

Input > [Program] > Output

In your cases, part of the input is probably something the program wasn't written to expect or understand, because it didn't exist when the app was made for the S2. This is why part of the output is also garbage.
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Sorry to post this but extremely paranoid about sudden death but does ZSEMA1 kernel have the same update 7 fixes as XXELLA AND XXELLC I wanted to update to Omega Rom V38 and it's bases on new firmware

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
If it is lastest then must do, try asking or reading changelog in omega thread
[Galaxy S III General] Angelus1984:
XXELLA update arrived in Croatia.
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

Is this Galaxy S1? Screenshot says m0ub but it should be m0xx.

So my guess, he is kidding us.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @186 days
[Galaxy S III General] max_mitsu:
I9300 16gb blue
[Galaxy S III General] bsamardzhiev:
Hi guys. My phone became very laggy from yesterday.

I was so scared if my galaxy will die soon. But I decided to check which app was running. Guess what, MTPservices were running from yesterday morning. I killed them and now everything is fine. So my advice is guys to check which unusual application is running.
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

Sorry then, my mistake.

But it is not the US-Version?

Taper di Tap with my S3 @186 days
[Galaxy S III General] max_mitsu:
No, international is from claro pr
[Galaxy S III General] linezero:
so by just any chance, over heating is an earlier symptom for the SDS Issue?
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
That can be attributed to a lot if things, just read up and don't preempt too much
[Galaxy S III General] erto90:
LOL guys, you make me laugh

Iss that a mania! now reading here and there, seems everything out of very normal thing are symptom of SDS.. but please..

Stay quiet and install a kernel based on source7

how many devices they sold? 40m? how many died? wanna shoot high.. 40000?

0,1% ? then.. all scared..
[Galaxy S III General] RevoWution:
Imagine how gutted you would feel if you fell into the 0.1% category though? ;)

As the Joker once said, "Nobody panics when things go according to plan."

This SDS issue was definitely not on any one of our plans when we splashed out our hard earned money on an S III. So, naturally, people will panic :)
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
:good:

Plus, there's a much larger proportion of SDS victims on XDA as opposed to the proportion of S3 owners. That skews the "SDS rate" which we observe here.
[Galaxy S III General] odoto:
Well, and percentage is higher for people who know they are on rev 0xF1
[Galaxy S III General] philicom:
All good then, I thought SDS was around 6 months, 6 years is not bad at all :p
[Galaxy S III General] JPsy Droid:
If Samsung would explain whats going wrong exactly, we don't need to puzzle and panic... :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] erto90:
most of people with 16gb version got 0xF1 ( me too)

but has been explained how the fix works, it patch the eMMC at every boot to avoid the trigger.
[Galaxy S III General] liamR:
Here is my 3 cents ;)

I have 3 galaxy S3 I9300 International 16GB, two of them (one White and the other one Blue) I bought on June 4th and one (Red) on October. They all have VTU00M 0xf1 eMMC chip, the White and Blue chip from 04/2012 and the Red from 06/2012.

All of them getting updated to the latest official rom as soon as it's out, so all of them have the SDS Fixed Kernel since November 15th~ (ELK4->ELKC->ELL4->ELL5->ELLA).

Now the White one starting to show the SDS symptoms, it reset itself randomly and work very slowly. The blue one gets very slow sometimes but that is it. The Red one is flawless.
[Galaxy S III General] tutankamon09:
Ynt: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

What can i do? I dont know ):

GT-I9300 cihazımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
Maybe you would panic even more if Samsung would explain what's going wrong... :D

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] finito02:
Hi guys, I wanna ask a question. I'm quite sure I'm not the first, but it's hard to find a similar question in a thread of more than 360 pages.

I have a GSIII with the affected eMMC (VTU00M 0xf1). Now I'm running XXELLC, so I should be safe... but my question is: Since I've used a "non-protected" rom for many months, is my eMMC ruined?
[Galaxy S III General] finito02:
Really thanks for the answer (and for thread, since you're the OP :D).

So, also if it's not sure, my eMMMC shouldn't be ruined. This also explain why I've heard of people whose gs3 died after only a few months.

I just hope that my phone doesn't decide to die when the warranty is gone.

Still thanks to you :)
[Galaxy S III General] abhi4168:
will updating via OTA install the new bootloader? how to check the which bootloader I have ?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Haha, you're welcome.

Android System Info > System > BuildInfos
[Galaxy S III General] mihqke:
So.. Samsung took 200€ for changing mainboard because i had a little mark on left corner. Said that it's mechanical damage. So this is my solution. I had perfectly working phone before Samsung broke it and charged 200€. That's bull**** and i have nothing more to say about this.
[Galaxy S III General] hd779:
Well my phone just did the semi death, were it boots the the Samsung screen but no further. Luckily I bough a warranty as I live in America. I was running stock 4.1.1, but when I boot into download mode It shows my system as custom, any idea why? I was completely stock as I was afraid this was going to happen, I am worried as I don't want this to be a reason my insurer might try and deny my claim. Is it common when this semi death occurs for the system to show custom?
[Galaxy S III General] emelsk:
Yes.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Always take plenty of pictures of your device before you send it. Try taking a picture of it next to proof of purchase or something so they can't call you a liar.
[Galaxy S III General] jay_m3:
If u can get on recovery mode try to make cache wipe
[Galaxy S III General] cristian274:
May I know which Android version do u use when SDS happened? XELLA??
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
Did u have cwm installed? Maybe that's why it's showing custom.

Btw if u are in dl mode try to flash via odin stock Rom. Even though most people did not have luck flashing once they have the semi death.
[Galaxy S III General] aalvico:
After 368 pages and considering there is a instruction about how to be as safe as possible, shouldn't be more interesting to have information from phones that die after new kernel / recovery and problems with samsung warranty to fix the phone (maybe a link in first post for new thread)? ....just an idea ... I also admit that is good to concentrate information in one place...but got hard to know how worried we should really be.
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
Guys just did a eMMC check and my chip type is VTU00M and fwrev is oxf7. am I safe?
[Galaxy S III General] azrieqb:
Wait until your phone reach 6 month old. Then you know whether yours effected or not. :D I don't think there's concrete evidence on which fwrev are safe.
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
just brought my phone like 2 weeks back, before it reaches 6 months I would update my phone to JB 4.1.2 when its released to my country :) I'm worried whether my phone will get affected within this month or in feb :/
[Galaxy S III General] qavro:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
[Galaxy S III General] mihqke:
No. I had 4.1.1.
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
S3 on stock XXELL4 and Philz recovery 4 died on me

Yesterday evening my phone quite and commited suicide just out of the blue. When booting i see a lot of horizontal lines and a small red in the left corner on the screen and then it goes black. It is no longer recognized by the pc and flashing with Odin shows a 100% fail. I`will be taking it to the service center on monday. Thank god i had a One X lying around. I guess this is the infamous SDS event. I was running stock XXELL4 with Phil`z recovery touch and stock kernel, so i thought i was safe. But clearly i wasn`t. BTW i have the affected chip that is mentioned in several posts.
[Galaxy S III General] hlastras:
Samsung tell me that the mobile has traces of moisture, so it's not under warranty. Clearly the reason my device is not working is the SDS, but Samsung denies the warranty (to save a few dollars) because the traces of water damage. The water sticker is ok... what can I do? Fight for my rights... But meantime I'm without mobile....
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
Well that sucks bro, demand they show you undisputable proof of this alledged water damage. That`s the only thing i can think off right now. Good luck :)

I also have to take my phone in for repair and i took pictures of the visible moisture indicator under the battery. But only because of your post, fot what it`s worth thanks for that and maybe it will help other affected users as well.
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
Mine was bought in june so way passed 6 months and still working thankfully :D

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S III General] shethsa:
Many of us in India have faced the same problem at svc centres including me. Just keep on giving feedback on the ceo's feedback section on your local Samsung website and cross your fingers. Ultimately someone responsible should call you to figure out a solution. I had to pay $140 for repairs despite which the phone had many other problems and finally the are giving me a cash refund as I insisted that I will take a replacement phone only which has been manufactured after nov12 which they didn't have. But response in your country might be different. Good luck!
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
My S3 is 8th month old now .... does that means it is not affected ?
[Galaxy S III General] liamR:
^ No, It doesn't mean anything...
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
yes may be... but keeping my finger crossed.... i hope it will not die
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
guys please tell whether 0xF7 versions are safe??

what if I install the JB 4.1.2? still not safe?
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
Ask samsung how would any of us know.
[Galaxy S III General] liamR:
Look at my previous comment (My S3 is 7.5 months old) -
[Galaxy S III General] azrieqb:
What happened to yours? Kindly share with us.
[Galaxy S III General] Thin_Bezel:
Hello

Can anyone give me a torrent link for XELLA firmware?

Thanks

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III General] ludovicianul:
Maybe a stupid question. If I flash with odin a stock firmare with repartition enabled and a PIT file is it possible to fix the damaged sectors affected by sds?
[Galaxy S III General] liamR:
It still reboots randomly and works very slow it hasn't died yet, fresh official stock rom installation didn't made any different. I will report back if it will die.

Sent from outta space
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

No.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @187 days
[Galaxy S III General] hd779:
Nope completely stock. I haven't tried to flash it dont really see the point.
[Galaxy S III General] artesea:
It shows custom because it can't find any firmware to verify as official. It's happened to all the phones which are bricked but can reach download mode, no matter which ROM / Recovery they were running.
[Galaxy S III General] Nees3:
So XXELL4 isnt safe? As stated before that they all are safe?
[Galaxy S III General] lininjim:
Looks like mine has died now

On Three UK, had Omega 38 on, thought I was protected.

Noticed my LED flashing blue but I couldn't get the screen to come on, pulled battery.

Now no response, does not power on.

Battery is fine tried it in my wifes phone (she is completely on stock).

Guess I'll be giving Three a call in the morning.

Bugger :(
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
XXELL4 is in my opinion still considered as safe cause this case doesn't look like a sudden death.

It looks more like another hardware problem.

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] chris2busy:
Hi guys..i was considering buying a slightly used sgs3 ,but after reading a few stuff here i am freaking the crap out..

so you say that XXELL4 is not safe either?

Besides running the "eMMC Brickbug Check" app on the phone i want to buy, is there any other way i can make sure that it won't get sudden death?

Thanks in advance.i hope the situation is less scary than i imagine and soon i can be part of this community(s3 fora)
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

What firmware/kernel was flashed?

Taper di Tap with my S3 @187 days
[Galaxy S III General] hermeson:
Same thing with me... How long did u have d phone?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Crap, my S3 is a VTU00M with the FwRev 0xf1.. :/
[Galaxy S III General] vickyclewis:
I flashed the new bootloader.... Then I read that it doesn't make much of a difference towards the SDS.... How do I get back to a previoie bootloader? I tried unrooting and flashing an ICS stock ROM but, I still get that ridiculous Red Exclamation once I root....:(
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
not only u , most of GS3 + Note2 have the same eMMC with FwRev 0xf1. :(:(
[Galaxy S III General] groove-max:
Hello, guys!

Does anyone know complete information about this brick?

What does it do with mainboard?

How to repair bricked phone? Does it need to replace emmc chip or something else?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] lininjim:
Omega 38 firmware, Phenomenal4.0Medium kernel.

Phone was bought in June 2012

emmc check said eMMC with FwRev 0xf1 but it was ok
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
i still think the new BL is part from the fix IMO , there is a post for AndreiLux about the new BL but i couldn't find it :(

and if u look at the kmsg u can see the bootloader initialize the MMC ( they probably add some codes to the initialize operation )

mmc_initialize: mmc->capacity = 30777344

Samsung S-Boot 4.0-679347 for GT-N7100 (Dec 26 2012 - 10:25:20)

EXYNOS4412(EVT 2.0) / 2047MB / 15028MB / Rev 11 / N7100XXDLL7

initialize_ddi_data: usable! (2:0xe)
PARAM ENV VERSION: v1.0..
<start_checksum:331>CHECKSUM_HEADER_SECTOR :4096
<start_checksum:333>offset:50, size:6296
<start_checksum:336>CHECKSUM_HEADER_INFO : NeedChecksum:0 PartNo:20
Not Need Movinand Checksum
Movinand Checksum Confirmation Pass

but u can revert the BL if u like

---------- Post added at 02:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 AM ----------

i'm sorry but Phenomenal what killed ur device cuz its so old and based on update 5 :(

there is 2 updates after 5 and update 7 has the SDS fix :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] artesea:
Unless you can be 100% sure you can claim on the warranty, I would avoid buying a second hand one with the chip and firmware.

32gbs appear fine though.
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
I thought you already knew that? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] fatsomak:
its assumed to be safe, bt definitely nt safer than any 32gb model :D
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Que?
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
Guys my CSC of my S3 is LK2 (XEF) which is the CSC for France but I currently live in Qatar, so will I get OTA/Kies updates for Qatar or France to my phone?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Probably not. Just use ODIN, it's a lot lighter anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
I will still get updates of France or not?

I've download Odin but I have no idea what to do, would you give me a tutorial? :)
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
As I said probably not. And Here.
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
Yes you will get French update
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
really? another XDA user told "no" .....I travel a lot with my family so it would be annoying if I had to wait till I go to my home country to update my phone :(
[Galaxy S III General] accfews:
And today my phone is crashed too.
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
If you access to a pc just update using Kies
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
You won't get OTA update while you're in Qatar but you can get your update (from France) via Kies using a computer even while you're in Qatar.