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[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-exynos-root-exploit-sudden-death-fix-144452/
[Galaxy S III General] nhariamine:
As mentioned mate, ur are right unless Samsung confirm this fix of SDS these are all lies by Faryaabs and rest of sammobile, the only Ultimate source of updates and fixes is SAMSUNG ITSELF !!
[Galaxy S III General] Sad56:
I'm moderator in a French forum and I assure you they are many cases.

Sure less than with 16gb versions because there are less 32gb than 16gb in France.

Because like I've said they are very difficult to thind at the launch of the s3.

I don't tell this without any feedback. Samsung send s3 with motherboard replacement like for 16gb versions :confused:

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[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
HMM i hope sammy will seed the update faster to all countries because now most tech blogs talking about the problem :rolleyes:

and crapple fanboys very happy because of this bug i hope their mouths will get shut soon :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I'm telling you guys, something is fishy. This may or may not fix the Exynos exploit (which isn't really important to begin with unless you work in a high-security company and are constantly facing the threat of corporate espionage), but I highly doubt it actually fixes a problem which requires a motherboard transplant. I think this is Samsung trying to reduce repair costs by marking S3's with voided warranties due to rooting. Why else would they release a new bootloader?

A bootloader is a small program that initializes the basic devices need to boot the phone. I fail to see how that would fix an eMMC chip issue. If anything, the fix would be a kernel update or eMMC firmware update, like others have mentioned. I think Samsung just doesn't want to admit to a wide-scale hardware issue since they're finally ahead of Apple. In my opinion, they should accept the fact that people bought this phone in every country on the planet, and ship replacement boards/phones to all repair centers so anyone anywhere can get their phone fixed or replaced.
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
no i don't think Sammy are that mean ( but they still mean with dev's )

because they update bootloader and trust zone on Gnote 2 too ( which maybe can help to stop any sudden death to Gnote 2 too :confused::confused: )
[Galaxy S III General] InfX:
Sorry, but IF there is, indeed, a way, to updated the eMMC microcode (call it an eMMC firmware if you want), the best place to do this from would actually be the bootloader, so it kinda does make sense, but the "IF" here is a hell of an "IF", imho.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Wish there was a way to determine remaining health of the eMMC. When my phone died 2 months ago, they replaced the mainboard with v1.100. Which means I might now be accumulating enough damage for another SDS. :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Download eMMC Brickbug Check from the market a hit "Check Memory". It runs a test. No errors on mine yet, and I have the VTU00M chip that is said to fail.
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
WTF i have same chip on my Gnote 2 :silly::silly:

so maybe it will have the SDS soon :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

I really don't know what to do. So my S3 has an Audio IC issue (I google'd it; that's why there's no audio in calls only. This has happened twice and last time I needed a new motherboard). Now I can expect my phone to die completely. I live in the US, so I have to pay to ship my phone

AGAIN

to get it fixed, for something that will probably break

AGAIN

, and be without a phone for a month. All of this while I'm a college student who's trying to save money and can't afford a new phone. So my options are basically pay a retarded amount of money to ship it to Europe so it can get repaired again, while the warranty is free, or buy a different phone with what little money I have.

Thanks Samsung. Keep ignoring the issue. Please /s. I'm sick of this sh*t. This phone was working fine; it's barely 6 months old,

3 MONTHS

if you start counting from the replacement motherboard, which has the same issue. I'm extremely angry. I hate Apple, but at least with Apple I can take an iPhone into any store, and if they can't fix it they'll hand me a brand new one on the spot. Doesn't matter where I bought it from or which store I take it to, they'll do it. Samsung meanwhile says, "Oh you live in the US? Well, we can't fix your phone. Ship it to Europe." Give me a break. I don't have the time, money, or patience to deal with this anymore and I really have no idea what to do. I feel like I'm screaming at the top of my lungs for help but no one can hear me (

us

). They really need to have some sort of exchange program or something.

We NEED to make this public and in the open, so it becomes a huge deal. Samsung says this issue is "rare" and "only affects a small number of Galaxy S III's." Most of us have the same memory chip! Even the guy above me with a Note 2 has the same memory chip as the S3 16GB! THIS ISN'T RIGHT!
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
Same here, phone repaired over 2 months ago, replaced with another v1.1 motherboard. However, and for what it's worth, I did the memory check with the emmc app thingy and it's fine so far, now on ELLA too but obviously no idea whether that does have the fix or whether Samsung are still working on that.

The way I see it, if my phone dies again, well Sammy can change the motherboard again and that's that really :p I'm not going to stress over something that may or may not happen and over which I have no control anyway.

Edit: being in the UK with a 2 year warranty and reasonable consumer rights help with the "not stressing over it" bit . I do feel sorry for people who are having trouble with the service centres in India and other places.
[Galaxy S III General] nani67:
I wish you all the best and hope ur S3 is free from this bug..

we all love our gadgets.. n don't wanna let them die in our hands.
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Your anger is entirely understandable after what you had to deal with, however let's consider the facts:

We have no idea which part of the firmware causes the issue, or even if it is a hardware defect at all. A badly configured device can fail or be damaged even though it was not defective from factory.

The conclusion that the hardware itself has a defect comes from all the Superbrick fiasco but might not be the case here.

There might be a workaround or configuration fix inside the bootloader, the motherboard replacement is required AFTER the eMMC is toast.

Yes, the new bootloader comes with more protection, again it might be a planned revision or an 'improvement' for Samsung, however the fix can also be there.

There are a couple of publications that have mentioned it from Samsung's PR, one here

http://www.telekom-presse.at/Samsun..._ab_welcher_Version_er_dabei_ist.id.23809.htm

I'm hoping that this is true, but I find completely understandable for others to doubt after Samsung's own track record with promises.
[Galaxy S III General] shethsa:
I completely understand your feelings. In India many of us are going thru similar situations where we won't even get free replacements but get charged for a 6mth old world class phone that suddenly stopped working. Some parts of media have started reporting the potential fix by Sammy but gloss over the basic problem of sudden death.

Samsung has to do something drastic to regain customer confidence esp if they want to come out tops in their battle with apple from a consumers perspective.

At the least they need to have an otc exchange policy globally at least for their flagship phones - and last but not least need to desperately improve their pathetic service center franchisees.
[Galaxy S III General] Entropy512:
Absolutely NOTHING to do with this issue. Swipe to wake inhibits deep sleep, simple as that. Seriously, how can you consider something THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM GOING BACK TO THE GS2 (slow kernel resume) to be a sign your device is about to die???

No, it doesn't, see below. Also, sammobile's track record on accuracy is piss-poor. Look at the Exynos4 source code issue. Samsung tweeted one thing and they were all "YAY WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING!" - it's now January 2013 and we got almost nothing.

Yup.

Sammobile has no confirmation. There is no official statement from Samsung anywhere. Sammobile's track record, as stated above, is EXTREMELY poor when it comes to accuracy.

Wait for official confirmation, or for a fix to appear in reviewable kernel sources.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I noticed my microphone wasn't working (tried the Voice Recorder app), so I rebooted my phone and now all of the sudden calls work again randomly. Although this happened last time, so I'm expecting it to crap out again. Nobody should have to put up with a partially working or completely dead phone. Especially not at this price range.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
I seem to remember waaaay back in the depths of this very thread, one of the more knowledgeable posters saying the "sane chip" designation from that app means nothing for the S3. Whole different ballgame. But of course, at 205 pages, the thread's become self-contradictory and hard to follow...

Well then; there's another 2-3 weeks without your phone though. And it'd much easier to swallow all this if Samsung would come out in a forthright manner and cop to whatever's causing this. Sure, it'd cut into immediate profits, but would lead to long term customer loyalty, which ultimately translates into money.

The way I see it, dealing with this situation with integrity would be a win/win situation for Samsung.

Not holding my breath though. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Try 5 weeks and $80, for me last time. That's why this sucks. If it was a quick trip to a local repair center (which there aren't any here in the US), I'd say ok whatever. But that's not the case.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Or worse yet, the cats in India who keep getting told by Samsung that they've mysteriously damaged their S3s with water, their warranties are void, and there'll be no more discussion about it.

Feh.:(
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Honestly, I would try to spread it to news sites. Most sites have a "Tip Us" section where you can submit a story for review. I'd get a bunch of people who are in the same situation and do it. That's how the "Sudden Death" bug got in the news.
[Galaxy S III General] dandroid13:
It is related to the S II brickbug, has nothing to do with the S III.

Enviado do meu Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy S III General] dominyykas:
Wow! thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Yup, that's what I was telling people. You can use the "Check Memory" feature in the app to test the internal memory (if there's something wrong, it'll freeze), but mainly it's used to identify the chip.
[Galaxy S III General] 80000037:
My SGS3 64GB hw info:

RF Cal: 2012.9.29

HW Rev : MP 1.100

eMMC chip info:

V6U00M

09/2012

FwRev: 0xf2

my device goes online on 28 Dec, so I still have about 180 days... I can't say anything for now.
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
so far only 16gb models are facing this issue.
[Galaxy S III General] Marilize-Legajuana:
Download application "Network Signal Info" (free one, developed by KAIBITS) and in app go to tab System Info, there you got information about your bootloader version.
[Galaxy S III General] offgrey:
That might just be because there aren't many 64gb S3s out in the wild anyway. Hard to tell really. I'd also be willing to make a wager that most people who buy the 64gb don't bother googling what's wrong with their phone and just send it in for repair.
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
Strange that you have no backup of your phone even if your career depended on it. And this sudden death thread had been going on for more than month and a half and you still didn't deem fit to make a backup.

If your's is same as SDS then forget about your data as till date the only solution had been mainboard replacement which meant your data is on the old mainboard and somewhere in samsung's huge pile of rubbish.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Kies never makes a proper backup. Never. And in order to make a proper backup, one must be rooted. Samsung's made it so that we have to fear merely rooting our phones (so no Titanium either) because the S3 will 'commit suicide' and then we won't have recourse to warranty service because we rooted.

Catch 22. :eek:.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Then you really shouldn't be depending on a phone to hold your entire career up. I'm not trying to make a mockery out of anyone, but use Dropbox or something next time. Your phone should be an extension of your work space, not a replacement for your entire work space itself.
[Galaxy S III General] InfX:
What about an adb backup? I've never tried it myself (i am rooted, so there isn't much point), but it is supposed to pretty much everything, except the internal sd card data that can be copied over.
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
You can make backups of your sms/call logs/contacts/emails/apps and what not without rooting. If somebody's career is at risk of losing data on a cellphone then i'm sure he would be more responsible about keeping a backup. Phone can not only brick but be lost or stolen as well.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
MY career certainly doesn't depend on it. A previous poster made this comment, and I merely remarked on how difficult Samsung has made it to make a proper backup. Nothing more.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I never said you :) I was referring to him but I guess I should have been more specific. I do agree with you though.

I really hope Samsung hurries the hell up and lets us know if the update fixes the issue or not, because as of now I'm very skeptical that it does anything but makes it easier to void our warranty. My calls work again, randomly, so for now the only issue is the fact that my phone may die permanently.
[Galaxy S III General] jay_m3:
Wot the hell ya talkin about!!! Lukkaaa
[Galaxy S III General] krisse5844:
My phone is from 07/2012 en never had reboots or strange other things on the phone .

Did a lot of overnight charges ( with original charger and USB cable ) and stays very well .

Fingers crossed !

I checked the HW rev. => MP 1.100

I read some post telling "after x days " , mostly 200 ? What does it means => SDS @ 180 / 200 days ?

Running on stock android 4.1.1

AP : I9300XXDLIH

CP: I9300CEDLI1

CSC : I9300PHNDLI1
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
It means it died 180 days into the expected 200 days.
[Galaxy S III General] jvc73:
I have a 32GB and am following.

64s for sure are very few.

The flash is on mine is VWU00M, production date quite old, 06/2012.

Upgraded to 4.1.2 from Kies, bootloader is still old (checked via adb shell).

Will be at the 150 days mark next month.

Never used the charger in the box, still using the i9000 charger.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
No offence to anyone but i personally would take onboard what Entropy says out of anyone, as a long time user of these forums I know him to be extremely knowledgeable more so than most.

My phone is currently in for repairs at www.fonemenders.ie but i cant even track the ****ing status of where it's at as that part of the website isn't working :'(, im lost here without my phone, big Samsung fan but am seriously wondering if I'll get the S4 in case **** like this happens again.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I use a Galaxy S2 charger and a Galaxy Tab 10.1 charger, mainly because I'm in the US and lost the converter for the included European charger. HOPEFULLY's it's the charger but I'm not so sure.
[Galaxy S III General] "D":
222 Days and no Probs.

16GB White Variant
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Not sure whether the Hardware version has a bearing on longevity (there are at least 3 versions - mine is a later 1.3 version with Broadcom WiFi, for instance)

And as the CPU is a later stepping, all the stock CPU voltages are lower...
[Galaxy S III General] Werckmeister:
Hello, could someone help let me know what is my best course of action? My Galaxy SIII just died out of the blue just last month. Is this what they call the sudden death syndrome? And I have a big problem since I'm out of the country and don't know how to get it fixed.

1. What happened: It was working fine back on Dec 20th and I put it in my pocket, then when I take it out after a taxi ride it was completely dead. Won't turn on, won't charge, zero. Dead. For no reason.

2. Where phone was made: I bought it in Berlin, but I won't go back to Germany until last Jan (have been in Asia for work for over 3 months now - and for some vacation)

3. Where battery was made: it says cell made in Korea, assembled in China

4. What firmware you were running: 4.1 Jelly Bean, updated via Samsung Kies

5. Can you access download mode? No, it is completely dead

My problem is multiple folds:

a) I bought the phone in July 2012 in Berlin. But since October I've been in Asia for work, and won't go back til late January (and will only be back for 1 week).

b) I took the phone to the Samsung customer service in both Taipei and Bangkok. They both verified and said the mainboard is totally dead. BUT they said they cannot do anything with it because it's a German board! So the only way I can fix it is to go back to Germany. This is ridiculous - I thought it's supposed to be a worldwide warranty????

c) Will I have enough time (just one week) to fix it back in Germany if I have only 1 week? And I checked the German message boards and they said I'd have to ship it to the Samsung center.... Which is bad news since there's no way it will get back to me in 1 week. I won't be back to Berlin again until April.

d) Another issue is that the screen is quite visibly cracked. But it cracked back in July (one week after I bought it - I know, I know, but I dropped it!), and for the last 5 months it worked fine, until this sudden death thingy. I have proof since I took photos of the phone back in July showing that it still worked even with cracks. But will the Samsung service center give me hell for it and refuse to fix it?

Sorry for the questions but at this point I'm so unhappy with Samsung's service that I'm ready to just throw this SIII out and get another phone completely. Luckily my blackberry still works, otherwise I'd be totally phoneless. Too bad there aren't a lot of options outside of Samsung, especially with Nexus 4 so backordered....
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Minus the cracked screen and living in Asia (I'm in the US), I have the same issue with Samsung. I know for a fact that Samsung UK told me it could be fixed in any EU/UK country and it comes with a 2 year warranty. The first time I got it fixed I had to pay to ship it to Germany. Took me about a month or more to get it back. I had the same issue come back (no audio only in calls; it was real hardware failure that required a new board). The 2nd time it came back on New Years Eve (with the new board I might add -_-) and magically went away a few hours ago today. But yes, I pretty much would have had to pay again to ship it and wait for it to get fixed. Granted, it's not dead yet, but I'm expecting it.

It's supposed to be an international warranty, so I don't know. The US Galaxy S3's have different parts internally (Snapdragon S4 instead of Exynos Quad), so that's a legitimate reason why it can't be repaired here under normal circumstances.
[Galaxy S III General] Werckmeister:
Yes, the Samsung customer service guy in Bangkok said the same thing - that he genuinely didn't have the German board so he couldn't replace it. But this leaves me in a bad situation since I travel so much so I'm never in one place. So I can't just ship it back to Germany for a month because within that month I won't be back to wherever I shipped it from anymore.... this is so incredibly frustrating. It makes me even think that maybe it's best to just get an iphone (and I HATE iphones), but one thing Apple does right is the customer service part.
[Galaxy S III General] krisse5844:
Can't you send it to Germany for repair and return it to a friend , nearby family,... . If the phone returned in repaired condition to your friend or family,... , they could it re-send it to your "new" adress ?
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
@Werkmeister

Where Do you live and where are you now? My advise: send the phone to w-support or dat-repair in germany. Both have good reputations and fix Phones within a week. Send it to one of them and let it be resend to your Home.

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[Galaxy S III General] lukaaa47:
No new deaths, ?
[Galaxy S III General] JepeP:
charming ...
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Nobody will know for a long time. Even IF anything bandied about is vaguely true...

Don't hold your breath. Or place any bets. Keep your receipt close by.
[Galaxy S III General] fedort:
I lost my receipt... that's what worries me most. I'm in Europe so if I bring it to a samsung service center they should repair it without a receipt as well, no?
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
in the EU you shouldn't need a receipt. Samsung can tell how old the phone is from the serial number or IMEI. And since you probably didn't pay cash, you will have a bank or CC statement...

The warranty period is 2 years? So NO phone is even a year old yet.

Relax!
[Galaxy S III General] Werckmeister:
I can send it to Germany for now, but afterwards I'm not sure where they can send it back to.... I'm in Bangkok now, but will be going to Berlin, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Hong Kong and New York from Jan - April. That's the problem - I don't have a "new" address since half the time I'm staying at hotels or with friends for a few nights.

I don't actually live anywhere - my stuff are scattered in Toronto, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Berlin, but I gave up my apartment 2 years ago and don't have a permanent address. And I usually travel after a week or two. I fly around 150,000 miles per year.... But right now am in Bangkok.

re: w-support or dat-repair - those are official samsung service centers?
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
Yes, they are official Service Center

http://www.datrepair.de/en/home.html

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[Galaxy S III General] Werckmeister:
Thanks! And they're not super far....

I think in that case I will just go back to Berlin, send it and have it sent back to my friend who I'll see again in Rotterdam.... that's the best way. The bad part is not having a phone until then :(

Appreciate everyone's advice!
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
Dat-Repair has an english website. Posted the link in last post.

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[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
??? Of course u need some evidence that u bought the device. And surprise - there is no EU wide warranty, u need to send the device to the shop where u bought the device, or at least to Samsung service center in country where was the device bought.
[Galaxy S III General] philicom:
If it is the emmc would in theory heavy users be more susceptible to suddenly death?
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
When I sent my phone to Germany I had to send it to the company I bought it from on Amazon. They sent it on my behalf to a repair center called Komsa. I was able to read the status via Samsung Germany's official website. The phone also came with a paper saying what was wrong (in German).

And yeah the UK/EU ones have a 2 YEAR warranty so, although this sucks, pat yourself on the shoulder for not buying a US model with a 1 year warranty. All warranties should last as long as a standard contract (2 Years). Anything less should be extortion.
[Galaxy S III General] un4seen:
Sorry, but you're misinforming people. In most EU countries you need proof of purchase from the place you purchased the phone, which basically means receipt. Bank statements are not honoured. Also, warranty starts on the day of purchase, which can't be checked by IMEI, plus, due to different treatment of personal and company purchases, you need receipt as proof which type of warranty your phone falls into. In some countries you still need to return the phone in original packaging (box) too.