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[Galaxy S III General] JohnM1973:
My thoughts are that even though the app says sane chip means nothing, I would say it comes down to the date of manufacture of the chip, yours like mine is 05/12, which would suggest an early build and to my reckoning, more likely to be at risk of failure in the first 6months of use. May be wrong, but seems to make sense looking at it that way.
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
Anyone else with HW Rev 1.5?
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
Thing is, because there's no actual proof to that, or a mark as to which build doesn't fail, then it's always a chance ANY GS3 can die. I have a 07/12 build and I just bought it on the first week of December. Hoping it doesn't die on me. I can't get any Samsung executive to respond to me either so we're in the dark. Sort of..

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Yes thats true. I have friends who have the phone from the beginning and dont have any issues i will ask them for the revision date and so
[Galaxy S III General] MuertoKo:
Let's hope it was some rogue devices and I'm safe :D anyway if it died I'm gonna buy a Nexus 4 or Galaxy S4 in case it's out, unless new Sony killer comes to game at MWC

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[Galaxy S III General] JohnM1973:
That would be useful, might help us determine more accurately which eMMC chips are looking highest risk of failure.
[Galaxy S III General] droidgirl74:
For the records:

eMMC:

Type: VTU00M

Date: 04/2012

RF cal: 2012.5.28

HW Rev.: MP 1.100

First day I used it: 12/06/12

This has not yet failed, it's still up and running, but I'm not too sure...
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
Guys only post this information, of your phone fails. Just note it down in safe place and post before after revisions if it your device fails
[Galaxy S III General] PjotrFias:
Well it looks like it's the same. All phones with MP 1.100 have VTU00M 0xf1 eMMC chips and it seems that this chip remains in MP 1.500 revisions. So nothing new here.
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
Yeah, but I wonder if there is any other difference in 1.5?
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
So what you're saying is that even with revision MP 1.500 it's the same eMMC chip that still can potentially cause the same problems?

I some how think it might be something else. If it's the same eMMC then it could be something else like the board. I don't think Samsung would leave us screwed with this problem to plague us. That would be terrible for image of their own company.

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[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
This is my thoughts.....

Do the S4 powered units use the same or different eMMC?
[Galaxy S III General] torex:
Another one here, died overnight while charging. It's a i9300 ANTEL branded, from Uruguay.

I bought it in may...

:banghead:
[Galaxy S III General] zigson:
How would theft insurance help with a crushed phone? Would you claim that the thief smashed it with a hammer and handed it back?
[Galaxy S III General] ReMuSik:
Hmm... Everyone who had a sudden death should also write the month they bought the phone... It could also be a production fail from a specific period.

Question: Is it possible to reset the counter while keeping the cutom rom?
[Galaxy S III General] KeesStolk:
Triangle away, in play store, from Chainfire, will do the trick.
[Galaxy S III General] spamtrash:
I doubt if it would be a fraud, especially: "carelessness", but this is your problem. MY insurance covers anything, what in result causes that use of phone is impossible. And, there is no difference between if I'll drop it into water, or if I would mess with overvolting. Result is same, and I'm insured against the result, not the reason.

And - this is a difference between the warranty and insurance.

Same you have with your car, for example: you have warranty, which will do nothing if you'll hit the wall. But - if you have your car insured comprehensive - it would be completely different story.

finally: hmm... your consistency is so valuable, that you'd actively look for CHEATING the triangle away, reset counter, anything what would allow to return phone under warranty, but same time - using insurance is a big NO, NO? I'd call it funny way of life, but as long as you're happy with that, it's still ok, I think.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Let's just say you & I have vastly different versions of ethics installed and leave it at that. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Insurance policy always have rules and one of those rules is deliberate self inflicted damage will be rejected .

Of course nothing to stop anyone arranging a fake accident if they are that way inclined .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Friddexx:
Mine just died :/

Had about 27% battery left when i put it in zenis charging dock while watching TV. After a few minutes i noticed that the notification led wasnt on anymore. Phone was cold and dead.

Bought in late July, FInland.

Battery made in Korea.

Running on VikingxRom with default kernel from this rom.

No oc or uc.

No problems before this...
[Galaxy S III General] ReMuSik:
Is it then still possible to flash another Custom rom and reset it again? Because if it is then everyone should just reset the counter everytime they flash a custom rom, so if the phone is suddenly dying you counter will be at 0...
[Galaxy S III General] samydroid:
Yes, it's possible!
[Galaxy S III General] thekoRngear:
I have a question out of the phones that died overnight how many of them were having LED notifications?
[Galaxy S III General] ph512:
That's a bit difficult to answer really as most of us are just finding them dead. Mine just died with no signs of degradation, my wife found hers in the morning after overnight charge with green light on, but unable to power back up
[Galaxy S III General] KeesStolk:
Yesterday i used Triangle away to reset, just now i flashed another rom and just checked, it is still saying Official :).

It probably changed when going from ICS to JB maybe?
[Galaxy S III General] sachilleas:
If your phone is dead how is it possible for them to view the counter?
[Galaxy S III General] gspears:
Of course not. If the phone is really dead it will be just as dead for them.
[Galaxy S III General] ReMuSik:
Well it's not possible, but if you read this thread from the beginning, you can see that some of them are half dead, they wont boot up but they are able to boot into download mode and they are also not able to flash any rom.

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What rom are you using? Is it a custom rom or a default one? Because i also tried Triangle away and in download mode it shows me:

Custom Binary download; Yes (1 counts) - Before Triangle away there were 4 counts

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Official

:D So, it rested the counter to 1 and the system status changed from cutom to official, so it's only half rested :laugh:

I guess Triangle away doesn't fully work on custom roms, even if they are based on stock.
[Galaxy S III General] hitek86:
Last Night

What happened: Went to bed, left phone on charge, woke to the green "fully charged" light, but no response to buttons or screen. Tried holding volume/home/power but no response at all and now nothing. Neither download nor recovery modes, no charging light, nothing.

What ROM/Firmware: Paranoid Android v2.53

What kernel: stock (wateva comes with PA)

OV or UV: never altered from stock

Where phone was made: Vietnam

Where battery was made: samsung battery: Made in Korea, Assembled in Vietnam

Should I assume the only fix is taking it back to the shop for repairs?
[Galaxy S III General] Obagleyfreer:
When did you buy your S3? and where from?
[Galaxy S III General] davados:
The overnight charging is a big no no for the SGS3. The motherboard will fry with excessive heat. It might not happen straight away but it will eventually. This can also happen if the wrong charger is used or if a replacement battery is used at a lower milliamp.

For safety always charge for the minimal amount of time (once complete unplug) and use the correct charger and battery.
[Galaxy S III General] hitek86:
I bought it from a Telstra Shop around July I think. It's also blue model if that helps

So much for *smart* chargers that don't over charge devices. I used the samsung charger that came with it everytime so far.
[Galaxy S III General] Parvinder25:
This is my emmc snap shot. Bought mine in October. God help me :(
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
The LTE version? I'll ask my friend but anyone on this forum using an S4 powered unit?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
Yeah LTE, I remember there was a bit of a delay before it was available I wonder if this was the reason for the delays!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] saisrujan:
What happened to the google docs survey dimi22? How many entries are recorded? Any patterns / inferences?

(I'm being forced to take out the link from the quote because I'm new to this forum)
[Galaxy S III General] MuertoKo:
Lol your device is exact as mine! Exact same dates and working :) glad to see, maybe we were lucky!

Spain maybe?

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[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Hi,

ATM i have 61 filled in forms,

It happens all over the world, blue or white doesnt matter its about 50/50 i think

In my form i dont ask for revision date, but i am sure if i would ask no one would know because why would you check if your phone is oke.

most users report that they were having strange bugs in the days or weeks before the phone died, almost everyone has the death when the phone was charging overnight.

but i wil bring real report when i have at least 100 reports.

Also noticed that some users had some issue with mobile encryption maybe that causes a problem.

If you filled in the Form already fill these extra questions please.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERrb3NWeGExRzBka096blYzUlVTMkE6MQ
[Galaxy S III General] boulek:
Guys can you check mine ?

I have mp1.100
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
We can't check anything, some users have the same date and still working some have died these days
[Galaxy S III General] underwasin:
eMMC:

Type: VTU00M

Date: 04/2012

RF cal: 2012.5.28

HW Rev.: MP 1.100

Manufacture date :6/9/12 ( september 6,2012)

im from chile

i have an pebble blue gti9300gsmh

using the sd2extsd mod ,i have a 64gb class 10 micro sd , so i dont use the internal memory (nand )

all the workload goes directly to the micro sd

i have the phone since , november and i never have any problem

note :i use and old htc wall charger , so i think thats the problem may be in the charger that comes with the s3(i never use this , still in the box new)

so my phone is working like a charm

never an overheat , never a freeze

my rom is , omegarom v35

kernel siyah

micro sd xc class 10 64gb sandisk

i have experience in electronic , and i think thats the problem is on the charger ,and or the battery

so i recomend , dont use the charger thats come with the phone ,use any other one , or just charge the phone on the computer
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
Dimi, what do you mean mobile encryption? Encrypting what? Could the encryption error and leaving it overnight plus the bugs cause a surge that kills the phone? I might be talking complete rubbish here but what if the phone bugged out at night while charging and caused a surge or some sort of error that kills the phone? Could that be a possibility?
[Galaxy S III General] Farshides:
GS3 sudden death

I bought a Galaxy S III(I9300) five month ago.

It fail three weeks ago suddenly and didn't work.

I refered to Samsung representative to repair it and recognized which it's motherboard was damaged.(Nand is burned!!!)

Firmware: 4.1.1 XXDLIB

kernel:Stock

OC or UV: No

Where phone was made: Vietnam

Where battery was made: Vietnam
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Thanks for your help... But can you explain why you think its the charger and not the eMMC, you don't use both....

The problem is that 50 of 60 users report that their phone died overnight or what some say a few minutes after they plugged out the charger.

Do you think it's while charging when the phone is turned of or on or doesn't that matter?

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I think youre right that it's something to do with charging. but some say it has something to do with the eMMC.... if that is the case it also has something to do with the mobile encryption
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
We got that as a possibility. What puzzles me is why would Samsung provide a charger that would eventually be the cause of the deaths of their flagship phones? Doesn't makes sense, unless the charger causes a surge that can fry the mother board or the NAND RAM, at least from what most cases reported, that happen. Can it? Even then could Samsung really slip up like that?
[Galaxy S III General] 17RoiDavid:
i'm using s3 since november.

so which is its "death period"?
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
It is reported to be around a 6 months use period. I'm pretty use if it was used in November, even though the eMMC was manufactured in 06/12 it will last until 6 months of use. However, we all still don't know for sure whats the cause so keep an eye out. Mine was bought in December and dated 07/12 for the eMMC. Also monitoring, however, seems fine.
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
Did the Samsung service center representative said it an issue with NAND ?
[Galaxy S III General] droidgirl74:
No, Germany. Got it from Amazon.

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[Galaxy S III General] underwasin:
i think that because some years ago , nokia have a similar issue with his batteries ,exploding by itselves, so why samsung wont be affected by a similar issue , ??

i have a friend that have an s3 more older than mine (mine was made in china , and he was made on korea) , is the white , he have the phone since june , and until now the phone is working like a charm

and he use his old galaxy s2 wall charger , , meanwhile i use my old htc one x charger ( mine hox died underwater xD)

tips , i use an old htc charger, or charge with computer , when the phone led turns green i unplug the charger , if the phone screen says "charge complete , please disconect the charger " is for some reason ,
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
What youre saying is impossible, phones have an overcharge protection since 10 years or something so nothing to worry about when you leave your charger on the phone when its full. And the issue with nokia was something with non original battery... so has also nothing to do with it.
[Galaxy S III General] 17RoiDavid:
yeah i'm gonna use my old hd2 charger at least until there are no news from samsung!
[Galaxy S III General] AaronMichael:
I thought the exploding batteries was a myth?!

Yes true, you've got a point on pulling the plug when your phone is done charging, but shouldn't Samsung know that almost ALL CONSUMERS would leave their phone to charge overnight? Sadly I only have one charger that works with the S3 but that is used to charge my Blackberry. Though it is most likely something to do with the charger, according to what we are getting on this thread. I'm positive we're close to narrowing it down but we never know for sure.

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Probably dies because of the bugging out of the device while charging..though now I'm worried about leaving my GS3 on overnight charge :(

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Probably dies because of the bugging out of the device while charging..though now I'm worried about leaving my GS3 on overnight charge :(

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You dont have to be worry. no problem it has an protection
[Galaxy S III General] PjotrFias:
OK guys, if you did not have the board replaced on your phones you can stop posting eMMC chip data here. The replaced ones are interesting here and the ones that do not have VTU00M 0xf1 chips on (but there seems to be none).
[Galaxy S III General] Farshides:
Yes!!

But Samsung representative didn't accepte any responsibility about change it.
[Galaxy S III General] underwasin:
I think the problem is . Bad charger- overheating the phone mainboard - one of the mainboard components is the nand chip located near the soc exynos.near the nand .and ram . In devices that use the lead-free soldering . The high temps are a problem. And this plus a pour quality manufacturing may produce something called cold solder an this can produce bad joints between the mainboard and the nand chip . Maybe a hot air gun can solve the problem partialy i think . All the post here leads to that problem
[Galaxy S III General] RickyJassal:
Just taken mine in for repair at UK EE (T-Mobile/Orange) contract started on May 22nd and decided to die December 22nd! Thanks for the details I'll post details once returned with lead time more than 14-days due to xmas.

On a plus side just installing unoffical CM10 on my old HTC Desire!
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
and can you explain why some devices have this problem and some dont... some say they charge 2 times a day play heavy games all the time and have no problem? can you also explain what we can do about it?
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
I've said it before and I'll say it again.

I never ever ever used the bundled charger ever and still died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
what charger did you used then?
[Galaxy S III General] InfX:
Why do people keep mentioning the charger? It is unrelated. Period. A device overheating because of an improper charging, caused by a bad USB charger? Seriously? Guys, a "USB" charger simply CANNOT cause the device to heat up less, or heat up more. It provides the regulated 5V DC voltage. The phone is the one controlling the current. What a faulty charger can do is completely fry the device, but without any prior symptoms, and quite likely with some fiery "special effects". Sorry, but that's not it. That's not the charger.
[Galaxy S III General] iArmghan:
My device is exactly like yours... and running fine so far :)
[Galaxy S III General] liamR:
I got mine on May 25th and everything is ok so far, but your post is not encouraging. Guess I'll have to do a daily backup form now on... :(
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Guys i think we will never ever can find the cause of this problem..... and samsung will never ever say something about this.

But one thing was for sure, You cant rely on samsungs quality one other thing is sure now you cant rely on samsung at all!

The only right solution is that they come to my front door say sorry give me a new device and assure me that there are no defects
[Galaxy S III General] vishwamohan:
My device has started going down the same road. It's a pebble blue purchased in India in May running JB 4.1.2 which was distributed via an OTA update. Sadly it started acting weird - hanging midway in routine tasks, shutting off on its own after which I have to keep the power key pressed for a long time which restarts the phone. The phone has become terribly slow and is painful to work with. The device is not rooted. I am going to take it to the Samsung repair store and ask them for a cure or a replacement. It's sad to note that so many people are facing similar issues and Samsung is yet to make any official statement.
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
Mainly my old HTC ones of which I have collected several over the years.
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Tomorrow i will call to samsung to ask, i dont think they will give any information but i try
[Galaxy S III General] shethsa:
Another funny thing happening after my mobo was replaced - the camera app randomly stops working. This is certainly not what I bargained for when I bought the so called most advanced phone. Poor job from Samsung. Maybe will switch to HTC.
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
I wonder if the U.S variants of the S3 have issues.... i never heard of it and no U.S phone was reported in my form.
[Galaxy S III General] jody2k:
Htc has also problems believe me.
[Galaxy S III General] stitoo:
I use rom V5.2 WanamLite LL5. Yesterday I have uploaded a new kernel 1.8.6. Everything worked perfectly . Unfortunately this morning, after disconnecting the phone from the charger, I could not run it.:(

I can't go in the Download mod or Recovery mod, USB JIG does't work, I tried two different chargers - no effect. Phone will not start. I bricked my phone...:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] JepeP:
My GS3 (i9300) is purchased in Dec 2012.

Its brandnew.

Date of eMMC is 09/2012

FwRev: 0xf1

Type: VTU00M

HW Rev.: MP 1.500 (newest!)

RF cal: 2012.11.27

So, i think its clear: all eMMC are VTU00M.

So, all this Rev- and Build-Datas are useless.

Question is only how long it takes until sudden death.

Heard of phones which died 150 days after purchase.

Some are over 220 days old and still going (by now).

We can do nothing - except blaming Samsung for all this.
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
True, i also read report of people have the phone for only 2 months and got this problem
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Maybe not 100% related. I always charge the batteries with my deskto battery charger so havent had a sudden death. My touchwiz though kept sticking and crashing ever since the jelly bean update, not keeping defaults etc. Sent it to regeneresis in Glascow and should be getting it tomorrow. I was told they did a software update.

Could it be that most of these issues have started following the jelly bean updates? Charging shouldnt cause a problem with the phone as they have resistors to stop charging to prevent damage....

Edit: mine is the international version, unlocked, bought on 1st of june, bought from carphonewarehouse

Dont know if the software crashes were precursors of a dying motherboard though. Could be a red herring
[Galaxy S III General] barton71:
Just wanted to add my voice to the discontented. Had my S3 for almost exactly 6 months when it stopped working. When i switched the phone on, it wouldn't move past the initial Samsung splash screen. Its in for repair in a service centre and i am waiting on them getting back to me with the diagnosis. I'm not a happy camper.
[Galaxy S III General] goodflood:
ATT SGH-i747 affected?

Do anyone know if only international GT-9300 models are affected or do other models, specifically ATT SGH-i747 model suffer from it as well?

Also, where are the latest, updates, fixes, if any available?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] tomlikesandroidsofar:
Is the eMMC the same as the NAND (which has been mentioned several times in this thread as well)?
[Galaxy S III General] InfX:
The eMMC chips are NAND+controller in one chip, so yea, it is.
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Who thinks it would be more safe to charge only with usb because of the lower voltage?:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] InfX:
Its the same voltage, 5V, but lower current. TBH, i really don't think it's any safer, sure, it will heat the things up less, but it does NOT heat up to any near dangerous levels during normal charging.

BTW, but you can decrease the normal charging current as well on some custom kernels.
[Galaxy S III General] JepeP:
I think it has nothing to do with charching - at least, which kind of charging you do.

I charged 100times with all possible supplies - nothing happend.

2 days ago i used a charging kit i used a lot all the time.

And my GS3 died of "SGDS" (sudden galaxy death syndrom) ... RIP

Maybe you may avoid the brick charging your phone never again ...
[Galaxy S III General] Rockwell_:
That happened to me today. Phone was on the table and I noticed it booted and then got stuck on splash screen. Can't go to recovery. Download mode works but when I try to flash something it fails in PIT.
[Galaxy S III General] sodeknetters:
Needs a new board then... You probably will get it back no sooner than 2nd week of jan.

BTW they are dropping like flies these days, innit? Nasty christmas surprise for some of us....
[Galaxy S III General] AdamOutler:
Anyone want to send me their device? I can fix it I think... look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2061437