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[Galaxy S III General] KMino:
Title is misleading and untrue.

I still have warranty on my international SGS3 that I purchased in Australia.

Even if I purchased it from the US it would still be covered due to consumer protection laws here in Australia and the fact that Samsung also distributes here.

Your title should read...

Imported goods to the US usually ain't covered by local warranty. In many other countries they would be covered by Samsung. It's just the US has no or very weak consumer protection laws. It ain't Samsung's fault, it's yours for not understanding your rights and local law...
[Galaxy S III General] marvi0:
Seriously, why would you guys call him an idiot, the chap has just lost 700 us, and he opened the thread to share his experience and try and fix his issues, so I cannot see how he is being an idiot. Can you guys the ones who are not idiots offer him constructive advice rather than this name calling please.
[Galaxy S III General] krs360:
Gotta love the *****ing on xda these days.. I remember when it was a helpful, civil place!

Did you buy on your credit card? Visa and Mastercard in the UK have protection that you would probably be able to claim on. Don't know if that's the case where you are?
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Sorry for your loss. And this is why I always recommend insurance. Saying that though, I would never buy something that wasn't released in my country that costs so much
[Galaxy S III General] Odia:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] spamtrash:
Personally, I'd like to thank the OP.

He confirmed my stipulation that the total amount of intelligence on planet Earth is constant, while the population grows very rapidly.

What the hell forced you to buy something, what is not covered by your LOCAL warranty?

It seems that you have privately imported goods which are not officially sold in US by local distributor, and now you are asking for repair under the warranty.

If Samsung does not selling it there, their service centers will not have:

a) parts;

b) trained personnel

c) equipment (?)

to do a repair of the specific model in US.

I can assume that you can buy Russian vodka from a person who just arrived from Russia to States, and then call Russian Embassy next day that you have the hangover?

Just think before you're buying.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Yeah, and I remember these forums being about development, not whining.
[Galaxy S III General] crash6x86:
I bought mine from Newegg and they posted no manufacturer warranty but a 30 day warranty through them and available for purchase at same time a 3rd party year warranty...

I knew no manufacturer warranty from the start
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
Your silly for buying from a different country. I have 12 month warranty stop trying to mislead xda members
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
OP could change the title so it doesn't cause anymore uproar. Those calling him an idiot, chill out.. OP needs to do a little more research next time but that does not warrant anyone to jump on him and start calling him names.

But as far as North American sales.. I thought warranty was covered through distributer or whatever, i.e. eXpansys USA or Negri Electronics?
[Galaxy S III General] Silenus21:
Did he really pay 700 dollars?

Heck you could get the Note 2 and some change for that.
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I'm sure, a lot of us who bought at launch or pre-ordered did. Mine cost $694.00
[Galaxy S III General] bmttinman:
I have the sane problem. Bought the phone thru Newegg and they left me in the cold. Look in your box and should give you contact as to where the phone came from. If not give thru Samsung international web site and go to the country that your phone has for country code. You can find out by using Samware web site comparing the firmware as to what country it was set for. I had problem with earphone jack and took 4 months of back and forth threw the mail and going threw importer in Miami
[Galaxy S III General] beetmonger:
These aren't black market phones, but those of us who want international phones have to buy from third parties or purchase them abroad. Otherwise, you're stuck with a network-locked phone.

Since Samsung doesn't sell the i9300 in the US, you have to do a little research to find out the phone's country of origin. I bought mine from newegg and it came with a Brazilian CSC but I eventually confirmed with Samsung UK that it is covered by 2 year warranty...as long as I ship it to the UK for service, of course (they recommended using a British address for a friend or relative to register it). And you can always get a SquareTrade warranty in the US or something similar to provide you with ADH coverage. This is what my wife did for her SGS3 which was bought from a third party on Amazon, though it appears that it's too late for the OP.
[Galaxy S III General] femmecullen:
Ok here goes. I did buy the phone from Amazon.com, because I needed an unlocked phone as I use two sims from two different countries. I did try to check the warranty in the UK since the GT-i9300 is supported there. However, I was told since I bought the phone in the US they couldn't support me with any warranty, and to go check witn US Samsung, which I previously asked and was told to go to Samsung UK, so I got in that loop, hence leavin my phone without any warranty no matter what country I am. I live in Mexico and they sell the GT-i9300 here but was told the same by Samsung Mexico, that my phone doesn't have a warranty to go to the US. So my title is not misleading, my phone trully has no warranty!

I would appreciate your constructive advice to help me get a new motherboard and help to replace it, since the repair shop wants to charge me $500 usd for it.
[Galaxy S III General] Idan73:
How much does samsung Mexico want to charge for out of warranty repairs? Since they sell I9300 they should have plenty of parts. And it shouldn't cost you more than couple of hundred at most with labour.

Anyways you should have never told samsung England or Mexico you bought phone in USA.

Enjoying JKay Deluxe on GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] femmecullen:
They are charging me with $500 usd that is why I'm asking if you guys can help me to get it cheaper
[Galaxy S III General] Meemo23:
Why not try taking it to one of your local shops and see if they can fix it for a smaller price i remember i bricked my HTC desire that i bought second hand from a local stall. I was fing about with it's boot partion to make it Cmr72 or something like that and it got bricked. No response no nothing. So i looked around my local shops which i have a lot of near my area. One shop had a verified phone repair logo on top and said they can repair just about any phone. i thought why not try it out i might throw my phone away if it doesn't work so i did.

Before going there i called HTC they said it would cost me upto £300 to repair but that shop got my phone up and running for £80.. it had the same imei on it as well..

It works even to this day i can take a pic of it later or something lol..

Or you can do this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo93EF7rVIw

Use this video to learn how to take apart your phone and it's motherboard very detailed video helped me change my whole front housing.. I know it says screen replacement but he shows you how to take your phone apart to the core..

or use the board swap video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DpXvSKQ76k

I would search you a board but i live in the UK and my link will be useless to you and i cannot find any except the one and it costs £189..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...cement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a7c58e2c4&_uhb=1
[Galaxy S III General] xerex.exe:
why you dont go to amazon.com? they must give you the warranty, not samsung!
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
Contrary to popular belief, it is quite easy to get warranty repair for the i9300. I had the same problem and I was able to find a repair shop in the UK that does warranty work for US i9300 users. Their website is http://www.freesamsungrepairs.com. Send them an email beforehand and tell them you're sending it in. They claim average turnaround of 48 hours. It's just the shipping that takes a while. I shipped mine for $16 and took 6-10 days to get there. It's there as we speak and I'll let you know how it goes. The phone shop is called PhoneLand, an authorized Samsung warranty shop. Ask for Dean.
[Galaxy S III General] Mrboxfacetramp13:
Title is very misleading
[Galaxy S III General] LordLugard:
So you would spend $700 on something willy nilly without covering all the bases first? Some daddy war bucks...definitely first world problems...

What advice does he expect after the fact? Is anyone on these fora able to conjure Samsung to do anything?
[Galaxy S III General] Mr. Clown:
I did some cleanup, please respect each other.

Back on topic.
[Galaxy S III General] winol:
the best thing has been always buying from an authorized dealer in your own country, if you buy in other way, you can always expect problems with warranty, in my country(Mexico), my carrier solves warranty related issues in 10 days max (in my own experience) the cheapest deal is not always the best one, I prefer to pay more but be confident in post-sell service
[Galaxy S III General] skimminstones:
you should also be changing the thread title as it is clearly wrong and misleading
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
There's just too many people got this intolerant superiority complex on XDA now and the same people keep acting like everyone should know all the answers before asking a question and not accepting that a dumb question for some can just be beyond the knowledge of some people and they have to ask.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
I feel the op's pain. Absolutely ridiculous the US doesn't get support for the I-9300. Samsung should sell it there. US carriers are evil!!!
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
It does, you just have to make sure that your seller supports the warranty. I am with Expansys USA, and they have Expansys UK, etc. Because of that, even though I bought it online I have a warranty through Expansys which in turn has one with Samsung.

When you buy anything imported you need to read the fine print.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
THey do? I can't seem to find anything on Exapnsys about a warranty?

EDIT: You are absolutely right. They do offer the full warranty, the only catch is you have to send your phone to Expansys then they send it to Europe for repair. Kind of a long process, but gave me piece of mind to re-order my black S3 :D
[Galaxy S III General] Amritttt:
If you are willing to pay $500 to samsung why don't you buy a new phone. I don't know how much will it cost in US but here in Dubai the new phone will cost you around $490 or buy Hox+.
[Galaxy S III General] Andrewtst:
Pity on you ... but please change the title as it was misleading and not true. It was your own purchase issue where never check and study in proper regarding how Samsung warranty work.
[Galaxy S III General] bbboldy:
Sorry to hear that..

But the thread title is not true.. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I live in NYC and have had one since August. It originally came from Vodafone UK, but the I bought it off a seller (company) on Amazon who was in Germany. When I had a hardware issue, I emailed them after Samsung US said no, and they said that it has a 2 Year UK/EU warranty. I paid $80 to ship it to the seller in Germany, so they could ship it to Samsung on my behalf. The repair itself was free under warranty, but I had to pay to ship it to the seller, and wait a month to get it back.

So yeah, it has a warranty, but you need to know someone in Europe/UK who can forward it to Samsung for you and pretend they are you.
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
OP refuses to change the Thread Title despite numerous reports that we DO in fact have a Warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] Andy:
I've changed the title a little to highlight it only applies to international models in the US.

OP depending on how you purchased the handset and your specific credit card laws, you may be protected. In the UK there is a special clause that applies to all credit card purchases over £100. Section 75, it means that the credit card company is always jointly liable for a product or service. Check to see if you have any consumer protections similar.
[Galaxy S III General] Motogp1:
There are plenty of us on here from uk/europe who would forward it to Samsung for any US members .

Sent from either Nexus 4 or SGS3 using XDA premium.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
Have you got your phone back yet? How did it goes? Is it working now? My GT-i9300 is dead and i suspect it need a new motherboard and it would be awesome if it could be changed under warranty as im about in the same boat as the OP cause i bought from newegg.ca. Anyways, they seem a legit service repair shop as i checked on official samsung website, i've sent an e-mail asking. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Also did anyone use service from http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/ claim to recover hard bricked GT-I9300 in USA. (Maybe thats what my SGS3 is afterall). There are plenty thread about it on XDA so i might give a shot!

Btw, can a phone get hard bricked on stock rooted rom with an app running using lots of ressources while charging? Last App i installed and i tracked taking too much ressource was Archos Video app indexing my librairy. It was running flawlessly before this event!
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
Yes I got it back with a new screen replacement. The new screen is better than the older ones. Apparently, Samsung modified the new screen ever so slightly. The new one has no space where dust could build up. Overall the experience was pretty good and I only paid shipping. Be sure to track your item throughout. Good luck.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
Where did you buy your SGS3? They asked my where if i bought mine in EU. They probably as for invoice too....and mine is from newegg in america!
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
It technically doesn't matter where you bought it from, but where the device is originally from. If it came from the EU/UK, technically it has a 2 years UK/EU warranty. However, most service centers won't touch it if it is being shipped from a US address. I live in NYC. I bought mine from Amazon. The seller is in Germany, but the phone is from the UK (it doesn't matter, it could have come any other EU/UK country). When I had a hardware issue, I contacted the seller, shipped it to them, and they shipped it to a repair center on my behalf.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
Actually, i dont have the luck to have an EU seller but lesson learned, nex time i will buy from them.

I wonder if "jinosong" did ship from US adress with a working warranty at freesamsungrepair.

At the moment, i dont know if i should just ship it to them for warranty purpose and hope it work or send it to Mobiletechvideo and pay 75$ to maybe get it repaired as i dont know weather its an hardware failure or just hardbrick. I sure dont want to pay mobiletechvideo hardware piece when i could try to pass it under warranty..I've sent them an e-mail.
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
I shipped from the USA and they were ok with it. They did check where my phone came from and it was Germany. That's when they gave me the ok to ship.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
Then I should be good too. You used the FreeMobile repair whatever shop in the UK right? Mine's also from Vodafone Germany.
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
Yes. Read this for detailed instructions.

[HOWTO] Warranty Service for US Owners

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2108129
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
I've sent an email with my s/n and imei to freesamsungrepair UK but they replied that my phone is from USA and they can't help me out on this occasion.

Is it even possible that an internationnal GT-I9300 has a s/n from USA? Samsung USA couldn't even help me on this matter.

Finally, I am sending my phone to mobiletechvideo and crossing my finger ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
They probably meant it wasn't an EU phone. Sorry to hear that and good luck to you.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
It appear that my phone has a faulty eMMC chip and cannot be repaired unless i switch the motherboard but i've yet to find a mainboard on ebay and/or online shop with some kind of warranty that its working... The one in that thread from Meemo23 is like 350$ + custom to ship in canada. I heared its currently illegal to swap mainboard without manufacturer consent? Is it why i cannot find one anywhere?
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
It's not illegal. The motherboard is basically the entire phone.
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
I've seen mainboards on eBay that run around $200. Keep looking around.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
All i find are only 300+ do you still have your links?
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
It's been a while since I've looked. I find that usually ordering direct from Samsung is the best price. Also, you could find out your phone's originating country and send it to them. To find out, start with UK Samsung and ask them where your phone is from.
[Galaxy S III General] slay3r85:
After several attempts i've learned that my GT-I9300 is from Asia. However when i contacted them they couldn't help me out cause there is no international warranty for my phone and to contact my local Samsung once again... I will try to contact Samsung to order a motherboard. Thanks for your inputs! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] prkhanna:
I have the same issue

I bought the same phone from Best Buy, USA online. They are still selling this phone for $629.00. They offer one year warranty on this phone online. Butm when you go to the store for warranty, they tell you that the warranty is by Samsung. But, when you call Samsung USA, they tell you that they will not fix it. You have to ship it to UK to have it fixed.

Never buy a phone from Best Buy again!
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
My friend bought a Galaxy S3 with a ruined body and a screen that didn't work (he paid £50 on eBay with the intention of only using the mainboard) but the mainboard was absolutely fine and put it in his eeMc-dead phone and it worked fine.
[Galaxy S III General] littlecay:
Title is correct

Why do you guys keep saying the post title is wrong? The title is exactly correct and props to the moderator for not bending to your pressure. If you want an international version of the GS3 (and there are a myriad of reasons for this!) you simply can't get it in the US because of our crappy, uncompetitive, US carriers. They want you to use their ridiculously expensive roaming services overseas and don't make the phone available here. It is just not sold here by US carriers... period. Because of that, US Samsung does not warranty their own product, here; hence the title.

You can buy them here, but not through US carriers and if you get warranty service, it is NOT through US Samsung; hence the title. They are NOT black market phones (You, sir, are an idiot for saying so!) and they are not grey market. They are simply not controlled by greedy US carriers. Just because they don't sell something, doesn't mean everything else for sale is black market. So, you sir, are an idiot for saying so!

I agree with other posters about the poor attitude of several individuals at XDA. Why do you guys like to pick on people?

---------- Post added at 04:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:56 AM ----------

Agreed! Those same people are why this forum is NOT a first choice for so many people. Hooray for the moderator for NOT caving to those non-thinking, uncaring, posters.
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
The thread title was edited by a moderator slightly. But also again, I had warranty from the seller for my international S3 and I live in the US. Please be mindful of who you are quoting and who you mean to quote. I never said anything about black market phones. You go on to say that you agree with other posters about the poor attitude of several individuals at XDA, but just the sentence prior you are calling me an idiot for saying something that I did not even say. Hate to point out the obvious here, but I'm not the idiot. And please, if you can help it, refrain from using such negativity, after all you do go on to mention that those negative people are why this forum is not a first choice... Help make it a first choice and spread positivity, certainly not negatively like calling other users idiots. :)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranjal1331:
Hello everybody,

This is my first post at xda, please pardon if I have posted in the wrong section.

I own a Dell Streak 5.

I wanted to ask if the Dell Streak 5 is compatible with a Class 10 64GB MicroSD card?

If yes, I was thinking of expanding its memory to 128GB. (64GB Internal memory card + 64GB External memory card).

If it is possible, I will stick to this device rather than buying any other mobile.

PS: I was thinking of adding a Mugen's 4800mAh extended battery too. :D

So, anybody has any bad experience with Mugen? (Since, it's a chinese company :p )
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deysmacro:
no problem for streak 64gb + 64gb.. but it is more to advanced user... if you are newbie, you have to do a lot of homework first...

and yes mugen 4800 also supported.. so far as i see here...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranjal1331:
:D

:D

I just saw your tutorial for a 16gb card and I think I'll be able to do that easily. :)

Thanks a lot! :)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DorkyDev:
Just watch out about the Mugen battery back, reviews were that the back is horrible and has flimsy plastic pegs that lock in underneath the phone and have broken off while inside the phone sometimes.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranjal1331:
Hey n1nj4Lo, :)

I'll be using a modified otterbox defender case for this:

And btw, yesterday I saw your post on ppc:

So, any problems yet, using the 64GB microSDXC? :confused:

And did you use the same method as "deysmacro" stated? :confused: :silly:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marekh_:
doing a little research about streak 5 and 64GB SDHCX cards i found this blog entry:

http://ontheroadtech.blogspot.pt/2012/11/sandisk-64-gig-micro-sdxc-and-streak-5.html

but if anyone on forum can confirm that as well would be nice ;)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejayviral:
i use two kingstone microsdxc 64gb class 10 on my streak and works fine.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmax81:
Why u lie .....dude yes it work but each time it need boot ....even 32 class 10 has same bug ....trust me ...even on stock rom....so no point...it shows card corrupted. .. :thumbdown:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejayviral:
it's working, i don't have a reason to lie :)

This is just one of solutions:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31067359&postcount=2
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmax81:
Oh .! Yeah 64 gb class 10 works lol I doubt dell s5 kernel even support exfat format or power drivers...no clue how u even manged... :D hardware of ds5 is History.... bla bla
[HTC One V] power_8383:
Hello guys,

my phone's dialer and phonebook has become very slow.

Sometimes it even takes 10 seconds to load.

I have already turned off all the synchronizations.

There are no facebook or gmail contacts in my phonebook.

I have 400 contacts stored in my phone.

What could be the problem ?
[HTC One V] mihirengg19:
from app drawer, hold the dialer icon. then go into app info and from there 'clear data'. do this for people also...(contacts will not be deleted)
[HTC One V] power_8383:
Thanks for your reply.

I've tried your suggestion, but it's still not working.
[HTC One V] Lloir:
It's because you have 400 contacts
[HTC One V] ThePresence:
No,It's not because he has 400 contacts.....I've about 100 contacts then also I'm having this problem....
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
which gapps u flash? tel me ROM,kernel
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
Sounds Wierd.

Running PACman ROM with Titanium KISS Kernel..

No problems with Dialer/Contacts app.... I had a vCard file which had >500 contacts.. but it doesn't lag..
[HTC One V] tellabee:
maybe you just have too many background apps open?
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
Telling the ROM and Kernel would be a great help....