yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
but new bootloader only set counter to 1 if there are custom kernel or recovery, isn it?

if i root and then use TA to set counter to 0, it will remain 0 even on new bootloader, but i dont have to install custom kernels or recovery.....

am i right?

or new bootloader will always set counter to 1 after using TA, bacause there's root, even on all stock s3?

i need to know if ill have to downgrade new bootloader to have counter set to 0, even if i want only to root, not installing custom kernels/recoveries
[Galaxy S III General] artesea:
Stock ELLA + CF-Auto Root + Triangle Away = No warnings.

Chainfire stated this several times. Only if you start heading towards custom kernels, recoveries and ROMs will you get the red exclamation mark.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I'm on stock 4.1.2. (XXELL4). So if the kernel and recovery wasn't replaced by cf-auto-root I guess it goes for stock kernel/recovery as well.

Triangle away worked even before I downgraded but it went back to custom after reboot.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] guerouig:
it is somehow sstrange if we are operating the same device with the same roms: I'm on XXELLA with its kernel, even the bootlaoder is i9300XXELLA, rooted with CF-AutoRoot, philz recovery and mobile odin, I counter reset with triangle away allowing tracker to run and set also the modifed workaround. Now everything is perfect : custom binary downmoad is zero, current binary is samsung official, system status is official and even device status (in settings) is normal. Kies and OTA work as new. why on earth downgrade to older bootloaders or anything else?
[Galaxy S III General] Marilize-Legajuana:
rootSU, can you please in "Latest Thread update" add more updates items. Not two, latest, but 5 or even more. It's impossible to track it everyday :)
[Galaxy S III General] Cristan:
FoxHound 1.8 includes fix death s3??
[Galaxy S III General] AlejoRGS:
The EMMC check gave me this data:

VTU00M 0XF1

Safe Chip. Yes

Is my chip safe, or is it cause it checks bad chips only for S2's?
[Galaxy S III General] gadgetcraze:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

^^ the latter
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
I thought Mobile Odin doest NOT flash bootloader (willingly) !? Am I wrong ?
[Galaxy S III General] sebarkh:
Odp: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Enough....
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I used it to flash the bootloader I've link to in my earlier post just a couple of minutes before I've posted it. Worked fine for me.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
I ve personally never tried but the 2 threads/links

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2083860

says "Mobile Odin doesn't flash bootloader" ! What do I have missed ?
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Download the file Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB.zip to your ext sdcard. Open Mobile Odin Pro, select open file and locate Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB.zip, select flash.

Worked fine for me.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] Lolmewn:
I think I might be hit by this too, without knowing it even existed.

The only thing still working on my phone is Download Mode, even though I somehow managed to flash original Samsung software on it.

The kernel is still custom though, it seems.

I couldn't flash any other things on it after that, Odin told me the PIT partition was broken. I tried re-partitioning, but it just keeps failing.

Am I victim to the SDS? Is there anything I can do, besides bringing it back to the store?
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
Thanks !

I thing you may propagate this info (seems not well konwn).
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Did you get it to work?

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] anubius:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

By your description it looks like SDS. You need to send it for repair there is no other solution. I am sorry that happened. Please post all the info about your phone since this is important for this forum to keep the track which phones are affected.
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
No, don't need . I has not installed the boring new bootloader . As a noob I m still prudent :) (and less and less noob : thanks to XDA forum :good: )
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
okay rooted my s3 XXELL4 all stock with CF Auto Root, installed BusyBox,Triangle Away and Mobile ODIN Pro after purchased.

once rooted i ran Triangle Away as my counter was 1 and settings->system status was "modified", reset flash counter, reboot, but system status under settings and download mode say costom/modified, any hints?

i'd like to set them to normal/official then flash XXELLC with ODIN Pro with EverRoot, so it isnt increasing counters and ill have a stock XXELLC already rooted....but for some reasons i cant reset counters to zero before proceeding.....

have i to flash with odin pro and see what's happen?
[Galaxy S III General] nex86:
Dude. since you have XELL4 why didn't you root with Exynos Abuse? it doesn't affect the counter/system status ....

If you want to root XELLA and above, use CF-Auto root and reset the counter/status with Triangle Away afterwards.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I'm on XXELL4 too and had the same problem until I downgraded my bootloader.

1.

Download the "Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB.zip to your ext sdcard from my db account.

2.

Run triangle away and make sure to check "Allow tracker to run, which should set your status to official until next reboot.

3.

Open Mobile Odin Pro, select open file and locate Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB.zip, select flash.

This worked fine for me, and my status is now completely official. If your status for some reason still reads custom or changed, run triangle away again.

XXELLC

If you flash XXELLC through Mobile Odin/Everroot you should able to maintain root.

Hope this helps!

Edit:

I couldn't get my link to the restore file to work properly so I uploaded the file I used to my db account. I updated my link to the file in this post so you can download it from there.

That's only an option if you are aware that it's possible to do this with Exynos Abuse, which we can fairly assume that he wasn't, and I can't see how it's gonna help him now since his already rooted.

I'm on XXELL4 and rooted through cf-auto-root. Root worked fine by I wasn't able to reset my counter either before I downgraded to an older bootloader.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] gadgetcraze:
Can you please tell what sequence do I have to follow? The official stock firmware for my country is still 4.1.1. Ideally, I would like to have a safe kernel, safe recovery with stock 4.1.1 firmware (or if possible a custom ROM) and the counters showing all official. Is this combination even possible or am I asking for too much?

I am assuming that in case I suffer from sudden death (my phone I mean) the only thing that Samsung service center will be able to access is the download mode and the status on the left upper corner and the red exclamation mark and nothing else. Of course there is a failure of another kind, things may be different.

Also does flashing the old bootloader require a wipe/ reset and do I have to install a new ROM after that or will a nandroid restore do?

Edit - sorry I didnt see your latest post. Can you please clarify the other issues?
[Galaxy S III General] anilthomas26:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

In eMMC app the date is shown as 05/2012 that means the chip is around 8 months old. But I bought this phone on Jan 1st 2013.

Considering the sudden death issue , what is the age of my phone ;8 months or 1 month?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Less than one month.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

"having the latest" wasn't the part of the sentence that could void your warranty. "For your region" was the important bit
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Er. Ok. There aren't many updates though. Alternatively you could check the thread every day too ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Lolmewn:
(Second quote is my previous post)

Using Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB Pebble Blue, International version, i9300.

Calling the repair center today.
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
Going to install old bootloader, just one quick question.....

Are there some bugs introduced with an old bootloader like ICS one compared to new one?

I dont have external sd, can I put old bootloader on internal and then flash it or it needs to be on external?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Bootloader's job is to simply load the ramdisk. Not much room for bugs, you see?

Yes, using internal memory is in fact faster and safer.
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
Flashed good old bootloader using Mobile Odin Pro, everything seems good :)

Settings-> status-> normal and in download mode all normal/official, so I think it worked well :)

Now since I'd like to update to XXELLC and install a custom sds patched recovery like Philz,

Have I to install recovery first and then XXELLC or update and then flash recovery?

I think to flash both using Mobile Odin Pro.

I'd like to install a custom sds patched recovery to be able to do nandroids backup and install mods :)
[Galaxy S III General] Matt3333:
VTU00M 05/2012 - Still plowing on! Although the only thing I notice is my music likes to skip for a second every now and then :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] TecQuality:
hi guys, just a lil Q: i'm using latest CM Nightly (so the fix is included), but i'm using CWM 6.0.2.7 isnt it fixed?
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
as far as i read ClockWorkMod isnt fixed against SDS bug, Philz Recovery is, and it can be flashed as standalone.
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Well I'm now on my 3rd s3 , just got it from th shop today and it's new stock, so I ran Emmc check and guess what? 10/2012 production date yet it's still the affected firmware revision!!! So just hoping this one is one not affected.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
If its VTU00M, 0xf1 - it is affected. You can run the tests linked in post one with the patched Siyah kernel to confirm it...

BUT if it has 4.1.2, it should be "safeguarded"
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

It's still 4.1.1 so as of yet no it's not. I honestly thought i would get the newer revision. But nevermjnd

---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:03 PM ----------

It's got DLIH bootloader, does anyone know if this one carries the reset of the counter automatically? Or is this one ok, so I don't need to flash the ics one.
[Galaxy S III General] vbuijten:
It seems from these 2 articles:

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2012/...s-are-suddenly-dying-likely-a-hardware-issue/

and

http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s3-update-may-fix-sudden-death-problem-989040

that Samsung is acknowledging the problem. Phones start dying between 150 and 200 days of usage.

More importantly it is said that they

replace the phones that are under warranty free of charge EVEN if rooted or custom roms were flashed.

I hope this is the case as my phone is suffering from the same issue and I had flashed it a few months before and it showed in the counter.

I would have accepted full responsibility had I bricked my phone because of faulty flashing, that's part of the game, and I would have found another solution. But if the phone has been running fine for months on the same rom and suddenly dies with all the clear SDS symptoms it's definitely a hardware issue and has to be replaced as such under warranty.

If not I'll definitely kick up a fuzz on Samsung's official Facebook/Twitter page!
[Galaxy S III General] zyclops1:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Only thing I have to say is "f*** you sudden death" :p:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

So, DLIH bootloader is jelly bean so does that mean it will reset the flash counter every boot? Or is this one safe? I just want to know so I can flash the ICS one when I root this.

Also can anyone supply me with this bootloader so I can flash it back if I have to return for warranty .
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
i downgraded my bootloader with Mobile Odin Pro from XXELLA new one, which resets counters at every start up, to ICS one. Now installed root and new XXELLC without any problem, just deciding to install Philz Recovery atm.

anyhow if you have all counters to official/normal, just flash an official samsung firmware with Odin, your bootloader will be flashed too.

however i think that if you have XELLA or newer with good old ICS bootloader and all counters to zero it's still under warranty, you have all stock....
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The DLJ1 I got on my repaired handset from Three (4.1.1) had the flash counter issue, but Im not sure about others. I went to ALE6
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
cheers Dan, im rooting now. see you on the other side.......again
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
used db bootloader from Stromma at #1083 post, works really good :)
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
thanks, ive used ALEF, the one i used before and all is well, im just flashing wanam now, not sure which kernel to go with yet.
[Galaxy S III General] gadgetcraze:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

OK. Downloaded and flashed the bootloader.

A couple of quick questions.

Triangle away shows zero.

I don't see the red exclamation mark

However, in download mode the lower most line says custom. Though binary count is shown as 0 and Samsung system is official.

In settibgs>>about device >>status also it shows modified.

Is that how it is supposed to be or have I missed something?
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
im just in the process now so i will let you know as soon as ive finished.
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
if you flashed old bootloader try to use Traingle Away after.....if it's still set to custom, a good restore factory settings may help

my steps:

started from XXELL4

cf auto root latest

mobile odin pro latest

triangle away latest with run tracker option

flash good old ICS bootloader

if needed use triangle away again

updated to new firmware flashing it with mobile odin pro with everoot/wipe chache/data enabled

install busybox
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Run TA again and make sure that you've checked "Allow tracker to run". If you already done this run TA and check "System modified workaround" as well.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] jb.traveller:
Iam not sure how I retained my old bootloader I9300BVBLG2 after using PC Odin to upgrade to build JZ054K.I9300XXELL1, but I did have problems with Kies. Any way, after using TA system modifyied workaround and flash counter reset, all is normal.
[Galaxy S III General] gadgetcraze:
This was all I did as suggested by Stromma.

As I said some of the things are not official and I have gotten rid of the exclamation mark, But under settings, it still says modified. And in the download mode, binary download is no, current binary is samsung official and system status modified.

I Did not flash stock/ new firmware. Is that the reason some of the things show modified?
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Try running TA again and check "System modified workaround".

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
mine states custom too, i rooted, flashed bootloader, flashed philz recovery then booted and did a nandroid, then did full wipe and installed wannam, the i used triangle away, yet i still have custom showing on the last line. i might do a full wipe again if i can be bothered but ive noticed inside the triangle away app it doesnt show the current flash counter. it states i have to enter a special boot mode. so im not sure whats going on here.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I guess it can't work if you flashed a new rom and bootloader after you downgraded, since it will replace the old one which was necessary for this. In that case if you want the downgrade trick to work I believe you have to downgrade and reset again.

Mine still reads:

Settings/status: Normal

Custom binary download: No

Current binary: Samsung Official

System status: Official

Anyway, try running TA again and check both "Allow tracker to run" and "System modified workaround" this time and see if that helps.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
j want reflash old bootloader xxale8 by recovery, and after i want to use triangle away for reset the counter, but j don't use tuhi program. which version should I use?

how does it work?
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
This thread reminds of the reaction religious dooms dayers have when they believe the last day on Earth before the Rapture is only days away lol.

ffs the chip is not evidence your device will die and getting a 2 back on the tests means nothing other than you have a specific firmware so stop panicking b/c nobody is even 100% certain of what is causing the SDS.

Just b/c your device as a same chip and firmware means nothing, it also as the same Screen and CPU which have cracked and SoC's fried but guess what it does not mean you will have the trouble.

When you consider there is 10's of millions I9300's have been sold and there is only a handful on XDA with SDS then the chance of you getting SDS is very very slim

just enjoy using it and stop the mass panic if anything happens you just got real unlucky
[Galaxy S III General] cocous:
+1 but There are people who simply want some explanations
[Galaxy S III General] gadgetcraze:
Lost root using ta with system mod workaround. what next?

edit - got root back will see about system modified thingy
[Galaxy S III General] alirafat:
hi

Is it a case of sudden death have been reported in XXELLA with stock (old custom ) recovery and stock ( old custom ) kernel ?

If there is any reliable ؟
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Sorry can you rephrase please?
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

No, you don't loose root, and this behavior is needed if you use System modified workaround in TA which is clearly stated there:

"Sideeffects: Disable superSU for several minutes after boot."

So it's nothing to worry about. You're still rooted, it just takes a minute after reboot.before any app is granted SU permissions.

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Maybe, but what we do know is that the workaround fixes applied in the kernel only trigger if you have that certain firmware and chip. We know that Samsung thinks its best to target all those chips with that firmware version, so that should be good enough for us too.

If someone knows the have the version Samsung is targeting with fixes, it's not unexpected that they would want to update as soon as they can.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

From what I've heard this update will be released simultaneously with the fix from Samsung, along with free download for all s3 owners:

The only certain things in life are death, taxes and sds ;)

Edit:

I'm posting this from my Sensation. My beloved s3 decided to reboot for whatever reason half an hour ago, and so far I've only only seen the logo and heard the welcome sound. Does this mean I.need to worry? :cool:

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
Oh ! Where have u heard this ?

No, don't worry ... just be ready to go to your phone seller :laugh: ........... hoping u will have no problem with your backup phone :fingers-crossed:

EDIT: sorry I misunderstood ! I throught u was joking .. but NO !
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

It did actually boot on the third attempt...just to reboot 30 seconds later. So now I'm stuck just when it passes the welcome sound again :banghead:

Not sure if it's sds though, and all symptoms considered it more and more reminds me of pms...:rolleyes:

I don't believe it should have gone by the first logo in case of sds, and it gets warm as hell, so I'm thinking that it's probably more of a memory or battery issue. I removed the battery now since I'm not getting anyware anyway, and I'm gonna make a new attempt in the morning. If that fails I'm stuck with my sensation for now, and that's even worse :D

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
@Stromma

oops! misunderstood, I throught u was joking in your previous post ...
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

No worries! My precious have behaved weard for more than a week or so, so it's expected so to speak ;)

Right now I'm just glad that I managed to reset the counter and status in time, and that whatever it is that's causing this its probable covered by warranty :)

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] ilovehc:
So....

Phone Model: samsung m0xx

eMMC chip

Type: VTU00M

Date: 10/2012

FwRev:0xf1

Brick Bug? No. Sane chip.

i don't speak english so i'm not sure if i understand....i'm not affected or yes??
[Galaxy S III General] Fearxpc:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

You are affected. Cause of VTU00M and 0xf1

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
Yes you are ! except u have installed one of ROMs of post 1

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 PM ----------

A fix kernel and a fix recovery , so u will be 99% out of danger.
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
seems this ROM is safe ...
[Galaxy S III General] Zanna:
My S3 (stock firmware rooted) is back today from Samsung after SDS (Samsung local service tried to repair locally without success, so the phone was sent to Samsung), 10 days without my phone but warranty applied and repaired for free.
[Galaxy S III General] spamtrash:
Ekhm... 99%, you're right. here is one of 1%.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Nope XXDLIH is not in post 1 here. It is 4.1.1 not 4.1.2 - where fixes were introduced. Back to 100%
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
yes, the post says 4.2.1 but u r right : XXDLIH it is 4.1.1 !
[Galaxy S III General] ducky1979:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

All is well now with the status on download mode, I used the settings recommended in TA and I flashed perseus kernel and now TA displays all official and in settings states custom, so I'm good now. I just pray to God this one doesn't fail in any way, this is hopefully my 3rd and last s3 until I upgrade to the s6! Lol
[Galaxy S III General] ALIRAFAAT:
sorry for bad english

xxlla (ram ) is safe ? ( with stock kernel and recovery )

reported sds with this ram ?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Safe.
[Galaxy S III General] ALIRAFAAT:
thanks

but in this post :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045&page=61

post : 610

base rom is xlla
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Yes, Rom was XELLA, but he used an unsafe kernel: Siyah 1.8.6

Taper di Tap with my S3 @190 days
[Galaxy S III General] eszol:
how many % are u guys sure with the fixs?
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

90%

Taper di Tap with my S3 @190 days
[Galaxy S III General] dimi22:
Guys are there any known difference in all these firmwares. I had flashed XELLA now i flash XELL4 because its official for my country the Netherlands. But the XELLA update came out later, also kernel version shows later. so is there any difference you guys know?

XXELKC

XXELL1

XXELL4

XXELL5

XXELL6

XXELLA

XXELLB

XXELLC

Now i am om XELL4 and the kernel shows 10 december, the XELLA showed 20 december or something, can i assume that XELLA is better?