yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] CuteP0ison:
Thanks for the save, Flashing now. I was noticing some irregular behavior on the phone. Like last night I left the phone on table with 70% battery, and in morning I noticed less than 10% battery. I checked the battery usage graph in settings. There phone was awake the whole night doing nothing.

Yeah I read that red line. But I have less than 10 posts, so I cant post on that thread. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The point of it is we don't know the answer
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Your post has nothing to do with this thread; please don't spam it.

This is that thread :\

EDIT: My bad.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
No, the cwm thread
[Galaxy S III General] iliya123:
Thank you!! Helped me very much!!:good:
[Galaxy S III General] Sunrock23:
It says in OP that a bootloader with fix is possibly needed. I'm using the ics bootloader, but I don't plan on going to download mode any time soon, however I would like to flash the new bootloader but my phone is already freezing, so if I go into download mode is there a chance of my phone getting SDS? (Im guessing yes) and if so, can I somehow flash the new bootloader without using download mode?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Why flash the bootloader? Just dont use download mode
[Galaxy S III General] pulley06:
Hey I'll be getting my s3 in around a week. I've been reading up a little. So flashing a stock 4.1.2 rom (xxemc3) will solve help me avoid the sudden death right?

Nokia 2110-->Sony Ericsson k750i -->Nokia 5233 --> Samsung Galaxy R
[Galaxy S III General] sherlock5545:
If you're getting the phone now, it's likely to be shipping with an unaffected chip, which means nothing is required on your end. However, if it's not, you need to make sure you are on the latest firmware.

Sent from I9300 - UltimaROM
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Apart from flashing an ICS rom is there a way to make an already dying S3 that has 4.1.2 (with the fix) die sooner? My wife's S3 is very laggy and randomly reboots or locks up multiple times a day. Half the internal storage also disappeared randomly so it says that it is far more full than it should be. Also battery drains insanely rapidly - she is lucky to get an hour screen usage before it dies.
[Galaxy S III General] tomertb:
does the new leak 4.2.2 have the sds fix?

can someone aprove if the new leak is protected from sds?

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
Read this. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41519221
[Galaxy S III General] tomertb:
Hi thanks for the quick reply . But this is 3 days ago and before the leak came out...

I just ask that because of a post that says the older leak (4.2.1) was not sds safe
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
Why would they remove the fix? It makes no sense! Unless the build was made before the fix...
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
I suspect my phone is a victim of SDS, all the symptoms followed by bootloop.

Is there a way to remove the custom status, in download mode, so I can get a repair under warranty? I was using CM 10.1 but can no longer get into recovery mode.

Failing that, is there a way to brick the phone completely so download mode won't function and reveal the custom status?

Has anyone got any experience sending a modified phone back to Samsung? Do they just reject or do they fix and bill you?

regards,

monkeymonkeyrom
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The custom status is caused by Half SDS. It says custom because what it reads to say "official" has been corrupted.

Some have had trouble getting it repaired. Others not. Send it for repair and let us know how you get on.
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Surely it would say custom as I was running Cyanogen?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Yes it would do, but it makes no difference.

Even if you were unrooted stock, after half SDS it says custom for everyone. This is because download mode looks for what says its official and cannot find it (because it has been corrupted) so the fact you were custom means nothing today
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Thanks. I'll send it back and wait to see what happens then...
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Out of curiosity, how does "custom binary download: yes (3 counts)" fit in with SDS?

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III General] wutdupuk:
It shows in the first page that philz recovery is 4.00 b4. So it means the latest recovery of philz isn't covered as safe?
[Galaxy S III General] Fearxpc:
It means that this is the first version which has the fix. (all following versions have the fix too)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Doesn't. Sds doesn't increase your flash counter. Only flashing does
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Sorry I don't think I made sense in my original post.

When the service personnel receive my phone and see the "custom binary download: yes (3 counts)" they will know the phone wasn't running stock. So I am guessing they are unlikely to repair under warranty?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
They are unlikely to repair if they sense any kind of tinkering, since they do not acknowledge SDS.
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
In that case, is there a way to kill/disable/break download mode? So they can't see ;)
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Try wiping /boot through recovery :p

EDIT: I am not responsible for what happens to your phone if you do this!
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Can't get into recovery, only download mode...
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Careful there. This could be construed as fraud.
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
You're helpless then. Unless you want to break your LCD, but that's not covered under warranty and costs over USD $100.

Very valid point. And as I said, if they sniff anything fishy, they'll deny warranty. There have been cases of unrooted stock being slapped with "water damage", and there's pretty much nothing you can do if they use that wildcard.
[Galaxy S III General] monkeymonkeyrom:
Not intending to defraud! Just feel that if my phone was fine on a custom rom until it died from SDS, it is not fair that they can get out of a repair.

Perhaps I'll go with an insurance claim instead then...
[Galaxy S III General] teppe498:
I'm using Samsung stock firmware xxemd2 with stock kernel, Philz recovery (latest) and my bootloader is xxemd2. I use the download mode for flashing official Samsung roms. Is it safe to use the download mode with xxemd2 bootloader? Or do I still risk bricking my device? I understand I'm safe from Android kernel and recovery kernel perspective. Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] sherlock5545:
If I have the ICS bootloader and flash ROMs using Mobile Odin, is there any problem? I assume it isn't an issue, since it doesn't enter download mode.

Sent from I9300 - UltimaROM
[Galaxy S III General] teppe498:
The question arose from that thread. Assuming you understand my question the answer must be there. I'll dive into it although a simple yes or no would make it easier. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I'm trying not to spoon feed you. Its the first line after "Where is it fixed"
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I don't *think* so. I do this.
[Galaxy S III General] teppe498:
Oooh I feel stupid. :silly: Yeah I read it. Since English is not my native language I sometimes tend to overlook vital information. Anyhow thanks!:good:
[Galaxy S III General] Tosh1R:
as far as i can tell any current manufactured i9300 should be bug brick proof yes?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
everything manufactured after december.
[Galaxy S III General] Chiri85:
Question

I just run the "eMMC check" and I said yes, I am in danger.

I have UltimaRom 12.0.Phoenix.I9300XXEMC3.

Many speak of stock, kernel, Soft-patch, fix and i do not know much.

Someone could tell me what to do?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You dont need to do anything*. Read post 1.

*assuming you have a safe recovery
[Galaxy S III General] irishdsmyth:
I'm safe
[Galaxy S III General] Chiri85:
Safe recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
Read the first post all the answers are in there.
[Galaxy S III General] t0m4s_g1l:
Hi, Sorry if am asking a stupid question but i dont understand this part. english is not my natal language and some times things are confuse to me.

What ur saying in download mode it olso uses a micro-kernel who dosnt have the the fix? well i have a stock rom with the googy kernel that have samsung update-10 so i have v2 fix. i flashed XXEMCD2 spain (april 2013) stock rom with kernel i said before so my recovery is ok...

so with al this download mode is still vulnerable? ur saying its better have like philz touch recovery and flash things instead of using download mode?

Please can someone explain me better. i dont understand if download mode is safe or not having lastes samsung updates
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
What we KNOW: old bootloader counters can be reset and doesn't show a red exclamation mark. New bootloader shows the mark and updates counter every boot.

What we THINK: new bootloader is more likely to be SDS safe. There is no direct proof, though.

So ideally, do not use download mode unless necessary, and if so, try to use the new bootloader.
[Galaxy S III General] reS28raM:
I had a report just a couple days ago of a similar situation (counter set and status on custom) from a user in my country: repairing personnel at Samsung center just substituted the mainboard under warranty without any question or problem. We cannot make any assumptions, it does depend on people... it always does. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Of course, I never denied that. I said Samsung hasn't officially acknowledged it, so the service centres are in no way obliged to replace MB under warranty. If they did it for you, IMHO you should thank the guys in charge there, and not Samsung :)
[Galaxy S III General] ginzo:
I have Philz recovery and Boeffla kernel,

But my bootloader is the following:

I've never suffered from sds at the moment, what you would suggest me to do regarding boot loader?

!Live! from my Galaxy S3

Rom: Maya v4 XXEMD2 ♥

Kernel: Boeffla 2.12 beta2

Modem: Buelk1

Operator: Vodafone

Recovery: Philz Touch
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Its your call....

It's a choice of:

1) Can use download mode. Unable to reset flash counter

2) unable to use download mode. Can reset flash counter
[Galaxy S III General] sherlock5545:
You're rooted, running a customer recovery and kernel. You can flash mostly through recovery or use Mobile Odin, I'd say leave the bootloader as it is. Otherwise, update it, but that's gonna be another pain afterwards.

Sent from I9300 - UltimaROM
[Galaxy S III General] ginzo:
Resuming I don't have to be worried right?

:D

!Live! from my Galaxy S3

Rom: Maya v4 XXEMD2 ♥

Kernel: Boeffla 2.12 beta3

Modem: Buelk1

Operator: Vodafone

Recovery: Philz Touch
[Galaxy S III General] sherlock5545:
As long as you don't use Download Mode, you are safe, yes.

Sent from I9300 - UltimaROM
[Galaxy S III General] evertjr:
If I install cwm recovery using ROM manager is it safe?

Enviado de meu GT-I9300 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Michaels1980:
I was wondering the same thing a few days ago. Decided to flash Philz Recovery instead just to be safe, and now realise Philz has better functionality as well.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
We don't know. No idea what kernel source it was compiled with
[Galaxy S III General] sewer56lol:
Best use Mobile ODIN by Chainfire :)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I thought he meant the product (cwm) rather than the method (rom manager).
[Galaxy S III General] evertjr:
Thanks! I'll stick with Philz recovery then

Enviado de meu GT-I9300 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Philz has more features anyway ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Ancient666:
I have Philz recovery on my SGS3, I tested a lot of 4.1.2 - 4.2.2 roms, with several kernels and zero problems. I think sudden death is already fixed in the most commons roms/kernels.

But, ey! it is always a risk, every device is a mystery when you are trying to flash in it :P
[Galaxy S III General] Lucasm93:
I see some people asking about CWM which comes direct from ROM Manager. From personal experience I believe it may have the v1 fix, which causes freezing.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You get freezes in recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] Lucasm93:
No, it's in "the rom". I dunno if recovery can cause freezes, so I'm probably saying something wrong by your answer hehe, sorry
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Yeah recovery doesn't affect anything in the rom
[Galaxy S III General] sewer56lol:
If you are using ARHD then SuperUser by Koush might be your problem with freezing.
[Galaxy S III General] dwarazyjot:
Hi all,

GT-I9300
Android 4.1.2
Modem I9300XXEMB6
3.0.31-Siyah-1.8.9+
Omega v41 - ZSEMB1
Philz touch recovery 5.05.7
Bootloader XXEMD2

Type VTUooM
Date 05/2012
FwRev 0xf1

Am I "safe" or upgrade Omega soft to newer? I'm thinking of v42 on XXEMR2. v43 was bad to me so I stayed on v41.

So I've newest recovery, kernel, bootloader and old omega soft but on "safe" soft 4.1.2. My phone never cause problems, freezes or sth.

Sorry for my English. <shame>
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
your answers are here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
[Galaxy S III General] dwarazyjot:
Thx for help, I've been read this threat and It looks like I'm cover. :)
[Galaxy S III General] luger77:
Any ideas?

Hi all,

I have rooted stock ROM 4.1.2 Build ELL4 with latest Boeffla kernel. Only mods i have installed are the 3 way power menu, CRT off and BIOS boot. I've had them all flashed around 10 weeks ago and the phone is 9 months old.

My problem is that for the last 4 days my phone keeps switching itself off and freezing. I did some research and it seems like the sudden death thingy but i have the Boeffla kernel on the phone which should have the fix so it shouldn't effect my phone after i had the phone for so long and with SDS fix right ?

Did a factory reset but still the same. Now im thinking of doing a mega wipe and flashing a custom ROM and Boeffla kernel again to eliminate any software issues. Will this solve the issue if its SDS? Could SDS still effect my phone even though i got Boeffla kernel flashed with SDS fix?

Please help in any clarifications possible regarding this constant switching off and freezing............much appreciated

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Have you undervolted your device that can cause random reboots
[Galaxy S III General] luger77:
No nothing of that sort......i don't like under volting or over volting and never did it on my fone :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
V1 fix cause freezes and reboots as per post 1
[Galaxy S III General] trane5700:
I hear that Sudden Death is fixed from Android 4.1.2?? Its not true??:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Its fixed in all kernels released with samsung builds based on android 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
Hey guys after reading this thread i am a bit scared.

I am on i9300XXELLA stock firmware (4.1.2) and i have the VJUOOM OXf1 chip.

Am i safe as long as i update from kies?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Read post 1. The answer is there. I will not spoon feed you basic answers covered in post 1
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
Actually when i connect my phone to kies, it says XXELLA is the latest firmware.

Is it safe to update via odin to the latest UK version? as this would involve using download mode?

or would you recommend staying on XXELLA?

thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] bokile:
That one is good:)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Why would you think using download mode is a problem?
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
Well I can't understand clearly what u mean by the following:

*Bootloader note

Download mode uses a bootloader packaged micro-kernel

It will only affect those who use download mode. Personally I am rooted so I don't use it so i'll be sticking with one that doesn't mess with the flash counter, however anyone who does use download mode should consider updating. Those who care more about flash counters and will stay with older bootloaders should avoid flashing anything in download mode
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
That means if you have an unfixed bootloader its unsafe to use download mode. Why do you think using download mode is a problem for YOU?
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
I never said it was a problem, i only asked if it is a problem. I am new to this phone.

Also, i would like to ask, which method is best for rooting and it is safe?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The answer to "is it a problem" is in post 1. The answer to "what is a safe method to root" is in post 1.

Please read post 1. You may be new to this phone but please do yourself a favour and stop asking questions answered in post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] RohanM:
Wow guys, this thread is still going on !!

I was just checking my subscriptions & found this one & reminded all these.

I used to visit this thread on daily basis till march. Then sold My GS3 & Now a proud owner of Nexus 4.

Hope that 4.2.2 or 4.3 update will fix your SDS issue permanently. :)
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
By the way things are going it's already fixed since the phones don't die or freeze anymore.
[Galaxy S III General] RohanM:
Congo. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] ml87:
Greetings, this is my first post here.

I am getting a Galaxy S3 next week and I've been reading this thread a lot, and many others. Let's assume my newly bought S3 will be vulnerable.

I will want to stick CyanogenMod on my S3. To acheive this would go like this:

1. Root with CF-autoroot

2. Flash CM with Odin

I understood from the CF-autoroot thread that rooting happens in download mode. So that means doing it while having a vulnerable bootloader is quite unsafe. That leads me to another question. If I get the 4.1.2 OTA before rooting, then would the rooting be safer?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Note the edited quote.

Most probably your device will already be on 4.1.2. If not, whatever method you choose to upgrade will be "unsafe", including OTA, because the fault lies in the chip and the workaround is in the kernels, and none of your kernels will be "safe". That's theory. In practice, really, one flash doesn't matter. I was on unsafe ROMs/kernels, flashing like an addict, for over a month. [LOL for the coincidental House dp]

Personal opinion: if you want to use custom ROMs, don't get a Samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] ml87:
That cleared up everything, thanks so much!

offtopic:

My other choice is the Oppo Find 5 32gb, maybe I'll consider it one more time.
[Galaxy S III General] Sam654:
What am I doing wrong?

I've read through a lot about this half SDS or freezing issue and it's really paining me!

From the three screen shots, I hope you can see that:

1) I've got the Dummy File generator and have been using "Generate(FULL)" mostly on the INTERNAL SD, but also in the INTERNAL MEMORY. You can also see that I've got loads of space, which is because I installed a new ROM and this is the first thing I ran in the hopes to solve this issue.

2) I've downloaded the eMMC check and it says that I'm running the Type: VTU00M (YES. Insane chip).

3) In my settings it says that I'm running 4.2.2 of Omega v45 which is meant to be Type XXUFME3.

I'm still getting freezes.

How many times do I need to run the dummy file generator?

Advice would be well appreciated.

Thanks

Sam
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Not sure. You may get a better response in the unusual freezing thread (link in post 1?)
[Galaxy S III General] ebikok:
yes. insane chip on i9300

i have an i9300 with stock 4.1.2 but the emmc still says YES.INSANE CHIP.

am going to get brick?

what can i do?

wasnt the update supose to fix it?

help please
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The answer is in Post 1! Why post questions in this thread if you aren't willing to read post 1?

Read
[Galaxy S III General] ebikok:
natsbces james

i read it, the question that i was looking for is that......

will i still get the insane chip message??

or the ssd vulnerability?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Which is answered in the section i told you about.
[Galaxy S III General] kinikoglu:
problem with 4.1.2

hi all,

i have official 4.1.2 (i9300xxella) but sudden death is my nightmare.

EmcCheck says "yes, insane chip"

what can i do?

regards,

yavuz
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Amazingly, you quoted the post with the answer to your question in the very same post. Perhaps you should read post 1?
[Galaxy S III General] kinikoglu:
hi rootSU, i'm sorry for the post, i am not familiar with this technical details.

as i understand even i have official 4.1.2, installing a bootloader and a new kernel, this issue could be fixed.

regards,
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
From post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] tan90:
hi all.. this is my first time posting here...

so I have the insane chip and this is my phone :

Android Version : 4.2.2

Baseband Version : I9300BUEMD1

Kernel Version : 3.0.31 -611730 se.infra@SEP-119#1 Wed May 8 11:52:50 KST 2013

Build Number : Omega v45 - XXUFME3

Bootloader : I9300XXALEF

I have a CWM recovery..

So I should change to the custom recovery listed on post 1 and remove CWM in order to be safe?

and what else do i need to do to be safe?

also my phone sometimes freezes when I'm running an app...

Thanks for your attention...
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
We cannot confirm CWM as Safe. It MAY be but we cannot say for certain. if you Like CWM, try Philz as we can confirm it is Safe. It's based on CWM but with more features. Try TWRP for something entirely different.
[Galaxy S III General] tan90:
oh ok.. thaks for the quick response..

well I'm new to android and I only got the galaxy s3 with those setting a week ago...

so that mean i have to remove CWM or can I flash Philz without removing CWM?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You can flash Philz from within CWM
[Galaxy S III General] kingeran:
Mine died cant check it.

My device details below died after only 10 month and will not indicate any activity. seems as the mother board is dead.

Its the international version.

Local distributor will not give me service as it was not bought through him. Told me to go to Samsung headquarters but they refer me to local dist OPPPS here is a loop.

Anyone has any advise? How can I activate hardware warranty? where to activate it?

Thanks

Phone model GT-i9300

SSN -i9300GSMH

FCC ID A3LGTI9300A

IMEI 353817/05/022840/2

S/N RV1C65PHF8E
[Galaxy S III General] rafaelcaldas:
With any problem?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Your device will explode
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
Nah, it will implode, keeping the user safe! With samsung things happen differently!
[Galaxy S III General] crnkoj:
The sudden drop off pressure resulting from the implosion might harm the user. :P
[Galaxy S III General] victorreis777:
Paranoid 4.2.2

Paranoid based on 4.2.2 is safe? I didn't found any detailed information about... Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
I don't see any reason for someone to compile a rom recently without the fixes... But hey you never know. Just use a safe kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] victorreis777:
There is no custom kernel for the latest version of Paranoid... Or i'm wrong?
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
You can use a rom with other kernel, depends only if the rom is stock or asop. Perseus kernel is stock only but devil works with asop.
[Galaxy S III General] victorreis777:
What kernel do you recommend me ? I don't need overclock, i just want to have a stable and smooth system ...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] kadopt:
Don't really know, I use temasek cm10.1 with custom kernel so I can't really say. Anyway this thread is not the right place for this type of conversation. Check the general threads.
[Galaxy S III General] cris_ronel:
i have 4.2.2 by sotmax and yet im experiencing freezes i just let it to unfreeze base on other threads here just wait for 5 to 25 mins then after that it will work out right now as far as the 4.1.2 is concerned im going to downgrade it to xxemc2 because i seen a lot of people saying xxemc2 dont have any freezes so do you recommend me to stay on 4.2.2 or downgrade to 4.1.2 xxemc2 i also have philz recovery so any help or idea so i can decide before downgrading?