yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiFIL:
I mean its not a problem anymore, but unless you take it to Samsung for them to replace your motherboard you can never be completely fixed of the Sudden Death Syndrome, if for any reason you flash a kernel that doesn't have Samsung's latest sources or fix for the SDS then your device could die. I suggest you take out insurance or renew your warranty if you don't have one.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
Samsung sold over 40 million S3 and Note 2 devices, out of which lets say 30% use the 0xF1 chip ( the bad one ). It's not like over 10 million devices bricked, so i guess there's quite a low chance that this will happen. Those "deaths" seem to be completely random, happening after 2 days or 6 months for some people - or not happening at all, even on F1 chip.

Samsung issued a fix for this, and so far it seems they managed to eliminate the problem - but nobody can give you 100% guarantee that this fix means you're safe. If you're running it i'd say you're 99,9% safe. And if the bricks continue in spite of Samsung's fix - then it's clear they have no idea or means to fix it and it's time for us all to switch to Sony etc.

Just make sure you're running kernel that includes the fix, even if you're on different chip that is condidered safe. There's nothing more to do about it at the moment.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoebs:
Mine is

Type: VTU00M

FwRev: 0xf7

Only bought it early this month

However today my watch dog had detected android media running using more than50%cpu.

That was exactly what happened to my gs3 on Dec 30th right before it suddenly died.

I'm paranoid now and I'm turning my phone off every time I'm putting it down.

As I'm on holiday overseas, don't want to wake up one morning and have no phone to use.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owl74:
welcome to the forum, what phone do you have now and which watchdog app are you using?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pike2982:
Hi guys. I created the thread below. If anyone know the answer, please comment. thank you

Is the fix for Sudden Death (Note 2) Included in Android Revolution HD?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
As far as every single SD thread/reseach point out - the 0xf7 revision is considered safe and SD free as there was no instance of it suffering from SD issue yet.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patka29:
Last stock rom has a SDS fix or not?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
All stock 4.1.2 roms have the fix. Last stock one does have it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3shmawy:
what is better to fix SDS, install 4.1.2 stock rom or install OMEGA rom ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flez1966:
I have an affected handset, changing the kernel now...

will have a chat at my samsung service centre, when i find it....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiFIL:
Unlucky, thank goodness i am buying the xperia Z, can't be bothered with this bs.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
If omega includes the fix in its kernel, then there is no difference in terms of sd safety between them.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wunderwaffe:
I've read through all the pages of this thread and there is one thing that is still not clear to me: is this a revision problem or a hardware only problem? I'm asking this because my N7105's chip info says:

Type: MAG4FB

FwRev: 0xf1

Is my phone affected or not? :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omias:
36 hours standby ??? Im on 38 hours using it, some calls, whole day wifi activated, high use whatsapp, etc. (not for games)

Stock rom 4.1.2 (Spain no carrier)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
did you have sane chip or insane one?

please tell us as much detail as you can about your phone , when did you buy it and what version of android were you running 4.1 4.2 or kitkat or what

if you remember please tell us when you open the box did you get 4.1 or 4.2 ?

Etc...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proioxis:
Sadly I was unable to check if my chip was sane or insane, I only found out about the problem today.

It came with 4.1.2 and I flashed it to Jedi X12 and later to X13, but that is also 4.1.2.

There was too much bloatware on the phone for my liking, so I flashed it as soon as I got it, it worked great for 2 years or so.

It's currently charging, I hope to be able to start it up once more so I can boot it into (new) Jedi X20 and take my old data off.. I can only hope it turns on later this evening. It's completely random.

I'm trying multiple batteries at the moment hoping it turns on, I'll report back later.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allargon:
Good luck. If it is the eMMC chip, you won't be able to flash. I woke up to a glowing Samsung screen a few mornings ago.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dönerdürüm:
The same happened to me two days ago. But i also don't remember anymore if i had the sane chip (i checked a year ago). I bought mine in December 2012.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grwalker:
FYI all

I have a Note 2 that has the sane chip VTU00M, FwRev: 0xf7. It still suffered SDS. Phone kept turning off and then finally it suck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an error....

I could not enter download or recovery modes. Kies would not recognise the phone and I could not flash anything at via Odin. I sent phone to a repair shop as Samsung refused to do anything. The repair guy said it was an eMMC failure. That sounds like SDS to me.

Danke

Geoff
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] body150165:
Same here. After a good 2 years of working flawlessly, the phone of my wife died out of the blue. Will go to Samsung service center to see if they can help.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grwalker:
Good luck
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soumitram:
This just happened to me. My note was working great for about 2 and a half years, then recently this happened and it died! :(

Went to the service centre and they said that they need to replace the Motherboard as nothing can be flashed. I tried flashing a root file but Odin just always fails.

Is there no workaround for this. Is my phone dead forever without the motherboard switch? ::(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] body150165:
I am afraid yes.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oren_b:
Maybe not all is lost. In my case the phone uses FwRev: 0xf7 (rather than the "insane" 0xf1), but it did show many of the symptoms - e.g. many processes crashing (com.google.process.gapps and Swiftkey very commonly), failure to complete downloads, backups, saves etc. What seems to have mitigated the issue, at least for now, is uninstallation of about 50 or so applications I wasn't using and cleaning the caches of Google apps. I also unfroze several apps (which I froze using Titanium backup), but I don't know if this had anything to do with the improvement.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shenglimzdavid:
Hey guys, I just had my emmc chip swapped out recently and noticed the repairman gave me a 'insane' 0xf1 chip.. Would it be best if I asked them to change another chip for me?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiay:
Yes you can, i got mine changed again for when i was collecting back from the service center, i downloaded the app to check that immediately so that i can prove that to them.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MobiDroid™:
Hi all, i have a NOTE 2 from a friend.

it seemed to suddenly have "died" while at daily use.

it is a factory default NOTE 2, no firmware upgrades, no mods.

it halts at the white Samsung logo text.

when i go into factory recovery mode, it writes EFS mount fail at several lines.

anyone got this problem solved? does this mean it has SDS?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tharindujayanath:
FIXED! Note II GT-N7100 Sudden Death Syndrome with DN4 ROM

Hi guys!

As you know, the Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 comes with a "Sudden Death Syndrome" due to the eMMC insane chip.

Install "eMMC Check" from google play and run it. If it says "insane chip", you're affected.

The Perseus Kernel with say X Note ROM, running Android 4.1 fixes this problem.

BUT!

What if you wanted to install an Android 4.4 ROM now? Yes. The problem comes back.

We need 4.4 to use MS Word, multi-windows, etc. etc. is there a ROM that has a Perseus-like kernel e.g. Devil kernel which is based on Perseus that will fix this problem?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MinBCrafter:
hi

IS n7100 with a 'insane' chip affected by this bug in cyanogenmod 12.1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoweb29:
Helo, my phone note 2 gt-n7100 have insane chip, now i have stock rom and gather some info, it is safe to root (cf auto root) or to install a custom rom with this chip? if not i stay to stock, thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the dreamer:
Dear Gents

My Note2 N7100 while using it tuned off since 1 week ago with out any start up or light or symptoms of the device will work so is it the same as SDS and how to fix it because it is not working at all

My ROM is stock.

i went to a technician and he replayed that my devices needs a a firmware by booting but i don't know how to do it

i need help
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey guys, today i found out that my Galaxy Note 2 is boot looping.I have the "insane chip" (luckily i found that few days ago by installing eMMc check app) and i would like to know if my phone is totally dead.

I can access recovery (CWM) and i can access Download mode, i tried clean flashing (Resurrection Remix 6.0) followed by wipe dalvik cache and wipe cache partition options and phone just boot loops over and over again.

Am i screwed?

Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English. :)

EDIT: I bought my Note II 3 years ago.

EDIT 2: Solved using Odin and flashing Stock ROM

Conclusion: It's not eMMC bug (thank god) :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehl.ey14:
help please! i cant flash back to stock rom, sboot bin always failed
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidwizzard:
Give more information about current bootloader and which firmware you try to flash.

I guess you are trying to downgrade :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehl.ey14:
nope im not trying to downgrade. i did try to flash 4.3 firmware and 4.4 firmware
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidwizzard:
Even your answer is a contradiction depending on your current bootloader version, which is?

As long as you don't clarify I think nobody can help and explain what's happening.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Back again, when i wipe data/factory reset in CWM i get E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

Also i can't flash stock firmware using Odin (i get NAND Flash fail message)

What are my options now?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoweb29:
my phone is dead , and i think is half sds and i dont know how to fix it https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2/help/note-2-gt-n7100-stuck-boot-screen-t3530709 , i will never buy another Samsung products
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MinBCrafter:
i think samsung products after the note 2 won't have this issue no more (????) those after note 2 no longer uses Exynos4 but i am not sure if they still produces SDS prone NAND chips
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 580guy:
Not so fast. I had this issue with the Note 2, paid $150 to get it fixed and now this:

A month ago my Note 4 also went south with this: ddi: mmc_read failed boot error fix for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910T which is here: https://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/general/ddi-mmcread-failed-boot-error-fix-t3434335 I like the Note 4 so much I decided to repair it myself and ordered a new internal MMC memory board for $60(there are great videos here on youtube to show you how...). In the meantime, I thought I would just use my Note 2 and put my sim card in it. After all, it is just sitting in a box since March 2016. Heck, I still got 4 batteries for it. But guess what? It's dead! Won't even turn on. How does a phone die stored in a box? Well, it did. So, I am stuck using a Galaxy S2 that I had in laying around in a drawer. Oh man, I can't take this after using a Note 4 for so long! Waiting for my board to arrive so I can fix the Note 4. But, the problem is, I have no idea how long the Note 4 will last after repaired. I may be repairing a time bomb. Unfortunately this is a hardware flaw that exists in the MMC memory chips that can blow up any time. In any event, I will not EVER buy another Samsung phone. This is inexcusable.﻿
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
this thread is silent for long now a days, looks like all phones have died or have passed through sds problem. i dont see any new sds phone now a days (having look at the thread)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
people try to stay away from sds phone now days :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anmac1789@gmail.com:
I just thought of something, what if the note 2 suddenly going dead isn't related to the emmc but to the power ic ? I noticed that before my note 2 died, the phone was getting very hot
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terminal 7:
recovery...

all i wanna know is which recoveries are safe?

anyone know if twrp is safe at its current revision because i couldnt work out from the twrp thread if it is yet??

it says some pages thru that the updated version 2.4 would be safe but its stil at v2.3***

who knows the answer ??

??
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owl74:
2.3.3.1 for S3

2.3.3.2 for Note 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoebs:
Tedbork and

My watchdog app is by zomut.

Im using my note 2 at the moment. S3 dead just a month ago and is still at samsung repairs. I feel like im holding a time bomb.last night android media was using up to 90% of my cpu all of sudden. I sitched it off righy away.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patka29:
sds new box

What I need to look on new sealed box to avoid phone with defective chip? Manufacture date or something else?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXplosion17:
Uff mine doesnt have it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts.shay:
Am not so sure, but I think there's no way to tell if the box is still unopened. ^^
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wunderwaffe:
Anyone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
AFAIK, MAGXXX chips are not affected, no matter what revision.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wunderwaffe:
Thanks. That is a relief.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiddlex:
confused.

Does anyone know if it's just that revision that has the bug? I have VTU00M but mine is 0xf7. Is that safe?

EDIT: I Read back through the thread and it seems to be safe?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I havent really seen/heard any reports of an N2 death from SDS.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps000000:
Bang!!!

i got effect chip!!!

but i use it for 2 month without reading this thread!!!

make me scary!!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skunko1:
lol

Odesláno z mého GT-N7100 pomocí Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyleDevlin12:
How do I find out which chip I have ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrchezco1995:
I Think that note its affected with Samsung's Exynos bug. Just update the firmware and that should fix it. The Exynos bug is already fixed on 4.1 update
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
There's a free app called "emmc check" in Google Play market.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androssama:
Use the app mentioned above but ignore the "NO. Sane chip." result, just check your chip type and FwRev.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyleDevlin12:
No I mean how do you find out if its afaikk or magxxx ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SebaKL:
Happen to a friend of mine 4 weeks ago, 3 months after getting his new Note 2. Sent it back to Sam's service center. Took 20 days to collect, wiped clean device.

<<Happened to me two months ago, same story like most. Woke up, couldn't on the phone. Sent to Samsung, two weeks waiting....>>

EDIT:

Happened to me two months ago, on my S3, same story like most. Woke up, couldn't on the phone. Sent to Samsung, two weeks waiting....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androssama:
1- Install eMMC Brickbug Check

2- Run it and if you get something like the screenshot below then you have the bad chip even if it says "sane". If you get any other result you're good to go, you don't have the bug.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estugarda:
Unfortunately, I have the affected VTU00M rev 0xf1 chip.

I'm running stock 4.1.2. Flashed from Odin.

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

1. Am I now protected from SDS?

2. Are all VTU00M rev 0xf1 chips prone to die?

3. Is there any kind of official Samsung info on this issue for Note2?

Thanks...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
U already on DLL7 u should be save..:D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuxxperia:
Is the revision 0xf2 safe?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdasunny:
I have the sds chip. Keep finger cross.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnkor:
Looks like i have the same above chip as i check on my phone and now my phone not able to make calls as well as my IMEI Number is wiped . furthermore is null /null as i key in *#06#
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estugarda:
I'm just reading about this on another forum, and there people are saying that the official stock 4.1.2. DLL7 has only exynosbug fix, not sds fix. They are claiming that the only way to protect affected devices is to install a custom kernel and recovery. Does anyone know more about this?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaski:
Greetings to all from Greece!

Was very sceptical with all of your posts. Today i check with emmc check and get the next resultQ

postimage.org/image/bg11gq5g9/

The app was updated yesterday and its a little different from what i see in your picture.

I' m ok with the result? :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
I think thats know only Samsung...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BratPAQ:
Yes the app is updated.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
yes:good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaski:
Mine, did not show the fwrev at all. Please check my photo to my previous post with copy-paste (did not upload it right).

Really sorry. My bad. I was on big fonts and the last line was missing.

I have the next result from the check:

s9.postimage.org/fexal3n9r/Screenshot_2013_02_08_23_22_30_1.png

Probably i am ok..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
You are safe good. But Im not :thumbdown:

Sent from my GT-N7100 using paid Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richard_10:
Yes it must
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermanrj:
Mine also affected by this. I'm currently running Omega V11 with stock kernel and TWRP recovery. Do am SAFE now from this SDS issues?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
If your kernel has the fix, then you are safe
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delta 32:
Sv: Note 2 SDS (sudden death syndrome)

Have the same one, hope it's safe, at least it should be.

Sendt fra min GT-N7100 med Tapatalk2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
Type: VTU00M

FwRev: 0xf1

Is this still the same chip and revisions on the n7105 lte version? Coz as far as i know this is found mostly on the n7100 models. Correct me if am wrong though. Im planning to purchase the sgn2 and would want to avoid as much as possible the chip/revisions i posted above. I know it has been "fixed" already in the updates accdg to samsung but i just want to take precautionary measures just to be sure. thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paarkhi:
I've purchased N7100 yesterday and after checking in eMMC app, the data shown is

Type: VTU00M

FWREV: 0xf7

Date: 11/2012

So am I safe or not?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodrigoyasuda:
Don't worry, you're safe.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
Anyone had a sds and got their phone repaired by samsung to check their emmc revision pls.

Lets see what Samsung replacing the ill boards with what ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
they are replacing motherboards with 0xf7 revision

Sent from my GT-N7100 using paid Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sos_sifou:
I do have this crap chip :(

International galaxy Note2 BTU from England, stock everything and they didn't release the freaking updated yet!

Best regards

Sifou

Using a Samsung N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
Mine was the same just update to any and once the btu is released flas that one
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiddlex:
Are you saying they are replacing sds motherboards with 0xf7 motherboards or 0xf7 is affected and needs replacing?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
0xf7 is ok
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sos_sifou:
I have a noob question, as i didn't flash for a while, updating to the latest XEF will wipe my internal memory? And apps of course?

Does it still have the battery drain issue?

Thanks fella

Best regards

Sifou

Using a Samsung N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
Is this affected? (N7100)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksc6000:
Apparently yes. It doesn't matter if it says No, sane chip. That's what I'm gathering from these forums.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sos_sifou:
I don't know what is happening with this app as i have the same chip but i do have the bug!

Best regards

Sifou

Using a Samsung N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksc6000:
Is there any article or press release that actually says that 4.1.2 fixes the SDS bug? Or is this just something we've come to as a conclusion?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoBBBBBBBO:
So, I'm safe?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
Yes
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
absolutely Safe!

Sent from my GT-N7100 using paid Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
how come eMMc brickbug checker doesn't now show the correct phone model? the unit by the way is a N7100.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukers:
Hi guys I have question. If I will root my device and install custom rom I still have warranty?

Im asking because i just bought note 2 from ebay and im afraid is affected by sds.

Send from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_sirok:
no if you root your phone your warranty is voided. the only ting that you can do is to flash a pre-rooted stock rom

Enviat des del meu GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Feeling_Free:
so what kind of symptom that result to SDS?

because my phone acting strange recently

my phone suddenly can't do anything and i had to hard rebooted it, after reboot, i can only use my phone for short time because it start to hang and blank again. and when i want to use titanium backup it was stucked at "waiting for root right" or something

so i decided to did factory reset and my phone back to normal

it happen twice already :| and i scared it was symptom of SDS

and when i checked with eMMc checker it say my phone type was VTU00M with FwRev: 0xf1 and it even said "YES. insane chip"

right now i'm using neak kernel and resurrection remix JB 1.0.1 rom