yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_commandante:
Had the same experience in Germany. I think they are working on instructions from Samsung. Either try to get a replacement from your vendor or send it back a second time - usually it gets repaid the second time around.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urkrishpatel:
TRIED EVERYTHING but ISSUE BEYOND FIX

Model: GT-N7100

Baseband: N7100XXDLK7

Build: JZo54K.N7100XXDLK7

eMMC Chip:

Type: VTU00M

Date:08/2012

FwRev:0xf1

So I bought this phone back in Oct2012 and from last month I am start having this so called "Sudden Death" "Freeze" issue so check with EMMC app and yup the result is Insane Chip. Now from last 3 days I have tried all the kernels including(persius and XDLL7) and bunch of other recoveries and ROMS and nothing is fixing this problem. Now this is "Made in UK" version and I am living in USA so Samsung Mobile USA has declined to honor the warranty so Samsung UK has suggested to me to contact Samsung USA. Now I have spend $700 for this so called flag shipped device and all I have got is brick for this price.As this point I am so mad at Samsung that I have decided to go "DARKSIDE with APPLE or WP8 NOKIA" as they honor warranty worldwide does not matter where it manufactured . One thing I dont understand though it was perfectly fine for first 4 months without having any problem working like a charm without any root or custom rom and now suddenly its start behaving so crazy that almost unable to use. If any one can suggest me the solution so I dont have to waste my $700. Thanks so much for all your support and efforts in advance my fellow XDA members
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachinaik:
I guess this issue does not happen on a 32 GB note 2...

Till now I can see that only 16GB note 2 users are affected...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badril81:
Can try sending the phone back to the UK for repair. It is still under warranty rite?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remedya:
Samsung's poor limited warranty

I had a similar issue with Samsung's limited warranty. I was on vacation in India when my Note 2 had SDS and Samsung India would not honour the warranty so I had to wait until I returned to the UK before sending my Note 2 for a warranty repair. This delayed repair spoiled my holiday and I was without a working Note 2 for 5 weeks.

I will not be buying Samsung again due to it's poor limited warranty.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Is there a time frame after the initial 150-250 days when SDS usually strikes that we can start to relax about sudden death I have a GS3 and a Note 2 both with affected chips. When can we determine our motherboards are not faulty? Never?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goenne:
Try using XXDLK5.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_commandante:
Not that I am excusing Samsung, I've had my fare share of problems with them too, but I don't think that any of the other major players are any different. I've had exactly the same problems with Apple and Cannon and in both cases we're talking much bigger sums - the canon was a 7k camera and while I'm a professional service member that didn't help the issue either...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dpk1:
Sell yours if it is still in working condition & buy something else. I did the same with mine. Don't get me wrong, i loved my note2 but couldn't risk getting SDS after warranty expiry. Damn you, Samsung!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badril81:
Note 2 = design for sds
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_commandante:
That's a little excessive and alarmist :o He could just get a newer one (I'm pretty sure they've been using a different revision of the chip since November) our simply a 32GB version. Unless of course he simply wants a different phone. While this is indeed a major ****-up and a big pain in the behind to deal with, it's not a reason to give up on a perfectly good phone...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urkrishpatel:
I have already listed it on ebay as there is no way that I can send this to UK to repairing from USA just to get to convince someone at Samsung about my problem is a tough task
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackURbody:
I dont understand exactly what is this SDS issue and how what actions would you take to be affected by it? I have just flashed CWM 6.0.1.5 and have read this has some link to SDS? Can someone please explain to me how SDS happens?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zetlorf:
It's the same as described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
My Note II (7100) bought last September appears to have suffered from Sudden Death Syndrome SDS, It was left overnight in the charging dock and when I took it out of the dock, it did not spring to life as it usually does. It would not power up. Removing and replacing the battery (even using a fully charged spare) did no good. It would not go into recovery or download mode. The ROM was the official stoci XXALIE rom.

The only sign of life at all is a faint red blink every five seconds or so from led immediately to the upper right of the Samsung logo (not the notification led).

From what I have read, the phone will have to be sent to Samsung to be fixed under warranty.

Unbelievably, my wifes S3 also also seems to have suffered the same fate today as well although there is no "blink" from hers. Again spare battery did not help, and it too will not go into recovery/download. My wifes ROM was also a stock ROM from late last year - sorry, now it's "dead" I can't check!

If only the same luck applied when I enter the lottery!

Have not found anything anywhere about a user recovery method as, from what I have read, it seems to be a hardware failure and Samsung will either replace the board or replace the phone with a new one. Either way, a bit annoying as some of my apps are tied to the IMEI number which, in all probability will change as a result of the repair/replacement.

Apart from the above, I have found the Samsungs to be excellent phones and my wife will almost certainly get the S4 and I will get an Note 3 assuming that Samsung don't mess us about with the repair/replacement.

Hope this info helps.

UK warranty repairs can be done by

Samsung Electronics UK Ltd

PO Box 479

Gateshead NE9 9BJ Tel: 0330-7267854

or by other accredited agents such as

Phoneland Ltd

19b Sheep Street

Bicester OX26 6JF Tel: 01869 242500
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yudodis:
on what rom?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
Details added to Original post but was XXALIE on the Note II - no idea what my wife had on her S3 - but it was stock from last year.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
I am confused should i get note 2 or not (because of SDS) i started the poll also but looks like many people have not used 0xf1 chip for six month

i dont know what to do.. should wait more for newer version of chip?

i dont know why but whenever i compare mobiles with note 2 i like only note2 but sds does not let me go ahead please suggest me what to do
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razorbud:
I have just got my phone back from Samsung UK.

I had a custom ROM on my Note II and I had an instance of SDS, They have repaired it and replaced the ASSY-PBA-MAIN(COMM) and updated the software to 4.1.2 (international)

However it looks like i didn't get a new eMMC module on my board, according to eMMC check I have an insane chip! They also reset my flash counter :) So no more custom ROMing for me for a while, I hope it doesn't happen again in another 4 months!!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_commandante:
Actually that looks like they changed your motherboard and the eMMC chip is on it so you did get a new chip. Unfortunately it looks like you were unlucky to get an older replacement part with the old version of the chip on it so that's a chance you'll be in the same situation in a couple of months :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
Apart from the inconvenience of a possible SDS failure, which I believe only happens on earlier models, the service from Samsung seems very good. I called them this morning and a courier has been arranged to collect my Note II (at no cost to me) and they say I should get it back in around 7 working days.

Personally speaking, I would not worry too much especially if you are buying a new one - the Note II is an excellent phone and the only phone I might consider replacing it with is a Note 3 (perhaps September/October 2013) or, less likely, the S4. Although I rarely use the S-Pen, it is very useful when I do and I also like the large screen, The S4 screen is smaller and, of course, it lacks the S-Pen. I suspect that the Note 3 will have all the features of the S4 together with the S-Pen and an even larger screen. I also suspect it will have 4G/LTE as standard here in the UK. Hopefully also with HSPA Dual Channel.

Unfortunately, it won't be cheap and my existing Note II is a non 4G/LTE version (7100 as opposed to 7105) so the second hand value will not be as much as I would like when I think about buying the Note 3. Given that I previously had the 7000 (Note I), I expect my bank balance will have to suffer!

I keep looking at alternatives bur I really like a replaceable battery and a card slot and there is nothing else to match the Note II. Some people think it's too big but I find it excellent and it easily fits in most of my pockets with no problem. Since the original Note, it has been very interesting to see other manufacturers coming out with larger screens - but still noting to beat the Note/Note II IMHO,
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
i think if you buy now there's a big chance you'll get the newer chipsets. (0xf7) which is not affected by the SDS. i bought mine last march 10 (yep i waited that long just to be sure not to get the 0xf1 chips) and thankfully i got the newer ones. N7100 titanium grey!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooper1973:
I just bought a note 2 before I had read about sds and thankfully I have 0xf7 chip im soooo happy ;) :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
thanks for all the quick reply...

it looks like 0xf7 is 100% safe

Am i right?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooper1973:
From what im reading the 0xf1 was the problem so there is no worry with sds on 0xf7, I have not seen any reports too say otherwise:thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loty78:
Note 2 returned unrepaired by Samsung UK

Hi guys, just to update you, today i got my Note 2 back from Samsung repair centre here in the UK. This was their response:

''Thank you for sending your mobile phone to us. Kyle, one of our approved engineers has tested your phone and they have found that it is not working because your handset has been found to be of non European origin. Samsung products are covered by regional warranty and therefore only protected by the warranty specific to that region.''

So according to them its not working because its bought outside of EU and not because it was sold faulty and their chip overheated and malfunctioned...Basically got the phone back in exactly the same state, as i sent it 2 weeks ago. I am gutted, cause i bought it in Thailand on Samsung Expo in Central World and im not planning to spend another £500 on plane ticket to return it there to Samsung repair centre.

I looked up emails for couple of Samsung executives here in the UK and sent them emails this afternoon, that this kind of behaviour i find unacceptable, that i was sold faulty product ready for recall and they refuse to repair it in the country of my residence.

I will update you if i get any reply from them.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cruzaders:
Is omega v15 safe? They are using the DLK7

iPhone 3g > iPhone 4 > Samsung Galaxy Nexus > Galaxy Note > Galaxy S3 > Galaxy Note 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph3nom:
It seems most of the phone effected is the one use in UK. I have s3 bought sept 2012 it has been more then 6 months but not experiencing sds. Even my causin s3 which he bought longer then me and didn't update to latest rom, kernel fix, and recovery fix till i told him and help him update his phone a week ago. Didn't get any sds.

My note 2 not yet 6 months but i hope everything will be ok since i use the fix
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larry_thagr81:
Agreed
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaski:
Απ: Note 2 SDS (sudden death syndrome)

As seems until now the f7 is secure. If you can buy from a shop that you can return the item few days after bought you can take it and check if you have f7 inside. If not you send it back. I bought mine here in Greece January 29 and it was with f7 inside. It was come from Poland market.

Alternative you can buy from a shop with many sales so it will be difficult to have stock. I think that after October 2012 all notes2 are with f7 chip inside.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using my fingers.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henryblake:
sorry guys, it is not save ..... i bought mine two days ago and it happens .......

Type: VTU00M

fWRev: 0xf7

................ sorry, i can only report what happend, nothing more, eben NO solution ... what do you recommend?? Sending to samsung for a new firmware or something like this. The dealer is going to support me, so .......

Thanks, greeting, Henry
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
You would definitely be the first report of SDS with the OXF7 firmware maybe it could have be some other hardware fault seeing as you had yours only two days....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooper1973:
I agree with this as you would be the first since old chip was changed. Who told you the chip has failed as without conformation you can not be sure thats the issue
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
It's only been 2 days, you should've brought it or send it back from where you purchased it and avail your warranty claims. It's hard to say that it was SDS coz accdg to reports, symptoms can usually be seen after 5 months or so..there may be other underlying factors or you just had a lemon unit..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paradaz:
I've just had the SDS tonight. My Note 2 is 5 months old and has been running the Omega ROMs through 12, 13 and it died on 14. (4.1.2)

Will be in touch with Samsung or the vendor in Bicester tomorrow in view of getting it fixed. Will post updates and hopefully the chip spec when/if it gets the mainboard replaced.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
Again !! i just was planing to get note 2 of 0xf7 chip. and this post reported sds(looks like so) and made me sad. i would wait more and keep an eye from now to get my note 2.

i happens only with me.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetuk437:
Had 5 freezes and/or resets between 07:00 and 08:00, same story for the past few weeks since firmware upgrade XXDMB2.

Now with latest XXDMB6 firmware downloaded this morning its been to rock steady for the last 6 hours

I am 0xf1.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
has anyone of you face or seen any 32 GB note 2 is getting SDS?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tainka:
which recovery and kernel you have? I'm on omega 14 and now i'm worried...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamliner330:
Has anyone with the MAG chip had an issue? If this happened to me I'd blow a gasket.

I've avoided Samsung because of issues like this.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackmax32:
Hey guys,

I am going to buy the Note 2 next month.

So how do I check chipsets.-0xfxx - on Note 2.

I dn't want to buy the faulty chip so I want to check before I buy.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paradaz:
Perseus kernel and TWRP 2.3

I sent the phone to 'PhoneLand' in Bicester this morning. They said 25% chance it's a software problem and 75% chance of SDS when I spoke to them on the phone. I'm pretty sure it's SDS as I can't get anything out of it at all other than a brief red flash of the LED by the proximity sensor, no usb connectivty, no ADB, no power-up...nothing.

I'm hoping it's SDS to be honest, because I cancelled the phone insurance a week after getting the phone so if they manage to power it up they'll see the custom recovery/root and Omega ROM and fob me off meaning I'll be £500 down :(

They reckon if it is SDS and it needs a new mainboard assembly I'll have it back within approx 10 days.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goenne:
Just bough one with x7 chip. Sale the x1 chip for $500. ( damn lost about $240)

Hope will last forever.

Thanks for everyone who found this bug.

Hate samsung services but note 2 still fit my needs.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcpathak:
Just on the last page (p.49) someone reported issues that are apparently sds with x7 chip. Really sad...

---------- Post added at 01:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 PM ----------

Download and install eMMC Check from play store and see the results that it gives. For details, please see the opening post of this thread.

But the question is whether they would allow you to open the box, check the chip and refuse to buy if it contains the faulty chip?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tainka:
This means that the phone will die no matter which recovery and which kernel is installed. there is no fix for the SDS. I really hope that not all the 0xf1 chips are bad... .
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackmax32:
I went and checked the Note 2 yesterday . The shopkeeper refused to open the box if I don't buy it..

But he only had the white version.

I asked for the grey version. He said grey version is out of stock. It will be back in a week or two.

I might get a new grey Galaxy Note 2 with new chip.

I forgot to read the Op btw :)

Neways tnx.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
for those of you who can't check the unit with emmc, here are the series of tests you can do to check if the unit has the 0xf7 chip:

- the 1st four numbers of the IMEI code on the box should be 3550 and up

- if you can open the box but still can't do installation of the emmc app, you can do this test: on the dial pad input *#12580*369# then look for the HW Rev (last one) and should be: MP 1.301 (MP 1.300 is the 0xf1)

i've read this somewhere within this thread and did those tests prior to purchasing and yes i got the 0xf7.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
I can confirm 1.300 is 0xf1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodrigoyasuda:
Someone had a 1.300 with 0xf7, so that's not for sure.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koalauk:
I was referring to my phone
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
well my english is not good but i think both posts are cotradicting

and...

the second post has been taken from this indian thread

#1952

can anyone explain what is true?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goodm7sn:
Yeah it's becoming a bit confusing now, i just got my device back from repairs after an SDS, they fixed it but I'm still on that insane chip, but i got dmb2 update (4.1.2) which according to another thread means that I'm safe now since they patched it with those updates.

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong....

Thx
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
it looks that they replace your chip with another insane chip
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagsvag:
I have a galaxy s ii with a insane emmc chip for 2 years now and works like a charm, some guys had brick them sii phones when came out 4.0.4 ics and the kernel didn't have brickbug fix, after this some xda developers fixed the bug and everything was okay, so is possible software fix. I think the guys with sds problem was at 4.1.1 or if they was at 4.1.2 with the fix the damage had already done when they was at 4.1.1 so if u buy now your phone or change your motherboard and u see insane chip i think that u haven't more any problem. Samsung is not stupid to defame theme company two times and loose the fans.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adytum:
To the one who got the same chip after repair: I guess it's possible that they could modify a chip series without changing the revision number, but I'd contact the service center about this.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetsmoke69:
10.000.000 devices have been sold until now.

60.000 owner of note2 have been reading this thread.

20-30 SDS's have been reported here.

Bottom line: the risk of SDS is less than 0.1%!

Fair, there might be an increase over the next months since many devices are currently not in the critical age.

However, I don't think we do need to worry to much about it. Especially not if you're on the latest versions of ROM, Kernel and Recovery.

Just my 2cent...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
and the statics you got from....??
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
I do agree with you that the number is pretty low, but also think of the everyday person who has never heard of XDA they aren't reading about this problem and go to their provider and get there device replaced.... I just want Samsung to make a damn official statement about it already but it's not looking to likely
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas89:
Last week I bought Note2. I have insane chip too.

phone was 4.1.1 and I upgrared it to 4.1.2 .

Do I have risk for SDS now ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
can you check your chip by installing EMMC check from google play and tell us if it is 0xf1 or 0xf7? also

the dial pad input *#12580*369# then look for the HW Rev (last one) and should be: MP 1.301 (MP 1.300 is the 0xf1)

tell us result first

i have heard people getting SDS with 4.1.2 also.....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basongwe:
Mine has the scheduled bug to.

0xF1

And I have a SIM slot remplacement to schedule, should I tell the repairman that I have the bug ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas89:
I checked it. it is 0xf1 and HW Rev :MP 1.300
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
well there is bit of a confusion whether 4.1.2 has fix for SDS or not, some people who has suffered SDS with 4.1.2 , they got symptoms of SDS before updating(when they were on 4.1.1) and they update their phone later( after the symptoms of SDS. )and their phone died .so if this is the case (assuming that 4.1.2 has a fix for SDS) and if you dont see any symptoms of SDS you are safe.

kindly note i dont have note 2 but i am telling you what i understand by reading here.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [dcw]aaron:
if my memory serves me right, from what i read here. those who were affected were on 4.1.1. the fix was on 4.1.2 2013 release..so 4.1.2 releases that was before 2013 may still be affected. correct me if am wrong though.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetsmoke69:
10.000.000 devices have been sold until now.

--> Google search (Samsung numbers and analyst expectations)

60.000 owner of note2 have been reading this thread.

--> Thread counter

20-30 SDS's have been reported here.

--> reading the whole thread and counting the observations

Bottom line: the risk of SDS is less than 0.1%!

--> by myself

This is for sure neither high sophisticated nor 100% precise, but even if you double, tripple, quadruple .... the result, it remains a minor risk.

Having said this, I cross my fingers, cause I have an affected chip as well dated 8/2012
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas89:
what are the symptoms ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloatingFatMan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2093599
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholes:
well according to this poll result after using of 6 months(people who have 0xf1 chip) 6 phones died out of 11

at that poll most of the people have not used their phone for six month.(11 people)

the % is much higher!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas89:
what are the symptoms of SDS ?