yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
mark ! i saw it finally ... i`m damn blind ha ! but is missed placed also , below 06 jan ... anyway , i`m not gonna use his kernel on any other rom so , it doesn`t mater where it is , i was just curios to see it :cool:

thanx !
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
Siyah has the fix??? Where did you read this???

AFAIK last version is 1.8.6 with Exynos-Fix, but without SD-Fix

Taper di Tap with my S3 @178 days
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
yeah , he made a mistake , siyah still on holiday so not patched for SDS yet

perseus and yank555 for cm10 so far , also temasek within his rom v32
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
The bootloader has nothing to do? (I'm worried because I can not update the firmware via odin XXELLA I updated only through custom ROMs)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Only Yank for CM and Tamesek for Rom Including Kernel. Perseus is TW only.

Andrei Signed off CM Changes to kernel yesterday so may have been in the nightly but havent checked yet
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Nothing!
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
hello j have a question:

1) i installed omega rom v 36 with default kernel which should be xxella and if j understund this kernel has the patch it's ok?

2) I installed the cwm recovery 5.5.0.4 installed with cf-root 6.4? i change this recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] emmanueldmc:
Thanks!!! Now...

Rom: Hydrx 2.2.1 r1 BASED ON XXELLA

Kernel: Perseus Alpha31

Recovery: Philz 4 touch recovery

I guess that's enough right?
[Galaxy S III General] duhhh:
Yep :)
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
yep , i said "and" but only for yank555 :D

perseus TW only , of course !
[Galaxy S III General] vostikan:
Hi guys, my question is simple - all know that the day before yesterday samsung exposed on opensource update7. official updates from samsung with which it is possible to stitch and forget about this nightmare are at present known? whether is convergence about preparation of such versions?

sorry for noob question.;)
[Galaxy S III General] Bushido76:
Hey guys,

yesterday I read a lot of posts saying that kernel version LLA is needed to be safe. And I agree that the latest kernel version will most likely be the best fix. ;)

But to have a good comparison I unpacked the kernel images of LL5 and LLA and had a look for the two strings (﻿„CMD13(VC) failed“ and „VTU00M“). The search was successful in both kernel versions - so I conclude that LLA shouldn't be the only safe kernel version. ;)

Bushido
[Galaxy S III General] cocous:
you have the new chip

this must be safe.
[Galaxy S III General] paulrh:
Your phone will die and you will pay tax. These are the only two certainties in life.
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
Thanks for replying.

are you sure? :) are there any way to confirm that new chips are safe?

I brought the phone like 2 weeks ago in sapphire black.
[Galaxy S III General] cocous:
Απ: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

If you run the oronav test and the mmc bug from market you see your chip it isn't affected. Only the 0xf1 is affected for all mp versions and release dates

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

Are you sure it's 0xf7 and not 0xf1?
[Galaxy S III General] medpal.te:
After a lot of reading and deliberation I have made changes to my equipment.

I was on stock JB 4.1.1 rooted.

Now I have shifted to

Wanamlite based on JB 4.1.2 ELLC based

Perseus kernel 31.2 with fix

Philz touch recovery 4.00 with fix.

Hope my device does not die before my warranty expires. :)

BTW I am in India.
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
Phone died on me XXELL4

Yesterday evening my phone quite and commited suicide. It does nothing anymore and when booting up i see a lot of horizontal lines and a small red in the left corner on the screen and then it goes black. It is no longer recognized by the pc and flashing with Odin shows a 100% fail. I`will be taking it to the service center on monday. Thank god i had a One X lying around. I guess this is the infamous SDS event. I was running stock XXELL4 with Phil`z recovery touch and stock kernel, so i thought i was safe. But clearly i wasn`t. BTW i have the affected chip that is mentioned in several posts.
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
Okay thanks alot man! :D

have you checked the 0xF7 is clean by your self or someone else have confirmed it? :)

---------- Post added at 02:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:49 PM ----------

yeah its 0xf7 not 0xf1 , I'm 100% sure.
[Galaxy S III General] cooltarun:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

We haven't seen the result 0 yet with oranav test on any of the 0xf1 chip. People have tested this with 0xf1 chips dated as late as 11/2012.
[Galaxy S III General] artesea:
Well the Samsung Kernel patch is only applied to 0xf1 and from the way the phones die suggests that it's a firmware issue, so *hopefully* the latter revisions are safer.
[Galaxy S III General] cocous:
Απ: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Ok i know but what's mean this?

All phones have a problem?

Its very difficult. Something else happens.

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

Are you sure you had flashed the correct kernel,,, coz incorrect kernel flash can also lead to bricking... Sometimes human error can happen, thats all i mean..
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
Stock XXELL4 kernel was supposed to be safe afaik.
[Galaxy S III General] foxrobi:
R: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

The baseband si related SDS ??

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
No, as far as i know only the kernel and the recovery can cause the SDS.
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Ok, to clear things up:

ORANAV-TEST doesn't look for 0XF1!!

It looks for 13.04.2012 inside the chip.

In easy words:

If date is 13.04.2012

print "2"

else print "0"

With this test we found out (so far) that 0XF1 could also mean 13.04.2012 inside.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @187 days
[Galaxy S III General] don_rico:
Hi there, i hope somebody can take a quick look at my config and say the magic words "Yes, you have done what's possible besides keeping you fingers crossed!" If not... should I flash Perseus again? Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
We assume with very high propability that ELL4 already contains the fix. However, what we don't know is, if the fix is able to prevent 100% of the sudden deaths.

Maybe even with the fix you didnt have full 100% security. However, SD cases are getting less and less in the last time.

Are you able to get into recovery? What information are written in the download mode? That would be important to know, if it's the normale sudden death issue.

BR

Robert
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
I can only get in downloadmode and it looks normal but that`s all, when connecting to the PC and Odin it is recognized but there is no data transfer/Odin cannot flash. Then it says process is a 100% fail. That is all i can do so i gues the motherboard is killed in action. When booting normal i see hotizontal stripes for 2-3 seconds and the screen goes black and the phone is as dead as a door nail :eek:

-EDIT- It is not the infmous SDS bug but the didgitizer that is broke so that touch doesn`t work anymore, sent to the shop 21-01-2012 and will be fixed soon.
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
That doesn't really look like a sudden death, it looks more like a hardware failure.

In download mode, whats youre Product Name? Has it gone empty?

Is Custom Binary Download: No, and

is Current Binary: Samsung Official

and is

System Status: Custom?

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
GT-I9300

Custom Binary: 1 count

Samsung: Custom

System Satus: Custom
[Galaxy S III General] sebarkh:
Odp: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

No, that means nothing. Most propably almost all chips has the same emmc fw. All are affected. Betrer check it.

Sent from my washing machine...straight from the tumbler...
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
OK, but this then does not look like the usual "half" sudden death.

See this description:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36873352#post36873352

With this point and the trange flickering screen at boot it looks like your phone has a real hardware problem imho.

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

He has chip with 0XF7. As far as we know, those seems to be safe.

Taper di Tap with my S3 @187 days
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
guys please tell whether 0xF7 versions are safe??

what if I install the JB 4.1.2? still not safe? :confused:

First android phone, not a good "First Impression" at all!! :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] T0xic4u:
AW: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Can't be that difficult to read Post 1, isn't it?

Taper di Tap with my S3 @187 days
[Galaxy S III General] ivan4o5:
That is not the SGS3 SDS :/ ...
[Galaxy S III General] qavro:
i strongly suggest to enjoy your phone. This mass hysteria is going way to far anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
Stay cool, youre double safe. 4.1.2 versions have the fix but for 0xf7 it is not even needed.

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] rockler:
"phew" Thanks guys! :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] MichelN:
Don't know what the ''Sudden Death'' actually is but i checked my phone for the chip. I already have 4.1.2 installed and since i own this phone (oktober 2012) i never had problems with it.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Oddly enough its when someones S3 suddenly dies ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

As I mentioned before I'm on European 4.1.2 released in october. Some people have told me that there was no release then, nevertheless that was the info that was to be found on sammobile at the time.

I don't know if it contains any fix for sds, but when I flashed the other day I couldn't find any newer release so that's what I used. I then rooted with cf-auto-root.

When I searched sammobile today I found a release from december: PDA: I9300XXELL4, CSC: I9300VDSELL1

Would that be a better choice, and if I want root, is using the ExynosExploit the best way to go?

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] MichelN:
Well i guess my GS3 has that bad chip then...the good thing is that i never had problems with it :).
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The first release of 4.1.2 was XXELKC, where L = 2012, K = November and C = revision 12, so there is no way you have a 4.1.2 that released in October.

I always use CF-root to root myself, but The ExynosAbuse will root anything before XXELLA I believe. But all 4.1.2 releases should be safe anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
...and you hopefully shouldn't have moving forward since you're on 4.1.2 already.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Maybe I've got the wrong info on sammobile the first time then, but it clearly said october when I downloaded it.

So, is the last one to prefer then?

Is there a difference in how root is accomplished between cf-root, cf-auto-root and the ExynosExploit, and if there is, which one is to prefer if I don't want void guaranty?

Hope I'll get it right this time so I don't have to clutter this thread anymore :o

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You can keep any 4.1.2 but it would be best to have the latest for your region, so its not out of warranty. Also, if you use CF-auto root, that now has the Stock ELLC recovery so it has the fixes and is stock. If you're not planning on flashing mods, themes and roms, this may be the way forward for you.

With the newer bootloaders however, if you do flash a custom kernel or recovery, you will get an exclamation mark on the boot screen and a custom flash status. You can reset this with triangle away, but unlike older bootloaders, it goes custom next time you restart.

There is a trick to avoiding this being an issue, That is reset the counter with triangle away before returning to stock - interrupt the reboot up with a battery pull and then boot to download mode - before flashing stock rom. The only issue is if your warranty claim is for usb port broken, you cant flash a stock rom so you're stuck there.

Personally, I prefer to use ab old bootloader so I reset the counter once and it never becomes an issue again.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

But from what I've heard rooting through ExynosExploit doesn't change the counter?

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
rooting is one thing. Flashing kernels and recoveries yourself is another.
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
@rootsu

but now i used omega rom v38, with bootloaderxxella.

1) since the bootloader has no influence on sudden death, can i reinstall old bootloader. J have the xxale8 bootloader to install with recovery, is compatible this bootloader with omega rom?

2) What do you bootloader use?
[Galaxy S III General] nex86:
if you're below XELLA, root with exynos abuse.

if you're on XELLA or later, root with CF-Auto Root and use Triangle Away after to reset the counter and get rid of the modified status. worked for me.
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
it seems like there is another safe kernel

[KERNEL] SpeedMod S3 Jelly Bean [ K2-5T1 SDS_Fix ] [K2-3 ExFAT ROOT BRIGHTNESS+]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1928348

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36772246&postcount=185

http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2012/07/samsung-galaxy-s3-speedmod-kernel.html
[Galaxy S III General] tani786:
I have rooted my phone using cf root auto and going to install philz touch recovery(correct me this recovery has got the sds fix yes-no).

1)Am i safe right know or am i going to have to install a custom kernal?..

2)Can I stick with the standard kernel thats on 4.1.2 stock firmware?

So to recap, if you checked you have VTU00M 0xf1 with EMMC check , you need to ensure:

If unrooted (never rooted / modded), you are on one of the "Stock" ROMs listed above

If rooted, you have one of the "Custom Kernels" OR "Custom ROMs including kernel" OR rooted "stock" with original kernel AND one of the "Custom recoveries" from the lists below
[Galaxy S III General] joanquro:
Hi , I've just flashed Oranav's patched kernel, and my chip IS affected. Result is "2".

eMMC check result:

Type: VTU00M

Date: 04/2012

FwRev: 0xf1

Thanks, I now know that my chip is buggy and I'll always have to be with patched recovery and kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
yes , you are "half" safe

if your firmware is listed , the other "half" safe part achieved
[Galaxy S III General] tani786:
thanx for the reply xanthrax appreciate it... im on jzo54 i9300xxell4 build number

is this listed above. also i just need to install philz recovery n im safe from sds?

again thanks for the quick reply xanthrax
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
so , the xxell4 build with its kernel appears to be "safe" as from first post , you just have to flash a custom recovery , philz v4 or TWRP 2.3.3.1
[Galaxy S III General] Sauriann:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

hi, just to check. New bootloader, philz v4 rec. and cm10.1. Safe or not?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Check post 1, it's ALL there. CM 10.1 has a date that you must be newer than.

Bootloader is nothing to do with anything. Again, something you would see if you read post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Everyone, I'm going to ignore questions that are already answered in post 1.

If you don't get an answer from me but you see me posting other things, it probably means you should read post 1 again
[Galaxy S III General] Sauriann:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

ok iam safe :) 19.01. cm10.1
[Galaxy S III General] philgalaxs3:
Thks for this thread :good:

"I am only responsible for what I understand. Not for what you say"
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
hahaha
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
This is epic burn. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

According to the OP there still is no evidence to update my bootloader yet...... Right? I really like to flash roms and themes in recovery and not worry to use TA after

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] zokibada:
What about Verizon galaxy 3 i535?

Sudden death real?

I'm cheking emmc and its 0xf1.

Need fix? Or dont worry be happy? :)
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Don't worry only international GS3 GT-I9300

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Evidence of what?

AFAIK all VTU00M revision 0xf1 chips have buggy firmware. I guess @rootSU can confirm.
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Evidence that it has a fix for SDS bug along with kernel...

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
No evidence whatsoever.

Also, a bootloader will not include a "kernel" - that's the heart of the Android OS (or recovery OS). Bootstrap loader is simply a tiny program that is designed to be run as soon as your device is powered on. Bootloader transfers control to the OS once it's finished doing whatever it's supposed to.

It's in fact due to this abstraction (and a lot many more) that you're able to flash whichever ROM (OS) you please, the bootloader remaining intact.
[Galaxy S III General] zokibada:
How i Can fix it on my i535?
[Galaxy S III General] Kjc99:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

@pickandwhammy

Thank you that makesalot of sense I have been flashing roms for awhile and never thought about the bootloader once THANK YOU for the explanation

Galaxy S3

Omega Rom V37
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
but i reflash an old bootloader, for

to eliminate the red exclamation mark must I still use triangle away?
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

The mark has gone? The count is 0 ?

Don't run it then , you need it only to reset counter
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
now the count isn't o and i saw the red exclamation.

Now i want reflash an old bootloader, but after reflash i'll see a red exclamation?
[Galaxy S III General] xanthrax:
Re: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

Mate , there is a thread opened for bootloader issues ... anyway , you must flash the old one to get rid of that mark.

I personally didn't do it , I do not care about warranty ... the box I throw the old phones is still not full yet :p
[Galaxy S III General] quebec1:
ok can you tell me what is the thread of bootloader?
[Galaxy S III General] qavro:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2083860
[Galaxy S III General] hakkun:
yesterday night i had wifi on, phone was not plugged in but it became so hot. the back was hot and also the front of the screen.

I'm on CM10.1 with the new bootloader. Today everything is fine again. But i hope it will not die. Because heat was a sign of sudden death wasnt it?
[Galaxy S III General] pickandwhammy:
Not necessarily.
[Galaxy S III General] Doughnut:
Well it seems I have this chip, and my date code is 05/2012.

Although since two days of owning the phone I've been running Omega, now I'm back to stock as mine needs to be repaired, headphone jack acting up...

So far no problems.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I agree that it's best to have the latest update, but I don't see how not having that would void warranty.

I used the latest cf-auto-root when I flash the other day, and even if I'm not on the latest 4.1.2 I should be safe according to this then.

I've noticed that, which makes it rather pointless to use triangle away since it still would end up being changed in case of sds.

Is it possible for me to flash an older bootloader on my 4.1.2, and if possible, would you be kind enough to direct me to one?

If I get this right that should be the last piece of my puzzle. Then I would be safe (which I presume I already are with the latest cf-auto-root), rooted and still official, and besides the usual trouble that comes with anything regarding warrantys it wouldn't be a problem if sds occurred on my phone.

That would be nice to know considering how my phone have behaved the last week. It still launches on boot, which surprises me every time cause it takes forever, most apps fc every now for no reason at all, and it get warm as hell from time to time. Maybe it has something to do with the damage that this eMMC issue does in the long run, maybe not, but I don't think it's gonna last for that long wether its gonna die from sds or something else.

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

Now I'm rooted through latest cf-auto-root, downgraded my bootloader, and status reads normal after reboot as well.

Guess I'm ok then. Which is nice to know since my phone behaves wearder every minute, and I'm pretty sure it won't last through the week whether it's gonna die from sds or something else.

Thanks :)

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] Pjerisimo:
Just to double check. If I install newest wanam ROM, which includes modified stock kernel and CWM recovery. I don't need to install one of the recoveries listed in the first post? I don't really understand how recovery and kernel are connected. Here's another example, if I install Philz recovery I don't need to install another custom kernel to be SDS safe, right? Does recovery contain its own little kernel?
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
okay read till page 70, just some quick infos before proceeding rooting my s3....

used eMMC app to test and i have 0xf1 fw rev so i have the bug, however im on XXELL4 4.1.2 stock with stock recovery and stock kernel (never rooted), i updated to XXELL4 from my phone with auto update.

XXELL4, being 4th decempber update, contains bug fix in recovery and kernel, like rootSU said.....but also new bootloader isnt it?

im planning to use latest CF Auto Root, it uses the latest stock recovery which is XXELLC version which has bug fix, isnt it?

i'd like only to root my s3 at the moment, and then using Triangle Away to reset counters and no more,

i wont install custom recovery or kernels

.

will TA work even on new bootloader considering im all stock?

i previously read about using 2.37 TA instead of 2.55 ? it's better 2.37 or 2.55 on XXELL4?

do you think i need to update to latest XXELLC?
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I'm guessing not. I'm on the earlier release of 4.1.2 (rooted through cf-auto-root), and triangle away didn't work for me before I've downgraded my bootloader.

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

You couldn't have said it better on my behalf. I too am looking for this perfect solution.
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I've downgraded my bootloader now and it seems to work fine.

You can flash an older bootloader with Mobile Odin. Bootloader thread is here

// Strömma
[Galaxy S III General] steebro:
i'd like to update to XXELLC 4.1.2 because it has Exynos bug fix and XXELL4 4.1.2 hasnt it, however i read from XXELLA there is new bootloader so being on XXELL4 i think i have old one, will i get ! red mark even on XXELL4 ?

i just want to have my s3 rooted with SDS fix and Exynos bug fixed, currently im on XXELL4 all stock
[Galaxy S III General] Stromma:
Sv: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

I'm on XXELL4, the one that was released before December, and I obviously had the new bootloader so I had to downgrade.

I'll guess you have to do the same thing if you upgrade, and you find links to Mobile Odin and the bootloader thread in my previous post.

// Strömma