Note 2 SDS (sudden death syndrome)
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I have the same..
Type: VTU00M
Date: 07/2012
FwRev: 0xf1
Is this a firmware or hardware problem?
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You are the first one with N7100 safe.
thats really helpful real relief. i really hope my unit is out of SDS thing because my unit doesnt have Samsung Warranty just a service warranty. and still at stock 4.1.1 and haven't have any update to 4.1.2.,
My unit is N7100 VTU00M Date :11/2012 FwRev : 0xf7
nope... sudden death.
Although when it happened to me i couldnt turn the screen on... so it took the battery out and restarted... and it never turned on again...
(its currently resting in a service centre :'(
Read here (do not post unless you are developer or can contribute) :cyclops:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2096045
It seems the patch check the date of the chip as well. So maybe not all of the chips are affected. Could be good news.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2096045
It seems the patch check the date of the chip as well. So maybe not all of the chips are affected. Could be good news.
From what I gathered so far, this patch only identifies chips of a certain batch or date namely 20120413 which if it is from April, it's highly likely our note2 devices aren't affected. That is to say, Samsung have indeed identified the issue and are on top of it. If other batches are identified, then the workaround work. Has any bodies n7100 actually died from SDS or is it too early to tell? Sme will die to unrelated issues, and that's fine as all phones will experience these failures but what's not wanted is the phones dying en-masse
I think it can be concluded that people wanting to buy a Note 2 should first check the date the phone was manufactured or what chip is present in the phone before exchanging money. The question is is it possible to say what chip is present in the phone just by looking at the imei or serial number on the package?
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in our country warranty is usselyy for 2 years.if will brick,after one years i coud get a new phone
Thats great.. But here in Kuwait, no manufacturer warranty. Only supplier warranty and its for one year only.. And during the warranty claim, most of the time blame is put on consumer itself and warranty is denied. This is what happened with my Galaxy S2 which got emmc brickbug. Even the binary counter was 0 and these people just gave the report as water-case..
So by looking at my past experience, I am getting worried with this topic..
i wanna know if i install twrp recovery with the fix im on the safe side??? or i have to install kernel too? cuz i dont wanna change the stock kernel !
I think that only we can do is flash perseus kernel and Philz recovery for now. Couse in their log there is a reference to the sds problem fix.
Naturally if there are other kernel or recovery that seems to fix that big issue let us know in OP please.
Is that the "official" sds thread for note 2, true? There is no mirror threads?
So we can concentrate our knowledge in a place.
I made an xda search and I saw that this is the main thread about the sds. So we can continue here.
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17Hi guys, I have been recently reading a few Note 2's dying of SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome). This has affected previous Galaxy S3 phones, and now some versions of Note 2.
========= Note: This is different from the exynos bug ==========
To check, install "eMMC Check" from google play and run it. Disregard the message saying Brick bug = No. Sane chip, and look at your eMMC chip type and FWRev.
If your:
Type: VTU00M
FwRev: 0xf1
your phone is affected by the bug.
I have read that Andreilux's Perseus kernel V31.2 (Perseus alpha31 (09/01)) temporarily repairs this bug. I am running his kernel anyway. But my question is, how many of you guys have the above chip?
Perseus kernel thread:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36552266#post36552266
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Updates and useful links:
UK/EU Samsung repair: free samsung repairs
I spoke to these guys this morning asking about the free postage on their site, according to them, postage is free but they are not tracked, and they advised me to use a recorded/insured postage.7for 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 0xf7.5
I don't care what the statistics say. I know that if even one person encounter this issue, it gives him/her 100% frustration and upset. I may sound biased because my phone just died (no PIT partition), but trust me, I'm definitely in a better state than some of the users who have no idea what the hell is going on, given some of them do not come to the forum. Hell I wish I did not use the phone so much without coming to XDA more often to discover these issues proactively, because I assumed the device I spent this much on should have been more stable or at least not being troubled with serious issue like this.
So I am with Kjc here. Screw Samsung.
Again this is some statistics. Note, however, it is not about how high the chances are. It is about how LOW it is and yet I still happen to be one of the victims. Not to mention that the population of N7100 users in the forum should only be a sample of the total population of N7100 users worldwide. If I can be the one who is this unlucky, anyone can (or could have been). As of today, only 20% of VOTERS are having this issue, but the number of total voters is merely 35.
BTW, I've only used the phone for 5 months.
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Ok i sounded like a lil whining b1tch in the last post sorry guys. I was just hit by this sudden death thing and read around a little more and feel much better now. As I realized that it is actually pretty funny to read things like "SDS is coming" LOL. It reminds me of someone saying "OMG I'm gonna die".
Anyway, I searched in this thread a little bit using keywords "AT&T" "U.S." "US" "United States" but found nothing. My concern is that has anyone in the U.S. who bought thru Amazon's import sellers had this issue and claimed his warranty successfully? I bought the phone Oct 31, 2012 thru an Amazon seller called Wireless Everything (or sth similar). I think the phone was from Austria when I checked after open it, and I flashed Open Germany 4.1.1 firmware. Am I gonna be able to contact and use U.K. customer service for warranty claim and repair? Or does Austria phone get to be sent to Samsung Austria?
Thanks for any inputs if you know.4
Fact: Your sample size is too insignificant to make a conclusion according to normal common sense. You dun even need to read whatever theory to know that.4
Are you in the EU law? EU law covers you for up to 5 years for a design flaw like this, or up to 2 years for regular electronic device faults.
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