I9000M new replacement phone 10.12 dies in less than 3 hours

kunjar · Jan 2, 2011

These threads should be emailed to ALL Samsung support departments, in each different country, unless there is one global support address. Like REALLY, this shouldnt be expected of a handset costing £400-500. Pathetic really. Just received my 2nd replacement handset today, screen is faded. Im not having it. The average user wouldnt notice it but after owning two previous handsets, i instantly knew the colour reproduction was off.
But atleast both units have had solid GPS reception, real world performance on the other hand im not too sure of but hopefully tomorrow i'll receive a FULLY functioning unit.
How different are the internals of the Nexus S?

AllGamer · Jan 2, 2011

Samdroid_G_S said:
It sounds like you are only trying factory resetting and formatting. Try flashing to another rom a different Kernel and then back to JL2 repartition the drive ext.

Its possible you could have had a bad flash of Jl2. When my SD died on my first phone I never had any of the symptoms your describing for me it was just a random FC reboot the phone and it was in it a boot loop.

that's the next thing i was going to test, i just needed to max out the current stock setup, to find out its limitation.

by the way the STOCK formats and wipe didn't work

i had to use the secret code format (it is different than the private format data, and also different from the recovery format)

if that didn't work, i'd have used the ADB mount to format via Linux

Mortify1 · Jan 2, 2011

My phone just died last night... Called Samsung Canada because my phone is unlocked to Rogers and then sent me the electronic label for me to send it in tomorrow..

Is Samsung still replacing the phone or going back to repairing?

How long did it take for the replacement to arrive?

shadoslayer · Jan 3, 2011

AllGamer said:
the fact is there is no problem in JH2
my old phone was also fine on JH2

the problem surfaces on Froyos
even if i flash the ROM back to JH2, and things works, they will cease to work as soon as it gets flashed back to 2.2 JL2

the goal of these test is to find out if the internal SD is working properly or not
not the phone or ROMs

Ok, so if everything works fine on JH2 (which makes this entire thread moot), then you do not have an internal sd issue. JL2 doesn't magically create a dead internal sd.

Like I said earlier, use odin and flash to jh2 w/ dbdata and sbl (get a full rom), and flash back to JL2 using odin. Or try kies again, whatever, but flash to JL2 from stock instead of rooting, lagfixing and all that fantastic stuff. And if you won't flash back to JH2, because your convinced froyo buggered up your phone, then flash Darky's or Doc's roms, and see what happens.

If you won't do that, then <shrug>. Good luck to you.

9mui · Jan 3, 2011

My SGS is dead, I can't turn it on. Bought it from Bell and unlocked to use in Fido. Do I still get warranty from Samsung?!?

AllGamer · Jan 3, 2011

9mui said:
My SGS is dead, I can't turn it on. Bought it from Bell and unlocked to use in Fido. Do I still get warranty from Samsung?!?

yes, just call samsung to have it replaced

AllGamer · Jan 3, 2011

shadoslayer said:
Ok, so if everything works fine on JH2 (which makes this entire thread moot), then you do not have an internal sd issue. JL2 doesn't magically create a dead internal sd.

Like I said earlier, use odin and flash to jh2 w/ dbdata and sbl (get a full rom), and flash back to JL2 using odin. Or try kies again, whatever, but flash to JL2 from stock instead of rooting, lagfixing and all that fantastic stuff. And if you won't flash back to JH2, because your convinced froyo buggered up your phone, then flash Darky's or Doc's roms, and see what happens.

If you won't do that, then <shrug>. Good luck to you.

you still don't get it do you?

the fact that it works on JH2 is not because it works properly, rather it works because it is NOT working properly

lots of people have been having hardware issues that were not evident in JH2, myself included.

once the phone was upgraded to froyo the hardware problem becomes evident quickly as it accelerates the decay.

when it is completely gone, even flashing back to JH2 doesn't do anything.

it took me a few tries flashing different ROMS just to revive it again

JM8 + JH2 + JL2

it wasn't working when i flashed it to JH2 after the last death, there was simply no response at all, until i remove the battery

ragin · Jan 3, 2011

AllGamer said:
720 Mhz stock, but the CPU was actually under clocked according to tech specs

it can be unlocked or OCed back to 1000 Mhz

runs smoother than SGS even on 720 Mhz comparing eclair 2.1 to 2.1

the other neat thing with the Milestone XT720 is that it can do App2SD without Froyo 2.2

Check Titanium Backup Update available Today on the market. It says something about fixed issues about file locations.

jjazzyj · Jan 3, 2011

AllGamer said:
you still don't get it do you?

the fact that it works on JH2 is not because it works properly, rather it works because it is NOT working properly

lots of people have been having hardware issues that were not evident in JH2, myself included.

once the phone was upgraded to froyo the hardware problem becomes evident quickly as it accelerates the decay.

when it is completely gone, even flashing back to JH2 doesn't do anything.

it took me a few tries flashing different ROMS just to revive it again

JM8 + JH2 + JL2

it wasn't working when i flashed it to JH2 after the last death, there was simply no response at all, until i remove the battery

I've probably flashed my I9000M a dozen times to various iterations of Darky's ROM and to various kernels. I've experienced absolutely no issues at all. I'd stay away from Titanium Backup, I've heard that it doesn't work very good with 2.2 ROM's at all.

I honestly don't even know what I would do with 365 apps. You need to watch your internal phone storage, if you start to have less then 20% free space it can cause issues with your phone and all apps are stored there by default.

AllGamer · Jan 3, 2011

ragin said:
Check Titanium Backup Update available Today on the market. It says something about fixed issues about file locations.

already to the latest one direct from market

that is the first thing i download everytime after i flash a phone

AllGamer · Jan 3, 2011

Final update.

this phone is going back to the repair shop.

tried several roms (Doc's, Darky, Euro, American, with mods, without mods, etc), all exhibiting the same behaviour

it will sort of work at first, but as the phone gets filled with apps, and android market updates gets installed

it will eventually lock up, and over heat, the phone will randomly shutdown on its own, and force closes everywhere

the only way to fix it again is to go back to 2.1 fix the SD card and partition issues, then go back to 2.2 any ROM

just reloading another 2.2 ROM doesn't help

the Z4mod does improve speed, but even the EXT2 doesn't help the internal SD lock up.

this is definitely a hardware error

it has the same behaviour as when a hard drive have a lot of bad sectors.

gtg2 · Jan 3, 2011

AllGamer said:
Final update.

this phone is going back to the repair shop.

Did you already receive a $100 credit from Bell? If so, let us know if you're eligible for another kick at the $100 credit can. I think it's unlikely but ....

Videonut · Jan 3, 2011

AllGamer said:
Final update.

this phone is going back to the repair shop.

tried several roms (Doc's, Darky, Euro, American, with mods, without mods, etc), all exhibiting the same behaviour

it will sort of work at first, but as the phone gets filled with apps, and android market updates gets installed

it will eventually lock up, and over heat, the phone will randomly shutdown on its own, and force closes everywhere

the only way to fix it again is to go back to 2.1 fix the SD card and partition issues, then go back to 2.2 any ROM

just reloading another 2.2 ROM doesn't help

the Z4mod does improve speed, but even the EXT2 doesn't help the internal SD lock up.

this is definitely a hardware error

it has the same behaviour as when a hard drive have a lot of bad sectors.

Lucky you ,Allgamer.

If I'm not mistaken you have the one and only screwed 12.10 build so far.

DvTonder · Jan 3, 2011

And let me add my voice to this:

I received my brand new replacement SGS after having my phone in for repair since Nov 20th.

It worked fone for a while (running Darky's Rom) and then suddenly started force closing - on reboot my phone would not start. I tried all kinds of recovery options, including trying to restore from a CWM backup but nothing would work - my phone is now once again displaying the dreaded corrupted internal SDCARD messages I have seen so many times before.

This is CRAZY! I thought they were supposed to have fixed the phones - back to the Bell store again tomorrow! ARGGG!

knightdaemon · Jan 3, 2011

DvTonder said:
And let me add my voice to this:

I received my brand new replacement SGS after having my phone in for repair since Nov 20th.

It worked fone for a while (running Darky's Rom) and then suddenly started force closing - on reboot my phone would not start. I tried all kinds of recovery options, including trying to restore from a CWM backup but nothing would work - my phone is now once again displaying the dreaded corrupted internal SDCARD messages I have seen so many times before.

This is CRAZY! I thought they were supposed to have fixed the phones - back to the Bell store again tomorrow! ARGGG!

This is with a 10.12 Manufacturing Date on the phone?

DvTonder · Jan 3, 2011

knightdaemon said:
This is with a 10.12 Manufacturing Date on the phone?

Yes, was given my new phone at the bell store this morning at 10:04 am. Has the 10.12 indicated under the battery, new IMEI etc.

DvTonder · Jan 4, 2011

Called Bell and they have:

- Credited my account with $100 for 'pain and suffering'
- Shipped a new replacement phone - should have it in 3 - 5 business days

Rep said that the new phone will have the latest software on it (the one I got this morning still had 2.1)

(see this thread for calling details http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894025

knightdaemon · Jan 4, 2011

DvTonder said:
Called Bell and they have:

- Credited my account with $100 for 'pain and suffering'
- Shipped a new replacement phone - should have it in 3 - 5 business days

Rep said that the new phone will have the latest software on it (the one I got this morning still had 2.1)

(see this thread for calling details http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894025

You have to ship it back to them at your own expense or they are providing some sort of packaging?

Samdroid_G_S · Jan 4, 2011

DvTonder said:
Yes, was given my new phone at the bell store this morning at 10:04 am. Has the 10.12 indicated under the battery, new IMEI etc.

So you were only running darky's for a few hours, I took awhile as in a week or more.
Just a quick question did the phone come with jh2 on it? If it did, did you go directly from jh2 to darky's or did you go to jl2 first then to darky's?

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

gtg2 · Jan 4, 2011

knightdaemon said:
You have to ship it back to them at your own expense or they are providing some sort of packaging?

If you're phone has failed, call the number in the thread quoted above and they'll ship you a new phone. You'll then ship them back your dead phone at their expense.

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