[Q] Few questions regarding SGS 3 I9300

[leech4]

Hello everyone here
I am planning to get the new old SGS3, but after looking in this forum, I am quite hesitating, because of samsung behaviour, I explain:
- Few months after getting my sgs2 I've heard of Brickbug and Exynos exploit, I got cold sweats each time hoping there will be a solution/fix and there was, I swore to never buy a Samsung phone before a quarantine period of at least one year, AND I WAS RIGHT ! This may look wrong but I'm not as rich as that... (Just letting time to tell me if it is a safe device and not an - accidental - crap) anyway, lets go to the questions:

- Is the sudden death fixed in the way the brickbug of sgs 2 or there still some risk to get my new old sgs 3 born dead ? I'm confused reading opposed reviews of the problem !

- Will flahing a 4.0.4 sgs 3 to 4.1.2 get the device operator locked back as the sgs 2 did, if yes could it be resolved with galaxsimunlock ?
(in all cases, I will probably use neatROM with a safe philz kernel)

- I a buy a SGS 3 with 4.1.2 jellybean out of the box, have I a chance that it will be enough new to have an eMMC chip which is not affected ? (I think the bug came with the first made eMMC chips, but I may be wong)

- If I get an SGS 3 with 4.0.4 android, should I flash it asap to safe 4.1.2 (XXELKC or above) as if it has fire and I must extinguish it ?

- Finnally, going through all this trouble, is the SGS 3 worth to get ?

 

[eytan123]

Hi there friend,

first of all I strongly suggest you read the SDS thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
It has all of your answers.

As for my personal opinion it's a great device I'm using it for almost a year now after coming from the nexus s

Cheers

 

[danarama]

- Is the sudden death fixed- I'm confused reading opposed reviews of the problem !

What opposed views? Everything in that thread is correct.

 

[JJEgan]

- Will flahing a 4.0.4 sgs 3 to 4.1.2 get the device operator locked back

Depends upon unlock method but NO if unlocked by network .

jje

 

[Simonna]

I don't know how about sudden death problem but Samsung fixed freeze problems with XXEMB1 firmware, so you can't say that Samsung forgot it's ex-flagship,because it's still very popular phone and it's still gets all latest updates and etc. So in general it's still worth to buy it.

 

[danarama]

The freeze problems are a result of the sds fix

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[leech4]

Thank you for your answers

Hi there friend,

first of all I strongly suggest you read the SDS thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
It has all of your answers.

As for my personal opinion it's a great device I'm using it for almost a year now after coming from the nexus s

Cheers

What opposed views? Everything in that thread is correct.

I'll do, but while reading that thead, I felt like it is a very frequent problem so I stopped at the few first pages and looked elswhere
Regarding opposed views, I've found in at least two forums, that even after flashing a "secure" ROM, there was some devices that still present the symptoms of what I call "Alzheimer S III" : a degenerative evolution of memory that leads to death :silly:

- Will flahing a 4.0.4 sgs 3 to 4.1.2 get the device operator locked back

Depends upon unlock method but NO if unlocked by network .

jje

I hope the Galaxsimunlock will do the job, because it will probably not be an operator unlock

I don't know how about sudden death problem but Samsung fixed freeze problems with XXEMB1 firmware, so you can't say that Samsung forgot it's ex-flagship,because it's still very popular phone and it's still gets all latest updates and etc. So in general it's still worth to buy it.

The freeze problems are a result of the sds fix

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I hope you are right, I'll read furthermore but the balance of opinion for me at the moment leans to get that phone, maybe on the week end

Did anyone got an SGS III out of the box with JB, and what was the version

By the way I've read somwhere that LL4 stock firmware "locks" the phone and stops any downgrading, makes triangleaway not woking anymore and removes abylity to reset flash counter, can anyone confirm that ?

 

[danarama]

Fyi, all s3's manufactured since December 2012 have upgraded firmware on the emmc. Typically imei starting 35 instead of 33 are good.

There are some reports of sds after 4.1.2 but I'm still yet to find one where it was 100% substantiated (meaning full stock, never rooted, confirmed sds).

We're still not certain that partial damage could occur before upgrade to fixed versions if android....


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[leech4]

Fyi, all s3's manufactured since December 2012 have upgraded firmware on the emmc. Typically imei starting 35 instead of 33 are good.

There are some reports of sds after 4.1.2 but I'm still yet to find one where it was 100% substantiated (meaning full stock, never rooted, confirmed sds).

We're still not certain that partial damage could occur before upgrade to fixed versions if android....


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Pretty good to know, thank you for the information