**Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**

[tsjoe2]

K mine died the other night its made in Korea battery made in Vietnam i was running cm 10.1 on it its blue bote in the USA on T-Mobile i was in recovery flashing an update an hocked up to a charger an it never came back up if you need more info please let me know oh an its not even a month of use on it three weeks that's it. Grrr

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[dajumper]

What we know so far, is that sudden death has nothing to do with:

-Rooted or non rooted phone
-Stock or non stock kernel
-Custom roms
-Branded phones or unlocked phones
-Heavy duty user or light user with 10 apps installed.
-Original charger or USB charger or any charger for that matter
-Temperature, phones have gone dead in ice cold Sweden and hot Brazil.
-Only quad core phones are affected. The International version. So far US phones are not affected like the Euro phones.

Most phones have died before 200 days of use
Samsung has not admitted there is a mainboard fault, however Samsung repairs all phones on warranty, except those who are accused of waterclogging.
Most dead phones are from the first batch of hardware 1.1 and down.


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How to check witch hardware I have?

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It is also bad luck a lot of people have a good phone! Look it is a mass production! And like by cars there are some faults and this also like the cracked bezel

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[drraptor]

My friend had same
Was working fine till he slept, In morning it was dead. Later on i have check it and No recovery/download mode. Still in service center and said need to change Mobo.
Rooted (CF Auto)
Purchased from -India
Stock ROM and Kernel (latest Indian)
Battery and charger : stock

Just one odd sign, friend was complaining of quite lagging since couple of days, even it was recently clean installed just a week ago and very few application installed. May be it could be coincidence.

It is a know symptom of SDS.

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How to check witch hardware I have?

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---------- Post added at 09:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 AM ----------

It is also bad luck a lot of people have a good phone! Look it is a mass production! And like by cars there are some faults and this also like the cracked bezel

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en download this app and take a screenshot. Please don't post if your phone is not showing any symptoms.

 

[Obagleyfreer]

I've just posted on Samsung Mobile's FB page. It probably won't stay up for long but worth a shot!

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[JepeP]

It is a know symptom of SDS.

Yes, its common, but noch allways. There are many phones which had none of this symptoms before they died.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en download this app and take a screenshot. Please don't post if your phone is not showing any symptoms.

When your phone is dead this app is useless ...
When its still alive its also useless because it is not predictive and tells you nothing about probalility of "sudden death".

 

[giammo]

My s3 has no warranty. Is it true that Samsung will fix it anyway or I have to pay? Do you know how much it costs? Thanks

 

[shethsa]

My friend had same
Was working fine till he slept, In morning it was dead. Later on i have check it and No recovery/download mode. Still in service center and said need to change Mobo.
Rooted (CF Auto)
Purchased from -India
Stock ROM and Kernel (latest Indian)
Battery and charger : stock

Just one odd sign, friend was complaining of quite lagging since couple of days, even it was recently clean installed just a week ago and very few application installed. May be it could be coincidence.

Dr - what did the service center do finally? Free replacement? Or did they resort to the familiar excuse of water logging.

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[OrangeRafi]

Checked my brothers S3, his phone has an HW Rev of MP 1.500. He bought his S3 2 weeks ago. Any ideas why samsung changed the HW Rev.?

My S3 has an HW Rev MP 1.100, bought it last month & still running

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[jacobsaleh]

I'm trying to move some media

I'm trying to contact some media sources to try and pull an answer from Samsung.
I think that we need to concentrate are effort now on pressuring media to force Samsung to respond.

 

[nhariamine]

PLEASE can anyone tell me what are the Galaxy S3 Sudden Death Symptoms so i can share my case with you????

 

[Jikul]

PLEASE can anyone tell me what are the Galaxy S3 Sudden Death Symptoms so i can share my case with you????

The symptom is death, usually after an overnight charge.

 

[semantsen]

Checked my brothers S3, his phone has an HW Rev of MP 1.500. He bought his S3 2 weeks ago. Any ideas why samsung changed the HW Rev.?

My S3 has an HW Rev MP 1.100, bought it last month & still running

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how to check hardware version?
Thanks,

 

[wrexed03]

Mine died yesterday Christmas day. My battery was running low till it eventually ran out.
When i got home i put it on charge. Nothing happened. Left it overnight no change.
Pulled the battery and re inserted it and attempted again. Still dead no lights nothing.
Bought another battery today still no change.
Charger is ok because i have an SII which happily charges with the same unit.
I was running omega rom v35 and the latest SiyahKernel S3-v1.8.6
I dont like my chances of Samsung sorting it because i have a small crack in the glass near the ear piece..
Phone is made in Korea by Samsung.
Battery is also made in Korea.
This is an unbranded phone and unlocked. Purchased in Melbourne Australia.
Not happy but what can you do.
Regards

 

[dimi22]

Very strange.... though i think it could have something to do with bad software frying the cpu or mmc.

Yesterday i got an update of samsung push service and today i got an update of samsung chaton? are they trying to fix something on the background ??

 

[jay_m3]

how to check hardware version?
Thanks,

just type *#12580*369#

hit thanks will be helpful

 

[g0t-cheeri0s]

Another man down! My friend's s3 died three or four days ago. Completely stock and only two months old. Turned itself off and wouldn't turn back on. No charging LED, no USB connection. Dead.

He took it to 02 and they're sending it to Samsung for repair.

Just patiently waiting for it to happen to mine so I can claim on insurance and get a Nexus 4

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[gurg1e]

Mine died last week, i purchased it online so i sent it back in to be warrantied on Monday. International model, died charging overnight, it had just cracked 101 days use...

Bummer of an Xmas present. After the whole Exynos bullsh!t and now this, i'm seriously considering selling the replacement and picking up a Nexus 4 too.

 

[tsitska]

My S3 died also, after charging on night, after using 4 month.
Stock kernel and Rom,
Phone and Battery are made in Vietnam.

no reaction on power button,

finally what is reason of this sudden death?
NAND flash? or the only way is replacement main board?

 

[nhariamine]

my s3 RF cal: 2012.6.12 HW Rev : MP 1.100 , still working fine no sudden death ,is that normal??

 

[Parvinder25]

This is Bull****. A flagship product from Samsung performing this way in just couple of months of purchase. And no one coming out to claim responsibility. Bs. I am going to spread the word to others not to go for s3 until something concrete is done by samsuck.