I have Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 Locked to Three UK... i got it unlocked....
I have an Issue Of Screen Flickering somewhat like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgUgN5S4C0s..
I have gone through many threads and posts on XDA relating the same problem , but after spending hours and reading through all the stuff i didn't find any solution to the problem . i didn't even find out whether its a hardware or software issue... only people posted is they got it replaced from their service provider.
Some Did mention to turn off power saving and some mentioned to tick/untick (dont remember) FORCE GPU RENDERING option in DEVELOPER OPTIONS...
But none work..
Choices .
One backup data and factory reset .
Two reflash firmware.
Three return to a service centre .
BASICS .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
Was already done with 1&2 and 3rd option will require lot of money because i am here in India and there is no warranty.
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after using the phone for like couple of days and before even rooting i am having there strange kinda shades on the screen... afterwards i rooted it to check if its the rom issue.. but even afterwards it stayed the way as before....
please let me know if its hardware issue and i should get it replaced (i am certain of it.. still hoping for a solution from the geniuses here.. )
That does not seem to be normal, but it looks like u took pics of the screen, a screesnhot from the phone itself would surely eliminate weather its a software issue or a screen issue, my guess is, if it's a hardware issue, the screenshot should not have that issue
Root won't help all that has done is void your warranty .
Factory reset as first step .
Then report back.
jje
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hi,all I'am Gaurav from India and I have the following problem,
1) my galaxy s3 is not powering on and not getting charged, i also tried 3 button combination but nothing happens.
2) i took it to the service centre and they say that the motherboard is damaged and it would cost around 7000 indian rupees but they could not explain the reason.
3) i had recently updated the software to jellybean via wifi but that was 1 month back and the device was working fine except some occassional hangs but yesterday night it just died...and now no solutions.
4) plz help........
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1993044
Do you really need to open all these threads?
You require a fix for a broken motherboard ???? .
#|what else can you do but have it replaced .
XDA is yet to find a method of flashing a new motherboard .
STOP opening multiple threads on the same subject its very childish .
jje
JJEgan said:
You require a fix for a broken motherboard ???? .
#|what else can you do but have it replaced .
XDA is yet to find a method of flashing a new motherboard .
STOP opening multiple threads on the same subject its very childish .
jje
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jje all of you guys here are wonderul people with loads of knowledge in this field but iam a newcomer with no knowledge so obvioulsy i was disturbed with the fact that my s3 was not working.....so i teried to do whatever i could to get answers anyways i've learnt it but one more thing i did nothing with my s3 just kept it after a call so how could the internal hardware just broke down....i mean no fall no hit anywhere are these things so fraglie......
Hi guys,
I have a problem,
Since last week I was using the omega rom. I was following it since version 8, I guess, and I always had a really poor performance:
Home screen redraw, no matter which launcher I use
Poor multitasking, I tried different kernels and swap
Freezing while typing or running the applications
No response to touch or scrolling and then going crazy
And probably more stuff...
so I decided to go back to stock rom.
I reset the counter, flash stock rom with odin to the latest version which Samsung just pushed to Italy and factory reset. then I decided not to install any unnecessary application to see the results but unfortunately all problems are still present
Any idea what can I do?!!!
Thanks in advance
Total wipe of the phone .
Questions = Q&A
jje
Factory Tezer and woord all data
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I forgot to mention but after going back to stock I already did factory wipe and wipe cache, so the phone status is normal right now. No root after that but still facing all the issues.
Go to Samsung. May be a faulty unit
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u interested in trying CM?
I can go for CM, but I really don't know my phone has a problem or not. Most of my friends around me have S3 and I was trying to face the same problems on their phone but I wasn't successful. So I started thinking maybe there is something wrong with my phone. Specially when I face stupid problems like scrolling in the app menu or redrawing of home screen even if I just check the phone-book or messages.
Does this sudden death of S3 has anything in common with my problems?!!! just curiosity...
h_b1985 said:
I can go for CM, but I really don't know my phone has a problem or not. Most of my friends around me have S3 and I was trying to face the same problems on their phone but I wasn't successful. So I started thinking maybe there is something wrong with my phone. Specially when I face stupid problems like scrolling in the app menu or redrawing of home screen even if I just check the phone-book or messages.
Does this sudden death of S3 has anything in common with my problems?!!! just curiosity...
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Some users reported very laggy and poor performance before their phones died. It is a known problem of emmc wear it seems.
How old is your phone anyway?i am sorry but my phone is superfast no matter the rom i have used. And i had quite some...i doubt that CM will do you any good.
I bough it on June, which makes my phone almost 6-7 months...
h_b1985 said:
I bough it on June, which makes my phone almost 6-7 months...
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Do one more thing. Install EMMC Brickbug Check from the play store. Once you started check if you have the infamous VTU00M chipset and revision 0xf1. It seems that a specific lot of this chip revision have the firmware issue that leads to SDS.
I checked that, and yes I have that chip set but since I did the check on all my friends phone including five S3 and one galaxy note and all of them were showing same result I was considering maybe it's not the problem.
h_b1985 said:
I checked that, and yes I have that chip set but since I did the check on all my friends phone including five S3 and one galaxy note and all of them were showing same result I was considering maybe it's not the problem.
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Only some of the VTU00M chips have this problem. The problem is caused by corrupted data due to a bug in the emmc's firmware and the new XELLA kernel (and others)
are supposed to fix that.
So should I take the phone to Samsung or wait for a complete death to hit my phone
It's kind of difficult to convince them that the phone has a problem, because most of the problems will go after a reset and then after couple of hours everything will be again super slow...
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h_b1985 said:
So should I take the phone to Samsung or wait for a complete death to hit my phone
It's kind of difficult to convince them that the phone has a problem, because most of the problems will go after a reset and then after couple of hours everything will be again super slow...
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If i were you i would put my phone in a totally stock status. With TA and all that. After that if the problem persists i will go to samsung after some time
so at least will show the poor performance when checked. At this moment i bet most of the Samsung service centers know about the emmc issue and you might get a motherboard replacement.
Total wipe,reset,format + stock jellybean = high performance
Hope it helps
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Thanks my friend, I already went back to stock. I will try to go to Samsung service center as soon as possible.
qavro said:
Do one more thing. Install EMMC Brickbug Check from the play store. Once you started check if you have the infamous VTU00M chipset and revision 0xf1. It seems that a specific lot of this chip revision have the firmware issue that leads to SDS.
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I have had the sudden death issue before. Sent my phone off, had it fixed and returned. Mother board replaced. but after getting it back my phone feels rather laggy and slow.
Just downloaded the EMMC app and found I do have VTU00M chipset and revision 0xf1. (after being fixed)
so what should I do now? Currently running stock JB, no root. would i be best off rooting and adding xella kernal?
cheers
About 3 months ago , my bluetooth started to become increasingly difficult to turn on , and when it would turn on , it wouldn't connect with either my headset or truck. I have posted this question in various other Galaxy s2 forums , had numerous chat sessions with Samsung , performed both a soft , and a factory re set , and still the problem persists. Some days it will turn on right away , then connect to a device , other days it takes up to 30 minutes to turn on , and still other days it won't turn on at all. On the days that it does turn on , it usually will disconnect within 5 minutes , and then won't turn back on again. I rely on this feature heavily , and no one can seem to figure out what the problem is . I have taken it to someone local who performed a diagnostic check on it and all he could tell me is that it either the board , or antenna. I have also just upgraded to ICS , no help there either. Thanks in advance for your help
Warranty still good? Tell them to give you a new device.
If it's the antenna, it's a faulty device; If it's the mobo, it's a faulty device.
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out of warranty
Flash away then, get the ROMs at sammobile.com
Ok , i knew i was out of my league here ! I don't know what flashing is( at least the kind we are talking about here ! ) , and i don't know what a ROM is. You wouldn't believe me if I told you how long it took me to do the factory re set ! Does sammobile have instructions for the tech challenged ? i can't even read the damn spam code , I am on my 7th attempt to reply. Maybe I will go back to my flip phone
You can read the guides posted around the forum or you can get started by getting Mobile odin app, of course you'll need root to use it.
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Dear all,
There's something wrong I don't understand with Samsung repair services and the sudden death problem found on the Galaxy S3.
One day, the touch screen on my phone stop working randomely for no reason, sometimes more than 15 times a day, depends on what I am doing. My phone is a GS3 with 16gb and I bought it just few weeks after it has been released. Then I tried to search on internet and found the 'sudden death problem' that many people are suffering with.
According to my use, I did not modified anything on my phone which mean it has never been rooted or something like this. Instead of that, I prefer to keep it clean and send it back to the Samsung repair services to fix this issue.
The problem is, after 2 requests from Samsung, the random problem of the touch screen was still there.
- The first time, Samsung kept my phone about 2 weeks and they said that they had just made a firmware upgrade. When I recovered my phone, I was very disappointed to see that Samsung did not fix the problem. Then I decided to send it back again.
- The second time, Samsung kept my phone 2 weeks more and when I recovered it, they said that nothing wrong has been found. Of course, I made a letter for them to explain clearly what was wrong with this phone. But they did not care about this problem.
So, I was very angry and don't know what to do. I recovered my phone and the problem was still there. Of course, I thought I can throw this expansive phone to the rubbish bin, but when I search over the internet if this problem can be fixed, I found that many solutions was explained clearly in many forums and all over the world.
At the same time, I met one other person who has got the same problem with the same phone and he told me when he called Samsung, they replied they don't want to accept phones with this kind of problem.
So my question is, why Samsung refuse to fix this problem which is under their responsability ? If many forums explain how to solve this issue, why Samsung repair services cannot do it by themself ? Many people are not an expert and are allergic to the idea of thinking that they should try to fix this problem by themselves!
It's amazing! Just tried to search over google by yourself and you will find that many people send their phone with the same problem and Samsung did not fix anything to solve it. This is is unbelievable !!!
Thanks.
Regards
Which country are you in?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40403702&postcount=4
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Which country are you in?
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JJEgan said:
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I'm from France but the problem with Samsung repair service seems not only happen in my country.
For example, you can check here also ... and I'm sure you will find many other places where customers have problems with their GS3.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/01/02/galaxy-s3-sudden-death-to-be-fixed-by-firmware-update/#.UOQyFuttoyY.twitter
http://www.androidetvous.com/2013/04/06/samsung-le-galaxy-s3-un-correctif-aux-effets-secondaires/#comment-21192
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40403702&postcount=4
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Sorry Man, but this is an expansive phone and nobody seem taking care of this problem so here is one post with more explanation ... if necessary, you can delete the other post but very sorry for the double post.
Just trying to help other people which have the same problem and don't know what to do with their defective touch screen phone ...
Thanks for you understanding
Well man suggest a post in Question and Answers with symptoms of your problem may lead to a solution .
Your phone is not dead it does not have sudden death so your title is misleading ..
You have a problem with the phone FREEZING .
Suggest you start at the beginning and factory reset phone .
Then post the actual problem in Q&A along with your firmware details .
jje
JJEgan said:
Well man suggest a post in Question and Answers with symptoms of your problem may lead to a solution .
Your phone is not dead it does not have sudden death so your title is misleading ..
You have a problem with the phone FREEZING .
Suggest you start at the beginning and factory reset phone .
Then post the actual problem in Q&A along with your firmware details .
jje
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The freezing problem seems coming from the emmc chip related to the sudden death as many people are talking about.
There are already many posts to solve that problem like here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
so no need to add another question and answers for that issue.
My freezing issue is already fixed by me and not by samsung.
So if you've got the freezing problem and decide to send your phone to Samsung repair services, they will give it back to you with exactly the same problem. That's what happened to many people. Very strange and unusual from an after sale services, don't you think so ?
The repair centres probably don't know the difference between the update 7 sds fixes (that causes freezes a lot) or the newer fixes (XXEMB1 and newer) that freeze much, much less.
Samsung really should be pushing all carriers to release newer builds so the service centres can flash them and everyone can be freeze free. A lot of carriers are still pushing pre MB1 builds and the service centres can only flash the latest for each carrier.
The cause of the freezes is within the kernel anyway. Its not hardware so sending for repair is pretty pointless
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