Samsung to fix dying galaxy s3

[s3user]

Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs - Yahoo! News

I wonder if this issue is also related to some of the users that experience failing sd cards.

 

[funkylogik]

Hope so man :thumbup:

 

[SAL8116]

Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs - Yahoo! News

I wonder if this issue is also related to some of the users that experience failing sd cards.

Hopefully they release it soon.

 

[CrimsonPride]

i think its more along the lines of the dying motherboards

 

[Samsparkin]

Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs - Yahoo! News

I wonder if this issue is also related to some of the users that experience failing sd cards.

Yup. I read another article with the same news.
Galaxy S3 Update Will Fix "Sudden Death" Issue

 

[SUroot]

i think its more along the lines of the dying motherboards

Id like to see technical details. I can't imagine how a firmware bug caused my motherboard to need soldering

 

[BigCiX]

 

[tmoney51691]

^^^^ I know those red lights far too well.

 

[Gomjaba]

^^^^ I know those red lights far too well.

Me 2 - made a killing fixing them

 

[funkylogik]

Either my music player (PowerAmp which i doubt) is playing up or my sandisk ultrd has been samsunged , gota reboot phone between each song!.)
Been too lazy/drunk to try copyin a song to internal or putin sd in the pc tho lmao...

 

[funkylogik]

.......i watch listen to youtube instead now for anyone imagining me rebooting between tunes btw :thumbup:

 

[rushmore]

It would seem to have to be a heat/current issue, since the only practical thing to compromise circuits in a physical nature. Adjustments to these type of chips is usually in steps (not a like an analog potentiometer), so seems the only thing they could do is either turn gates off to silicon not be used in the chip (probably none to turn off), or step down the power, which could mean a slower device. Depending on the array set up for the radios, they can also step those down, but also would be a likely performance decrease.

The red rings of death on the 360 was fixed by shipping with a modded board- not a firmware change. Some capacitor/resistors were too close to the GPU and slowly fried. Well, "popped" could be a better word.

 

[SUroot]

It would seem to have to be a heat/current issue, since the only practical thing to compromise circuits in a physical nature. Adjustments to these type of chips is usually in steps (not a like an analog potentiometer), so seems the only thing they could do is either turn gates off to silicon not be used in the chip (probably none to turn off), or step down the power, which would mean a slower device. Depending on the array set up for the radios, they can also step those down, but also would be a likely performance decrease.

I undervolt my device to its limit and still had the motherboard die.

Voltage is configured per frequency step so power is not lost by lowering the power. Each step has it's voltage lowered individually.

 

[rushmore]

I undervolt my device to its limit and still had the motherboard die.

Voltage is configured per frequency step so power is not lost by lowering the power. Each step has it's voltage lowered individually.

Yes, I did say it tech wrong (trying to be real simple), though the point still remains there are only a few things that can create chip failure and involve marginal changes in heat or current flow.

Not seeing a firmware fix resolving this. Apparently the 16gb and 32gb have slightly different boards (besides the storage size) since the 16gb is the one reporting to have the problem. There are two contract manufacturers that make the GS3, so perhaps not an issue for all.

If it is, watch the GS4 get pushed up I guess I am joking.

 

[SUroot]

Yes I'm with you on not seeing a software fix for it..

 

[mikeyg00]

Mine is locking up constantly... I can yank the battery and get it working.... I wonder if this is a precursor to motherboard death? Did this happen for anyone, prior to dying completely?

 

[AndroJOB]

I think mine just died. Shit! Now what? How is this supposed to get fixed? I didn't buy mine from an official Samsung retailer so I'll have to deal with a non-affiliated repair shop.

I'm hearing that there's a software fix but how are you supposed to apply the update when your phone's dead? BTW, what are those red rings of death?

 

[Rxpert83]

You generally have a 1 yr manufacturers warranty.

 

[SUroot]

I think mine just died. Shit! Now what? How is this supposed to get fixed? I didn't buy mine from an official Samsung retailer so I'll have to deal with a non-affiliated repair shop.

I'm hearing that there's a software fix but how are you supposed to apply the update when your phone's dead? BTW, what are those red rings of death?

The fix is a work around which acts as a preventative measure.

Once its dead, its dead

 

[silentwitness]

Please dont remind of this. Repaired mine about 4 times till it failed completely and had to buy a new one, which failed about 2 times but managed to get them replaced under warranty.

 

[dan44762000]

You generally have a 1 yr manufacturers warranty.

pretty sure it is a 2 year warranty from Samsung for this phone in uk .

 

[heat57]

pretty sure it is a 2 year warranty from Samsung for this phone in uk .

Yes, correct (for UK and other European Countries)! Not sure about the US. Samsung UK definitely provide a 2 year warranty for 'Smartphones'.

So anyone with this problem is still well within warranty - the phone was only released in the UK around June of last year, so plenty of time left.

 

[rushmore]

Apparently it is the 16gb version having the problem. Would not have thought there would be such a difference between two for just flash size. Perhaps a specific contract manufacturer location? There are at least two making them.