Hi,
My SM-N90005, was rooted on 4.3.3 (polish fw) from day 1 and worked perfectly. No glitches, no problems (except an externalSD memory write problem).
This night it died while under charge, for no reason. On forums I read it's called Sudden Death Syndrome and it's quite common to Note 3 but I could not find a fix exceppt to ship it back to Samsung for a replacement. I read of fixes for Note 2 and S3 etc but not for my model.
Has anyone found a fix for the Note 3 SM-n9005 SDS?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Tommaso
ascanio1 said:
4.3.3 ... no problems (except an externalSD memory write problem).
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This doesn't match. Android 4.3 never had any limitations regarding writing to external SD card.
Are you sure, that you have the SDS? From what I have heard/seen, this was fixed on Note 2 by software updates and hasn't occurred on Note 3.
Someguyfromhell said:
This doesn't match. Android 4.3 never had any limitations regarding writing to external SD card. Are you sure, that you have the SDS? From what I have heard/seen, this was fixed on Note 2 by software updates and hasn't occurred on Note 3.
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My mistake. It is 4.4.3
I am not sure that it is an SDS, I am sure that it's dead!
Tommaso
Where did you get 4.4.3 from already?
What happens when you try to boot up the phone? I need details.
Someguyfromhell said:
Where did you get 4.4.3 from already? What happens when you try to boot up the phone? I need details.
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First of all thanks for helping.
It is an official polish 4.4.3 downlaoded from Samobile and flashed using Odin
I cannot boot the phone.
It is completely dead.
No download mode. No charging light. Nothing at all. completely dead.
I can't find such firmware, nor have I seen any 4.4.3 being released to any Samsung phone at all (4.4.3 was released only short time ago, unrealistlic that Samsung phones would have update so quickly).
Sorry. I was right first time. It have official 4.3.3 (not 4.4.3)
I had ExtSD card memory problems you can find my posts everywhere (username: ascanio1)
Anyway, my problem has nothing to do with ExtSD card memory problems as those were long fixed (in Fenruary) and everything worked perfectly since.
Someguyfromhell said:
I can't find such firmware, nor have I seen any 4.4.3 being released to any Samsung phone at all (4.4.3 was released only short time ago, unrealistlic that Samsung phones would have update so quickly).
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Here is the official firmware:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-N9005&pcode=XEO#firmware
I have terrible memory! Sorry!
Firmware was 4.4.2
Not 4.3.3
Not 4.4.3
Tommaso
ascanio1 said:
Hi,
My SM-N90005, was rooted on 4.3.3 (polish fw) from day 1 and worked perfectly. No glitches, no problems (except an externalSD memory write problem).
This night it died while under charge, for no reason. On forums I read it's called Sudden Death Syndrome and it's quite common to Note 3 but I could not find a fix exceppt to ship it back to Samsung for a replacement. I read of fixes for Note 2 and S3 etc but not for my model.
Has anyone found a fix for the Note 3 SM-n9005 SDS?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Tommaso
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When did the Note 3 ever get SDS? I heard they were fixed on Note 2's 4.2.2 firmware. (My phone never had SDS
BUT if what u say is true and your phone has SDS (which is unlikely), your only hope is Samsung service centre (if u still have warranty, that it) or JTAG (I think it works)
Someguyfromhell said:
This doesn't match. Android 4.3 never had any limitations regarding writing to external SD card.
Are you sure, that you have the SDS? From what I have heard/seen, this was fixed on Note 2 by software updates and hasn't occurred on Note 3.
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SDS was fixed in 4.2.2 Note 2 FYI.
P.S. Kitkat SD card write limitation is bull****. Why limit it? Jeez...
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Thanks for the help.
Irwenzhao said:
When did the Note 3 ever get SDS? .... BUT if what u say is true and your phone has SDS (which is unlikely), ....
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I searched online for the same symptoms and that's why I said it has SDS. Call it what you like but the phone is dead for no apparent reason!
Irwenzhao said:
your only hope is Samsung service centre (if u still have warranty, that it)
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Yes I have warranty but Samsung HK are stupid as capibara! They refuse courier delivery paid by me. They expect me to fly from Japan to HK for "personal delivery" which is not mentioned anywhere in the warranty... thinking of asking my comsumer rights lawyer friend to handle this warranty refusal.
Irwenzhao said:
or JTAG (I think it works)
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What's JTAG? Is it this: http://www.windriver.com/products/JTAG-debugging/? If it is it's over my head.
Irwenzhao said:
P.S. Kitkat SD card write limitation is bull****. Why limit it? Jeez...
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I agree! It drives me crazy!
Irwenzhao said:
Sent from a small country named Singapore.
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By the way... what's it like to work and live in Singapore? I've been offered to move to HK or SP... have to chose one...
ascanio1 said:
Thanks for the help.
I searched online for the same symptoms and that's why I said it has SDS. Call it what you like but the phone is dead for no apparent reason!
Yes I have warranty but Samsung HK are stupid as capibara! They refuse courier delivery paid by me. They expect me to fly from Japan to HK for "personal delivery" which is not mentioned anywhere in the warranty... thinking of asking my comsumer rights lawyer friend to handle this warranty refusal.
What's JTAG? Is it this: http://www.windriver.com/products/JTAG-debugging/? If it is it's over my head.
I agree! It drives me crazy!
By the way... what's it like to work and live in Singapore? I've been offered to move to HK or SP... have to chose one...
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Personal delivery? That's plain stupid. You should probably ask your friend to sue Samsung HK lol.
That's (probably) the JTAG I was talking about.
Singapore? Just a few words. Convenient. Hot. Expensive (?). Safe. If u don't mind expensive stuff (Singapore has been rated at the most expensive country to live in lol), I would say come to Singapore.
EDIT: Having hols in China right now so... yea. (China y u ban Google )
P.S. phones bought in Singapore are (almost) never carrier locked, region locked or bootloader locked.
N7105 rocking AOSB with AGNi kernel,
Sent from the "China who bans Google"
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ascanio1 said:
First of all thanks for helping.
It is an official polish 4.4.3 downlaoded from Samobile and flashed using Odin
I cannot boot the phone.
It is completely dead.
No download mode. No charging light. Nothing at all. completely dead.
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Might be the battery was completely exhausted?
Try to connect the charger for at least 30 minutes?
Irwenzhao said:
Personal delivery? That's plain stupid. You should probably ask your friend to sue Samsung HK lol.
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Yeah... but in the meanwhile I need a replacement. What's the best or closest competitor to the Note 3 (same size & specs) in your opinion?
Irwenzhao said:
Singapore? Just a few words. Convenient. Hot. Expensive (?). Safe. If u don't mind expensive stuff (Singapore has been rated at the most expensive country to live in lol), I would say come to Singapore.
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I live in Tokyo... I doubt that there's any place more expensive than Tokyo! Anywhere in the world will seem cheap after Tokyo! It's the hot and humd that annoys me... but HK... might be the same...
Irwenzhao said:
P.S. phones bought in Singapore are (almost) never carrier locked, region locked or bootloader locked.
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I had a really bad experience with a HK Note 3 SM-N9005 bought from imobilePhonex: I found out that it was not HK or International Model as claimed and that the warranty was only valid in some middle eastern country... the retailer asked me 300US$ to handle the warranty... DOUH ?!?!?! what warranty is it if I have to pay 3 big ones?
Do you know of any good or trust worthy online shops from Singapore where to buy phones from?
vndnguyen said:
Try to connect the charger for at least 30 minutes?
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I charged it for 10 hours! Not the battery...
Any recommendation for an alternative phone, same size, better specs? In your opinion? Any advice for online trustworthy retailers (read my previous post - comment on HK retailer)
ascanio1 said:
Yeah... but in the meanwhile I need a replacement. What's the best or closest competitor to the Note 3 (same size & specs) in your opinion?
I would say LG G3?
I live in Tokyo... I doubt that there's any place more expensive than Tokyo! Anywhere in the world will seem cheap after Tokyo! It's the hot and humd that annoys me... but HK... might be the same...
I had a really bad experience with a HK Note 3 SM-N9005 bought from imobilePhonex: I found out that it was not HK or International Model as claimed and that the warranty was only valid in some middle eastern country... the retailer asked me 300US$ to handle the warranty... DOUH ?!?!?! what warranty is it if I have to pay 3 big ones?
Do you know of any good or trust worthy online shops from Singapore where to buy phones from?
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Not really sure, I don't buy stuff online sorry
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I need help!
My phone died: absolutely no signs of life, no reboot, no charging light, nothing at all!
I thught that it was the SDS but I then realized that it might be the battery and so I just bought a new one. To my great surprise, the phone does not charge the battery. When I bought the battery it was at 46% charge and after 8 hours of charging the new battery was down to 41% charge!!!
If I try to charge the batttery when the phone is switched off, no red light appears but the phone vibrates intermittently (every 5 seconds) and keeps doing this until I disconnect the charger.
If I try to charge the phone when it is switched on, the charging Symbol inside the battery icon appears and also the red light is on...
But in both cases the battery does not get charged! I tried 3 different battery chargers (original Samsung) and 3 different cables.
I heard somewhere that there can be some software malfunction that causes this but I can't remember or find the right post...
Help!
Not charging the battery
Update: the phone will charge properly only if connected to my laptop USB ports but still won't charge from any wall charger.
ascanio1 said:
Update: the phone will charge properly only if connected to my laptop USB ports but still won't charge from any wall charger.
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Did you try different sockets or chargers (not the cable)?
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ascanio1 said:
I need help!
My phone died: absolutely no signs of life, no reboot, no charging light, nothing at all!
I thught that it was the SDS but I then realized that it might be the battery and so I just bought a new one. To my great surprise, the phone does not charge the battery. When I bought the battery it was at 46% charge and after 8 hours of charging the new battery was down to 41% charge!!!
If I try to charge the batttery when the phone is switched off, no red light appears but the phone vibrates intermittently (every 5 seconds) and keeps doing this until I disconnect the charger.
If I try to charge the phone when it is switched on, the charging Symbol inside the battery icon appears and also the red light is on...
But in both cases the battery does not get charged! I tried 3 different battery chargers (original Samsung) and 3 different cables.
I heard somewhere that there can be some software malfunction that causes this but I can't remember or find the right post...
Help!
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Weird... If it's a software malfunction you'll have no chance of saving it since you can't get anything to start.
N7105 rocking AOSB with AGNi kernel,
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P.S. Try these steps to get into download mode.
No download mode?
If your phone won’t enter download mode, you can try three things:
A USB jig. Don’t pin your hopes on this, they rarely succeed in this scenario.
‘Jump starting’ – You might need someone else to give you a hand for this. Take the battery out of your phone and wait 30 seconds. Now, press the button combination to enter download mode, and with this combination still depressed, get someone to put the battery back in. Hopefully this will jolt your phone into download mode.
Take out the phone battery, and re-insert it, but don’t turn the phone on. Now, plug in the charger while holding the volume down button. Keep holding volume down till you enter download mode.
If your phone won’t enter download mode, and will do nothing but get hot when you attempt to do anything to it (charge it, turn it on), then your motherboard is in need of replacement.
Your options
I’ve seen a lot of people, when their Odin flash fails, either:
Give up. Not a good option.
Flash a .pit file. That should be used as an absolute last resort. There’s a lot to try before getting to that stage! If a flash of a .pit file fails in Odin, your phone is well and truly unrecoverable, and you will need a motherboard (MB) replacement.
Send their phone to a service centre. That costs money (& you’re without a phone for a week or so).
Irwenzhao said:
Did you try different sockets or chargers (not the cable)?
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Yes. Besides I blind tested all 3 chargers, cables and wall sockets. They work with other electrical devices.
Irwenzhao said:
Weird... If it's a software malfunction you'll have no chance of saving it since you can't get anything to start.
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With the new battery I can start the phone and it works perfectly normally. The only malfunction is that it won't charge the battery from wall charger so I have to use laptop.
Irwenzhao said:
P.S. Try these steps to get into download mode.
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It goes into download mode, normally. With a charged battery.
ascanio1 said:
Yes. Besides I blind tested all 3 chargers, cables and wall sockets. They work with other electrical devices.
With the new battery I can start the phone and it works perfectly normally. The only malfunction is that it won't charge the battery from wall charger so I have to use laptop.
It goes into download mode, normally. With a charged battery.
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Flash a new ROM? If it's a software malfunction only a new ROM can solve your issue. And a .pit file would be useless here.
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mine has done this a couple of times now since i bought it new in december. it always seems to be when it gets a bit "too" empty it doesn't like turning on anymore even though I have it charging etc. always i've been able to recover from it by doing some mixture of charging/powering on etc.
last night i came to my 101 and it seemed to have suffered the same fate.... so did the usual tricks but it isnt waking. the light is coming on and turns off after holding it down for 7 secs but i see nothing on the screen. last time i checked it a couple of days ago it had about 60% battery left. Is there any way of determining if it is truly dead or if the screen is dead (plugged into usb but not getting any of the usual beep bop noises, but i think from memory you had to select to use it as storage device within android which i obviously cant do)
So now i'm crapping myself since I am totally at a loss as to what i can do. its never been opened etc but I installed the dev rom. I cant honestly think that Archos could possibly put ANY hardware issue down to the fact you had a dev rom installed (bought from currys, uk if it makes any difference... no doubt they have no stock to replace so most likely will say that they will have to return to archos)
Any advice much appreciated
thanks
To reset the Tablet you have to press way longer then 7 Seconds.
It states 10 but sometimes it needs 20.
After that you have to wait 10 seconds and then shortpress the powerbutton.
7/10/20 secs all do the same and the light turns off after about 7 seconds. no matter how long i leave it whether its plugged in or not nothing happens other than the light coming back on
currys have just told me that they have to inform users to deal directly with archos
just called them and they've given me an RMA number. still scared about the whole warranty/dev rom thing though (didnt have the nerve to mention it)
thefunkygibbon said:
currys have just told me that they have to inform users to deal directly with archos
just called them and they've given me an RMA number. still scared about the whole warranty/dev rom thing though (didnt have the nerve to mention it)
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Dis you tried to use a flashlight to see is there something on screen (in case of the backlight is OFF/DEAD).
Can you still access your tablet using adb?
Cheers.
thefunkygibbon said:
currys have just told me that they have to inform users to deal directly with archos
just called them and they've given me an RMA number. still scared about the whole warranty/dev rom thing though (didnt have the nerve to mention it)
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Well, they are pretty clear that if you install SDE or any other type of root solution you void the warranty. So you might expect a charge for the service.
what is with the good old "let the tablet warm up (20-25 degrees celsius), connect it with usb to the pc and at last connect the charger to the tablet"-trick?
or was it first charger then usb? i can't remember but i had this with my A70, too...
sailormoon17 said:
what is with the good old "let the tablet warm up (20-25 degrees celsius), connect it with usb to the pc and at last connect the charger to the tablet"-trick?
or was it first charger then usb? i can't remember but i had this with my A70, too...
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no joy from that too
on a more positive note, i can actually get the device seen over usb (think pc must have been playing up earlier too.. not my day today!)
detects it as a 101it and mounts both drives although windows is saying that neither are formatted (odd). cannot see anything on the display so doesnt seem to be the backlight thats died. looks like the whole screen has.
has anyone else here had any prior experience with SDE archos devices and warranty? I mean, really.. they'd be pushing it to expect people to believe that a display would die because of someone installing some unsupported software?!
unit sent off on friday.
guess noone here has had a faulty SDE/rooted unit that they needed to return to archos then. odd
thefunkygibbon said:
unit sent off on friday.
guess noone here has had a faulty SDE/rooted unit that they needed to return to archos then. odd
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Looks like you're our test case then
Best of luck!
ExploreMN said:
Well, they are pretty clear that if you install SDE or any other type of root solution you void the warranty. So you might expect a charge for the service.
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People throw the "voids your warranty" thing around way toooo much. Let me be clear, modding your device CANNOT void a entire warranty. If I send my full rooted EVO in because of a faulty LCD, they HAVE to fix it or I can sue them. Theres something called the magnuson moss warranty act, which in a nut shell states that, what you did has to have caused the problem. Did rooting your device break it? Mostly likely not because it doesn't mess w/ the boot loader. If they give you crap about rooting or modding ask them if your mod directly contributed to the unit failing. If they say no but still give you crap throw the magnuson moss warranty act at them.
I see this all the time w/ cars, I used to be big on 8thcivic.com when I had my 07 Civic Si. People would bring their cars in w/ say, a modded computer or exhaust w/ a unrelated problem like transmission or something. If they gave them crap, the second they mentioned the magnuson moss act they shut up and fixed the problem. For the manufacturer its a lot cheaper to deny you then fix you. Archos seems like a friendly company, I'd feel confident sending in my rooted device w/ a bad screen.
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act sounds all well and good but its an american "act" and most likely not relevant to Archos being a french company (and me being in the UK).
it may be the reason that I have heard people in the states being offered repairs (at a cost... $200 for a screen or something i think i read)
I have the same problem but it disappeared when I use UrukDroid 0.7 or2.1.08
lhva1mk said:
I have the same problem but it disappeared when I use UrukDroid 0.7 or2.1.08
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a) dont think its the same problem as my 101 is DEAD.
2) it must be a coincidence for you then since I dont see how the battery/charging system of a device could be changed in a firmware update (had the bizarre issue with most flavours of firmware. by the time it is dead and needs resussitating it is out of the remit of firmware.
Mine is also dead, i suspect a power issue as the green LED will stay on while plugged in but will never blink to indicate complete charge and it won't turn on.... needless to say I am waiting to hear back from Archos (4 weeks now) and also waiting for the Asus Transformer to come out.
anubis66 said:
Mine is also dead, i suspect a power issue as the green LED will stay on while plugged in but will never blink to indicate complete charge and it won't turn on.... needless to say I am waiting to hear back from Archos (4 weeks now) and also waiting for the Asus Transformer to come out.
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so you've already sent back or waiting to send back? was it rooted/SDE'd?
thefunkygibbon said:
so you've already sent back or waiting to send back? was it rooted/SDE'd?
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Waiting to hear back from archos, still no word from them. Yes it was rooted but with nothing done on the root side of things, just rooted because i could.
anubis66 said:
Waiting to hear back from archos, still no word from them. Yes it was rooted but with nothing done on the root side of things, just rooted because i could.
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so whats the delay then? you just phone them up and get an RMA number, no? cant be more complicated than that... even if you're stateside.
thefunkygibbon said:
so whats the delay then? you just phone them up and get an RMA number, no? cant be more complicated than that... even if you're stateside.
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Called.... again (3rd times the charm) and got someone who I didnt get disconnected with followed by an email saying "hold the power button for 45 seconds to a minute...." and it is off, hope to report that i will be up and running soon
anubis66 said:
Called.... again (3rd times the charm) and got someone who I didnt get disconnected with followed by an email saying "hold the power button for 45 seconds to a minute...." and it is off, hope to report that i will be up and running soon
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I hope with you
the support of archos... horror!
thats the only bad thing about archos(-devices)
but thats because there are so many forums and boards to support archos with support
Hi All,
My I9100 just died.
How did it die? had an app running. got the screen to sleep (pressed the power button), got back and couldn't turn it on.
Now another friend had the same thing happen to him a month ago.
This isn't a classic brick that happens while wiping/flashing/etc...
I really wonder if there are more cases of SGS2 bricking without any "proper" reason after a ~1year usage...
My friend also sent it to be fixed by JTAG/JIG without any success...
It's unreasonable for a "premium" device to die after a year of usage. (eg. My HTC/Google N1 is still being used by my brother just fine...)
ANYONE HAVING A SIMILAR SITUATION I'D BE GLAD OF YOU PM ME.
Update as of 24/11/12 - Device been repaired by Samsung
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34568200&postcount=41
Mine is hardly 3 months old
Its dead few weeks ago while charging
Glad that Its in warranty
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
eh? if its still under warranty no biggie...but is it bought from "proper" source?
donno, heard all kind of little things bout s2 but not that it just dies all of the sudden so often
any hard drops maybe or somethin? :/
loop4444 said:
eh? if its still under warranty no biggie...but is it bought from "proper" source?
donno, heard all kind of little things bout s2 but not that it just dies all of the sudden so often
any hard drops maybe or somethin? :/
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Not that I know of.
Mine just died and that's it. just pressed the power/sleep button went back tried to wake it and no more.
Had CM10 pretty updated build..
No battery no nothing.
Yup, had a completely unexplained case of "sudden death" back in May, just before I got my S3. Fried main board apparently - repaired under warranty. Now the same thing's happened to my S3. Not impressed!
dave_uk said:
Yup, had a completely unexplained case of "sudden death" back in May, just before I got my S3. Fried main board apparently - repaired under warranty. Now the same thing's happened to my S3. Not impressed!
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Same thing, also in may. I clicked on an app to open it, screen went white, waited few minutes then restarted it, and that was it. Recovery was dead, it was stuck at Samsung logo, only thing working was download mode, but NAND was corrupted - unflashable. Samsung replaced motherboard.
ttg said:
Hi All,
My I9100 just died.
How did it die? had an app running. got the screen to sleep (pressed the power button), got back and couldn't turn it on.
Now another friend had the same thing happen to him a month ago.
This isn't a classic brick that happens while wiping/flashing/etc...
I really wonder if there are more cases of SGS2 bricking without any "proper" reason after a ~1year usage...
My friend also sent it to be fixed by JTAG/JIG without any success...
It's unreasonable for a "premium" device to die after a year of usage. (eg. My HTC/Google N1 is still being used by my brother just fine...)
ANYONE HAVING A SIMILAR SITUATION I'D BE GLAD OF YOU PM ME.
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Mine died yesterday while I was using the swype to login
I have tried another battery and every key combination and battery in and out that I've seen.
Quite unhappy but luckly I have a month of waranty left.
Regards
Were you all overclocking and all tha?
Sepharite said:
Were you all overclocking and all tha?
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No over clocking, no custon firmware... everything was standard.
Had a maybe 40 apps with a heap of photos and video on a 8GB card.
Regards
Sepharite said:
Were you all overclocking and all tha?
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No overclocking, on demand profile under CM10 as always.
Phone wasn't hot or anything. just decided to sleep and never wake up ...
I'm trying to see a pattern because this was my ONLY phone and paying ~450-600$ for a phone just to have it for a year is unacceptable.
Had some phones in my life but none just got "motherboard" dead...
If this is a faulty issue with Samsung I'd like to know it rather than saying... Arghh, my luck, lost few hundred bucks...
ttg said:
No overclocking, on demand profile under CM10 as always.
Phone wasn't hot or anything. just decided to sleep and never wake up ...
I'm trying to see a pattern because this was my ONLY phone and paying ~450-600$ for a phone just to have it for a year is unacceptable.
Had some phones in my life but none just got "motherboard" dead...
If this is a faulty issue with Samsung I'd like to know it rather than saying... Arghh, my luck, lost few hundred bucks...
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Im in the same situation, but Samsung ignored me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31615152#post31615152
A friend of mine had a similar case. Without any particular reason it just wouldn`t turn on anymore. He was on stock firmware and without root. Luckily he still had warranty.
I have a friends phone right here with the same symptom. Plugged charger in at night, in the morning it was dead.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Subbie171 said:
I have a friends phone right here with the same symptom. Plugged charger in at night, in the morning it was dead.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
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Just happened to me last night too, same thing. (Installed JuiceDefender before the sleep)
Sadly I am 1 month out of warranty.
Anyone know if it is easy to change the motherboard ourselves? Samsung quoted me SGD$285 to replace by them.
yarmun said:
Just happened to me last night too, same thing. (Installed JuiceDefender before the sleep)
Sadly I am 1 month out of warranty.
Anyone know if it is easy to change the motherboard ourselves? Samsung quoted me SGD$285 to replace by them.
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WTH!!! Everyone S2 s dying? U ppl serious? Can anyone confirm whether everyone S2 died for the same issue? ,Same ROM?? Or any APP????
Dafuq is going on here??? Phone dying with no particular reason?!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
You guys should try to give more info other than "ahhh my phone is dead"
Rom and kernel info, also what you were doing before it died. Did you reset, flash a Rom, wipe anything, delete anything, things like that.
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BrandoHD said:
You guys should try to give more info other than "ahhh my phone is dead"
Rom and kernel info, also what you were doing before it died. Did you reset, flash a Rom, wipe anything, delete anything, things like that.
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What info you want?
Device didn't get any eMMC "unsafe" usage or kernel?
Device worked flawless until the point it died without any difference of usage?
During verifying its death device has been:
- Tried all button combinations
- Tried different batteries
- Tried different chargers / charging for a while.
- Tried leaving device with/without battery for hours/days.
- Tried jig
- Disassembled
Trust me people who's phone will die won't immediately say their phone died without trying ALL options.
And as mentioned by many here it just happend to them even with pure stock non-rooted. no wipe no nothing...
ttg said:
Trust me people who's phone will die won't immediately say their phone died without trying ALL options.
And as mentioned by many here it just happend to them even with pure stock non-rooted. no wipe no nothing...
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I'm afraid components are designed to wear out after a few years ... sometimes they just do it prematurely without warning!
Nobody want to make a unbreakable phone with a expected live span of 10-15 years even it's perfectly possible. The companies need us to buy new hardware every second or third year, and I think they design quality to meet that requirement.
When Norway introduced 5 year warranty for mobiles ... all producers of mobiles **** in there pants! :good:
The consumer protection laws are all in accordance with various EU directives regarding consumer
rights. These consumer rights should therefore not differ significantly from the consumer protection
laws and regulations in other EU/EEA countries. One notable difference, however, is the 5-year
warranty period under the Norwegian Consumer Purchase Act which applies to all goods made for a
lifetime significantly longer than 2 years. The lifetime of products must be assessed individually.
However, most consumer electronics, including mobile phones, are covered by the 5-year warranty
period. For products with a shorter expected lifetime, a warranty period of 2 years applies, similar
to other European jurisdictions.
BrandoHD said:
You guys should try to give more info other than "ahhh my phone is dead"
Rom and kernel info, also what you were doing before it died. Did you reset, flash a Rom, wipe anything, delete anything, things like that.
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Mittaa said:
I'm afraid components are designed to wear out after a few years ... sometimes they just do it prematurely without warning!
Nobody want to make a unbreakable phone with a expected live span of 10-15 years even it's perfectly possible. The companies need us to buy new hardware every second or third year, and I think they design quality to meet that requirement.
When Norway introduced 5 year warranty for mobiles ... all producers of mobiles **** in there pants! :good:
The consumer protection laws are all in accordance with various EU directives regarding consumer
rights. These consumer rights should therefore not differ significantly from the consumer protection
laws and regulations in other EU/EEA countries. One notable difference, however, is the 5-year
warranty period under the Norwegian Consumer Purchase Act which applies to all goods made for a
lifetime significantly longer than 2 years. The lifetime of products must be assessed individually.
However, most consumer electronics, including mobile phones, are covered by the 5-year warranty
period. For products with a shorter expected lifetime, a warranty period of 2 years applies, similar
to other European jurisdictions.
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All is true. as there were in back in the 70-80s 10years lifespan blobs for east germany...
Still,
My original iPhone 2G had a battery wear-out and died during my failed operation of replacing its battery (after 3years of use!) - except of that it was fine.
My Nexus One is still working for my brother. except the bad Power button design that got broken (again about 7monthers after I sent it to fix before giving it to my brother).
My GF's iPhone 4 is STILL a great device. (no Apple vs Oranges pls as this software isn't the point of this entire thread!).
There is wear out of electronics but unlike mechanical parts (buttons) or liquid parts (batteries), electronics DOES survive years.
If you'd like me to send you Pentium 4 CPUs or even Pentium-Ms still fully functional I'll be glad to show you they're fully functional.
Progress isn't about dying hardware it's more of the human urge to replace (eg. Samsung won't give the SGS2 any version past 4.1 or I want OpenGL 4.0 which will be supported only on futrue chip XXX... or LTE or whatever).
I don't ask Samsung to provide open-source (even though they imho provide easier ways for devs but that's NOT THE SUBJECT)
I ask a single simple thing - RELIABILITY. as a person with a normal payroll spending ~500$ for a device to be working for me for a year isn't acceptable. sorry. I'm might be unlucky but for my 2006 MacBook (that's still running) Apple acknowledged ALL problems and provide additional warranty. for other 15" MBPs with nVidia's issue they also replaced boards...
Summary -
No one expecting my phone to be working for 15 years. but yes I expect my devices not to commit suicide after a year and a month...
(Mainboard IS the phone!)
Guys alert!I buy note 3 in friday and charg in saturday first time everything its ok,that day I play with phone,in sunday afternoon I put phone on charger and phone normaly charging but when I go to check is battery full and press power button nothing screen black,I pull out battery and back then again to turn on nothing,no download mode,no stock recovery,I not rooted phone clean sammy rom?What is this I dont know,now phone on service centar and wait what they do??? Any solution?
Ogy77 said:
Guys alert!I buy note 3 in friday and charg in saturday first time everything its ok,that day I play with phone,in sunday afternoon I put phone on charger and phone normaly charging but when I go to check is battery full and press power button nothing screen black,I pull out battery and back then again to turn on nothing,no download mode,no stock recovery,I not rooted phone clean sammy rom?What is this I dont know,now phone on service centar and wait what they do??? Any solution?
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try and charge it through your pc see if that works you might have a bad charger ,or maybe cable ,chop and change things see if anything works
jaythenut said:
try and charge it through your pc see if that works you might have a bad charger ,or maybe cable ,chop and change things see if anything works
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But I can turn on phone nothing can do?
Anyone with solution,experience? Please for help???
Ogy77 said:
Anyone with solution,experience? Please for help???
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Do you have any other chargers? If so try using them.
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Kieran 1711 said:
Do you have any other chargers? If so try using them.
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No becouse now phone on service centre,I think another charger cant help becouse was charged 60% and then I check nothing phone not give mi reaction.
Sounds like a power surge fried the battery or motherboard.
This is why we invented surge protectors...
Today phone return to Austria in service so what they do give new phone or replace something???
was told today in my local Samsung Service Centre that the 'first batch' of N9005s are seeing motherboard failures. It (I assume the motherboard) was replaced no questions asked..
mils69 said:
was told today in my local Samsung Service Centre that the 'first batch' of N9005s are seeing motherboard failures. It (I assume the motherboard) was replaced no questions asked..
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In my case I got new phone,dead phone not rooted just stock sammy rom.
Hi,
My phone went off suddenly and I can't turn it back on..I tried connecting it to the computer but nothing happened.i have never installed roms or rooted it .what should I do ?
Please reply ASAP !
Thanks in advance
Dead.
Return.
kenny1991 said:
Dead.
Return.
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Are you sure ,the battery heatens when I charge it ?
It is less than 2 months old
mohd1995 said:
Are you sure ,the battery heathens when I charge it ?
t is less than 2 months old
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No. But it happens with note 3. You can try to replace battery but if you can just return.
kenny1991 said:
No. But it happens with note 3. You can try to replace battery but if you can just return.
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The problem is that I bought without warranty ?.can't this be software related that can be fixed myself?
mohd1995 said:
The problem is that I bought without warranty ?.can't this be software related that can be fixed myself?
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Maybe there is a solution. Search forums.
It is covered if you bought from a shop? Where did you buy from?
mohd1995 said:
Hi,
My phone went off suddenly after giving 3 beeps and I can't turn it back on..I tried connecting it to the computer but nothing happened.i have never installed roms or rooted it .what should I do ?
Please reply ASAP !
Thanks in advance
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3 Beeps on previous galaxies usually meant over heating. Sounds like a hardware fault not software. Return it if you can. Or use a different battery, battery might be damaged.
You should be able to go through Samsung directly to have it replaced.
kenny1991 said:
Maybe there is a solution. Search forums.
It is covered if you bought from a shop? Where did you buy from?
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I bought it from Egypt and I bought it with a cheaper price without warranty,so i don't think it is covered.
graydiggy said:
You should be able to go through Samsung directly to have it replaced.
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I bought it from Egypt and I bought it with a cheaper price without warranty,so i don't think it is covered
Dizy801 said:
3 Beeps on previous galaxies usually meant over heating. Sounds like a hardware fault not software. Return it if you can. Or use a different battery, battery might be damaged.
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Is there something I can do to check if that is true ?
And please ignore 3beeps thing as my brother told that it was from a a song he tried playing before it wen't off
graydiggy said:
You should be able to go through Samsung directly to have it replaced.
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I bought it from Egypt and I bought it with a cheaper price without warranty,so i don't think it is covered
As far as I know the guarantee is international. If I buy from Norway it is covered even I Asia?
kenny1991 said:
As far as I know the guarantee is international. If I buy from Norway it is covered even I Asia?
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We'll I don't think mine is but I will ask about it
Thanks for the advice
Just remove battery an check voltage you shold have 3.7 volts or more if is below 3.3 V you need to charge the battery somehow. Leve your phone with no battery for a hour or two. Put back your battery and try to boot your phone. It did happen to me and after many attempts was start working again.
goodoane said:
Just remove battery an check voltage you shold have 3.7 volts or more if is below 3.3 V you need to charge the battery somehow. Leve your phone with no battery for a hour or two. Put back your battery and try to boot your phone. It did happen to me and after many attempts was start working again.
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Thanks for your reply,but how to check the voltage.as,I have only the original charger?
mohd1995 said:
Thanks for your reply,but how to check the voltage.as,I have only the original charger?
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Thanks,I will try to do that .
My snapdragon phone started acting weird today. Was slow and locked up for many minutes doing just simple tasks.
Took a backup of the phone and ran a factory reset.
The phone was fast and smooth after this and i was satisfied. But then i did a reboot, and the phone never booted again.
It does not even charge. Just dead.
Anyone else had this issue? Had the phone since release, and it has never been rooted or anything that would break warranty, so i will contact the place i bought it from.
But can this might be battery related? In that case it would be much easier for me to get a new battery.
Have tried to charge it for a while without any result. Does not seem to draw any power either as the charger is cold..
but when i plug it in the pc, windows detects something for about 2 seconds, but claims it's unrecognizable...
Rocking my Nexus 4 now, smooth phone with android 6.0, but camera and battery sucks bigtime... I want my note back..
I have exact same problem. But my phone was rooted and service center told me my warranty is void. They told me the mainboard is bad and need to be replaced. It will cost about half of the new phone price...
Try pressing "Vol +" + "Vol -" + "Lock" + "Start" buttons for a few seconds
Pd: wrong section, this should go on troubleshouting
sbehring said:
I have exact same problem. But my phone was rooted and service center told me my warranty is void. They told me the mainboard is bad and need to be replaced. It will cost about half of the new phone price...
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Take it to a different store from your carrier and this time don't tell them its been rooted. Tell them it hasn't been if they ask and they should replace it.
Have tried every combination possible with holding in buttons. No sign of life.. Good thing i got a backup while it was still "working"
I have had many plans to root the device and get in some custom ROM but i have been satisfied with stock and never found the time to do it, and i am happy for that now
Sorry for posting in the wrong place. Maby an admin can move this post?
Welcome to the party, almost the same thing happened to me except it failed to do a factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-sm-n910w8-t3249970/post63890570#post63890570
Just taking out the battery and inserting it back again properly solved it for me... , Ur battery might not be fitting properly pls check ?
XproZayd said:
Welcome to the party, almost the same thing happened to me except it failed to do a factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-sm-n910w8-t3249970/post63890570#post63890570
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Thanks for the information. I guess my motherboard is dead then..
Senthil360 said:
Just taking out the battery and inserting it back again properly solved it for me... , Ur battery might not be fitting properly pls check
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This has been checked and it's not the problem. But thanks for suggestion.
If i get a new Note 4 on warranty i will probably sell it and get a Nexus phone, or install an clean ROM right away. Stock android is so much smoother than touchwiz.
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Thanks for the information. I guess my motherboard is dead then..
This has been checked and it's not the problem. But thanks for suggestion.
If i get a new Note 4 on warranty i will probably sell it and get a Nexus phone, or install an clean ROM right away. Stock android is so much smoother than touchwiz.
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Yeah, i don't know why the note 4s hard brick them selfs like that, must be a bug/glitch.
Seems like the store i bought it from has 2 years warranty. But in Norway we anyway have a 5 year "mini warranty" on electronics that is decided by law. So if the problem is not caused by mistreatment or water damage you should get it fixed for free within 5 years anyway.
Motherboard was faulty (as suspected)
Try to re-install a stock firmware (latest version) from sammobile with odin. This is the fast mode to revover your phone .