Dead S3...

Kavalree · 26 May 2013 at 19:44

My S3 died last night. Stuck it on charge, under my pillow, like every other night. Woke at 1am to it very hot and stuck on the boot screen. Read around the net, deleted all data etc, tried a new firmware with ODIN, tried re-partitioning it, everything. Phone is dead, I can't boot into Recovery, I can only get onto 'Download' and even then ODIN won't work it's magic. When trying to stick a firmware on, ODIN hangs at "NAND Write Start" and when I try to re-partition it fails...

I think my phone has SDS...

Subliminal Aura · 26 May 2013 at 19:48

" Stuck it on charge, under my pillow, like every other night "

WHY ???!!!

Kavalree · 26 May 2013 at 19:59

Subliminal Aura said:
" Stuck it on charge, under my pillow, like every other night "

WHY ???!!!

I like to be close to it...and the alarm wakes me easier...

DELETED_83755 · 26 May 2013 at 20:06

Try kies recovery firmware method

Sin_Chase · 26 May 2013 at 20:17

Jaffa_Far said:
M Stuck it on charge, under my pillow, like every other night.

You do not have Sudden Death Syndrome, you killed it, with the above.

Get a bedside table.

Kavalree · 26 May 2013 at 20:35

Sin_Chase said:
You do not have Sudden Death Syndrome, you killed it, with the above.

Get a bedside table.

I have a double bed...I put the phone the side I don't sleep, it has been fine there since August or whenever I got it :confused:

Woden · 26 May 2013 at 20:45

Charging a battery under a pillow. Genius, pure genius. You overheated it, something in there is now caput.

Uhtred · 26 May 2013 at 20:45

I don't believe charging a phone on a pillow would kill it, it gets far warmer playing games etc. Sounds like you've tried everything so I would send it to Samsung

Sin_Chase · 26 May 2013 at 20:45

Charging generates heat. You should not charge your phone in an unventilated area.

bimmerboii · 26 May 2013 at 21:03

I have tried charging my phone under a pillow before. It does get hot and I never did it again. It may be fine to do once in a while, but seeing as you did this every night, something inside the phone finally gave in. Send it back for warranty repair.

Orcvader · 26 May 2013 at 21:32

You loved your phone so much you slept with it...?

Take the battery out and leave it for a few hours, then try get into recovery again.

Kavalree · 27 May 2013 at 17:30

Took phone into O2 today, they had a look at it and tomorrow it is being sent to Samsung for a warranty repair or replacement...

benjo · 27 May 2013 at 17:47

I highly doubt charging it under a pillow would generate enough heat to damage it. I've left my S3 in the sun for a good few hours before and it's been fine.

Rimsy · 27 May 2013 at 18:04

benjo said:
I highly doubt charging it under a pillow would generate enough heat to damage it. I've left my S3 in the sun for a good few hours before and it's been fine.

Agreed. Whilst charging your phone under your pillow is one of the more weird things you could do with your phone I doubt it would be responsible for its demise. More likely just bad luck.

Kavalree · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:03

My phone is back with me. O2 replaced the motherboard inside through warranty.

I'm happy again

grudas · 4 Jun 2013 at 17:56

Jaffa_Far said:
My phone is back with me. O2 replaced the motherboard inside through warranty.

I'm happy again

ahh go for a test ride

chaparral · 4 Jun 2013 at 18:33

Jaffa_Far said:
My S3 died last night. Stuck it on charge, under my pillow, like every other night. Woke at 1am to it very hot and stuck on the boot screen.

Poor little S3...You murder it..

Hope you also put the electric blanket on to make sure it didn't suffer for to long and died quickly..

Woden · 4 Jun 2013 at 18:35

Jaffa_Far said:
My phone is back with me. O2 replaced the motherboard inside through warranty.

I'm happy again

I would see this as fraud to be quite honest.

wellibob · 4 Jun 2013 at 18:37

Woden said:
I would see this as fraud to be quite honest.

That's harsh :rolleyes:

Kavalree · 4 Jun 2013 at 19:03

chaparral said:
Poor little S3...You murder it..

Hope you also put the electric blanket on to make sure it didn't suffer for to long and died quickly..

It was fine for 6 months :confused:

Woden said:
I would see this as fraud to be quite honest.

When the NAND Chip failed? OK. I guess next time a phone has hardware failure I should just bin it...