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...

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...

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:

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...

Kavalree · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:03

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

I'm happy again

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...

Kavalree · 4 Jun 2013 at 19:23

Woden said:
Did you explain to them you had basically been cooking it for the past 6 months and that the NAND probably failed due to that excessive heat?

If my screen fails because I put a screwdriver through it I wouldnt expect a repair under warranty. This is no different.

The fact my phone was never getting hot means nothing?

tom_e said:
The nand failing is a well known issue and the cause of sudden death syndrome so I don't see the problem

Indeed, this is true. I actually thought I would get a brand new phone, but they just repaired mine, even after the blue pebble front screen has been changed to white...