Comments on: Samsung Reportedly Acknowledges Galaxy S3 “Sudden Death” Issue, Has Fix Ready

By: Robert Cox

Robert Cox — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:57:00 +0000

This started happening to me a few days ago. I’ve go the Verizon 16G S3.

By: mark schindler

mark schindler — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:03:00 +0000

Wrong. These is no such thing as a samsung international warranty. Non wonder they are so profitable.

By: ste

ste — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:54:00 +0000

I got the 32g and mine is as dead as a door nail… just stopped working one morning.. wont charge, wont turn on, i’ve tried a different battery. took it to a phone dealer and they have now told me to take it to samsung… but my warrenty has past! so i’m screwed really! 580 quid on something that didn’t even last a year? nice one samsung : (

By: Coco

Coco — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:06:00 +0000

My wife’s s3 16g just died out of the blue this morning. No warning at all. She was on the phone, finished her call, put the phone on the kitchen counter, went to use it ten minutes later; dead as a doornail. This is, of course, after it charged most of the night. But for kicks, I pulled the battery, replaced it with the battery in my s3, attempted start-up… nothing. No signs of moisture or electrical short. Anti-virus on the phone. Samsung has some explaining to do. I should download that firmware update… hmmm. HOW THE HECK DO I DO THAT?

By: Aj

Aj — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:54:00 +0000

I think it would be much more useful for other users for you to mention where you purchased your phone from, instead of just saying it died after 2 weeks. This method would allow other users to get an idea of where or what continent has the bad “batch” of phones that are being distributed. Just my 2 cents.

By: Soky

Soky — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:06:00 +0000

I have the S3 with Verizon and mine just died last night. How are they going to fix this issue with the ones that have lost a practically brand new phone?

By: SamsungSucks

SamsungSucks — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:49:00 +0000

Took two weeks for Samsung’s service centre in Thailand to tell me they wouldn’t fix it under warranty, because it came from the UK. It either has to go back to the UK, or pay the expensive repair.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:57:00 +0000

I experienced sudden death issue for my phone Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300. I called Samsung support in USA. They said International versions are not supported in USA, warranty is not valid for the sets purchased on ebay and amazon according to Samsung support.

By: Pretty

Pretty — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:26:00 +0000

Im so depressed about what happened to my new Samsung S3, I can’t imagine that after I spent thousand just to have that kind of phone….it results like that…I cant even enjoy my new installing games and music as well..weeks only and it’s suddenly dead….I don’t know why…..?????????? So frustrating…..will anybody from Samsung gave us what exactly be the best way just to have a feeling of chance or hope that our s3 phone will be fix..please……….

By: ALi

ALi — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:16:00 +0000

hey……can you please share the contact details/address of the repair center who repaired your S3?? I have international warranty and I desperately need to find a place where I can claim Samsung international warranty.

By: BummedOwner

BummedOwner — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:53:00 +0000

My VZ16gb unrooted jb os just died last night. I had just downloaded a 1gb file off a friends network and did nothing else. Phone sat on table for another hour or so and suddenly died. When rebooting it would not go past Samsung logo. I made several attempts to boot os even trying safemode boot. Now phone does nothing at all. Definitely a hardware issue.

By: MikeySA

MikeySA — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:49:00 +0000

We are in South Australia and Just had the malnboard replaced after sudden death

By: james

james — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:16:00 +0000

my S3 died on 20th Dec. Still under warranty. Was fully charged and just died. 16gb model. Depressed as still haven’t received it back, and didn’t backup either

By: Melinda Ettery

Melinda Ettery — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:04:00 +0000

We’re they able to keep your photos or did you lose them…..

By: Melinda Ettery

Melinda Ettery — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I have this problem…..I’m not worried if my phone doesn’t work again….I just want it to turn back on so I can save my photos….as this sudden death thing happened…it’s really pissed me off…I’ll try anything to get my photos back…..please help me someone……..