S3's are dying after 150 days. No!!!

[winmod21]

Is there some kind of preventative medicine we could give feed our GS3's? Like maybe . . . a Vitamin C App?

 

[anon(94115)]

Do i need proof of purchase to use warranty mate or is the imei enough?
This conspiracy is stupid.
Sammy are biggest oem, any hacker could find this timebomb n ruin them! (Sammy)

Ps, once the phone has killed itself, will samsung techs be able to tell if its modded?

Think il get insurance....
....actualy i have no proof of purchase so no point

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

Unless you physically changed something the answer is no. Once the main board takes a dump they will just rip it down for parts

Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.

 

[funkylogik]

Thanx mate

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[anon(94115)]

No worries. Most of the time they don't care anyway. I have sent back a few rooted phones and never heard a peep

Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.

 

[funkylogik]

Coolio

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[funkylogik]

Did you need proof of purchase though?
We've moved home and stopped paying the hire/purchase place lol oopz

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[anon(94115)]

I am not sure how it works for you over there, the carrier takes care of it here. I call sprint and the overnight me a new one.

That being said, it is covered under manufacturers warranty for a year and since all of them are less than a year old you shouldn't need it

Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

I always register my phones with Sammy and then there is no need of proof of purchase if it has to go back to them.

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[funkylogik]

I am not sure how it works for you over there, the carrier takes care of it here. I call sprint and the overnight me a new one.

That being said, it is covered under manufacturers warranty for a year and since all of them are less than a year old you shouldn't need it

Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.

Yeah my phone isnt from a carrier mate so its sammys problem eh.... they know its under a year old anyway lol.
Im just para if sammy contacted the shop we got it n they reposess it lol. Id be truly lost without my s3 (unless i win sumthin better in this members competition)

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[funkylogik]

I always register my phones with Sammy and then there is no need of proof of purchase if it has to go back to them.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Android Central Forums

How do u register bro?

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[anon(94115)]

Just go to the samsung site and you should see a link to register your product

Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

How do u register bro?

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

You will have to set up a Sammy account there. They have every phone I've had with them in my account. Also when you register you will get a 50% off code for a Sammy accessory.

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[deanodrums]

Did you need proof of purchase though?
We've moved home and stopped paying the hire/purchase place lol oopz

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

Hahahaha. Too funny

 

[neiljay6]

403 error on that link

Opps sorry was on vacation. Pebble blue (dead) next to sapphire black. Looks awesome by the way.

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[neiljay6]

Little nokia. Worked well. Anyhoo gotta go up to the UK for two weeks to attend a funeral. Will try to get the s3 fixed or replaced there. So frustrating cause it looks like brand new (pic on previous page). Kept it well at least i think so. Just wont come on.Sorry for bringing this depressing topic back up

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[WAWood8]

Read all posts. Samsung (yes SAMSUNG) is replacing any phones with this defect. Since Samsung provides a 1 year manufacturer warranty... They replace this defect for free.

So don't go to verizon and pay them for the replacement .. Go to Samsung for your FREE replacement.

Point made ... but in my case, I went to Verizon, they told me Samsung would NOT replace my phone, and I had to do that through Verizon, actually, through Assurion (I think that was the vendor) -- and they charged me $100. Had I known Samsung would have replaced it for free, I would have chosen that route, instead.

Don't get mad at others for saying it's a small number when your getting mad since you didn't read your manufacturer warranty. No reason to start a flame war in this thread.

I'm not getting mad at anyone and I'm not trying to start a flame war ... OK? And ... I'm not saying anyone should panic or should dump their phones ... Just saying I've seen too many threads in this forum, and in others, where someone comes here with a genuine problem, and the next thing you know the "Samsung defenders" are telling that person (as they did to ME) that they are using it wrong, or buying cheap junk, or making it up ... etc.

 

[funkylogik]

You will have to set up a Sammy account there. They have every phone I've had with them in my account. Also when you register you will get a 50% off code for a Sammy accessory.

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Dammit ive just recieved a sammy mhl-hdmi adaptor lol
would it be samsung UK, samsung mobile, or what?
Is it diffeient from the samsung account i set up at when i 1st started the phone?

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Dammit ive just recieved a sammy mhl-hdmi adaptor lol
would it be samsung UK, samsung mobile, or what?
Is it diffeient from the samsung account i set up at when i 1st started the phone?

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

Samsung .com. I had to switch my phone out the other day under warranty with my carrier, now I have 2 discount codes after registering my new phone

Sent from my AT&T Samsung S3

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Point made ... but in my case, I went to Verizon, they told me Samsung would NOT replace my phone, and I had to do that through Verizon, actually, through Assurion (I think that was the vendor) -- and they charged me $100. Had I known Samsung would have replaced it for free, I would have chosen that route, instead.


I'm not getting mad at anyone and I'm not trying to start a flame war ... OK? And ... I'm not saying anyone should panic or should dump their phones ... Just saying I've seen too many threads in this forum, and in others, where someone comes here with a genuine problem, and the next thing you know the "Samsung defenders" are telling that person (as they did to ME) that they are using it wrong, or buying cheap junk, or making it up ... etc.

Yeah I would go high up the Verizon chain and get a $100 credit on my VERIZON bill.

Sent from my AT&T Samsung S3

 

[Almeuit]

Point made ... but in my case, I went to Verizon, they told me Samsung would NOT replace my phone, and I had to do that through Verizon, actually, through Assurion (I think that was the vendor) -- and they charged me $100. Had I known Samsung would have replaced it for free, I would have chosen that route, instead.

Never trust a salesman.. Take that as a lesson lol . Of course he will say samsung won't do it.. He wants your 100 bucks. Always take salesman as a grain of sale and do your own homework first. I feel bad the guy lied.. I would personally go raise hell at that store because he had me pay for something samsung would cover under warranty.

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