Samsung acknowledges Galaxy S III sudden death, fix is on the way
Throughout the last two months we've received numerous reports of Galaxy S III smartphones dying unexpectedly, usually overnight. Luckily those users who have experienced this trouble got their Galaxy S III quickly repaired (with replaced motherboards) or replaced altogether by Samsung.
Samsung has now officially acknowledged the issue, confirming to the guys over at Tweekers that a fix is in the works and will be arriving soon.
As it turns out the "sudden death" issue is affecting very small number of Galaxy S III phones with 16GB storage and appears about half a year after the initial activation. The device usually dies overnight while charging or when on long stand-by, or after a reboot.
There is no official information on when exactly Samsung will be ready with the fix, but we guess it will be shortly after the rollout of the 4.1.2 update completes.
Reader comments
- Marne
- ssR
"You can also try to press and hold the power and volume down button (at least on the s6,check your manual) to force a reboot. " Originally posted by dpham00 android central moderator It works on my A3 :) hold the buttons for a minute.
- Anonymous
- TLx
I have a new Samsung S^ +Edge which I purchased about 2 months ago. Today while suddenly using it the battery suddenly died on me nad even while trying to charge it it wont switch on. Please help me.
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