*Suddenly a wild Eiraku appears!*
Blardy. Is it just me or is every year old S3 dying left and right nowadays?
Mine bit the dust just last week lol. Not SDS though, prolly widespread eMMC corruption (runs up to 5secs only before restarting over and over).
Got sloppy and sent it in WITH A CUSTOM BOOT ANIMATION.
*derpfacepalm*
Credits to SME though for honouring the warranty of something so blatantly hacked. Came back in 3 days with a brand spanking new main board (new, un-insane eMMC chip and all).
So guys, DO remember properly hard brick your phones (or at least reflash stock rom) first before claiming warranty.
At least you won't have to do the whole *derp* "It already was like this when I bought it" routine when the lady at the service counter gives you the evil eye.
Oh, about the red mark bullshiat (for anyone interested), I just flashed CWM touch recovery (the one from the All In One S3 Unlocker pack from XDA) and used that to load up the "old bootloader" zip. Finished up with TriangleAway (ver. 2.37, which is somehow recommended over the latest 2.90) and all settled. Now happily running with a 0 counter and "official" status.
TWRP (or whatever the other recovery is) just fucuks up the bootloader zip. So steer clear.
BTW any of the old timers here planning to get the S4 and play along with idiot Samsung's decision to NOT give us both Octa-core AND LTE?
I'm hoping Note 3 will have both. But knowing Sammy, I won't keep my hopes up.
Who says the LTE variant is not coming to our neck of the woods? It is late in coming but it's slated to.