How to avoid potential Sudden Death on Samsung Galaxy S3 ?

Submitted by Anonymous on

Today's topic is not directly linked to OBM, as it is an issue that you may encounter on some Samsung Galaxy S3.

This bug is called the **Sudden Death** (_Mort subite_ in French) and you will find a lot of articles about it, as it _destroys_ the smartphone (at start, it loops on the splash screen) and the only way to use it again is to hard reset it, meaning lose all your datas by processing a factory data reset. I know this is scary !

To check if your smartphone is concerned, please use the [eMMC Brickbug Check ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_c...), free download available on the Android Play Store. If you already upgraded your smartphone you can probably feel easy about it. Every firmware which is Android 4.1.2 JellyBean and up is safe.

![emmccheck](/sites/default/files/media/images/field/image/emmccheck.jpg)

More details in the following links:
* [Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread on xda-dev](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044)
* [A video in French showing the sudden death](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvA4yvrmu18)Nike Air Penny 3

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