Hi, it's under "general" and not under support because the phone is at the already at the repair shop (I'm in Beijing). My phone suddenly got bricked (horribly, no response of any kind) and the repair guy gave the following information:
1. The "memory" is fried.
2. Need to replace the memory and also the CPU because they are "a set".
3. My data is lost.
4. Cost estimate: 500 Chinese Yuan (US$ 80).
I'm trying to make sense of it. The guy is pretty shady but I had little choice. The phone is not under warranty, and although I turned to the the local Samsung center first, those sons of b*****s won't even look at it because it was purchased outside of China.
From what he said (memory faulty, data lost) I understand that the problem is the eMMC (which seem to be consistent with some of the "sudden death syndromes" reported online); the question is why replacing it allegedly requires also replacing the CPU... One theory is that he just wants an excuse to steal my original CPU and put a cheap one instead. Alternatively, maybe the eMMC really has to correspond to the CPU, and if I want to keep the cost under $80 I must get a cheaper eMMC+CPU set?
A motherboard design chart with the location of the eMMC and CPU will be really helpful.
Thanks!
1. The "memory" is fried.
2. Need to replace the memory and also the CPU because they are "a set".
3. My data is lost.
4. Cost estimate: 500 Chinese Yuan (US$ 80).
I'm trying to make sense of it. The guy is pretty shady but I had little choice. The phone is not under warranty, and although I turned to the the local Samsung center first, those sons of b*****s won't even look at it because it was purchased outside of China.
From what he said (memory faulty, data lost) I understand that the problem is the eMMC (which seem to be consistent with some of the "sudden death syndromes" reported online); the question is why replacing it allegedly requires also replacing the CPU... One theory is that he just wants an excuse to steal my original CPU and put a cheap one instead. Alternatively, maybe the eMMC really has to correspond to the CPU, and if I want to keep the cost under $80 I must get a cheaper eMMC+CPU set?
A motherboard design chart with the location of the eMMC and CPU will be really helpful.
Thanks!
