Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

Sully · 08-01-2013 1:13am

With unlocked S III, what's the process of getting Android updates? Is it any quicker / slower?

evolutionqy7 · 08-01-2013 1:21am

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

And another set have broken. This is starting to get a bit ridiculous, I can't understand how they keep breaking, and its always the same way. Thinking I might try and get it looked at if another set break soon.

Have mine now since November and their fine. Use them quite a lot as well. Which part of them breaks?

Maybe your a bit rough with the wires? I'd always be quite careful with any headphones. Fair enough if one or two sets break, but 4+ is excessive.

Pigwidgeon · 08-01-2013 1:35am

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Have mine now since November and their fine. Use them quite a lot as well. Which part of them breaks?

Maybe your a bit rough with the wires? I'd always be quite careful with any headphones. Fair enough if one or two sets break, but 4+ is excessive.

I'm not even sure, it always seems to be random, the left ear will suddenly go and then the right ear does a while later. Normally I'm fine with ear phones, they would last me several months, I think my old iphone ones lasted a good 8 or 9 months, but I'm barely getting a month now. I wonder if there could be a build up of lint in the jack? I might try give it a clean and see how I get on, or if there is something wrong with the jack itself, I don't know. I know it's a minor thing but buying earphone so often starts to add up!

evolutionqy7 · 08-01-2013 3:09am

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

I don't know. I know it's a minor thing but buying earphone so often starts to add up!

What about other brand headphones. Pick up non Samsung ones. Some headphones out there do support phone controls if you need them.

Id say the best thing for you is to shell out a good bit of money on a wireless Bluetooth headset. Would solved all your wire problems. BT is cross handset compatible so it will always work with new phones too and you can use it as hands free in the car.

carlop · 08-01-2013 12:54pm

I'm about to pull the trigger on an unlocked SIII on amazon.es. I live in Spain and have a Spanish sim card, but I'll be back in Ireland in the summer. Will I have any issues putting my Irish SIM card in there when I get back or should it be a perfectly smooth transition that doesn't affect whatever apps I have by that stage?

I'm an absolute novice when it comes to phones!

danniemcq · 08-01-2013 3:07pm

you might have to get your irish number transfered to a nano sim card thing but apart from that you should be good

leemaree · 23-01-2013 12:21pm

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1777133/samsung_galaxy_s4_to_get_april_release_date.html

fionny · 24-01-2013 8:08pm

leemaree wrote: »

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1777133/samsung_galaxy_s4_to_get_april_release_date.html

Look at the title of this particular thread... this happens every year... it will probably be out in June in Ireland as usual.

Sully · 24-01-2013 8:27pm

Thought they already ruled out April and said it would be the summer?

god's toy · 24-01-2013 10:13pm

Should be an S4 'to be released' thread by now.

Patsy fyre · 29-01-2013 2:15pm

Anyone having trouble with bluetooth since the last update?

fionny · 29-01-2013 3:39pm

Well after much fighting with Samsung I finally got my replacement...

danniemcq · 29-01-2013 3:44pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Anyone having trouble with bluetooth since the last update?

haven't really used it but i always found BT hit and miss

dcr22B · 31-01-2013 7:46am

Looking for a useful non-qwerty keyboard as the standard Samsung keyboard is doing my head in. More used to using a numerical keypad and one that learns from twitter/facebook etc and let's me save words that I use frequently.

Thanks in advance.

Syferus · 01-02-2013 2:00am

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

I'm not even sure, it always seems to be random, the left ear will suddenly go and then the right ear does a while later. Normally I'm fine with ear phones, they would last me several months, I think my old iphone ones lasted a good 8 or 9 months, but I'm barely getting a month now. I wonder if there could be a build up of lint in the jack? I might try give it a clean and see how I get on, or if there is something wrong with the jack itself, I don't know. I know it's a minor thing but buying earphone so often starts to add up!

I'm sorry but from all my experiences 8-9 'months normally' is not fine, I can't recall ever breaking even a single pair of earphones, and definitely not in the last seven or eight years. I'm not even particularly careful with them either, they just tend to be quite hard to render useless. The only things that have broken are headphones where the headband between the speakers have snapped structurally.

I don't know what you're doing with the earphones but surely your attrition rate has to have something to do with how you're using them regardless of device?

danniemcq · 01-02-2013 8:56am

Syferus wrote: »

I'm sorry but from all my experiences 8-9 'months normally' is not fine, I can't recall ever breaking even a single pair of earphones, and definitely not in the last seven or eight years. I'm not even particularly careful with them either, they just tend to be quite hard to render useless. The only things that have broken are headphones where the headband between the speakers have snapped structurally.

I don't know what you're doing with the earphones but surely your attrition rate has to have something to do with how you're using them regardless of device?

gotta agree with this 8 months is far from good from headphones (unless they are 2 euro ones or something)

i've had no issues with headphones and the phone bar me being stupid running over cables with the office chair, dropping them off a table (a lot) and things like that.

are you buying branded headphones, are they a decent brand, is the cable long enough to reach from pocket to head with a bit of space to spare, is the cable to long and gonna get tangled. you gotta ask youself al these questions when getting headphones.

JaMarcus Hustle · 01-02-2013 5:18pm

Can anyone recommend a good set of speakers for the S3 for playing music aloud? Don't necessarily have to portable, mains plug in will do. Muchos gracias.

kingtiger · 01-02-2013 5:56pm

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good set of speakers for the S3 for playing music aloud? Don't necessarily have to portable, mains plug in will do. Muchos gracias.

any good set of PC speakers will do the job

i.e anything with a 3.5mm jack in

BeanFlicker · 01-02-2013 6:04pm

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good set of speakers for the S3 for playing music aloud? Don't necessarily have to portable, mains plug in will do. Muchos gracias.

I have the D100, highly recommend

These are the model up, can't go wrong for €50 quid

http://en.store.creative.com/bargains-corner/creative-d200-refurbished/618-21286.aspx

Review - Amazon

s_carnage · 11-04-2013 11:18pm

Just after getting a small update there. Anyone else get it and knows what's in it. Haven't noticed any changes at all yet.

deafroadrunner · 12-04-2013 12:39pm

s_carnage wrote: »

Just after getting a small update there. Anyone else get it and knows what's in it. Haven't noticed any changes at all yet.

just checked mine, still no update available. (vodafone)
i hope this new update solves the freezing problems. phone freezes at least 6 times a day. head wrecking.

s_carnage · 12-04-2013 2:37pm

Haven't had that problem but I did have a problem with mediaserver eating my battery. Will give it a few more days but my battery is a lot higher than it usually is at this stage of the day with the same usage and also very little mediaserver usage in my battery stats.

Think the update was only something like 70mb.

deafroadrunner · 12-04-2013 3:21pm

s_carnage wrote: »

Haven't had that problem but I did have a problem with mediaserver eating my battery. Will give it a few more days but my battery is a lot higher than it usually is at this stage of the day with the same usage and also very little mediaserver usage in my battery stats.

Think the update was only something like 70mb.

far as i know reading xda forums its a common enough problem unfortunately.
which network are u with?

s_carnage · 12-04-2013 3:37pm

deafroadrunner wrote: »

far as i know reading xda forums its a common enough problem unfortunately.
which network are u with?

With 3 but got a replacement phone in Jan and so it is totally unbranded. There were some apps that seem kind of German that came pre-loaded on it but I was able to uninstall them without having to root the phone. Weirdly once I installed the update last night them apps were reinstalled but I just cleared them straight-away.

waynegalway · 15-04-2013 6:26pm

s_carnage wrote: »

With 3 but got a replacement phone in Jan and so it is totally unbranded. There were some apps that seem kind of German that came pre-loaded on it but I was able to uninstall them without having to root the phone. Weirdly once I installed the update last night them apps were reinstalled but I just cleared them straight-away.

Same here. My phone got sudden death syndrome and was sent back from repairs as network unlocked (I'm with 3).

Mediaserver is killing my battery too, but can't seem to solve it.

I've gone into all the folders and created "no media" files, because I read somewhere that mediaserver goes into a never ending loop if it's looking for media but can't find a file. That didn't help.

Weirdly, sometimes when the battery runs completely down, after the next charge the mediaserver problem is gone. But it doesn't disappear every time I empty the battery, so it's not a real solution to just run it completely down each time.

Very frustrating, and it seemed to only really become an issue about 6 week or so ago with an update through Kies. Since then I've been hoping Samsung will release s new firmware with the problem fixed, but no joy so far.....

deafroadrunner · 15-04-2013 6:53pm

i asked vodafone through their twitter when the software update is. they said there isn't one in the pipeline for next couple of months at least

Sully · 17-04-2013 2:24pm

New update available for SIII;

http://www.samsung.com/ie/article/upgrade-your-galaxy-with-samsungs-premium-suite/

Ivefoundgod · 17-04-2013 5:15pm

Sully wrote: »

New update available for SIII;

http://www.samsung.com/ie/article/upgrade-your-galaxy-with-samsungs-premium-suite/

Not sure if it's the same on all networks but I received the premium upgrade around 2 months ago with the update to 4.1.2. Multi window is the only thing I've used.

ED E · 17-04-2013 5:26pm

Won myself one of these bad boys today. Anyone got any tweaks/tips they'd like to recommend. Fingers crossed I get an unbranded one.

Just as my Xperia S is about to get Jellybean and all.

ED E · 23-04-2013 11:45am

Really dont like how the camera protrudes from the body of the phone

Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

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