S3 USA to only get 4.4 - International version not enough ram

pippip

Looks like we wont be getting 4.4 for the S3 unless they can tame Touchwiz. Seems the US version of the phone has 2gb ram versus 1gb sold everywhere else. Even though Kikkat is suppose to be 512ram the touchwiz is taking too much to run.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/galaxy-s3-gt-i9300-android-4-4-update-might-not-materialize/

wotzgoingon

It's a two year old device not going to see it. On the other hand my younger Note 2 will get it.

Simi

I think you'll find the only consideration for Samsung was cost. Rolling out a working 4.4, would be difficult and somewhat costly and of no real benefit to Samsung or S3 users. The most important update to android since it's inception is contained in 4.3, trim support. Which effectively cures the lag, that has plagued android for years.

irishpancake

Why wait for Sammy??

There are any number of KK ROM's for SIII i9300 available on XDA......:)

wotzgoingon

irishpancake wrote: »

Why wait for Sammy??

There are any number of KK ROM's for SIII i9300 available on XDA......:)

I had a kitkat ROM on my Note 2 and I found there was a bit of a battery drain so I went back to 4.3. I'm not saying they are all like that you just have to flash different ones and find the best one that suits you. Or you could just read through the threads on xda and find which one most people are having success with.

projectgtr

Bull****, 4.4 is designed to run on older underpowered devices, i wouldnt consider the s3 underpowered by any means, thats pure bull tbh, glad i ditched Samsung