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Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

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    #1802
    Chet T16
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    akamossie wrote: »
    Captain Morgan wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    If you ever watched the HTC One X advert on TV for the skydiving and while taking the video he was able to take a photo the same time, thats in the mod and ported to the S3.

    i find it handy and pretty impressive to show off to your iphone friends heheh :)
    It can take pics while recording anyway


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    #1803
    mickoneill30
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭mickoneill30


    Davie89 wrote: »
    Update available ota on emobile this morning

    Don't be too excited about updates.

    A security update in Sprint in America removes the Search Anywhere feature.
    http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2012/07/sprint-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-security-update-removes-search-functions/

    Because apparently Apple have patented everything.

    I don't know if they have to do it here.


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    #1804
    statto25
    Registered Users Posts: 3,843 ✭✭✭statto25


    kenyard wrote: »
    its software that can help with music and pictures.. im pretty sure 90% of people use drag and drop though.

    I used kies to update and it did so flawlessly in around 20-30 minutes or so. brightness toggle is handy..jhafnt noticed anything else so far changed, but im sure stuff has been

    I take it this update is not available OTA?


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    #1805
    akamossie
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭akamossie


    Chet T16 wrote: »
    It can take pics while recording anyway

    YES :)


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    #1806
    blankblank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭blankblank


    statto25 wrote: »
    kenyard wrote: »
    its software that can help with music and pictures.. im pretty sure 90% of people use drag and drop though.

    I used kies to update and it did so flawlessly in around 20-30 minutes or so. brightness toggle is handy..jhafnt noticed anything else so far changed, but im sure stuff has been

    I take it this update is not available OTA?
    It is..........


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    #1807
    mollser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭mollser


    Davie89 wrote: »
    Update available ota on emobile this morning

    Emobile are great for updates - the Nokia N8 updates came very quickly with them, they didn't add any bloatware to the phone.

    Still waiting on o2 for the update - its normal to be waiting ages with them??


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    #1808
    bogman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭bogman


    Omega 8.1 is released


    Also
    Torture-testing the Samsung Galaxy S3

    How did the S3 survive some of these tests is beyond me

    http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-33814_53-57468819-10391737.html


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    #1809
    kilsmum
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭kilsmum


    Davie89 wrote: »
    Update available ota on emobile this morning

    I tried just there and its telling me there is no update available!! on Emobile

    Kilsmum


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    #1810
    kenyard
    Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭kenyard


    stop complaining and download kies so as has been suggested 4-5 times already. or just wait another few weeks and be quiet

    latest version will have brightness thing in notifications pulldown.
    also was the muting thing there always a toggle between silent/vibrate/sound?
    never realised it went to silent as well as vibrate mode


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    #1811
    reni10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭reni10


    Massive thread to wade through so hopefully someone can just answer this?

    Three are selling the GS3 for €559 prepaid and that seems to be the cheapest you can get it here in Ireland so is this confirmed as SIM locked to Three and does it have a bloatware Three firmware loaded on it?


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    #1812
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,223 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    reni10 wrote: »
    Massive thread to wade through so hopefully someone can just answer this?

    Three are selling the SG3 for €559 prepaid and that seems to be the cheapest you can get it here in Ireland so is this confirmed as SIM locked to Three and does it have a bloatware Three firmware loaded on it?

    Very likely to be locked and you can be sure three will have their name all over it. But unlocking is a 30 sec job and debranding is fairly easy to do afaik.


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    #1813
    kenyard
    Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭kenyard


    id be fairly certain it is..
    there has been a mix of people saying mobiles from three are locked and others saying they are unlocked.. i think the first batch of phones that came through were all unlocked.

    i also asked in the store about prepay >1month ago now, and there was none available on prepay due to demand on billpay which companies prefer to sell. thats every network was that case btw.
    they have the prices up, just the phone wasnt available!

    hence i ended up getting it on o2 on contract 6 months which works out at the same price over 6 months as buying it prepay and getting my txts/calls and gb data with that. and didnt have to front the 600 euro straight up so that worked out better...

    afaik o2 are the only company doing <18 month contract on the phone though :S
    will be switching immediqately after. though their service is decent, costs arent


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    #1814
    reni10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭reni10


    Ok found it unlocked here for €549:
    http://www.simplyelectronics.net/mainproduct.php?pid=19352

    Is there anywhere cheaper and is this crowd reliable?


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    #1815
    kilsmum
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭kilsmum


    kenyard wrote: »
    stop complaining and download kies so as has been suggested 4-5 times already. or just wait another few weeks and be quiet

    latest version will have brightness thing in notifications pulldown.
    also was the muting thing there always a toggle between silent/vibrate/sound?
    never realised it went to silent as well as vibrate mode

    Your very charming Kenyard..............


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    #1816
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    A friend of mine got the S3 from Three. I got it with eMobile. He's had problems trying to play GTAIII on it, it keeps crashing on him. It works fine with me, never crashes. He's also found the home screen takes a couple of seconds to load sometimes.

    Could this be down to Three bloatware on the device?

    I haven't got a hands-on look through his yet, may try replacing the firmware with an unbranded version later this evening if it is.


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    #1817
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    Any guides to rooting this ? cant seem to get mine rooted


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    #1818
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,891 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    threein99 wrote: »
    Any guides to rooting this ? cant seem to get mine rooted

    what exactly have you tried?

    its pretty easy, google gives a ton of results

    http://www.pressbyte.com/11062/root-galaxy-iii-sgs3/


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    #1819
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    Cyrus wrote: »
    what exactly have you tried?

    its pretty easy, google gives a ton of results

    http://www.pressbyte.com/11062/root-galaxy-iii-sgs3/

    Downloaded Odin v3.04 and tried to push the CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar file using Odin, its keeps failing thought. I've tried to follow guides on you tube but they seem to be using an earlier version of Odin


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    #1820
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,891 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    threein99 wrote: »
    Downloaded Odin v3.04 and tried to push the CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar file using Odin, its keeps failing thought. I've tried to follow guides on you tube but they seem to be using an earlier version of Odin

    is the phone in download mode and usb debugging on?


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    #1821
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    Cyrus wrote: »
    is the phone in download mode and usb debugging on?

    Yea its in download mode not sure about usb debugging mode. Does it matter which version of odin I use ? theres seems to be a different version for when the phone was released first


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    #1822
    rockal
    Registered Users Posts: 757 ✭✭✭rockal


    threein99 wrote: »
    Yea its in download mode not sure about usb debugging mode. Does it matter which version of odin I use ? theres seems to be a different version for when the phone was released first

    Version of Odin should not matter (Both 1.85 and 3.04 work for me)
    As Cyrus said - make sure USB debugging is on


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    #1823
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    rockal wrote: »
    Version of Odin should not matter (Both 1.85 and 3.04 work for me)
    As Cyrus said - make sure USB debugging is on

    How do I check if its on ?


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    #1824
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    threein99 wrote: »
    How do I check if its on ?

    found it


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    #1825
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    It was the USB debugging stopping it from rooting, got it done now. Thanks for that


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    #1826
    statto25
    Registered Users Posts: 3,843 ✭✭✭statto25


    Did the firmware upgrade this morning with Kies. Nothing major as said previously bar the Brightness option in the Notification pulldown.
    One thing I did notice was my battery didn't drop to 99% as soon as I unplugged it from the charger. An hour later and its still on 100%.


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    #1827
    Varkov
    Registered Users Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭Varkov


    kenyard wrote: »
    id be fairly certain it is..
    there has been a mix of people saying mobiles from three are locked and others saying they are unlocked.. i think the first batch of phones that came through were all unlocked.

    i also asked in the store about prepay >1month ago now, and there was none available on prepay due to demand on billpay which companies prefer to sell. thats every network was that case btw.
    they have the prices up, just the phone wasnt available!

    hence i ended up getting it on o2 on contract 6 months which works out at the same price over 6 months as buying it prepay and getting my txts/calls and gb data with that. and didnt have to front the 600 euro straight up so that worked out better...

    afaik o2 are the only company doing <18 month contract on the phone though :S
    will be switching immediqately after. though their service is decent, costs arent

    Hey dude, I'm looking to do something similar. The only 6 month low cost plan I could find on the O2 site was the "My Choice 500" (250 minutes 250 texts + 350mb Data) at €40 a month + €359 for the phone = 599.

    How did you get the 1GB data?


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    #1828
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    Is there no stock sms widget on the Galaxy S3? Seems like a glaring omission


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    #1829
    fionny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Cant say id agree a glaring omission would be forgetting a camera app etc... in what 4 years with smart phones ive never felt the need / seen or heard of an sms widget...

    If its that important why dont you just download one. Thats the joy of android


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    #1830
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    It depends on how you like your smart phone set up. I like to have my homescreen with clock and weather widget with a search bar and news widget and then flick right for a fullscreen widget with emails or left for a full screen widget with sms. It's very, very common to be honest and seems to be how a lot of people have it set up. The widget is also available on almost every other android phone, including the galaxy s2 so I'm just a bit surprised that it's not here, especially as there's two email widgets that do full screen. I tried go and handcent but neither gave me the full screen widget I'm looking for.


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    #1831
    fionny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    My point is its hardly glaring... its minor, super minor, so minor that nobody until now in any article or forum i read has mentioned or asked about it.


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