Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

Chet T16 · 11-07-2012 9:04am

akamossie wrote: »

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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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

mickoneill30 · 11-07-2012 9:15am

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.

statto25 · 11-07-2012 9:21am

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?

akamossie · 11-07-2012 10:31am

Chet T16 wrote: »

It can take pics while recording anyway

YES

blankblank · 11-07-2012 10:47am

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..........

mollser · 11-07-2012 11:57am

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??

bogman · 11-07-2012 12:20pm

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

kilsmum · 11-07-2012 1:09pm

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

kenyard · 11-07-2012 1:15pm

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

reni10 · 11-07-2012 2:42pm

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?

darragh o meara · 11-07-2012 2:46pm

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.

kenyard · 11-07-2012 2:47pm

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

reni10 · 11-07-2012 2:54pm

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

Is there anywhere cheaper and is this crowd reliable?

kilsmum · 11-07-2012 3:04pm

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..............

joeKel73 · 11-07-2012 3:58pm

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.

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:01pm

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

Cyrus · 11-07-2012 5:03pm

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/

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:08pm

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

Cyrus · 11-07-2012 5:09pm

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?

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:12pm

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

rockal · 11-07-2012 5:39pm

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

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:45pm

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 ?

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:47pm

threein99 wrote: »

How do I check if its on ?

found it

threein99 · 11-07-2012 5:53pm

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

statto25 · 12-07-2012 9:38am

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%.

Varkov · 12-07-2012 10:22am

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?

griffdaddy · 12-07-2012 12:08pm

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

fionny · 12-07-2012 12:10pm

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

griffdaddy · 12-07-2012 12:16pm

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.

fionny · 12-07-2012 12:18pm

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.

griffdaddy · 12-07-2012 12:22pm

It's glaring. I can't even look at my phone without sunglasses on. It's blinding. It's unthinkable. The phone is practically useless now.

Mimikyu · 12-07-2012 5:48pm

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fionny · 12-07-2012 6:14pm

Had a play with a one X today... very glad I got the s3!

s_carnage · 12-07-2012 6:43pm

fionny wrote: »

Had a play with a one X today... very glad I got the s3!

Same as. I went into work one morning all ready to upgrade to the One and read a few reviews again and for some reason ended up pre ordering the SIII!!!

fionny · 12-07-2012 6:49pm

Even the button layout on the OneX is all arse about face! no "settings" button i mean wtf... the camera that everyone seems to think is better has a full second delay and the quality is no better then the s3.

deadanonymau5 · 12-07-2012 9:36pm

Anyone notice their S3 opening apps after unlocking it?

At first I thought it was me but definitely not now. Even when I press and hold the home button and "remove all" before locking the phone it still happens. Random apps are opened when I unlock it later

kin9pin · 12-07-2012 9:40pm

Can anyone tell me what stock firmware I should flash with Odin? I'm with Three and just want to get rid of that massive 3 logo on boot.
I'm happy with phone otherwise so don't see any point in rooting and installing a custom rom (for me anyway).

Thanks

fionny · 12-07-2012 9:42pm

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Anyone notice their S3 opening apps after unlocking it?

At first I thought it was me but definitely not now. Even when I press and hold the home button and "remove all" before locking the phone it still happens. Random apps are opened when I unlock it later

Nice use of text size...

What apps? are they syncing ones or clock etc...

PogMoThoin · 12-07-2012 9:47pm

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Anyone notice their S3 opening apps after unlocking it?

At first I thought it was me but definitely not now. Even when I press and hold the home button and "remove all" before locking the phone it still happens. Random apps are opened when I unlock it later

What apps? Are you using task manager to kill apps?

deadanonymau5 · 12-07-2012 9:59pm

fionny wrote: »

Nice use of text size...

What apps? are they syncing ones or clock etc...

Random ones, Facebook, StumbleUpon(which I didnt set up yet), BBC News, Nike+(that I didnt set up).

PogMoThoin wrote: »

What apps? Are you using task manager to kill apps?

I'm holding the home button and selecting remove all as I said before. Havent used the task manager. At the minute theres no active apps.

s_carnage · 12-07-2012 10:49pm

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Anyone notice their S3 opening apps after unlocking it?

At first I thought it was me but definitely not now. Even when I press and hold the home button and "remove all" before locking the phone it still happens. Random apps are opened when I unlock it later

That was happening me for a while but since I got the update its been fine. Have you updated yet?

deadanonymau5 · 12-07-2012 11:12pm

s_carnage wrote: »

That was happening me for a while but since I got the update its been fine. Have you updated yet?

No. Did you update using Kies or? Also what network you on?

DualFrontDiscs · 12-07-2012 11:39pm

Any thoughts on where I could walk in and buy a SIM free Galaxy SIII in Dublin City centre over the next 2- 3 days?

Has to be SIM free as I need it for traveling.

Thanks,

DFD.

Thor · 12-07-2012 11:43pm

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

Any thoughts on where I could walk in and buy a SIM free Galaxy SIII in Dublin City centre over the next 2- 3 days?

Has to be SIM free as I need it for traveling.

Thanks,

DFD.

Not sure about anywhere in city centre, possibly Fmmobiles.

There is however phonesonline.ie. They have it in stock and are located over in greystones co wicklow. Not too far out to be honest.

s_carnage · 13-07-2012 8:43am

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

s_carnage wrote: »

That was happening me for a while but since I got the update its been fine. Have you updated yet?

No. Did you update using Kies or? Also what network you on?

No updated with Odin and just followed the instructions Captain Morgan gave a couple of pages back. Was very fast and simple.

I'm on the three network and it's been working perfectly since I updated.

Cyrus · 13-07-2012 9:11am

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

Any thoughts on where I could walk in and buy a SIM free Galaxy SIII in Dublin City centre over the next 2- 3 days?

Has to be SIM free as I need it for traveling.

Thanks,

DFD.

its easily unlocked once rooted i believe

Vanbis · 13-07-2012 4:41pm

I changed from a HTC desire to a SG S3 and whenever somone sends me a MMS message it shows as file in a sms message, file size from 29KB so i hit download and nothing happens even when i am on wifi or data connection. It says downloading and then stops and reverts back to download. I checked for downloaded files, nothing.

Why is it before that with the HTC if i was sent a MMS it came straight through as MMS picture and i could see it straight away?

Anyone any ideas as its wrecking my heading. On Vodafone.

monkeycork · 14-07-2012 12:46pm

i am thinking of buying this phone sim fee and checking out my options. where is the best place to buy it sim free. amazon.de? expansys? amazon.co.uk? is their any others im missing? amazon.de €578.79 16gb blue. is this the best option? i dont want a contract on bill pay as i might be moving abroad.

keredern · 14-07-2012 2:28pm

Vanbis wrote: »

I changed from a HTC desire to a SG S3 and whenever somone sends me a MMS message it shows as file in a sms message, file size from 29KB so i hit download and nothing happens even when i am on wifi or data connection. It says downloading and then stops and reverts back to download. I checked for downloaded files, nothing.

Why is it before that with the HTC if i was sent a MMS it came straight through as MMS picture and i could see it straight away?

Anyone any ideas as its wrecking my heading. On Vodafone.

I have exactly the same problem!

On Three.

kenyard · 14-07-2012 7:44pm

monkeycork wrote: »

i am thinking of buying this phone sim fee and checking out my options. where is the best place to buy it sim free. amazon.de? expansys? amazon.co.uk? is their any others im missing? amazon.de €578.79 16gb blue. is this the best option? i dont want a contract on bill pay as i might be moving abroad.

I went with O2 as they offer a 6month contract for this very reason. Know ill be here till Christmas but possibly not further.

Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

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