The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread

Richie · 5 Oct 2012 at 08:56

Rimsy said:
Yeah the fact the file was tagged as such could be perceived as a bit of a giveaway

simulatorman said:
It was blindingly obvious to some.

I did say that as soon as it came out i.e. xxDLIB. The D meaning development but I think people didn't believe me.... I would need to go back about 15-20 pages to find it if I could be bothered

tom_e · 5 Oct 2012 at 08:58

tigerstyle said:
2 days out of your battery?

Some people get up to 4, it's mostly down to screen time though. Which is about 4hours max so if you don't use your phone a great deal you can easily drag it out.

Richie · 5 Oct 2012 at 09:00

tigerstyle said:
2 days out of your battery?

Depends how you use it.

I am sitting at 1 day 21 hours 20 mins as of now and I have 54% battery left. I have hardly used my phone in this time and has been in Deep Sleep for 42 hours 20 mins of that time.

Effectively I could get 4 full days at this usage.... This is good as I am away all weekend (Sat/Sun) and I won't need to pack my charger

The phone is tremendous at power usage.

EniGmA1981 · 5 Oct 2012 at 09:37

It also depends on network reception, if I leave my phone on the kitchen cupboard all day (as I did before when I left it at home!) it'll still chew through 80% of battery just doing nothing as it's constantly fighting for a steady signal - my area is carp for reception as network signal doesn't like mountains unfortunately!

Skully · 5 Oct 2012 at 10:43

I generally get 8 hours out of mine

Richie · 5 Oct 2012 at 10:58

Quit fiddling with it then

tom_e · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:04

Richie said:
Quit fiddling with it then

And stop playing with your phone while you're at it!

Cuchulain · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:55

So my phone has gone back to the insurance company today, thanks to AVIVA and their service agents being utterly inefficient I can apparently expect it back in approximately 2 weeks.

AbsenceJam · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:57

Polish JB (Wanam 3.7) has been perfect for me, excellent battery life and no issues that I haven't caused myself.

oli356 · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:35

I'm really not impressed with the camera, it seems dreadful compared to my 4S... not sure if something is up.

First is the S3, the colours just seem messed up.

I just tried to take a picture of my laptop screen and it came out horrible.

Cyclone · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:40

Nothing wrong with the camera, took this when I got home yesterday. Macro mode.

Have you checked all your settings?

oli356 · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:43

Store location: Off
power shutter: off
focus sound: on
Storage: internal
Picture size: 8pm
Focus mode: Continu..
ISO: Auto
Time mode: off
Burst Off

Scene mode is auto. Exposure is 0, white balance is auto, flash auto (normally off)

mrk · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:46

Looks like you have crap on the lens?

oli356 · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:54

Given it a wipe over and no better.
http://imgur.com/a/Y78sE bottom is S3. Just don't look natural at all.

Cyclone · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:58

The bottom pic is better imo. Clearer than the top one and much better than the one a few posts up.

mrk · 5 Oct 2012 at 19:59

Yeah the bottom one has more contrast, looks crisper, the top iphone one wasn't taken in HDR mode was it?

oli356 · 5 Oct 2012 at 20:11

iPhone wasn't in HDR mode. I just think the s3 looks worse, I just move both phones around and think the iPhone is much better.

Though, I just took a picture of my cherry iPad case and it looks terrible on the screen of the S3, it looks much better on the PC. It looks MUCH brighter on the S3 screen then it does in real life/on PC screen.

Need to get out of my room and test outside

Rimsy · 5 Oct 2012 at 20:24

oli356 said:
I'm really not impressed with the camera, it seems dreadful compared to my 4S... not sure if something is up.

First is the S3, the colours just seem messed up.

I just tried to take a picture of my laptop screen and it came out horrible.

The first S3 I had had a faulty camera so if you are confident you've checked all the settings and sillt not satisfied return it. My second S3's camera is slightly better than my OH 's 4S so don't settle for a defective until

kona786 · 5 Oct 2012 at 21:03

Anyone else ordered a Titanium Grey S3? I have mine and think it looks ok until your in a brightish room and it looks very tacky silver.

Thebug · 5 Oct 2012 at 21:35

oli356 said:
I'm really not impressed with the camera, it seems dreadful compared to my 4S... not sure if something is up.

First is the S3, the colours just seem messed up.

I just tried to take a picture of my laptop screen and it came out horrible.

Try this

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717610

Press the phone cam ver check button to show if there is a firmware update, if it shows there is just press the phone to cam few write button to update it.

Mine used to be poor but after updating to the latest firmware it's perfect.

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