***The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread***

[EniGmA1981]

Would be nice if they'd release a range of serial numbers that this is a potential issue for...

The missus and I got ours a good few months after it was 'first' released, but I'm bricking it each morning that it won't wake up!!

 

[DAnDan]

I picked mine up the day after release, in the first batch of stock the shop got in! Fingers crossed!

 

[mrk]

Been using Google Nav in France and Belgium all weekend. No problems at all and piggybacking off Orange and BASE. Good HSPA reception all round I found. Really impressed with directions and mapping around Europe.

Maps used 811MB which would have cost £550ish at the standard 69p per MB had I not activated Europass for £5 per day for AYCE

 

[cuke2u]

Hi, mine was amongst one of the first, not once has it had this issue. Is anyone plugging the charger into the phone when the socket is switched on?

 

[sunny007]

Been using Google Nav in France and Belgium all weekend. No problems at all and piggybacking off Orange and BASE. Good HSPA reception all round I found. Really impressed with directions and mapping around Europe.

Maps used 811MB which would have cost £550ish at the standard 69p per MB had I not activated Europass for £5 per day for AYCE

should have downloaded the maps before you went !

 

[DAnDan]

Hi, mine was amongst one of the first, not once has it had this issue. Is anyone plugging the charger into the phone when the socket is switched on?

I do. I always thought that was standard practice!? I've never known anybody to turn the plug off at the socket before plugging the phone in.

 

[mrk]

should have downloaded the maps before you went !

I did but iI use satellite maps

 

[DanMc07]

What's Omega like on battery life?

I've been using Android Revolution for months now but the Jellybean roms have just been laggy.

Installed Wanam rom the other day and I'm sick of it sending me back to the default launcher when exiting certain apps.

 

[EniGmA1981]

Forget omega... sotmax is the way too go!!

Seriously, check it out!

 

[GJ02]

Forget omega... sotmax is the way too go!!

Seriously, check it out!

is the flash just like all the others ? install on sd and flash via recovery ?

 

[DanMc07]

is the flash just like all the others ? install on sd and flash via recovery ?

Yes that's correct.

I've installed this rom but for some reason swiping the screen doesn't take a screen shot. Has this feature been disabled in this rom?

 

[mrk]

Motion is probably off in the settings menu.

 

[DanMc07]

Motion is probably off in the settings menu.

That sorted it

 

[GJ02]

Not as smooth as wanam

I'll keep this for a bit as I've had wanam for a few months now

 

[EniGmA1981]

Install yank555 kernel with it... near enough perfect in my opinion

Much smoother than wanam for me

 

[AndyCr15]

Not that I'm using custom ROM's, but what makes Sotmax better than Wanam?

 

[stevie_vee]

Here are some Sotmax details.....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944035 i'm using Wanam 4.4 myself.

 

[Cyclone]

Maybe Im having a senior moment, but looking at the Sotmax rom its "based on official firmware 4.1.2 XXELK4 (Middle Asia)". I thought it was a test release so not official.

 

[tres]

Anyone else have a problem with the S3 dropping calls? Well, not proper dropping, but after a certain time (and only using the high speed connection rather than slow GSM) i can't hear the other side, nothing at all. But I think they can still hear me a bit

 

[KnightStalker]

To the guys who's phone has died, did you have it in a case, such as a rock or silicone thingie, just wondering if it could be a overheating issue with some boards.