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

[stoosh]

Good to see that one biggish mobile news site has finally got an article posted on the sudden death issue stoosh, shouldn't be long till gsmarena, android central etc. pick up on it now and do the same, Samsung will have no other option but to respond and if they don't well, that will say a lot about them!

It is good to see indeed! There's been a steady increase users on here who have been complaining about the issue and it's about time that these websites start to report on the problem.

Slashgear have now picked up on the story, it's basically the same as the one on phonearena.

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-experiencing-sudden-bricking-due-to-hardware-issue-21261974/

Momentum is slowly gathering pace surely exposure will force Samsung's hand into making a statement.

I picked up my N4 the other day but I've yet to set it up as I've been extremely busy at work and won't be able to until Christmas Eve.

First impressions though the phone is built very well and despite my reservations about the LCD screen it's actually very good!

The phone is extremely fast and I've uploaded 20Gb worth of music onto the Google Music cloud player so that should solve the issue of the fixed 16Gb memory.

I'll see how it goes with the N4 but if I like it, the S3 LTE might have to be sold off, as many people are saying that by Samsung actually replacing the motherboard it's deferring the issue for another 6 months as there are no hardware revisions on the motherboard and there's a chance that S3's can be prone to the same problem again.

@kona786 No worries Mate. I was catching up on the Note 2 thread, are you buying a Note 2 next?

How are you finding the N4? Do you like it?

 

[benjo]

Been on this for 12 hours or so and starting to love it. Seems smoother and faster than Wanam. I think its a keeper !

Ditto. I opted for perseus kernel and battery seems great

 

[KnightStalker]

Did you resolve this?

I havent been able to work it out, took 8 hours in total, battery drain seems to be normal, so i dont think its the battery itself, tryed 3 different chargers, the one that came with the S3, one from a Galaxy Ace and one from an Ace2 and none of them seemed to go quicker - Everything adds up according to Elixer2, 999ma going in, shows as AC connected and not USB so im lost.

 

[kona786]

@kona786 No worries Mate. I was catching up on the Note 2 thread, are you buying a Note 2 next?

How are you finding the N4? Do you like it?

Note 2 has been ordered as an upgrade for my sister - she currently has a S2. But the N2 in Grey is OOS so it'll have to wait till after xmas - booooo!

The N4 was a nice phone (sold it on). Great aesthetics and design, speed and battery. However I wasn't happy mainly with the LCD screen. I'm a SAMOLED-GUY through and through.

S3-LTE ticks the most boxes for me, out of all the phones on the market today.

My upgrade is due in March -

 

[kona786]

S3-LTE (2GB RAM) for £369 here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sam...del-359-10-top-up-ee-instore-pay-n-go-1420453

I havent been able to work it out, took 8 hours in total, battery drain seems to be normal, so i dont think its the battery itself, tryed 3 different chargers, the one that came with the S3, one from a Galaxy Ace and one from an Ace2 and none of them seemed to go quicker - Everything adds up according to Elixer2, 999ma going in, shows as AC connected and not USB so im lost.

Charging circuit or battery is all I can think of. Sorry bud.

 

[KnightStalker]

Charging circuit or battery is all I can think of. Sorry bud.

Not happy, but ill take it to my local samsung warranty place next week with the charger and see what they say.

Also normally when its on charge i can use the phone, like play games and it still charges the battery, well not anymore it discharges quicker than it can charge

 

[Vakas]

Are the OTA servers still busy it won't let me update don't reallt trust kies too many problems in the past.

 

[maddness]

S3 LTE is £369 on pay-as-you-go (includes a £10 top up)

bargain

 

[stoosh]

Note 2 has been ordered as an upgrade for my sister - she currently has a S2. But the N2 in Grey is OOS so it'll have to wait till after xmas - booooo!

The N4 was a nice phone (sold it on). Great aesthetics and design, speed and battery. However I wasn't happy mainly with the LCD screen. I'm a SAMOLED-GUY through and through.

S3-LTE ticks the most boxes for me, out of all the phones on the market today.

My upgrade is due in March -

Going from the S3 to the N2 is awesome! Your sister is going to totally love the phone!

I'm glad that you're sticking to the S3 LTE it is an awesome phone and like you I'm an SAMOLED guy too. Its so fast but I wish Samsung would hurry up and release 4.1.2 for it ASAP!

With your upgrade due in March you will have a choice of quality phones!

 

[-Mike-]

Note 2 has been ordered as an upgrade for my sister - she currently has a S2. But the N2 in Grey is OOS so it'll have to wait till after xmas - booooo!

The N4 was a nice phone (sold it on). Great aesthetics and design, speed and battery. However I wasn't happy mainly with the LCD screen. I'm a SAMOLED-GUY through and through.

S3-LTE ticks the most boxes for me, out of all the phones on the market today.

My upgrade is due in March -

What phone are you using now Kona?

 

[kona786]

What phone are you using now Kona?

S3-LTE

And here it is:

Going from the S3 to the N2 is awesome! Your sister is going to totally love the phone!

I'm glad that you're sticking to the S3 LTE it is an awesome phone and like you I'm an SAMOLED guy too. Its so fast but I wish Samsung would hurry up and release 4.1.2 for it ASAP!

With your upgrade due in March you will have a choice of quality phones!

Hope she doesn't find the N2 too big.

I'm looking forward to the Exynos-5 1080p SGS4

 

[fiveub]

Maybe a noobish question when on websites or this forum for example and I am on the bottom of the page how can I get to the top of the page without scrolling through? On the iphone you could tap the top is there anything similar?

 

[-Mike-]

I could be wrong but I thought you could enable a double tap of the top of the phone ?

I guess buying a s3 now would be a bad move then?!

 

[kona786]

Maybe a noobish question when on websites or this forum for example and I am on the bottom of the page how can I get to the top of the page without scrolling through? On the iphone you could tap the top is there anything similar?

Use 'Quick ICS browser' and configure the quick controls to have 'to the top' button like I have below:

 

[fiveub]

I did that it works for contacts in the phone but not web pages?

 

[brummie]

Anyone using cm10.1 and got wifi to work. I've tried everything including pulling my hair out.

 

[stoosh]

S3-LTE

And here it is:

Hope she doesn't find the N2 too big.

I'm looking forward to the Exynos-5 1080p SGS4

I hope not...but I did find it quite big to use, but I do have medium sized hands The Note 2 is an awesome phone and IMHO the best phone on the market.

The SGS4 will be a shoe in for my next purchase. I can't wait!

Your S3 LTE looks awesome there Mate, I love the way the colours are popping out of that screen!

 

[mrgubby]

=kona786;23416420]Use 'Quick ICS browser' and configure the quick controls to have 'to the top' button like I have below:

Thanks, I'd never thought of that

 

[kona786]

Your S3 LTE looks awesome there Mate, I love the way the colours are popping out of that screen!

Cheers stoosh. The N4 look wallpaper/clock is really going well with the SAMOLED .

Now I'm rooted - what the best way of installing CWM? Through ROM Manager or that GooManager?

Thanks, I'd never thought of that

Cool. I never use it though, just swipe up real fast

 

[G-MAN2004]

Where'd you get that wallpaper from, kona? Looks great.