yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zexco:
Haha, I wasn't really replying to what he was saying at all, just bragging about Rogers' service.

And oh yeah? I really hope your friends don't get me. They will have fun with agents that hang up on them, lie to them, and don't leave notes in the account at all. Best of luck to them if they don't get me, I resolve customers issues as long as its not involving the network itself. (In that case it needs to be escalated)

It mostly depends on your area as to which provider will suit you best, but in my experience and from what I see from customers, Rogers provides better coverage. Especially the calls where people say hey... I'm in my basement and my friend has service but I don't..

But like I said, there isn't one network that will suit anyone and everyone.

Edit: just wanna note, anyone using Bells Sgs3, until you receive a maintenance update, my suggestion would be to keep LTE off if you are experiencing issues with it (issues like incoming calls not received whIle on lte, device will auto-switch out of lte, and outgoing calls not going through). No ETA.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] smoothiex:
I have been waiting patiently for Tbaytel to get their S3's in stock, so far they told me maybe next week... I should have pre-ordered when I had the chance but I'm going to try to get a hold of one once they get in stock at futureshop or one of tbaytels places. This will be a nice upgrade from a Blackberry Curve 8530. This will be my first Samsung phone, my first Android and first touch screen phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Trekkk:
I just sold my international one yesterday and got the Rogers one, what I can tell you if LTE is not important for you the international one is a better device. Amazing battery, upgrades come faster to the phone and it just feels smoother.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Idan73:
No not with warranty in a sense that you can just call samsung Canada. International versions have to be shipped to place of origin. Incidentally i have one for sale. Pm if interested.

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
I concur that the international was better for development. I also liked the blue model I had because the led was much brighter than my white one. Also lightflow worked flawlessly which I loved. However on my LTE model I barely ever have loss of data connection on my hour long train ride to and from toronto everyday. I was reading that LTE is better for faster speeds travelling where hspa has trouble and is better when stationary. So LTE is the only option for me for constant browsing and surfing
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hrctrd:
thermal shutdown...

Hi,

has anyone had the problem of having their phone turning off during charging?

just got the phone yesterday and noticed the back was pretty warm to the touch. next thing you know. screen was blank. held down the power button and wouldn't turn on. took out the battery and waited for the phone to cool off. eventually got it working again. done a factory reset and so far the phone reached 100% without incident (fingers crossed)

and the funny thing is the camera flash flickers on/off every time i put the battery in.

think its a dud :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] junooni.1980:
Yep!! Got mine 2 days ago from Bell, battery is draining like crazy and its gets hot really fast. And also i've noticed it looses the LTE signals quite often, I wonder if most of us Canadians share these problems in common?

Also can some one guide me to the rooting process, as there isn't any specific directions for the Canadian Model for rooting. Thanks. :victory:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] NightSkylar:
May I suggest this for rooting, btw, the AT&T root method also works for the Bell variant.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746665

On a separate note, I have not experienced any problems with LTE or battery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krispy1:
just got my tracking email from telus that it shipped- i bought outright

the email states phone has to be activated? so i must do this before just popping in a telus sim? i know it can be done through their site but im still curious
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Better use this thread to root Canadian model with no flash counter:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cruisx:
Hey any method out yet to root the mobilicity T999V without setting of the counter?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] w98seeng:
My S3 is working perfectly (Telus). No battery problems and the phone does not get hot at all.

Before you root, maybe you should bring it back and get a new phone.

Ian
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rookian:
Hi, I recently tried to root my t999v using the t999 rooting toolkit and i seemed to have locked my phone (not sure if bricked because i can still reach the download mode of the phone) is there anyway i can reinstall stock roms into the phone to fix it? :(

Edit: is there any way to check if my phone is hard bricked? thanks in advance! Also i can put it into cwm recovery mode
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] derekmhma:
Same here with my bell s3. Had similar issue with bell galaxy note lte too. Had to switch the mobile network to use only hspa. Especially downtown Toronto. It happens during switching between LTE and HSPA signal. I have no problem in area that has low rise building and great LTE coverage.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BoostRoid:
Guys!! I went into futureshop yesterday to pay my bill and they had the phone on display! OMFG! its so god damn sexy! The Pebble "Purple" looked better in person then it does in photos. The Marble White takes the cake though! There was Samsung "Specialist" there talking ears off. She had no idea what she was talking about! I was just thinking to myself "just leave me alone, woman!". Lol. I'm getting the phone in two weeks. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cytherean:
Good news is that if you can get into recovery then you are not bricked. You will need to try and find a stock firmware for the i747. You can try http://samsung-updates.com/, not sure if they have the one you are looking for. If you are with bell, then the country code is BMC, not sure about Rogers, telus etc. you will need to flash the firmware through odin(guessing you are already familliar with it). Hope this helps. Keep us posted.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rookian:
but what does i747 have to do with the t999v and also my carrier is mobilicity :) thanks for helping
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cytherean:
Sorry, regardless of the model the process should be the same. Try to find the stock firmware and flash through Odin. That should get you back to normal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dennka:
missed your reply. I am on Rogers and *#7465625# is not providing any lock status :( Any tips what I can do?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rookian:
i can't find the firmware for the t999v, does this mean i just have to wait until one is released?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KLUVJ:
anyone here sick of their s3, my int one x white super mint is up for trade.^ω^

blazed from my Viper Bitten One X
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
I feel your pain. But basically your phone is salvagable. DO NOT FLASH YOUR PHONE WITH SGH-I747 IT IS NOT THE SAME. SGH-T999 is not the same either, T-mobile version is similar enough that it should work but it comes with a buncha useless broken crap like T-mobile hotspot which you don't want.

The first thing you should have done after getting CM recovery on your phone was do a backup. I'm guessing you didn't do one, well now you know why you need a backup -- for situations like these.

I have a backup of my phone, if you need I can upload it somewhere like Dropbox and you can download it and see if flashing it through CM recovery will restore your phone back to a working state. Mine is SGH-T999V as well.

That or wait for Samsung to add it to their Kies server, no ETA.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rookian:
Actually using your backup files would be great, i PMed you about it!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
link sent. Check your inbox,
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shaahinjjj:
I'm trying to find a rom that works with my i747 (Telus), was just wondering if every rom that works with AT&T S3s will also work with mine? Would it be safe to install any rom from the AT&T section? Any help would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
It likely would work, however you'll get some branded things which you may not like. For example some Sprint mobile hotspot settings which doesn't work, or some programs which come with Sprint only, that's been my experience with the T-mobile variant.

Depends on the rom really, if it specifically removed all branded programs/settings and replaced with AOSP versions then it should be generic. Either way, you can always make a CM recovery backup of your current rom and reflash it to your backup if you don't like it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] smoothiex:
Still no Galaxy S3 where I am... Everyday (excluding weekends :P ) I call up futureshop and local Tbaytel buildings to ask if and when they will get some stock in. I sent them my name and number to call me when they get in but I bug them anyways in case they don't end up calling me. I need to throw this Blackberry away soon...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SONE9:
To those who have ordered the International version outside of Canada(to Canada obviously :)) What kind of duties and taxes were you met with? I'm currently awaiting my international version and it completely slipped my mind. I thought I was done spending money :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krispy1:
WARNING

to those interested to buy an otterbox i cant say i would recommend it

i bought a commuter case and it fits nice and seems it will offer good protection but it totally renders the power button useless- the volume buttons are hard and suck but the case makes the power button useless. (im using an app which u press the icon to lock and using home to wake up)

also the case is a ***** to get off
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wirelessgirl:
So far the only case I really like is the kickstand one that I got. I returned the flip cover one because it hides the led notification light. Also the flip thingy gets in the way of doing some stuff. I bought a smokey clear case but I'm not digging it. Is there a true "clear" silicon case?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SONE9:
Followup~~

My friends phone (ordered 1 day before mine) just got this on his UPS tracking

"There is an inadequate description of the merchandise More documentation required"

Has anyone experienced this? We both bought from Amazon.com and from the same vendor(FGStrading), and I am guessing my phone shall share the same fate..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wirelessgirl:
I thought Amazon.com doesn't ship to Canada?? I deal with Amazon.ca
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SONE9:
Decent amount of vendors ship to Canada, and the price difference after customs would still be under what .ca has them listed. Only problem is now this "There is an inadequate description of the merchandise More documentation required" is making it really annoying. The only thing I've been able to find out on google about this message is that it's most likely the vendors fault, but I never saw how long it would take to clear it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tarick09:
^^You could have tried selling thread in redflagdeals.com or expansys.ca . Its a risk always to buy outside of canada.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SONE9:
My problem isn't with the vendor(yet), I'm simply asking if anyone has any information regarding this message as seen on the tracking slip. This could be from any international order for any item, it just happens to be that this time it is for a cell phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tyurtle:
Hey I got a question for the people with a root T999v model. What method did you guys use to root your phone? I want to make sure I don't use a wrong method and get a brick.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wirelessgirl:
I hope the vendor has a 100% positive feedback. I would have looked on RFD, Hofo or Kijiji before buying outside of Canada. How much are they selling it for?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KLUVJ:
kijiji has it 600
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Use the T999 method of flashing recovery then flashing root from recovery. Check out t-mobile thread. Just don't flash any t-mobile roms or it'll look like a retarded branded system.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SONE9:
International? I doubt it, especially in Ottawa. Of course I checked usedottawa//kijiji but they are all north american versions. Anyways the vendor is 4.7 Stars over 4,800 reviews, and it has since been cleared.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tyurtle:
Is the method you are talking about this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726088 ? If not can I get a link?

And thanks for your help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Beako:
If I get an S3 from Mobilicity, will I be able to flash ROMs on it/is there development for it? Looking forward to putting CM on it as soon as possible.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
I have searched Bell stores high and low and could never find the kickstand case you got :( The ebay kickstand cases seem to be two peice (an inner soft case and an outer case with kickstand) but I'd rather just get a one peice. I'll have to keep checking Bell for that case you got
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sunnyd71:
Does the Telus GS3 work with HSPA+ in the UK? I can't seem to find the correct frequency bands. It would be on an O2 sim.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tarick09:
I would say get the international version if you are into tweaking/installing custom ROMs. I think there is no source code available for the canadian version yet, so CM is always a trouble too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veyka:
I am moving this to the NA SGS3 section with a redirect, as the canadian SGS3's share more in common with them than the international version.

See this sticky for more information.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
This is perfect, I am up for contract renewel in early July and will be able to decide on a new plan/carrier and the S3. :) I am on Rogers with a 2B plan and being hosed for 100 bucks a month plus HST, all because I first purchased an iphone 3 years ago and was on some kind of iphone plan.

Do you guys think LTE will be faster data compared to H+ and worth it compared to the quad core exynos international version? Thoertetically LTE is faster but in practice, will it be? For example, HSPA is 21 MBps theorttically on my SGS2 but I am lucky to see 2MBps on Rogers. My problem right now is I work downtown Toronto and during the train ride in, the cell network on Rogers is SO congested that I can barely browse. I almost want to try LTE to see if its better and less congested due to higher bandwidth. But I really enjoy having the International i9100 due to the large amount of development. Decisions, decisions....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] thegregulator:
When I had an lte phone in Vancouver I was averaging 25-30mb/s download and about 10mb/s upload. It was about 8x as quick my current hspa+ speeds. I am with Bell though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
Thanks for replying! Thats good to know and I am planning on switching to Bell too. I don't know anyone with an LTE phone atm so can't confirm real world speeds. To me, the LTE higher data speeds are more useful than the quad core if I had to decide between the two. I just hope that the S4 LTE version can play all the codecs the way Exynos does
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] thegregulator:
I thought LTE would be more useful than a quicker processor too. In some aspects it was, but I could only really take advantage of the quicker speeds if I had an unlimited data plan. I pay for 6gb a month and I burned through almost 5gb in about 2 weeks. Once you start streaming stuff it's amazing how much data you can go through. In terms of day to day use, the S4 processor should be able to keep up. I worry about a potential multi tasking issue though. Check out the AT&T One X forum to see what I'm talking about. The Adreno gpu apparently uses a ton of ram and doesn't allow for proper android multi tasking. There may be other things at play, but that was my understanding of the issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PeterGuru:
Depends on time of day ...

I currently have an HTC ONE X from Rogers, and I can easily get 25-30Mbps during the day and commonly around 40Mbps during the middle to late evening hours; it's MUCH faster than HSPA+, and we're still ONLY in the early stages of LTE. It will continue to get faster.

I'm planning to get the SIII, and I just pre-ordered it on Rogers site. Yes, the pre-order page is now live. I'm #4 in Canada. Darn, I missed it by only 1-2 minutes; they went live at 12 noon today.

Peter

P.S. Once you've experienced LTE, it's almost impossible to go back.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hbk19:
I've already reserved the 16GB Pebble Blue with Rogers. Position four three. :D.

I'll update the OP with all the new information later today.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wond3r:
Am I the only one not seeing the s3 on the list?

Although I see it on futureshops site - http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/category/telus/telus.aspx?path=3f15a6e3117598956a581d3b820907deen01

White only. Weird. And it doesnt mention the price on 3 year term- just the pre order deposit price $50
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] .Arkham:
Thanks. I'll post here if I find out any info on pricing too.

I'm position 17 now. Pebble Blue 32GB.

Not unexpected, but it's a shame we don't get an Exynos version option. :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PeterGuru:
Position 3?

So, YOU'RE one of the three ahead of me. B*****d! :)

Peter
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wond3r:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/30/s...ricing-revealed-by-best-buy-starts-at-149-99/

I see no mention of a $20 gift card.

Has anyone been able to preorder the 32gb?

Is the white actually expected in July? Might make me order the blue instead
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hbk19:
OP updated. Ahhh, I can't wait!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wond3r:
Cant wait for the s4?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PeterGuru:
Hmm, not sure what happened, but ...

Hmm, I'm not sure why, or what happened, but I've gone from #4 to #2 on the Rogers pre-order list for the SIII.

Also, I tried to register another device, and now the SIII option (pull-down list) is gone.

Peter
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] desilla:
Probably someone cancelled.

Better for you !!!!

---------- Post added at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 PM ----------

Blue is Sexy, that is the one i am going to get. If i have to wait so be it. Dont get me wrong white looks good to, but I have always liked blue in general.

Any news if it will have the home button or the 4 cap buttons like the Captivate has??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tietherope:
2GB of RAM for Canada:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/canadian-carriers-put-galaxy-s-iii-launch-on-june-20th/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PeterGuru:
Most of what I've read so far indicates that there will be ALL capacitive buttons. Oh, how I hope this is true. I absolutely hate hardware buttons.

Peter
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wond3r:
Huge news if true! The ram isnt mentioned on Telus page

---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:41 PM ----------

2gb ram

http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/30/o...n-carriers-june-20th-lte-capable-and-2gb-ram/

Great!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrvirginia:
so, according to this site http://www.unwiredview.com/2012/05/18/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-for-att-sgh-i747-and-t-mobile-sgh-t999-confirmed/, and the latest news from engadget, the models listed are the U.S. models as well.

AT$T - SGH-i747

T-Mobile US - SGH-T999

i guess U.S. and Canada are getting the dual-core S4. this is awesome news. i'll be importing the SGH-i747 from canada personally.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hbk19:
Yeah, that's what happened for me. Went from 5, to 4, to 3. So it seems like you're ahead of me, :D.

2GB RAM is a nice surprise. Way to go, Samsung!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BossNexusS:
Just a question: it says the Wind version will have its LTE capability disabled from the baseband.. but if we used a different baseband (perhaps the Rogers/Telus one) would we be able to get the LTE back? or is it a hardware issue?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Beako:
The international version doesn't work on Mobilicity though. Mobilicity requires the phone to run on 1700 MHz, which the I9300 doesn't have.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bjtheone:
Rogers & Bell version is the same as att in the us. Thus it will have decent dev support. Was rooted day one, has custom recovery, and mobile ODIN available.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Yes that is the instructions I originally used. But there's a newer version of Odin 3.07. If you want you can check out Team epic's website for the latest info.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] balto:
Full source is out for the Rogers version. There are tons of devs with the same version and cm9 nightly's are now out for the phone. The dev is coming / already here and in the coming weeks it will be better.

Of course the International version will have more dev since more people will have that version of the phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] frelnik:
I'm on Bell and I've found that at random times (sometimes after an hour, sometimes after 8 hours), I'll lose LTE and the entire data connection. The LTE icon disappears and no H+ icon appears in its place. I try to switch it to HSPA mode, or toggle airplane mode on/off, but I can't get the data connection to resume until I reboot the phone. If I set the phone to use HSPA-only, then the data connection never drops. Is this similar to what you're experiencing?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rajivd:
Yes. 2100mhz is the band you need and SIII does do that. I travel to europe regularly and buy either O2 or t-mobile SIM when in london and t-mobile elsewhere
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AMRivlin:
Anyone know how to load additional languages to the mobilicity T999V phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Bagbug:
You tried this ? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bruce.setlocale&hl=fr
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AMRivlin:
Thanks! This did the trick. Not sure why they would remove languages in the first place.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jethro650:
I did a quick search but didn't find a good answer. If we (Canadian user/phone) flash an AOSP/AOKP ROM for At&T will we lose the ability to shut off LTE? Considering I don't even have that here I would hate not being able to shut it off and lose the battery life.

If this has already been asked I can't find it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
Well the new Cm9 doesn't even support LTE from what I've read so far. So if you don't want or need LTE then you'll be ok. For those of us who do need it we will have to wait for aokp or aosp that supports it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] balto:
I read it does support lte but the icon will always show 4g.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jd10nn3:
Videotron T999V

i have the videotron galaxy s3 T999V and i try to flash the Wind version ( tmobile) of cyanogenmod 9 from here: ttp://mobilesyrup.com/2012/07/11/canadian-samsung-galaxy-s-iiis-get-official-cyanogenmod-9-nightlies/

add http to the link

and i got the installation abort error ... (assert error)

can you help me... the T999 tmobile cyanogenmod 9 version is not the good one for Wind and Videotron like the website said ?

thanks...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bjtheone:
Any "stock" based att rom does not have lte switches. Give that this is an issue I suspect some dev will figure how to include it but for now the answer is yes.

bj | SGH-I747M | Rogers | Rooted | ICS | CWR
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tyurtle:
I see. Thank for all your help, I'm gonna start rooting my phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jd10nn3:
anyone try on SGH-T999V ??

(from videotron by exemple)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] junooni.1980:
Hey Guys,

Any way to change this ugly At&t boot screen.??