yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] nirenj:
Guys, my SGS camera was not focusing properly most time. And I get blur pics.

Last sat I took it to Samsung Service Centre at Plaza Sing and next day they replaced its camera for free (was within warranty period).

Now happy.

Note: If anybody is having issues with camera please take it to service centre before the warranty expires.
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
Changing MMS file size on the phone itself

I just found out about this problem regarding sending of mms. Local telcos have a file size limit of 300kb for MMS, so we can't send anything that exceeds 300kb. I received the error message "Service not activated" before I called up the telco to confirm about the file size limit. Anyone on Slim Bean ROM or CM10.1 knows how to change the file size when creating MMS on the Messaging app?
[Galaxy S III General] t0kgrumps:
If I were you I would just use whatsapp. Oh and actually there is no way to increase the file size (I might be wrong)
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
You are not wrong lol. Anyway I just want to abuse the 20 free MMS I have. And, on stock roms, the file size is automatically decreased to a send-able file size unlike custom roms, which I believed, based their limit at 600Kb, which is widely used around the world.
[Galaxy S III General] mohaimed:
Can anyone tell me what is the current price of galaxy S3 and nexus 4 in the Naranjan electronics shop in Singapore?
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
No idea man. Why not make your way down? Haha or try to get their numbers and give them a call.

If you are able to make a US proxy, you can actually access US Google Play and purchase from there, subsequently get a courier service to deliver to Singapore. That will still be cheaper than the $399 (non 3G version) that Singapore stores are selling at.
[Galaxy S III General] mohaimed:
Getting delivered to Singapore will be a bit risky since i actually dont know which time of the year i will go there and how long will i stay. So its better to purchase from there. So you are telling me that Singapore is selling them at 399 US$??
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
It is selling at S$399 (WIFI version) and S$499 (3G version). NOT USD, but SGD.
[Galaxy S III General] mohaimed:
Thats cheap.but i think it is much cheaper in the Naranjan Electronic shop.Cause i bought the galaxy nexus from there a year ago with 500S$ whereas it was 570S$ in Mustafa Mart.I would have called that shop to ask but i am in Bangladesh and i dont have their no. If you get to know the price of N4 in That shop please pm me. Thanks a lot :)
[Galaxy S III General] Nichie:
Erm... S3 and N4 have wifi and 3G version??? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
Oh crap! I mis-read it! Sorry bro! I kept thinking about Nexus 7!

S3, I9305 is i think $800+, but surely less than $900 because Note 2 is slightly $900++

Nexus 4, not sure if any shops in Singapore has it.
[Galaxy S III General] mohaimed:
Thats bad. I was really looking forward to buy the nexus 4 esp fr the 2gb ram. If its not available, what will be a good substitute?? Or should i just stick to my galaxy nexus fr now?
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
I believe it all goes down to what you need. I am on i9300, 1gb ram compared to i9305's 2gb ram. But there is no lag at all. My personal opinion is, wait for next nexus phone..
[Galaxy S III General] haroujf:
hi guys!! didn't know there is a singapore S3 thread here!

anyway i just gotten my S3 9300 . local set .

but after using for a few days, the phone keep hanging on me!!! i must hold the power button to restart, sometimes have to pull out the battery.

i did not install much stuff on the phone as i dun play games. just some news apps thats all. it keeps giving me random freeze and hang!!

one day about 7-8 times now! i notice the number of hangs seems to be increasing... phone is NOT rooted. everything stock.

what should i do guys? will service center honor this? as i can't possibly show them the random hang at the service centre... damn sian...first time using samsung phone and kana this...
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
Mind posting a screenshot of your phone? Do a Settings > About Phone, screenshot that page and post it here. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Taptapdude:
Never happened to me. I've been in android since froyo and the improvements till date are just amazing and will never touch an ios or bb device again.

Send back to samsung. Their service is top notch
[Galaxy S III General] davtse:


Install emmc check and see of you have the insane chip. And check if your firmware is below 4.1.2. Lots of Singapore s3 users experience increasing amount of hanging before finally SDSing
[Galaxy S III General] D_A_R:
Very unlikely that a new S3 phone to have random hang.

Have you tried do a full wipe/ factory restore and see if you still having random freeze?
[Galaxy S III General] mohaimed:
May i know how much did it cost u in SGD?
[Galaxy S III General] Nas Eiesefpi:
Hey, does anyone know how much is the original Samsung battery cost with nfc capabilities? Or is there a better alternative than the original ones?
[Galaxy S III General] Taptapdude:
About 50bucks from Samsung shops
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
$58 to be exact.
[Galaxy S III General] kenz0bux:
Stock bootloader for sgs3 lte Singapore

Any one has stock sgs3 lte bootloader for I9305XXALI9 JB 4.1.1??? Need to reset my system status to Official.

After using triangle away 2.45, System status is still showing custom. After reading through some threads i believe my sammy is using the new bootloader. i need your help to get me the old bootloader.

Thank you :good:
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
Bro I believe you can restore through kies. Put your phone to download mode first but don't plug in. Then open kies and wait for kies to download the firmware. You will need your phone model, which I believe should be GT-9305, and the serial number which can be found at the battery slot in the phone.

After you restore to stock, then use triangle away and your counter should be reset back to zero already.
[Galaxy S III General] kenz0bux:
Bro,

How can i use triangle away if i'm back to stock?

This is what I see in download mode:

Custom Binary: No

Current Binary Samsung Official

System Status: Custom - this is my problem

-i tried using I9305XXALI9_I9305OLBALI8_SIN.zip with BOOTLOADER_I9305XXALI4 (4.1.1) - still nothing

-i also tried I9305XXBMB4_I9305OLBBMA2_SIN.zip with BOOTLOADER_I9305XXBMA4 (4.1.2) - still the same

any ideas?
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
I think it is more like getting the order right. What is your flash counter?

How i did it was reset using triangleaway while i was still on my custom rom, then restore to stock using kies immediately. Do not flash anything using recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] jazua:
Anyone knows where to buy a genuine Otterbox armor series in Singapore?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
http://www.otterbox.asia/default.aspx

I read on the website it says free shipping to Singapore.
[Galaxy S III General] aeron16:
i realised i have not managed to connect to DC-HSDPA on the Starhub network here so far..

Is it because my plan is not a 4G plan? Using the S3 LTE leh..
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
I believe you need to check with starhub on this matter. Did you recontract to get the phone? Or did you buy the phone without contract? If you recontract the phone with your current mobile line, it should be changed to a 4g plan. Anyway do check starhub's 4g coverage. Probably their coverage is not as extensive yet. I am using i9300 (non 4g) and my mobile network is connected to h+ network most of the time, although i hardly get any 3g signals at home.
[Galaxy S III General] gila2:
Check also your APN under mobile network.. Recently I flashed a Custom Rom and it could only connect to 2G network.. :S
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
It could be your modem. I only flash roms that does not include its own modem, e.g. CM, temasek, slimrom, etc.
[Galaxy S III General] Roidred:
Hi guys anyone experimented with different modems... Which one is best for singtel... my current modem is xxufme7
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
The best modem is the one that came with the phone itself.
[Galaxy S III General] Roidred:
Anyone knows which modem is currently used by singtel
[Galaxy S III General] davtse:
gotta experiment. different modems give different readings for different places. try a few and see how it goes. the one that comes with the phone is probably averaged out in all areas but not optimal.
[Galaxy S III General] Roidred:
Guys which Rom and kernel are you using. Also share why is it favorite for you.

I am on xperian z 0.9 and boeffla kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
You can see it from my signature. I prefer simplicity. Plus temasek is a local chap. I am using wolfson kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] t0kgrumps:
Can someone recommend any shoo that can revive a bricked phone at a low price? My friend wanted to install cm10.1 on his i9305 but after that he only can go download mode but could not connect to odin. Then he went to fix it at samsung shop but had to pay 380 to replace the motherboard but cancelled cause wanted to try other options.
[Galaxy S III General] ch33kster:
Odin will only be able to detect his phone in download mode if the necessary driver is installed. To do that, he needs to have KIES installed, but do not run KIES at the same time as Odin. Just install will do. Let me know if it works. I encountered the same problem too, but google taught me that I will need KIES installed as it has the necessary drivers for the phone's download mode to be detected.
[Galaxy S III General] t0kgrumps:
Actually i already know how to use odin and stuff. And about his com he already installed drivers and even tried on other computers. His phone is confirmed soft bricked where even Odin won't help you. So any suggestions of phone repair shops that can revive a bricked phone?
[Galaxy S III General] fribriz:
I'm using:

Kernel: i9300_LiteGX-KERNEL_v3.0.0_CWM

ROM: I9300XXUGMJ9_NeatROM_v5.4_Aroma

Started with Wanamlite - but after the 4.3 leaked update, battery went south. Experimented with Wanam with other kernels (Googy, Yank555lu. "Stock" Lite that came with NeatROM). I flashed v3.00 yesterday, solved most of the battery and Android OS issues. In monitoring mode now. So far so good.

BTW, I stopped using Boeffla. I found a great sound app ViPER4AndroidFX - wonderful for sound. Deep rich bass, clear vocals and treble.
[Galaxy S III General] timberwolf60:
Sky mobile zone @

blk 532 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 #01-2481

S (560532)

+65 8168 8669 This shop not doing repairing but have contact for repaired the phone by ex Samsung technician. Good luck!
[Galaxy S III General] t0kgrumps:
Lol, you do know I posted like in July this year. The phone is already repaired but for $150+ instead. But anyways thanks for the reco.

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My dad's s3 is still running a leaked 4.2. And I have no idea how to root it or update the software
[Galaxy S III General] timberwolf60:
You can used cf auto root by chainfire: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980683

Choose a version of your phone, unzipped it to a folder. Flashed by pc odin. Instructions bbeen in the link above. All the European rom can be used for S3, and 4.3 rom already exist which can be downloaded from sammobile: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=21565#

Below was a download link:

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/254636127/beaf159/I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300OXAGMJ9_BTU.zip.html
[Galaxy S III General] eletro:
http://www.expansys.com.sg/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-unlocked-marble-white-32gb-232330/

32gb .. donnoe if fake or not so tempted to order from them:D
[Galaxy S III General] g00ndu:
Remember that there is a 20SGD for shipment, plus you need to pay for GST of 7%.
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
Hi guys. Just got my s3 from Singtel last Saturday.

And its awesome so far. Thinking of rooting it. Anyone done it yet?/
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
yeah just did it with chainfire's cf-root.. easy.. done in a min..
[Galaxy S III General] nirenj:
Battery life extended using Juice Defender Free

32 hours and still running with 43% battery.
[Galaxy S III General] thelestat:
Expansys.com.sg seems unreliable these days. The last two things I ordered from them (one of them being the GS3) Never arrived, and their customer service rarely answers you.

Has anyone seen anywhere else in Singapore with GS3 accessories? Desktop dock, car dock etc
[Galaxy S III General] Freakadroidz:
SGS 3 Pebble Blue pics:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27545379#post27545379

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27545486#post27545486
[Galaxy S III General] eletro:
Thanks, great to know! So sad singapore always stuck with 16gb versions of sammy phones, unlike apple.. so have to resort to such means..
[Galaxy S III General] sandyph:
guys, how to get the 4g signal for singtel ?

is there any special setting or automatically already on 4g ?
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
wah lao! didnt know xda got SG thread! heng, no need to type in perfect eng liao. sibeh steam...

anyway, i also rooted liao, not as much use as jailbreaking iphones leh. now how to upgrade firmware ah? sorry, i noob. :p
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
haha which firmware you want to upgrade to? lots of custom roms you can try..

i am using Slim 4.2 now..
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
my current firmware is 4.0.4. the phone says firmware update available. but i cant upgrade leh. donno what is latest firmware also. how ah? must flash rom from somewhere ah?
[Galaxy S III General] Segovia:
Yo u guys remember which is the stock Rom for Singapore phone a not ah? I forget liao ... .si bei sianzzz ahh
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
download from samfirmware?

mine is singtel.. there is a specific stock rom for Singtel..

PDA: I9300XXALEF

CSC: I9300OLBALE6

Baseband: I9300DXLE9

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which telco u using? i checked samfirmware and the latest for Singtel is last updated in May 2012 and it is 4.0.4 so that should be the latest..
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
just update my sgs3 ytd aftnoon. any 1 know wats new ?

my should b sintel set, bought without contact.

build I9300XXALF6

CSC I9300OLBALE

Baseband I9300DXLEA

kernel 3.0.15-705505 Jun 11 22:24:05 KST 2012

btw any 1 got lobang for class 10 64gb micro sd card ? went to sim lim all out of stock, the price i check now $80 to $99.
[Galaxy S III General] tenjakid:
Hey! Fellow Singaporean here! Anyway...anyone here who have M1 sgs3 notice the crackling sound during music play when the screen is off? Seems like no once notices....it's all over the sound quality thread...just saying...:-)
[Galaxy S III General] Segovia:
Try gmarket . There got sell class 10 .SD CARD
[Galaxy S III General] Segovia:
Think I will need to tweak the csc after I re flash
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
i'm on m1. can use firmware of singtel meh?
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
tks for the link, but i looking for walk in shop with local warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
there are other firmwares for Singapore.. why not you check the About Phone in Settings? there should have some codes there.. then can check back in samfirmware forum

think the Singapore (Singtel) has the Singtel bloatware and stuff.. should be the same..
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
mine is ok leh. i tried with earphone, from the phone speakers, even bluetooth over to external speakers also no problem leh.
[Galaxy S III General] xuberone:
hi guys, fellow sporean here. i have rooted my s3, remove bloatware from my phone but there is this new update that keeps appearing. any way i can make the phone not display that? I am happy as it is now with my phone, that is until jelly bean works on s3 =)
[Galaxy S III General] temasek:
Kns

Never post in an all SG thread in xda b4.

Just got my phone recently, a present from my wife (pebble blue). Within hrs I rooted and flashed self compiled cm9. :D
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
y not update and root again? thats what i did to my S3
[Galaxy S III General] rfary:
anyone encounter the data getting disable automatically after something no activity? have to activate/deactivate flight mode to get it back.M1 LEA version. didn't have this problem on the previous two versions.
[Galaxy S III General] xuberone:
because I am overseas for more than a month and I rather do it on my windows comp at home hee ...
[Galaxy S III General] saberzaid:
Anyone can recommand what modem.shall i flash? I use xxlf5 but i feel its not stable the wifi signal is low, im in malaysia ans looking for stable modem anyone?
[Galaxy S III General] coukz:
M1 had all existing customers waiting for nothing in the past couple of weeks, and you would just wonder how come Singtel and Starhub never gets out of stock signages on their front doors. Poor customer service I say.
[Galaxy S III General] thelestat:
Just to be aware all. My order of a:

- GSIII Car dock

- GSIII Desktop dock

from expansys.com.sg finally arrived (6weeks late). It turns out by Official Samsung GSIII products they actually mean, generic samsung fits all phones products.

So if you want a car dock or desktop dock that is actually designed for the GSIII do not order from expansys.
[Galaxy S III General] microdrive:
Hi just like to know if it's possible to transfer Whatsapp messages/chat history from iphone to S3? I'm almost ready to put down the money for a S3. However it would e a deal breaker for me if the transfer is not possible....
[Galaxy S III General] xperiax10.awesome:
I think when u install Watsapp on ur S3 it will prompt to load earlier chat, u can click YES n have old chat history.

sent from seXperia S
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
definitely possible. i switched over from iphone. when i installed whatsapp to S3, all the messages were downloaded from whatsapp server automatically to the S3. it's almost like magic! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] microdrive:
Bro, you're god sent! Just want to be sure. How did you backup your iphone whatsapp message to whatsapp server? I cannot find any options within setting itself.

I'm under the impressiong that for iphone, the whatsapp messages are backup in itunes only.
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
no need to back up lah. when u send or receive whatsapp msgs, the msgs are stored in the server. all in the cloud, bro! just switch to S3, dont think so much, u'll be glad. i did. :)
[Galaxy S III General] microdrive:
Swee.... tonight go and buy:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
good news for sg bro and Sis class 10 64gb micro sd card is in stock now ! put into my s3 and it run without problem but my tab 7.7 dun recognized...now transferring to 64gb to see if it works.
[Galaxy S III General] temasek:
How much is the 64gb?
[Galaxy S III General] wizagg:
Guys, I have a bigger problem with my s3. I'm on singtel but my mobile data connection is really slow. someone please help me. i feel embarrassed when my friends' s2 loaded youtube videos (flash version) faster than my s3.
[Galaxy S III General] ruffruff:
where did you get it from?

I am looking for one too.
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
I am wondering if it is Singtel's network slow.. Is your friend using Singtel too?
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
i bought from http://www.htimobile.com/index.html sim lim also selling but i dun buy fr them cos they mark up price even they are selling same as the link i post. when slim lim got no stock they list price @ $79, now stock in they sell $99 :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Segovia:
Hmm.... anybody tries changing the csc to XSP?
[Galaxy S III General] wizagg:
Yep, he's using singtel too! I thought this has something to do with the fastdormancy bug but when I disabled it, there's not much different.
[Galaxy S III General] rsxsniper:
New s3. User here. Really enjoying it. Using Swype and nova launcher. Anyone can recommend where to get class 6 micro sd card? Everywhere no stock.
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
you using stock rom?

i just switched to Singtel from Starhub.. Sometimes I just cannot load anything.. So I am wondering if it is the Singtel's network..

I am using custom rom anyway..
[Galaxy S III General] LemonPlusTea:
I'm sticking with stock rom until CM comes out with JB... which won't be long I guess. ~
[Galaxy S III General] singapura:
Switched from my iPhone to SGS3. Was hoping 3g in the MRT would improve. No such luck:(
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
yeap awaiting for JB to be out for S3 then ill moat prob check it out. curently on stock and its not too bad too.
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
i'm thinking of unrooting and going back to stock rom. i havent found any real advantages of rooting so far, as compared to iphone jailbreaking.

any views?
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
well my opinion is everyone has different reasons for rooting. rootibgs gives you more things to do with android as a whole.

customise it to suit your individual needs. with regards to comparison with iphones, i cant say much but from what i know, jailbreaking iphones is mainly for free apps? i may be wrong.

for android, rooting gives you more privileges and access to your phone. i. e custom roms, overclocking, under clocking, new functions.

so basically depends on the individual.

for me, i have not rooted yet as im waiting for a custom rom worth using on a daily basis. :)
[Galaxy S III General] eletro:
There seems to be a OTA update for singapore s3 today. (70+ mb)

Battery life seems getting better
[Galaxy S III General] dracwy:
thanks for your views. i jailbreak is definitely not for free apps. in fact, i strongly discourage piracy. i jailbreak for customisation of iphone to suit my own needs.

jailbroken iphone allows installation of 3rd party apps (not pirated apps) to allow customisation, i.e. the rom or firmware of a jailbroken phone is same as the stock OS. whereas for rooted android, customisation is at the rom level. doesnt really suit me that well, esp since stock rom is almost perfect for me, and i dont see much need for customisation.

anyway, i will unroot. will root again if future stock roms aint suitable for me.

thank u again for your views. just wanna take the opportunity to clarify the widely misunderstood motive of jailbreaking an iphone. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Chan74:
what's the firmware version ? .. seems no updates availabke yet for Starhub .
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
try out Slim.. AOSP based.. Clean and fast.. Was using it since the SGS days..
[Galaxy S III General] maximoz:
Singtel, M1 and generic Singapore one so far - XBLG1.
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
yeap just updated mine to it as well. only diff i see is the brightness bar. other than that, nothing else
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
yeah was looking thru that as well. actually im waiting for resurrection rom to come iver to s3 :)

you tried omega yet?
[Galaxy S III General] simplon:
Heh nope.. was actually planning to go for cm9 then suddenly slim for s3 appeared.. So happily on slim now
[Galaxy S III General] fervorous:
Hi Singapore SGS3 owners, can I ask what is the stock modem for stock SGS3 that comes from Starhub? If you are on rooted device, what modem do you flash for Starhub? Any suggestion?
[Galaxy S III General] Jabberwockyyy:
SGS3 user from little red dot reporting in. :3
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
thanks for clarifying jb-ing iphone to me. now i understand. i never knew iphone could also be customized. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Jabberwockyyy:
Customization using apps.. I think that's still quite a world of difference from customization at the ROM level for Android.
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
any1 had problem with the new OTA update I9300DXLF3 ? i updated ytd and i had problem with installed apps etc : es file explore, fast uninstaller and zedge, once updated it show this 3 apps fail and force close. i uninstall this 3 and re install, it show insufficient storage available even i had 7gb available.
[Galaxy S III General] outbr3akxal:
havent had any of those errors yet. after i updated fw, i download overkill and nothing bad happened..
[Galaxy S III General] VTR1000SP:
is ur s3 3 rooted ?