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[Galaxy S III General] rootmepls:
Grabbed a White 16GB model from AT&T first thing Friday(6th) morning. Most of the customer service reps hadn't even played with one yet so it was hard to get it away from them. At one point I was thinking "Give me my phone so I can look at it". I have a feeling a few of them will be upgrading to it very soon.

Anyway. I had a case and MicroSD ordered 2 weeks prior to getting the SGS3 so all I really got from the store was the phone and screen protectors. Grabbed some TecTiles till my order of 1k Mifares get here.

Really impressed with this phone. I thought it might be too light because of the polycarbonate materials but its a perfect weight in my hand.

Screen is crisp looking and much larger than my old Cappy. All this glass in front does make me a little careful in handling it because I don't think it would fare well dropped to concrete.

I was actually ready to jump ship with AT&T due to coverage sucking at times but that could have been the modems I was flashing on the Cappy. I actually found one just recently that seemed to be working better. This phone seems to have no problem getting a great connection for data and calls. No LTE in this area but the 4G speeds are much faster than what I was getting.

Not sure if I'll flash any ROMs to this any time soon. Just giving it a few weeks then I'll root it and use my root only apps.

Really happy with this purchase and I'm sure it will last me till I can upgrade with AT&T again.
[Galaxy S III General] KashMiester:
Had mine for about two weeks now, loving it so far. I resisted changing much on it until yesterday I caved in and rooted phone and put on a custom rom. A lot sooner than I thought I would!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] egyptshun:
ouch. lol

themers like me do alot. just look around.
[Galaxy S III General] Rushing:
THANKS egyptshun for sharing:D

Trollers like him don't do nothing but complain. We all appreciate your work and all of the devs

And themers that share with us Android lovers here on XDA.
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
Oh my god. How is that even trolling? Yup ive seen your themes, guess your are living under a rock if you call that theming. Face it.
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
In case your are still in denial, heres what i call true theming. Not your ametuer changing background and stuff. Besides, those graphics on your theme cannot even qualify to be called a quality work. Sorry but its true. Face it.

Theres a difference between stating facts and trolling. Do not be so ignorant.
[Galaxy S III General] shaggydabbydo:
That's a damn small screen you've got there!
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
Size doesn't matter, thats what she said.

Nice try trying to divert the topic though.
[Galaxy S III General] shaggydabbydo:
hehe

I've been rumbled! :p :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Hellow95:
@Noharmtrying: instead of playing your Apple's fanboy role, you should really take a look at MyColorScreen.

Anyway, stop criticises people's work, moreover when you are at XDA forums.They do their best to enhances Android OS and devices possibilities and we are glad because without that spirit, it would be like iOS, a closed OS where users can't do what they want to with their device.

Now, you don't need to be rude to say that Android doesn't suit your waits. Just sell your GS3 if it's not done yet, grab you old iPhone and do whatever you want with.

And please, stop trolling around this topic, it has the purpose to expose member's first impression of the phone, not to argue if one OS is better than the other.

Let's close this part would you ?

P.S: enjoy your stay at XDA forums ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Fir3blade:
Please, do me a favor:

Sell your S3 instantly, and go back to macrumors or any other apple site.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S III General] gavinfabl:
That's a neat theme. But as good as it is, you have to jailbreak the iPhone. You can't do that out of the box.

With the S3 you can. I run a default stock rom and have a custom look. Everything is customised but it's a stock rom and not rooted either.

I personally want a phone nowadays that doesn't need rooting. It just can be made to look mine with ease.

My last phone was a Samsung Note, and then before that a 4S. IMO the differences between the S3 and 4S are slim but android is slightly ahead in more areas than iOS is at present.

Close call either way. Meaning great choice for consumers.
[Galaxy S III General] mrjasper:
*cough*

Back to the subject of first impressions...

I got my S3 (upgraded from S2) 2 days ago and am (finally) very happy with it.

The reasons for the delay of my happiness are as follows:

1 - Could only get the white one from my Network. I could have changed to another network but the upgrade offer was really good. So, grudgingly took the white fully aware that I may instantly turn into a Apple-fanboy-hipster, not wash, buy a snow hat for my summer holidays and drink in independant coffee houses. Having now got used to it, it is nice and I love the brushed metal. I haven't seen the blue in combat (only photos) so I don't know if the white is better, but I do know that if they'd released a black one I would have taken that hands down.

2 - I 'WAS' very unhappy with the general speed of the device (my S2 was rooted with all the latest and greatest so was nifty), until I found out exactly what the Power Saving did i.e. throttling back the CPU. Now I'm very happy with the pace of beast.

3 - The usual, tiresome bloat. S-voice is utter ****e, even worse, and I don't see why, than Vlingo on the S2. Soon got over it after seeing Jellybean Google Search and can't wait for that puppy to be released.

4 - No transfer to SD is a real mistake. I'd love to know why Samsung took that out (I've heard rumours that it was ICS not Samsung, but that excuse blows as other handsets have it running ICS). Maybe, like the 'notification bar brightness slider' it's something Samsung will bring back.

After rooting to checkMOD and Phenomenal it's even faster and I can now releax and enjoy my new handset.

The pro's for the device are many. Highlights being the screen, the speed, the battery life and the slimness.
[Galaxy S III General] avengerzx9:
Quick question

All,

I know this is the first phone impression thread, but I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and they are offering me 3 Galaxy SIII for $450 out the door, yes this is a renewal and it is for a family plan. Is this a good price? Im sure I'll love my G3 once I get it as well

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
You are damn right. At least someone on here have a higher level of maturity than most others. Maybe it suits different style of people. Some people prefer things to be compact, effective and easy to use. While others prefer more sophiscated usage of their phones. Don't see why you would change from using a note to s3 though...

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In fact I did checked out my color screen. What I call theming is changing every single ui and every single icon with ease. Please re read what I have written with a higher level of maturity and not be so narrow minded. It's an irony android is a open source yet the people who use it are so narrow minded.

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Hahahaha you mad bro?:victory:
[Galaxy S III General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
Just got mine, it is awesome! Love the size. Waiting on root and hopefully an AOKP build for the Verizon US version.

Anybody know why the GPS icon is on and won't go away even though GPS is off?
[Galaxy S III General] Andr0id Noob:
I got mine last Saturday making it my first Android powered phone and I love it. Unbranded, unrooted 16GB marble white. I have done research on any issues and I have fortunately not encountered any.

My one and only minor complaint would be that, probably because I have an unbranded phone, I have no idea when I would receive OTA updates. The day I got my S3 and first run the software update I was able to successfully download and install the first OTA released. But now that I have read that the second OTA has been released by Globe Telecom I do not know when the second OTA update will be available for unbranded S3s in my country. I guess I just need to be a little patient.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] thabless3d1:
How did you get into call settings I can't find it
[Galaxy S III General] Hellow95:
Quit "maturity" matters, you came here not to try learning about how to theme Android (or other stuff) as you would do with your old phone (else you'll be in the Theme & Applications section or Q&A section) but just to split on Android.

And I'm quite sure you didn't stay long on the website I advised, because you should have seen that you can create theme from scratch easily (even if the settings menu is quite unthemable, I agree).

Now instead of trolling the topic, we can continue this in PM as I can show that despite your first impression on the GS3, it's a great phone and Android can be customize in the same way that the iPhone is.

@Andr0id Noob: I don't know if Samsung work in the same as HTC, but HTC provides branded roms and neutral rom. You should check on Samsung website directly and not to try to find updates with Skies, it could be worth a try ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jona29:
got mine about a month ago and not that impressed really ,the build quality is worse than the s2 ,(owned for 18 months still immaculate)

3 days ago noticed the silver edging around the screen is dented ,really annoyed and very noticable as soon as you look at the screen i assumed that this was alloy but it looks plastic as the silver is chipped and has left the black visible below . this just didnt happen on the s2 .

also the screen itself has the ink leakage on black backgrounds quite common but has alot of them .

now for a £500 phone i would expect better design a qc from a massive company like samsung .

also maybe me but this phone seems slower than the s2 . when switching between apps,settings ,messaging etc the ui seems sluggish .

ok thats me done
[Galaxy S III General] puma1:
Very nice phone, just a couple of things that get me. One is how the screen looks outside it's almost unusable. Rooted it, threw nova launcher on there, what a big difference! The only other thing is I wish it was a little louder, other than that, love it.
[Galaxy S III General] thabless3d1:
How does this thumbnail thing work in video player I can't get mine to work with the video sample playback
[Galaxy S III General] egyptshun:
This man needs to leave XDA soon. Your stay here won't be appeasing to you if you insult everyone. Btw idga_ about what you think, you can feel big putting in a post like that but you haven't accomplished much by posting that.
[Galaxy S III General] Sumea:
Got my phone yesterday and liking the speed seen I was using noticeably slower android handset before this. Large screen is plus and minus.

As the device is good, I do hate that I do not seem to get easy way to have basic control over internet video media outside youtube. Whenever I load up the video it proceeds to only play the video inside the page not giving any video control options what bothers me. Even iOS that for longest was pure nothing as it came for videos outside youtube now opens quicktime player for almost anything and plays it fullscreen with scrolling and all and that was what I wished from this large screened android set but nope.

I guess there is some way so if anyone can help, thanks!

Otherwise just the speed itself is amazing me though.
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
I've got a SGS3 on the way, I won it on the Samsung UK Olympics thing on Facebook I'm so surprised and cant wait, *EXCITED* as I thought I was going to be stuck with SGS2 until october 2013 when my upgrade is due, BUZZING and looking forward to getting it.
[Galaxy S III General] Cyberratchet:
I got my Samsung Galaxy SIII (I'm Austrian, so it's the international version of course) yesterday, rooted it and flashed a MIUI rom (RGUI) on it and I love it so far. The Nokia N9 was my daily driver for about 8 months and here are my thoughts so far.

Design:

I own a white SGS III and a black Nokia N9. Both phones look very elegant in their own way, but I actually like the N9’s look a little more. It’s button less front side is beautiful and I find the layout of the power button and the volume rocker more enjoyable. The speaker is also better placed on the N9, why Samsung put it on the back ?

Size:

3.9” vs. 4.8” display. I have big hands, so the size of the S3 is no issue for me. Which one does I like more? I prefer the bigger screen … in Android. You have your 3 major keys and so I can use the screen for my programs and media. Imagine a 4.8” N9, it would be a pain in the ass to use. The ‘Swipe UI’ is awesome on “small” displays, but edge-to-edge swiping wouldn’t work that well on bigger displays (imho).

Display:

The S3 is the clear winner here. Both phones have an AMOLED pentile display, but I can’t see that (slightly) annoying artefacts on the S3 display. Yes I see it if I look very closely, but that’s not an issue. Blacks are equally good on both handsets, but whites are better on the Sammy. 720p comes very handy if you browse the web or watch HD videos.

Storage:

My carrier only sells the 16 GB version, but I had a 32 GB micro-SD card lying around. The N9 has 64 GB internal storage, but that’s not an issue for me.

Usability:

..or Meego vs. Android. I prefer the Swipe UI over all Android launcher I used until now, Harmattans multitasking is beautiful and the best feature of all mobile OS’ I ever use is the standby screen. You can see the time and all notification right on the standby screen.Android is far better to use than it was in 2.X and I will get used to Androids UI, but I miss the standby screen already.

OS:

… or Apps. Android ecosystem is way better than Harmattans and I have already more apps on the S3 than on my N9 ^^. The browser (I use Chrome), the most important program for me, is a lot better on Android. Bookmark sync between my PC, Mac, Tablet and Smartphone is helpful. There’s an app for all my needs, but I’m still looking for a good e-mail client (MIUI mail don’t like my schools mail server -.-).

Speed:

Quadcore-CPU vs. Singlecore-CPU, I think it’s clear that the S3 is faster in almost everything. Apps launch faster, it boots up very quickly, but strangely it takes about twice as long to unlock the screen. But that’s an MIUI issue I guess.

Overall I’m impressed after the first day with my new toy. It’s super snappy, the display is very beautiful and I like the expandable storage option. Maybe it’s not that elegant and you see that the hardware and the software are not all from one source like with Nokias handset, but I love the S3 every second more.

There’s one last question. What should I do with my N9 … ?
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
Well done :)

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
Its more likely an S-Voice problem. Goto the apps drawer and open S-Voice, settings, untick 'Launch S Voice' and 'Wake up command'. Should make things alot snappier.

Do you really need to be told the answer to that ;)

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] Cyberratchet:
Thanks for the advice, but there's no S-Voice on the MIUI rom. I did a reboot a few minutes ago (the first on the rom as far as I remember) and now the lockscreen is as fast as the N9s :D.

I still love that thing. I wasn't able to get the SIII connected to my 'Nokia Play 360', maybe the N9 will became the music streaming gadget ^^.
[Galaxy S III General] wind0zer:
I'm enjoying this phone. Discovered the Music Square feature in the music app - it's there in samsung's standalone mp3 players. It's so cool that i can choose my mood and pace of songs. I'm waiting on a 32 gb card to make this my mp3 player and use the music sqaure to it's limit. : ) HDR cam is also a plus over AOSP/AOKP. I could never live without the swype keyboard.
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
Got the phone for 2 days. I played with it alot and I can say well done, Samsung. I dont have any problems at all. Its white made by samsung (it doesnt say more) but i believe its made in Vietnam since the camera firmware on mine starts with ZD. I`m so happy for not having buggy hardware. Battery lasts alot after full charge and calibration. Its like 8 hours standby without even 1% drop! Thanks to Samsung and all the developers for their hard work.
[Galaxy S III General] Technoboi:
I just got mine today finally!! :o:o:o

Of course having used a few in stores while visiting the US I was clearly already impressed but having my own is so sweet!

Well here is a little unboxing video I did...no pro :angel: at editing and what not so take it for what it is...:good:

[YOUTUBE]nf4ntEAzfFw[/YOUTUBE]

I have to flash a UK firmware tomorrow (I'm from the Caribbean but better than the default Dutch that it came with).

Thanks! :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
1 day with it, it's amazing, the difference between my old dual core optimus 3d and this is huge. I just paid 40 dlls for the sgs3 afte trading my faulty o3d xD they found an issue twice and took the chance to get this iphone killer.

I'm still trying to get use to the interface and all but it really is a phone which worths what I paid for xD.

still haven't tried the camera but will do it, besides skype and gtalk video chats.

battery, it's lasting quite a while, 18hrs and it's in 30% considering that I've watched videos, listen some music, read some articles on the internet, watched gifs, installed apps, etc. I think it's quite good
[Galaxy S III General] ccrows:
Anyone here think that the SGSIII is too big? Also would you want the phone bigger,smaller, or same size for the SGS IV?...

^ (Just curious cuz I currently have an Atrix/SGSII, and the SGSII even feels kinda big "sometimes". I would say that I have medium/average size hands)
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
I love this phone, 1 hour from firing up to rooting and flashing Slim, so fast after the S1, games, browsing, everything, beautiful screen, nice size for my old man eyes, I'm in love :D
[Galaxy S III General] Technoboi:
I'll take it. :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] wardy01:
So I have just sold my HTC one x and brought this opened it and within15 mins it was rooted and I was running a custom Rom. It's so much better as a user and customizing way . but I will say HTC had the upper hand on the camera.

I am actually utilizing the sammy apps too which is why I won't go to aosp Rom but well see lol.

I too am getting great batt life 1 day 3 hours with moderate use all on wifi.

Anyway enough babble .

Regards
[Galaxy S III General] SexyIceCream:
coming from the S1, the S3 feels like a ferrari
[Galaxy S III General] Cyberdyne systems:
Had my phone for a couple of days. Got the Pebble Blue...much more purple than blue, but wow what a finish. Really love the screen, speed and smoothness. Call quality seems a lot better than my old S1. Battery is pretty similar to that phone, but with much more running/sync etc.

On a vodafone firmware, waiting for the latest update. In the browser, i miss the option to double tap and format the txt...unless i've just missed that option!!!

Overall, this is the experience i had hoped to get on my first smarphone, exept now with the S3, its reality!!!
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I love how most users are upgrading from their Galaxy S1 to the Galaxy S3. Me too! :)

So, after using the Galaxy S1, the Galaxy S3 feels very fluid and super fast. I love everything about it. I love the HD screen. It's crisp and clear. You cannot tell that the screen is a pentile display. The speakers are loud (much louder than that of my old Galaxy S1) and it's nice to be finally able to tell when I have a call/sms. The notification LED really helps tell me what type of notification awaits me. I finally like Touchwiz for the first time ever and I feel that replacing it would be detrimental to my productivity. I just love how it looks and feels (although it does have a tendency to redraw at times). S-Planner is the best looking calender app I have seen. The video player is finally good for something and I don't need my trustworthy MX Player any more. The battery life on this phone is simply amazing. No matter what you throw at it, it takes quite a while for the battery to die down (the S1 used to leak battery if you stared at it). Games are fluid and smooth! Temple Run Brave finally works smoothly (the S1 simply could not handle it). I can even install HD games (though I see no discernible difference). With double the RAM, I can finally have numerous applications running in the background without running out of memory.

In short, this phone is amazing and I'm super glad that I didn't go for the Galaxy Nexus (which my friends went for and they regret their decision)!
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Hi guys, there is a notification or something that looks like a notification on top left corner on my GS3. I don't know how it got there and I don't know how to take it of. So far I don't get any message sound when I get a message.

It looks like an i with a circle and a line in the middle, never seen it before.

If any one knows what it is or how to take it of I will be very happy.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] immiMIK:
Replied in UK thread. Enable notification from notification bar buttons.
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Thank you, it worked :)
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
HERE! I dug this thread out of the 18th page for you noobs! Stop creating new threads!!!!!!

Peace. :)
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Lol... thank you!! :D
[Galaxy S III General] thekoRngear:
Bought my SIII pebble blue 16 days ago and so far so good. Bassy music, gorgeous screen, fast load up, superb video quality everything comes justfied for a price I paid. Smart stay is cool.
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Haha. I just thought that this forum needed a bit of cleaning! If someone's phone blinks, people make a new thread. Geez! :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
Yes. U will receive an email when u log in to dropbox on your sgs 3. And then just complete the tasks listed on the website and u get an extra 48gb for 2 years. Try doing the tasks on the desktop, makes things easier and faster.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
You need to use 1440 x 1280 wallpapers.
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
thanks! the images in your link are amazing. =D
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
1. I tested All Share on my home network and it works as a breeeze, excepting the fact that there is a lag when entering the AllShare mode on the TV caused by the TV set itself (Actually my TV lags when browsing menus). I didn't test the S-Beam function 'cause I didn't have another S3 to mess around with. And I don't have an MHL cable... :(

2. I only used buddy tag once. I found it a little bit... let's just say I am not used with it and I don't sync my contacts with facebook (bad exprerience in the past that took me three weeks of work to clean the contacts list)

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It's a good thing that is wider. It's easy to press and virtually there is no clicking sound when pressing it.

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It's something "wrong" with the GPS :))) I forgot it turned on and I did not see any battery drain ;) :P
[Galaxy S III General] aZzz.bZzz:
7 pages and only 1 pic of a box, not a phone itself

would be great if someone posts both white and blue phones
[Galaxy S III General] lamenramen:
Arrggh! I swear that I noticed the pentile matrix RIGHT away, untrained, uneducated, the first time I saw an AMOLED screen. For me it is absolutely not in my head. I wonder how I can learn to unsee this effect, b/c I've seen it now.

The weird part TO ME is how so many people can see it, but then say it does not bother them.
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
This is one picture I took with my SGSII this morning. some 12 hours after I got it.
[Galaxy S III General] :
Amazing photos in your signature. I suppose you won't mind if I use them:D:D

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] NaabKing:
Can lockscreen wallpaper be changed?
[Galaxy S III General] johnkan:
Yes.