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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
It was rumored that our sgs would be the first one to officially receive ICS. If this holds true then we should se it before the 11th.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mrcharmz:
same here....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] winfan:
Any updates today? Saw FF02 rdf on Friday. Is that what was given as ota?
[XPERIA X8 General] vineet131:
So I've been using Gingerdx v025 for quite a while and its been working well. Off late I've had some issues with the battery draining fast so i read somewhere that resetting my battery stats in cwm recovery would help. I did that. Since then I've been having this problem of my phone randomly rebooting when i turn off the screen for a while. Somebody help please!!!
[XPERIA X8 General] jagdtigger:
You did it as explained here? (Sorry for bad english...:D )

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517044
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dorukc:
its a good launcher i like it but some reasons i dont use it.

for ex some widgets do not work properly. they look not like on apex or nova launcher.

and not all the widgets can be resized.

can it be modified as such?
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
Ok its getting close to the 30th so this thread is to stop EVERYONE and their dog opening new threads shouting about how much they love their new phone.

If you feel the need to tell everyone that your new phone just arrived or that you just went to pick yours up then you can post in here.

You can also post your initial thoughts and reviews if you wish and I will link to them in this 1st post if you let me know.

Hopefully this thread will stop thousands of similar threads being started on and around the 30th.

It should also stop users starting several similar new threads saying they have just picked up the SGS3 and asking if anyone wants anything tested/reviewed. Instead, EVERYONE can just post their questions in here and they will be answered (maybe) by people who have the phone in their hand.

If ANY threads with the above subject are started they will be closed without warning.

Personally im picking up my white S3 Sim Free from my local CarPhoneWareHouse on Wednesday and should have the SGS3 ToolKit up and running for it soon after :).

EDIT: 30/05/2012 Picked my shiny new Galaxy S3 up from my Orange shop today.

BEEE-OOOOOTIFUL :D

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USER REVIEWS/VIDEOS

thedonsza posted some youtube review/features vids *HERE*

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Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
*reserved*
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
I got mine.. It's with the distributor right now.. :p
[Galaxy S III General] keirmccann:
30th??? I bet this isn't half as full as it should be :-)
[Galaxy S III General] usb2007:
bought mine a couple of hours ago..have rooted it..right now transferring everything from my sgs2..havnt really played with it..it looks extremely sleek and performance is very faaast..the HD screen is awesome

ill play around and post some more details in a while :)
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Pebble blue or marble white?
[Galaxy S III General] stripealipe:
Pick mine up tomorrow from Samsung Stratford UK. Cannot wait! :)

I ordered the sleek looking white version.
[Galaxy S III General] john9:
I look forward to seeing the pictures.
[Galaxy S III General] Vibrant03:
i wonder how the phone is in person? the one x didn't impress like how i saw it in pictures.. LOL.. i was disappointed! wasn't really bad but i thought it'd look nicer , it must be the matte finish or probably the color of the phone, i saw the white one.. htc should've gone with a glossy or metallic look of the plastic... would look better imo..
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
Galaxy S III initial review

Hello

Check my signature for initial video review of the Samsung Galaxy S III (I9300)
[Galaxy S III General] Rytkonen:
It would be awesome if people mentioned which color they have. Just being curious about the availability of the pebble blue.
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
White, using it for past 4 days loving it. Rooted, CMW already. tested some ROMs on it. Working great. Have wifi bug either from importing legacy software of LG O3D or new dont know yet. After a night sleep in morning the phone doesn't recognize any wifi hotspots, have to toggle off/on again.
[Galaxy S III General] thedonsza:
s3 review and features

Pop-Up play Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuJPPnS5_AQ

Hand Motion Palm Touch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUxofB0zPIc

Direct Call Samsung http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUHWbY8SroY

HW and SF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_NwRpStUX4

SIII front facing camera sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5dLotwAwU

Camera Review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzrhmXh2pbc

Unboxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1cPwhhbLiI
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
WTG Szabi :) I love your dog :)
[Galaxy S III General] hot_spare:
Thanks for the videos..

Can you do another video of the buddy photo tag feature in camera? can it detect faces properly?

Also, have you tried using the Allshare Play feature. Details on the setup can be found in allshareplay (dot) com

or check youtube video link

HRgYwWROC7A
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Just opened up my brand new marble white(:o) SGS3. It feels really fast, faster actually than it did at the store, and definitely faster than my old SGS2. The display is really amazing, even though I do notice the sparser grid of the subpixels when looking at black text on a red background(engadget homepage). It does however look much better than the Super Amoled Plus display of the SGS2.

The camera is really fast, but the transparent UI that we saw on the review models isn't there(don't really like the grey good for nothing bars, but it could be a setting I've missed). The pics are crisp and clean, but don't expect any miracles from it, as low-light performance isn't the best, but good enough.

The video pop-up feature is also really cool. :cool: Gonna post more first impressions soon! :cool:

Oh, and the SGS3 is really really comfortable to use! Feels right at home in my hand.

EDIT: Just tried out the sound quality, and boy is it an upgrade from the SGS2. Much better now! Hopefully we'll se an awesome review again by supercurio once he gets his hands on it.

Browser is blazing fast. Installing apps is blazing fast. The GPS is insanely fast, got a lock in 2 seconds inside my house(google maps) first time I tried it! Everything is just working fluidly, but when enabling the power saving mode, the fluidity goes down the toilet.

Everything, but the pentile screen(notice it when I surf the web on my couch) has been amazing thus far!

EDIT2: Woops, got the colors mixed up.. :o
[Galaxy S III General] touness69:
@Toss3, It's "marble white" and "pebble blue". oh btw I hate you :) (joke)

So the first one that posts a picture of his Pebble Blue GSIII wins :D
[Galaxy S III General] android_master:
And i am sure it will arrive only on 31st:p ha ha
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
Yes Exactly.. :D
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
this is because you set your cam to do 8mp shots, and the 8mp resolution has a 4:3 aspect ratio. choose one of the wide resolutions, like 6.5w, this will have a 16:9 aspect ratio and give you the transparent effect on the buttons.
[Galaxy S III General] GalaxyFan88:
One question to the SIII owners here:

Are the hardware buttons (home, volume, power -button) as "clicky" as those on the SII; what I mean by that is.. do you get a proper feedback if you press the buttons (a noticeable 'click' or whatever that kind of feedback is called) ?

A few weeks ago I was testing the HOX and its buttons and I didn't like the fact, that if you press the buttons you could do it without any force, without any resistance. Kinda a dealbreaker for me...lol

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] LeviathanPT:
Haptic feedback ? I think its a pics feature that u can enable and disable as u want :-!
[Galaxy S III General] GalaxyFan88:
No, I don't mean haptic feedback. I just mean the general "feel" if you press the hardware buttons, do you get a proper feedback (a click)?
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
mine works just as it should... are you sure you know what it is supposed to do ?
[Galaxy S III General] brizzle7:
Yes.

The icon has flashed up randomly every once in a while away from my face.
[Galaxy S III General] Humma78:
Normal Ringtone???

Are there any normal ringtones anywhere on the phone? My selection only has crappy musical ones. If not where can I get any from?
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
that does not answer it.

what do you think smart stay is supposed to do ?
[Galaxy S III General] brizzle7:
:rolleyes: Don't attempt to patronise me.
[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
4. I believe you can change the shortcut icons on the lockscreen of the S3. The lockscreen shortcuts are the icons you have in your dock on you homescreen. I don't have a S3, but I believe I read/saw this somewhere. But expect for this, I don't thing the lockscreen has that many options like the One X.

I haven't read the last pages though (busy with school), so excuse my if this has been said already :p
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
of course its possible, the settings are in the settings->security->lockscreen page
[Galaxy S III General] Garoto1973:
Most of the points you touch are software related. I have had my HTC One X since a week ago and I can only compare it to my previous phones (Samsung Captivate, Samsung Galaxy S2).

Coming from 2 Samsung phones it has been a huge culture shock for me. Let me tell you something, Sense 4 is awesome and almost makes me not wanting to root this phone and change the rom. It is clean, beautiful, simple. The lock screen is very customizable, I dont know, it makes me want to use my phone more than Touchwiz (pre SGS3). The camera interface is unbelievable good, photo/video integration is awesome. The screen is beautiful (with a but), design is beautiful, the phone is fast and snappy with just tiny bits of lag at times.

Now the buts: I miss my SAMOLED BLACKS!!!!!! I miss how easy it is to install a ROM in the SGS2 (its a pain in the HTC One X), I miss the SGS2 camera (with the exception of low light which the HTC One X handles very well). I miss my 22+ hr battery life (5.5hrs screen on time with Thebyani Rom/Abyss kernel), still breaking in my HTC One X battery so far I can only squeeze 2 hrs screen on time and its done by noon =(

Sorry for getting off track in this thread!
[Galaxy S III General] Starchini:
Well there really isn't much left to say that hasn't already been said.

I got my phone today and have been tinkering with it all day.

I'm coming from an iPhone 3GS so performance for me is a vast improvement. Its just a case of adaption for me, having been so used to smaller display and a smaller phone in general for so long, I find handling the S3 a little more difficult. It's definitely more of two handed technology than the iPhone (but thats obvious with the bigger display).

I'm enjoying Android so far. Its my very first time using Android and so far it seems pretty intuitive. It can get a little frustrating because I'm eager to get customizing the look of the phone, but don't have the necessary know-how just yet.

Over all this phone is amazing! I cannot wait until using it becomes second nature.

P.S - You would not believe how much resistance I have come up against changing from iPhone to Android. Apple must have some voodoo priests in their marketing department!! because they certainly have the hoodoo over the majority of the population. I can't wait to prove them wrong when I master the Droid.:)
[Galaxy S III General] themrmotivator:
My wife wants one too. She says it's beautiful and I agree. Best phone I have ever had :D
[Galaxy S III General] Brownstone:
Try Zedge from Google Play...
[Galaxy S III General] philpw1:
After a full day of using it battery is at 32%. Got 4+ hours of screen on time. Cell standby is still using most of the battery. Not been doing anything other than browsing, emails, YouTube.

Anyone else find that when closing the Facebook app and opening internet browser, a new page opens on the browser which defaults to the Facebook website?

Also, still none the wiser as to what the tiny sun symbol with the number 1 inside it refers to next to the clock. I've come from HTC. Is this something that was on S1 or S2?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Do you have 1 alarm or event set or is there some kind of weather alert?
[Galaxy S III General] themrmotivator:
I've just come from a 3gs as well. I'm absolutely over the moon with my sg3. It's fun learning all the cool things the phone and android can do. I've already rooted it following the guides on this forum and looking forward to doing more lol
[Galaxy S III General] philpw1:
Nope, no alarms, no events today, and no weather alarm as far as I can tell. I've removed the widget and readded it, but same thing happens.

It's not a major issue if nobody else is having it. I'm going to flash the device tomorrow and will stick custom rom and alternate widgets on. Hopefully the FB app/browser thing will be resolved when I put Chrome or Opera on too.
[Galaxy S III General] daraj:
Weather alert!
[Galaxy S III General] ndnesh:
To All of you who are worried about the "1" notification on the widget, according to another thread i had been following, it is due to the Daylight Savings time... So it ideally shows how many hours ahead or behind you are... Please check it!

Enjoy your S3 :) Feeling Jealous :) Im waiting for the s4....
[Galaxy S III General] dzeRnumbrd:
Isn't that the correct behaviour?

Correct me if I am wrong but I thought the 'eye' did not indicate that your face is there. The eye indicates that it is taking a picture with the front facing camera because it is about to check if your face is there.

So the eye should show, and then it should then blank the screen shortly after it detects that your face isn't there.

The question is - does the screen stay on or does it go blank when your face is not there to be seen by the front facing camera?
[Galaxy S III General] stripealipe:
I'm getting mixed results using the Smart Stay feature. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Hoping they make this a little more reliable.

Would also like more sharing options in the Gallery for the Facebook integration.

It pulls in all your Facebook albums, but you can only look at them. All of the sharing features available for other photos are not available for Facebook photos.

You CAN select and set them as a homescreen image, so i guess you could then take it from there and share, but it's a bit of a workaround for now.

Also, it finds DLNA servers and pulls in images too, which is nice, but it doesn't keep them in folders. So i have 2000 images on my DLNA server all being put in one folder! This is the same for videos.

Impossible to navigate for the time being...

S-Voice is a bit hit and miss. In the car it works nicely for things like sending a text message, playing music, navigating.

But some of the things it lists as being able to do, such as 'record voice' just don't actually do anything, even though it recognises what i've said.

Hopefully they will make this work better in their next update.

And finally, i'd like a scrolling homescreen image like SGSII. I think because you can set the amount of homescreens yourself, that they only let you set a static homescreen. Otherwise it would have to dynamically resize the background should you change the amount of screens you use.

Other than that, i'm VERY happy with my shiny white GS3! :)
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
1. Can you have it NOT pull your Facebook photos??

2. Not having scrolling wallpapers is weird. I hope there is another way around that. (Other Launchers perhaps??)
[Galaxy S III General] stripealipe:
Hi,

Yes, you can tell it not to sync Facebook albums in your accounts & sync settings page, though i quite like this feature. I just wish i could, for instance, assign a picture to a contact, or forward via email to someone. That would be a handy and nice feature.

Another annoying ANNOYING thing i've just found out, is that when i get a call, the ringtone starts quietly for about 2 seconds and then jumps up in volume to the correct level. VERY annoying. It does this with stock tones and custom tones.

Anyone else able to confirm this? I tried setting different volumes for the ringtone but it does the same - starts quietly, and then ramps up.

Gah! Do i REALLY have to be that much a guinea pig that i have to debug stupid things like this?!!!!! I know it's early days, but for crying out loud.....
[Galaxy S III General] Chicken Nugget(s):
I've been able to do this on my Desire since I've got it. Is that not an Android feature? Or was it one of those Sense things?

Try editing the contact and then click on the picture.
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
With regards to the phone ring volume thingy, I guess what you would say is that this is a 'feature'; you're not a guinea pig. It was on the galaxy s when using the standard rom. They obviously do it on purpose. It slightly annoys me too because my ringtone is the start of Living Colours 'Living Colour', and the Yeeeoooow isn't 'scare the neighbours' loud enough with this 'feature'.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The Galaxy S II rings the same way.
[Galaxy S III General] stripealipe:
@ChickenNugget You can do pretty much anything with a picture that's actually on the phone, but synced Facebook albums don't have many options at all, such as email, tweet, dropbox etc.

BUT, my bad, you CAN set as wallpaper, or contact. Sorry for that little misinformation!

It's a real shame about the ringtones. It's the same for me. My ringtone is 'If We Ever' by High Contrast, and i hate the start being quiet!

I really hope this is maybe something that can be sorted out in a custom rom...
[Galaxy S III General] bambucz:
I have my S3 with distributor...

Poland distributor i sooooooo slow... One mowe week to wait...
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
Got my phone for 2 days now... it's awsome. No productions flaws.:cool:

One thing annoys me. (But I guess that's normal for 0-day devices) Some games in the PlayStore (Asphalt 6, N.O.V.A 3, ...) are marked as incompatible with the S3.:mad:

The solution I found is, that I buy and download the game with my S2 and copy the .apk to my S3. Worked so far with Asphalt6, Nova3 and Dead Space.:D
[Galaxy S III General] Rytkonen:
I got mine today. The device is easily one of the best looking phones I have seen. It is just simply pretty.

I love the Direct Call feature.
[Galaxy S III General] Schemerlamp:
count down

still have to wait 38 days until i can renew my tel. account and get my S3.
[Galaxy S III General] sjdean:
I got my S3 a couple of days ago, white version, from Amazon.co.uk.

What an amazing device. Not one flaw with it so far. Works flawlessly, looks sublime, the screen is a delight, responsive, quick, no lags. A triumph. Even the GPS works perfectly in comparison to the Galaxy S when first released.

The screen looks amazing and videos playback really vividly. There are colour settings if you want a lighter view. Sounds is quite amazing from that tiny little speaker, crisp and clear.

But I just don't know about all the features.

S-Voice is pathetic. "What's the weather in australia?" and it shows me the "Weather" for my current location - Birmingham. Ok, "What's two plus two?" it starts doing a web search. Ok, "where can I eat around here?" doing a web search. Poor poor poor. May just be OK for sending text messages on the road. But forget saying "navigate to postcode X12 3YZ". It just doesn't understand it.

Smart Stay I cannot get working, and some of the motions don't seem to work too reliably.

Dislike that Samsung haven't announced a proper dedicated car holder for the s3, all they've done is provided a generic car holder.
[Galaxy S III General] Kainyt:
I've had the phone for two days now and I just love it. So fast!

Home -button lag can be fixed by going to S-Voice -> Settings -> uncheck "Launch S Voice". :)
[Galaxy S III General] testicle:
In love with mine as well - obviously not in the illegal sense ;)

Fast, light, slick, good looking, lots of nice added features over ICS stock - lovin' it :)

No major issues except for the odd lack of data/WiFi connectivity :)
[Galaxy S III General] bambucz:
Any one from Poland have a S3 ?
[Galaxy S III General] rtimoff:
try to call Valdek 48 788 93 59 95 from Poznan

I think he got white sgs3`s for about 500euro(?), and please feedback
[Galaxy S III General] urrlyx:
LOL. You're just realizing this now?! :D

The only people I know that prefer IOS to Android are my parental units, and that's only because they are too old to bother learning something new(er). (They also prefer Windows to MacOS, so no, they aren't Apple fanatics)

Once most people try Android on good hardware they never look back. Welcome to personal freedom.
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
How is the physical Home button? Any issues, looseness, correctly registers?
[Galaxy S III General] jatin22:
I got mine today 32 GB:D:D:D.... Its fast n awesome. doesnt look too big in hands.... Love it...

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No issue with physical home button, it works perfectly:p:p
[Galaxy S III General] tids2k:
loving the phone :-) better than my htc one x :)
[Galaxy S III General] SAEVARM3:
All of you people getting it in white? ... I have to wait for about 2-3 weeks because I have no interest in the phone being white :/ ... sucks so much that we have to wait for the blue machine.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
yet your machine is white. lols

:D
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Probably because a white ride + white phone + white watch + white framed sunglasses + white puffy jacket = A bit much. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Vaddy23:
That Nissan GT-R is so sexy I get jelly everytime I see it.....

Back on topic... I'm torn between getting an international version vs a bloated T-Mobile S4 GB Ram version...... decisions decisions...... smh
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Thanks, my pride 'n joy. :D

I've been using international/unbranded phones for over 4 generations now, could never go back to the US carrier variants. Aside from the obvious HUGE disparity between dev support, do the owners of US carrier branded phones really think Samsung would spend as much time supporting/polishing those devices vs their flagship device?
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
Can someone create a folder on the home screen & take a few screen shots of how it looks for me pls?
[Galaxy S III General] marcookem:
Hi! Do you notice any dropped frame or general stutter in recorded videos?

Thanks a lot lot lot
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
There's no dropped frames and the 1080p recordings are playing at 30 frames/second which is a welcome relief after the nexus 24 fps. Videos are crisp and stunning.

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
Could someone please verify that the stock player can handle mkv and ac3 properly?
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
You want a picture of a homescreen folder with the touchwiz launcher?

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
I've tried 720p mkv and they've worked fine, don't have any ac3 files
[Galaxy S III General] cxdz810:
So, on the new S3 there is no ''black crush'' symptome that GNote and GNexus are suffering? blacks a grays are properly graduated?
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
Yes, please. Or a few pictures demonstrating the process.
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
Good to see some nice comments about S3 from those who are using it. I was one of those few persons who defended S3 on a lot of forums after the samsung launch event. I am gonna get it soon. Just wanted to know that does it has over heating problem like s2? and what about battery with medium usage.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The GS2 runs nice and cool after the latest two ICS updates (LPF and LPG). But yes, it's good to see all the positive reviews. The only negative I am hearing, and it's not really much of a negative is that scrolling wallpapers aren't included with Touchwiz anymore and even when using other launchers, you can't really crop a picture correctly.