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[Galaxy S III General] jovu55:
Still waiting on my Pebble Blue SGS3 from Noel Leemings. I really hope I get one without any issues like others I've read on these forums. Fingers crossed!! You guys who already have got yours that have no issues - I'm so envious!
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Right so quick update.

third s3 - white back to telecom, had a QQ and a rage at them and the samsung rep, couldnt explain it... tried 3 of telecoms blue ones same issue.

left the telecom store cancelled my contract.

wandered into the voda store where i asked if i could check one of their blue ones and white ones. they even let me in the back room to test and play - i had to sign an account to say i would purchase one though.. no biggie....

checked their white one - no issue..... absolutley none.

checked their blue one - no issue absolutley none.....

starting to think tcoms batch is the problem even though brightpoint are the supplier to all.

the other difference betwenn tcom, 2deg and voda is that sdeg and voda's stock is NOT brnaded where as tcoms stock is branded....

just food for thought really.

so in conclusion i have a pebble blue 16gb wiht no issues now.

but i suggest the moment you can you test yours to check.....

preordered my Samsung accessory kit and C pen, now just to find a good screen protector the first lot i tried dont bond at the edges where the screen curves....
[Galaxy S III General] NZtechfreak:
Quick alert guys - basically all of Gameloft's stuff is available in the Play Store for the S3 as of today!
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Read somewhere in another thread that the telecom one is I9300T not I9300. If true that might explain it.
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
Im really surprised to find that Telecom also get their phone from the same supplier...once again...was all the units you have manufactured in Vietnam? different between Telecom and Vodafone stock? Happy that you managed to suss it out in the end...! any advise as to how to quickly identify the issue?
[Galaxy S III General] Neets_:
My phone is from 2degrees. I ran the test. My phone has what is best described as a smear. My husbands phone has little dots. Almost uniform. Both ordered at the same tine, arrived together. Can't explain why there's no consistency with the screens.

Not sure if I'll do anything about mine. Will think on it.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
I would only do something if it's a large big blotch.

My current one has tiny little ones at the edges.

Bigger blotches are a pain in videos and book's with inverted .txt colours.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Check back in this thread a few pages back my posts describe how to check it easily.

On another note can a mod or OP please remove my account restriction for the 5min post thing... I think its clear I am not a spammer or bot by now
[Galaxy S III General] alex6006:
A little unsure...

I did the screen check with the vibration test and i can pretty clearly see little black dots.

the thing is its been 14 days as of today, the 14th, so i dont think i would qualify for an automatic replacement and would probably have to get it sent away and checked out by the Samsung Service people to see if they can 'fix' it >.<

any advice as to what i should do? anyone got one with no blotches or smears or dots??? i have no idea how common this is and i kind of get the feeling that if i walk in there and say there are dots on the screen when it is fully dimmed and being looked at in complete darkness they'll think im just being a tosser and say they'll ship it off for two weeks.

bought from Vodafone in Auckland. White model and thankfully i hadnt gotten around to rooting it so i have full warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] swisshardy:
Blobs

I just did the test and noticed two blobs: one in the top of the screen and one in the middle. They both look like underscore marks? Does that mean my unit is faulty?
[Galaxy S III General] AlexxxR:
My pebble blue S3 arrived today :D
[Galaxy S III General] own4d:
Telecom = GT-I9300T

Vodafone and 2 Degrees = GT-I9300

Is that right? Or are they all GT-I9300T's for NZ

---------- Post added at 03:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------

All probably the 9300T's

http://androidgreed.com/news/gt-i9300t-is-the-samsung-galaxy-s3-for-australia/
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
No Vodafone definitely not a T. Telecom is. Don't know about 2 degrees. It may or may not cause some issues for those with telecom phones when it comes to rooting, flashing roms etc. They will need to approach it with some degree of caution.

By this I mean check before you flash anything.

For example recovery is confirmed as

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684535

But some roms and kernels may not be. If compatibility is not specifically confirmed in the opening post then ask on the thread.
[Galaxy S III General] own4d:
How many 'blobs' would you consider return worthy?

Mine is a Telecom phone from NL, it has a few tiny pin hole blobs barely visible during that test of yours...

Do you have a perfect screen now during this test (no imperfections across the whole screen?)
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
2degrees stock is also I9300 rather than i9300T. The T models are intended for 850mhz UMTS networks like Telecom XT, since both Vodafone AU and Telstra NextG use 850mhz it makes sense that multiple Australian releases would be the i9300T.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
My current has 2 tiny tiny blobs right tithe bottom.

I only returned the others because of the locationband size of them
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Hmmm I dunno .... I know there are Eu au and in solder pads by the antenna module according to other threads.

But s3 voda works on telecom umts850 just fine so maybe there is a firmware tweak.

As voda in aus use the same as telecom and Telstra for next gen umts so one would assume all models in .nz are the same
[Galaxy S III General] Silverbolt:
I am the proud owner of a Telecom I9300T rooted and running Omega 5.1 Rom. No problem with flashing and no screen blotches. I did have to remove the T from the end of I9300T in the build.prop to get Mobile Odin to work. The status is showing modified but shows normal with any stock rom.
[Galaxy S III General] aquariuzism:
+1, using also I9300T from Telecom, installed XXALF2 (UK firmware), then flashed Siyah and everything is working fine.

Also, my screen have some blotches but i'm not bothered, why should I? I don't get why people complain about it when they can just enjoy the gorgeous screen!
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Is there anybody who purchased a vf or 2deg unit on telecom
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
VF unit on Telecom here
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Pineapple

How is your data speed...

After reading this thread http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1926135

It seems I9300 is the best to have and apart from some solder jumpers which nobody can find the difference on... it looks like it will just be the modems that are different... and that t models tend not to work as well another networks but the non t models perform about the same overall.

So if you are on tcom with a normal I9300.

Try a t modem it might make you speeds a little faster

That is ifbyou can find a t modem
[Galaxy S III General] BarneyC:
That sub-NZ$1k price point is awesome. Doesn't seem that long ago I was paying $1100 for a Nokia N95-8Gb. That and it beats the UK price point of £500 by some.
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
The i9300 & i9300T are the same hardware and support the same 3G radio bands, no one is really sure what the physical circuitry distinction is.

The 'T' units always turn up on 850mhz networks, is the thing, and have done since the i9000T - Which, of course, was a physical variant from the i9000, as the i9000 did not support 850mhz, and the i9000T did not support 900mhz. The Galaxy S II supports both 850mhz and 900mhz, but still got a 'T' variant on Telstra and Telecom, just as the S III has now. This suggests that, despite, the hardware band support being identical, something else has been modified in the 'T' variants to justify them being variants at all.

There may be some inherent characteristics of 850mhz networks that carriers prefer to have the handsets optimised for. One factor that's known is Telecom's XT network does not support fast dormancy, whereas Vodafone's does (I'm unsure on 2degrees). As such, the i9300T has FD turned off, and the Voda-sold I9300 has it turned on. This results in some wakelocks and battery drain when using that model on XT.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
I guess there might also be some issues for I9300T owners who flash an I9300 modem. If I understand it right they may lose connectivity in non urban areas if they can't get a gsm signal?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
You could just turn fd off if using a voda model on telecom.
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
If there was an easy way to turn FD off. There isn't, I have tried.

I'm using the 2Degrees model on Telecom and it results in FD causing a lot of battery drain.
[Galaxy S III General] own4d:
Anyone know where I can find the stock Telecom ROM?

About to flash my SGSIII but want to revert to how it came if I'm not happy with CM9 + losing the Samsung apps that make the SGSIII run real well
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
There are a few threads but looks like only way is via rooting and changing a config file.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
I too am looking for this possibly try posting in one of the Rom threads.

I really just want the tcom modem file to play with.

Furs downloader has voda but not telecom it's like they customize the Rom outside of Samsung.....
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Can anybody with a rooted telecom phone do a full Rom dump or backup and post it here for me to use.

Otherwise please post your exact model product code as fus displays it... use mobile fus....

Please and thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] todd_10:
Nice to see a whole bunch of Kiwi owners on XDA.

I ordered my S3 in Pebble Blue this morning, all goes well I should have my mitts on it come lunch time Wednesday.

Quick question regarding batteries and the first "straight out of the box" charge. How long? I'm normally pretty impatient, and end up turning my phones on well before they're 100% complete. Being that this is a bit more of an expensive toy than I'd normally go for, I feel I should do it properly...
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Someone with a telecom phone needs to post their configuration on the thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1685411

Give it a day or so and check FUS

or ask on this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
@todd_10

Just play with it while it's charging. Then do one full discharge cycle. After that just charge as necessary.
[Galaxy S III General] todd_10:
One full discharge cycle, meaning once it's finished its first complete charge, unplug it, and run it til it dies?
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Yes charge to 100 percent then just let it discharge all the way. You don't need to go to 0 percent, power saving mode will cut in at 5 percent so you can recharge at that point.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
secril_fd-interface has kept it from sleeping 282 times today, keeping the phone from not sleeping for just over 12 mins

VF phone on Telecom. Normal? Or FD playing up?
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
That sounds like the same fast dormancy issue Lokhor has been having with his 2d-sourced S III on XT.

Waste of time, that, battery calibration is a myth. There is no real benefit to a 'first charge' cycle beyond seeing how long the battery lasts. :)

Also best to avoid discharging the battery completely where possible.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Yes I know that calibration is a myth but conditioning is not. The battery will improve over the first few charging cycles. So it is best initially to let it run down at least once and then give it a full charge.

Here's my battery life, I'm still unrooted and on stock. It was a rainy day today and I'm off work so I was playing with the phone all day :-)
[Galaxy S III General] Silverbolt:
This is the Telecom modem which is for Thailand but it is the same for NZ.
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
I may have found a solution for this. Managed to fix it on my S3 but need to post a full guide. it's a fairly convoluted process to say the least.
[Galaxy S III General] JamBLam:
2Degrees on i9300T

Hi guys,

Been trying to decipher the discussion on the differences between the i9300 and the i9300T; I understand that one prefers 850mhz while the other prefers 950mhz, but just how much of an issue is this?

I guess what I want to know is this: I bought an i9300T (Telecom) from an independant retailer and I'm on 2Degrees, is this enough of an issue to warrant trying to return this phone and swapping for an i9300? I have had issues with cell standby sucking all my battery and I'm wondering if this is the reason.

As an aside, if anyone on here has a pebble blue i9300 that they are using on Telecom (which I have heard also causes battery drain issues), I'd be happy to do a swap for my telecom i9300T if both parties are satisfied of each phone's good condition? (only had my phone for 3 days, mint condition).

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] Silverbolt:
Background data is sucking your battery. Go to your settings, choose Data Usage, use your left menu button which will give you 3 options. Choose Restrict data usage. This will stop background data. It will put a triangle in the top left hand corner. You should see a dramatic difference in battery usage.

I am using the I9300T from Telecom and originally had the same problem until I rooted. Now I am using Omega 5.1 and don't have any problems.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
are you rooted can you post you pc code and pda cc etc codes.... and if you are rooted can you do a firmware dump
[Galaxy S III General] veyka:
:rolleyes: Something must be in the water today, let's avoid trolling or flame bait, ok guy?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
There are a few other steps he can take as well. I tend to use gsm most of the time, take manual control of screen brightness and use dark backgrounds a much as possible.

Here's a link to some general tips for maximising battery life for those who are new to smartphones.

m.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Cell-Phone-Battery-Last-Longer
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Also.

In settings set data limit to manage data will reduce drain
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Here are some statistics after disabling Fast Dormancy on my I9300 running on Telecom with the DULE6 modem:

Battery: 77%

Time on: 6h53m

Screen 48% 1h4m Time on

Cell Standby 37%

Android System 9%

Device idle 4%

Maps 2%

Deep Sleep: 5h25m

Awake 1h29m

Wifi On: 35m56s

Wifi Running: 16m29s

And most importantly no secril_fd-interface wakelocks!
[Galaxy S III General] nabbed:
Hello Kiwis, can I call you that?

Enjoy your phones and thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
How did you disable fd
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
It's sort of a complicated method. I modified a csc file inside a custom ROM and flashed the ROM. There is another way involving an sqlite editor though. I'm going to write a guide when i get a chance.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
How much of an improvement is that lokhor?
[Galaxy S III General] kab343:
Sorry to go off topic, but has anyone managed to make Samsung Dive work yet? I am on a 2deg Galaxy S3 and can't seem to make it work, no matter what I've tried...

I have been in touch with Samsung NZ who said they would get back to me... That was last week.

Also anyone know if it makes a difference what specific version of android you have for warranty? I have noticed there is XXALE8 firmware's available but not exactly the same as the one installed on 2deg S3 I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
@cbdrift

Bands on voda are identical to what you have posted.

@cab343

Samsung dive appears to work for me. I can sign in at least. Will test it further today. What exactly is not working for you?
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
samsung dive has my old galaxy detected , but not my s3 , weird
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
It's my first Samsung device so I'm unlikely to have that issue :-)

Have you tried to create a new Samsung account for this device rather than using your old one?
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
its one samsung account = 1 device ?

by the way i follow these steps for set-up , have i miss anything ?

on the top right corner only detects my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
I've no idea whether each device needs a separate account -it was just a suggestion.

Your setup steps look correct.

As I've only one device it's hard to tell but the device name in the top left corner looks like it might be a drop down menu. Have you tried clicking on it?
[Galaxy S III General] kab343:
Samsung Dive website was not picking up my registered mobile.

To fix it I removed my Samsung account off the phone, and then went back through and signed in again and hey presto it worked... Talked to Samsung NZ earlier today and they alluded to the fact that there was a server 'issue' that has now been resolved.
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
i just did the same , and it work , nice
[Galaxy S III General] Pcmanrules:
Does anyone know/have the official 2Degrees S3 firmware? I need to restore to use my Snapper SIM again.
[Galaxy S III General] AlexxxR:
So the snapper sim works with the stock XLE8 firmware then? Just grabbed a snapper sim and no luck on omega 5.2, anyone know of a workaround? I dont wanna use stock to use snapper sim
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
just curious...anyone with Vodafone CSC?
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Yes
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
yes
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
although I just flashed the ITV LF6 Rom with LF5 MODEM and used the Europe BTU LF2 Csc and all is working well everything is still stock and because Europe csc is multi my csc still shows VNZ for voda .nz in kies
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Vodafone just updated to XXALF2
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Nice to have our own thread. Been using the s 3 since Saturday afternoon. Got myself a 32gb white one for a sweet $950 thanks to a contact at one of the network providers.

Rooted and installed a custom Rom with an hour of getting it home. Currently on wanam lite 1.4 and seeing no reason to budge although omega looks kind of tempting too.

For three years I was quite a loyal HTC customer, desire, desire hd, then sensation. Finally got sick of the lag and bloat of HTC sense and switched to galaxy nexus. Then I saw an s 3 on display and up and running at Noel Leemings, after playing with it a few minutes I just had to have one.

I must say I am thoroughly impressed by the phone. This is the first phone I have owned which doesn't seem to lack in any area. It's fast, has a beautiful display, good camera, heaps of storage space, quick GPS lock, and amazing battery life. I also missed having an fm radio when I switched to the nexus and this one scans quickly and doesn't flake out randomly like on my past HTC phones.
[Galaxy S III General] todd_10:
I noticed that just before, only about 20mb or something. Do we know what that was for?
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
The standard LF2 update UK phones got a few weeks ago I assume. Anyone know where the user change log is for it?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
I am on lf6....
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Samsung never release change logs .... never have....
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
I'm sure there's a user generated/speculative one around somewhere?

Also how are you on LF6? Custom ROM I assume? Well something that isn't from the NZ carriers at least
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Anyone using this phone on telecom xt? Do they support fast dormancy?
[Galaxy S III General] signzero:
Telecom do not support fast dormancy, Only Vodafone and 2degrees support it in New Zealand. So you are better off disabling fast dormancy if you are on a non Telecom SIII using the Telecom Network.
[Galaxy S III General] xpandnz:
I got my s3 on Friday. I heard about this LF6, what is it going to give me that LFB doesn't have?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Lfb is newer than lf6 i am now on lfb

Lfb has a lot of big fixes
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
I flashed the stock btu UK lf6 then the lf2 Vodafone csc and the lf5 modem.

I am now running lfb UK firmware..

UK firmware is compatible with nz as it's a multi csc Rom

And because it's stock it does not break warranty.

P.s lf6 was so much better battery wise

Lfb is smoother but not as good battery wide
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
are you on stock kernel?
[Galaxy S III General] garvani:
Uggg. I was in a hurry this morning and somewhat impulse bought a S3 (impulse buys are never a good idea!). I wanted a vodafone one and of course they didn't have any, but they had one XT, and arn't expecting stock of vodafone models for another 7-10days.. Had a quick look at the box and the bands on the back and thought it all looked ok.

Damn how wrong was i. Got it back to work, set it up and all was good! Well until i got it home that is and the internet didn't work. Typically we have 900mhz mobile broadband out here, work is on 2100mhz and the XT version dosn't support 900mhz umts. Im screwed arn't I?, flashing a GT-i9300 modem over this GT-i9300T isn't going to magically transform it into a 100% vodafone capable model?

Will NL take it back if im going to swap it for the same vodafone version? it will be 24hours old, ive peeled the sticker off and thats about it (also kind of rooted it and removed the telecom crap, but they won't notice that lol)
[Galaxy S III General] FiNEAZ:
Hey just had to say this.. Amazing phone and I just got my 32gb internal memory from ebay :) first few in the country as Samsung still has it released 32gb for any retailers :)
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Digi parallel imports has had 32gb units in stock for a while now. That's where I got mine two weeks ago. Lovely phones alright, congrats on your purchase.
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Good luck getting an exchange on that. To be fair to them what are they supposed to do with an open phone? I know I'd be angry as he'll at them if I bought a new phone only to discover it's been used. No one will knowingly buy it either unless they put a hefty discount on it.

To make matters worse you are gonna return it with a non telecom Rom installed to really screw over anyone who might be unfortunate enough to buy your second. The fast dormancy issue will rape their battery and not everyone wants to or can root to fix it.

It's clearly a case of buyer beware. Should have done some homework or shopped around before buying. Please don't be a **** and try and get someone else to pay for your mistake.
[Galaxy S III General] garvani:
I havnt flashed a non telecom rom over it and im not going too. what part of a question mark do you not understand? I was asking if i was to flash it will the modem come right. From what ive found in another thread it looks like it might solve the problem but i was looking for concrete evidence. It dosn't seem like its well known knowledge that the telecom version is gimped. Id rather not give it back and if i can get it working i will
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Ok I mistook rooted and removed telecom crap for something else. Still think it's kind of immoral to try and return it though.
[Galaxy S III General] bungknees:
How about you flash a Kernel with Cwm recovery, take a nandroid of your current rom, then flash a newer rom to see if it works well. You can always restore if it doesn't.

Just for the record, I had a telecom s2 that I flashed crap loads of international roms, with no issues. And now have an international s3 that I'm using on telecom also with no issues.
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
The hardware is the same, both models have the same 3G bands, the I9300T definitely has 900mhz 3G. There is no point in returning it.

You say 'the internet doesn't work', if it was a hardware band support issue it'd be everything that doesn't work - calls, texts, reception. Have you set the Vodafone APN correctly?

Flashing a Voda stock ROM will at least remove the horrible Telecom customisation (Browser icon and splash screen, et cetera).