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[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
I'll have a look for it cheers mate

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Thye took a few days to port my number but done it eventually.

Got a text today saying my first bill would be €44.37, i rang up to query this saying my bill should only be €40.66 a month and they said the billing period was from the 12th, i told them i wasn't having this and i was not informed of this when i took out the contract on the 9th and it should start from that date and i would only pay €40.66 and the cheeky **** said that "collections will be onto you" :mad: i told him id only just taken out the contract and if this was their attitude they wouldn't be getting anything from me at all.,cheeky bastard i wont be paying anymore than the €40.66 a month as i wont go over my limit.

One thing - i haven't spoken to anyone who is Irish yet since ive called them,is their customer service abroad or something because sometimes im having trouble understanding what they say?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Got mine today on 3, 24mth contract @40.66 a month and the phone was free.

Simple process, went online, filled in the details, paid with the laser card and job done.

With my last contract with vodafone I needed photo id, proof of residence etc. Obviously three need the business! :D

Anyway first impressions are that its a beautiful phone, great hardware (wolfson audio codec, sweeettt!!!) But touchwiz is absolute ****e, full of bloatware, rooted it asap and flashed Franco kernel and was gonna atay on stock rom for a week or so but I can't hack it, my galaxy nexus is faster browsing with chrome. That's not acceptable for a quad core device so stock rom is getting the road.

Looking forward to when from development starts picking up, the potential for this phone is amazing.

Oh and the screen is absolutely ****in amazing! Galaxy nexus has the super amoled HD as does the gs3 but the quality of the screen in the gs3 beats the gnex hands down, its absolutely stunning!

Anyways I'm off to flash my rom, can't believe they are 5-600mb. On gnex the aosp roms are 100-150mb.
[Galaxy S III General] chicoelnino:
Hey lads.

Got mine from amazon.de so sim free. With 3 on €20 a month Payg plan.

Rooted the phone yesterday with cf-root v6.3

Received my ota update today but havn't updated yet.

Will I have to unroot before I update ota?
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I'm surprised u received an OTA update while rooted...

Mine won't detect any.

If u have the update then just install it. You will prob lose root so flash cf root again afterwards. I
[Galaxy S III General] slonn:
What usually happens when receiving an ota update is that you can download the update but it won't install. At least that's what happened on my Nexus One and Nexus S phones. I'm not too bothered with that anyway. After I got my phone last Monday via courier I had it rooted and flashed a custom rom within the hour. The devs on XDA are amazingly fast at keeping their custom roms up to date with the latest firmwares.

Can't stand that Samsung bloatware and the ugly 3 boot animation. I may be a bit odd, but having an unrooted phone is like not being admin of your pc. Really can't get full use of it until apps like Rom Manager, Titanium Backup, SD Card Maid, etc are installed.
[Galaxy S III General] Raptor124:
thats what is happening to me as well, as i said in my previous post.

if you are rooted with stock rom you will get the OTA update but it won't install

if you have a custom rom you won't get the OTA update

going to flash unbranded UK ALF2 later today and re-root, PITA

sammobile has a new Vodafone Ireland version but it is only ALF1, typical vodafone, they are always behind everyone else
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I'm rooted on stock rom and I can't even get the OTA update so ur theory is wrong.

Also, the new Vodafone BUALF1 has the same build date 5th June as XXALF2 and has a higher changelist suggesting it is actually NEWER than the UK unbranded rom. So that theory is out the window too! :D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] Raptor124:
can't be right all the time :D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
A day without something learned is a day wasted! :D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
No way is Galaxy Nexus faster in the slightest, i had a Nexus for a while (1 week) and i used chrome and it was good but it was nowhere near as good as this phone, Touchwiz is fluid and smooth i used Apex for a while and it was great but after a few days started to lag so went back to TW.

Freeze the bloatware and you'll see a massive difference

PS- Ireland as a football team are ****e but we have amazing support, just thought id mention that anyway:eek::D
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
If any one from ireland are able to get update via kies could you please take a screen shot and paste it here. thanks...
[Galaxy S III General] mancuk29:
Im not sure about 3 ireland but 3 uk is based in mumbai india, tbh all mobile phone companies do the same they have standard billing dates so if you started your contract on the 1st and the billing cycle is the 12th u pay 1 month + the extra 11 days from 1st -12th

It will be in the small print

Im npt justifying thr actions of 3 but if they didnt have billing cycles it would cost them a.fortune.cos they would need to run billings cycles every day plus deduct direct debits every day. By having billing cycles they can run one or two per.month

One thing dont not pay them 3 are buggers for defaulting u on ut credit score. . Its only first month and the unlimited data is worth it!

Whilst customer srvices is based abroad its 1000% better that it use to be, ive been wuth 3 since they started and the occasional time i ring up they are always good

I will normally use the 3 stores for any major issues, my local 3 store is absolutely awsome

Hope the above helps :)
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Cheers mate i was wondering alright i had a feeling it was an Indian call centre they are not the worst i suppose compared to years ago maybe they made them watch British and Irish soap operas to try and master the accents:D, the local 3 store were very helpful all the same but the fact that they didn't mention that the billing cycle started there and then annoyed me i wouldn't nave minded otherwise, cant see anything in the small print either about this.

Anyway so far so good no dropped calls or anything, data on 3 appears to be one of the fastest too.:)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Yeah mancuk29 is spot on there.. All mobile companies are the same. The if u moved to someone else you'd be faces with the same issue. You always pay a month + amount due up to billing cycle start day on your first bill. I'm gonna have the same issue on my new contract with Vodafone.
[Galaxy S III General] Raptor124:
Kies does not work for me either, never worked with my Galaxy S2 either. all it says it the current version on the phone and the current version available is the same is on the phone.

as a rule i never use Kies cause i can never get it to download new update.

i was able to capture the update file that is downloaded from samsung from software update on the phone, it is called update.zip. i tried flashing it with cwm recovery and cwm manager but it would not install

I am finally on the new update ALF1. the only way i could get it installed was

1. reflashed the rom the phone came with in odin, this wiped root and restored the default recovery, no data or apps were lost, but i did a Titanium backup in case

BUALE6 - http://www.hotfile.com/dl/157358288/cb0897d/I9300BUALE6_I9300VFGALE6_VDI.zip.html"]http://www.hotfile.com/dl/157358288/cb0897d/I9300BUALE6_I9300VFGALE6_VDI.zip.html[/URL]

2. downloaded update on phone. installed ok

3. re-rooted to cf 6.2
[Galaxy S III General] vinstot:
battery problems

I got my phone from vodafone

firmware version of BUALF1

seems like i have a very high battery drain issue phone will last maybe around 10-12 hours:

settings are

brightness-- minimum (auto brightness)

3g always on

screen --- 15 seconds

im having a high cell standby and i guess thats the one eating the battery. anyone experiencing same problems?
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
Mine is working now.. It is related with CSC so I changed to BTU. After that I'm getting update from OTA and via Kies...
[Galaxy S III General] Raptor124:
No doubt people have heard about the Galaxy S 3 that "melted"?.

it happened to an Irish user and he has posted his ordeal up on boards.ie

like with any story there are different takes on it, some people are saying it exploded, went on fire, but no one really knows until Samsung have a look at it

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056677034
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Folks - im wondering if anyone has had a similar problem to me, started a thread bit it appears no one seems to be having this problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728476
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
3 Ireland are turning into a nightmare for me, i travel to the UK regulary,when i go over i select 3UK and can use my flexiunits to make calls/texts and best of all use my data, all very good but thge problems start when i come back to Ireland, arived back this morning and cant connect to data, tried everything nothing,rang technical support and they pretty much said to do everything which ive tried already :rolleyes: thanks call centre in Mumbai for all your technical expertise, this is the second time in 3 weeks this has happened, the first time i came back after a few hours i could access data but this time it's just not happening so im gonna have to do a factory reset,farcical stuff.:mad:
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Is it happening on stock rom? Aren't u using Checkrom? Maybe something to do with that. I'd try a stock rom for a while if u do a bit of travelling .
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Both mate, when it first happened a few weeks ago i was using the stock ROM.

i've done a factory reset but twice is too much, if it happens again i told Three already i have grounds to cancel my contract as this should not be happening.

On a separate note i notice there are some new modems out, has anyone tested them and what would be the best for Ireland?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
I'm using XXLF5, its the best one I've used so far.

Not being able to connect to data is odd, is there a problem with your apn?
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I'm using Vodafones BUALF1 modem. Working well for me so far.

Three's NE4 is supposed to be really good. U using that one jonny?
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Using XXLF5 myself and it's quite good.

No the problems only starts when i return to Ireland so im thinking there must be some conflicting issues between 3 UK and 3 Ireland (or it could be my phone)it's grand now but not good that i had to do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S III General] Ush1:
Is there a way to remove the carrier boot logo? I bought it on o2, rooted and unlocked it with voodoo unlock app. I am now moving to meteor so would like to get rid of the o2 logo.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Flash an unbranded stock rom with Odin. That'll do the trick.
[Galaxy S III General] Ush1:
Cheers.

Im a bit cautious though as i paid 600 quid for the phone on prepay. The current firmware im on is xxalef and seems great, no bugs. What's the the best stock one to load?
[Galaxy S III General] slonn:
I've been trying at least 9 roms by now and I've found that the CheckRom is the best. Many people prefer Omega but for some reason I couldn't get GTalk to work on that rom. CheckRom has given me no issues so far. It's based on stock but with some extra cool tweaks that you can apply from their kitchen.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Well LF6 is the latest I think...LF2 is reportedly good too. To be honest, most stock ROMS so far have been pretty good... Heaps better than the stock S2 roms in my opinion.

Ur talking custom rom. He asked about stock.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Hope im not tempting fate here but the Internet speeds on 3 Ireland appear to have improved a good lot recently, pity about the roaming issues last week, you would think 3 would have at least put a notice on their website about it but nothing.
[Galaxy S III General] djglenn1337:
Hmmmm. Ireland S3 owners thread and a UK one. My heart says Ireland but my phone says O2 UK. Damn this confusing country...

D.

N. Ireland
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Ha ha! :D
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
It's all Ireland to me and always has been :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
I have problems with Three. It shows roaming mode every day. Only fix is to select network manually.
[Galaxy S III General] esist:
It is probably using Vodafone's GSM network.

It is not the same network (as defined by its network code) so the phone thinks it's roaming because it technically is. It's just not costing you anything. If you put network mode on WCDMA only and let it select automatically network it should also avoid roaming.

I often do this anyway since I find that WCDMA provides much much much better call quality when the signal is weak, than GSM does.
[Galaxy S III General] slonn:
I had the same issue, but as you said, putting it on WCDMA only fixed the issue. The phone stopped roaming.
[Galaxy S III General] zombieroid:
Hi guys!

I just wondering if any of you have back up your imei?
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Yes it is very important. Search on xda for an app called "efs pro". It's a pc based program that allows u to back up your efs folder and restore it if u ever need to. It's the easiest way to do it.
[Galaxy S III General] steviep103:
hiya lads im on vodafone and rooted my s3. if i want to got back to orginal stock unrooted... does it matter which vodafone firmware i put on... buale6 or bualf1?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Not a bit, throw on the latest Vodafone Ireland firmware from samfirmware.com and away you go.
[Galaxy S III General] steviep103:
thanks that was quick. i need triangle away to wipe the counter. anything else?
[Galaxy S III General] gavin-phelan:
Hi. Im sure when you flash a stock firmware with odin it reset the counter i may be wrong
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Are you returning it?

if not there's no real need for triangle away.

If you are returning it then flash stock firmware, triangle away and then factory reset in stock recovery to remove the modified status from settings > about phone.
[Galaxy S III General] steviep103:
I'm new to android...just wanted to see how I go back to how the phone was out of the box. In which i would triangle away, install stock rom and then factory reset. So I can install different roms which is different icons, colours etc is that right? Whats the advantage of a custom kernel? I have only rooted at the minute.. so that means I'm still on stock rom, yes? Thanks lads
[Galaxy S III General] HTCHD2ireland:
Jellybean ota at 8 this morning. Postponing for now, I'm in no mood for trying workarounds for flash at this hour of the morning!
[Galaxy S III General] esist:
What csc are you using?

Edit: never mind. Guessing it's 3IE since I see an update for it on CheckFUS. Seeing as my phone is a BTU on 3 I'll try that for a while, at least until a final BTU is released.

Using PHE for now, but this has a newer build date.
[Galaxy S III General] HTCHD2ireland:
@nodstuff below.. obviously. I was still on ics as per my post above the screenshot.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
That's ICS, not JB
[Galaxy S III General] markdj57:
There is no change after the firmware update. Flash still works in the default browser...

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] irish-sid:
only the default browser though, which is a bummer.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Even after update to jellybean?

Any of u guys get rte player working?
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Wouldn't ya know it... Vodafone jb UPDATE XXDLIH is a week older than the latest XXDLJ2.
[Galaxy S III General] zombieroid:
Lock screen message after incorrect pin input.

Hi Guys

I am running my S3 with stock software....

I recently input the wrong pin to unlock the lock screen and this message appeared : "You have incorrectly attempted to unlock the phone 1 times. After 3 more unsuccessful attempts the phone will be reset to factory default and all user data will be lost ."

I am using Cerberus as my anti-theft app... now i dont want my phone to factory reset after wrong pin code attempts.... how do i disable this feature?

THANKS for any help!
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
oh dear, did you not have a "forgot pin or password" option or can it be reset somehow without losing data?
[Galaxy S III General] zombieroid:
I know my pin but, just incase somebody else tried to unlock my phone (who doesn't know the pin,) how can I stop them from accidently factory reseting my phone
[Galaxy S III General] deviant_cryptic:
Modem

Great to see an Irish thread here! I just flashed my i9300 with the Omega rom. Was wondering has anyone tried out the different modems, and see which one is best for Ireland/ Dublin? (And to that point, is there a specific one for Ireland?)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I don't think you can. :confused:

Sent from my I9300 on XXDLJ4

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If you're talking about jelly bean then, most of Europe seems to be using XXLID modem. It works well for me on Vodafone.

Sent from my I9300 on XXDLJ4
[Galaxy S III General] HTCHD2ireland:
New update on three mobile this morning, anyone tried it yet?
[Member-Found Deals] keizerpenguin:
hello everyone,

i can get a 32gb touchpad (not new but with all boxes and bills for warranty) for 250 euros which is 309 dollars. do you think its a good deal? the device is in perfect condition

it has the original touchstone and original case and all other accesories which come with pad. the orignal boxes are available and the bill as well which has warranty. thanks for a quick reply as i need to decide:)
[Member-Found Deals] mendezj666:
Are you in Europe? I dont know how the market is over there but that is way too high for a 32 GB touchpad. It is a discontinued product and the native operating system is no longer supported. Sure you can easily flash android on it and it has a nice screen but think there are much better tablets around in that price range. But again, not sure how the market is where you are but just my opinion.

And you might get more responses if you post in the lounge as this really isnt the exact place to ask.
[Member-Found Deals] ForgetfulFellow:
Basically I agree with Mendez; touchpads should go for less than 250 now a days, since they're pretty old and were fire-saled at much lower. If you want to spend 250, you can look out for other deals on tablets like a transformer, or galaxy tab 10
[Member-Found Deals] keizerpenguin:
yepp in europe. so its 250 euros converted approx 309 us dollars. prices are genereally higer over here. galaxy tab is costing well over 350 euros and its the 16gb version

and i would use it to play around and "dominate" the device hehehe:) i have an hp zeen which is a wannabe tab since its a printer control actuallly but very nice to play around with and rooting it removing stuff and so...

the dual boot on the touchpad sounds interesting
[Member-Found Deals] Censura_Umbra:
That is a terrible deal, you can find a 32GB Touchpad for less than $200 USD on XDA Marketplace. Look elsewhere. Ebay probably has good deals too.
[Member-Found Deals] keizerpenguin:
thanks dudes:) i value the xda member opinions. i got 4 negative replies, so thanks for having saved me money and later regret my decision, i will look elsewhere and maybe even buy another tab:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Hi all, I'm new here (well, not to XDA) as I just purchased this phone 2 days ago. I love it so far. It's such and upgrade from my LG Optimus that I almost considered not rooting or flashing ROM's. Of course, I caved in last night. ;)

Anyway, I have a couple questions regarding Odin and the process around flashing different kernels/modems, etc. Any help would be great. I successfully flashed Blue Kuban without issues as I'm familiar with CWM and all that great stuff.

1. Is there a good tutorial that I can use to do more research on Odin? I see there's a mobile version and a PC version, so I'm not sure which to use.

2. I see in some ROM's, the install instructions state to first flash a specific kernel with Odin. Is this to prevent bricks from flashing from ICS to ICS ROM's?

3. Hypothetically, if I wanted to switch from Blue Kuban to CM9 (or any other ICS ROM), couldn't I just restore my stock GB back up and then flash CM9 (or any other ICS ROM)? If not, what is the most user friendly method you use?

Thanks all, really glad I chose this phone, it looks like there's awesome development for it! Any help is greatly appreciated! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
1. OK for Odin, you can try searching for a tutorial on qbkings YouTube channel. Basically all you need to know is that the PDA slot is for kernels and such where as phone slot is for modems. Only have auto reboot checked in top right settings. Mobile Odin works the same way. You can flash kernels from there and can save you time and when you're away from a computer. It currently has problems flashing modems however. There is a paid and lite version which you can find here in xda if you search a bit.

2. Yes this is to prevent bricking which has been happening when wiping data/factory rest in custom recoveries repackaged in ICS kernels. This is why its recommended to go back to el26 because this is the last true source (we don't have ICS source yet) we had.

Whenever changing roms, you must Odin/mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and do any rom flashing, restoring, backing up from there. So if you want to switch to CM9 from the ICS version of Blue Kuban I'm assuming, Odin el26 cwm kernel and flash cm9+gapps there.

Anymore questions let me know
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Awesome, great info and I'll definitely pick up the mobile version. So it looks like I only need to flash the kernel, not actually flast a GB Rom?

The only other thing I'm wondering is if you recommend using the Rogue CWM Recovery. I have it installed right now. Are all ROMS compatible with this recovery?

Thanks again for your quick and helpful answer!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
I personally use the rouge 1.4.1 kernel to do all my flashing. Rouge recovery is built from tweaking the cwm recovery. In essence, they are the same thing. Rouge has less "no's" and the menus are better organized, so I use it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Yea all you need is the kernel. If you're on an ICS rom when you flash the el26 cwm kernel, it won't boot your phone but you can go into recovery still.

I really wouldn't recommend any custom recovery at this time for ICS. I mean it takes maybe an extra minute odining the el26 cwm kernel or so instead of directly booting into rogue recovery. From there you can flash mods, tweaks, etc and then just reflash a compatible ICS kernel. What do you really need rogue for? Not worth the risk IMO.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Interesting. I'll have to read up more regarding Odin. So I could literally open Odin and plug my phone in and then flash the el26 kernel and flash whatever ROM I want from Odin as well? Sorry, a little confused there. Just not sure how I'd flash a ROM without a custom recovery.

Thanks again, I'll also check out some tutorials. I'm guessing it will feel like 2nd nature in a week, just learning the new process. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
The recovery is built into the kernel for this device. I use odin, flash the el29 rouge kernel v1.4.1, when the phone resets after the flash, boot into recover using volume up and power, wipe, flash, whatever you want, make sure you reinstall ics rom or kernel if you are on ics and reboot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Ah, so if I flash the EL26 Kernel, will that overwrite my Rogue Recovery?