yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
My wife has an iPhone and won't switch. She says GS3 is too big. And she says that the widgets on Android make it look busy.

I think many people want phone for just simple tasks. It's only us over here at xda who want our phones to replace computers :P
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
I have tons and tons of iPhone apps. They're nice and I love how fluid iOS is. I'm also awaiting to see what the next iPhone will bring to the table. The apps on iOS are nice but most are not free. Other than fluidity I can tell no difference in apps among the two platforms. Then with the iPhone comes the pricey and very limited data plan. That's full incentive right there for me ha ha.
[Galaxy S III General] james11417:
People want the iPhone because they don't know better. I don't even bother anymore with people shilling Apple products in real life since I don't care anymore. If they want to buy and recommend Apple products, go for it, just don't try to convince me to switch. :P I prefer my better hardware, more freedom, better screen gs3. And I had the first generation ipod touch, so I know how iOS is so it's not like I'm comparing without knowing both systems.
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
Ok, picked up the $20 Gophone from Walmart, how should I go about moving from straight talk to ATT? My current Sim from straight talk is a micro Sim.
[Galaxy S III General] Madarox:
I'm on prepaid,I pay for data only when I need it and there's no wifi available.Here are prices for daily/weekly/monthly bundles:

Daily: 0.2048USD for 6MB and 0.0410USD for every extra megabyte.

Weekly: 1 USD for 50MB then speed is capped at 65kbps but speed for facebook app won't be affected.

Monthly:

3.25USD for 110MB then speed is capped at 65kbps

8USD for 500MB then speed is capped at 65kbps

Again,speed cap won't affect facebook app.

I'm not a heavy data user,a couple days can pass without me using even 1MB of data so those data solutions are perfect for me and I can simply pay the same amount again if I ran out of data but that never happens with me.Usually if I'm sitting at home,starbucks,a restaurant or a club there's wifi.Only place where wifi won't likely be available is street but why would I need data in the street anyways unless if I need to use maps and gps won't lock ?

Moral of the story:prepaid rocks ;)

Edit:My carrier supports provides 3.75G(HSPA+),it's certainly not similar to LTE but it really gets the job done.
[Galaxy S III General] vinvam:
It's tough to say. There is a slight chance it would work, but most likely not.

Check out this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17152885&postcount=3

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The international model has been facing similar issues:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_update_does_away_with_universal_search-news-4562.php

Although another update was released shortly after re-enabling universal search.

Because the international model does not have to go through carriers to get updates any 'patent infringing' features can be removed right away just as they did with universal search. With the American models these updates have to go through the tedious process of approval from the carriers and can take weeks or months to reach the end user.

Either way, we're here on XDA-Developers where a thread restoring any removed features is up 10 minutes after the update. :D
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
You seemed to have missed the press release from Samsung concerning the i9300, pulling of that feature, and replacing it. Basically, they apologized for pulling it in the international vesion and promptly put it back.

For that very reason, there likely won't be ANY "patent infringing" features removed unless the infringement is found to occur in every country that sells the i9300. Country specific versions of the firmware might have features pulled to deal with issues in those specific countries, but the generic "global" version will likely retain all features.

Also, remember that (at least so far), samsung isn't infringing much of anything outside of the US. Other countries either haven't heard the issue or have told Apple that they are overreaching.

So, and to keep on topic, while the American variants of this phone might get stripped of anything Apple demands, the international/global/unlocked version will likely continue to be available with all features intact.

Take care

Gary
[Galaxy S III General] soraxd:
on an ICS rom, what's currently the best modem to use as an ATT user? I'm on XXLH1, its not that great.. can any ATT users tell me what's the best out there?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
For me dxlea worked best on ics.

Here's the link for you.

https://www.box.com/shared/378a1cfafae44f3915d8
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
Does anyone think that prices of Samsung devices will fall as they try to get more out of the door before the hearing comes due on Apple's injunctions? I'd imagine they got to be trying to get some inventroy moving?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Good point, but the prices will fall anyway in a few months regardless. So we wont know what actually caused it.
[Galaxy S III General] katinatez:
Pulled the Trigger

Thank you ceo.mtcl for this thread. Got bored today and called AT&T to switch over to media net and cancel my grandfathered unlimited plan. Little back history first, I had already considered buying the I9300 before reading your thread. Anyways had an old Samsung Eternity that was on my account earlier, fast forward to Aug 21, 2012 received my I9300 did not want to spend an hour in AT&T getting a new micro SIM. So I used a SIM cutter to cut my current SIM card and installed it in the I9300 then logged into AT&T account and noticed the generic phone picture. Then I thought to myself AT&T system can’t recognize my I9300. So I called AT&T with the Samsung Eternity using a SIM adapter; continued to switch plans over with no problems. Then switch my SIM out of Eternity to I9300 within an hour, did this on the way to work, 8 hours later got home and checked my account. The generic phone picture is still there. The final reason I chose to do this is not for the money but the throttled speeds AT&T places on the unlimited plan. Did a speed test now getting 2.4mb downloads speeds out in the middle of nowhere in Arizona desert; before I was lucky to get 1mb download speeds. Will continue to keep everyone posted.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I'm glad it worked out for you.
[Galaxy S III General] andrewilley:
DXLEA? Isn't that a modem designed for Thailand/Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Vietnam markets? I wonder why that works especially well in the USA?! I'll give it a try next time I'm over there though (just got back from one trip)

Andre
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Because those modems for that area default to the 850 mHz band which is the "best" one on AT&T
[Galaxy S III General] onmike:
I was using this method since June and it worked fine. I canceled my att a few days ago and went to straight Talk.

Never got caught but do want to point out that on one of the pages online when I was printing trecords it did say I had a GT–i9300. Was weird. Not the Page where it shows the generic device picture that can be changed. But in one of the pages where it shows contract end date.

I never gave imie and again didn't get caught. Worked fine till the day I ported out. Just thought it was weird it showed that phone.

Wonder if this shows for anyone else.
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
congrats, check this out, somebody selling unlimited data plan for $950 on eBay, http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-Unlimi...Accessories&hash=item3a781aadde#ht_3198wt_136

I wonder if we could do the same, that'd be sweet.
[Galaxy S III General] bilboa1:
I used to pay 5E for HSDPA 1G data + unlimited voice/sms in germany

I pay 1E for unlimited voice/sms right now in france.. adding 3G data would be about 15-18E total

i pay $60 for unlimited edge data, unlimited voice/sms in the US... (yes that's the tmobile prepaid plan)

:P
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
What page exactly did it show the GT-I9300? I would like to check my account and confirm whether this is happening to me as well or not.
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
really?? :crying:

I've been paying $150 to AT&T for 4 Lines and 18% corporate discount and I thought I was saving money.

Plan: 700 mins ROLL OVER; UNLM M2M and messaging

Line 1: UNLM $30 data

Line 2: MediaNet

Line 3: Regular

Line 4: Regular

I've paid AT&T 150 for 8 years now: $15k. :crying: :crying: :crying:

jeez....did I really need all that data and connectivity: probably not.
[Galaxy S III General] onmike:
Go into your account:

Click Profile > User Information > Customer Service Summary & Contract > Check Upgrade Options

Pretty sure it was that page. My account is canceled now so my access is limited, was just printing out records at the time. Have access to another active account though. If that's doesn't bring it up I'll try to find again later.
[Galaxy S III General] katinatez:
48 hours later, my generic phone picture under accounts has changed to Samsung Eternity phone. Still have media net unlimited for $10. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
I think it's better to give them the IMEI of your GS3 and tell them it's a dumbphone by name, so they mark it as one. Because your phone always transmits the IMEI, so they can calculate it to be an i9300 later on. But if you tell them first that it's some T-Mobile or foreign phone, by name (like Samsung Intensity from T-Mobile), they won't bother marking it as unknown and looking it up later on.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I do not know if that's the right approach or not but that's how I've setup. Many others think that giving out the real imei of GS3 may not be a good idea because they may permanently flag it as a smartphone. :) either way, I was ready to take the risk and provided the imei of gs3.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I think I need to do some reading on csc and how does it affects us. Anyone one can point me to right direction so that I include the summary of my reading in the OP for others?
[Galaxy S III General] lokofly:
Do you guys think this would work with the T-Mobile GS3? T-999?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Probably yes. If you scroll a few pages back you will see someone who was successful in using it with t mobile. However, it's not guaranteed. The only option is to try it out and let us know.
[Galaxy S III General] Bren Dekura:
Should just place SIM in New phone and enter the APN from the Straight Talk website into your S3. Restart it and test it out.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] Interlude:
I've been using the unlimited medianet for the past few week. So far so good
[Galaxy S III General] nsx280ps:
Switched back today to medianet.... Had an Nokia N8 with medianet, when i switch to an Arc S last year i was forced to use the 2gb plan, now with the S3 its been showing unknown.... So i selected a moto Razr v3 on the att site as my phone (which i also own), called them up and switched back to medianet.. I was never even asked an IMEI
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
That's what I'm saying; if you identify the phone yourself, they won't bother trying to find out what it is.
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
That's incorrect. Of that was the case all of us with AT&T phones would be enjoying MediaNet. It doesn't work that way. AT&T runs refreshes against their db and if they have the IMEI you happen to be using no matter what you have selected, it will update the pic.
[Galaxy S III General] crashck:
Big day for us today...the IPhone 5!!!! No I'm not excited for the already outdated iPhone but those iPhones have LTE so that means faster internet speeds for us :D
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Lol I've got to give credit to you, you managed to pull iPhone discussion in this thread with a valid point.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] PR_Grim:
How can I make my phone use 850 Band?

---------- Post added at 12:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:32 AM ----------

How can I force my phone yo use 850 mhz band? :cool:

---------- Post added at 12:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 AM ----------

By the way, does anyone know how yo make video calls from the native dialer option?
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
You can't make the phone do it. It's automatic. And you can't make video calls from the dialer pad because it's a network-dependent feature.
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Not true, you can flash certain modems and it will default to the 850MHz band...
[Galaxy S III General] PR_Grim:
So, there's no way to override it?
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Find a modem that defaults to the 850MHz band and flash it...
[Galaxy S III General] hectorzurdo:
Do you guys think that we can use the verizon iphone 4s or the iphone 5 with the 10 dollar non smartphone plan ??
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Makes me smile... but how are you gonna put the SIM card in Verizon iPhone to use with at&t?

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeecause all iPhone 5s have SIM card slots. They will work on AT&T 3G but AT&T would recognize it as an iPhone in a heartbeat. Sorry.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Oh is that true?

At least less fragmentation for them...

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
AT&T only has IMEI's for its own phones, as do other carriers. Occasionally though, phones like the Galaxy Nexus and some GS2 i9100's (lot of white ones for some reason) I believe are picked up by their system. You may be right, but going by the rule of "each carrier only has its own IMEIs", it wouldn't be detected.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I am willing to bet, that with the long history of AT&T and Apple, that AT&T has every IMEI in their database. That and the fact that there are other unique identifiers that flag a device as an iPhone on their network.
[Galaxy S III General] hectorzurdo:
I think that it comes to someone to proove it wrong , but how can att tell, what ar the other identifiers that can flag the device i dont believe att has all the iphone imeis in their database.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Yeah sadly there aren't many lte areas.

And with limited data it's like driving a ferrari in a valet parking lot.
[Galaxy S III General] mobilehavoc:
I pay $35 for 5GB of data. That seems to be enough for me.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Yeah, but I'm paying 10 for hspa+ and there's no 4g lte in my area. I would get the same speeds regardless.. 4g lte is in la and it sadly only covers the heart of la not even the sub cities.

But whatever works for you and whatever for you, to each his own.
[Galaxy S III General] deathpulse:
I am actually planning on switching from AT&T (int. galaxy note) to Sprint sIII. 5GB data is definitely not enough, and max download speed/second doesn't really make a difference for me after about 400Kb per sec. For me, streaming music and such (pandora etc) make a huge difference. I listen to these types of services at work and during my commute. AT&T has virtually eliminated this functionality for me due to the capping. "burst" download speed is super nice for my home computer where I download huge files and watch HD video - but I have no reason to do this on a handheld - not sure why you would? Overall, AT&T's current data plan has far less value to me as a mobile phone user who would like to use mobile streaming apps than its competitors :). Just my 2cents - I am sure others have different needs etc. (no, I don't have wifi I can use at work etc).
[Galaxy S III General] kirdroid:
Dude do you think our international version phones are stolen phones?

The article you mention is for stolen phones and that is a good thing they are doing.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
YOu

The whole point of this post was to emphasize that you can use unlimited hspa+ data for ten bucks! I'll will say it again in case you missed it. If you use international sgs3 on Att network, you can get unlimited HSPA plus data for cheaper price.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] DangKid:
How does this affect those still locked on a contract. Are we able to just switch data plans like that?

Sent from my Samsung Infuse running AOKP.
[Galaxy S III General] brekec88:
Im on att but have no upgrade available. Can i just open a new line and then use my old sim on a new phone and downgrade to dumb phone and get rid of any data plan...then just pay an extra 10 bucks for the extra line?
[Galaxy S III General] deathpulse:
Maybe I should READ your post first - eh? LOL. SO.. think this will work on my international Note?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Yes. You can still change data plan. That's what I've been trying to say. I signed a new contract last week with sg2 and I was still able to change. I've done it multiple times. let me post a screen shot for you to show it.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Yes. You are right. I have done this several times.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
This is the one of my lines which I upgraded last week. I've upgraded twice in last month and returned one phone.

For some reason the order which these data plans were added and removed is messed up.

So you see here that I originally had 2gb grand fathered plan. Then I upgraded once and they switched to 3 gb plan. Then when I returned it and upgraded again they switched it to a new 3 gb plan. I sold my last upgraded phone (im still in a two year contract). And then you see the unlimited data plan which is current.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] brekec88:
Thats crazy tight. Screw trying to choose ill just get both the one x and s3. For 350 and an extra 10 bucks a month, its worth having both. Do I have to wait a certain amount of time tl downgrade? I cant believe att lets you do that wow.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
You can downgrade right away, no minimum time is set in place.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] circuit.007:
Okay i have read this entire thread but I am still confused. If you guys could please clear this up for me. Here's my current situation: I'm on prepaid $30 tmobile plan that gives you 100 voice, unlimited text and data(up to 5gb) on a unlocked atnt i717 galaxy note. I am tired of the bad speeds on the note and want to switch to the international version of the gs3 because i do not care about lte ( i was complaining about speed on the note because it was slow as hell 1.2mbps or lower.., as long as i can get hspa+ like 5-8mbps on the gs3 i will be happy)

So here are my questions

1) what is the overall cost of this plan? I am a student and cannot afford costly plans. I understand the $10 unlim data that was mentioned, but what about talk, and text? How much is that? Basically how much will i have to pay monthly (i am fine with low voice mins)

i do not want to be locked into a contract. could i use atnts go phone plan of 25$ that gives you 200 mins and unlim text, and data 1¢ per 5 KB or buy a package which i could upgrade to the $10 dumb phone unlim data?

Could someone give me a step by step list of what i should do?

Should i switch to atnt, or just go for straight talk? Or can i just stay on my current tmobile plan (if this is possible I should get better speeds than on the note? )

Sorry for all the questions, I just really want to know all the options and make a good decision before i make the plunge

(Also just a note i do not have any other phones on me to use so please keep that in mind, before the note i was on virgin mobile (which is cdma))

Thanks in advance guys.
[Galaxy S III General] Toad858:
I dont beleive the intl sgs3 is a pentaband phone like he gnex is so tmobile speeds would be limited to edge (correct me if im wrong) So straight talk pre paid is your best bet. The ten dollar a month unlimted plan is only if you have unlimited messaging already on a family plan so its worth it to some people like me. Somebody correct me if im wrong
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
For you just go with straight Talk at walmart for 45 unlimited everything month to month.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
You are right m8. T mobile will work only on 2g for international GS3.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
That would be a good choice for you.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] kaijura:
This is the thread I saw with someone that bought an international i9300 (UK). He said it's registering as an iPhone for him. Is there more evidence as to whether or not this is clear?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27080687#post27080687

BTW - the IMEI sweeps sometimes while they are immediate, sometimes they can take weeks or a month. I've been using this loophole counting up to my 4th year, I've read a few who didn't get scanned until 2-3 weeks in. It probably depends on the cell tower you are connected to.
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
I thought Galaxy Nexus was impervious?

Or, is it now flagged as smartphone? No wonder so many are for sale in marketplace. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] tstaiano:
Able to Get HSPA+ on Unlimited MediaNet

Baldi: Do you know if anyone's tried calling & stating they have a 850/2100 band dumbphone (say, a Nokia C3-01) and request provisioning for the HSPA+ network but still able to stay on the Unlimited MediaNet? Technically that's NOT a smartphone but capable of accessing the HSPA+ frequencies - trying to get the higher speed boost for the $10 price.

FYI...I've got the HOX Int'l & pulling 3-4Mbps down & 1-1.5Mbps up, but just wondered if we can up the ante & get even more speed for the same $10.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
No idea. Depends on where you are really, on my One X I get between 3-9 Mbps down depending on where I am.

I think it's just all about location.
[Galaxy S III General] garyd9:
The stock firmware generally doesn't have a CSC for North America... so, I'm wondering which CSC folks here in the USA (on AT&T) are using?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I always change mine to BTU. Not sure if it really makes a difference though. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
What the f... How are they getting these IMEI's? From the manufacturer? From foreign carriers? Are they calculating them? Are you sure you didn't buy it from someone else who told AT&T that it was an S3 previously?
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
No, I'm saying, where are they getting the IMEI's for the phones from if we're not supplying them with them? Only the originating carrier (in my case Vodafone UK) and the manufacturer would have them.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
No the first few numbers are equal to any other SGS3 even the S4 cpu ones. That's a easy give away
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
As slim said, its available freely online. There is a database for it.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
Does Tab 10.1 T-Mobile 4G get detected by AT&T?

I found one Tab 10.1 T-Mobile 4G on Craigslist. I've never owned one and I'm thinking about getting this.
[Galaxy S III General] djlild7hina:
Mine is the international version. I gave them the IMEI of a dumb phone I had but the lady said "Are you sure? because the IMEI that you gave me is a different IMEI (belongs to galaxy s3) that I see. Had her disable my data plan but not going to try to put in my sim card again.
[Galaxy S III General] Brockg:
I've been using media net since June...got this msg today...wtf!?

AT&T Free Msg: Did you know a data plan is required for your Smartphone? We have added an appropriate data plan. Learn more at www.att.com/dataplans.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Exactly same thing happened to me today.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
The gig is up guys. It was nice when it lasted. The stupid things is that they're force the 3 gb option. I can't even select the 2 gb option.