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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
I emailed Samsung support about the problem and explained that a number of other people seem to be experiencing the same thing... They were not very helpful at all and suggested I contact my network provider to see if there was a problem in my area....

I've just updated with the new over the air firmware and will continue to monitor the phones performance and keep you all posted.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan0s:
I'm having a very similar problem.

Wifi seems to be a bit weak sometimes and also the signal may be full at 4 bars then immediately drop to 1 and sit there for quite a while. Gradually it goes back up to 4 then repeats.

Anyone else having issues like this? I've rooted the phone already and wondering if i'll need to return it. Everything else seems to be fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Totòòò:
I had the same problem with signal. I did not bother finding out whether it was hardware or software issue. Simply returned it and got another one that has no such problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
The over the air update from Samsung does not seem to make any difference to the signal either way!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
I am going to flash some stock firmware via odin and was wondering which file download button I press to I put the file in :- Bootloader, PDA, Phone or CSC?

I just want to install the firmware and don't want to wipe the phone. Will this leave everything else as is?

I am with O2 but I bought the phone from phones for you and have an unbranded stock firmware so I am going to try the O2 version (I9300XXALE8) to see if it helps...

Any other advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Search before posting please.

Read my post #3 for firmware and guide ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
I did read the post and have downloaded odin, firmware and read the guide. I'm just not sure about that one part of it...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salada2k:
Really? I did the same thing, and perhaps got exactly the same problem with my new handset... So I started to think that perhaps there is no hardware problem after all.

But after reading what you wrote perhaps I will take it back again. When you say no such problem, can you describe a little the difference between your old one and your new one? Thank you. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Just flashed the O2 UK firmware so will let you all know how i get on with it regards the signal.

The only other difference is that an new icon has appeared in the status bar - It's a capital N with some signal bars attached to the the bottom left of it. Any ideas what this is?

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
So I've been using the phone all day with the new firmware I got from sammobile and I don't think it has made much difference.

However after monitoring the phone for the past week and today with the new firmware, I do believe that my problem in particular is down to the area I live in.

I used the phone all day at my place of work (which is not too far from where I live) in the country and I have had excellent signal and no dropped calls all day.

I have noticed that when outside my house the signal improves and is stable at around 3 bars. I do not think that my problem is with the phone. I have tried holding it in different ways and tried covering the part of the phone the antenna is housed in and it has made no difference to the signal either way.

I contacted O2 and they did say that I should have excellent signal in my area and can't understand why I'm not getting better reception. They are sending an engineer to check the mast in the next five days to see if there is anything wrong that could be causing problems...

Incidentally, my previous phone (an HTC Desire) had bad signal in this area. It had better reception than the Galaxy S3 but still not great....

Hope this is of some use.

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salada2k:
My guess would be that maybe NFC is active?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramonks:
I've been in contact with amazon about my poor signal and they are sending me a new handset tomorrow. So I'll let you guys know if I have any difference in signal strength. I have my fingers crossed that it will be better because I really like the sgs3 and don't want to have to find another device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
I have random cellular signal issues, just set it to WCDMA only, maybe that will fix it dropping. What modems are out there is there a thread with a list?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
Had to turn it back to auto, twice it droppwd completely.

I'm really near the tower, -85db

It shouldn't have any problems :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramonks:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969&page=2

This should have a list of modems. I've tried nearly all of them and had no luck.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
Think I've found the/a problem.

If you cup your hand around completely the bottom left of the phone, the corner where the capacitive button is, signal drops and after a few seconds cellular singal goes completely move it away, pop back on full signal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I cannot reproduce this. That's where I hold the phone anyway
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
I meat cup it around so your hand is over the menu button and the back.

Do you get signal issues when its laying on a table with your hands away.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I work in fluctuating signal areas. Usually I don't see much digbsk loss, but cell standby tells me I've usually had 10% or just over without signal.

I'm just saying when I had a good signal, I tried to cup as you explained and I didn't see it drop any bars. Those bars don't really give any granularity. Ill check asu next time
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salada2k:
Definitely. My GS3 suffers from 'death grip' too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
For me it's hard to say. Sometimes when I pick it up the signal drops but then (without changing the way I am holding it) after a few seconds it increases again, drops again and so on.

I have tried covering the whole bottom section of the phone and it doesn't seem to make it any worse (or better).

Think I will try and get hold of an orange pay and go micro sim to test the operator signal...

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deltanet1983:
Yesterday i got my replacment gs3 from carphonewarehouse as the previous one had some issues.

Anyway on my first phone i had all the signal problems mentioned in here...

I have to say that on my new handset it is better...in GSM mode only signals stays usually on 4 bars allover my house when on the old handset had 2 or 3.

Just to mention that new phone came with LF2 installed while the first one i updated to LF2.

It has some signal drops in some places but overall it is better.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramonks:
After a bit of googling I found a discussion on the vodafone forums

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsu...1146615/page/2 someone mentions that the galaxy has a lower power radio to comply with some wireless rules. They are trying to stop us frying our brains. Here is a little quote with some numbers

"The Galaxy S3 and there previous have been Low

The Galaxy S Was 0.35W/Kg

The Galaxy S3 is 0.21W/Kg

The HTC Is A wopper 0.91W/kg Now this is the EU spec phone and is not aloud to be sold in the USA because of this.

This is why there getting a differant HTC one X "

Ive had the same experience with 2 handsets and ive decided to send them back for a refund. I'll try a different device, at least I had a good go on the galaxy. Plus I found If I order from Amazon.de its £30 cheaper.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Hmmm

Not sure what to do now.

I have 4 days left to return my phone via phones 4 u for a replacement under the 28 day warranty or after that it has to go back to Samsung.

Thoughts anyone?

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Found this on the Vodafone forum which might shed some light on the signal issues

Third post

- http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III/samsung-galaxy-s3-signal/td-p/1146615/page/2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Just a quick update...

I contacted Phones 4 U tech support and explained the problem and they told me to back everything up and do a factory reset. I told the agent that I was skeptical that doing a factory reset would make any difference but agreed to go ahead and do it.

I can confirm that it has made no difference at all.

I have also noticed though that the signal read out on the status bar may display no bars, but it is still possible to make and receive perfect calls. In fact this happened while on the phone to the tech support guy and he suggested it may be a software fault...

I have been given a 14 day extension to my store warranty for testing and if I do not see an improvement I can take it back and get it exchanged for a new one...

Looks like that is what I will do just to be sure and will keep everyone here posted with the results.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
I'd like to add that vodafone was never really great in my area ordered some other sims to try. 3 UK has an all you can eat data package for £25/m which is 1 month rolling. Vodafone suck for data, from unlimited (when I had the htc magic) they dropped it to 500mb and kindly offered to upgrade it to 1gb if I paid more (when I got my sgs). Thank god for sim free phones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neovo79:
signal strenghter

I have a Nokia N78 and I am comparing signal bars with Galaxy S3's on the exact same spot with same operator

There is a huge difference in favor of Nokia!

I am really disappointed. There is an antenna solution in ebay:

You can serach for "

CAR VEHICLE/HOME SIGNAL STRENGTH BOOSTER REPEATER ANTENNA FOR CELL PHONE PHONES"

I am really sure that those stickers are scam but would this antenna work? Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Not sure about those devices neovo. I have no experience but have been looking at the powered type...

Just an update about Galaxy S3 signal issues; My wife upgraded on Tuesday and got the blue Galaxy S3. Like myself she stayed with O2 and I can confirm that her phone signal is no better or worse than mine and behaves in exactly the same way - even when the phone displays no bars, we can still make and receive calls...

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damasterjj:
I'm waiting for the Verizon USA version, so do you think it will have signal problems too?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muldersleigh:
Going by this information, I would imagine the USA version would be even worse...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
An update to my problem, just switched to 3 UK and already noticable diference.

For the most part I'm in H+ mode. I've actually had full bars of reception, and the 'death grip' isn't as big an issue anymore, lower signal but still some.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damasterjj:
you could be right the at&t version HTC one X is at 1.54 W/kg, the verizon version could be slightly higher. the USA sar standards is lower than international

USA 1.6 W/kg

international 2.0 W/kg
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theodore41:
my galaxy s3 has no network but has signal.

Hi.

It is my first post here,and I salute you all.

I have a problem with a Galaxy S3,bought from Germany,and having a new version of firmware,with #i9300XXALF6,which asked to.

Two times,on Saturday,and today,I had not network,but had 4-5 signal lines.

I "solved" the problem,restarting the device,but I think it is unacceptable situation for me,as the phone is so expensive,but also because I must be stand by,having my mother in Hospital,and I need my telephone always OK.

Theodore,

Athens.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nobol:
Hi,

i have similar Galaxy s3 signal problem. In my house is very good reception but sometimes happen that I had not network, but had 4-5 signal lines.

It is problem because in place where is good reception i am sometimes unavailable. This is not for the first time i hear about this type of signal problem. I hope this is software bug and will be solved in next firmware update. Maybe would be good Samsung know about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baryyt:
I guess most of you are using the latest unbranded firmware its just a ploblem with the modem not a hardware problem if you want just flash ur old firmware back and it will fix ur problems

If i helped say thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theodore41:
Hi.

I downloaded,the firmware,that the mobile asked to do.Not a unknown one.

Could you please,write what should I press, so as to learn,what the firmware is?

Thank you anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baryyt:
Go to settings then about device and it will say ur firmware
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kerrmuir:
sorted

I did the same and changed mine a few times to see which worked for me. Vodafone modem worked best for me.

This has sorted my failed texts and connection problems too..:D

Hope this can help others too...:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neosir:
wi-fi connecting and disconnecting randomly!

I'm having the same problem. Have there been any recent improvements?

---------- Post added at 01:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:27 PM ----------

Probably a stupid question, but how do i know which modem to use? Appreciate your help. Thank you :o
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leilei_z:
Hey guys! I have a Swedish S3 and have a problem with its signal dropping to zero and lose both my data and voice connections. I took it to my operator and they are fixing it now with a spare part. So I'm guessing this is a common problems.... miss my S3 so much :'(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cropcircle:
Hi all

I think I just solved this issue on my phone.

What I did to solve it is:

Take off the TPU case !

I always got 1-2 bars on the cellular signal and sometimes the signal even dropped completely. With the TPU case off I'm getting 3-4 bars where I used to get only 1-2.

I can confirm that this solved this issue on another SGS3.

The TPU case is one of those cheap generic ones you get for a few $.

I can also confirm the "You're not holding it right" bug that is described here:

http://androidheadlines.com/2012/06...-beloved-galaxy-s-iii-of-yours-too-tight.html

Sometimes, when I get low signal, I just hold the device differently and the signal improves.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _IRIX:
I've had the same issues with SGS 3 mini however - with the stock software.

Then I rooted it, however it doesn't seemed to help, since I'm in the bloody eastern Europe, and the rooted one was for some..i-am-not-sure-baseband fw.

I have used the modem.bin from the firmware for/from my carrier, and flash it on the already rooted phone.

For now I do not experience any problems. It worked like a charm.

I will test it for few days and I will update you.

UPDATE: The problems started again after 3-4 days of use. BLah..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlm4241985:
wifi issues

was wondering if anybody else had a problem with their wifi on the T Mobile s 3 SGH T999.my phone is rooted but I'm still running a stock rom.but when I had my Galaxy Note 2 I didn't have any problems with the wifi that I have and now that I get an s3 I have problems with WiFi between 1&2 bars only.. I heard that having 4.1 .2 had WiFi issues was wondering if I put a custom ROM on with that solve the problem or is there something else that I can do... please help.....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Wrong forum, this is the i9300 forum
[Galaxy S III General] stepinmyworld:
Maybe People aren't addressing this because there's nothing that can be done about it because it's part of the hardware or they don't wanna point out how bad this mistake was by Samsung with their lack off attention to the video/audio quality.

Every video so far has been absolutely atrociousness when it comes to sound quality in a video. Almost make me want to wait for the next device on tmobile.. it's the reason i couldn't stand HTC phone and now samsung farts out a turd like this.

Not crying about it ( i truly want to) lol but I would like to know if it's possible for it to be fixed.. anyone else irked by this?
[Galaxy S III General] B3311:
There's already a thread on this issue. Search and you will find.

For me, I'm not adressing this issue because I don't care. "Don't wanna point out..." What? OK, pointed out - still don't care;)
[Galaxy S III General] stepinmyworld:
Amazing how you'd reply with that lol smh
[Galaxy S III General] Meltus:
Maybe people aren't addressing this issue because, honestly, no one else cares :)

It's hardly an important issue for the majority of users.

What's the in-call quality like anyway? If the person on the other end can hear you nice and clear then there's no reason the video can't record decent audio too.
[Galaxy S III General] B3311:
I have no idea what you mean.
[Galaxy S III General] stepinmyworld:
That's a possibility @ them not caring but how about the consumers who do? We're all paying the same price.. i guess it's a take it or leave it kinna thing. And recording voice and recording video audio is different (I'm almost sure im not mistaken)
[Galaxy S III General] lgkahn:
Well I care.. that is why I use my Sgs instead of Sgs ii. Hopefully voodoo will work on us version of Sgs iii or I will return it.
[Galaxy S III General] Meltus:
Can't see why they would be different, they both use the same microphone do they not? It's just the method of recording that may differ. That is something that could most probably be modified though.

I believe both the international and the US version both use the same audio chip (I could be wrong) so it should indeed be voodoo compatible.
[Galaxy S III General] Srgsx:
Some folks are saying the poor video audio is due to the noise cancellation microphone being engaged during a non-phone call situation when it should not be. Any truth to this ? The One X also shares this same fault -
[Galaxy S III General] stepinmyworld:
so strange because the Evo LTE has very good video audio recording quality.. the video is shaky but the audio that comes from it is far better than the S3.. i wish someone could possible deactivate the noise cancellation feature and then record to see if that helps.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] KMing:
Let share any good APP together!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] stupotty1210:
App:

media center controler:

controle your pc's media with your smart phone, tunes your phone into a windows media center remote via wifi. handy when your in bed xD

Games:

Plants Vs Zombies.

Wher's my water.

pool break pro.

cut the rope.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Xcutionr:
Games:

Monster Shooter

Zenonia 1/2/3/4

Zombieville

Panda Run

Apps:

Manga Casa (if you like anime-download this)

Missed it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
One nice app is routerkeygen that let us discover closed wifi password:D

Games:

Mass effect

inmortals

metal slug
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] aaiko:
I would suggest SoundHound, ColorNote, n7player

Games:

fifa 2012
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] myshowbiz:
Titanium Backup

AndAR

Autorun Manager Pro

Game :

Fish Live

My Country

PES 2012
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Pseudonym:
What app exactly? :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] KMing:
Hi there,Can control at any place??Wow
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
Its call Routerkeygen here is one link you can see this

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=qFXPtkrbgZ0&v=qFXPtkrbgZ0&gl=AR

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830L usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] jumbobombo:
Wow!! Pls pm me the apk :)

Sent from my GT-S5830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
Check your pm bro

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830L usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Pseudonym:
PM to me too xD
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] eagleeyetom:
Who can confirm that Router Keygen is a warez app? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] PulseDroid:
It's free see here: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/router-keygen_rduw.html

BUT...I did not find it on playstore, but androidzoom does not share warez so I think it's free:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
Check your pm.:D

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
The dev of the app allow all to download to his web page

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830L usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] vertlink:
PM me too, please :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Xcutionr:
PM me the link too, please.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] diegonnc:
pm me too please;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] KMing:
lolx,pm me 2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] zane05:
Pm me too please!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] rishi1989:
Also pm it to me plz
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Pseudonym:
Why dont you just post the apk here. Is it illegal?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] JDMBrooksy:
That what i were thinking tbh..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
Here is the apk of wifi unlocker(based on the router keygen source,updated)

Note: this is not warez, if you look at the about it shows the app is licensed under GPLv3.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Xcutionr:
Question to whoever got the link. Does it actually work?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
The standalone super Mario works :) controls are a bit arkward though, doesn't work with multitouch properly.

Sent from my GT-S5830 using my hands :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Xcutionr:
Ok. Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
Well as some people want it ... here you are Routerkeygen

Apk: http://db.tt/U038US45

And this is a video instruction... but it is in spanish only sorry for that :http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=qFXPtkrbgZ0&v=qFXPtkrbgZ0&gl=AR

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] pitbull111:
pm me 2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] maxidad35:
Look another page

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
@84mabel its like I have to move the second finger I put down around a bit before it recognizes that its there.

Sent from my GALAXY Ace.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Marco Lomas:
I use:

Gamecih - for hacking the games

Droidsheep - for diversion of hacking facebooks and twitter ^^

Routerkeygen - passwords of wifi locked

Wifikill - disconnect all who are aconeccted on my same wifi

Luckypatcher - u know!

Blackmarket - u know too! XD

And games:

Pes 2012

Gta 3

Hero of sparta

Nova 1

Gameboid- game boy advance emulator

And Wii controller - for play games conecting my phone to the television and conecting to my Wii controller ;D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] fer14:
Root Explorer Pro .apk

Root Uninstaller Pro .apk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ryant22:
Unified remote, like the first reply, but connects to more than just media center
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Zky_Izzuddiin:
pm me too plz :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Doo:DAce:
Blacma *cough*, LuckyPatch*cough*, and TbPatch*cough* *faints*

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] southernknight:
*cough* *cough* me too *cough* *cough*:sly: