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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ls1ssz28:
I had the evo 4g lte for about a week until i could take it back and get the s3.

My first reactions is i liked the screen on the Evo a little more, the S3 does seem to be faster and with the extra gb of ram the custom roms should make the phone alot better.

The evo did feel like a better built phone, but the s3 also feels very good.

The features that samsung put in the s3 with all the motion make for a nice experience, but i really did like sense(but again custom roms should negate this)

the S3 will have way better developer support and that is why im sticking with the s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kivlad:
Damn I'm jelly :crying:

The thing is the LTEvo looks and feels a bit wider than the GS3 despite being a couple of tenths of an inch less wide, probably due to the curved edges. This is important since I'm finding it a little easier to use one-handed than the GS2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KBizzle:
Bought my gs3 yesterday from radio Shack and is supposed to be delivered today. Of course tracking says it's on the truck out for delivery and it should be here by 3. That's 2 hours away. It would have to show up last minute wouldn't it? :-(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sonarchist:
That happenesd to me last week, so I called UPS......they advised me that for residential it could be up thru 7:00 pm.

The parcel arrived at 5:00, just in time to make a test video, the official 'unpacking' 2 min documentary that I uploaded immediately on youtube! Haha!

sent from today's android
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmengis6:
SwiftKey is a must...... It makes texting easy!!! Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lepapirriky:
I just got mine!!!

Just waiting until it charge 100% and see how it holds with all my apps and the smartwatch, because the epic 4g is about to have an heart attack since its running full ram all the time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
finally rooted today and flashed blazer rom! getting 5216 on quadrant :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Official Samsung convert, goodbye Sense. Just picked this phone up about an hour ago and it is awesome. As mentioned best buy is doing the price match!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
for those that have used the "phone Freedom" from Best Buy, is there a way to check if I signed up for it? don't remember getting any email confirmation or anything like that. If possible I would like to somehow check before I drive to a Best Buy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shabbypenguin:
anyone wanna test a kernel? :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Very true. The SG3 feels like a phone in your hand even though the screen is massive, but the EVO feels like a damn phablet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I think I got shafted a bit. I ordered mine at 4pm Sunday afternoon. I just got my shipping confirmation at 3am today. I checked the tracking number at ups.com, and my shipping information was sent to UPS at 2am Monday morning, but it didn't even reach the hub in Louisville until 11:40am this morning. So, while most of you who ordered on Sunday will be enjoying your new Galaxy S3s today, I will be waiting until Thursday. This kind of blows.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilxflip:
Has anyone ordered off of wirefly or radioshack and if so, do you get the pebble blue version because they only provide a picture of the blue one and there are no options to select a color.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
my radio shack only has pebble blue so might be your only option until they update their website with a white option. Also no 32GBs available.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
as long as teh_roxxers didnt help you with it :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lepapirriky:
From what I remember one BB rep said, if you are not sure they call somewhere and double check if you have it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sleestax:
Sprint finally has their act together. My wife wanted a SGS3 after playing with mine (to replace her crap blackberry bold). I ordered it yesterday around 4pm, and just received it (4:30pm). No activation, free shipping, and here in barely over 24 hours.

Good job Sprint. Now get that LTE network up and running.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TweetyBear:
how did you get free activation? they would never budge for me :banghead:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
You're lucky. Mine took over 36 hours just to get from the Sprint warehouse to the UPS hub. And that's just the amount of time after Sprint sent the shipping information to UPS, not the entire time since I ordered, which was 10 hours earlier. In fact, unless UPS can manage to get my package from Louisville, KY to Chicago, IL and then onto a delivery car and to my house in the next hour, I'll have to wait until Thursday because of the holiday tomorrow (unless UPS surprises me), which puts my total wait time since order at approximately 96 hours. That's 4 days for a next day shipment.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
Update: decided to stick with best buy, they're gonna do a price match with radio shack once radio shack has it in stock, and best buy will credit me the $50, should be gettin it friday, monday the latest
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ken830:
I chatted with a rep to confirm that they are running on Central Time and the phone will be available at midnight. Then, starting at 11pm, I started refreshing the website. Around 11:45, the website changed from "pre-order full" status to "out of stock" status. So, I called in to telesales and got my order in a few minutes before midnight on June 30th. I'm in California, so it really felt like I ordered on Saturday night. I got my tracking number yesterday afternoon, and deduced which UPS flight it was on using the location scan times. I stayed up all night to track the 3hr59m flight from Louisville to Oakland overnight. And I just watched the UPS guy drop off the package a few minutes ago over my IP Security Camera from work. Just around 64-hours total.

With the July 4th holiday and the 2-day ship times, I didn't want to take any chances. As you know all too well, if you're late by one day you'll pay for it with two. Depending on the time-zone of your stated times, you could've ordered like 12+ hours after me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I'm on central time, near Chicago. The thing that bothers me the most is that it took more than 36 hours between when my shipping info was sent and the package got to any UPS hub. If my shipping info was sent to UPS at 2am Monday (not sure which timezone UPS uses), how did my phone not get to UPS until 11:40am today? Especially for a next day air package. I realize Chicago isn't that far from Louisville, but do they really have to wait until the last minute to send it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jamin13:
That is ridiculous. I applaud you on your perseverance.

|Trolling With A Smile|
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ken830:
It sucks. I think your 4pm order on Sunday missed the cut-off, and you got lumped-in with the Monday orders.

Thank you, thank you! **Takes a bow**
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Maybe. But that doesn't explain how orders placed 24 hours after mine were shipped Monday, in time to arrive today, but mine didn't get shipped until this morning - late this morning no less.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jf11time:
I picked up my White 16GB at my local BB yesterday.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AdamLeonard:
I ordered the 32GB on Sunday. It arrived today . . . with a deep scratch on the screen. Seriously.

The phone comes with plastic wrap around the back of the phone but nothing to protect the screen. FAIL.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TweetyBear:
damn, I just got mine today too. I better go check it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
Dropped...Ok seriously this thing is so easy to drop, and today I dropped it and cracked the screen after 3 days of usage. How does TEP work with this thing, and what protective gel cover should I get with a replacement!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
Got my tracking number, getting it by friday
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilxflip:
Just ordered from radio shack and it's out of stock :\ gotta wait till they get another shipment
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
This is flippin weird.....i think i got my phone for free......cuz i had recieved the email sayin that there was a problem with my order and if i dont call in 2 days my order will be canceled.....so i called and told them to cancel anyway......lady told me to call back the next day cuz the sprint networks were down and updating.....i call the next day and they tell me about price matching with radioshack so i said fine ill go thru with the order.....i wake up today to find $228 in my bank account.....as if they already refunded me the money.....and they already shipped the phone....and its in transit, due to arrive friday.....so i called and asked if there was any problems with my order.....guy told me no......weird thing is that i dont get paid til friday

Edit: BTW, i ordered from Best Buy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shabbypenguin:
lolwut?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jamin13:
I think it works.

|Trolling with a smile|
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
:highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aznmode:
Nice! but is oc really needed? I find the phone kicks a$$ with just stock kernel. Running blazer rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shabbypenguin:
you my good sir dont understand the spirit of xda

its not a matter of if its needed, but if we can ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
I see in the very near future many bricked sgs3 and fried CPU's with as many new users and noobs as are on these boards.... Someone should take up a collection of these bricks and make some kind of sculpture.

Sent from a phone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpicyBurrito:
So this is the first time I'm letting the battery completely discharge. I'm satisfied with the battery life so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
yes and I want a 5500 quadrant score! :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I asked this in Q & A with a limited response, but when I got my phone on Tuesday and pressed the home key while on the home screen it would show me all 5 screens (screen preview) but today when press the home button on the home screen it does noting. Am I going crazy, can anyone confirm that pressing the button on the home screen is not showing you a preview either?

I know that holding the button shows running apps and double tap takes you to s-voice. It really isn't all that important to me but I just want to know for peace of mind and to make sure my phone is not malfunctioning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
This is happening to me as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Thanks man, I thought I was going crazy for second.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
thats TW it takes you to the main homescreen you can pinch if you want the view of the 5 .... if you prefer the home button to do it use another launcher like apex :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
The thing is that when we both 1st purchased it it was doing this....then it just stopped.lol....not a big deal though if you hit the soft ware button to the left of the home screen button and hit edit all 5 screes who up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilxflip:
I ordered my S3 from radio shack on Wednesday and they said they were out of stock. Do you know when they get another shipment?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
Don't you think you should be asking Radio Shack this question....really?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] esfan_adam:
USB driver issues

I cannpt connect my phone to my pc at all. It will not recognize drivers at all, any ideas? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jbluna:
Do you have different cables to try out? You 100% sure it's the right driver?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wet_farts:
look around in the dev section and install the drivers from the east root method. just to be sure you got them right.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] esfan_adam:
Agreed, I think that changed after the OTA Update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
I still have my money guys.....lol idk whats going on.....did i really get my phone for free?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Esoteric68:
I'm not sure what's going on but I ordered my SGSIII through Sprint on my son's account this past Sunday. The money came out of the bank immediately and we got the phone on Tuesday. I had to activate it on his account for 24hrs before he could pass it on to me (since I gave him the money to buy it lol). Yesterday evening, after the 24hrs were up, I logged into his Sprint account to re-activate his old phone and noticed that it's showing a $269.99 credit, which is the exact amount we paid for the 32gb phone.

It's weird but I'm sure they are going to adjust it at some point to cover the actual purchase of the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
I have the actual money in my bank account tho....and i bought it from best buy.....so do is it safe to say they screwed up and i got it for free? Or i dont touch the money just in case....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Esoteric68:
I wouldn't touch the money, just in case. Because when they do realize their mistake, and in all probability they will, they are going to be looking for their money.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirmims:
Anyone who ordered the 16gb in white and is interested in trading for a pebble blue PM me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
We'll see, i'll give it a week or soo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
No the credit stays there till the end of your billing cycle, and then the phone is charged on your bill to take the credit away. Always happens that way.

Edit: Nevermind I just realized you got it from Best Buy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
They always credit it to your bank account, then charge it on your next bill when you buy it online?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frazy:
hey does anyone know of any deals left on the sprint samsung s3? costco is out of stock (for online orders).............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
Radio Shack has $50 off any Android phone. It's the best deal you'll find anywhere for this phone for a while, I think.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
I got hype lol, they took the money back
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/

New OTA released today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
I hate UPS, they NEVER ring my doorbell and always leave that note.....now i gotta wait til later or monday
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] StarrLimit:
Same here and I be at home when they come
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
Im pissed, i was home ALL day, didnt see them or hear them, watch the same thing happen on monday :mad::banghead:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] throwback1718:
Placed my order yesterday for a 16 gb white... They are saying next Thursday at the latest for arrival.

Of all the phones I've ever had, this is the first one I ever renewed my contract for. Mind you my contact expired 2 years ago rockin with an old SERO plan.

I'm a lil ticked off that I have to pay that extra 10 bucks for lte that I'm not getting. The rep insisted that its a premium data fee.

Has anyone who lives in an area that doesn't have any lte coverage escaped these fees ?

Any how while I wait, I'm gonna look for some accessories.

Has anyone put a squaretrade coverage on their sgs3? I'm not sure if im cool with that 11 fee either.

I have till when I activate the phone to decide.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SemperFratres:
The $10.00 fee is a smart phone fee, not an LTE fee. All smart phones have the fee regardless of what radios are in it. You can also go to best buy and get their insurance. It is $10.00 per month with no deductible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
It's a premium data fee and there is absolutely nothing premium about sprint's data network. I suffered with that fee and their horrible network(comparatively)for a few years.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] throwback1718:
It's crazy because with my SERO plan it was initially 30 bucks. Boom. Then it went up to 40 which was the "smartphone fee " that applied to any phone with android with no 4g capabilities.

Understood. But now this extra 10 bucks is for what then? Aren't I already paying for my smartphone fee ?

Am I being robbed an extra 120 dollars a year for no reason ?

And in regards to best buy warranties , I can just go in there with a phone that I didn't purchase from them and get that warranty?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lepapirriky:
You can't get best buy insurance, you must buy the phone there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
Oh hey you glad you made the jump ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] itzike:
international models
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xenokc:
Apologies if this has been discussed, I searched the thread about signal strength differences between Evo LTE and SG3. I'm leaning towards SG3 but am very concerned about signal quality and losing calls. I had the original Evo and it worked perfectly at the bottom of my condo elevator to garage. I now have the Epic Touch (SG2) and it loses signal at bottom of elevator, every time. EVO was also better with internet access with 1 bar than SG2 is with 1 bar.

So now I'm thinking of going back to EVO LTE but like the SG3 overall. Can anyone who used both EVO LTE / SG3 talk about signal strength differences? Is SG3 weaker than EVO LTE like SG2 was weaker than original EVO? Since SG3 has a qualcomm chipset, I'm hoping it's much better than SG2 but Samsung doesn't have a very good history with their radios.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jbluna:
I want to get a Flygrip for my pebble blue one but I just can't decide on THE right color for the damn thing. Any pebble blue owners get a flygrip yet? if so what color?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shabbypenguin:
hey guys hopefully someone that is nice and rooted would be kind enough to get some partition dumps for teh verizon guys. they wanna compare and see if they can get something to unlock thgeir crap

mkdir /sdcard/dump
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/sdcard/dump/backup.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/dump/efs.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/sdcard/dump/fota.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/dump/fsg.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 of=/sdcard/dump/grow.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=/sdcard/dump/modemst1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/dump/modemst2.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/dump/pad.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/dump/param.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/sdcard/dump/persist.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/dump/rpm.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/dump/sbl1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/dump/sbl2.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/dump/sbl3.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/sdcard/dump/ssd.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/sdcard/dump/tz.img

if someone could run those commands via adb shell or terminal emulator that would be awesome. make sure you are rooted and have busybox installed (there is an app t hat will install it if you arent sure or dont have it ;) )

lets help the verizon guys out :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MrTimz:
Hey shabby, I was going to, may let you know tomorrow, Ill tweet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
first time drop box user and can't seem to get my free 48GBs ?

I only have 2.5GB how do i link my phone to get the additional GBs.

My phone was sync with a different email address then the one i used to create and later delete my drop box from my desk top. I've might of fudged up and don't know if i can still get the extra GBs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misagh99:
Is there anyway to get galaxy s3 work with wimax? I live in sacramento ca and I just upgrade from evo 3d to s3 and i findout that s3 doesn't work with wimax. I searched online and it seems that sprint going to run 4g lte service in our area at the end of 2013 and i can't get stock with sprint 3g because it is too slow. Also i dont want to switch from sprint because of unlimited data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jbluna:
nope

sorry, different radio systems
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misagh99:
Well i think i have to stick on galaxy s2 for next couple years.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GatoL0c0:
You have to complete some steps in order to get your space. Log into your Dropbox account on your computer and click on the "Get Started" (birthday cake) icon. I don't think you have to complete all 7 steps. I think just 5.

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...oh btw, it's only free for two years so you'll have to pay $9.99 per month to keep it after that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I can't compare the two since I never owned the Evo LTE but I can tell you I get a stronger signal at my house with the S3 than I did with my 3D. When I picked up my S3 at bestbuy there where already two people returning their Evo LTE's for the S3 and I spoke to both of them about the switch, they both stated they had random reboots, weak signal, and bad wifi connections.

I was torn between the two phones as well, but a major deciding factor was that I had gone through 4 Evo 3d's within a year and I was really weary of HTC's build quality after that, but that's just me. To be sure of reception where you live go get either phone, try it out within the 15 day period and see how well it does. You can swap out within that 15 day window if you don't like either phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RickyRage:
Lets see if UPS tries pullin some BS today......im on full alert mode waitin for them.....

Edit: finally got it, im a happy camper now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
now that everyones got their gs3's anyone playing this preorder game again with the nexus 7? I think ill just wait and buy one in the store I dont know if my heart can take another pre-order :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] throwback1718:
this happened to me just now 10 mins ago. I didnt expect it to be delivered today since I just ordered on friday, so I didnt really follow up on the tracking. I just decided to check it for the hell of it... And it said delivery attempt made... 3:57PM

I was HOME! and mind you, this is 4:20 PM I just ran outside and went driving around looking for the UPS man, no wallet, just car keys lol. I found him, and since he always delivers to my house he knows my name so he just gave it to me.

Glad I got my GS3 today, Ill play with it for a while, and activate it later today or tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
I have a feeling that in two years online storage will be so cheap it wont be an issue

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not overly impressed with the specs... think I'll wait till the second one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fatboypup:
chi you cray! its a beast at a bargain tab price :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Anthrax-VX:
gs3 OTA update for Sprint...

im rooted so not sure if ill be prompted to dl this. they talk about it on engadget, it doesnt seem to be too significant.

not sure if its worth it for me to go through the trouble to unroot etc. what do u guys think about this update? and has anyone actually gotten it yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RandomBlue:
So long Sprint, off to Verizon!

Gave the Sprint GS3 a shot for a few days and the phone is awesome but the network sucks. Signal fluctuates between 1-3 bars in my house and I get about .3Mbs down, .5Mbps up inside, while I get a whopping .8Mbps down around town. Most commercial buildings completely kill my data signal.

Going to return this one and try and pick up one on Verizon tomorrow. They have LTE here (while Sprint's answer was sometime in 2013... sure..) and even without LTE I was getting up to 2Mbps down with them in the past. Locked boot loader, here I come. *ugh*