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[Galaxy S III General] paradoxy:
Hey XDA

This is my first post on here and its not the best subject.

My girfriend got a brand new shinny white Samsung Galaxy S3 straight from the 3Store. Noticed two corners on the backplate have what looks like air bubbles under the gloss!

Not happy, but she didnt care and wouldnt let me take it back.

10 days later and the air bubbles have broken and cracked. (see pictures)

I was just wondering if anybody has seen this problem before.

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We went into the 3Store today hoping to get a replacement backcover, i was wrong, the people there were rude and completely useless!!!

Another thing we have noticed is the poor battery life. Samsung have not done a good job of optimizing CPU / memory using in the software, i think it could be a lot better.

Oh and the WiFi is awful too.

Apart from these issues the phone is AWESOME!
[Galaxy S III General] tietherope:
You only needed 1 space in the link.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Thats too bad. Mine is luckily is defect free(display aside). Battery life is almost perfect to me and i Oc'ed an UV'ed the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] kulzboy:
For those who are too lazy to fix the links themselves
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Return phone as not fit for purpose under the sale of goods act .

Problems contact trading standards .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] bscotth:
If I were you, I would just buy this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Housing-Bat...067?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c662d0b4b

for only 10 dollars.

I understand that the phone is defective and you should get a new one, but I personally wouldn't want to have to deal with any OEM or retailer longer than I have to. If the backplate is the only issue, I would buy this and be happy knowing I wouldn't have potential to receive another broken phone as a replacement.
[Galaxy S III General] paradoxy:
Seachts Jan,

Cheers guys, a bit disappointed that the Samsung Flagship Device has defects like this. Im guessing, by the feel of it, most of the glossy veneer will crack and fall off the backplate within a few month!!

IMO the back plate should be designed to take a bit of a beating.

Has anybody seen / heard about this on another S3 ?
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
OUCH!!

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[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
I have replaced my back cover with the flip cover case made by samsung and it looks good and strong. No battery issues here until now and 3 is not that good by the way, I have had problems in the past as well.

Hope you get it sorted :)
[Galaxy S III General] vimto25:
I have like ripples/dents all over 1 side of mine i havnt a clue how they ahve happened but i noticed the other day, not happy with this backplate at all,

im happy in general with the device even tho battery life isnt the greatest its a touch over s2 for me
[Galaxy S III General] Envy718:
I hope this doesnt happen to my phone when i get it in the US since every carrier is behind on giving people their phones.:(
[Galaxy S III General] nttcar:
Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 Defect Unit watch out before you buy

My friend bought from HK brand new one, first two days, got issue with phone not able to receive phone , they reset it, now screen totally dark but can hear the notification tone if someone send SMS. He went to store , they replaced the hardware. Does anyone have the same issue.

It seems the quality of Samsung S3 is .......SxxT. And they are not offer exchange for brand new one. only had 7 days
[Galaxy S III General] prank1:
My friend bought a UK GS3 from a mobile retailer, and it had two hairline cracks on the bezel out of the box.

He thought it was normal until he saw my own GS3 which was free from such defects, at which point he tried to get this mobile retailer to replace the phone.

It had been over their 28 days policy and they were unprepared to do anything about it, and kept telling him to write to Samsung, or let Samsung examine it to see if its a manufacturing defect at which point the mobile retailer will be able to replace it.

The problem is that Samsung have denied its an issue (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/371555/20120808/samsung-galaxy-s3-cracked-battery-cover-white.htm)

This would mean if he had samsung look at it, it would result in nothing happening. Yet the problem is so obvious on the phone, the two cracks are deep, and are the result of something obviously going wrong at the assembly line, the crack lines are perfectly straight.

The Sales of Goods act says that cosmetic defects also count as being faulty, so in this case denying to resolve the matter would be violating the customers rights. No matter how many articles from the law and office of fair trading website (oft.gov.uk) my friend quoted, that were in his favour, the mobile retailer was having none of it. They had never heard of SOGA and at one point my friend was told American law doesn't apply in the UK, but obviously the SOGA is a British law.

So I guess at this point he will contact the the office of fair trading.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LegacyKill3r:
I notice the Galaxy III has some cool A** Roms and Themes why are we so far behind?:confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankele:
How long would it take... 1, 2 and...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NORCALkID:
This is a sprint phone it's very limited in users ... The galaxy you speak of is an international phone so it has more users throughs the world

And this is not development you posted in the wrong section
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] term117:
Galaxy s iii came out in April, give it some time. We will have AOSP, CM9, and MiUi at least starting in the next few months I would guess. Remember I preordered and only got my phone 11 days ago.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Leoisright:
Plus one on that. I'm gonna be adding the device tree to our source here soon for some classicnerd aosp flavors too. I'm sure this phone will explode here soon. It's been what, a couple weeks at most? I would say this developement has been faster than most and on par to become a legendary device.

Sent from my ClassicJewel
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vanessaem:
Your thread has been moved. It didn't belong in Development.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LegacyKill3r:
Thanks

thanks guys for the quick responds....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Evo_Shift:
There are so many good phones now days you are never going to get the amount of development for one phone as you did back in the Classic EVO days. It's just the way it is. Developers are spread too thin and a lot of them still support devices that are 2+ years old.

The terrible state of Sprint's network doesn't help either. Once LTE is available nationwide and people start seeing Sprint as an option for fast mobile data maybe more people will sign with them. I wouldn't expect that to start happening until 2014 or so. The people with Sprint now are most probably long time customers who are with them for the price rather than the performance.

I am more than happy with what we do have. The phone has been out a couple weeks and we have all sorts of mods, a bunch of really good Sense roms, even without a kernel source being released yet, and two really well known AOSP roms under way. I would love a few full blown themes and hope they come in time. I miss my blue Sense themes that I had while running mikshifted g back on my evo shift.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LegacyKill3r:
well said, I agree with you 100%.. I hope we can get those blue sense themes rolling..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
Was going to note that source code has not even been released for the EVO LTE. What do u expect? Can't work on a lot without the source...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
401!!!!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
the irc of Evo LTE Developers has some of the biggest names ive seen in a long time across multiple devices. They are just running private tests with a group of people before posting their roms. besides with out source we can only do so much.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dsEVOlve:
3 new ROMs landed today including MIUI...just sayin'
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LegacyKill3r:
Yea but a lot of them have a non-working camera
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dsEVOlve:
That's why it is called development. If it was done there would be nothing left to develop :-)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] E.T.Heil:
Honestly I can see the LTE being the next "EVO 3D"...the specs on this beast are impressive and it is more than capable of handling damn near anything thrown at it. LTE will be great to have, I don't miss my 4G that much as I use WiFi more often than not. But as the Dev's are finding out, even the hboot is completely different and we are not locked out of 95% of the boot sectors as with the 3D....not to sound too cheesy, but HTC built it...they will come lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
Personally I'm not looking for a thousand roms. I actually like a smaller development community with quality roms. I had that over at the OG Epic and Evo3d community and was more then happy. Each community happily lead me to a new device, which is usually yearly. What i look for in development is improvement over stock, fixing nagging bugs, useful tweaks and speed enhancements. If i get that i find no point in flashing and flashing. After awhile you got to realize development has peaked and there's not much to improve upon and one simply just move on.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
i too dont like alot of roms, i hate sifting through pages and pages of roms

that either look like crap, have been scrapped or not supported, or have such minute changes from the rom above it.

i prefer a small collection of super stable roms

i also prefer the team roms because alot more highly skilled devs are involved in it together.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Riff76:
I'm just a beginner but I think I've made some cool mods for this phone

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] diestarbucks:
Agreed good Sir.
[HTC Sensation] joemoss:
So ive had my sensation for 3 months now and have had no issues so far. Yesterday my phone was acting sluggish so i restarted it then after it came back on i unlocked it and it immedately shut off and wouldnt turn on for about a hour. then i got it to boot up and it shut off again.

Also when i plug the phone into my computer or charger nothing happens either it wont charge it seems like

Today it booted fine and im trying to flash a stock rom on it so i can bring it to the tmobile store but everytime i try reboot to recovery the phone turns off like normal but dosent boot back up

Any ideas???
[HTC Sensation] yahhboy:
Try booting straight into the boatooader from when its turned off using the button combo

Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
[HTC Sensation] joemoss:
got it into bootloader said volatge low or something like that i full wiped installed stock rooted rom and now it wont turn on
[HTC Sensation] yahhboy:
If it refuses to turn on that may be good for a warranty exchange cause now you don't have to do what I said below. Keep trying to turn it on to see what happens...

I'd just run a ruu then s-on and get a warranty exchange, it sounds like there's a hardware problem.

Edit: maybe your battery??

Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
[HTC Sensation] htcbrazilian:
Try new battery or try charging the battery on those external charger ?

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] joemoss:
thanks for the advice guys i dont have a external charger so i went into my local tmobile store and they are giving me a warranty exchange. Hopefully my charger port just went bad on my phone

we will see what happens
[HTC Sensation] htcbrazilian:
Well that's good that you gonna get a new one

Sent from my HTC
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
Called Verizon and they told me that the unlimited plan i'm on is guaranteed as long as I'm on a contract. Once under contract, if they change the plan that drastically, you can get out of the plan. I will be off my existing contract in a few weeks. 2 different CS reps said that the month to month plans will not be changed but cannot be guaranteed to stay that way and is very likely to convert to new plans by end of year or early next year.

She recommended just getting a new phone if I wanted to just make sure. I told her I like my phone and really didn't want a new phone or contract. She said that all the other carriers already have plans to implement similar packages so if i wanted to guarantee an unlimited rate, i would have to buy a new phone by the 28th (or pre-order the S3) or just take the risk.

I'm leaning towards the S3 even though i hated my fascinate and droid charge. I wish there was a way around it, but i use 6 gigs a month. I flash roms which reload all my apps, i stream music like crazy while at work and share data with my ipad.

Anyone know if this is true? If getting a contract guarantees me 2 more years of unlimited LTE, i will do it. I guess i could get the razr maxx too.

any reccomendations between the 2?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] oildriller83:
When I talked to Verizon before getting my RAZR. They said the only way your plan will change, is if you upgrade after the tiered plans take affect. As long as you stayed with your old phone, or payed full retail, you would keep your old plan whatever it may be.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sullytrny:
Backup apps local. It saves me time and aggravation.

64gb sd card is my next experiment

Battery life => 2 Days RazrMaxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iBolski:
Or, as in my case, get your phone outside of Verizon. Then, it's not a contract renewal, it's an activation only since I didn't purchase the phone upgrade through them. I guess it's the same as purchasing it at full retail (unless you get it via ebay or as a trade from someone else). I didn't purchase my through Verizon so I got to keep my unlimited data and it will stay that way until they pry it from my cold, dead hands! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
so they were lying? contract is not going to change? they have to honor unlimited as long as i like?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iBolski:
Unless you do an upgrade via Verizon and don't pay full retail price. Basically, you are renewing your contract when you do the upgrade through Verizon. Then, at that point, you are beholden to Verizon to switch to the tiered pricing.

Otherwise, pay full retail price for the phone or get it from someone else that isn't connected with Verizon and then activate it on Verizon, you get to keep your unlimited data plan. I got my phone outside of Verizon so I didn't have to switch to the tiered plan.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] refuse2bstopped:
I'd call again, maybe ask a supervisor? I've been told at least 3 times that as long as you had service during the "unlimited" era that you would be considered "grandfathered" which means it would stay that way as long as you don't leave and come back and it's still on that same line. You can change the phone number, but if you leave for a period of time by canceling a contract prematurely OR leaving because it's over and try to come back, THEN you would no longer be considered "grandfathered" and would be at the mercy of the new plans. Even if you stay month to month AFTER the contract instead of renewing it, you would still be grandfathered as long as you didn't let the service on that line come to an actual complete end. I used my upgrade on the Razr just in the beginning of April and still have my "unlimited" data.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shinare:
I left and came back and lost my unlimited. I'm very sad panda. Do everything u can to ensure u keep it even if means stuck on same phone!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
I am doing what i can. Basically what i'm hearing from Verizon is that the grandfathering is only going to last till the end of the year and because you're not on a contract is not guaranteed. The only certain thing is they will not convert you next week. But that amount of time is VERY limited, perhaps 6 months before they pull that grandfathering.

Only through a new binding contract will they honor the unlimited rate. So if i get a new phone from them now, i get 2 years vs 6 months. For me at 6gigs a month the difference is $69 currently vs $135 on tiered. 18 extra months on unlimited if i get a contract will save me $1800.

Again, i know it's not a sure thing, but i'm just trying to find out how likely they are to end the grandfathering in 6 months. Even a little likely is too likely for me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iBolski:
What they mean by taking it away is that they won't honor it any more WHEN you do an upgrade of your phone through Verizon.

There are a number of ways to keep your unlimited data plan:

When it's time to upgrade your phone, purchase the phone at full retail price.

Purchase your phone via a 3rd party and take the phone to Verizon to activate it.

Stay on your current phone.

What it all boils down to is, do NOT renew your contract. Let it expire and stay on the month-to-month contract. Anything that makes you renew your contract to a new 2-year contract with Verizon WILL make you lose your unlimited data.

Since I purchased my RAZR outside of Verizon, I didn't renew my contract with Verizon, hence I kept my unlimited data and will continue to do so until I decide to take a subsidized upgrade through Verizon or leave them and come back at a later time. Otherwise, I will keep my unlimited data plan for as long as I please.

In the end, it IS cheaper in the long run to purchase the phone at full retail price because you'll pay MORE for it through the extra costs of the tiered data plan and the two-year binding contract.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
ok, based on what you guys advise, i will keep my razr. i really love it and didn't want to change it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vincentlodato:
Just for your guys info verizon does a double data deal every once in a while, in march i got my razr for a penny and got the 5gb plan that got doubled to 10gb... im a heavy user and i keep it under 10gb a month.. if you need more either your really taking advantage by tethering your whole house or doing something illegal...and if u are tethering ur whole house on unlimited lte ur definitely screwing us all over lol but more power to ya....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shinare:
Its really easy to go over your limit with netflix and you tubes... nottin illegal bout that.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ed Zachary:
Listen, folks. If you are on a 2-year contract, once the two years is up, so is the contract. You do not have a contract. You do not have a "legally binding agreement" to hang over anyone's head.

And there is no such thing as a "month-to-month" contract. At the end of the billing period, VZW can change the terms. Because your "monthly contract" is not any kind of agreement that binds VZW to any conditions.

Want an example? Alltel customers were told their data plans, etc, would stay in effect "forever", as long as the customer did not initiate a change in the plan.

Phones could be upgraded every two years at a subsidized price and the data plan would not change.

Now, if a previous Alltel customer upgrades a phone, the data plan for all phones on the account changes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] oildriller83:
I kept my unlimited data and plan from Alltel until I upgraded into my bionic and added my wife to my account. My upgrade into my OG DROID, and DROIDX didn't have to change out of my Alltel plan. Not sure where you got your info from.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] quarky42:
You could always buy a new phone and turn around and sell it on eBay if you want to stay on your current phone. If you are on contract then you keep your service as-is. If they change your service (even by a few pennies or change the terms of your service) you can get out of the contract. That is a fact. I've done it.

That being said, I really like my Razr Maxx. It has had the best battery of any phone I've used so far (3 others... fascinate, charge and droid 4). It should be getting ICS in the next couple weeks, hopefully (maybe sooner).

The stock Launcher on the Razr Maxx blows. Use Go Launcher or anything else for more features / more customization to suit your needs.

That's my 2 cents.

---------- Post added at 10:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 PM ----------

After your 2 year contract is up, you are on a month-to-month PLAN... not contract. If they decide to take away something that you've had forever you can simply cancel your account.

It has been my experience that 9 times out of 10, talking to the cancellations department will get your XYZ reinstated that they tried to take away from you...but there is always that 10% chance that they follow through with it. Unlimited data may fall under that 10% chance pretty easily or not. Talking with your money and walking away does have power.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] evltwn72:
I would heed the warnings from the 2 CSR agents regarding so called month-to-month contracts. Once your contract expires, and you don't renew, there's no guarantee that you will be able to keep that unlimited data. VZW doesn't offer month-to-month contracts. Right now, they are saying that you will keep your unlimited data, but I wouldn't trust VZW. The 2 CSR's actually gave you a glimpse into what may be coming down the pipeline.

I would pre-order the SGSIII if your contract expires in July. At least lock up unlimited data for 2 more years. If you don't like it, I'm sure you could find someone willing to trade you a RAZR MAXX for it. Just swap your SIM card into the new phone, and your all done.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nigezee:
What he ^ said!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
Here is the quick run down. If you have unlimited data and upgrade after June 28th. You have to switch to tiered data pricing(2gb which is $30 or higher). If you have an upgrade now do it before June 28th! If you want to stick with unlimited and be grandfathered in the future. You have to either pay full retail price for the phone from verizon(which will have 1 year warranty) or buy phones from ebay, craigslist, swappa or other places which does not require any contract.

I am a Verizon employee. Ask me any question that you might have. I can clarify and help you guys as much as I can.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DrSadistic:
How will this work for family share plans?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] refuse2bstopped:
Doing a renew/upgrade DOES NOT change you from being grandfathered/unlimited, and nor does a contract ending. If you stay month to month while you decide whether to leave or stay, or because you're waiting for a new phone that's coming out, Verizon will allow your monthly plan to be the same as it was when the contract ended, but only if you completed the contract, and of course you're still paying each month, you're just able to leave at anytime. I know this is true because my contract ended the beginning of March and I stay month to month until the middle of May when I finally upgraded to the droid razr. And I'm not taking a guess or just talking, I'm speaking what I actually experienced myself, and I was also told it would be that way by at least 3 different reps over the phone in a local store.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
Here is the million dollar question.

How likely or what percent would you put that Verizon will force month to month (no contract) users to the new tiered plans within 2 years.

My contract expires in July and will go month to month. Should I re-up or am i just being paranoid?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cloverkid:
re-up before 6/28 or risk losing unlimited
[Motorola Droid RAZR] refuse2bstopped:
***Answer to question posted already but later gets quoted only to ask the question it's already answering***

You basically quoted the ANSWER as typed in the quote above yours only to ask the QUESTION anyways? lol Wow....