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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guild:
Dear LORD this phone is hot.

WOAH...

I also have the US/Canada version of this phone and here is my awful deal:

The battery temp of the phone is fine, never really goes above 33 C/89 F

however general browsing, texting, playing around in the S3 'settings' takes the CPU temp to a constant 45 C, ish.

I've been playing Mass Effect Infiltrator and quit the program to view the temp, and no lie, it was at 61 C. Hot. The bottom was so hot it could have cauterized a wound. Or cooked your mom's soufflee. And it was hot too (Pooty Tang reference).

My question is this: Is everyone's S3 generally pretty cool when browsing and texting? I realize ME takes alot of power to run, but to get so crazy high is just bonkers to me. I think i'm going to take the phone back. I feel like it should still run relatively cool even if you're playing games or not. In addition to the heat the batterly blows. It was fully charged this morning at 10AM and by 7pm was at around 10%. And I wasn't doing anything too crazy - I've been using Launcher 7 for windows phone kinda style stuff and all the above-mentioned stuff. But really GS3, 9 hours? Bull****.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
61c for CPU is nothing, seriously, I hit 110c on my gnex with temperature throttle turned off and it shut down coz it was too hot.

61c is fine as long as its CPU we are talking about, battery is a different story.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkpsenile:
Don't expect much more than 9 hours even with little use. Playing M.E. will heat it up but mine gets to 45 Celsius with about 5 minutes of web browsing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
Mine gets the hottest when I'm browsing the Web. I use Chrome with like 7 tabs and it heats up quick.

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This phone sure does get hot. Just browsing the Web my battery can hit 104.5 with a tpu case. Who knows what it will hit when I am charging and running it.

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Just got temp monitor. My cpu is at 59

celcius and I'm just I'm browsing the Web using Chrome. The battery is at 40. I have tpu case on it though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beatsleigher:
As long as it stays under 65 C everything is normal... My sii burnt me with a temp of 80 C and since I know, that 65 is normal...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
What if it gets over 65? Cpu right? You said your burnt you at 80! That's seems really hot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
The CPU going over 65c is nothing, mine hit 110c on my gnex.

He is talking about battery temp.

Although 80c battery temp would cause an explosion I think and 80c CPU temp wouldn't burn you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
I see. I was just concerned because some people seem to be freaking out about this. Anyway this is a great phone, and just wish the us version had a little more horsepower.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
Ok I did a few restarts and for whatever reason my phone doesn't really get hot anymore. Browsing with 13 tabs open and charging my cpu is at 45 degrees celcius and my battery is a 35. Maybe chrome was being buggy and hogging resources or something. Before it was fixed the cpu hit 59 degrees just browsing chrome. I got so fed up with it I turned on power savings did a few restarts over the course of a few days and when I changed it back the issue seemed to be resolved. I I just hope it lasts.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkpsenile:
Wow that's odd. My phone gets hotter browsing web then when playing graphic intensive games. And heats up very quickly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sagain:
I got the telus s3 and it get really hot too. But when i do anythong with data off it dowsnt do thisbto me

Real annoying.

Anything out there to stop this???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SyphonSphere:
I just got a SIII couple days ago, tonight it ran low on battery, I plugged it in and browsed the web,10 mins in and it froze up restarted it self. it was hot, 50c. is this normal? does that much heat hurt the screen?. thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sannwal:
Its Heating while sleep....

hi guys,

i experienced S3 heating during night, no games, no usage, i dont know y its happening, it happened 2 times.

any idea? or such similar experience?

please sharE?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rommark:
I noticed my s3 super hot whiless using GPS on car charger...but that I think normal due to GPS power utilization and battery load on charging together.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swift2fly:
shouldn't be normal for any stock phone to overheat and reboot. if your phone is stock, i'd take it back. My phone gets warm when i use it while charging but that is normal, it's the electro currents flowing into the battery. when a phone reboots because of heat, its because the cpu overheated.

sent from my quad turbo 1.6L GT-i9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appfactory:
Same here, its was laying on the sofa not using it for an hour, picked it up, and its was noticably warm, like you been using or calling someone for a longer period, the heat came from the bottom section below the battery...

Would like to know to?

This is the weirdest phone ive ever had :eek:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Engineer:
Hi,

The phone becoming warm at the bottom is because the SoC CPU and other hardware peripherals are located at the bottom.

As for the cause of heating;

-It could be there would be resource intensive apps running in the background.

You can go to your settings > application manager > running tab

Also, check out cached processes

-OC the phone to run at higher clock.

Heat dissipation in the SoC does not take place in an ideal manner

-Using a back-cover/protective cover

Attaching pictures showing hardware placement of chips in Galaxy S III:

Image 1

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mikshepard:
On some roms, the busybox version of "nc" does not allow the -z command for knocking the proper ports. I've pulled the version of it from CM 7.2 and put in my /system/xbin and full functionality has been retained. I've included both "nc" and "ssh" here and they should work fine if you are missing them. (Tested on my EVO LTE running mostly stock Sense ICS, but this is fine for other android versions)

nc

ssh

Hope this helps!

-Mike
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] warhunter:
Hi guys,

I used SuperOneClick 2.3.3 to try and root the SGP 5.0. However whenever it reaches Step #7, it states mounting operation not permitted. Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] daniel644:
You MUST flash one of the custom kernels for your version (US or INTL) then you'll be able to root.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
i bricked my 4.0 flashing a rom so i tried to unbrick it and ended up flashing a intl instead of us and im stuck on recovery screen and cant do nothing.i will go to bestbuy and return it today since i have extended warranty. i will let you guys know how it goes when i get back.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] SirRhor:
Yeah, let us know. I always wonder in the extended warranty applies to hacked devices.

Good luck!

Sent from my YP-G70
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
I succesfully returned mine. When you walk in i dont know if its just in the best buy i went to but theres someone in the entrance that puts a tag on the box of whatever you are going to return/exchange. They told me to go to the cell phones area but i went to customer service instead. In my best buy theres a geek squad side and the best buy side(people in blue) i went to best buy side instead of the geek squad (i thought they might know something about rooting). i just told the guy that i wanted to return it he just asked why are you returning this product. So i just told him that i left it charging overnight and it goes to this screen when i turn it on. He just said ok and took it you can either get another from their shelfs or get a gift card. I got a gift card since the 4.0 and 5.0 are on sale online 4.0 is $150 and 5.0 is about $200. IM not sure what to do with the gift card yet im thinking about saving a bit more to get an htc evo v 4g from virgin mobile or just buy the 4.0 again but im not sure. Just try not to mention rooting or what the screen is on.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
oh and anybody know how to edit the thread name forgot the t in to
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
LOL there's an edit button on the bottom right of the post I believe. :)

Sent using Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
i just see edit post i want to edit title i was in a rush typing this and right now i noticed i misspelled everything lol i ment to put returning 4.0 to best buy
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
ok nevermind i got it i just had to hit go advanced :o
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] SirRhor:
I'm glad that everything went well for you. I say save money for the Evo, you will feel much more satisfied.

Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] j21098:
i think ill just get a 4.0 again since i dont have much use for a phone right now i think ill just stay like i was the 4.0 for games music and internet and ill keep my htc wildfire s for calls and texts since i just pay $25 a month.
[General Questions and Answers] husky69:
Hi all,

well, the heading says it all - I need to extract the text messages stored in my several ROM backups and maybe integrate them with my current ROM if possible. The backups were done with 4EXTrecovery

So far I found the info that these text messages are stored in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db - but how do I get to those inside the backups? Anyone here know a way to combine several of these files into one?

Any help greatly appreciated :D
[General Questions and Answers] winny54:
i'm interresting too wait for any anwsers !
[General Questions and Answers] superatrain:
This question has been asked and answered many times, you can do a search to find many possible solutions.

If you have root and are comfortable playing around with the files, the file you listed is a simple sqlite database. You can extract it and merge it on a PC using an sqlite manager application. (Be sure not to duplicate any repeated messages!) Copy the merged file back to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/ and you're done!
[General Questions and Answers] rmetanes:
I'm glad I found this reply, but I got stuck at the stage where sqlitemanager asks me for a password as the data.yaffs2.img file is encrypted. My backup was performed using CWM backup and I figured that I'll find the "com.android.providers.telephony/databases/" under there but as I already said, I can't open the data.yaffs2.img to access "com.android.providers.telephony/databases/".

Please help
[General Questions and Answers] wannahit:
I too was wondering the same thing, that's awesome! I will give it a try...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neocryte:
Thanks to everyone on this board - last night I rooted my device, unlocked the bootloader, installed CWM, backed up my stock ROM, and installed CleanROM 3 Lite (which is excellent btw!). My first time doing this, so it was very helpful having all the FAQs and instructions.

On to my question: now that I am running a custom ROM, what happens if there is a newer ROM released? Do I simply re-flash that specific ROM, the same way I installed CleanROM 3 Lite?

If so, it sounds like I lose all my apps/settings... is there some way to keep that across ROMs?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
yes. And unless the developer says not to, you can USUALLY skip wiping /data when upgrading to the newer version of that developer's ROM.

As for keeping apps, get Titanium Backup. worth paying for.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gmac1990:
If you are going to upgrade to the next cleanrom release, you should be fine...just flash the next release and your apps and info should be fine.

Should you choose to switch to another rom, it is typically recommended that you wipe the phone first, in which case you will lose your apps and info, so make sure everything is backed up.

The problem with keeping apps and settings across different roms is that there can be "compatibility" problems.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neocryte:
That makes a lot of sense, thank you guys. I thought that flashing a ROM automatically wiped everything - but I realize now that's not the case.

I will check out Titanium Backup as well.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] shgadwa:
Actually, sometimes it does. Recently some Devs are adding Aroma Installer to their ROMS. It only works on touch recoveries (I believe). I am using TWRP and it works great. It backs up your info, lets you choose different options you want for your rom (modifications, different choice of apps, look and feel, sense or senseless, etc), flashes the rom, then restores your info automatically.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Evo_Shift:
Anyone know the color code of the incoming chat bubble in the stock messaging app? I really like that shade of light blueish-purple or whatever color it is but I am having a tough time trying to mimic it in handcent, which uses RGB sliders.

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] randomrobbi:
do a screenshot. (Hold Vol and Power) and then view the screenshot on your PC and use GIMP or a photo program to view the color code. I used this app to do that.

http://instant-eyedropper.com/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mikhailmv:
Do these two phones have identical hardware but different firmware, so that flashing for example the CM9 mod would make them identical, or do their hardware differs from each other, considering different band support and lack of LTE on T-Mobile?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ceo.mtcl:
For the most part hardware seems yo be same... you may have to switch the modems though. Expect a common Cm9 base and then a zip flash for each service provider.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] pinoymutt:
Hopefully there will be some good collaboration between the ATT/Tmo (and possibly some parts from Sprint/Verizon) devs since the hardware is so similar.

It opens up the possibilities for a lot more ROMs!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mikhailmv:
Actually my question was more about the possibility to use the devices across the networks using custom mods (e.g. to use the I747 on the T-Mobile network).

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] djkinetic:
You can do this without mods but you won't have access to the 3g band on TMo just like TMo won't have access to the LTE 4g ATT Band...flashing a diff modem/radio won't give you the missing bands unless the hardware actually supports them and its just locked out...which currently isnt known.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mikhailmv:
That is what my question was about. So the answer is unknown.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tamasrepus:
It's a very valid question… the AT&T Galaxy S III is $550 out of contract; the T-Mobile version, $630.

If you're paying out of pocket, $80 less for what amounts to the same device (arguably, the AT&T one is better since it has an LTE radio) is nothing to sneeze at.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] noahattic:
I am having the same question as well.

The situation here is the same to what I have as Rogers/Bell/Telus vs Wind/Mobilicity

I'd like the flexibility to use the phone across the network since the new carriers charge way cheaper than the big 3....

I suppose the hardware between the two model are identical. All support the same band 850 900 1700 2100 (AWS/LTE). Only the AWS version has the LTE radio disabled and HSPA 42 enabled???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Micronads:
It should work, the phone is locked to att thou. You will have to have it unlocked. But the skyrocket and the hercules were interchangeable between networks. But the international will not work on lte or Hspa.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mikhailmv:
So you are saying that that radio modules of these two phones are identical. Meaning that T989 supports LTE, and I747 supports the 1700 band (they just have to be unlocked).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] r3a1ist:
I'm gettin mine unlocked and using it on straight talk t mobile. I need to get that hspa 42 workin. It's just software. From what I gather, once t mobile rolls out their LTE they may just release a firmware update enabling LTE on the t mobile galaxy sIII's. This phone is a seven band monster world phone. To such an extent that carriers are turning features off.

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All the radio modules on this phone are integrated in the S4 processor. And the processor is identical. One would have to conclude, that yes, that is the case.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] shnn2011:
From a strictly electrical background the modem is software running on transistors which can handle being pushed to the frequencies T-mobile requires, so I would think that it would be doable with the right software. When a transistor has the ability to handle the current and frequency the rest would be a matter of software, I assume.

As for LTE I have no knowledge as to the hardware or if there its something missing in non LTEs.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ysr84:
I have unlocked (Sim Unlocked) my SGSIII I747 from Bell and it works with Rogers and all... however i do not have a micro sim from Wind or Mobilcity to test it... however i wiill go to a few stores to test it out... if it works... which i assume it should.... but there are so many factors that it might not....

However, if someone like tomin.... i cant rememebr his id can provide an interchangable flashable modem for the two phones i747 could be used on aws 1700 using the radio from t999.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sp991:
See the chart on Wikipedia

Samsung Galaxy S III Model variants

I've looked at the specs sheet from samsung.com and it's the same thing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] avataranjie:
Weve been arguing in the other thread about how t999 has msm8260 instead of a msm8960Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] r3a1ist:
Unlocked as in correect combination of software loaded on the phone to correspond with the carrier, not simply unlocking the phone. More like unleashing its potential.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] y2whisper:
It is interesting as its normally a possibility with Galaxy devices. This is a bit different since they have used slightly different models. We won't know until we get flashable radios and someone is brave enough to try to flash it on their device. I know with the Skyrocket I was able to flash a T-Mobile radio and get a 3G signal on wind (same type of network but in canada). The only limit was that you couldn't take a t-mobile version, flash at&t's radio and get LTE.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ysr84:
It would be great if we ca use the same technique to make i747 work with Wind & Mobilcity and make it just like T999
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ysr84:
Any Luck>>>
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] frypan:
it's good finally there's not that big of a difference in hardware and looks vs the Galaxy s2. too many variants makes it difficult to buy any accessories
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nullredvector:
second'd

has anyone flashed a t999 modem on the i747 yet?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam5154:
Hi,

How can I add Sttings shortcut and other shortcuts (like screen off) to SystemUI.apk while modding that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kalavere:
So a couple of days ago in the Do you over protect? thread, I was very blasé about not using any type of screen protection and I thought I might be inviting fate so I quickly scrabbled to the Zagg Nexus page as I've heard very positive reviews about them. I paid my €24.99, sat back for a couple of days and it arrived today...

First impressions were of utter disappointment, right off the bat it feels cheap, you can't run your hands over it smoothly as it generates too much friction. Secondly I noticed that there was a huge 'L' shaped defect on the front of it.

On closer inspection I saw a score along the bottom of it as well.

I didn't fit it to the phone, obviously, and have since contacted Zagg for a full refund. I can appreciate this is a manufacturing defect but for €25 I was expecting something really special. It doesn't even look like it'll be 100% invisible as it claims, it's very bumpy.

Needless to say I won't be buying from Zagg again. I've been over to ProtectionFilms24 and bought the Vikuiti screen protector for the Nexus which is an amazing screen protector. I've had one on my HD2 and it was robust, removable and was wipe clean on both sides so you could reapply any time you wanted.

Am I being too hard on Zagg, or are they really as good as people say? I must say I can't remember the last time I opened an accessory and was so disappointed. I can't understand how people say they are so good. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
it's pretty known that zagg has an orange peel feel. it actually works really well as i have one on my phone if you dont mind the orange peel feel.

looks like the L shape is just a defect and can happen to pretty much any protector.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crachel:
I've used Zagg on basically all my phones. You have to give it several days to lose that 'sticky' feel, and then it is very smooth, IMO.

I recently had my Galaxy Nexus in a sports armband and the plastic stuck to the Zagg and caused an air bubble. Because of this, I removed it and much prefer the phone with no screen protector at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kalavere:
Is the colour saturation affected by the Zagg? They look and feel so 'cheap' I'm almost inclined to think so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sucker4pa1n:
Odd... I had a Zagg on my Incredible for 1.5 years and it never lost the tacky feeling...or the odd semi-ripples. And it wasn't a poor install as the Zagg rep at the stand did it, and a different one said it was normal. :-/

To be fair... it did a nice job keeping it safe.

*brohoof*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chaotic Peace:
No they don't seem to affect the colors on the screen. I've had one installed on several different phones and they never had the sticky feeling go away. But they do protect the screen very well.

I just installed an XOSkin protector to my Gnex and I like it a lot better than the Zagg ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diegomtoscano:
I bought the zagg full body protector i only used the body protector and get rid of the screen protector within minutes.. truth be told a 5$ matte screen protector will look and feel better than a 25$ zagg screen protector on your screen ( just saying my opinion thou) and trust me it is a 100 times easier to install..mainly if u have no previous experience with it..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Southern_mind:
I always though their screen protector sucked. Better off with the eBay ones at least they feel smooth. And some are really clear.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
+1 on the XOSKin. I wasn't sure either when my wife and I got our new Nexii, so I put a Zagg on hers right away because they had them at Best Buy, and she's clumsy and I didn't want to wait. For comparison sake, I ordered an XOSkin for mine and waited patiently for it to arrive.

I can't even tell the XOSkin is on mine, but her Zagg is so obvious with the excessive orange peel, and the way it doesn't cover the entire face of the phone causes dust and crud to build up around the edges near the front camera/earpiece. It just looks super tacky. I've asked her multiple times if I can buy her an XOSkin to replace the Zagg, but she doesn't seem to mind it. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kalavere:
Well Zagg have a 45 day no quibble returns policy, I emailed them earlier I'm just waiting on a reply it's defective so hopefully it'll be hassel free getting my Pennies back. I'll stick with what I know, the 3M Vikuiti it's a fantastic protector.