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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomatoes8:
My phone is fine. If you think that is bad, look at the One X. It has some weird curved trifold that is super hard to clean. If they curve it, keep it on the outside of the bezel like the Lumia 800. Or just don't curve it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graffixnyc:
It's funny that everyone is saying this is a problem. Do you say it's a problem when dust accumulates in the crevasses of your laptop? It's a device it has multiple parts it's pretty stupid to think that dust wouldnt accumulate along the seams/crevasses. Did they advertise anywhere that it was an anti dust phone and I just missed it? Is the screen splitting apart? is the bezel trim coming up? no, It's a small gap between the glass and the bezel.. it's not a defect just because there is a gap and dust accumulates there. they are two separate pieces that meet. It's silly to think they would meet and there would be no gap what so ever. Dust accumulates under my case, does that mean it's faulty? oh no dust is accumulating by the little gap on my volume rocker.. it must be a defect... come on.. I'm pretty OCD with my phone but this is just ridiculous and is seriously just nit picking.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsm22:
Did you even read any of the posts in this thread? Did you look at any of the photos and maybe considered that others received a phone with a manufacturing defect? 20 million of these were shipped in the span of two months, it's stupid to assume that they were all perfectly made with no flaws whatsoever. Btw, the dust that accumulates in the gap can't be cleaned out - it gets wedged in there pretty well and some of it starts to go under the glue of where the screen meets the bezel.

I got my GS3 last week and I can definitely confirm that the bottom and left side have a gap at least twice that of the other side. Not to mention that I compared it with another GS3 side by side, and it did not have the issue at all. In the place where the screen meets the bezel on the non-defective phone, the gap is so small you can't even slide a piece of paper in. On the defective one, it's so big that the plastic screen protector that comes with the phone can be slid from one corner to the other. After TWO days in my pocket it had already begun to accumulate tons of lint.

Taking it to ATT for an exchange this weekend, as it is definitely a manufacturing defect covered under the 30-day exchange rule. Not sure if they will charge the restocking fee or not, but in all honesty, on a $600 device I wouldn't even mind paying 35 extra for one without any flaws or defects.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poker gypsy:
I would definitely take it back!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
This is not a laptop, it's a phone. By design it shouldn't have the gap but due to a manufacturing defect some units have a larger gap than others.

I've also owned the S1, S2 and neither of them accumulated dust anywhere. Neither have any iphones I have owned and still own.

Yes sh*t happens sometimes, but having noticeable dust accumulate that can't be cleaned after just a few days of ownership is a pain in the ass.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalvez21:
hmm i had something similar but not dust, it peel the paint of the border and inside, its really not noticeable enough to get replace ment
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clax6:
I have a blue one with the same problem.

Also the front camera and sensors are not lined up correctly to the glass because my screen is slighly to far to the right
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
My blue GS3 is fine... No issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clax6:
I've got a replacement coming tomorrow. I had the option to change to a white but I've gone for the blue as I've got another 7 days to send that one back if it's faulty
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scilla:
Not sure if you were being sarcastic. So does vacuuming the crevasses really work? Would really like to know so I can by myself a USB vacuum. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Body_Link:
Really, fatal quality

I do not understand how this can allow customers to samsung. The fact that mobile phones sold 20 miles is no excuse. I personally changed the SGS III even 5 times!! because 3 had completely pink screen and other disaster had problems with the luminance of the left sensor button. shine so much that you could see the white stripe to the active display area. REALLY FATAL QUALITY WITH THIS MOBILE. If samsung recover, another mobile phone will be another brand. That is my answer :silly:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Lol.....I was teasing....worth a try though! :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clax6:
Well the replacement came and there is a gap but not as bad. Still getting another one. Gonna keep going till I get a good one
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozricb7:
Dust

Hello

Also have S3 in blue, also getting this dust issue, in a way nice to see others have the same issues - also keep mine in a case but still manages to get in the sides and just above the home button... In a way glad you can only see in sun light, so when in doors one does not notice it as much.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kresstian:
Same thing here. Got dust all around the phone (except the right side), around earpiece, around home button (which has bad response some times). Back cover is squeaky, and i got a slight pink tint on top 1/3 of the screen. Whites look a bit greenish when looked at straight on.

This is what we get for buying a "best-seller" phone. Aside from the things mentioned above, I am pretty happy with it :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brugernavn:
Hmm, just read this just now, mine is actually so bad my screen cracked today because of it!? :(

actually its so close i cant even get a nail in it, my phone has no other scratches or cracks, and have never been dropped, my unit is only 1 moth old, what am i going to do now?, btw. i live in Denmark, and there have been some intense heat the last 3 days, i think that the glue/tape in the LCD was weak, and thats why its cracked :(.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geomeogeomeo:
That is pretty bad. Sorry for you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IncCo.:
Have the same issue with my pebble blue, but its only easily visible on the bottom of the phone. I think most S3:s out there have this problem to some extent..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conflict94:
no issue on my side, tried inserting a piece of paper at a right angle on the edges and it did not go in at all.

mine is a white s3 though, maybe a batch issue? i would definitely bring it back to the service centre if it happened to me, this isnt a $80 phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clax6:
Well today my 3rd replacement phone came and that to had the same fault so I arranged to go into a store as I was fed up of having to keep arranging deliverys.

In the end I've got a white one and it's perfect.!

It goes to show there is an issue as when I spoke to Samsung they said they had never heard of it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kreeker:
So there is no gap anywhere?

I'm on my 3rd phone, and still have this issue.... I almost want to get another replacement, but I already unlocked my bootloader and I don't know if it's worth it at all to return...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit7k:
Having the same issue....do i contact cc or to whom i bought this phone??

....same issue same as shown in pics on first page....

Gap on left side is more than right side...and having dust on left

Pebble blue:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit7k:
Can i get the replacement...?? Having the same gap as in the pics on the first page...

To whom i contact for replacement...dealer aur samsung service center....i purchased it last week, pebble blue....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavocarlos:
Yeap, I have this problem, I usea a thin invoice paper to get out these dust. :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcsnap93:
I'm trying to get a replacement, I'm really tidy with my phone and cant stand looking at it. Also my homebutton is squeking.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruk212:
Same problem here " dust line across the bottom of phone and down the sides ' really annoying when I notice it :banghead:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arthur Hucksake:
Contacted T-Mobile about this, say its not covered as its apparently not a manufacturers fault.

Ooook then. Mine looks absolutely awful. Like the dust has gotten up and under the bottom edge to the point you cant clean it out. Almost looks like its chipped.

Phone actually looks like its 3 years old and ive had it barely 3 weeks. And I clean it three times daily and keep it in an expensive leather case.

HTC are just as bad with the One X.

Why do these companies keep expecting premium prices for flimsy plasticy phones. I hate to say it, but Apple got the winning of this one. Shame I cannot stand iPhones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roybenz:
I can confirm that the pebble blue i had, also had the gaps with dust issues. The White ones seems better or maybe its less visible on white?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emanoek:
Also on my pebble blue.

Noticed it after a day at the beach. The phone was in my pocket but when I took it out I found some sand in the groove. took a piece of paper as suggested and removed most of it. Now there is a bigger gap as dirt keeps the gap open and the more you clean the deeper it goes forcing the gap bigger and bigger. Tip: Don't push anything deeper into the gap. Rather blow it out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravin_Dave:
Pebble Blue bought SIM free last June from Amazon. No gaps here :laugh:

Maybe a bad batch got out at some stage ??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
Pebble blue, I have it too :)

First I thought is dust but no matter how much I would brush, it wouldn't go off so I realized that it was actually glue that accumulated dust and wouldn't let go. Only option is service on reasons of aesthetic fault.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
Partially works but the lines are still visible
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
Yeahhhh... I'm at it again, tinkering with the EPST codes and hoping for a miracle. Not sure if I've found the miracle, but I'll share what I HAVE found and you all can help determine placebo or paradise.

My experience: Much like most first round city EVOLTErs, I'm not getting the lte signal as shown on sprints coverage map. Even when it connects, it drops connection pretty easily. So I changed a few things around and walked out of my office building and had a persistent 4G lock for the first time EVER in this location. So try out the below steps and see if your signal improves!

1. Press ##3282# and choose edit and enter your msl

2. Go to LTE record / 'lte available file'

3. You should see a 4 digit entry called SID. Take note of the number most frequently displayed.

4. Now go back to the "Advanced" tab and scroll down til you see the 'Home SID' entry

5. Put the 4 digit number in the corresponding box. DO NOT CHANGE THE NID!

6. Press menu / commit modifications and reboot.

7. Post your results here, cuz I sure hope this helps!

/standard disclaimer: unless I physically make these changes to your phone, I am not responsible for any damages. :)

..oh yeah, while I'm happy to report I'm picking up signal in a new area, it still drops and goes back to 3G if you don't have it on LTE,CDMA in *#*#4636#*#*. Use those settings to kinda kick start the 4G connection if you get disconnected after a consistent lock (one that remains connected for upwards of 30 seconds).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Phutt89:
I dont get or too often, but when I work in boston its not too bad, in gonna have to give this a try though, thanks!

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tex5781:
no immediate improvement here (near downtown houston) I'll update if I see anything.

ps updating profile resets your home SID back to original.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
hrmm..what was yours before you changed it? I'm in North Houston and my SID is 4622
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tex5781:
changed from 4139 -> 4622

i had about 40 LTE records all with 4622 SID
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
same here..did you toggle the settings in ..4636..? This may all be coincidence, but I know for a fact that I couldn't get signal here at my job last Friday.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tex5781:
i changed to LTE, CDMA in 3282... what do you change in 4636? I am on EVO LTE.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
I prefer *#*#4636#*#* ..allows you to change stuff on the fly without having to input MSL every time. I keep switching from LTE Only to LTE, CDMA to EVDO + LTE...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jelive:
Ok...weird. I show 4139 as default in San Antonio. Perhaps this is a common default setting since it's in Houston too?? My Lte Records show 4181. Very little change when I changed to 4181, but another weird thing...changed back to 4139 from 4181 and saw nice improvement. Thoughts anyone on whats going on? Also tried profile update while on 4181 and it didn't change it back to 4139.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
4139 is actually Kansas City, MO. It seems that's the default SID and since Sprint is headquartered in KC it stands to reason that the default would be for there..If I'm understanding correctly, the SID tells the phone what tower list to look for primarily. I'm NO expert, just tryna tinker and stumble upon greatness, ha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jelive:
Looking at the PRL it appears the PRL http://www.batonrougebroadband.info/

must actually "set" the SID from default Kansas City (4139) to (4181) for San Antonio...somehow. Notice actual SID for a city is unique even though the PRL # is shared by all. Maybe your tweak is short cutting the need to "look at/for" the PRL SID for the city??? Interesting :D

Thanks for your efforts on this.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
I have stated many times before in various threads and other places but I will say it again. That setting does absolutely nothing for Sprint phones. And surely does absolutely zero for LTE. It was originally designed to tell users when they went out of their home network. Not roaming, just outside of their home network where additional charges would be charged to the user.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
No, your phone remembers the last SID it connected to and channel. Next time it is fired up it goes straight to it. Every notice your phone take a bit to pick up a signal after starting it up after an airplane trip? It tries the previous known Sid then fails, then starts down the list until it finds one it has listed.

Read my post above on what the default setting does.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KERKEDAGAIN:
Here's something else to test and try.:

##3282#

Lte record

Change the bsr to a lower number.

I did 5 and it seemed to stay connected longer while I was driving (still had to force lte, CDMA mode to get it to connect)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sully9292:
Hey guys I don't have a record.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bonzaicyclewerx:
Tried this didn't stick, I do have a 4g tower very close but only connect when I'm at best buy- next to the tower. But at the Cass after trying this I tried a 3g speed test again and was pleasantly surprised... I never get more than 200 down and 100 up in my area. Seems the network vision is in the works in my area. North Fort worth, tx.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] huwaw69:
Hi i would like to know what options i have for unlocking boatloader for my x10mp.

when i try to identify the device in s1tool it states:

Simlock state : TAMPERED

and there is no information further more, is it safe to unlock or there is no other options?

am i out of luck?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
I have an SGS3 on Verizon. It's the 32Gb model. I borked it (see thread here).

Got it JTAG'd back, but did it using backed up data from a 16Gb version of the phone. Now my phone only shows that I have 16Gb of storage available, rather than the 32Gb I know I have.

Does anyone know how I can kindly inform my SGS3 that it does, in actuality have 32Gb of storage?

-Andy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
After a little thought, what I'm trying to figure out is how Android knows how much total storage the phone has on it's Internal SDCard? What tells it that a particular phone has 16Gb vs 32Gb? And how can I edit that?

I've tried formatting the "Phone" partition (right clicking in Windows Explorer), but that still left we with 16Gb listed as total space...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Bump
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pachi72:
I heard that the galaxy s 3 on Sprint the storage was split into 2. Maybe the Verizon version they did the same thing. Split 32gb into 2 partitions. One internal the other external storage?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Thanks for the suggestion.

Then what would be the point of buying the 32Gb version out you could only access part of it? But that's nt time cases with mine. Before I borked it, it showed 32 Gb as it's capacity ...

Anyone have any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Have it replaced if you can (doubt it), 16.00 GB being reported by the OS isn't even accurate for a 16GB model... Only a portion of it is usable, and when Sammy is saying 16GB they mean 1000KB to a MB, when the OS reads it as 1024KB as a MB.... Manufacturers and any OS don't use the same measurement, it looks better on paper to say you're buying a 500GB hard drive, instead of 4hundred something...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
Do you also have a sdcard in it cause I see that it shows an amount under the sd card portion. If you don't then that theory of the 32g being portioned may be the case for you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Something is wrong with your phone.. 32GB internal and 32GB external..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
I wonder why those phones are reporting exactly the 16 and 32... never once seen that before in any application, computers, phones, etc... Notice the external only reporting 29.88....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Yea, I know exactly what you mean.. Don't know why the external shows differently..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
The file allocation table will give it X amount of bits per byte, depending on its format type, FAT32, exFAT, etc, decreasing usable size

Heres a really boring article about file allocation tables...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Yes, I did, which was the info listed under the SD card part of that screenshot. I took it out (not that it should make a difference) and the internal stayed the same (16Gb).

I know. That's why I started the thread.....:(

How can I go in and hard format that internal SDCard? If I can do that, shouldn't it detect that the capacity is larger than 16Gb and adjust fire accordingly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Have you tried ODIN back to stock? Did you perform the JTAG and possibly could use a 32gb full flash?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
JTAG was done by Josh at Mobile Tech Videos - all he had at the time were the 16Gb images. I have gone back to stock several times, but can try it again...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Much easier just to replace the phone with Verizon.. Tell them the phone doesn't show 32GB of internal storage as it should..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
I'm definately in favor of that option, use triangle away if you have to, and put it back to stock...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
...due to something I did.

I'd prefer to avoid dishonesty and fix the problem myself.....

I'm trying to use a partitioning tool to format the internal SD card from my computer, but the computer won't see it as a valid disk....that's my next problem....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
It's not being dishonest IMHO.. Your hardware seems to have failed despite what you did to your phone.. It's not uncommon for memory to fail, and judging by lack of reports, it seems your the only one with this problem..

I'm running a custom stock ROM and if any part of this phones hardware failed, you better believe I'm getting it replaced..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
I don't think you're going to be able to solve that problem without additional JTAG with a 32gb full flash file... Not sure what equipment he is using, but back when I was working at the cell shop, I had a UST Pro, it would do full flash, which includes EVERYTHING... all portions of the NAND chip... stuff that isn't flashed with simple ODIN...

EDIT: The phone isn't dead, so it prob won't need JTAG, just the full flash with professional equipment... been a while since I was doing the stuff for a living...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karakoram2:
Try putting more than 16 gigs of stuff on it. I have a feeling it will let you put 32 gigs on there still
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jasondhsd:
Doesn't clockworkmod have some the ability to format and repartition? Maybe try that and the reload image with Odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Just tried this. Used CWM recovery to format every thing it could in that particular menu, then I used Odin to push a stock image....still shows 16Gb.

What I want to know is what part of Android keeps track of how much storage it has? How can I edit it to the correct amount?

I'm also trying to used a partitioning tool, but can't get the tool to see the phone as a "drive" to partition. The phone shows up fine in Windows Explorer, but the partitioning tool won't recognize it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joebob296:
I have a 16gb sd card with the 32gb of internal storage sgs3, in root explorer I click on /sdcard and it shows the 32gb storage not the 16gb sdcard. When I remove my sdcard I still can go into /sdcard and pull up the same information. To me it seems as if the two storage partitions the internal and sdcard got swapped somehow. Im on stock with the wifi notification fix and other little tweaks but nothing else. Any idea on how to fix this?

EDIT: I found out an answer from the irc channel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Your external sd card is under /mnt/ extsdcard. The internal memory is the /sdcard.

I've figured out my issue and will post the fix when I get the chance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jasondhsd:
How much space does it say you have with Astro (click SD Card usage /mnt/sdcard is the internal one) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5tZXRhZ28uYXN0cm8iXQ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Astro shows 12.8 Gb in the (internal) sd card. But I'm way ahead of you on that.

Here is my partition table for the internal sdcard:

http://pastebin.com/iyrb60mG

As you can see, the full size is 32Gb and there are 15Gb "free space" at the end of the disk. I'm going to reclaim it as soon as I have the time, using dd to move partitions 16-23 to the end of the free space and growing the userdata partition to take up the free space.

Win.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] letinsh:
Problem has been fixed.

See: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1826213

Final solution here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30618458&postcount=57

I've been in contact with Josh at MobileTechVideos and they now have their JTAG recovery process perfected, so this should not be an issue for anyone else :) Thanks for your help, Josh!

-Andy