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[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
Hi fellow XDA users and friends,

There have been alot of OTA leaks for JB in last few days. One thing that you might have noticed was that the Leak happened almost the same day when the FW was built. I mean if it was built on 21st Aug it was leaked on the same day. This might be coincidence but who knows.

If that was too easy to leak by Adam/Sammobile/farhyaab/samupdates then did Samsung manage to keep everything about S3 secret till launch date. No FW was leaked until the release date.

Now LH4(Build Date 14Aug) leaked and we downloaded, installed and reported bugs. Those bugs were fixed mostly in LH6(Build Date 21Aug) and there were others that popped up. Now some of those are still there in LH7 which will be fixed in LH8 and the probably Samsung will officiall release LH9 or LHB OTA.

So the point is, Google releasing Android updates quickly results in burden on manufacturers like Samsung who have very less time to implement these updates and then test it and then release to masses.

We around 2000 people on XDA update our devices report bugs and Samsung releases it's updates successfully. Now as we are working indirectly for Samsung, it should at least remove the clause of "Voiding Warranty" in case we flash the custom firmwares.. :cool:

Your opinion??
[Galaxy S III General] Lynchy30:
I see Samsung as dealers providing flashing junkies with their fix. Has been going on since the S1 and hopefully will continue for years to come.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Haha, and we're all waiting for our next fix, I love it! :)
[Galaxy S III General] j0ep0:
I see your point abouw warranty and beta testing, however while most of the people here know what they're doing there are some users here (and other sites where info generated here is distributed) that shouldn't be flashing. Looking at the leak threads, they're filled with people replying who don't have a clue. As there are some options available in custom ROMs which can damage your device like OC'ing, to me it's logical Samsung warns about warranty being void.

But warning is one thing, actually not repairing broken phones is another thing. I once returned a fully customized SGS1 which died due to being a bad batch. The service center wasn't making an issue at all, while there are some ways that they've could find out that the device was flashed. Maybe wait and see what actually happens when people bring in broken, flashed SGS3's (with flash counters >0) at repair centers.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
As said if you want to beta test you give the samples to those that are capable .

Last thing you do is give it to the clueless .

Nothing to say that Samsung did not start out in the early days feeding stuff to XDA when it was a developers forum .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Jay Ssj:
samsung is a noob lol maybe u r right
[Galaxy S III General] Axefield:
I say lets sue them for billion dollars! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
Haha.. Then it will become bankrupt and we will loose our beta tester jobs.. :rolleyes:

Sent from International Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Funny how the OP says that these leaks are coming regularly but before the S3 launched no FW leaked....

That would be a great idea, releasing S3 FW for testing before the phone was launched! :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] yken:
I like to try new roms whether its from samsung or somewhere else.

There was a news Samsung sent 4.1 fw to google to test. Does not this mean these leaks are previous versions

of 4.1 JB rom?
[Galaxy S III General] Darius_AWS:
It's not a problem, with these leaks we can say what's good and what is not then they fix it...

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Oh, Samsung just farted. I think I'm going to go and make a new thread.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
If you do I'm going to sue you, I invented threads, Samsung and methane gas.

I also invented words and sex, the court cases are being prepared for those ones....

My name is Steve jobs and I approve this message...
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
For your kind info N7100 FW is with Sammobile at the moment, that is for Note 2..

Ans for S3 no one knew that it would be GT i9300, i9500, i9800.. :peace:
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
Of course we are testers for them. Leaking it makes it easier to see the faults versus a handful of people. I just wish they would make it public so we could tell them first hand. I would test it on mine no problem.

But anyways love this phone and support we have with it!
[Galaxy S III General] javacody:
Wow. How much do I owe you per act of coitus? Am I gonna have to pay for the the dirty talk during coitus as well???
[Galaxy S III General] hansonator:
Sounds good in theory, but this way at least minimizes the number of bricked phones from noobs while getting maximum feedback on test firmware very quickly.

Guess that is why they'll be first to deliver jb.
[Galaxy S III General] Hammer_Of_The_Gods:
Hi nodstuff,

Awesome post :eek::p;) I like!!!! Makes my day ;), but sadly so true...:(

I have not read the whole thread, but just that, it summarizes a lot of things ...

:);)

PS: can I use this in my sig?

Weird, I thought this locked thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1851876
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Oh, crap! I guess I owe you $2.5 billion but let's take this matter to the court and I might end up having to pay you $1.05 billion due to the sheer stupidity of the American patent system! :P

I am Samsung and I am a victim. :P
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
I've patented breathing... I am prepared to FRAND this and because I'm reasonable, it's only going to be £1 per person, except iStuff owners who get to fork out 10k just because.

Back on topic... Manufacturers leaking roms out is nothing new. That way they get a whole bunch of people testing with real-life use and the flash-junkies are happy.

Sent from my CM9 TouchPad
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Of course! :D

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Its not about the money, its about "values" (the values of money)

We are most grateful to the jury for finding the truth in this case (and the money under your seat in a case)

We thank the American government for the great patent system (we thank the american government for the great patent system that allows us to bully people and is easily manipulated)

Edit: That "I am Samsung and I am a victim" line made me lol :D
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Ok lets get back on topic, I really don't mind this, Samsung can only test a very limited amount of scenarios leaking firmware allows a much wider amount of scenarios to be tested, and to be tested faster, which means we get a fully official JB, that is very stable and fully working a lot faster.

The people here like flashing so it keeps everyone happy (just ask for credit, where credit is due) :p
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
I Steve Jobs refuse to pay your licence fees and will innovate and create a new method of getting oxygen into the body, we will call it iBreathing. (We're gonna take your idea and change the name and then sue you for copying us even though you invented it before us)
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidGraphix:
Really good point. I agree with you. I think they should unlock the phone from the start even if it's verizon.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Beta tester my arse don't you think if they wanted any body to test it there would be a option on kies
[Galaxy S III General] raxor:
For me its ok, the big problem for manufacturers in updates its the need of saves everything from noobs no root users (apps, personal data etc) to much effort to do this, i preffer "official" leaks to make great rom from bull**** updates where betatesting simply doesn't exists like xperia s ics ie.

Samsung can make a great donation to xda devs.

Ye i know mi English rocks.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] InsteadWoolf:
This is what I always thought since the first leak: ''They are using us as beta testers'' So, is is goog? YES! Of course! This means that XDA is recognized by a Big Company, interested in the real consumers, not the fools as i**** users.

-Sorry, my english is a baby-
[Galaxy S III General] PR_Grim:
The way a see it, it is a way to find out different problems in different ways on different regions. There are many many tester around XDA that had installed this leaks, and has you can see there are many different problems. :D
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Ah, yes. You're taking $1.05 billion and it's not about the money! I'm so sorry that I misunderstood you and your intent to wage a patent war, Mr. Jobs! :P

I'm also sorry for being a foreign company trying to win against an American company with American laws and on American soil! How stupid of me to even try! Why don't we stop this legal nonsense and I'll just hand you the aforementioned amount. It'll save me some valuable legal fees! :silly:

Hahaha. Your English is a baby! XD
[Galaxy S III General] zardoz99:
IMHO, If Samsung are using "real users(TM)" as beta testers, then I say good for them. As the majority of XDA members have a clue about how to actually use/test things and more importantly, describe what they find in a technical manner, this can only improve the product.

Now, if Samsung would produce a 100% guaranteed, "get out of jail" unbrick package, I would certainly be prepared to test on my nice new unbranded sim-free SGS3. However, as warranty is a big issue, I can't take the risk...

Sigh...

Z.
[Galaxy S III General] PaulusJ93:
I like the leaks, whether they are planned or not samsung do get crucial information back to base.
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
I thought the same OP! I didn't post it because I thought I'd get laughed at :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
It's a discussion forum mate, bunch of idiots laugh at anything but there are many sincere members who respect the opinion and reply sensibly.. :D

Sent from International Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Nice thinking brar. Arsh, good or bad I would be happy if this trend continues. I'm sure Samsung will find out the useful bug reports here ignoring the' how to' posts simply by employing some one.who knows ,they may be doing it already.

side note :

to any of the samsung secret testers reading this post, I simply caught you in the act :p

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] kitch9:
If you have a problem with it, don't install the firmware in the first place.
[Galaxy S III General] thule1291:
Why not? Go on sam
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Yeah, I thought this too, that they somehow sneaked out test firmwares as "leaks" and then they would get their fare share of response from XDA users so they would know what to fix and so on.

If they didn't intend to do just that, it would be one hell of a smart idea. I mean, I am fairly certain we notice more bugs/annoyances than the average Joe. :p
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
did you read it properly at the first place??
[Galaxy S III General] sebarkh:
I think the guys from Samsung should say hello here when lurking this thread and see this. That would buy me as a customer...

Sent from my Galaxy SIII

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So Xda is not a developers forum now??

Maybe not, judging by such threads like this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852700

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
All variety of people are found here and noobs are more in number..

They ask silly questions and then shout at these kind of threads as they are managers to the developers..

Sent from International Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean
[Galaxy S III General] jody2k:
Offcourse they read here and yes they have leaked their firmwares to test it for xda users. Im really convinced with that idea it would also be a very smart one :)
[Galaxy S III General] Lennyuk:
Here is what is most likely happening.

Some people on here are in the 'beta' testing, or they know someone who is, they then get this OTA and leak this with no permission from Samsung. The fact it keeps happening probably shows that Samsung don't really care either that or they have just failed to trace the source yet (Samsung used to be very strict on rom leaks and have in the past sacked people for doing so)

but as for public testing, this is not that, if they wanted to do that they would just publicly say so (like Sony did..)
[Galaxy S III General] jctux:
:D

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Well say my friend !
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Got to be far nearer the mark than XDA are Samsungs testers .Especially as these leaks go to all not to a few top rank devs who build .

SGS2 had a couple of accidental OTA test roms to one guys phone last year .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] member68:
I wonder in what other ways Samsung uses this forum. Suddenly an innocent question like "do you like the new red sgs3 design" becomes a possibility for a small marketing poll.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
I don't think they actually leak them, but they seem to not care about it.

Maybe they do get bugs from here, but i doubt it.. they probably have testing teams.
[Galaxy S III General] dilema:
I think Lenny's on the mark, they're not their own leaks, possibly from a legal stand (if it bricks someone's phone, it's not Samsung's fault,) but they don't seem to mind too much. And I'm sure they'd have people reading the various forums for bugs and such. Very easy way to do a soak test, and no responsibility to them!
[Galaxy S III General] Edward Zhuang:
Samsung is just using xda users to help them test the jb firmware so they can spend less time testinf and fix bugs from what users reported
[Galaxy S III General] :
There is no way these "leaks" are unintentional. If someone was really leaking firmware, we would've got 1 leak at most, then the hole would've been closed. Security department in Samsung isn't paid for nothing.

And yes, i believe they are using XDA and other forums as big test sites.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I remember a while ago when Sony Ericsson started to open the bootloaders. 2 guys from Sony came out and said on the forum, hey there we are from Sony and we are here to help and awnser questions. That was truly amazing and I could imagine that Samsung is kinda doing something similar. And I like it!

Hurray for android

Sent from an unofficial Samsung beta FW tester using a GT I9300
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
True, if they are watching this they must come out.. But every company has a policy and in these days there is a lot of cost cutting in all MNC's..

So they just leak this silently and watch for people to report bugs.

They fix it and again put the same on servers for which sammobiles and all have access..

It's very simple for them to do this.. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] pruhster:
Well the leaks are beneficial for both Samsung and the XDA community. We also get to test mods, themes and custom ROMs based on the new sammy firmware so that when it's official developers can quickly deliver stable updates for their ROMs / mods. But if Samsung had called the leaks beta firmware and released it officially too many people would've just messed up their phones and gotten angry at samsung. This way they're delivering mainly to the most tech savvy users that know how to diagnose and possibly even fix a bug.
[Galaxy S III General] raulchik:
So... Free galaxy Note 2 for everybody here!!! We'll feel well-paid :)

Can you hear me, Mr. Samsung? :p
[Galaxy S III General] brar.arsh:
Beta testers who download, install and report at their own cost.. :D

Sent from Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean
[Galaxy S III General] cyrexking:
I was thinking about this the other day with all these leaks. I can say that i have flashed each and every one of it and reported some bugs.

I tnink its an exchange benefit, for sammy to makes us beta tester ans for us to use the os before its official release
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Maybe Faryaab is secretly working for Samsung, providing us with leaks and providing Samsung with feedback so they know what to work on, then they provide us with a new leak and so on. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] nobnut:
Except Faryaab doesn't actually provide the leaks :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] Taubin:
Every phone I've had, that has been on XDA and has had leaks, we get the same exact post. "We are all beta testers for _________" "We must all be doing beta on the _________ for ________ you know they leaked it on purpose so we would beta test it" "Anyone else think we are actually secretly doing beta tests for _______ "

Samsung may be reading this forum, but, they most likely don't leak these things on purpose for people on any forum outside of ones they control, to 'beta test' for them.
[Galaxy S III General] sebarkh:
But I would love to hear from them, so that they come out, stop hiding and say hello to us here on xda, even in Korean :)

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General] bilboa1:
I dunno if that's still the case, but in the past you could just "brute force" the URLs to kies download servers for the updates, there was no specific protection

I would guess many of the "leaks" came that way, maybe still do
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
If that was the case then Samsung would have found how they're being leaked and stopped it.

You're talking about 1 or 2 leaks on other forums, we're talking many many leaks which are quite clearly leaked purposely by Samsung.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nicks25:
Greetings all, I have an Xperia Neo on which I installed CM9 custom rom and used it for 2-3 days which gave me awesome performance over stock rom but features like bravia, xloud, camera quality, gesture keyboard input etc missing.. so thought to install some other rom and I found Xperia Pureness much satisfying rom :)

Now my question is, how to install Xperia Pureness rom over CM9? What's the procedure? because when I googled, I found nothing.

Just too scared as I do not wanna brick my phone or wanna face general problems as other guys have faced like bootloop etc.

Please help. Thanks in advance buddies :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] iamdchosen1:
Just flash the night elf kernel as recommended by the developer of the ROM!

And install the ROM..

Don't forget to do a clean wipe..

Factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nicks25:
flashing kernel and ROM are two diff things?

I didn't get you. Can you tell me with CWM way? like what I understand is I need to boot into CWM and from that I should flash two files which are build_11 and patch.. that's it.. is it like that way only over CM9?

thanks for ur response buddy :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] EvilMember:
1.Factory reset in cwm

2.wipe cache partition

3.wipe dalvik cache

4.Format /system (in mounts and storage)

5.Format /cache

6.Format /Data

7.Install Xperia_Ice_Cream_Pureness_build_10.00.zip

8.Install patch for your phone model

9.Reboot now and you are done !

Hit thnx if i helped you.....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nicks25:
mate, I could read above info provided by owner and I got it easily. This instructions don't tell about kernel installation step and also one should install kernel before or later after ROM installation and etc. these were my doubts. Anyways, I installed Alliance kernel first by fastboot command as my phone is unlocked and then installed xperia pureness rom :)

currently, i am testing it.. first thing I opened camera and found camera sucks :( it seems it is not 8 MP camera but 3 MP camera :( image quality is not satisfying.. so nothing beat Stock Rom camera and image quality.. (CM9 and xperia pureness, i have tested so far)

I like the touch buttons for home, back and menu key on the home screen :) those buttons make operating phone with one hand at ease :) Super..

wanna test sound, but where is music player? duh.. :/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] iamdchosen1:
Yeah, the music player is missing! The developer has given this as an add on..

Here's the link for the Walkman music player..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1681250
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] rajxelton:
music player - Walkman with Beats is an addon.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nicks25:
yes, i found it. It is being downloaded now :)

How to install it? I just need to install zip in CWM? that's it?

also where is thanks button?

Thanks a ton :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] DeathCzar:
Yes just flash it. And read the first post thoroughly before complaining about anything not working. Your doubt may be answered already!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] 3kay945:
it is now working perfectly,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
hey guys couple of quick questions

1. are the sprint and verizon S3's the exact same hardware and all the rom/radio flashes interchangable?

2. can you use voice and 3g on a S3 with either sprint or verizon with no sim, or do the networks use the IMEI for all services?

thanks in advance

cheers,

disco
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I9300 International forum only .

Sticky USA versions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756332

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
sorry about that, yes this a sch i535. thanks for the heads up bro :)

cheers,

disco
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sdotfitz:
I am getting slower data speeds then I should and its because it keeps constantly switching between HSPA and umts, 4 times at least every 10 seconds. I was curious if I can force hspa, I read on another forum about someone changing the build.prop to lower the requirements for hspa and it working but they didn't say how and I don't know how to do it. I have full service 5/5 bars almost always. I verified there was a problem by running speed tests on my hox and my sisters iPhone 4. Here 3g is faster than my "4g" and I'm pretty sure its because it keeps switching so much. My battery is taking a hit as well. Any help would be great thx.

I'm running cm10 by the way.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhazey:
I was wondering what the name of the app is to change my lockscreen wallpaper without cropping it. I have Multipicture Live Wallpaper, but it doesn't seem to work as the rom's lockscreen image seems to override it.
[HTC Sensation] GazaIan:
Got caught up in this, so keep throwing these weather themes at me and I'll gladly Original themes here, all icon credits to them; http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28325580&postcount=1

PLEASE, if there is any problem with the themes, tell me, preferably PM me so I see it quicker, and I'll try to resolve it as quickly as I can.

All Cyanogenmod 9 mods were made using the CM9 Stable ROM from get.cm, and the CM10 ROM is the August 27th update. Because CM10 has not reached stable phase yet, framework-res.apk is subject to change, and the CM10 mods are subject to break. CM9 is at stable, and will only be updated in case there is a new stable ROM coming.

Light and Dark weather, made for CM by the guy linked in the thread up there

Enjoy!

Note: This is a full framework-res mod, flashing this will remove any other framework-res mods you may have already applied. Always make a Nandroid backup, should an explosion occur.

8/28@8:54pm - CM10 Links removed, being updated for August 27 Build

8/28@9:17pm - Added updated revert to stock for CM10

8/28@9:26pm - added Weather 1.1

8/28@9:40 - Added Weather Tick

8/28@9:45 - Weather Plain Dark and Light links for CM10 removed and not updated, the popularity is stupidly low (4 downloads)
[HTC Sensation] pippodream:
nice work! Thank you!
[HTC Sensation] mandrizle:
Would this be compatible with AOKP?
[HTC Sensation] Jiggs82:
Aokp already has this weather icon and btw thanks Gazalan ,it works like a champ:)
[HTC Sensation] MikeDVH:
Thanks for this great mod.

Question... how do I get the original one back if I want to?

Sent from my HTC Sensation. No wait, Pyramid... um, I'm confused. =]
[HTC Sensation] B1aze:
Yes, awesome! Thanks a bunch bud! :D