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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Exleh:
BUUUUT I can root Jellybean once I get it.

The reason I asked is because I had an Evo 3D before this, and for some reason, when I would flash an AOSP ROM, my phone would lose its carrier settings and go back to Sprint. I think the phone had a modified or repaired ESN.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FromiOSToAndroid:
I can not believe how mean you guys are. Would you feel good if your Cat got killed just because of a careless ROM flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Max_Pain:
well, I guess I spoke too quickly. I have only ever used phones with clean ESN. I don't know how "repaired" or "modified" ESNs work.

I really am lost here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Exleh:
Nevermind I took a shot at it and I am happily on CM10 right now. Also, I did the update through ODIN and that worked.

Also on a side note to the rest of you, Don't give me smart ass replies to a simple question. I don't need that. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThatFool:
So my contract is up in 2 days i am considering picking up the GSIII or the Droid DNA or maybe a long shot the Note II. So is the GSIII a thing of the past already or will it stay in the higher ranks of smart phones for the next year or so?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
The gs3 is still a high end phone and it will continue to be for some time. Like all tech, the clock is running on it though.

Honestly android phones are reaching a point where you are going to be satisfied with the ux regardless of which phone you choose (except for the really low end.) You don't really say what is most important to you so you will need to weigh the urrent and upcoming phones. For example, the development community or if you think the touchwiz user enhancements give the gs3 a leg up. It comes down to your preferences...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] edthesped:
Will you have to give up unlimited data to upgrade? If so I would say pass and look for a used phone. Otherwise I'm not sure. I'm really happy with my s3 and would buy it again if that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
I would say get the Note II as its better spec'd but i just cant get over that home button branding so i would say S3 unless you wanna wait another month or so for the Droid DNA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmichaels1982:
I hate my phone lol

I cant wait till I get the next HTC phone ..

Lol mine will be on craigs as soon as DNA comes out

Signal issues, gps lock is no where near accurate as fast as the rezound, 4g drops , 3g drops , -107 dbm at best where my rezound would get -87 dbm , sim card issues , touch wiz no bluetooth while aux in unless custom rom , hard press home button , dual core for a phone that is quad core every where else but verizon , screen and camera mediocre at best when compared with HTC rezound , wait till DNA and it will crush GS3 flat camera and screen wise

And dude, lose unlimited data ???? I would sell my last pair of underwear and not lose unlimited .

PS burned through 3 s3 replacements
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThatFool:
It is sad but Unlimited will go i had a droid bionic but dropped it of my car and i stopped charging so i been stuck with an i*hone for about 3 months :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmichaels1982:
so buy full price

Get a used craigs list phone until u save for full price and keep unlimited , remember , you can keep unlimited if you buy full price
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] awalkerz:
That HTC looks pretty nice, if you don't mind the HTC Sense.

The GS3 has a good developer backing though. I don't like Touchwhiz so I have a lot of options thanks to the huge backing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huedawg:
The s3 is going to be around for awhile . The camera is amazing and the battery life is good too . Not many on the market compete with it .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dontsayeta:
I went from HTC to the S3 and I'm loving it. Of course, doesn't take much to outdo the Thunderbolt...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
I came from the Rezound to the S3 and I love it. Reception ain't as bad as I expected.. But that Dna....

Looks like it'll be hot. Honestly if the Dna gets unlocked and gets source.. I'll probably try and get it. Unless it really doesn't have expandable storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guthrien:
It's an absolutely amazing phone, it's hard to see with it's popularity and specs that it will be considered old news for some time. It's arguably the best Android phone yet made, and not everything that comes after is going to be as good, we sure know that.

I used the Note 2 for a couple weeks trying to decide whether to switch and I'm still not sure. In some ways it made me appreciate the S3 even more. It comes down to how large you want your phone to be. How much development interests you. Besides that you can't go wrong with either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Obagleyfreer:
Just putting in my 2c.

I bought the S3 as an upgrade from S2 and if I'm honest I was totally disappointed.

It's much slower than my S2, especially opening contacts and sms.

Granted the screen is nicer but that's all it has going for it in my opinion. I wish I'd saved my cash and got the i9305 or just wait for the Note 2. 1gb of RAM is not enough for this phone in my opinion and it lags like crazy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kieso:
Personally this is the best phone I've ever had. I love the touchwiz interface. There's always going to be something better out tomorrow no matter what phone you get. I really wanted a tegra 3 phone but gave up on waiting and got the gs3. I'm really satisfied with the smoothness of this phone. I've tried different Roms but I've gone back to stock touchwiz because I love it so much. I like it but that doesn't mean it'll be your preference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
The S3 has 1.63gb of usable ram. Slow? Is that a serious complaint? Install a custom rom or a new kernel and overclock it up to 2.1ghz if you desire. install nova launcher. You should see some gains right there. Either your phone is defective or you aren't customizing it to its potential. This phone is leaps and bounds faster and is all around a better phone than anything else on the market right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
The S3 is not slower than the S2. I don't believe it. Sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sm973:
Came from HTC rezound to s3 I like the phone except touchwiz and the antennas are very poor compared to my rezound
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
verizon is not the only carrier to get a dual core version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Personal opinion or not.. Are you serious? You should consider getting another from big red. This phone zooms even on stock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vdChild:
My vote is foe the DNA. Im going to figure out a way to get rid of this low signal beast. As much as i love this thing the data drops and low signal compared to my other 3 htc devices in my area is crazy.

Sent from my unlocked VZW Galaxy SIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Loading...:
I upgraded to a gs3 from an htc incredible and I am loving it. I was looking to buy another htc phone but the one X never came to verizon and I didnt want to buy a rezound so I waited and opted for a GS3. I am very happy with my phone and will probably buy the GS4 when it comes out. HTC phones are great but the biggest problem I think they have with their phones is the weak battery they end up putting in it. Hopefully the DNA will come packed with a battery thats on par with the note2. It sounds like one hell of a phone. Its about time qualcomm introduced the S4 pro.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beaups:
Battery in HTC oneX is fantastic, destroys the S3 battery life. Don't get too caught up in mah ratings, htcs software and more importantly their LED displays sip juice a LOT slower than Samsung phones....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Which onex are you referring to? International or att?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beaups:
Lte version (att, rogers, telestra). The tegra version is pretty bad, that CPU is a pig and a 10% larger battery won't even fix that problem.

I had no problem getting over 24 hours battery out of my hox with over 6 hours screen time. My s3 couldn't even keep the screen on for 6 hours at idle and in airplane mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
Same here. I honestly thought the reception was going to blow. But it's actually holds my 4G at my house very solid. It get less of signal than my Rezound. My Rezound would get - 85 as my S3 get - 97 as I type this. The battery is great for 2100mah. What I did notice was the wifi. It didn't play to well with my netgear dual band router. Whenever my phone would go to sleep and I came back to use the wifi it would take 20-30secs for the wifi to kick back on even though it would be connected to my wifi. My wife's Rezound doesn't have that problem. So what I did was turn my wifi off at home and just use my 4G connection. And to my surprise, what I have noticed I am getting battery life with the 4G on than my wifi. Weird.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nastyemu:
Buy a used GS3 and keep your unlimited. Can't believe anyone would voluntarily give up unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skrusrnmz:
I haven't studied much about the DNA. I can tell you that the GS3 is still relevant and will be for a while. The dev community behind it is awesome. It's got such good performance specs it will be supported long after VZW and Samsung stop.

The screen is beautiful. The camera is awesome.

Don't know what people are talking about with signal, that's awesome too! I'm in the boonies, seriously way out, like leave my house in any direction and I'm in a dead-zone, but at my house I get signal and not just signal I get 4g to the tune of 15/5 on average. Now the Galaxy Nexus had bad signal. That would average 4/1.

Samsung's styling in my opinion is superior. Much sexier than the industrial Borg like styling of Motorola. HTC is getting better but I still think they're kinda plain.

And, if I haven't proven yet that I'm a freak, I really like TouchWiz. Yeah, I love just about everything except for the not-heterosexual Nature sound scheme.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bulldog8712:
Came from an iPhone 4 and am loving the s3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] toco2mo:
loving the s3 here too. not a fan of the samsung software however.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Dude, do not let your unlimited go. Rock a broken droid before you do anything.

Craiglist. Don't lose the unlimited. Note 2 is a beast but locked. I highly doubt we'll see another unlock like the s3 did. That was an anomaly. The Droid DNA looks sick as hell, but I'd wait and see development on it. HTC hasn't had much action in a minute...

Not much help, but an insight.

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Then get rid of said software ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
you will not regret buying the galaxy s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
I wonder how many people who are all about keeping their unlimited plans actually use a ton of data.

I didn't wanna get rid of my unlimited, but then realized that I rarely use over 2 gigs of data per month, and I have 2 4G phones...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
It's wasn't typical monthly usage, but unlimited data came in handy when I recently used the phone to tether my work laptop after Sandy hit the coast and knocked our communications out for a few days.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
30-50 GBs every month.

It's mandatory that I keep it ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
i dont use that much either but its just the principle and convenience of having it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
I see where you guys are coming from. To me it just wasn't worth having to always pay full retail for a phone :) having 2 lines that would easily come out to $1,300 or more :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
That's why I have 4 lines spread out. I upgrade on the 3 that aren't unlimited, then wait 24 hours and sim swap. That's how I've had every top device for the last year or two...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlyle:
Came from Rezound and S3 is by far one of (if not) the Best device out.

as was posted above Note 2 prob. gonna be locked up tight but I dunno.

Buy off CL to keep unlimited data .

DNA may be locked up too but only time will tell ?

Get an S3 and get ur Flash On

:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lennie paz:
I agree with you. I could never use 4 gb a month.

What are you doing that you are using 30-50 a month???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prenedo:
I got a similar deal going with my parents so we can both keep unlimited data. At 10gb + I could never do it... And I don't have 4g at my house yet...

Take a look at your data usage history, if you think you can keep it under 2-4 gigs/month than take the upgrade. A lot of people don't need unlimited. As far as phones go, my vote is in for the s3. Hell, the s2 is still a higher end device. This thing will be in the top tier for awhile. Note 2 is nothing but a giant s3 (which is pretty big to begin with), so go that route if you like size..

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I can't speak for wolfe, but I run through at least 10gb/month. I'm what you would call a crack flasher (I d/l at least 1-2 gbs of roms/mods/themes per week) and I use my phone to d/l movies and shows to stream (dlna) to my playstation. I watch more tv through my phone than through com cast. Stuff adds up when you download a lot. You'll never get there surfing the Web and downloading apps though....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
I would wait to see how the DNA turns out. It looks like it could be a beast of a phone.

The s3 is awesome in its own right, but a1080p non-pentile screen is crazy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Streaming lots of music and netflix will get your data up there. Add in downloading roms and bam
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
I think the streaming music is only a problem if you stream music all-day on 4G. I've gone on 4-hour drives streaming Pandora and only got like 100-150MB usage. If at home or work I assume you would have wifi.

Netflix will kill you though, a single tv show is probably one gigabyte of data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
I honestly would sell my gs3 if Verizon would've picked up a one series phone. I came from a VIVOW (Dinc2) and honestly if it wasn't for the shared plan, would've probably gotten the inc 4g. I don't care for the sgs3 too much. Yes I love the size and speed, but I hate Touchwiz and everything related to it. AOSP is the only reason I haven't thrown this thing away yet.. and even then, I don't know if I will keep this thing much longer unless we get a real MIUI dev to come in with semi regular updates... I will probably get the Rezound or something because I believe Sense is 1000x better than touchwiz. Depending on the DNA, as long as there's external storage, I'll take that.. root or not

Signature:

if you're using a D2VZW and are on an AOSP ROM. disable HW overlays in dev options and stop clogging threads about your screen flickers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
This.

Plus add: torrents

Everything is done from my phone. Desktop is obsolete.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
No wifi at home because of cutting back on bills. And work has wifi. I'm outside alot and my kid loves netflix. Lala loopsy and some other randomness
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
Yea I would probably do the same if we had an unlimited plan. We lost it moving from att to Verizon unfortunately. The lte whet I live its better than Comcast during peak usage times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slufa111:
Came from a droid x2 and its a world of difference especially with the unlockable bootloader. I was considering the Note 2 but I already have an iPad....I give it a 9 / 10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] boe:
I love almost everything about the S3 except the reception. The reception is buggy to say the least. You can be stationary and go from 4 bars to no bars to 4 bars (oh and lose the call you were on). I'm thinking about moving to the DNA but waiting for reports on the battery life before throwing down that money as my contract is only 6 months old. The motorola phones work great as phones - I just don't like them much otherwise.

Samsung phones and Verizon don't get along well in some areas. Some people claim no issues but I think it depends on how much you use your phone as a phone. I use about 3000 minutes per month so I'm much more aware than someone who texts all the time but rarely actually wants to use their voice. The Nexus (last years samsung model) was even worse than the S3 but it seems to be a trend with Samsung and Verizon that is often discussed in the Samsung/Verizon forums. There is always someone who says they don't have the issue and you must have a defective phone but what are the chances of 6 defective phones in a row?

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Thank you for mentioning it. Everytime I mention the signal issues on the S3 someone says you got a bad phone - I agree - anyone labeled Verizon S3 is going to have that issue. I've been through far too many Nexus and S3 phones to fall for that nonsense anymore. If you have reception problems on one phone no matter how many times you replace it with that same model, chances are you will continue to have them. The motorolas work great as phones but I hate them as PDAs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
What? 4G faster than Comcast? :confused:

My 4G speeds are fast but nowhere near my Comcast speeds
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ihavenewnike:
DNA comes out the 21st of Novemeber. It has a better radio than the s3. I would say DNA if you need it now. Or the Note 2 if willing to wait 2-3 weeks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I think that people most often come to the Q&A and general forums to ask questions, try to figure out problems they experience or to ask about something they don't know yet/can't find. Sure, you'll get some contributions on solutions that have been found and so forth, but I feel this area of the board tends to get a higher representation of problem vs. "oh, everything is still working well for me" topics.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JustSomeDude:
I feel I need to add to this, as I just tried to have an important phone conversation in my house, where my Rezound always worked flawlessly, and my gf's RAZR works flawlessly... But on my gs3, I had nothing but dropping audio and actually dropped the call twice. But like most here, I also love this thing as a pocket computer. If I talked on the phone more, I'd probably have to get something else. I've been looking hard at the DNA because I've found HTC antennas (at least in my Rezound and Evo) to be almost on par with Motorola, and if it had 32gb or an sd slot, I may have thought harder. (it also would be hard to go back to Sense, after seeing how much faster and smoother aosp and even touchwiz is - I really was hoping the dna was going to be a nexus-ish device).

Like mentioned above, you're going to find endless numbers of people who will say that all the people having reception problems with the gs3 have bum units or are using the wrong radios and should get a replacement. I personally think that's crap, but that's just me. I'd say get it from Best Buy or Costco so you can use it hard for 30 days without the worry of a restocking fee if you need to return it. Make calls and use data in as many places as you can think of to see if it will work for you. Seriously, test it hard, and everywhere - I personally never would have thought of my house as a fringe area before this phone. Then see if you can live with it. I personally actually talk on the phone so little, that most days I am able to overlook the crap phone part of this thing, just because I love it so much as a little computer.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlyle:
Phone reception will vary. Mine was the other case.. My Rezound was terrible at my house.. But S3 is perfect to talk on at my house.. Kinda weird how that works :)

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Exactly. Some people have stronger signals where they are.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] boe:
Do you think the Samsung Note 2 will have a better radio than the S3? Seems like along with Nexus, Samsung phones have issues with Verizon's network.
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
For Australia Optus and it says android version 4.03. Is that correct? No updates are available ota and I thought we were up to 4.04 at least with the official updates??? I haven't had the official stock Rom on my phone since I got it like 6 months ago and have been stuffing around with custom roms and they are all at least 4.04 some 4.1.2 ??? What's the go???
[HTC One X] matt95:
you're stuck there till a RUU for your branded phone comes out... which is your CID?
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
How do I find the cid ? And when I installed the ruu it must of wiped cwm? Because when I tried to go to recovery it just reset my phone back to the factory ruu Rom
[HTC One X] matt95:
you can get the cid by typing

fastboot getvar cid

but i don't know if it works with the bootloader locked

could you also check what is you HBOOT version?
[HTC One X] jakearnott:
I put my phone back to stock yesterday with the same RUU as you, and did a software update to 4.0.4.

What was the process you followed to get there?
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Downloaded ruu, relocked bootloader by fastboot OEM lock or whatever it is and installed ruu by opening executable ruu file on my pc. Maybe do I have to flash recovery with the stock recovery? At the moment it just resets factory settings if I try to go into recovery...
[HTC One X] matt95:
when you run a RUU it installs the recoverystock.img and boot.img too....no need to flash it again
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Wonder why I can't get the update to 4.04 then?? With everything stock, when you go to recovery option does it just reset your phone? Back to defaults?
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Going to try to get the cid.

Edit - cid: none

Do I need to unlock again just to get cid? There isn't a cmd command to do it easily is there rather than going through HTC dev???
[HTC One X] jakearnott:
It certainly does. I realised this earlier today.
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
The update just came up :)

Will have to wait till I'm on wireless though. Only a few days into monthly period and already used half my data allowance.... Don't know if ill bother though ad I will be probably sending it back due to auto rotate not working...
[HTC One X] BenPope:
fastboot oem readcid

Although I'm not sure why we need this, we know which RUU works.

Try

fastboot erase cache

It might sort your recovery out and won't hurt.
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Does the 4.04 update get rid of the 3 button menu bar???
[HTC One X] XxJibblesxX:
Yes it should. Replaces multitasking fuction. I'm the same. Reverted to same stock ROM and haven't received 4.0.4 which sucks coz I'm so used to viperX and having the menu button :(
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Just updated to 4.04 stock ruu and OMG, my sensors are back :) :) :)
[HTC One X] matt95:
wow finally :)
[HTC One X] webpatrick:
You can choose what you want in settings > display guestures buttons.
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
So I tried flashing twrp recovery and its knocked out my sensors again. I've updated to 4.04 and when I tried installing my ruu I downloaded it said wrong version but its the same one I used before I updated to 4.04. What ruu version am I supposed to have now?
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
The ruu updated your hboot. The old ruu has a lower hboot version. I think you have a ruu on the 1.29 base you need a 2.17 base ruu now.....please correct me if i'm wrong here mates !

Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X