yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Yep. The release date is just over 12 months ago. And the last update was 7 months (Dec 4).

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Gonna stand by my estimate of time since last update. Dec 4 to July 2 is two days shy of 8 months. The point I was trying to make still stands. At&t , in my experience, drops support on devices the minute a new one is released. The s4 is out, so we will be waiting for the next official update long past what I would consider a reasonable amount of time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
July 4 is 7 months since release...but there is no denying the statement regarding the failure of AT&T to provide timely updates of any sort.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Huh. 2 for 2 on my math, right? Looks like I need to wait until I get off work before trying to figure such complicated math...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Not complicated. If you assume Dec 1 was the release date then all of Dec is 1 month. And since July just started you cannot count it. Jan to Jun is 6 months. So 1(Dec) + 6(Jan-Jun) is 7 months. Add three days back to 1st of the month of July since you took off 3 days in Dec and you get July 4. If you want to debate technicality, then July 3 marks the end of the 7th month and the 4th is the beginning of the 8th month so my math is still correct as of today.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Yeah, I got it. Was replying at work, and it was a loooooong day. And I wasn't debating after your second post, I was agreeing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
I can understand those long days.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SamsungUpdates/status/351307596298326017

Here you go, maybe this almost appease you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Old news, and not necessarily official.

Plus, not even a 'soft' date.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dave1977nj:
Just use T-Mobile 4.1.2 F.... AT&T
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Except that T-Mobile's coverage isn't good in areas that I frequent, I'd have gone with them in a second.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
No, he was referring to the fact that there have been many ports of T-Mobile firmware over to the at&t side. I use the Detmobilized port by loserskater and enewman and you absolutely cannot tell that the ROM came from another carriers firmware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Gotcha, sorry. :beer:

I took it as F___ AT&T in general, as a carrier.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Oh, I betcha he meant that, too!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kschumake83:
I'm thinking about leaving at&t because of this and the new fees and the upgrade terms. Tmobiles service is decent in my area and the new pricing structure kicks ass, so I agree f... At&t.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gage_Hero:
Not sure if we should hold our breath but this articale looks promising.....

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/485961/20130703/android-5-0-key-lime-pie-update.htm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
This would apply to the international versions. U.S. carriers may release but by the time they do my contact will be up. This has nothing to do with the 4.1.2 update though.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] i747usr:
Can't update AT&T gs3??

I've been trying to find some answers on here and all over for a few weeks now, and I just found your post today. Are you saying that the i747 for AT&T can't get an update to 4.1.2?!

But... if you're trying to unlock your phone, it needs to update to 4.1.1 or 4.1.0 at least just in order to follow the unlocking procedure.

Sorry to be a noob. This is why I've waited for weeks and searched (with no luck) before posting.

IF* I can update my phone from 4.0.4 to 4.1 or 4.1.1, Where should I look?

Thanks for your help!

Samsung Galaxy S3

AT&T i747

Android 4.0.4
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
There is currently no official update for the AT&T I747 to 4.1.2.

Thee are many ports of the T-Mobile and Telus ones that can be flashed to a rooted i747.

If you have 4.0.4 there's an update to 4.1.1 waiting for you, or you can root that and jump to the ports.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TKG26:
Is it juat me or is swipe right over a sms contact not working? I cannot swipe right to call someone I'm texting
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
It works fine, they just chang d where you start. Start swiping to the immediate right of the contact picture and you shouldn't have any problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TKG26:
ok ok thanks! Strange change to make. ITs more of a press swipe for me now,.. seemed so much smoother the old way..

Thanks again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gregt0410:
4.1.2

If you are looking for a great 4.1.2 rom you have to check out the Deadly Venom rom. They just updated it to the .4.1.2.

Link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176780
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lnchbx:
ATT+ Android updates.

I have sgs3 with ATT. I understand the frustration that all ATT customers have. I have one suggestion. Buy a Google Nexus phone. Yes it is a little more money than getting an ATT phone. But you WILL get your updates to the OS quickly. The only problem I see is for the people who like and use TW. This way you don't even have to renew your contract. The phone is unlocked. I will be doing this when the next Google Nexus comes out. I hope that this could help ....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wheeler062505:
I had the samsung galaxy s3 thru verizon and it brought the 4.1.2 upgrade whoch was nice but it didn't have the premium suite and brought other problems and the had take it back almost as quick as the put it out because of the issues it created. I jave since left verizon because of of an over abundance of droped calls. Etf waved because techs confirmed i was in a poor voice coverage area. Thank goodness AT&T has great voice coverage for my area. In short becareful what u wish for. Let them take there time testing the update so we dont get the backlash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dcr4m:
Just leave att guys I have international s3 now ( i9300) and I'm not gonna upgrade my phone from att even though they are fastest in La.

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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VashTS:
why are you on this forum complaining? leave stock and be free. you don't really gain much by going from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 anyway! just make the leap to cm/aokp/paranoid android and you will be happy.

no one is ever satisfied, all they ever hear is "UPDATE that must equal UPGRADE". not always true, sometimes updates are buggy.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CheateR92:
The only thing that stops me from AOKP is that they have crappy camera software..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OTSS:
And a lot of other **** that doesn't work and it's not as stable as pure stock.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
No idea what you're talking about here, tasks AOKP is fantastic. Aosp cameras can't beat TW because of proprietary libs they don't have, so I have to agree with the camera comment.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] klau1:
Bluetooth Tethering is now gone after the 4.1.2 update.

WiFi wastes much more battery and it's always on like Bluetooth Tethering.

Is there is fix?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Xonero:
Been using Task's for a few days and it really does work nicely. I've just gotten into the whole 'root/flashing' scene. I started with CM 10.1 stable, and the battery life on my GS3 was just awful. Nothing out of the ordinary either. BBS showed nothing unusual, Wakelock Detector showed nothing unusual, everything was fine, the battery just drained extremely fast. That's pretty much been the opposite with Task's so far.

Side note: Yeah it probably will be a really long time before AT&T gives 4.2.2 to everyone. If they even make it that far. Really disappointed in them, and glad I decided to learn how to root/flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Dandroid ROM still has bluetooth tethering and is 4.1.2 based.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] klau1:
Is that based on the Samsung touch wiz ?

Aka, does it have multi window?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Yes and yes
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] scorpiopantera:
I haven't had an Android phone at the stock firmware level for years. Root and Rom for any Android that I own.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rkant18:
All the new s3's are now getting ready to release 4.2.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Sources?

Sorry, but we've heard that before..... :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ethere:
I'd like to know where you heard that as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
There was a rumor that AT&T was going to skip 4.1.2 and jump to 4.2.2, but AT&T has been quoted by their employees as 'testing 4.1.2' in house right now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CADude:
Thank god I'm on a Nexus and it's only my girlfriends phone I have to update. She couldnt care less what version she's on as long as I got rid of the AT&T bloatware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agentfusion:
Doubtful. I have a brand new S3, purchased for a whopping $1.03USD on contract. Got news for you... when that happens on at&t, that means one thing:EOL. You can kiss the hopes of any further updates on at&t goodbye. You can quote me on that six months from now when 5.0 comes out and at&t still hasn't pushed 4.1.2

EDIT: I haven't worked there since we launched our first android device when the iPhone exclusivity deal ended (Motorola Backflip), but I suspect zero has changed in HQ, and phones are still at end of life when they start clearing out inventory by making them free without rebate, or a penny. There is only one other time in the history of at&t that I've seen that happen without it being the death of device support and that was when there was a firmware revision on the old startac so we dumped all the ones we had for cheap to get the new ones because it was cheaper than paying shipping to pull them all back from the stores and lose 10% of them in transit, pay techs to flash the new firmware which had another 10% loss rate via bad flash, then ship them back risking another 10%.

So, unless that's the case here which since shipping procedures are much better, and you can reflash bad flashes now, I'm doubting very seriously that we will ever see another official update. I'm willing to admit that I could be wrong and if substantial work was completed on 4.1.2, they might finish it, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Feel free to point and laugh and reference this post if I'm wrong and we start seeing official 4.2.2 S3 handsets in the wild

END EDIT

Source: former employee of the death star in corporate HQ, marketing division and dealer retail accounts executive, I.e. ME.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
It does happen. It happened on the HTC Inspire 4G. At the end of July 2012, they released the update to Sense 3.0/Android 2.3.5 from Sense 2.1/Android 2.3.3. This was almost 17 months after the release date. I feel that AT&T will release at least one more update for this phone given that it is such a big seller. Look at the S2 and Note as another example.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agentfusion:
The inspire only got one update AFAIK from Froyo to Gingerbread with one incremental update to 2.3.5. That's pretty much the norm on at&t. The s3 got JB from starting on ICS, so it's possible that it may get one more small incremental update (4.1.2) but 4.2.2 is highly unlikely, which is what I was referring to in my post. Originally I had said that they potentially wouldn't even go that far, but given that it's already in the works and every other carrier has done it, they might.

Despite the insane popularity of this handset, at&t is notorious for not giving a hoot about what the customers want, and they only care about their bottom line. Look at android in general, it took them practically FOREVER to even get one really lousy gimmick device, even with customers screaming for android all because they wanted to hug their iPhone exclusivity for a little while longer. Now they're releasing android handsets so fast that if a good one comes out you better get it right away before they EOL it and put something else in its place. Samsung's Galaxy line having such longevity is, frankly, anomalous. Other phones have had comparable specs with better build quality and haven't lasted nearly as long.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
I'm still super pissed. I feel like AT&T is neglecting their most sold phone ever. Wow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
They made and spent that money already.... They want us to buy S4s or HTC Ones now....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperAfnan:
Joke's on them now, I bought an AT&T S3, unlocked it, did the AWS enabling mod, and I'm using it on T-mobile with HSPA+ 3.5G :D

Take that AT&T! >:]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Yep...that about sums it up nicely. Made my complaint to Samsung about keeping control of the updating process and keep the carriers out of it. Had they done so we would not even need this thread or several others.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agentfusion:
If that could be done, life would be amazing for us all. Basically all the OEMs would need to DEMAND control over the update process before carriers would buckle. Let's just hope they do that someday and Google doesn't turn around and tell the OEMs to stuff it and take control of the update process themselves. If Google has their way, we'd never have multi window on any device, or anything that makes apps function in a way other than what the app devs intended.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greysonofusa:
It made me pretty angry. That's why I rooted. When I get my GS4 I'm gonna root it right after I open the box.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
While you are correct about AT&T's tendency to upgrade only one major version, they have actually done well with recent Samsung devices. Hence why I mentioned the Skyrocket and Note. They both went from GB (2.3.x) to ICS (4.0.x) and now JB (4.1.x). They have seen three major versions. Given this, the odds of getting 4.2.x or 4.3.x is much more likely so the hopes are not unfounded. The issue is that AT&T is just way too slow in releasing updates. In fact, the update to 4.1.2 is actually odd considering to the best of my knowledge they are the only carrier not to have updated as of yet...months after most. Typically they release updates right on Verizon's heels or immediately before. This just leaves many wondering WTF?

---------- Post added at 09:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 PM ----------

We can only hope the OEMs would step up but I doubt it. I think the carriers would cave even if one major OEM (such as HTC or Samsung) demanded such a thing because they lose potential customers who are more brand loyal to the phone manufacturer vice the carrier. After all, being able to get people into a contract by subsidizing phones is a major cash flow for the carriers like AT&T.

If Google demanded takeover then there would be issues. I think Google will not do so because some people prefer the other manufacturers "look". Forcing everything AOSP might actually hurt Androids popularity and part of Google's major cash cow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] alltechinside:
I agree with you. I highly doubt Google would do that. Google makes money off of the ads and Google services inside Android, not the OS itself. Forcing AOSP won't benefit Google at all. And I feel like it is pretty late for Google to do that now. If Google does force AOSP onto manufacturers, I think this would actually benefit Windows Phones and possibly Samsung moving to Tizen.

Since we are on topic about Tizen, we've heard of rumours about Samsung switching from Android to Tizen. I don't think Samsung's planning to do that, at least for now. Tizen doesn't have apps and they are way too late in the market to open another Mobile OS. Tizen seems like a backup to me more than anything in case Android goes wrong or something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dreckis604:
Super confused I restored my phone through kies and in with rogers it is version 4.1.2?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Why are you confused? This is an att thread. They are pretty much the only carrier not to release 4.1.2 :-\
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DooMLoRD:
---[ RELEASED! ]---

[ info ]

Hello friends,

so friends after numerous leaks here is the official Sony JB ROM firmware

6.2.B.0.211

for the Xperia S (LT26i)... this will also work on the Xperia SL (LT26ii)...

THIS ROM PACKAGE INCLUDES SIGNED STOCK KERNEL!

This can be flashed using ANY recovery!!! on

BOTH LOCKED AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER supported

!!!

here is the build.prop of this ROM: http://pastebin.com/MBvaqvjz

[ screenshots ]

​

[ WARNING ]

PLEASE DO NOT CROSSFLASH THIS ROM... this is ment

only for LT26i/LT26ii (Xperia S/SL)

... please do not flash it on LT26w/LT28/etc....

THE INSTALLER WILL DO A FACTORY RESET AND WILL WIPE THE DATA & CACHE PARTITIONS!!!

THOSE UPGRADING FROM .200 FW SHOULD TAKE BACKUP OF THE ROM BEFORE FLASHING! IF YOU WANT YOUR DATA BACK YOU CAN DO AN ADVANCED RESTORE IN RECOVERY!

[ features ]

Easy to flash update.zip via recovery

Prerooted (SuperSU v1.30) and busybox (1.20.2) installed

working STOCK KERNEL

[ requirements ]

BOTH LOCKED & UNLOCKED bootloader!

previously on stock .45/.50/.55 ICS ROM or roms based on that [since baseband of the official JB ROM is same as ICS :) ] OR .200 JB FW

supplied ROM

any existing recovery!

[ how to install ]

download the ROM and save it on SDCARD

reboot device into recovery

make sure that the /system partition is unmounted, i have noticed that in some kernels the /system partition remains mounted

flash the ROMs update.zip (this will take some time)

thats it now reboot device!!

at first boot device will reboot once after bootanimation thats expected

next boot will take a long time!!!

it might happen that in after some reboots u get a "flashing firmware screen" thats ok.. let it complete... DO NOT DISTURB WHILE THAT PROCESS IS GOING ON!!!

after a few reboots the ROM should stabilize!

enjoy!

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For now this is only for unlocked bootloaders: DooMKernel

[ want stock kernel with recovery? ]

For unlocked bootloaders: Flash this kernel

NOTE PLEASE USE CWM 6.0.2.7 TO FLASH THIS ROM

For LOCKED bootloaders: Flash this recovery package

[ donations ]

if u feel that this work has helped u OR u think that the work i put into making this is worthy of donations, then click on the following link for buying me some coffee/beer/etc ;)

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[ download link ]

kindly

DO NOT MIRROR MY FILES

!!!

LT26-DooMLoRD-JB-211_prerooted.zip (MIRROR1) (MIRROR2)

MD5HASH: dc13c9cae9ce67a9a37cf8cee20d45ac ] { 490 MB / 51,38,49,077 bytes }

READ THE SECOND POST IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY ISSUES!

i understand that everyone is really happy about this but

please dont flood this thread with "thank you" posts

... there is a

"Thanks" button

, use that... and if u are overjoyed there is always an option to donate or buy one of my awesome apps from Google Play Store! :angel:

** NEW *** Xperia SDCARD Mounter App!

READ THE FULL THREAD BEFORE ASKING ANY QUERIES OR REPORTING ANY BUGS/ISSUES

ENJOY!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cikoxda:
wooow great Doom...waiting for download an testing!! :D

what about 1080p recording?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
Which region, DoomLord?

Sent from the outer space, delivered by an android
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DooMLoRD:
its still a bit jittery... but that could be because of a fresh install...

not really sure... here is the build.prop:

http://pastebin.com/MBvaqvjz

@ALL

i am uploading to 2-3 mirror sites... dont worry you will get good download speeds :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shad0wboss:
- In CWM when it says mount /system, does it mean that system is unmounted?

EDIT: "ro.semc.version.fs=WORLD" Does it mean, it's world generic?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
What have they noticeably fixed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DooMLoRD:
if it says "mount /system" then system is already unmounted...

if it says "unmount /system" then system is mounted and needs to be unmounted for this to flash properly...

i dont know... ask sony..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sirence:
Is it worth flashing this? So far I heard there it's no change to. 200, is that true?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shad0wboss:
Doom, did you notice this:

ro.semc.version.fs=WORLD

Is this world generic then?

---------- Post added at 11:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:21 PM ----------

There has to be a change. It is probably worth flashing as it is another official update...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
Generic middle east & north africa latin it seems with a quick google.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DooMLoRD:
ROM released! links updated!

check OP for links to download pre-rooted ROM!

cheers!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Milad_Nexus:
! ! !

Thanks a lot DooM , i'm waiting for this ! :good:

This Version what's different with 6.2.B.0.200 ???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RHBH:
I read that it was just a regional update for middle-east with WiFi fix and additional language support.

Is it true?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
yep, middle east and north africa latin
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cjvzla:
I am on official .200 xperia SL unlocked bootloader.. What do I flash to have root? Do I flash doomkernel with flashtool on fastboot mode?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 15131331231:
bugs fixed or not?like 2G data?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] d4ncyb3r:
I'm download process, I hope with this firware Sony fix about video issue and give stamina mode and nice work Doom ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] LucidSomnia:
Thanks for the ROM DooMLoRD, I will flash and post changes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
It's not for Acro S. But you can try removing the assert from updater-script for sure.

Powered by OpenSEMC CM10.1 with Android 4.2.2 on the board.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Midleo:
How to do this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
Open the zip and navigate to /META-INF/com/google/android. Open the updater-script and remove the line, which includes the check

Powered by OpenSEMC CM10.1 with Android 4.2.2 on the board.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Midleo:
Mucho Besos "Пацан"... Thanks a lot for your help!!!! Its working. I was removed all the assert line... then flashed via CWM (mount/unmount) and WORK!

THX!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] [The Punisher]:
Where can I find the lockscreen wallpapers that come with this Rom themes?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hectorrai:
Search in themes and apps column

Sent From Lt26i

Bootloader Unlocked

Rooted 4.1.2 eXistenZ ROM

DoomKernel JB
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] domiankrey:
I installed this rom to have a clean official JB. Unfortunately there are still some default apps I dont want to have. How do I delete them?