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[Galaxy S III General] giz_zard:
Chrome update fix???

So I've had all the S3 4.3 issues unlock lag, random restarts etc and then yesterday I took a chrome browser update. Today no lag, no lock ups and Android O/S stats are down from 48% to 16% on the battery page. Has anyone else seen this or am I just experiencing a random lull in crapness?

This is for stock FW (I9300XXUGMJ9)
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Well Samsung pulled 4.3 for a reason .
[Galaxy S III General] giz_zard:
Yes I think it was based on all the issues I listed prior to saying the Chrome update had "possibly" fixed my symptoms.....

Could be that a change in an app behaviour (chrome) could have a beneficial effect on a buggy O/S. Just curious if anyone else has seen this.

Its like I have a new phone today.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] cruzeman:
I don't know, maybe it's kind of placebo, but i have the same thing after installation of latest chrome update :eek: Will watch the system behavior further. Somebody else?
[Galaxy S III General] poubella:
Same here, it looks like its mostly fixed now.

Battery life was horrible after the 4.3 update, about 50% of the battery went to 'Android System' in the battery stats. I also experienced the wake up lag.

Now after the Chrome update the battery life is back to normal, wake up lag is almost gone...

Not sure if its related to Chrome tho, Google is known for updating some core Android services silently. Maybe some other part of the OS was updated without notification ?
[Galaxy S III General] giz_zard:
I suppose so yes, maybe a stealth patch came with Chrome or its some common function thats been modified, who know's. I'm just happy I've got a functional S3 again!
[Galaxy S III General] topnoch:
Worked for me also.

I believe you`ll be a hero of this week :D
[Galaxy S III General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
Maybe then another update will bring chaos again! Who knows

Sent from beneath my cloak of magic
[Galaxy S III General] tahasmarty:
Really its a Chrome problem? :0 how man?? how chrome browser makes wakeup lags and battery drain? :(
[Galaxy S III General] zo10000:
I don't think it has anything to do with chrome. I don't use chrome and the wakeup lags and battery drain problem is present.
[Galaxy S III General] cruzeman:
Try to install and you will see the difference..
[Galaxy S III General] killall:
Chrome or Chrome Beta?
[Galaxy S III General] hasbrobot:
Can someone confirm the update is live for T-Mobile? Someone is claiming so on another forum. 527 megabytes

Why is the right door always locked?
[Galaxy S III General] giz_zard:
Chrome Browser from Google Play

Chrome Browser is not the cause of the 4.3 problems. I already had Chrome and found the the update of this app (18th Nov) fixed my 4.3 issues.

Installing it may help others until an O/S fix comes out.
[Galaxy S III General] hasbrobot:
Check this out

Android version 4.3/Baseband version T999TUVUEMJC-*Current version

https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v2/documents/4446

Why is the right door always locked?

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http://www.tmonews.com/2013/11/android-4-3-available-for-original-tmo-galaxy-s3-now/

Why is the right door always locked?
[Galaxy S III General] fasty:
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but this new flaky version 4.3 doesn't work with existing versions of KIES either.

Samsung say that a new version 3 of KIES is required to work with Android 4.3 devices.

I am told that Outlook Contacts sync doesn't work on KIES 3, so this is going to leave a lot of business users rather angry to say the least.
[Galaxy S III General] LordBass:
I feel bad for the people who always used the stock rom and updated to the buggy 4.3. Still no fix for them :P
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
In the city where I live in, Bucharest, users who got the official update went to the Samsung service and they downgraded it back to 4.1.2. I don't know if this is a general thing.
[Galaxy S III General] sergini:
Lol Samsung should feel ashamed for that!
[Galaxy S III General] rao.avishek94:
Thankyou

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great charging problem... charge isnot stable at all.... very unhappy... :(

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Them am sure that you are feeling bad for me :'(:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] zo10000:
does anybody knows if Samsung is planning to roll out more versions of 4.3?

or 4.3 for UK and China was a mistake?
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
They've been suspended for now to fix the cataclysm of problems the released update had.
[Galaxy S III General] zo10000:
but is there any media announce for this?
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
do you know GOOGLE?

click on my link, u ll see it's magic! :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] Blancitos:
Poor Samsung :|
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
Looks like being along the first ones to get the update isn't always a good thing.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Sometimes stuck on 94% when charging. Need to unplug and plug the charger back in to make it continue.

Other than that,my phone is stable. No drain or wi-fi issues. Sleep mode bug isn't a problem at all. Turns on in seconds,I have a patience.

Performance in menu is good,no more spikes after some high use of phone in menu,performance got better by much! Spider man was lagging badly with 4.1 stock rom,so I was always rooting to bump the performance a little up to avoid them. Now with stock 4.3 I have even smoother experience than with overclocked to 1.6ghz galaxy s3. And that's true.
[Galaxy S III General] edie209:
I have to say I was unsure of this however I thought nothing to lose, result phone is much better wakes quickly and battery is better however not as good as it was.

A good interim fix.
[Galaxy S III General] wangdaning:
That announcement on Sammobile does not say they have suspended updates world-wide. What it says is that updates to the released UK 4.3 version have been suspended.
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
well, for more than a week now, have u seen any release?

i guess it answers ur question.
[Galaxy S III General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
Tell Samsung they can skip 4.3 and give us a working 4.4 instead.

Sent from beneath my cloak of magic
[Galaxy S III General] A.D.D.Y:
They skipped 4.2.2 for 4.3. Now if they skip 4.3 for 4.4 then cycle will repeat

again they will push buggy 4.4 and customers again demands skip 4.4 for another future update :p
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
Which will not come, ever.

4.3 is the end of the line for the S3. They won't release 4.4, they're too lazy and simply don't care about the customers. Know why? Because they will continue to buy their devices.

Everyone complained about the S3, and now look at the S4 sales. So yeah... just forget about Touchwiz and official updates, use AOSP, and if you feel the performance is inferior, sell the phone.

Samsung's 4.3 is a piece of crap. Same UI as always, same (or worse) performance, no new features, took ages to get released, etc. Not worth it.
[Galaxy S III General] killerkiller:
well well well I think the 4.3 update is the worst made for samsung I see the s4 and s3 device had big problem with this update, all this because samsung want to sell us an ugly watche.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
There more interested in crapzen then android
[Galaxy S III General] increatu:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/19...available-for-t-mobile-galaxy-s-iii-sgh-t999/
[Galaxy S III General] ereziel:
But I have to say that except some minor graphical glitches, it is usable now as of the 1st August build :)

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy S III General] abihakim:
Anyone have tried CM 10.2

My Root always Disappeared whenever i flash it via cwm

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S III General] shabtab:
Why don't you try the 2nd August (PREVIEW-3) build by teamasek its stable enough, for me no browser glitches, no camera not found bug,

give it a try m sure you'll be satisfied too like me and ya make sure you install the gapps package provided by codeworkx in i9300 forum i can head you the link's

ROM : http://temasek.hopto.org/Samsung Ga...-10.2-20130802-UNOFFICIAL-i9300-PREVIEW-3.zip

GAPPS : http://download.clockworkmod.com/gapps/gapps-jb-20130726.zip
[Galaxy S III General] abihakim:
How about focal and picsphere

Do they work fine?
[Galaxy S III General] shabtab:
heres the latest relese by temasek (PREVIEW-4) check it out,

http://temasek.hopto.org/Samsung Ga...-10.2-20130802-UNOFFICIAL-i9300-PREVIEW-4.zip

focal works fine but the picsphere is not working properly ive tried on PREVIEW-3 so lets see m just going to flash the PREVIEW-4 now will review about its stability after using it for sometime....
[Galaxy S III General] abihakim:
Would love to wait ur feedback

Else, im gonna wait till cm 10.2 reach nightlies stage at get.cm
[Galaxy S III General] shabtab:
dude trust me you can use it its not such a big buggy rom, at least for me it is i don't use camera so much which i found with little bug its working though but sometimes crashes, everything else is fine except some like if you rotate the screen there's a little glitch on the stats bar i don't mind that at all, rom is buttery smooth all apps are installing and running fine root is there and some small bug about the storage is there like if you try to take a screenshot it shows some error but again i wont mind cause i don't use my phone to capture screenshots :cyclops:, calling working messaging working internet working which are most important, i think you should try it once if you feel like bugs are out of your control then you can downgrade anytime...
[Galaxy S III General] KKTHX:
Any informations from leakers about official 4.3 for S3?

Any upcoming leak?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
There's no such thing as an "upcoming leak". They're not announced. If they were, they wouldn't be leaks
[Galaxy S III General] KKTHX:
Sometimes sammobile announce leaks :P
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Asking about upcoming leaks is like asking the teacher if there will be a surprise test tomorrow, lol. :p
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Ahead of time? Dont think so
[Galaxy S III General] venusxx:
So it will skip 4.2.2?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Makes the most sense.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
We're not talking about SenseSung here though... so who knows?
[Galaxy S III General] Theandroidfan:
One thing for sure is this phone is going to fly with this update because of the improved multicore support/usage and Trim being turned on
[Galaxy S III General] Slypire:
Android 4.3 is very good, i like all that options :D
[Galaxy S III General] @Phoenix:
Hope you are right and they solve the poor memory management... :eek: until then (as we know, not so soon), CM 10.1/10.2 FTW
[Galaxy S III General] adduncan:
so yet more waiting is ahead of us

so glad i am using cm10.1, with the thought of going to 10.2 shortly
[Galaxy S III General] androidloverzz123:
In my opinion 4.2.2 user should stick at 4.2.2, I mean while 5.0 is coming up and there haven't been many performance tweaks.. I guess it's good to wait.. It does come up to a personal prefernce whether they'd like to upgrade to 4.3 or not..
[Galaxy S III General] sergini:
I don't understand that the mobile thing. That network has a firmware before sammobile? Is that normal?
[Galaxy S III General] plazma247:
I just found how to fix the wake lag and battery drain issue on my 4.3 rom... im not sure why it works but it does.

Read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47667997&postcount=3
[Galaxy S III General] Millenium3:
That third post basically says turning off location services will solve wake up lag and battery drain, I don't really see much difference of wake up lag. I'm still having 1~2 seconds of lag, with yank kernel, zram disabled.

Gonna test battery life.

And what the OP of the thread says is to disable deep sleep. No, that no.

Surfing from Tapatalk in I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Sammobile are not an official source .

Networks are getting early update as Google want the roll outs to be more equal .
[Galaxy S III General] websik:
Info samsumg service

Good evening, I wanted to know if this ROM supports the backup and recovering, of Samsumg.

"sorry for my English. Google translate":angel:
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
No but it depends upon what you actually mean by the word Samsung .

Please read the stickied FAQS and GUIDES .
[Galaxy S III General] darkbouba57:
I found the original roms on the original site. On this way I restored my old SGS2 to original state ...

samsung-updates.com

There are a lot of roms. I don't know if there are all on this site, but this is the original source :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] leandrocaf:
does anyone know if the official version of 4.3 that was released for the galaxy note is without bugs?
[Galaxy S III General] Darell3:
Ye the offical 4.3 for note 2 is rock stable they said. But the official 4.3 for s3 has been 'kept on hold' due to some fixes that need to be placed (battery drain, Lagg etcc..
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
The note 2 has 2 gig so it's going to run ok with no lag
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
The amount of ram is not really a lag indicator.
[Galaxy S III General] ajay.d96:
was just wondering if theres any way to root my 4.3 without losing any of my data.

i have the intl. s3
[Galaxy S III General] erwinhayamz:
It wont lose your data, just add root to your s3.
[Galaxy S III General] Hari23:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/22...ndroid-4-3-r530uvxubmja/#.Uo-KN0yHA6I.twitter
[Galaxy S III General] Roman91:
it has the same i9300's hardware????
[Galaxy S III General] eozen81:
Even Samsung is doing this (I mean they cannot provide 4.3 for S3) I am thinking HTC or LG users, they should be more desperate because we as Samsung owners always hoped that Samsung will be behind his phones better than HTC or LG but it's really shame now we cannot even upgrade a stable 4.3 for our S3 :(
[Galaxy S III General] killall:
Meh... who cares about 4.3

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...xy-s-4-and-note-3-s-iii-and-note-ii-by-april/
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
You have to give credit though for them trying to update three flagships at once. The only other OEM I know that's doing that is Sony, but they've always been good (better than Samsung) at updates.

Rest assured, at least we ARE getting an update... If the US carriers are releasing their builds with no problems, that hopefully means that our 4.3 isn't too far away.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
The us version has 2 gig and a different chip
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
So, on the U.S. carriers, the S III will get the official 4.3 update before S4. Interesting. :)
[Galaxy S III General] .NetRolller 3D:
They had to pull the US S4 updates due to issues similar to those on the I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] TheAwesomeBit:
Hey guys, so heres my story:

I was extremely reluctant at first to update my SGS3 to 4.3, especially after that huge list of bugs and whatnot! Then i read someone who said that doing a full flash through ODIN was working perfectly. So i thought to give it a try, and while i type this, im installing my apps to my S3 which is running 4.3 (XXUMJ9) extremely smooth. No wake lags, no battery drains (yet), no app freezes, alarm clock working, no music stutter.
[Galaxy S III General] Millenium3:
What do you mean full flash though Odin? Following the instructions in OP?

Well, when the ROM was fresh (just flashed) I had good performance and response. But as I went installing apps and using it more and more, all those mentioned bugs started to appear.

Currently on yank kernel. Which solves few bugs.

Surfing from Tapatalk in I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] TheAwesomeBit:
As in downloaded the firmware from Sammobile and did a factory reset. Anyway can u tell me what were the apps u installed. Currently im using all the apps i had before (whatsapp,insta,opera,firefox,viber) and nothing just yet. Will see if anything happens or i will downgrade :/
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
In my experience Sony have taken a lot longer than Samsung to push out updates, but thats changing now. And I've noticed with my Xperia Z1 they have higher quality updates. I'm glad I sold my S3, it was a bad choice when I bought it.
[Galaxy S III General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
Sony has screwed up with all the phones I have in my signature in terms of update policy. It's hard for me to trust them anymore. Samsung may have made a big mistake with the 4.3 update but it's just a meter of time till we get 4.3 and 4.4.

Sent from beneath my cloak of magic
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
Those were the Sony Ericsson days, things have changed. I hated Sony for cancelling the Xperia Play ICS update, that stopped me from getting any Xperia up until now. I've only recently got over it, Sony are making amazing phones.
[Galaxy S III General] fabianokbr:
Recent experience with Sony: my wife's Xperia S (released in february 2012 as a flagship) was not updated beyond Jelly Bean 4.1 (announced in july 2012). This update haven't reached the handset until the third quarter of 2013, more than a year later. Nice, doesn't it? And the first version of the update sucked big time. And not all the issues where corrected by now (and won't be).

Recent experience with LG: I had an Optimus 2X and my wife an Optimus Black. My phone was launched as a flagship (world's first dual core smartphone). Both came with 2.3 and the update to ICS took forever and, when it came, was a total disaster. For the Black it meant a one hour screen time lasting battery. And tons of bugs. Lots of then. Trust me.

Yeah, I think I will stick with Samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
The Xperia S wasn't even developed by Sony, it had leaflets and even under the back cover it said "Sony Ericsson" - I even doubt Sony solely developed the Xperia T, I think their first devices developed solely by them started with the Xperia Z. Anyway the Xperia S was outside of the 18 month window (even google uses this).

I'm not in any way defending Sony, they still need to improve on a lot of things (come on, pumping out a new flagship every 6 months) - but there becoming a good company, and if they handle the Xperia Z1's updates well I think my next phone will be a Xperia too. I'm happy with it, my only complaint is the viewing angles.
[Galaxy S III General] myahyasb:
4.3 best rom

sorry to ask stupid question.. m new to this site...want to know which would be the best custom rom based on stock 4.3 for my s3

thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S III General] schoolofmonkey:
Was wondering that one myself.

I just don't really understand why they had problems with 4.3 to start with, the S3 is no slug when it comes to power.
[Galaxy S III General] :
The problem with Xperia S is that it uses Snapdragon S3 and Qualcomm refused to make drivers for 4.2.2. There were some talks that it had performance degradation over time on 4.2.2 due to internal design flaw. I know since I've had One S with S3 chipset and made pretty much unsuccessful petition about changing that since that device also got stuck on 4.1.1 with a lot of issues. Snapdragon S3 can't work properly on JB.

So, it isn't always HTC or Sony fault.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Fed up of this lag hope they release a fix this week
[Galaxy S III General] ApresVu:
Guys wtf are you talking about? This thread ia not abput f**king xperia. So if u wanna talk about sony go to its forum. Not here guys thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ciprigeorgiu:
I suggest neatrom or wanam's rom.
[Galaxy S III General] wickedmx:
I'm running Android Revolution HD 40.0 with Googy-Max2 Kernel, Foxhound's theme, and Wanam Xposed module for system tweaks. The battery life with this combo is excellent and it has none of the lag issues that have plagued some ROMs (I've also tested a few of those). In deep sleep, the battery is outstanding and I only lose about 6% overnight.
[Galaxy S III General] ajay.d96:
do you have any links?
[Galaxy S III General] edjfe:
I use now Temasek kitkat, before that I was completely satisfied with Wanam in combination with googy-max kernel a good choice. :good:

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Use this tool and follow the instructions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
[Galaxy S III General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
No

Sent from beneath my cloak of magic
[Galaxy S III General] tahasmarty:
Reason why?
[Galaxy S III General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
The answer is couple of pages back, either in this thread or the Ireland 4.3. People stated in general problems with Chinese version on the international s3. My humble opinion is that you should either wait for the official 4.3 for your device or go straight to temaseks 4.4. I don't see any reason why someone should bother flashing an official update right now.

Sent from beneath my cloak of magic
[Galaxy S III General] maharu567:
My phone is more worst with 4.3. I think samsung make a bad move in this way...
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
I think by now everyone knows that this update wasnt the best. Guess why its not being rolled out anymore.
[Galaxy S III General] maharu567:
Because samsung don't get full interest about our phone...
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
No. They admitted their failure in this rom. Not that it was bad, they just rushed the release and did not test it enough to sort out the bugs we encounter. The update was pulled and they're working on a more complete version as we speak. Also note that they seem to be developping a 4.4 for our device to be released in Q1 of 2014.
[Galaxy S III General] maharu567:
Bul***t... We don't have a major update over a year... Samsung sucks...
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
4.1 to 4.3 wasnt a major update? Its not unusual that first releases arent great, happened to other developers, too
[Galaxy S III General] myahyasb:
have heard lot about wanam rom will try out now :)
[Galaxy S III General] capitaocook:
Modem
[Galaxy S III General] miguelpdm000000:
Has anybody managed to use screen mirroring on a Samsung TV with 4.3?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] ApresVu:
Ok look...Samsung is not a group of developers...it is a big company that makes BIG money and developing structure is not their hobby... And i think the whole developing sector should be fired....
[Galaxy S III General] saulee.:
Yes I did it, any problem at all. I have a custom rom based on the original one.
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Unless top management told them to deliberately sabotage S3 updates to promote S4 sales?
[Galaxy S III General] ApresVu:
Thats not the point bro... The point is that they shouldn't release so buggy update...thats not professional..
[Galaxy S III General] ciprigeorgiu:
you clearly didn't get his point. I agree with him. They promised us an update but this update makes you switch phone (to a S4 maybe).
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Why is it taking so long for samsung to fix next they will say we are skipping 4.3 and where releasing 4.4 in march
[Galaxy S III General] ApresVu:
Yes at the small content thats right...
[Galaxy S III General] an523n56:
This seems true. Why work so hard in a update when we are in December of the next one will be released on March? With 4.2 was the same thing. I'm using 4.1.2 and according what I'm seeing i even doubt if the 4.4 update will work fine on my phone. Samsung should respect the phone that put them in the top of sales last year, but "just business, kid".
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
They said the S4 had not sold as expected, in a smaller number than the S III; in February they will release the S5, maybe they're trying to sell as many S4s as possible before they launch the S5...
[Galaxy S III General] reS28raM:
If they don't change policy they will sell even less. They must fire someone from the top of the pyramid... already switched to another brand.
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
If they continue to do this, they'll get what they deserve, because they don't seem to respect their users, but just their money.
[Galaxy S III General] ApresVu:
As always they dont give a **** about their customers...
[Galaxy S III General] reS28raM:
So we'll let them alone lol