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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
I've been off contract since July. been searching and waiting to change carriers but not sure yet which direction to go in. The other 3 lines on my plan have quite a bit of contract time left...

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and I am available for an upgrade, but I don't I think I want 2 more years with big red.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
If you're basing it off service coverage there are maps available that show signal coverages based on zip code input. Just have to Google carrier name + coverage map to find that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
meh, not necessarily just coverage. Seems like everyone is changing the whole structure of their plans. I wanted to go to T-Mobile prepaid but they require a gsm phone if I'm not mistaken. If I get big red red to unlock my s3, will work on gsm?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
It's already unlocked and it's able to be used on a gsm network, only issue is getting it to pick up anything more than edge data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
already unlocked? oh did that came with 4.1 JB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
It just is, pop in a sim card, change it to global in settings, it'll work. Nothing locks it down specifically to Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
good to know. thanks for the info. T-Mobile sells sim cards for $10 if you bring your own phone. most of my data use is over wifi. 500mb before throttling is more than enough for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Yeah I worked for tmo we had a lot of people come over to prepaid with vzw global phones. Only real issue is with data speeds that's about it reall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
I can deal with that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alldaboston:
Good news!

Check this out from verizon live chat!

Please hold for a Support Representative to assist you.

Thank you for contacting Verizon Wireless.

Your Chat Session ID is RT6066748368.

My name is Ameera, how may I assist you?

John: When does the galaxy s3 get android 4.3 update?

John: ?

Ameera: Hi John, thank you for reaching out to us about this. I know it is important to find out when the update comes out.

Ameera: Let me check and see if we have any information on when this happens.

John: Ok thank you.

Ameera: You're welcome! I am going to take a few minutes to review things.

John: Sounds good!

Ameera: Okay John, I have some news. The software update came out on 12/10 so you should be getting it any day now. The thing about the update is that it doesn't roll out to all phones at one because it would begin to crash phones. It rolls out in parts and can take up to 3 weeks to come out, but keep checking because it is on its way.

John: This is for the s3 and it is android 4.3 correct?

Ameera: You got it, that is correct.

John: Wow! Thanks for providing the information, I was beginning to think that Verizon had forgot about us s3 users...

Ameera: Not at all, we have you covered!

John: Ok thank you so much!

Ameera: You're more than welcome! Do you have any further questions or concerns I may assist you with?

John: No that's all thanks again, have a good day!

Ameera: Thank you so much, I hope you do the same! Thank you for chatting with me today! You can also reach out to us on Twitter at [MENTION=4148627]VZWSupport[/MENTION]. Please click on the “End Chat” button to end this chat. You may receive a link to a short survey. We welcome your feedback!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] allenc666:
I call bs! If so one of us would have had it by now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
And now we wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redsoxfan2133:
No way. If it was released on the 10th there'd be more than one user posting on here claiming to have it installed on their phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
That's what I'm thinking... Unless they are thinking 12/10/14
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Definitely BS. No one reported it in Google or Android Central and its not posted on Sammobile so its BS>
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Where it's the chat button on vzw's site lol

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Fk you have to sign in to chat.. I don't have the info to sign in lol

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I just trolled them on Twitter .. Telling them that their support team is lying to us again ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bramton1:
There would been some news somewhere about the update popping out.

Stop using the VZ chat. It's clear that know what we know... or less.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Bulls1968 had it, additionally our community is only a small fraction of all the owners of this phone. It sounds like good information to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] allenc666:
You don't have to sign in to use their chat, just type in a name.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Verizon's site would have been updated if their info was legit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Its definitely not TRUE. Sammobile has all of samsungs updated firmware the day its available. And it still says MF1 as the current. Ive been calling vz multiple times per day. Half of L2 tech doesnt even know that there was an update planned for the s3, and the other half say nothings on the detailed list of upcoming or already available sw updates.

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my bad zachf714 i didnt mean to quote you haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Did you quote me lol ? I can not even tell at this point
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
my bad man i didnt mean to quote you haha i meant to quote the guy who posted the chat log
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Lol ???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] koftheworld:
Just got out of my chat with them.he didn't have information there and claimed to contact a Samsung tech rep for me.the rep claimed that the update wouldn't be out until March. Ugh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Samsung has no word on vzw half and never will.. Vzw has the final say and they are the ones holding out get me the sprint kernel source
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
that seems more like it. vz gives the runaround they say contact samsung bc theyre pushing the update out. but i contacted samsung they said vz has had the update since 10/13 so vz is pushing it out not them i call back and tell vz what samsung said, and they respond with yeah it should be late this month of mid Q1 next year ><
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WillisD:
Quick everyone flash back to stock, lol, jk, we won't see it lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alldaboston:
I know. I was on Verizon chat, and they told me to go to Samsung chat. Samsung told me to go back to Verizon! They aren't the most well informed people, I have found out...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
The roll out probably did start on 12/10... In order to keep from crashing phones with the update, they're limiting saturation to 1 phone per day until it gets through all their customers... The guy who said March well that might be when WE finally get it...

Lol, please if someone can get me a kernel I'll start testing this port... :) The MF1 kernel won't boot and the 4.3 tw kernel posted in the original development section boot loops on me... I'm not a kernel guy, so I'm stuck until I get something that works with this... :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Even in the event thay they started to release it on the 10th, sammobile would have the firmware by now... that lady on chat probably said that so people quit bugging them ahaha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] koftheworld:
http://d-h.st/users/decimalman/?fld_id=28937#files/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
Tried a couple of these, just boot loops on me... Haven't tried the newest though... Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kude87:
How realistic is it to port sprint's rom? Which kernel would we even have to try? I'm curious about that. It would be sweet to stick it to big red like that. In all honesty, can it be done?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Very... Actually to be clear on how realistic you can go flash a d2tmo build of cm on your d2vzw ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] donnyp1:
Finally got the wife to swap phones with me, so i took her old note 2, rooted it and installed beans leak. So far its real good, so good she wants the phone back! Camera appears much better than 4.1.2 that it had. My s3 always took better pics than her note 2(she says). Cant wait to load 4.3 on the s3 for her.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Just subscribed to instant email and it will notify you. lol

Actually easier to port T-mobile than Sprint since Sprint uses a different way of using CDMA which makes it harder that porting GSM. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Yep.. Kernel wise it is easy the rest we should just port from two and pull our radio libs in etc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greaseman2:
What program(s) would one use to write/modify a kernel? I ask coz I would like to take a crack at it so to speak. Even have a spare s3 to use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Well you would need a 64bit Linux box for one and knowledge of the Linux kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greaseman2:
Well how much ram and stuff coz im running 64 bit linux with 12 gigs or ram and a 500 gig hard drive. They way I am I dont give up lol. If I gotta go out and get a new setup I will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
You are more than fine hw wise lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
A 4.4. rom has more security enhancements than TW 4.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Well, that goes without saying even though I was referring to Knox moreso than 4.3. Heck 4.3.1 roms have more security enhancements than TW 4.3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
My buddy's T-Mobile gs3 just got 500 mb update pretty sure that is the 4.3 update but he did not stick around long enough to let me see it finish the install
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsachi:
If you look at the s4 and international s3, you can get Knox enabled root without tripping it, but it is very limited. No custom recovery or kernel. Still works with freezing apps in tibu. The problem with the t-mobile is that some of the developers didn't fully understand Knox limitations and tried to get the root out quickly. It ended up tripping the Knox flag, which so far there is no way of undoing (unlike the older counter that can be reset). If you are already out of warranty then it may not matter much (although it could become an issue if you try to resell your phone).

As the update rolls out, make sure you understand what system you put on. Once you trip Knox you will not be able to have it working again, not even by Odin to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
4.3 is due tomorrow you guys think it will be on time?

my friend got his 4.3 on T-mobile today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] K20Z1:
I sure hope so, seems like things are working pretty good for the US Galaxy S3's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Afro Samurai:
Thanks, that cleared some things up for me.

Sent from the S3 of The Afro Samurai
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Well it's the big day...let's hope for the best but expect to be disappointed ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
Thought it was moved to 11/29? I remember thinking that was odd to push an update on black friday.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
I hadn't heard that. Do you have a link?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Slightly unrelated, but it looks like Sprint S3's are getting updated today. The Verizon page still has nothing yet.

Edit: US Cellular just got the update too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Afro Samurai:
I thought the 11/29 date was for the Note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
I was just about to post this...well I guess let's give it another few hours...if we don't see anything by mid afternoon we are most likely SOL for the day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
if it doesn't happen well verizon will be last once again for the s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] K20Z1:
Wow.... Verizon, US Cellular beat you to the S3 4.3 update? I guess I'm not surprised but let's get it into gear!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Im sure there servers are overloaded right now as sometimes when i tap software update it gives me an error 50% of time then 50% it says no new software
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
could we port sprints?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] allenc666:
Hopefully today so far nothing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
If I remember correctly the update for the Verizon gs4 came around 6-7pm PST
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Most likely someone could considering there are numerous tutorials on how to port. But considering that we are slated to get the update, that seems like a waste of time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
I was wondering about that... I've ported HTC roms, but this is the first device I've tried with so many variants... Gsm to cdma might be easier... How close to ours is the tmo variants?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Well if the *update* was released on the 10th for a soak test. Dec 24 would be 2 weeks for the soak test.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
I can't bear with this version anymore (4.1.2). When I plug this phone in it constantly charges then stops which keeps the screen on constantly. ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Christmas present lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
The update is never coming out, I gave up hope
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
+1,000,000,000
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Tomorrow I'm going all out...twitter, Facebook, even their crappy forum hopefully they respond back with other than their usual generic garbage
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] K20Z1:
I think that CSR that said it came out on the 10 was thinking about the galaxy s4's new firmware update, I think it came out that day or the galaxy note 3's update, 3 Galaxy phones got it this week, s4, s4 mini and note 3. Had to be what they were thinking of even though it was asked specifically for the GS3. Maybe this week it'll roll out after the HTC one? Can't think of many more phones that haven't been updated on Verizon. I think they will push it before Christmas.

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Drop those MJ3 about screens on em and be like "wtf is this?!?!?"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Will do haha. They most likely won't respond to it though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] clembrowning:
I don't think calling people losers is appropriate whether you agree with them or not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Problem you are gonna run into is without 4.3 modem will have no data. That problem arose between the I747 (ATT) and I747m (Rogers). Old modems don't work on 4.3. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] oka1:
From the moderator

Been reading here........ some basic words to live by........ Post respectfully or DO NOT POST.... Easy !

If you are getting frustrated with this developer for whatever reason...... Then abandon his work as unsupported or too buggy for your liking....... in other words .....

Find a new Rom that you will like as well...... Developers are not paid people...... so they do it as a hobby or for the love of doing it.......... they are under NO obligation to update according to anyone's desired wishes.

Please remember to follow the Rules of XDA....... thank you ~~ oka1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] clembrowning:
Okay this is just a thought, or am I wrong. The Lte version of the updates are just now coming out internationally and on Tmobile. could this be the reason why the hold up is at Verison.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Not necessarily, AT&T S3 received their update almost a month ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] clembrowning:
Okay thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
same exct thing lkept happening with my uncles droid razr, there was an image burnt on to his screen because of that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
My new Moto X is scheduled for delivery tomorrow...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] caveritt:
Not a soak test; more like a spritz test.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greaseman2:
Parth, looks like you all got that verizon thread locked lol. Verizon mods crying about tos lol, crazy robots would blow a gasket if they came to this thread lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Yeah, pretty proud of that too...haha atelast verizon is looking at it the weird thing is i wrote like a whole paragraph they deleted almost everything but: "This thread was started 9 days ago, and not a single reply yet from Verizon. A simple date would be do just fine or even a detailed non generic response." looks like theyre trolling us now haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
just made it...had too

im thinking either this or something more with more detail will be posted to their social accounts...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greaseman2:
I would love for those robots to come over here once. Total meltdown, then maybe we could get a human lol but I doubt it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
To everyone here who is on twitter, retweet my memes all day lets get something going here haha. Going to be making and tweeting memes to them every now and then throughout the day. First ones done
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kirkwoodlucas:
I have a question. Off topic. But when my screen is all black, but lit up all black like opening a app, there are darker black spots. Any idea what is, and will Verizon take it back if its under warenty. No water marks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
those black spots are normal with these types of screens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystikalrush:
I hate seeing my buddies S3's one from Cricket and Sprint with 4.3... and I'm just sitting here with a 4.1 ROM.

(Yes I've tried CM11, but i grown accustom to touch wiz)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rainz3:
Woo! My s3 on verizon just started an update! Hopefully it's the 4.3 update!

Ok, not really. Sorry couldn't resist.I've tried to get some sort of answer from verizon on almost all forms of communication but everyone says something different. If it weren't for the fact that sprint has little coverage in my area and virtually no 4g I'd go back to them as my fiances s3 on sprint has already updated :(

Makes me wonder why I haven't bothered rooting and installing a custom rom on this phone yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
Rooting is almost necessary, if for nothing other than to freeze or uninstall bloatware, make nandroid backups and have full access to settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
Well after waiting all day...messing around...downloading....I FINALLY got 4.3 running! I gotta say it runs alot smoother than 4.1.2. I was thinking I may run into issues like other people were back in the day but so far so good. Yup, cm 10.2 on my nook tablet runs rather well lol.

I'm still betting next year for an update....IF an update. I keep thinking about tryin cm on my galaxy s3, but I just fear the camera is much worse, the stability isn't there, Bonestock seems rather well (when using nova). Is it REALLLLY that much better? Not to start another topic or discussion (hey at least its not negative).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
Scared of losing root. I've grown accustomed to its face.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] koftheworld:
Are you sharing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
"I'll believe it when I see it....no insult to you mind you."

i am quoting you from post #553 of this thread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rainz3:
Well I bit the bullet and decided to root and unlock my s3 now to decide which rom I should install. Any suggestions? I was thinking about this

http://www.drdevs.com/devs/teamose/timpohladthomas/CMB/ as I have cmb on my tf700 and like it but not sure which link is for the galaxy s3. I'm guess it's the top link but don't feel like bricking my phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
check out sspencers cm11 roms. i have been running them since he started and they are sick and stable
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rainz3:
Is this it? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2525831
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
http://www.sspencer10.com/android/filehost.php

you also need the right gapps and if you want the google dialer with search ( which you do believe me) there is a flash process that i explain in a thread. i will find it if you wish.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rainz3:
I found it. Thanks installing now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
use this process.

PS. MAKE sure you have the latest version of CWR i think it is 6.0.4.3 or something like that

here is the process i used.

1. backup current rom

2. factory reset, wipe cache, format system, wipe delvik

3. flash rom

4.flash gapps ( the NON kanged ones)

5.you could wipe delvik and cache again here then boot up

6. set up your phone and restore all your apps.

7 boot into recovery

8. install Kanged gapps (this will enable phone search)

9. wipe delvik and cache

10 reboot and enjoy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
I was joking as you didn't notice i said I have 4.3 on my nook tablet not my phone... In which then I said I don't expect the update till next year
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
If you are flashing an aosp, backup your imei. Better safe than sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
So has anyone gotten in touch with [MENTION=5324003]Bulls1969[/MENTION]?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
Dude prolly vanished like a fart in the wind...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kirkwoodlucas:
Bulls was just a Verizon rep I think...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Logically i think verizon should release that update this week, they do sell galaxy gear and im sure theres a bigger share of s3 users than s4. If they dont push that firmware out anytime soon its going to hurt their sales, now im hoping they think the same way i do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alldaboston:
Probably...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
I sure hope you are right, cause I am about to go get another phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Synergy or Jelly "beans"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bramton1:
You know that's exactly what they want you to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Won't be buying it from them!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
That motox is looking better every day. Sell the note2 and the s3 and grab a pair of em
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
i had the razr maxx, and the razr maxx HD, probably the best smartphones ive ever had. I wish i never got rid of em moto definitely knows how to make a solid phone and deliver on updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
I had the x2 and thought it was tough as nails. Radio was great in that thing. Locked boot loader turned me off to Motorola though for a long time. Now with the x dev edition... I may reconsider my stance.

I say that but I'm running an incredible build of slimkat on my note2. The leaked note2 tw 4.3 wasn't as good as this is!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Was on the phone w tech an hour ago... he said he's gonna call Samsung and give me a call and let me know...now we def know Verizon is trolling us
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Good! We want our update! We want our update!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
He never called back...haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Should call them back!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Looks like sammobile is uploading quite a few new ROMs hopefully vzs is uploaded soon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kieso:
Nope for the 33rd time