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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josh8550:
Maybe it's just because I'm coming from the infamous Rezound but I find the battery life (along with everything else) on the S3 to be nothing short of divine. It gets me through the day quite easily until I plug it up at night when I go to sleep. It charges very quickly and is ready to go again at 100% in merely an hours time or less.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] koftheworld:
Do you use a sd card? The media scan bug only drains the battery if you use one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
Meanwhile my s3 won't change past 80% ...and takes 8 hrs to get from 40 to 80
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
its not coming today ... tomorrow plz Verizon lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
What does 7pm EST have to do with it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Do you have any battery monitoring apps installed? If not, you should probably invest in either another battery or another USB cable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
What kind of wall-wart are you using? If you use an older low-power output charger, you'll get what you are describing. Switch to the OE wall charger or one for a tablet and you'll charge faster.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
its just the time we normally give up ... but its 10:34 est now and still nothing, I would assume tomorrow seeming like I previously stated most updates for the d2vzw came on a Wednesday
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Ah I see, well hopefully tomorrow will be the day finally!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
I know lol crossing everything you can think of xD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
I cross anything more, I may not able to do much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
That happened to me, I took the phone to a vzw store, told the rep, he swapped my battery out on the spot free of charge.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
It's wed nau xD epic grammar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
How my favorite Cesspool doing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Amazing as usual ????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kude87:
I'm failing to see the hype for 4.3. I mean, Verizon is going to put so much bloat on it and try to lock it down that it will be a downgrade from the custom roms out for 4.1.2. Don't get me wrong, give it some time and 4.3 will be respectable, but right upon OTA? Please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

What ever was in 4.2 + 4.3 + More Samsung stuff

lots of stuff to be excited about mate
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
ROFL dude, the language was a little strong but the point still stands especially since it was made after several pages of (accidental) trolling Lol. :p.

Anyway let's hope we can discuss the update release today rather than divining the potential hour of release within a set orlf arbitrary assumptions including the counting the seconds it takes for the update icon to disappear. Lol

On a side note, in my impatience and flashing withdrqwl i decided to give dandroid a try. I had always given this rom a pass but damn..what a mistake! Hopefully this one and some of the other major TW Roms see an update to the new base after release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
That seemed to work... But when I unplugged it said 82%. Then it jumped to 100%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
As of 7:40am CST, no software update available!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
I really hope you guys know the consequences of taking the official OTA of 4.3

Your bootloader will be upgraded to a Knox secured one and trying to downgrade it back to an insecure one will brick your phone. This secure boot loader means no custom kernel and no custom recovery until we find a way around it. Root is still possible, but that's it... Only root.

Just saying. If you guys want custom ROMs, its better to wait

See here for more info

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47800268

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Quoted for truth and additional visibility.

But I'm tracking this because the snazzy custom Roms won't happen until the base is released. This seems like the most entertaining place to await that release. But yeah, unless you plan on staying stock, don't take the ota!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Wait for deknoxed =p .. I already know why WiFi is borked for the other carriers on d2 and jf without updating the bootloader .. It's the trustzone we need the real fix from jf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
I am already practicing on the sprint version, so don't worry... Snazzy custom ROMs are coming as soon as we get it. The MK3 version has some cool stuff I will be merging into our release.

Yes, that is a major issue. So there are some things that need to be worked out. I just hope people don't get too excited and lock their phone out because its 4.3 and is the "new cool-thingy"

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
^ This. No good will ever come from taking an OTA from Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
So far still nothing...

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PDFs still not updated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
I wonder what would take longer... Child birth or Verizon Samsung update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Verizon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kude87:
Agreed. I simply monitor this thread because it is a rough time horizon for when to look for custom roms to start appearing. I would never take an OTA either. Especially from Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] K20Z1:
The sooner it is out the sooner the awesome devs here can get out some nice ROMs based off this update, plus hopefully a more fluid UI experience and launcher, the built in trim support, updated gpu drivers, BT LE, and always on wifi scanning will hopefully bring better battery life as well as the update supposedly bringing better ram management. Improved color reproduction and screen crispness, and possibly better touch sensitivity. That's why I'm hoping it releases soon.

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Will this automatically happen upon update no matter what? Or only once you activate Knox on your phone for the first time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
I wonder how many s3 vzw owners will buy any galaxy gear crap on black Friday, with our update stalled like this? My wife REALLY wants that stuff, now she's pissed I didn't get her an iphone instead!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
My wife wants one too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
that's some solid info [MENTION=4469503]RErick[/MENTION], I wasn't aware of those details.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Could we figure out what makes gear support and port it into cm 10.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
I will then i will just sit and wait for the update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rinzes:
Don't think you have much choice in the matter LOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
We can wait and complain about the wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Verizon wireless first in LTE last in updates...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Still no PDF update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Out of curiosity, have you flashed a custom kernel that allowed you to tweak color temperature either cooler or warmer? Makes a bit of difference over stock. I don't believe our S3 will get this officially in TW like other variants or international models do.

It's default this way, regardless of whether you activate Knox or not there is a newer, secure bootloader installed.

Edit:

[MENTION=4674343]zachf714[/MENTION]

I think you and I are checking both Samsung and Verizon's PDF pages, what every half hour now? haha I'm mobile later tonight (due to work) so if there's news I'm coming here first to see you break it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
can't wait till my contract with verizon is up, i am moving on. they don't give 2 ****s about their customers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
yea im checking now like every ~45 min lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
No offense to all here, but I went to the GS3 with Verizon knowing damn good and well what to expect on updates. I have no one to blame if I'm upset than myself for making that decision. My priority was a real good phone on a real good network. It's what I got.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
+++ on the network better than no signal t-mobile
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
It's all good, we're just looking forward to a solid update.

Sidenote, its funny given how lengthy (and popular, let's be honest) this thread has become. When the OTA is official, there will be about 4-5 new threads about the new OTA pushing. Can everyone agree to funnel those threads here? lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eodmule:
I really don't expect any updates until Monday at the earliest. Verizon probably has the update but won't push it after the big shopping days have passed.

They probably don't want to risk the same issues with the last S3 update the day before they are trying to sell the latest and greatest devices on their [sarcasm] awesome network [/sarcasm].
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
This!!

It's all about the money.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Certainly used to be true but at least in nj, my gf, who is on tmo, will get 4g/LTE while I'm chugging along on 1x or slowwwww 3g (yes I understand tmo 4g is hspa+ ].

I guess the point of this tangent being that the times are changing and tmo has improved a lot and Verizon's network reliability has stagnated or decreased in my use situation. The slow updates and ****ty devices used to be balanced out by the network but nowadays I'm not so sure anymore.

As a further aside, Samsung can't be happy that their fancy new gadgets are essentially useless on a major carrier on a very well selling device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Would they not want to push it before so they make sales on the $300 gear
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
Wasn't the whole point of the update to have the S3 ready for the Gear on Black Friday?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Verizon doesn't make money off the gear, Samsung does, they could wait as long as they want to send the update. They really have no incentive to actually update this model.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Yes it was
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
what he said
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Verizon makes money off of every gear they sell along with I'm sure if they don't update this device Samsung won't give them anymore Sammy devices because they don't want to deal with the cs calls
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
Depends on whether they feel like they need to discount Gear to get it to sell. On a newly introduced product that seems to have market buzz and pent up demand, it would be very unusual to give a deep discount. Black Friday is about deep discounts.

Another way to look at it... if they had only so much inventory built up that they were at risk of selling out, why would they deeply discount to move product when they could sell it at slight discount and generate more revenue on less (available) inventory. Introducing a new product with a healthy margin is good for business and careers.

Either way, someone in their marketing strategy department has thought this through with an eye to maximizing revenue and margin.

Edit: Also, wouldn't announcing a pending update relieve consumers' questions on whether the new Gear they purchased would work with their phone? Easy to rationalize the purchase knowing the update will come out any day now.

And yea, I'm looking forward to the 4.3 TW update too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
If anyone else feels like chiming in on twitter...

How does [MENTION=767379]Samsungmobile[/MENTION]US feel that loyal #galaxys3 owners STILL can't update and use galaxy gear because [MENTION=1528105]verizon[/MENTION] won't push the ota?

2:33 PM Nov 27th via twicca

http://twitter.com/ctoncic/status/405781499989229568
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TyZollman:
4.3 Rom for i9300 - Port?

Sorry if this is duplicated, but just saw this video and wasn't sure if a dev could make a port from this?!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541054&page=7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQZ8Y9EjPmw

Thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
we can not easily port from i9300 because of the exynos processor in it compared to the msm8960 snapdragon processor in our s3

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everybody spam this on twitter .. but add the [MENTION=4148627]VZWSupport[/MENTION] account as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
Already on that haha

ive been calling and asking via twitter and vzw community ( their own forum) but i did notice a few things last night the update pdf was "unavailable" for a few hours and also i dont know if anyone elses has but my samsung push service was automatically updated last night. Not sure if thats for helping with the OTA push but never know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
looks like the vzw.com/galaxys3support site is dead for me

edit - its back now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] K20Z1:
No I haven't tried that with a custom kernel, but I am curious about and hope that the Verizon update brings the ability to choose those different screen settings from the s4, like adapt display, custom and photo or what ever options are available, that might be kinda nice to check out.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Has anyone received a reply on twitter? They usually make some reply even if its generic..l perhaps the silence speaks volumes regarding how pleaseed Samsung and Verizon are with each other?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Nope nothing yet .. I did it twice lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gwhizkids:
AT&T apparently just released their fixed version of 4.3 for the S4. Glad to see one of the biggies has its act together....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Still no updated PDF ... Wtf Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Truth.

Well if anyone is sick of waiting around for Verizon, Moto just announced a $350 off-contract MotoX. I may just sell this phone. https://plus.google.com/+Motorola/posts/7pBuo1GaxKu
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Looks like we know why vzw has not pushed an S3 ota today ... They have to be the center of attention ... Fk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
It will happen automatically. Knox is both firmware AND software. If you take the official OTA then there is nothing you can do.

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
looks like nothing today .... fing verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Way to go Verizon! :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
I think I'm gonna give up and just flash a custom ROM...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
They are really pissing me off
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HF4L:
Sick em! Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lyricalsoul5:
Same here. Just backed up my IMEI and i'm going over to the 4.4 threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
d2kat is getting a build right now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
From who CM? Slimroms?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
i dont have any repos for slim so CM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
The only other response I received from big red on twitter other than a scripted we have no info ATM was vz directing me to one of their sites which shows updates in the vz world.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
So you mean nightlies?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Screw 4.3 where them nightlies at?

and how do you know?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
I'm building it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Oh i thought it was official CM nightlies lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
People get so angry about it.

From what I heard, the 4.3 update is kinda borked anyway!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Same responses I have gotten ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kieso:
OMG I got the update! And it says maybe next week.... :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
YU troll so hard
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Troll​
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
Haha easy build.prop edit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
haha no take a look closer :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smart--phone:
Why wouldn't the settings app look different?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Wow... 4.3 with a kernel dated back to February of this year?

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Its ovb photoshopped guys...

You guys were so focused developer Side and was thinking roms/build prop edit etc but the answer is photoshop
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Y U troll
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Oh also theres a little hint if you press CTRL + A or highlight the post :)

xD

i was trolling kieso
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
I know lol

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I haz 1 last theory before I say it's just Verizon being d*cks ... MF1 came on a Thursday... Tomorrow is Thursday
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sevinex:
What's funny is that despite all of Verizon's "state of the art" and "rigorous" software testing, mishaps like the Samsung Galaxy SIII's VRBMD3 update, and others, still happen; kind of makes you wonder what Verizon does with regards to testing, beyond twiddling thumbs and caking on bloatware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
You will get a Verizon version of 4.3 TW before the holidays whether it comes from Verizon or is leaked by Samsung. 4.2 was already being tested and there is no user difference between 4.2 and 4.3. All the changes are security changes. Samsung needs to sell that new smart watch. Without 4.3 it is a no go on S3, S4 and Note 2. As always do not take the OTA. This is Verizons chance to lock you down like they did the S4. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Qzic:
Has anybody heard anything new? It doesn't look like there have been any leaks and no news about the official release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] barbudaniel20:
I know that is arriving in december.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
I'm running cm10.2 with the GS4 theme to hold me over :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
how do you pull this off?

is it cm10.2 with a touchwiz theme?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigee1212:
theme manager theme? play store link please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thomassafca.theme.touchwiz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] papadelogan:
I'm running LiquidSmooth 2.10 which is Android 4.3 and while I'm sure MOST changes are security based, there are 2 other changes I've noticed:

1. Camera settings - menus are in 'steps' and stay in place; in 4.2.2 (LS2.9 release) the menu's wouldn't 'stick' so you had to press & hold in camera mode, then while still holding, slide to the menu option you wanted.

2. Weather widget with clock on lockscreen - without using Beautiful Widgets or some other app, I don't think this option was available in 4.2.2. I could be wrong.

I only install LS2.10 on Sunday morning so I'm still tweaking & finding/adjusting/tweaking to my liking.

As for restoring data... I use MyBackupPro for data/app/apk backup and TWRP for making snapshots of the entire phone before upgrading. I have Titanium Backup as well, but oddly have not used it at all. I'd recommend using MyBackupPro for your data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mgavrano:
camera setting is worst ever!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
The only update that I want is a firmware update so that 4.2.2 and 4.3 roms run smoother and without as many bugs on this device. Otherwise, I'm steering far away from TW bloatware from VZW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Most of the custom TouchWiz ROMs run so good , there really no reason to worry about 4.3, it has no useful updates really.

Stay away from the CM 10 bloatware and all your hardware and software features will work as they should.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Touchwhiz doesn't play nice with my battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] papadelogan:
I agree if you're talking about 4.2.2\LS2.9 but it's very improved in 4.3\LS2.10.... unfortunately, I think I'll be going back to the LS2.9; on the drive in, I got DriveLink working but it doesn't auto-rotate to landscape for any screen other than the DriveLink screens. The new camera settings are nice, as is the added weather widget stuff, but functionality in the car is much more important to me. Ah well... maybe when I have enough posts to post in the Developer forums I'll add that info to the proper thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Just installed.Pretty decent theme.

™Sent From My ™SLIMROM™ BUILD 1.8- 4.3.1 Rom Running BMS Kernel With ™Killjoy™ Script Powered By 7000MAH Of LEMON JUICE Power™
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BrUhNiGGs:
I haven't used aosp in while due to the weak signal I'd get, worse battery life, and low recording sound which bothers the **** out of me. Not sure if that bug is even still there but im happy with touchwiz because of its stability and better battery life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ibonic:
It really depends on what ROM you're running as well as kernel. I have run some AOSP builds that have wonderful battery life and very good signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
I could never get 4.3 roms to run good for me. Two of them, carbon and slim rom, would freeze at the splash screen when trying to reboot. Eclipse 4.3 worked pretty good. But signal was horrible. I'm hoping that when 4.3 is officially released from Verizon and Samsung, that the updated firmware will greatly help the signal issues on 4.3 roms. I also had signal issues on every 4.2.2 rom that I was on except for rootbox and eclipse. But I do have to give a slight edge to rootbox in the signal and call quality.

I am back on stock rooted and I still have call quality issues, though it never drops calls. My signal shows 3 bars of 4g so I'm not sure what it is. I'm wondering if turning off wifi when making calls would help with it. Or flashing the mb1 firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
CM has fixed the recording volume a long time ago. Its on par now with TW.

CM bloatware I lol'd. TW will bog your phone down more than CM true facts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
Oh look, Verizon rolled us back to the Mb1 firmware... :) THAT I would actually believe...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
PA 4.0 will keep me busy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
10 more minutes ateast here on the east coast...you guys think the its could be pushed on turkey day?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macrodroid:
Not a chance... Hey, maybe they're gonna push kitkat instead?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parth212:
You may be right. Sadly we have to wait till some point mid next year to probably even see that update. Weird thing is that big red isnt acknowledging any part of an update and even if they will theyre taking forever to release the ota.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Are we trolling Verizon to much and that's the problem, or not enough... I say not enough
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
Att just started re-rolling out a fixed 4.3 yesterday. I imagine Verizon will want those fixes on their version as well. My guess is 2 more weeks.