yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SONiX-GERMANY:
Just checked out, sounds really good too. And so much cheaper than a Z... And with a pure and clean 4.3... Let's see what happens until january with Samsung and our minis. :confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rockknee:
Moto G has also got my attention. Very good specs with that price. But then again, it seems to be too much to ask to put only one little tiny sd card slot on phone. Why?? Now I'm just waiting wheter samsung will forget us or update our minis.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Kvidli:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/12/06...ace-3-galaxy-core-and-other-low-cost-devices/
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Yeah Samsung actually is thinking about us! But no I don't believe that we will actually take the kitkat.. But Samsung may decide to... Who knows?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
Please, oh please, oh please let this be true. If they do this, my next device will undoubtedly be a Samsung one, again.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Tell that to Samsung they will definitely update the phone!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
Sarcasm?

The problem is that not everyone thinks this way. Also, Samsung has such a large product line up that we don't make a community big enough.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Yes but s3 mini was meant to be a mini version of s3 but s3 has got the 4.3 and we not! If you aren't good at updating don't publish too many phones!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
I agree that it should get at least one big update, since it's the mini version of their top selling model, as i said a couple of pages earlier. Unfortunately, it's not about what they are good at, but what makes them more money.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] soulmate53:
i dont think that s3 mini is going to be updated...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] zakoket:
I have a question

my fone is not rooted but I cant get the latest small update that was released earlier in November with kies or OTA

I downloaded it from sammobile.com and I am going to install it with odin

will this increase my binary count or show as un official??

and how to do it???wit odin?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Maybe the update isn't yet available for your country/carrier. I think that soon it will be available. If you want the update now you can download the Odin file and install it no custom binary will be shown but you won't get ota updates, you will have to download the updated from sammobile. Its your choice ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] matapr0:
I've got information from friends of mine that work in the Samsung R+D headquarters in Europe. There won't be any update to this device due to the processor, they've had a lot of problems trying to do it.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
This is terrible... So sad :( Maybe they make the whole ROM from scratch?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
That is just a lot of crap. There are people here making great ROMs for this device (so Android itself is not the problem), but Samsung with all their money and expertise can't make a functional update. I don't believe that for a second. It's either TouchWiz, or they just decided that it's not worth it for them.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] nulda:
I dont need new android,but I need official (without root) move application to sdcard :) Why is this problem?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] matapr0:
it would take more effort/time than usual, so it's not worth for Samsung. Believe me or not, that's your choice ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
I can only agree, and this have been said a long time. STE-ericsson is split apart and it would be too much sh*t for samsung to go through with an update for this already old device. Nuff said :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Sam_90:
Then why are they considering Android 4.4 to S3 mini and other low-cost devices?

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/12/06...ace-3-galaxy-core-and-other-low-cost-devices/
[Galaxy S III Mini General] pulak861:
Maybe its not a screenshot from Samsung... May be its from maclaw's office.... Just kidding. To be honest dont become excited on rumors... Probably s4 mini will get the update on the list... Thats why it said ' probable'
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
I do believe you. I was referring to what they said :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] baprangbo170196:
2014 ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] GXGOW:
Samsung's just really lazy and probably only cares about their high-end and flagship devices, so I think an official update for our devices is a no-go.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] CaseyS:
This discussion is still going on...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tom1491:
... And we are still curious if our S3 Minis will get some update or they will be left behind... If not my next phone won't be no more Sammy :/
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rockknee:
Completely agree with you! After christmas I feel like throwing this, my last sammy device, out of the window. Nexus is my next move. It's bulls**t that sammy wouldn't be able to update s3 mini because of ST-ericsson...and even if it's true, consumers don't care.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
But Sammy is good on its own way besides nexus always having some hardware problems especially LG ones
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rockknee:
Well sammy devices usually have ok hardware but software is something else... I haven't heard LG devices to have much problems, if battery life doesn't count. I never had one, so I don't have personal experience tho
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
I don't know why when i or my family purchase something from LG my life is not good

1)Refrigerator - gone in 3 months(we got warranty they repaired but problem persisted warranty gone poof).

2)T.V - Done in 1 year

3)nexus 4 - Half screen not working (It has been sent to where it came from to google but those guys are kind and replaced the piece without warranty with free delivery with kitkat 4.4.2)

so our family banned LG

and samsung is like

1)TV woking its almost 10 years old (ofcourse not using it)

2)refrigerator (bought it this month)

3)sIII mini (everyone loves this toy - it survived after a long swim in my washing machine with help of my case ofcourse)

sorry if it look like spaming all of u can report this post to xda but don't kill(ban) me
[Galaxy S III Mini General] giltros1:
giving them lg, samsung, etc are all the same
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SONiX-GERMANY:
I recommend THIS for your sammy refrigerator:

***ONLY ONE FULLY WORKING***

Custom cooling OS based on CM16

Issues: NONE [ really bugfree ]

Features: a lot! f.i. sends a sms when out of milk, eggs or cheese [ standard settings ] - but configurable.

And no random reboots if you pay the nrg bill!

:D
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
lol enough of our spaming
[Galaxy S III Mini General] zakoket:
THNKS BUT I ALREADY DID IT AND I FOUND MY DEVICE IS NOT GETTING ANYUPDATE WITH KIES OR OTA WHILD IT IS LISTED TAHT WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON SAMMOBILE.COM AND NOW I AM THNIKING TO FLASH THE OLD FIRMWARE(DOWNGRADE) VIA ODIN AND TRY TO UPDATE AGAIN WITH KIES OT OTA

I RECIVE your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via kies AND I\MANY PPL SAID IT IS CSC NUMBER AND I HAVE TO CHANGE IT SO I PREFERE GOING BACK TO OLDER WHIL I DONT THINK THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEW FIRMWARE

ANY ADVICE ABOUT DOWNGRADE OR DO U SEE ANY BENIFITS OF THAT UPDATE??
[Galaxy S III Mini General] TonySuperPony:
Oh, maybe you can try to understand that we also can read normal text without uppercases...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] zakoket:
you are right..

whooos I am sorry I was very sleepy and lazy to switch it off
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
Can i make it clear no 4.2 official till date samsung will try skipping 4.3 too because of kitkat
[Galaxy S III Mini General] danierakes:
No 4.4 also dude...you are dreaming
[Galaxy S III Mini General] xlance06:
This topic reminds my xperia play
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Soy Sauce:
Though tiny, there's still a chance. So he's not dreaming, but hoping, as are the rest of us ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mauam:
Who need hope when we have Maclaw!:p:laugh:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
Yup sometimes dreams come true I am not waiting for official KitKat I am waiting for kernel 3.4
[Galaxy S III Mini General] themetester:
Noob question

If i flash at&t firmware i will brick my phone
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
obviously don't even try processor is everything we got novathor and at&t got qualcom's
[Galaxy S III Mini General] themetester:
Evrika!

I accidently look at ace 3 specs and realized that is having almost the same specs. Maybe the comunity will port the 4.2.2 rom

---------- Post added at 12:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 PM ----------

I asked samsung about the update and they said :

Translate from romanian:

Stimate Domnule Cotea George,

Vă mulţumim pentru că aţi contactat Samsung şi avem plăcerea de a vă oferi următorul suport.

Va asiguram ca in momentul in care o noua versiune va fi disponibila, Samsung va face public acest lucru prin diverse mijloacele de comunicare (media , Facebook , Twitter, www.samsung.ro) sau terminalul dvs. va afisa o notificare privind actualizarea de software.

Pe aceasta cale va rugam frumos sa va instalati programul Samsung KIES, prin care se poate verifica periodic daca sunt disponibile noi actualizari ale sistemului de operare.

http://www.samsung.com/ro/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP

În cazul în care aveţi nevoie de asistenţă suplimentară, vă rugam să contactaţi Samsung din nou şi vă vom ajuta cu cea mai mare plăcere.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] eswarvf:
Thats an formal answer

and its processor dude processor ours is outdated st ericsson ace 3 having best in processor companies qualcom processor
[Galaxy S III Mini General] nico331999:
I dont think so because the s3 has still the old ics 4.1.2. I must add that I only saw the german versions: LTE and i1905 (i think it's the right number). I read this news too but still I dont believe in it, because S4 is now the most supportet s device and note is also a lot of work. Finally s5 is coming :)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I8190 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rockknee:
Novathor is the cancer that prevents us getting any official sammy updates, too bad... But our hope is/has always been Maclaw!! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] webgringo:
Hey, as long as there is CM 11, i dont really care if they will do a "real" update for the S3 mini. Yea, probably nice, but once i started to get used to all the nifty little features in CM, i dont wanna go back
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] Kuroyukii:
Hello,

I've a HTC 8X since 3 days and if I want to use my Beats Tour without controlltalk on my H8X the sound is like disorted and there's no oral. It's like they're not propperly plugged in, but they are. On any other device they work fawlessly.

Any suggestions?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dalamario:
Here attached there is the keyboard layout for AEKmap to use WWE KJAM with any not english ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
Got my N5 over lunch, and got it set up.

Coming from HSPA+42 on my HTC One S, I immediately installed Speedtest app to see what I get now. Boy was I disappointed.

1. It has trouble actually completing any tests. Half the time it ends in "Network Communications Issues" error message.

2. When it DOES complete a test, it's disappointing on the speed. I've gotten a max of 10mbps down, and 2mbps up. This doesn't make any sense, as my One S was able to get 7mbps down and 5-6mbps up.

Anyone else dealing with this? The phone's great, but I swear, if T-Mobile is gonna F up this whole LTE implementation, I'm gonna be royally pissed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
Are your APN settings correct?

Also, wrong section, this belongs in the Q&A section.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolcopter:
my tmobile was activated in store, so i'm not sure if that matters, but i have had no issues since switching this morning. solid LTE connection pulling down 15mbps pretty consistently
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritual82:
LTE working fine on T-Mobile here. Maybe it's a bad simcard?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerin:
I tested T-mobile's HSPA+ and LTE on the Nexus 5, HTC One, and Moto X, all side by side and running concurrently with the tests repeated frequently throughout the day. The Nexus 5 did just as good as the others and had a trend towards better speeds (the N5 still has the fastest speed I've gotten at my work of all 3 devices). The reception is also slightly better on the Nexus 5 over the other two phones, averaging about 10-15 dB better than the Moto X which is the worst of the 3 devices.

T-mobile's network, from my experience, does not offer consistently fast data throughput. I can run speed tests back-to-back and get a 10-fold change in data speeds. It doesn't seem to impact actual performance enough for me to notice, but it'll be reflected on all the tests I run. I think the device is perfectly fine.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
Bad simcard couldn't possibly be the cause of a data conectivity issue. If it was a bad SIM, the whole connection (data, voice, SMS, MMS, etc) would fail, so I know there's no issue there. Plus, it's been working fine in my One S (though a bit slow on T-Mo's HSPA+ network). This same issue also happened on my GF's N5 last night when I was testing hers out.

Also, for the first response -- yes, APN is by default set to fast.tmobile. I checked that first to make sure it wasn't set to EPC instead.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aprilynn:
LTE is working great on TMO for me. I'm getting about 10-11mb down and 6-8mb up. I'm not really close to a tower either, their network is mostly in the city area - I'm just outside of it by a few miles. I didn't modify anything on my phone -just popped my sim out of my Nexus 4 and put it in my Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmiLey497:
Must be you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indelible:
i just jizzed my pants
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricerony:
My speed test were just like yours op. Not sure if its the phone or my APN settings but the Nokia 521 that I had prior had better speeds. Its especially noticeable and slow when it goes in h mode.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcm117:
Jealous

What city was that in?

My T-Mobile LTE speed tests here in Indianapolis are crap compared to that :(.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmiLey497:
San Jose. The Bay area is pretty great with T-Mo coverage
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STi_Fanatic:
Wow, I wish I was getting those speeds on TMO in the Bay Area. I can't even get LTE in most of Los Gatos. Wonder if it's because I'm on prepaid....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pan0k:
I am also having the same problem. I have the $30 plan and in the DC area. On the upload test, sometimes I get "Network Communication Issue" error and sometimes when I am successful. On the successful attempt, for the first seconds or so, I get good speed but then it just died and drop the overall speed to at most 2.5 Mbps.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compchick813:
I am getting "Network communications issues" as well. My apn is fast.t-mobile.com. I am in the Baltimore area. Interestingly I get this more in the areas where my signal is strongest.

Edit: For me, when it fails it's always the upload test that fails. I just ran another test and got 22 down/1.13 up. Since the upload speed was much lower than normal I ran the test again and that time the upload test failed again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
Yeah, I second this one. Up until sometime late last winter/early spring I got REALLY GOOD HSPA+ with an n4, and then suddenly it went ENTIRELY into the crapper, as in mostly useless in a worse way than Sprint. i.e. seemingly good one second crap the next(T-mo HSPA+) v. just totally crap(Sprint).

With the n5, I no longer have the HSPA+ dropouts on LTE, but bandwidth is no better than the best it ever was on HSPA+, which in reality, is fine with me as I only use it when not at home/work/somewhere with REAL low latency broadband(although I must admit that at home I have comcraptic, which I really don't consider real given the variability in latency and bandwidth which I consider to be unacceptable even for home use given the wide variation/cost of "product").

That said T-mo since sometime early this year was utter **** on HSPA+ while beforehand it was pretty awesomely good. LTE gets me only back to where the "awesome" was and ain't awesome at ALL for LTE, but better than Sprint or AT&T, as Verizon crushes all comers overall(gotta love full signal in the boondocks of BFE upper peninsula... not dropping out in underpasses(AT&T), etc.) .

[EDIT]

Oh yeah, by HSPA+ "awesome" I'm talking:

60-120ms pings(test server coupla miles away)

c. 8Mbps on a "good" day down

c. 2Mbps on a "good" day up

And theoretically, I'm in a VERY good/EXCELLENT coverage area... so it's like I got very good HSPA+ then crap HSPA+ then crap LTE that was about as "good" as very good HSPA+... [EDIT2] I'm NO WAY NEAR those 20+ Mbps bandwidth tests, never have been... [/EDIT2]

Still better than my alternatives for the price though I guess... voice/messaging works as well as Sprint/Verizon, data is WAY WAY WAY better than Sprint, voice messaging is WAY/WAY/WAY better than AT&T, and then welp we're done with our choices... (although I expect a cap R when in the boondocks of the UP... v. full signal no R, OTOH it's a bit cheaper... which ATM is a factor...)

[/EDIT]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Niemer:
I wasn't getting LTE at all on my phone, got a new sim card and that fixed the problem. The guys at my t-mo store were super helpful.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bond007mgm:
I am also receiving the "Network communications issues" error when testing my speed. It will hover around 5 - 6 Mbps downstream and before the test can finish it will say "Network communications issues". I am on T-Mobile's LTE in Milwaukee. APN setting is "fast.t-mobile.com" which is the recommended setting for LTE speeds by T-Mobile.

Edit: I am using a nano sim that I had recently got and am using a micro sim adapter.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipsaz:
Count me in!

I also get "network communications issues". It always happens on upload. Never had this on the N4.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maamdroid:
I get 6-8 Mbps download and 1-4 Mbps upload on T-mobile LTE. Upload always spikes the first couple seconds and then stays consistently low.

I am using a full size sim card that I cut down to micro size. I also have two micro sims I ordered from Tmobile. I'll give one of those a try at the end of my month to see if that makes a difference.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
OK, going to 3G/HSPA+ I was getting approximately the same download/latency as "LTE", meanwhile I think that I was getting more accurate upload rates, as I had multiple tests where opensignal was claiming c. 50M up, meanwhile speedtest was barely hitting 1M and in a couple of case more like 10-100k...

Forcing 3G bore that out, both speedtest and opensignal were getting c. 5M down/1M up best... latency was within acceptable error for wireless of "LTE"... (I'm getting 1 bar on LTE BTW, and fluctuation 3-5 on HSPA+ dropping to "3G" on occasion...)

T-mo has gone to hell in a handbasket here since late last spring, as before then I consistently had 12+M down, 5M up, <60ms latency, but fortunately messaging/voice still work... disappointing after my intial good experience with them after coming from crappy data on sprint, but EXCELLENT voice/data(I wub CDMA)...

[EDIT]

Last tests w/speednet/opensignal

5M down

500k up

80ms latency

...and those numbers vary WIDELY over the course of a day, best being c. 10M down, 4M up... but the net seems flakey as all hell...

[/EDIT]

[EDIT2]

oh yeah, that was "LTE", HSPA+ is nearly identical...

[/EDIT2]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bond007mgm:
The only successful test so far, not too impressive for LTE speeds.

Edit: That was with full signal "LTE" btw.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayLancer:
I get network errors on upload for Speedtest. Also for some reason removing the SIM tray was a lot harder on my Nexus 5 than it was on the Nexus 4...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
While I don't get "network errors" I just get the same flakey coverage that I've been getting with 3G/HSPA+ since late last spring... so much for better coverage, and ffs I live in a relatively urban(well suburban area with a GREAT DEAL of long term development)...

Open Signal's maps of my coverage seem to be VASTLY more accurate than T-Mos, which shows "very good" while open signal shows blank which I'll call more accurate given flakiness...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnalevelc:
I get 2-3 bars at home and work and I avg 27meg down and 13 up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
OH, I suppose that I should mention that I'm getting ONE bar in a "VERY GOOD" coverage area(T-mo, crap OpenSignal which is obbviously more correct), OTOH I'm getting 3-5 with HSPA+ with mysterious drops to 3G.

There are NO "tall"(above 2 stories) building within 3m of my location, although there are alot of trees, it's well into fall and so most are now bare, so no blockage from water filled leaves... (which I would have bought into late last spring as water is a great energy(including RF) absorber blocker...)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayLancer:
Well did a 2nd test on HSPA+42 that actually completed. Seems like my house doesn't have stable LTE coverage, but it sure is faster than HSPA+42.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
One thing that I will say about LTE v. HSPA+ is that v. what I got over the late spring/summer on HSPA+ LTE is MORE stable, as in it doesn't cause transfers to just freeze, which, apparently then caused my n4 to go out to lunch which must've had a margarita machine as it never returned w/o help(i.e. xfer cancel)...

basically tiny xfers would go fine, few meg or less, more than that, hah hah hah good luck on HSPA+... so far that has NOT occurred under LTE, but I'm still not real happy that I've got to have an LTE phone to get HSPA+ rates in a "very good"(t-mo") coverage area with nothing that could excuse mis-labelling... (area may be built up, but it's not industrial, so there should be no real extraneous EM noise, no tall buildings, just trees, and as I mentioned most bare now, so... besides t-mo should know how to deal with trees, and it's not like it's a dense forest anyways...)

[EDIT]

...and dude, I seem to recall seeing other people in other cities with sim HSPA+ rates as you're getting with LTE... I kinda wonder about T-mo, as I recall their grand LTE upgrade(phase I) was supposedly purely sw updates to their stations...

[/EDIT]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peteus:
Good to finally know I am not the only one who have this issue on Tmobile LTE. I made tests near few towers at different times and I never got any stable upload results with any bandwidth test app. Download speeds are stable from 10mbps to 30mbps but upload will start at like 15mbps for a second, and then stuck and either show network error or barely finish around 1mbps. Hangouts or Skype video chat is not possible and will get interrupted over LTE.

I have replaced yesterday old SIM to newly arrived SIM and this did not fix the problem. Apparently, if you can't connect to Tmobile LTE at all, changing SIM will help, but I confirmed that this didn't fix upload issue problem.

I had T-mobile representative reset everything and it didn't fix the problem. We need to work together to resolve this issue ASAP before 14 days return period expires.

I have Nexus 32GB (that may be important for some reason as Sprint had problems with LTE with 32GB version so maybe Tmoble suffers from the same issue). Which version do you have? (and others with upload issue). Please report any ideas of how to fix this. Can someone call Tmobile and talk with tech department about this issue? More of us call Tmobile, more chance that solution will be found and that complaint will reach the specialist who can actually resolve this for us.