yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
All in all, Samsung is not bad at all, comparing with other manufactures, delivering the latest version to their phones... I know that Samsung has a zillion versions of phones, but can anyone point me out other company that is going to update a number of versions of their old phones to kitkat ??

Beside that our device sold millions of units, they cannot ignore that!!

I think that "updates begin today" is a very optimistic vision of what Samsung wants to acomplish... maybe one device can get it today (?!) but on a more realistic vision, I bet maybe over a week or two...
[Galaxy S III General] ezekionokia:
After having to test almost every single official release of Android 4.3 to find the one that is more stable and battery friendly for my S3, not to mention changing kernels more often than I change my socks, I'm not all that excited and willing to start the "find-the-stable-version-of-kitkat" race all over again.

my 0 cents.
[Galaxy S III General] noim:
WE are getting Official 4.4.2

It's finaly official 4.4.2 is coming to our S3 !!! :D:D:laugh::fingers-crossed::o:):highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I just hope it's more smooth than 4.3.
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
hmm, don't get your hopes on that... there wasn't a big change on the system between 4.3 and 4.4, only under the hood things...
[Galaxy S III General] annonymuze:
The two years support is coming to it's end soon. Don't expect any support from Samsung anymore
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
4.4 uses less resources than previous iterations but no doubt Samsung will bloat it down to act like normal.
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
They just need to give us rom , ill debloat it myself ..like that was ever a problem for root users
[Galaxy S III General] Humayuncool:
Samsung US announces KitKat update plans, rollout starts today

Samsung is developing Android 4.4 KitKat firmware for these smartphones:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III mini

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

Samsung Galaxy Light

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_usa_announces_kitkat_compatible_devices-news-7855.php

:cool::victory:
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
Im just curious , is it i9300 or i9305
[Galaxy S III General] davidsonking:
Both, i9300 first like everytime i think
[Galaxy S III General] Imaginos.88:
If I'm reading that correctly, neither i9300 nor i9305 are mentioned.
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
NO what ?
[Galaxy S III General] thadoukuki:
:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] dherre65:
How is Galaxy S III not I9300?
[Galaxy S III General] Imaginos.88:
I'm not saying Galaxy S III is not i9300, I'm saying press release says: "Samsung Galaxy U.S. devices currently scheduled to receive the KitKat update include select carrier variants of..."
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Yes indeed that announcement is US focused, but if the Galaxy S3 mini gets it, I think the regular S3 will do as well.

The article doesn't say i9500 or i9505 variants of S4 will get KK either, but for sure we are seeing them, and let's hope Samsung does the same for i9300
[Galaxy S III General] -Aatif-:
Friends i think we will not get Kitkat :(
[Galaxy S III General] peramikic:
deleted ... i'm blind
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I don't see anything about S3 in general or GT-I9300 in particular here.

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
There is no s3 in the table posted :confuses:

Btw there is a 4.4.3 android now, so its no use if they update to 4.4 because it is full of bugs.
[Galaxy S III General] IRoN MaN9:
The most features that i wait with kk are the colored emoji so is it possible to port the colored emoji from the leaked kk of note2 to 4.3

Best regards

أرسلت من GT-I9300 بإستخدام تاباتلك
[Galaxy S III General] peramikic:
You are right, it's Note 3, i am blind :p:silly::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
If we get kit kat than not before s5 released.

But I think 4.3 was the last major update... very sad about it... they do never his homeworks.
[Galaxy S III General] Paresh Kalinani:
http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/android-4-4-kitkat-release-details-leaked-galaxy-s3-note-2-1440286 ... And the screenshot..
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
They have since said there are no plans.
[Galaxy S III General] Paresh Kalinani:
I feel it'll come in May..
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
4.3 is perfect. I dont think they can make 4.4 as perfect or stable as 4.3. So its better if they dont release 4.4 unless its stable and smooth as 4.3 or better.

Its an old device but still perfect phone and can handle future updates. But companies have to run business so if they keep updating old phone they will not make profit.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
4.3 is full of bugs man...
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
What bugs can you explain.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Remember when you flashed back 4.1.2 and confirmed that it's faster and smoother than 4.3? That haven't changed since. 4.1.2 is still the best firmware ever for Galaxy S3. I still miss those times,and lack of FPS in games and some new features are holding me.
[Galaxy S III General] Paresh Kalinani:
Guys! It won't affect us much if 4.4 is released for S3 (and it's laggy).

We're rooted. We're on XDA. :cool:

We can go back to 4.1.2 . As long as we have our EFSv1 backup :p . (I don't have :( )
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Well,I love better performance in games and 4.1.2 doesn't have that.

I'm on AOSP 4.4 now,though. I dunno if AOSP ROMs use new drivers,but performance is okay.

Thouchwiz sucks,after using AOSP for so much time,I understood how funny TouchWiz looks. Vanilla android is so much more serious-looking.
[Galaxy S III General] Paresh Kalinani:
Even I'm on NeatROM AOSP 4.4 .. Love it!
[Galaxy S III General] Havoc-X:
Actually i think 4.0.4 runs slightly better than 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
No, android 2.3.7 is waaaayyy better !

Envoyé de mon GT-I9300 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Who want's a "serious-looking" phone? Bland, generic. Nothing beats the Touchwiz animations and smoothness and new animated accuweather widget is second to none.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Animations? Smoothness?

All are present in AOSP,it's android. Even smoother. Couldn't stand the lag in some social app's on stock ROM. And accuweather? 3 alternatives here. Each is better than previous one.
[Galaxy S III General] Dare85:
I dont think Samsung relese update to 4.4 for I9300 :(
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
-System UI FC when taking a screenshot then pressing the Edit button

-Graphical glitches using Apex and amy icon pack (maybe that's just me)

-Sometimes apps are "forgotten" in the Recent Apps menu

Those are the ones off the top of my head
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
First one doesnt happen with me and the last one is not serious at all.
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Care to name the 3 alternatives?
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
one serious bug I have on stock roms 4.3 is that I get FROZEN or stuck sometimes at boot, and then I have to turn off the phone again and reboot for it to work again.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Really? On NB4 I get that :L
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Not happens with me on NB6.

You guys dont flash properly and dont consider the mistakes you make on your side and start crying that update is **** and full of bugs.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Mistakes even through OTA? (I don't have that boot bug either though)
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Didn't Samsung recommend a factory reset after updating to 4.3 in order to avoid issues?

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
No company recommends a factory reset as you will lose all data.

But after a major firmware upgrade you should factory reset for optimum performance.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Lol sorry i didnt know you are the only smart one here who knows how to flash.

FYI, ive never had any problem with any roms except stock 4.3 roms.

This happens when flashing via recovery custom stock roms and flashing via odin stock firmware, and ofcourse with full wipe.
[Galaxy S III General] stasiulaska:
Camera

I hope tha samsung release the 4.4 soon. I like smoothness of the cm11 but i really miss stock camera which is most reliable and much better than cm11 camera. Or maybe is there any custom unofficial 4.4 with stock samsung camera app?
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Nothing beats the stock camera.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Samsung must release a official or leak 4.4 for us to have a better 4.4 custom / aosp rom!

:D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] b0unty:
i agree with you :) lol
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
AOSP runs flawlessy,can't imagine anything better!
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
A better camera? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
What do you mean by "better camera"? Does AOSP one takes photos with lower quality?

I use Lenovo Super Camera,it has many features,but I still don't use any of them. AOSP is no way worse than Stock one to just take your phone out of your pocket and snap a shot. It takes photos with same quality and not worse. Gimmicky features,for average users like me are not needed.

So,I dunno guys what you don't like.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
Yeah yeah, it's and endless discussion. Stock 4.3 is all I can wish for right now, so I'm happy.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Quality is a bit worse, especially in low light. However, put that aside, the worst thing is the Cant connect to camera error that happens sometimes and randomly. When this is fixed, then you can say camera is okay.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
I have two comparable photos. One is with me,second one is with my friend. I will get it and let's compare together.

Btw,do you use camera fix libs zips?
[Galaxy S III General] tomsi91:
Please anybody tell me that samsung officially confirmed 4.4 for i9300.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Yes ive done the test. Same condition same place same everything me on aosp 4.4 and my friend on stock unrooted 4.3

His image was much clearer.

Also the sound, music was clearer from his phone.

Yes i used the 10.2 libs but still get crashes nothing seems to fix the camera for me in aosp.

---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:05 PM ----------

4.4.3 :p
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Well,I remember not noticing any difference,will have a look.

Btw,if yoy are about speaker,then just try reducing bass from equalizer. On AOSP it's boosted and makes distortion. I tweaked it and now it's even louder than on Stock ROM but still with clear sound,lol. Knew it was possible,because of ringtone which was always louder,now music is so that loud,too!

Btw,camera was fine as for now for me.
[Galaxy S III General] -Aatif-:
OMG another day with anther rumour.. if its true then i am really happy :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
its called clickbait
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Doesn't specify wheather its the international version (GT-i9300).
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
And once again it is rumors/speculation/"leaks" and nothing official form Samsung.

Nothing to see there people.

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
You don't know what you're talking about, as per usual.

In terms of quality, and I'm talking about picture QUALITY and not features, AOSP camera is worse than Stock camera. Under low light conditions is a disaster.

In AOSP, 4.2 camera is better than 4.3 and 4.4 camera as well. The quality is the same, but 4.3 camera is broken as hell (partially fixed in CM latest nightlies).
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
No sources, not even a mention of a "unnamed insider" anywhere
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
"as per usual".

Not even gonna talk with you. You're a meh.

So many photos taken in low light. Me and my friend too,both uploading it to social site and I never noticed a difference when opening his version and giving it a like. So I'm stopping discussing this with you,guys,as you seem to be stubborn.
[Galaxy S III General] szotaa:
What do you mean? Im using official cm10.2 stable with boeffla kernel stable for more than a month and I never faced any camera issues.

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9300 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
It's funny how you see us as stubborn but you dont see yourself as stubborn.

Anyways there is a difference, search xda and ull find the majority having the same opinion.
[Galaxy S III General] -Aatif-:
it can be for International version because its sure that US S3 getting KK for sure.

Samsung has conformed that S3 will get Kk but not mentioned which version will get KK.
[Galaxy S III General] b0unty:
april's fool

Hi guyz,

don't forget today is april's fool :)

so take care of rumoured infos
[Galaxy S III General] tokict:
It's probably just APRIL MOP from samsung. :v :v
[Galaxy S III General] le grande magnetto:
My thoughts! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] OrToRoTo:
I will leave the idea to have KK 4.4.3 because Samsung is still launching 4.4.2 patch and it never comes. Until that im using a ROM and it works realy great and smooth. Thx Samsung for suporting ur customers.
[Galaxy S III General] tokict:
How about this??
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Velkam:
Unfortunately there is no date on this, so it could be the old news, and Samsung has changed the mind now :)
[Galaxy S III General] darkknife85:
But is printed with samsung printer??? :) :) I hope is a real list and not a fake :)

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
Got a friend of a friend who works at Samsung, finally managed to get a bit more info, this is the most recent internal memo he's got.
[Galaxy S III General] Choristav:
Is it dated 1st of April?
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
lol note 2 is cancelled and s3 is approved. Must be fake.
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
It's sooooo hard to make a table and put Samsung logo on top of it...
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
Of course it is, I just knocked it together in about 2 minutes. My point is, why is this thread now just a spam fest of obvious fake images that don't even have sources and can be made by a child.
[Galaxy S III General] jimsiv:
I think we will see your photo in several sites very very soon!! ????

Sent from my GT-i9300
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
Can't tell my source but here is the latest update.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
This seems 100% legit.
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Any leaked firmwares out?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
If such firmware leaks it will show up here on XDA as usual. ;)

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] gabrymr:
You know, you're on to something here.
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Very funny lol.
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
From what I have read at S4 & Note 3 sections KitKat has many restrictions on your memory card !! So I dont want KitKat anymore !! I need my memory card to function properly more than I want some KitKat update !!
[Galaxy S III General] engir:
Im following this thread to be updated regarding 4.4 update news, rumors, etc. Now it's just trolling. Bravo!

(However maybe it is my fault hoping that I will read useful information here...)
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
xda had modded the permission to make work sdcard in KK like JB...so this is only a marginal problem
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
XDA pwns the manufacturers as usual! :)

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] DrEVILone81:
KK versions will be improved on XDA here. I would not use a stock firmware KK

i9300 fusion rom / fusion-boeffla kernel works well :good::cowboy::D
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
note 2 new leak :'(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51664506
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
thats not a stock rom / kernel
[Galaxy S III General] Vishnu pv:
Kitkat Update for Note 2 Confirmed

Kitkat update for Note 2 will be available from next month. Said by SAMSUNG Mobile Arabia. Not sure. See below attachment.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
The same pranksters who said that S3 would get it only to deny it a few days later?! [emoji14]

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Vishnu pv:
That's why I said, that Im not sure. May be its fake or true. Because once thay posted a fake reply about kitkat update for s3.
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Note 2 is good news for S3 no? Isn't it practically the same phone with a bigger screen?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
It has 2gb of ram so Samsung can bloat it easier than the 1gb S3. I think that is whats holding kk for our device.

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Also hv a strong feeling that samsung will only update device with 2GB of ram only :(
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Yeah,that's why KitKat has been made.. to be bloated and even with optimizations still be available for 2gb devices only. (c) Samsung
[Galaxy S III General] wango89:
I dont think de gona get kit kat. IF they release it i'll problably aldready got a new phone... Maybe s5 or nexus
[Galaxy S III General] aryanveg:
s3 not 4.4 ?? realy??? :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
nobody know that?
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Yes but it should be possible to port kk from note 2 to s3?
[Galaxy S III General] aryanveg:
Update gs3 and not2 should be finished as gs2 and not1
[Galaxy S III General] Crusi:
Do you know something about Galaxy S3 LTE update? It's got 2gb of ram so it shouldn't be a problem to handle kk?

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9305 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S III General] chrissykess:
Who need official when cm11 and temasek os still better than official. :P

Send from my Galaxy S3 runing with TemasekROM
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
And lags, video and ALL 2D and 3D stuff lag , visual glitches etc..

Not even close to official, maybe more RESPONSIVE(not smooth), but thats it.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Smooth too,lol (the reason I use aosp). Just some minor tweaks. Glitches are not noticeable,they are also rare.

Btw,can anyone tell me if it's possible to have LED when is screen is on feature on stock ROMs?
[Galaxy S III General] chrissykess:
I have used custom rom for 3-4 years. For me always custom ROM was Vetter, because od more freatures more function more smooth, more ram, more everything. Maybe have few bugs, but for ME (THIS IS MY OPINION) custom ROM os better than official. :P

Send from my Galaxy S3 runing with TemasekROM
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
And broken hwc and broken sound and broken camera , graphical glitches.. Every nightly you have something broken, whereas for sammy rom, better battery life, no out the blue bugs, and with a bit of kernel tweaking, its super smooth and fast. Add to that kitkat theme for stock rom by [MENTION=509880]Crussader[/MENTION] and you have aosp looks with fully stable rom
[Galaxy S III General] engir:
Don't wanna play the moderator here but the title of the topic is "4.4 for gs3 general discussion ( news & leaks & problems & expectations )" - however it does not state if official or custom ;) -, so please forget the stock vs custom ROM argument. It is a matter of taste. There are pros and cons both sides.

The reason why I read this topic to get new information regarding official 4.4. Not about the "smoothness" of custom ROMs...
[Galaxy S III General] -Aatif-:
No Kitkat 4.4.2 Update for Galaxy S3

Hello dear, as of now, we do not have any plan in updating the Galaxy S3. We will keep you updated. Good day
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
samsung turkey 4.4 kitkat coming soon :D
[Galaxy S III General] madvillain91:
SlimKat 4.4.2 already work on Samsung S3 , we only need few correction like the "recent app used" with the long press home action

He look likes cheep on the last version... I hope to get back the galaxy note style on it
[Galaxy S III General] :
Kk should be available for lte s3 because it has x2 the ram
[Galaxy S III General] Warrenforfree:
GT-I9305 for sure may get 4.4 update but the I9300 are not certain to get the update soon or never.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
Yeah, so much better with those amazing battery drains, camera problems, sound problems, non-working HWcomposer and ****ty graphic performance!

so much better than stock!

You have to endure all of those problems just to see a higher number in "About Device". So logical.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
samsung turkey on your facebook page has confirmed update,they are working on and will be rolling out soon.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
We have bad experiences from Facebook posts mate. :P

Tapped on my GT-I9300 running OmniRom with latest Boeffla Kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Are you sure about that? Maybe I looked in the wrong place but...

(Unless of course Google translate is wrong)
[Galaxy S III General] clapton86:
lol
[Galaxy S III General] chrissykess:
Even in stock i charged battery every day, i never used camera in phone, because i have for this Vetter hardware. :> In my OPINION custom is better, i dont care about you...

I thing logic samsung iż IF YOU WANT TO KITKAT GO BUY S4/5

Send from my Galaxy S3 runing with TemasekROM
[Galaxy S III General] gfreeman86:
It's obvious that you have never tried Omnirom in the recent time... I was thinking exactly the same a little time ago...;)
[Galaxy S III General] AnyRom:
No Hope for KK, Just like all of android brand if you want latest OS must have latest release, This only thing I don't like about Android Phone.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
So childish. Not worth it.

I was using omnirom until a few days ago.

Hwcomposer: not working. Have you seen those laggy animations? So nice! inb4 "oh no bro its you mine is working gre4t"

sound: mostly fixed, but still, not perfect

graphics: poor performance, cant really be compared to stock firmware

camera: a mess... bad quality, video recording is broken, flash is innacurate, cant use apps like Vine, snapchat or google translator, etc.

So yeah, it's not better than stock and 4.2.2 (CM10.1.3) works a million times better than 4.4 AOSP.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Why won't you install stock yourself then? =)

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

Comparing the animations,AOSP is nearly same compared to stock ROM animations. I installed AOSP,I installed custom kernel and animations are smooth as hell. Yes,I can say that.

Just some tweaks needed.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Any news for 4.4 stock rom for s3 international? Even a leak will be ok
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
If some REAL news will be available,you will see the difference compared to the news we got before. You will understand immediately that it's coming.

As for now,nothing is confirmed.
[Galaxy S III General] beeeto:
So Yeah, battery drain.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] chrissykess:
But war stock vs custom is waste of time, some people prefer stock or custom rom...

Send from my Galaxy S3 runing with TemasekROM
[Galaxy S III General] -Aatif-:
Hey Guys Samsung just Announced Galaxy Ace Style

i read the Specification and Ace Style is Running on S5 themed Touchwiz, can you believe it about Ram that Samsung is used for Ace Style which Runs on Kitkat 4.4.2 & S5 TouchWiz only 512 MB :confused: and our Galaxy S3 has 1 GB Still We are under confusion :confused:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_ace_style-6284.php

secondly. Samsung showed the Q1 profit which is now even more drop than S4 sales its about i think 4% dropped, but still Samsung is neglecting Galaxy S3 & its users which made them World No.1 Smartphone Manufacture

I am Highly disappointed with Samsung now :mad: if they not update S3 to kitkat then No More phone From Samsung

It means that Samsung want to force S3 users to switch from S3 to S4/S5