yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] iSaoHatake:
This kind of answer is just to not have to say: The company is mine, i support you only by 18 months, if i don't wanna update your phone, i won't and you can go **** yourselves, because the Ad about our superiority upon Apple is just a Shame.

Some people can say, oh your phone runs flawless 4.3, okay, but KitKat add some nice features, and our phone can be an S4 easily developers showed us this, if samsung wasn't a Money hungry we'd have all these functions that S4 have.
[Galaxy S III General] rick james b1tch:
great wont need to upgrade untill s6.
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
I'm quite happy with 4.3 and I don't expect Samsung to update any further. I don't see any big new features coming in 4.4.2...

If you're hoping for better ram management in 4.4.2, don't get too excited. Sure, there would be some minor improvements, but nothing significant. Samsung will always bloat their software.

It comes down to this:

- if you want features, go for stock.

- if you're looking for speed and good multitasking performance, go for AOSP roms.

There will never be a perfect combination of performance and features for our device. Stock roms are fast enough for if you really want the Samsung features. If you don't, then AOSP roms will offer better performance.

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[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
Guys can u please calm down... US listed our devixe, polish doesn't... think twice
[Galaxy S III General] Eleve11:
Yeah but US listed was just a US variant of the S3, don't know the codename thou.
[Galaxy S III General] nexy33:
Just do what everyone did to HTC when they pulled the same stunts speak with your wallet buy a different brand why petition them and make them feel more pious than they already are speak with your wallet and hit them where they feel it.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
I said last month that the galaxy s3 will not get KitKat the way Samsung are they shafted us with 1gig of ram and this made the phone slow unresponsive at times
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
A big company like Samsung & Google, really just dependent to software upgrade to guarantee their sales?

Is it really hard to give the best to their products I.e fruit company
[Galaxy S III General] cornelha:
I have been reading through this read and it seems most of you feel hard done by Samsung for not releasing updates. When you look at other devices, there are HTC flagship devices still running on 4.1.1 stock firmware. Android is about choice, being able to install all sorts of custom roms like CM, Omni or AOKP is something any of us can and have done at some point.

I have even seen people go on about Samsung being money hungry, but they seem to forget that Samsung is a company, in a very competitive field. Every major device manufacturer releases a whole range of new devices every year, to stay in business in this market, they need to release competitive devices.

There is no clause that says they HAVE to update the firmware, yet they do. The SIII was released with ICS 4.0.4 and we have an official 4.3 release, this means we have had 4 major release versions from Samsung. They didn't have to do this, but they felt that SIII owners should get support for Gear and released the 4.3 update.

They also release kernel source every now and then, which allows developers to build custom kernels to give us that little bit extra performance on a device, which at the time of release was an absolute marvel of engineering in the mobile device field. Cpu's, Gpu's, memory, camera and even cell radio hardware comes at a premium and costs lower with volume and demand, this is why the S4 came out later, with better specs at a similar price. So with a new flagship device, Samsung did not leave SIII owners in the cold, but kept bringing out updated firmware, even though said firmware brought the SIII that bit closer to having the features of the S4.

All in all, you bought the SIII because it is a very good device or you were just a tad early for the S4 that followed. Samsung have been known to give the best aftermarket support on all their products. They even went to court against Apple so you, the user, can enjoy all the benefits of your mobile device.

With all being said, YOU have the choice to remain on stock firmware of move over to an AOSP based rom. Both have benefits and drawbacks. Personally the only stuff I miss from the stock rom, is the motion features. SlimKat have implemented the flip to mute functionality, so I am pretty much almost there. For almost every stock feature, there is an alternative on XDA or Play Store. Someone mentioned liking the look and feel of stock, even for that there is a ThemeChooser theme to give you what you want.

The odd part, is with every device released, the software gets ripped out and ported to other devices, Xperia apps, Samsung apps, Lenovo apps, they are all available. So for the most part, you can even get stock features on your AOSP based custom rom.

With all this said, whether we get a 4.4 release or not, we still have the choice to use 4.4 AOSP roms. Slamming Samsung out in the open like this really does nothing for the community at large.If you are unhappy with your device, XDA offers ways to sell it so you can get another device.
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
and look how crap HTC is?

also ofcoarse you can install AOSP 4.4.x but you can also do that on the first ever android device, so why buy an S3 if you can get something sgs5830 and be able to gain the same features? we pay higher prices for MORE features, not higher prices for samsung to drop support after 2 years, someone should start a petition thread for the S3 and tip the portal off to get more supporters..
[Galaxy S III General] Andr3y29:
Now, really, a petition won't solve a thing. They already know there are 10-20 million SGS3 users. And of course everyone wants latest software to run on their devices. So I think that they already know that out there are some millions users angry.
[Galaxy S III General] Maxx247:
why sammy?

very disappointed after saw this news ! My bro have this device. about the 4.4. sammy said 1GB of ram is reasom behind it ,ok then why they upgrading galaxy grand and note 2? kitkat needs 512 MB ram but we got 1GB !

http://www.gsmarena.com/internation...i_not_getting_android_44_kitkat-news-7879.php

we must start a petition for this,cuz this device is very famous and millions of users, what do you think guys ?
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
orite then, lets see how we do without a petition.. not gonna get anywhere, infact, over 15 million users dont care/know what android version there devices are on. and thats fact.

someones gotta make a thread
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
Samsung TURKEY !

Bu konu hakkında tarafımıza aktarılmış resmi bilgi bulunmamaktadır. Samsung Türkiye olarak S3 modellerinde 4.4 güncellemesinin gelme ihtimali olabilir.

TRANSLATE !

It does not have any official information on the subject have been transferred to us. Samsung S3 as Turkey's possible that in the 4.4 update coming....
[Galaxy S III General] cornelha:
Actually you pay higher prices for better hardware. When the SIII was released, it had the best specs around. No one wants to upgrade to the next best thing and expect companies like Samsung, HTC and Sony to simply oblige. If no one upgrades their hardware, these companies go out of business and we end up with the final product lying in our drawers, barely usable because one cannot afford parts. Nokia being a prime example of this, they were too late to the smart device race and are now being sold because of it being a money drain. BlackBerry made a very stupid decision a few years ago when it was still primarily an line of business device company when the current CEO declared "“BlackBerry smartphones will never have cameras because the No. 1 customer of ours is the U.S. government,” Mike Lazaridis would say in meetings. “There will never be a BlackBerry with an MP3 player or camera." As read here.

Companies like Samsung and Sony are successful because they actually listen to customers and do the market research. Most SP contacts run for a 2 year period, after this period during an upgrade you can opt for a new device. Samsung has been more than compliant by not dropping support after 2 years, but still updating firmware.

Your arguement is invalid.
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
so your saying if i buy a car, and after 2 years places stop servicing my motor thats not wrong? f*** samsung..
[Galaxy S III General] cornelha:
Cars weren't designed for a 24 month lifespan. Why not sell your device and buy something that will make you happy? Unless you just keep the device so you can troll and rant on the interwebs

You argument is invalid.
[Galaxy S III General] Havoc-X:
Get over the RAM thing bro, its not the 1GB, the galaxy ace style has 512MB, 4.4 + touchwiz. I doubt that there's a scenario where RAM is actually an issue.

JB needs 700mb, KK needs 512. The new touchwiz supposed to be lighter than the old, so really RAM CANT BE AN ISSUE, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
Seriously? You're giving us THIS? Maybe we haven't been able to get almost everything working because we don't know where to begin. We're not developers, you are. And yet, you choose to come here, boast, and offer no help.

So, if you don't want to help, don't comment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTnNsIgQArM

Enjoy your rom.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
I would take a plane just to give you a medal cause I have never heard anything in this thread that is more true than this.
[Galaxy S III General] gnrsenpai:
completely agreed, the only reason why i9300 wouldn't get kitkat is because its age on the market, hardware-wise is capable enough.
[Galaxy S III General] arter97:
I'd imagined kernel developer someone like DerTeufel himself were working with this project.

If no developers was, let me apologize for my arrogance.

But I still have to say, if no one has experience with cooking ramdisk and making boot.img, my help may be useless.

Then I'll try to port my kernel to i9300 within mid-May(which I suspect will be very somewhat buggy).

Porting KK to e210s first is my top priority for now.

Sorry again.. please chill.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Why we don't wait more one month? Because already leaked roms for similiar hardwares so ours will be leaked soon i believe :)
[Galaxy S III General] arter97:
Developing and porting is always fun :D

---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:08 PM ----------

This is what's like a Sammy Android 4.4 KitKat running on the Galaxy S3.

Sammy KK on S3

Video status report #1

Unlock particle effect

http://youtu.be/UobH0hMKgm8

Unlock particle effect is hidden and disabled by default, this is hacked and enabled by James.D™
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
oh my god really :D I'm sorry bro this video i9300 run kitkat ? what is the workin kitkat galaxy s3 ?
[Galaxy S III General] arter97:
e210s. I don't and will never own an i9300.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
bro port i9300 only kernel the rest is easy I do not know kernel ported :( We need your help :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] Wsky:
Samsung Mobile Arabia

Hello dear, as of now, we do not have any plan in updating the Galaxy S3. We will keep you updated. Good day

27 April at 04:30

Link
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Well, if they doesn't update i will use CM :D
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
1501 36289693

+1, but one way or another we're getting the sammy kitkat update if Samsung didn't push it some kick@## developer will :cowboy::o
[Galaxy S III General] jose.17:
SamMobile and Faryab have not gotten any test firmware for note 2, while two leaked on XDA. Not all are striving for the flagships of 2012.

Sorry for my English.

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[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
coming kitkat s3 ?

---------- Post added at 04:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:17 PM ----------

sprint galaxy s3 coming kitkat :(

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sph-l710

Let the ROM watch begin. Here comes ND8 KitKat

No, you can't install anything from this link. It's source for developers. But it means in the next day or so the roll out of ND8 KitKat will begin OTA.
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
Shouldn't the international version of s3 get tge updates first ?
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
grab a chair and get comfy then
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
If this true than i go pray to thank god

http://www.android.gs/samsung-galaxy-s3-android-4-4-2-kitkat/

btw [MENTION=5096080]blackcat67[/MENTION] i remember your from the galaxy w forum. :D you are turkish, arent you ? I'm also turkish boy :) nice to meet you again :)
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I will not pray to god because i don't believe in good, but i will give a big thanks to sammy :D. Btw i think that the guys are right because the leaked documents can be true, and it's not why you can do the same that the documents will be fake because samsung don't use a VERY special program to do documents :). So i will wait acordly with the dates :)
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
I personaly think when samsung planed to update the s3 to 4.4.2 we must get a leak or test build very soon if not i think its over for the i9300. :D

anyway all we can do is now just waiting
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
I just went ahead and bought myself a Nexus 4. It's better in all ways except for camera and expandable storage. Going to miss my S3 though. ;)

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Yes porting a rom now for our phone will be bad if the official rom is coming :/. But if the developers like working, they can do it :D
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
So now we're all waiting for any signs... that kernel source is probably the most reliable indicator so far
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
According to Samsung mobile arabia (facebook page) our S3 will get Kit kat in Middle may
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
I thought they withdrew that statement? Or did they make a new one?
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Any link of this kernel source?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
They did make a new one but İt's on arabic look at his facebook page. Think must be one at the first posts from user
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Its not for the I9300 but rather for the Sprint S3 (yeah different specs I know) as blackcat linked on the previous page

As far as any S3 goes its really the only possible indicator that we're nearing a rollout
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
I see yeah I noted that sprint link before. Thought there was another kernel source :/

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Seems like Sprint's going to be first out of the gate (heh pun unintended). Time will tell what follows...
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Maybe our SIII :D
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
What are the things not working on your ported 4.4 ? Or still buggy?
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
[MENTION=4712955]techno-np[/MENTION] blackcat is the one whos developing kitkat for our device and he need the kernel
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
If i was a dev i would help him but i am only one Android lover that understand a bit about the system. But maybe a leaked rom will be out and maybe you will can use the kernel of the leaked system... Just an idea :)
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
If there will be a leaked rom for s3 then who needs a note 2 port.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Well a rom for note 2 it's a bit diferent from a rom to SIII :3
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/04/29/samsung-galaxy-s3-android-4-4-kitkat-update-u-s/
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
The US models were confirmed some time ago mate. :p

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
**** this... Unless if Samsung wants to stop updating his cell, it was better being a smooth and stable version... When i have the opurtunity i will go to CM, because i'm sure that we will have the android 4.5 smooth and stable for our phone, but not by samsung :)
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
The level of ignorance in this thread is way too high
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Why ignorance? If you want to say that unless say a smart thing.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
I wasnt specifically talking to you, but to most people who posted in this thread.

Because all 'flagship' phones that were released at the same time frame by other companies as the s3 also did not get the kitkat update, so if you want to throw blames, throw it almost every company out there. Also samsung never claimed that this is the final update 4.3 instead it is always hinted that there will be an update so there is still hope that they will update the phone in the summer.

Moreover, the 4.3 update doesnt have any major bug as many of the users claim. If you like to always have the latest OS just for the sake of it then buy a nexus phone or maybe a oneplus one. Also running 4.4.2 custom roms works great on the s3.

Im actually following this thread to read about s3 update news, So please lets keep this thread for ACTUAL news and leaks, its not a blog where people can write their opinions and frustrations.
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] regaber:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Better than nothing and better than arabian postings...yes,no yes no yes they will... no update...they are kiddies on there channel. ^^ We know there will be the update in U.S, but we wait for international longer. Listen, samsung try to port or delete knox from firmware ported from N2 and optimize to it.

I go after i have my Z2, you can wait longer you want^^.

We can see the stability with N2, hows work the mali drivers? Better post somethink like that if you check the N2 forum.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
GFX Bench update list 4.4.2 delete :(

Android 4.0.4

Android 4.1.1

Android 4.1.2

Android 4.2.1

Android 4.2.2

Android 4.3

Android 4.3.1

http://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benc...+GT-I9308,+SCH-I939,+SHV-E210)&testgroup=info

Go to hell samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Somebody most likely ran a benchmark with a custom rom installed.

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
A lot of the websites posted here (androidgs, gottabemobile and ibtimes especially) seem to make a lot of conjecture. I wouldn't trust it too much as they all seem to contradict themselves and write the same thing...

Until we can see some tangible evidence like the Sprint kernel source I think we should just hold out for SOMETHING to happen...
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Yes because if it's coming to sprint it's coming to the international... If doesn't...
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
If it doesn't they'd be doing a George Orwell - "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" -Animal Farm

In other words, its not likely at all that their most popular model wouldn't get the update.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
That would be unfair for us ;(
[Galaxy S III General] Zack208:
Sprint S3 kit kat sources has been released on samsung website:

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sph-l710
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
Thanks for the completely useless information, it's a totally different phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Zack208:
FYI, it is a variant of SIII, so Maybe for you it is useless information. Since this thread purpose is sharing the news about the update of s3. If other variants of S3 are getting the kit kat update, the international 19300 can be in the list too.
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
No, it is useless, it's a completely different phone, the main parts of the phone, the chipset, everything that makes it work, is a completely different brand. Their chipset is made by Qualcomm, ours is made by Samsung. You might as well post a link to the sources for a random HTC phone. That is Samsung US site, they have nothing to do with the International phone.
[Galaxy S III General] JustArchi:
So why you don't link to updates for S5 and S4? They're in the same "family" and according to you it's useful information.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
This was linked in the last two pages as well...

All this link tells us is that we are on the edge of a Kitkat rollout

in the US, starting with Sprint.

While from there we could infer that the international model isn't far behind, the link doesn't help us in that regard.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
So the americans will receive the update but the rest of the world no?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
That is pretty much the only confirmed information we have had for a while, everything else is just pure speculation.

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Often speculation with very little substance to it...
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Well but i'm hoping that the international version will receive the update too. Because in the last updates the Sprint version and the international received the same update isn't? And the diference it's 1 gb of ram, but our cpu of international version it's much better but we only have less ram... So they have better ram and we have a better cpu and they receive the update and we don't? I don't believe in that so i will wait more. And if doesn't come a leaked rom, don't lose your hope because it's leaked and sometimes they can't leak the rom :)
[Galaxy S III General] callmekang9:
Final testing.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
What?

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[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
yeah galaxy s3 kitkat final testing coming soon news samsung romania :

Hello, we will keep you updated as soon as we have offcial information about this topic. We hope to be back with news soon. Thanks you and have a good day! :good:;)
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Any links or screenshots you can provide?

Uhm... that doesn't really tell us much...
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Is that what Samsung Romania wrote?

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[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
FACEBOOK :

Samsung Mobile Romania

Hello, we will keep you updated as soon as we have offcial information about this topic. We hope to be back with news soon. Thanks you and have a good day!
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
That statement does not equal final testing in any form!

That sounds like they don't know anything, pretty much what we here in the forum know. :silly:

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
[MENTION=4323272]Curst[/MENTION], I love how we have become this thread's biggest skeptics....
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it! [emoji12]

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I'm not understanding.. they said what? They gave sure that the update will be out?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
If you are referring to the Romanian post its pretty much nothing really.

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Yes i was refering to it to. And they give always the same answer
[Galaxy S III General] Svartsyn333:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/01...t-kernel-source-code-for-sprints-galaxy-siii/

Sprint version on its way, lets hope the best for international version!
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
More and more I think that it will come,though that will lead to big disappointment (again) if Samsung will still NOT release it.

Kernel 3.4 would rock. Also,weird that Note 3 and SGS4 haven't got it.
[Galaxy S III General] Zero_One:
Well,let's wait for some KitKat for our S3, and if it possible with the 3.4 Kernel :D

...And if we can't receive the 3.4,i will have to work on it
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
The note 3 and s4 have kitkat and also a 3.4 kernel since the launch of those devices.