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[Galaxy S III General] Havoc-X:
This guy has no idea what a major update is

Name Change = Major Update

2 Digit Update (e.g. 4.2 to 4.3) with the same name = minor update.

3 Digit Update (e.g. 4.4.2 to 4.4.3) = Bug Fix / stability update.

The new Samsung Galaxy Ace Style is running KitKat + Touchwiz with 512mb. Obviously they would delay the SIII update until the S5 is out because most countries work on a 2 year contract basis. If they released SIII KitKat before the S5 launch then some people wouldn't bother to upgrade. Its all marketing. Your argument is invalid.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Holy sh.. They replied today. :) Unfortunately they had no information if we are getting an update or not. :silly:

The response from them in swedish, in case someone wants to run it through Google Translate:

Hej Patrik

Tack för ert E-mail till Samsung Electronics Nordic.

I dagsläget har vi tyvärr ingen information kring om det kommer komma en senare uppdatering till Galaxy S3 eller inte. Vi uppskattar alltid åsikter från våra kunder och ska föra dina önskemål vidare kring mer information om detta.

Ha en fortsatt trevlig dag!

Kontakta oss gärna igen om du har fler frågor.

Med vänliga hälsningar

Samsung Support

Maybe next step for me will be to harass Samsung Korea for more information. :p
[Galaxy S III General] Raulinho7:
Let me guess....

Bull**** bla bla bla bul**** ...we dont have any information ...bull**** bla bla bla.

Best regards
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Oh, they're usually good at replying. Whether they have any information or not is another story. :P

"Thank you for your email _______,

Unfortunately we are not supplied with that kind of information here at our helpdesk as the final decision goes back to the network provider."

Good idea at this point to maybe harass Samsung Korea. Do you know Korean though? :P
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I intend to maul the Korean language thoroughly through Google Translate as soon as I compose a letter which doesn't come across as desperate. :P

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
I've sent Samsung Korea an email asking about the Kitkat update for the I9300/I9305 specifically. :D hopefully we get an answer other than "we don't know"...
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
I no I don't own a s3 any more but keeping my fingers and toes crossed for everyone to get kitkat on there s3
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Looking forward to the reply even though it seems like the mystery of the century! :P

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Assuming they do reply in the first place... (my Korean's a bit rusty lol)
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Maybe your letter will confuse them so much that they actually answer a really simple question! :P

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
:eek: surprise!
[Galaxy S III General] nexy33:
TBH the galaxy SIII is the handset that propelled Samsung to the forefront the least they could do is show a tiny bit of loyalty to the handset that basically made them. I get the whole 18 month support but that was probably due to the fact older phones could barely handle the new versions of android but the SIII is still a powerful handset and kk was written to run on lesser beasts, would like to see it get kk just as a salute type gesture from Samsung to the people who bought it and put them on the map.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
Here

, . , . , .

have a few, I've got plenty.
[Galaxy S III General] nexy33:
No tears here s5 came today so suck my nuts.
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
According to gsmarena under the i9300 link. There is a planned update to android 4.4.2 for the S3.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9300_galaxy_s_iii-4238.php

Fingers crossed
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Had they provided a credible source for that i would have believed them.

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[Galaxy S III General] ortori:
http://www.android.gs/android-4-4-2...alaxy-s4-revealed-i9300-i9305-i747-i535-more/
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
"We have a list"?! Like the other lists, leaked documents, screen shots and whatnot that have been floating around? :silly:

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Well we should wait for something
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Haven't heard from Samsung Korea yet...
[Galaxy S III General] antimo84c:
Do you think there will be someone able to port 4.4 from galaxy s4?

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Isn't possible i think.. I'm not a developer but i'm sure that the Galaxy SIV can't be ported for our Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Think its not possible because the hardware is different. Maybe from note 2.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] AquariusMobile:
I wish we could the KitKat update now, but to be honest, 4.1.2 performs better than 4.3 on the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
4.3 it's heavier
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
It seems that every Samsung device that will be getting 4.4.2 has already been announced. So game over for S3. Has anyone ever ported a rom from Note 2 to S3?
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
guys stop with opninions...these are the same by months! samsung didnt say anything about ram,timeframe, or other things...the only thing we know is that the update is planned for may (and i think end of may as usual if not june)...but this silence not is "NO UPDATE". When s2 dead with 4.1.2 samsung after 1 months after 4.2.2 say clearly that "4.1.2 is the latest update for galaxy s2), and back to past there is the same identical thread on s2 section if this may receive the 4.1.2 update, that all say was not possible for s2 LOL. This is the same identical situation. Only time (i think 1-2 months by now) will say the answer (or a leaked rom :p ).
[Galaxy S III General] cloudx720:
The S3 is still an amazing and capable phone, really do hope we get official Android 4.4.+ kitkat.
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Inshallah(God willing) my friend lol.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
henrylife tried to port 4.4 from note2 but we need 4.4 kernel from samsung. kernel is the problem
[Galaxy S III General] h4ck3rc1:
As has been said, 4.3 is a lot heavier than 4.1 but KitKat would be nice and quick again as it offers performance improvements making older hardware smoother again which would fix that.

I would recommend to anyone hanging for 4.4 KitKat to just go and try out a custom AOSP based ROM like SlimKat and see how good KitKat is for yourself on our device. It is not hard to do and if you make a nandroid backup, you can always go back.

If you are desperate for the Samsung interface, you could always get a theme with your launcher of preference
[Galaxy S III General] jay5204.abd:
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/549273/20140423/android-v442-kitkat-samsung-galaxy-note2-s3.htm

This article was posted just a few hours ago... It includes S3 in the list
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
They are referring to the mysterious list that Android Geeks allegedly got hold on, so i wouldn't hope for too much. ;)

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[Galaxy S III General] jay5204.abd:
I have seen a few more sites claiming the same... The news have surfaced just now... Lets be hopefull and keep our fingers crossed :)
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
Well said, if i9305 also not getting I totally speechless

Let save money buy new device, s3 reached bottleneck already
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
My S3 is a gift which is and will be under contract next half year,so sucks for me. I also don't have a money for the phone. I have for everything,but when it comes to phones,I suffer.

From having no money for a new one.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Stock based custom roms are more or less same as stock (performance wise). They have more features though.

For AOSP based I have used temasek and cm11 and liked them both.

Im on stock right now. Maybe I'll shift to temasek soon.

Waiting for CM11 stable.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Isn't CM11 battery-heavy ?
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
I never did a formal battery test. But I can confirm its less than stock.

But I think now I have to find the best AOSP based custom rom for me.
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
this phone is only 2 years old, samsung disappointed me, if we buy a note 3 knowing after 2 years there gonna drop the support they are gonna lose all their customers..

you pay top dollar for a top of the range device that should last you while and after 2 years support is dropped.

even the iphine 3g was supported for more then 2 years..
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
I'm glad I sold my s3 yesterday to upgrade early and I got a phone with KitKat all ready installed nexus 5
[Galaxy S III General] x92:
I'm thankful to those who said "free ram is wasted ram" and "2gb ram on S3 LTE got no advantage over S3". Without you, I wouldn't have hate samsung so much. Thank you!

- from an user holding on to a very laggy samsung JB phone
[Galaxy S III General] LancelotSA:
Blah blah blah, all this moaning. It's not like your phone suddenly becomes unusable if it doesn't get an upgrade.

Yes, one would be nice but you could comfortably use the phone for another year. And if your need an update use a ROM. You're out of warranty anyway if you've had the phone so long.
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
well yeah the phones only 2 years old.

fair enough if its support was dropped after 3 or 4 years but this is the most popular android device on earth.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Installed temaseks ROM and so far so good! Fixed all of my issues and battery is ideal! Camera is the one issues left to be fixed.

If you need further help you can PM me.
[Galaxy S III General] Andr3y29:
Wait... Wut ?

http://www.gsmarena.com/internation...i_not_getting_android_44_kitkat-news-7879.php
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
guys please, this is giving me the ****s.

samsung US didnt confirm nothing.

samsung POLAND

confirmed

the devices that will be getting updates.
[Galaxy S III General] Xami:
F*ck you samsung

http://www.gsmarena.com/internation...i_not_getting_android_44_kitkat-news-7879.php
[Galaxy S III General] Ricky Divjakovski:
the most we can do is try porting a 4.4.2 rom from the S4..
[Galaxy S III General] sam145:
Joke ?

WHAT THE F*/**** !

The galaxy grand have "1" GB amout of ram and he will get 4.4 update, note 2 have the same shipset and he will get 4.4 update

THE REAL F******* REASON is "Money" :)

No 4.4 update for S3, No Samsung :)

LG G2 ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Bye,bye Samsung,welcome Nexus!!! :D
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
yup no money as well

just a student, slowly save for it lol
[Galaxy S III General] noim:
S3 is the most popular android device or there. ..I think it's marketing and for money. .if they give update then ppl will not buy S4 & S5 since S3 is more than enough for a good Android experience !!! F**K u Samsung !!
[Galaxy S III General] Andr3y29:
I really don't wanna say that, but they are kinda right. I mean, Galaxy S5 will launch in less than a week. The next major android release (Maybe 4.5) will be launch at Google I/O. From what I've seen, Samsung updates their GalaxyS's t the end of the summer or in autumn. So they can't have 3 flagships: S3, S4, and S5 running KitKat 4.4.2 until the middle of October. They could have delyed it, but for how much. S5 to get 4.5 in september-october, S4 1-2 months later in november, 4.6 is launched and then S3 gets updated to 4.4 ? And I have been dreaming for a stock KK experience.... I really like the stock look and feel, but stock battery life is much better.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Well, there has also been news like this one:

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2014/...0-android-4-4-kitkat-update-looking-unlikely/

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
And likewise a lot of sources saying that as well
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
But then there is this section:

"Now the editor-in-chief of SamMobile, Faryaab Sheikh, has responded to questions on his Twitter account about the update. He claims that there are currently no test builds for the new firmware on the handset, which would mean the late April or early May timeframe that was given for the updates arrival are wide of the mark."

Thats what has made me sceptical about a coming, if ever, update.

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
"wide of the mark" seems like a bit of an understatement in context....
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
After spending time in this forum post and easter passing i got a feeling that this update is like the second coming of Christ with a lot of christians claiming that it will come soon. :silly:

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
LOL +1

Its also like a really intense cliffhanger... "Will the Galaxy S3 receive the much-wanted 4.4.2 Kitkat update? Find out in Season Three!"
[Galaxy S III General] bootx1:
I'm guessing there will be a writers strike and the show will be axed.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Or the internet will explode... Kind of like now.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
But there are many bugs, for example in snapchat i cant send video snaps? How to fix?

Many other stuff as well even though small, but do sum up.
[Galaxy S III General] jimsiv:
Great news from Ricky for kitkat http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2602543

Sent from my GT-i9300
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
If this is true then that's good (but no source, hmmm...) and all -but July... A lot of people would have finished contracts by then...
[Galaxy S III General] regaber:
As posted on same thread :

On linked website by srv.abhishek, someone posts a message with a link to an official Samsung US faq which seems to confirm an i9300 update to 4.4.
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
IT doesn't mention the i9300 ANYWHERE on that page.
[Galaxy S III General] regaber:
In the device list : "Samsung Galaxy S® III"

It could be i9305 and not i9300, but I doubt it. Even "Galaxy S® III mini™" is mentioned.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
The Samsung US list is for the US models which have entirely hardware inside them, since Samsung in their infinite wisdom decided to name many models Galaxy S III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III#Model_variants)

The same goes for the S III Mini, the US variant is a different one from the EU one.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
So they will receive the update and the other countries will not receive?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
My guess is that the Qualcomm equipped models with 2 GB of RAM will be updated since Samsung gets the drivers for the chipset from Qualcomm and there is enough of RAM in those models to run Samsungs bloat.

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[Galaxy S III General] regaber:
Ouch, I didn't think the 2gb Qualcomm version represented such a majority... maybe US users will be lucky then...

Our only hope lies with the GT-i9305, international LTE version, which has 2GB of ram but identical hardware (besides modem of course) from our first international version.
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
IS NOT A PROBLEM OF RAM!!!! is 1 month that here we explain this, the new touchwiz and kitkat use the pretty much the half ram than 4.3 and samsung introduces the zram extactly to reduce to minimum this problem! so stop with this stupid story about i9305(for this one the updates has ever arrived post i9300)...if 9300 should be update, the same goes for 9305 and all other variants! is like this FOREVER in samsung home! someone not read the comments of other people and insist with this tesi!please stop!

for galaxy s1, samsung says clearly= LITTLE RAM (and 512mb for touchwiz this was true in part)

for galaxy s2 , samsung says clearly= STOP SUPPORT (too long support, almost 28 months)

galaxy s3= samsung is in silence, probably a strategy to increase the sales of s5 with crazy customers
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
You are right. I don't know why people still talking about the 1 gb ram of GT-I9300. It's not a PROBLEM, because 1 gb of ram it's enought to run the kitkat with touchwizz.
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
+1 Ram isnt the problem cause ace style runs with 512mb ram and has got the s5 ui
[Galaxy S III General] sudoeste:
The talk about the 1GB is that Samsung (some country) announced that i9300 would not get 4.4 because of the ram

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[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
So This confirms 4.4 for our device ?
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
That's a bit of a moot point because its likely that if we get 4.4.2, we won't get the new Touchwiz. If the S4 and Note 3 don't have it, why would the S3?

Not hating on the argument you have there cause I'd love the new Touchwiz, but just saying.
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
sure but samsung can optimize the s3 apps for little ram
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Nope, as said before it is just for the American models.

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[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
This pretty much confirms we're getting it...

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/549273/20140423/android-v442-kitkat-samsung-galaxy-note2-s3.htm

S5 Touchwiz already ported to S3...

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/theme-galaxy-s5-tw-launcher-accuweather-t2678617
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Maybe yes, maybe no... I think that if the update wasn't planned for our phone, they would already said that...
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
This was quoted before I think

Sorry but that's not what I meant - I was talking about whether the new Touchwiz would be in the firmware by default, which I see as being highly unlikely.
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
The US Galaxy S3 is neither the i9300 or i9305. Completely different phone, not even a little the same.
[Galaxy S III General] Choristav:
Note 2 got 4.4.2:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28780
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
That Korean blogger seems to have gotten this right (kind of, its late April as opposed to mid April)... so now the anxious wait for May begins :P
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Ooooh, the plot thickens! :P

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[Galaxy S III General] hwjrmrm:
where is the Korean blogger?
[Galaxy S III General] spiritedwithin:
This is the korean blogger link from the source. Still feeling hopeful for a last update for s3.
[Galaxy S III General] hwjrmrm:
May is coming!
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Bored of AOSP.

Install stock touchwiz based ROM with custom kernel or stay with AOSP? Help me :D

Both have their prons and cons. Like lockscreen which is better in AOSP and it's notifications,while stock has lag-free camera with it's anti-shake and so on. Can't really decide.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
You are in a situation like me. I love them both.

You can dual boot them or like keep changing roms in every few days.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
note 2 kitkat coming :/ http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28780
[Galaxy S III General] jmmc:
Stock with Boeffla kernel :D
[Galaxy S III General] regaber:
Fantastic news ! Doesn't Note 2 have quite similar hardware to i9300 ? Feeling very hopeful.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
No time for so many testings.

But AOSP has dat notification when screen is on feature,gorgeous lockscreen and it's notifications =( Also,using 8sms app on stock conflicts with stock messaging app (especially lockscreen notification). I just don't like the stock one.

Well,the best thing about Stock is the camera. Just that anti-shake feature makes taking photos very enjoyable. Recording videos is not a problem on AOSP,though. And Stock still has more stability.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
It takes 15 min for me to change rom and restore all my data.

Im running stock rom with googy max2 and its really good.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Lol,same.

But I'm not talking about which one is the best or etc,I already tested both some time ago,and I already know what do both versions give,but I still couldn't make a decision. I just can't decide which one to pick after so many testings,both have their prons and cons.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
That why I said keep changing roms. You can change rom at work also.

Staying at one rom for a long time is so boring.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
I love staying with one ROM for a while.

That what I did with 4.1.2, 4.3 and now AOSP.

Because I'm using my phone much for texting and other things,just much. It's always on lol and I charge it twice a day nearly always. So I don't want to change the ROM frequently.

For now,I'm not really bored of AOSP,more like I wanna more stability. Even though AOSP doesn't really crash much or force reboot,it still does from time to time and even that makes me sick. Also,taking photos isn't what I do often and when I do,I'm not really noticing that lag when taking photos,but I still don't like it,and that also makes me want go back to stock. Just to enjoy that moments when using the camera even if it's rare.

So,my point was about that I like staying with one ROM for a while just because of many reasons and it isn't really boring. But I still can't decide,lol. :D
[Galaxy S III General] tokict:
I'm using two rom together stock 4.3 and cm 11 official (dualboot). When I bored just switch to other one. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
I do the same.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
How you did that? :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] tokict:
Use googy max kernel. It's possible to dualboot using that kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Oh... It's an interesting thing to do with my phone xD
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
[MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION] kernel is dualbooting also !

Envoyé de mon GT-I9300 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
why don't coming kitkat s3 ? galaxy ace style 512 mb ram and dual core cpu running kitkat !!
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Because samsung is tired of people asking the same question in the same thread again and again.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
Samsung argentina kitkat coming june :D
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Source?
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
wtff source samsung argentinaa
[Galaxy S III General] JustArchi:
In before Samsung North Korea kitkat already available...:D

Anyway, we're next. Note 2 got his KitKat, so if 4.4 is going to happen for S3, this is the moment.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
what kitkat avaible s3 ? O.o
[Galaxy S III General] JustArchi:
You didn't get a joke I guess. North Korea has successfully sent first man on the Sun recently :p.
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
you can link the news?
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
samsung live chat.
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
well...better than nothing, and i think it's pretty much real, because rycky said that kk should arrive "before july"...i think in may should start the official test like leaked roms and other goodies *_*
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Did they specify which year?! :P

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[Galaxy S III General] guachanchoya:
xD

Was thinking the same
[Galaxy S III General] clintonsquads:
If sammy not update s3 to 4.4.2, sammy execrable, coz note 2 & s3 same exynos 4412 & mali400mp4 ?
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
Link please :p

Envoyé de mon GT-I9300 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] astankov:
A guy from our forum in Bulgaria contacted Samsung Bulgaria and they said that there is planned update to 4.4.2 for I9300 but they didn't provide any information about ETA. Let's hope it will be soon.