yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
My bad,some bad sources..
[Galaxy S III General] Cavalera90:
S3 on Sprint update is rolling out now.

So far no news for the international version, but

I think

chances are high that it also coming! Think of the sh*tstorm that Samsung is receiving when they release an important update like Kitkat only in a certain region.

Look at the HTC One S a while ago: two different chipsets, one capable of handling Jelly Bean, the other not. So HTC decided not to update any of them.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
waow :( :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Thats great news for Sprint users. I hope its not too far behind for i9300

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] daneldan:
in android central

i can't post links , android central anounces "Spint starts rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat for Samsung Galaxy S3 today" androidcentral.com/spint-starts-rolling-out-android-44-kitkat-samsung-galaxy-s3
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
It's ok mate, we really should have enough information about the Sprint update by now. :p

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
But htc it's a different brand... Let's what we will get :)
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
The truth has been told looool, though im sure someone else will link to it regardless....

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] szotaa:
What are you talking about?
[Galaxy S III General] ömERgin:
Sprint Galaxy S3 has got 2 GB ram, true? So, Samsung update Sprint Galaxy S3. This is bad for our (GT-i9300)! No longer, I don't buy Samsung devices!
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Yes, go buy a crappy iphone and you stil can update your phone with cm

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And a huge number of people already said in this discussion that a phone of samsung, the galaxy ace style will be out with android 4.4 with 512 mbs of ram! And touchwizz of 4.4 it's less heavy that ours. So if samsung doesn't update our phone it's their choice.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
International Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) will receive KitKat update this month! I’m not work for Samsung, but they confirm that!

sammobile

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/01/sprint-galaxy-s-iii-gets-android-4-4-kitkat-update//#comments

George Paschalidis 2 hours ago said:
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Where did they confirm this..?

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[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
Samsung galaxy s3 mini 1 gb ram using ? yes kitkat update coming ? yes

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00059206/82024/EFC-1G6FFEGSTA

Galaxy s3 using 1 gb ram yes :) kitkat coming soon.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Again, those are US models with entirely different hardware.

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[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
LTE Model Mini 1 gb ram.

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http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/samsung/galaxysiiiminive/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-mini-VE.html
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
[MENTION=4640017]szotaa[/MENTION] I was refering to the link for the sprint update that is being posted over and over. I guess the reply option doesnt work for xda app...

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[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
They haven't updated that app in years. Get Tapatalk instead mate.

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[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord52:
S3 mini isn't 18 month old yet :)

But if you think much, you can say Note 2 is 18 month old now and received KitKat. So not think too much :D

we can't understand what samsung thinking.

If you say, if S3 get kitkat, they can't sell S5. So why Note 2 got update, there is Note 3, isn't it?

1 GB RAM isn't problem.

So what is problem guys, why we didn't get any info about S3 KitKat update? Why Samsung hasn't started testing KitKat?

Note 2's KitKat update started testing on February and 2 month later it received KitKat.

If there isn't any test builds of S3 KitKat update, we are far behind update 2 month+. But I don't think we will receive KitKat. Because it's too late.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
We haven't seen a test leak for sprint version of S3,though update already started through the OTA.
[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord52:
Faryaab can see test firmwares. He didn't see any test builds for I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
What? We only know that are an update for sprint galaxy siii because samsung wanted so stop saying stupid thing about it.
[Galaxy S III General] carlosbtbt:
Upgrade YES

Galaxy S3 i9300 can move Kit Kat as well as i9305,if Samsung do not upgrade the i9300 is not for the amount of ram.
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Neither one for the sprint s3 but it seems it will get kitkat...

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[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord52:
He can only see Europa firmwares. Man you can trust him if he said there is no test builds, samsung hasn't started testing KitKat.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
But our it's the international version right?
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Not sure but it may only be known in the US as the international version.

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Maybe he can'y see...
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Yes, and that message was 2 weeka ago. ^^
[Galaxy S III General] Choristav:
This thread has become a dejavu, I see the same inane posts over and over again.

I'd honestly suggest not posting unless you actually have something new to add. Lately thread's been all cluttered with the same replies going on about nothing;

S3 will get kitkat update -> But it's not i9300 -> But the US version/S4/Note X got the update! -> But they have more ram -> But they don't, ram is not an excuse -> I WON'T BUY ANY SAMSUNG DEVICE -> Oh I actually will since all manufacturers do the same -> HEY GUYS this source from another source from a week back says it won't get an update -> But this another source says it will! -> endless loop and still nothing relevant from samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] thereassaad:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2737643
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
You right, but people realy want that update
[Galaxy S III General] vonuzu:
Don't worry about kk.. I just installed the kk firmware to my note 2,and the only thing that i get is white battery icon and some new wallpapers.. Nothing new for the regular user..

There is some new kind of wireless printing, but I'll never use that.

The phone reacts the same as the 4.3,battery lifebis the same.. So don't bother with kk.
[Galaxy S III General] jojohnson250:
Everyone stop posting firmware link and news about Sprint Galaxy S3, this thread is for GT-I9300 or I9305.... sprint news and firmware is not of any use other than for spamming...
[Galaxy S III General] Wolf80:
This was written Yesterday.
[Galaxy S III General] eupn11:
That Samsung Arabia has said enough things. I do not believe them anymore

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
how to port rom :D
[Galaxy S III General] dreadlord52:
He can see I9300/I9305. He announced Android 4.3 update in test when we had waiting 4.3 update. He announced in February, Note II KK update testing started. But 2 weeks ago, he said there is no test builds for I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I am not sure that the representative understood the question. The answer looks like the standard one.

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[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
They stopped pushing firmwares for S3 if you didnt notice it alredy , same thing happened to S2.Now that can mean 2 things >

-They are working on 4.4

-They are done with S3 forever < This was the case with S2.

Imho, we aint seeing that update.
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
Well at this point I have lost hope and don't seem to care about KK anymore. Let's face it we are not going to get a thing new from it any way . sammy is not going to include any of their new S features. The only thing I want KK is for then it would be much easier to port S5 features. That's it..visually samsung is not going to change anything. .
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
People do want that update, but us sitting here and speculating and pretty much clutching at straws (not aimed at you but in general) isn't going to bring news out any faster. Whining won't do that either...
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Latest Firmwaredates

06.02.2014

25.02.2014

31.03.2014

01.04.2014

04.04.2014

Maybe they work on 4.4.2 or its the end.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I want the update for having a faster phone :)

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Where did you got that information?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Never underestimate Samsungs ability to bloat firmware! :P

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Its now the first week of May - this is crunch time for those rumours about the international model. So only time will tell.
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
Nope I don't think our phone will be any faster than it currently is !! Knowing Samsung's track record touchwiz does not perform fast ,even if you have snapdragon 800 ..but I am looking Forward for the better RAM management of KK but I think touchwiz is gonna ruin it anyway..

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The last date struck me a bit Funny !!

The date matches the current Android version 4.4.2 --> 04.04.2014

?LoL
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Dude don't make me sad :(. I'm letting the months pass for root my phone a change rom. But i will change rom if the update doesn't come out :D

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I still asking where did that dude got the information xD
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
That are builddates from sammobile or samsung-updates, nothing special.
[Galaxy S III General] XeLLaR*:
At some point a petition could be helpful.

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[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I am afraid that would as helpful as complaining about the lack of updates in some forum.

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[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
XDA isn't "some forum" isnt?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I think it is in Samsungs eyes. [emoji52]

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[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Petitions are useless. Look at what happened to the exynos sources of our 4412 chip.
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I still don't get it... They doesn't give the sources in that open source website? And i'm sure that with the last update they will give it :)

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Yes you are right... only the little and "poor" companies cares with their users like motorola :(
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
On the topic of kernel sources it has to be noted that even they aren't absolute proof of anything until they actually appear. The Note 2's Kitkat rollout has started yet the kernel source for their Kitkat hasn't gone up yet.

So until something appears for us (either kernel source or a leaked rom) everything's still very much up in the air.
[Galaxy S III General] miguelpdm000000:
Well, if they wasn't going to update i9300 they would have said so months ago… but this is getting stupid… not any official news from samsung and 1115 posts…

CMON GUYS!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think they are obliged to give the kernel sources, but other sources (radio, camera, etc.) can be kept proprietary. This is a really a PITA for developers as they cannot work with a fully functional platform.

Anyhow, my argument was that petitions do nothing to Samsung, as proven by a petition trying to get Samsung to release non kernel sources in the past. Hence, whether or not kernel sources are released in 4.4 does not concern me.
[Galaxy S III General] JustArchi:
You're right. Linux kernel is owned by Linux Foundation and licensed under GPL v2.

So the short is, if Samsung is using something implemented in Linux kernel, or is an addition to Linux kernel, it must be published. This includes whole kernel source. HOWEVER, Android is licenced under ASL (Apache Software License), and this states that you only must leave copyrights (like the fact that Google is the author of an Android, and not Samsung), but you don't have to publish anything.

Apache License is more flexible because it makes sure that proper copyrights are left, but you can use it and redistribute as you wish, as long as you're not stating that it's your work. For example my ArchiDroid components are licensed on Apache License, so you can use anything you want and include in your work, as long as copyright is here. GPL is very open-source oriented and not so fun to deal with, mostly because you have to publish any changes you made to the software.

Therefore, the only thing which we have is the kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
^ Good info bro. A little off topic, but how much do kernel sources help development? I know the kernel is there for boot operations and overclocking/other tweaks but will that be enough to make any significant progress in a rom not based on stock?
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
They won't announce we're not getting it, they just won't do it. There's a reason that the S3 has not been on any published list that has been released. We're not getting it, people can spam as many random blogs claiming otherwise, who just post stuff for ad revenue from morons, but at the end of the day, it's time to face the facts.
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
We just have to wait until the end of the month to know for sure:D
[Galaxy S III General] Quillin:
Which one? December? :D
[Galaxy S III General] bhbmkii:
Hhh funny :) I mean this Month May 2014 :D
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I will wait this month too. If doesn't come out i will quit waiting.
[Galaxy S III General] andruch17:
Heyyy today Samsung released Kitkat for the U.S sprint version. Is there any hope it will come to i9300???
[Galaxy S III General] theronkinator:
**** off.
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
To put what theronkinator said in a much more XDA-acceptable way:

1.)

We know about the Sprint version.

This has been talked about in the last 5 or so pages.

2.)

Please don't ask that of us.

If we knew the answer why would we still be here?

Please, take the time to at least skim (or read) the last 5 or so pages of this thread. It saves unnecessary questions such as these.

(edited this post cause in hindsight it was a bit too harsh)
[Galaxy S III General] Code124Y:
i favorite this thread is not for any S3 news... its just for entertaining myself over here while waiting for S3 pushing its update...

u see guys... from 2 weeks ago, this thread suddenly sooo sooo active.. haha and a lot of nonsense and argument popping up~

what i want to say is...

Guys, you all are so good! keep it up~
[Galaxy S III General] andruch17:
sorry, it's just that i got over excited and looked up to the three last pages and didn't see any comment on that.

and i just made the question to participate a bit wasn't actually expecting an answer like "they will push the update in 2 weeks!!" but just maybe a coment about the good news itself. but again, sorry
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Its okay - its just that everyone here is a bit sick of repeated questions and rumours at this stage. All we want is solid evidence of anything.

At least you're not asking out of ignorance which is really what everyone's sick of here...

I apologise for that as well. I get that not verybody has the time to read the last few pages. It doesn't hurt to do so every so often though.
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Will 4.4 for American model be ported to the international model?

Can it be done? Maybe through a custom TouchWiz rom?
[Galaxy S III General] jojohnson250:
well the title says galaxy s3 4.4 leaks and expectations, not so and so model got 4.4 can you port it to the I9300, yes it's good to know what other models are receiving the update, so maybe you can add it to the opening post to stop the mass spam?
[Galaxy S III General] wizzbang3:
So the i9300 has 1gb ram, i9500 has 2gb.

Seems considering the performance of the i9300 with stock 4.3 - might be wise for them to just not bother, not unless there's LESS ram limitations or some impressive optimisations.

My S3 is only just fast enough as it is and I barely have anything on it.
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
Sprint Kitkat We did not know Testing build no came immediately update faryaab and sammobile There was no news
[Galaxy S III General] bcostea:
Actually as far as I know 4.4 is faster and better suited for low memory phones, but I may be wrong
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
Stop this ****

For all again ram isnt a reason for 4.4.2 cause the galaxy ace style has got 512mb of ram and it has the samsung galaxy s5 ui!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Wolf80:
Ok guys,seems the update is confirmed. This was posted on 26th April. Samsung Italy Confirmed it by saying: Hello! We are working for the update to be ready as soon as we can,see you!
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Is the guy asking for the S3 or the Note 2 (cause I can see it in there), or both?
[Galaxy S III General] Wolf80:
He is asking for S3,he wrote that he wanted to know if our device would be updated to 4.4.2 as Note2 :)
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Good news then? Hopefully it holds true
[Galaxy S III General] Wolf80:
Well,if what Samsung Italy has said is true,we should expect the update to KK soon :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] MrWWolf:
He is asking for S3. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
Considering that one US carrier has started it does get the ball rolling - so we should hopefully start seeing more and more pop up over time...
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
When one carier rolls out 4.4 for s3 than be sure that all s3 will recieve the update. cause when one model is captable and one not you can be sure that no one of them will be updated
[Galaxy S III General] hwjrmrm:
Good news!!!!:good::good::good:
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
From what I understand he needs to repair his s3 and samsung is asking for 140€ so he is asking before he spends money to repair it will it get kitkat like note 2 or will it be abandoned... Seems they do plan on updating it. My worry is that they could be refering to the i9305.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Wolf80:
Nope. They cannot be referring to i9305 cause here in Italy we have only i9300. Also the guy says it is wind brand. Cell companies here have only i9300 model ^^
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
Finnaly something usefull
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
I hope so, I hope so :rolleyes:

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] XeLLaR*:
That sounds wonderfull. Lets see when something will happen :)

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[Galaxy S III General] jose.17:
it is only a matter of time guys :thumbup:

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[Galaxy S III General] Zero_One:
Oh finalmente una Bella notizia :D

Non vedo l'ora :good:

Translation:

Oh,finally an Good News :D

I'm Over the moon! I can not wait :good:
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
yes yes yes vuhuuuuuu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taF_ajHxVz8
[Galaxy S III General] szotaa:
Fun fact:

When samsung arabia posted on Facebook that i9300 wont get kitkat any update everybody at XDA screamed that Samsung Arabia Fanpage administrator cannot have this kind of information because he's job is to run fanpage, that hes not qualified enough to know anything etc. Now, when Samsung Italy Fanpage annouces something you are so exited and you already took it as truth. Hopefully you wont get dissapointed later.
[Galaxy S III General] ezekionokia:
The great Bernie Mac once said "I don't believe $h1t until $h1t happens!"...
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
I hope that Samsung italia knows what his saying
[Galaxy S III General] .NetRolller 3D:
Wind doesn't sell the I9305. When I took mine (bought in Germany) to the Wind store here (to get 4G set up), they told me they've never seen one before.

So, they must be referring to the I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] Zero_One:
Of Course that was Sarcasm :cowboy:

Waiting,without being too much Excited, btw Good Song ,this is the mine either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Jymr7-BuI :good:
[Galaxy S III General] clintonsquads:
All only hope, not confirmed ==
[Galaxy S III General] Zero_One:
Well,if you think about that,the hope is the last to die;

Samsung hasn't not saying that will not update the I9300 to KitKat. Only Leak documents.

So, when they will say that the phone will not be update,then the phone will not update,even if an Terroristic attack direct from Samsung will make it,but i should think about that :laugh:

Just my two cent,and sorry for my bad English,i'm italian Neither
[Galaxy S III General] Klejdi90:
Sounds like he knew some sh1t lol :D

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2245786

port please sprint kitkat for s3 :(
[Galaxy S III General] gieffe22:
i think is impossible because sprint s3 has totally different hw (qualcomm based)... is easier port the note2 rom thank the sprint s3 one...but seems that the big devs are out of s3 section...
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
No there is [MENTION=1737021]henrylife[/MENTION] :D
[Galaxy S III General] tmac31:
Why? You dont have any visiual change and obviously a ported rom wont work better than official 4.3 for s3. So why should people bother and do a nearly impossible job for a worthless thing? Even 4.4 offical wont change anything i tried on note 2 and nothing different either performance or visiual. You shoull just wait and see . Sell your s3 if you dont like it and dont wait 4.4 so passionatly cuz its not gonna make s3 a different phone in anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Ok i will port it just because you said please
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
well i personaly wait for kit kat because the devs will port than s5 apps to our s3 so no need to upgrade :)
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
Arter97 best developer help me

Galaxy s5 rom port galaxy s4 :D

https://twitter.com/arter97_dev follow.
[Galaxy S III General] jojohnson250:
I only want kitkat for colour emojis ? ? and yeah as said above a lot of the updates are under the hood and I am pretty sure there's not gonna be any more features, sadly.
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
Turkish: sana yardimmi etcek note2 inin kit kat güncelemesini s3e yapmaya ?

Translation: Will he help you to port note2 firmware to our s3 ?

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we need kit kat to port s5 apps ..
[Galaxy S III General] blackcat67:
evet baksana adam herşeyi biliyor bize sadece kerneli versin yeter note 2 deki kernelden ramdiski alıp s3 4.3 kerneldeki ramdisk ile değişecek bunu yapıp bize verse rom zaten hazır sadece bu lazım bize başka birşey kalmadı sadece kernel ya ben yapabilsem yapıcam tekrar linux kurmak istemiyorum sadece kernel başka birşey yok
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
Translattion : Yes we just need kernel from him. We just need to replace note2 ramdisk with 4.3 ramdisk. If he can do it for me the rest is easy.

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Sordunmu ona yapicakmi ?

Translation: Did you ask him will he do this ?
[Galaxy S III General] jojohnson250:
OK so say the latest news is true and kitkat is about to be released then why bother with ports???
[Galaxy S III General] xda_Noob.:
Well we dont know if it will arrive to us. So we try to port :D
[Galaxy S III General] eskorpiao112:
If you port it i will not install it on my phone