yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lemonboi5:
I agree with you. The bootloader on this one is so stubborn I don't know that I'd even update. I went back to my 4.4.2 Google Play Edition build.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
I'm waiting for sure. I watched the debacle with the 4.3 update and bricking along with KNOX. Along with AT&T being slow in approving updates (the user experience to them is cramming their bloatware on our face) I'm sure they are doing their best to ensure that Google Wallet remains disabled by default since Google found a workaround to their arguments of security issues with the secure element. They don't want competition to ISIS (which I can't use because I'm rooted...how dumb). This just prolongs the release.

Sent from my Awesome phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
i747 missing here http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/07/heres-a-list-of-samsung-devices-getting-the-android-4-4-kitkat-update/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandd:
Off topic, but I am rooted and can use ISIS with Rootcloak.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Well I cannot wait any longer for the update. I'm just waiting for the chaos that's going to come from people's impatience to play with the new toy, I mean update, everytime a new toy, oops update, comes out. Hey, they might even lock the bootloader this time. Can't wait.

No seriously. Updates are overrated. What's the rush other than just having something else new to play with? It's not going to transform this phone into "Superphone"?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDickster:
The Samsung devices listed there are just international versions. Doesn't mean anything for us.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Google services are moving to Kit Kat slowly.

Well more like extra services like camera.

KitKat does better on memory as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Google Services?

Ok, the toy, I did it again, update, will make the phone a little better, maybe, but that much, at least not to the point where I will ever understand why we are so excited.

I've seen this before with Gingerbread, Jellybean, and now KitKat. Just wait, we'll be unrooting left and right just to see what the latest toy has to offer, when the new 4.4 toy finally arrives. Well everyone won't unroot, but entirely too many of us will, because an update will more likely fail on a rooted phone. Hopefully, we'll be using the devs Roms like we're supposed to instead.

I keep calling the update a toy, I can't help it, because all I can see it as, is something new that we just want to get our hands on to play with.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
It's really just a matter of time, as ATT is advertising android version 4.4 on the S3's it sells.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Laugher19:
Someone should call up AT&T and see what the 4.4 on the website means.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Like I said, more like Extra services. :D

Plus if we just flash the system and kernel images and install SU, hopefully this new update boots on the 4.3 bootloader.

I don't need KitKat either, I'm fine with my s3 on a rooted stock 4.3 with the bloatware taken out and get some xposed modules in there, but more or less I'm looking forward to the memory management. I like Cyanogenmod, Slim and AOKP, but they simply just will never be as stable as the stock rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
i had a talk with them, they said it means nothing to their knowledge. they also said Samsung pushes the updates, so what do they know?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Samsung supplies the update to the carrier, the carrier puts their own twists on it, then unloads it for deployment. Seeing that the Sprint version is rolling out, I'm gonna guess that KitKat was rolled out to AT&T as well as the other carriers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Hopefully, they will release the firmware also for KitKat this time, since we did get at least one for both ICS and JB.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Smash2Bash:
Anyone know how to fix service dropping using this on AT&T?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Sadly that's another kernel issue with the Sprint KitKat build. That and a different radio being used in the Sprint version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Smash2Bash:
I figured. That's odd though because last night when I slept it stayed on and this morning until I did my daily reboot...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
not exactly

Samsung supplies the update to google . they approve

then to the carrier to be bloated . then testing then rolled out .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Almost. Google rights the pure code, they send it to oems where their overlay (touchwiz, sense,etc) is added and any specific carrier requests are built in. Then it goes to each carrier for network testing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Falchion17:
I really hope that KitKat gets released soon to fix the last, terrible update. My phone was near perfect before I upgraded to 4.3 and I want to get that back without flashing to a ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
Yeah, I actually prefer stock TW 4.3 with root. Only issue is the battery really.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Currently running the Sprint rooted and debloated 4.4.2 rom..so far so good no issues or bugs
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mattsternc:
The 4.3 update has not been that great for me either. I even flashed all the way back to what came stock on the phone and upgraded to 4.3 completely clean to make sure I didn't hit too many issues. It was almost perfect on that last update and I hated to nuke all of that! I'm noticing them more over time now and it is getting really annoying. Problems with the keyboard, phone slowing down randomly and a lot of the other issues folks have seen. My battery life is very inconsistent, sometimes lasting for about 36 hours or so and other times lasting 12 or less.

I too would rather wait for this update than have to start fiddling with ROMs just yet ..... :rolleyes:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
Does WiFi and everything work 100%?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Yep! Flawless so far..can't wait for the official ATT version ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
Link man, I can't find it!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
PLEASE NOTE that this is for the I747 model (AT&T)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2749495
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shahrozeumar:
Hey I don't see the 'Network Select' option under mobile networks settings in my phone. I want to turn on WCDMA/3G but *#2263# and other codes are not working for me. My phone is unlocked powered by 4.1.2 currently. HELP!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lordmorphous:
I hope this isn't a a sign. On AT&T's S3 product listing, it currently shows the OS as being 4.3. Over the last few weeks, I've seen it say 4.3 (upgradeable to 4.4), and even 4.4. It seems to have taken a step or 2 back.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Seriously?! Sigh..must be a temporary setback, hopefully.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kriEv:
Don't worry guys,

http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/GeneralCareSupport/thread-id/355

If Rogers has it scheduled. It's coming. Worst case, it's just a modem/kernel fix to get it 100% working for you guys!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
I feel your pain man ;)

All ROMs for AT&T i747 variant do not have this option available.

Only canadian based i747m variants ROMs have it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shahrozeumar:
Are you sure? I will go in depression. I cannot use 3G on my phone :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
100% sure!

Don't know what frequencies are used in your country, but you can always try to flash an i747m ROM on you i747, the phones are physically identical.

With Samsung TouchWiz based Android 4.3+ ROMs, just make sure you flash a complete ROM (bootloader, system image, modem, etc.) otherwise your radio won't work if you mix bootloaders and modems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shahrozeumar:
Thanks a ton man. But I am still wondering that if my network is of 3G then why ain't my phone picking up the right band :/

Whenever I choose 'WCDMA All' I get no signals.

hey have you tried flashing i747m rom on i747 phone yourself?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
I have an i747m myself and did the opposite : installed i747 ROMs onto it.

They work fine, the network selection menu is missing forcing me to revert to i747m based ROMs

Envoyé de mon SGH-I747M en utilisant Tapatalk
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
I'm on a TW based 4.3 for the I747 and those options are there for me. I have to turn rat restrictions off to use them, but they are there. And if you flashed the ATT modem on an M variant, I'm wondering how you didn't obliterate your imei.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
I never flashed an AT&T modem on my i747m.

Maybe my previous post was misleading, but I said never to mix different bootladers and modems.

In my case, I always used Canadian based bootloaders and modems. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] guywong:
Samsung says it won't release KitKat for S3 for Intl models

http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-confirms-no-kitkat-for-galaxy-s3-and-s3-mini-3g-7000029323/

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...rnational-galaxy-s-iii-and-galaxy-s-iii-mini/

But if Samsung doesn't release it for the international model GT-9300, how likely will AT&T and/or Rogers release it? Do all i747 have 2 GB in RAM and will be able to handle KitKat?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
Sprint already has KitKat. AT&T will get it soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] guywong:
That would be nice. Thanks.

I now see that our i747 has 2 GB of RAM, so we are not affected by the announcement. Let's hope 4.4 will be releasing soon. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
The international version only has 1GB ram, but the D2 variants received 2GB. It was kind of a compensation for not having a quad core processor.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
I'll always trade CPU cores for extra RAM, always! ;)

Envoyé de mon SGH-I747M en utilisant Tapatalk
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
If lte had been compatible with the quad core chipset, we would have had the same set up as the international variant
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Two weeks left in May so let's see how it goes
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
any new news? :confused:

sent from a stock AT&T Galaxy S III LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zeuseduardo9:
(Y)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Nothing new from AT&T but this nd8 port is stable

Sent from my SGH-I747 on 4.4.2 TW ND8 Port
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] memo80:
Found these interesting links:

http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/GeneralCareSupport/thread-id/355

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

Nothing from AT&T yet though
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Seen these before
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bcduma:
So, I spoke with a Telus rep this morning and he had told me that the update may be ready to rollout later today.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
lol

keyword here : "may" ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bcduma:
Yeah. Perhaps I should have emphasized more on "may".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Or June. Haha
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
When I see it then I'll believe it but until then..whatever ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
waiting patiently...

sent from a stock AT&T Galaxy S III LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Wait patiently? The split second we hear there's an update available, we're going to be unrooting our phones left and right trying to get it. There's going to be "my phone will not update / how do I get it to update" posts everywhere. I cannot wait for this. Hey, might even get the bootloader locked this time. Watch how our impatience shows once the new toy; oops, I said it again, update finally comes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
Lol so true, so true

Sent from my AT&T SAMSUNG Galaxy S III LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vanderville:
Calm down is up to you to play with the new toy or not (:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
I've been enjoying the Sprint port 4.4.2 ROM for our AT&T GS3 for a week now and it runs perfectly with great battery life.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Oh, I won't try to bite the bullet first, as toys have been known to break root and lock down bootloaders. I'm just saying watch the excitement and impatience you will see the split second the 4.4 Kit Kat toy arrives. But like I said, we (well not me) are going to be unrooting our phones left and right trying to get it. And there's going to be "my phone will not update / how do I get it to update" posts everywhere, like you see on every phone whenever a new OTA toy, meaning new update to play with, becomes available.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vanderville:
Well, we both know that's classic
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RoryB:
I have two phones. One stock and one rooted with Quantum running on it.

I keep checking for the update on my stock phone to see what it is like.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
It just boggles my mind that sprint can push the update yet AT&T sits on it. I know, I shouldn't be surprised... It still blows though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bkong:
If the update doesn't come within the month I'm done with Samsung and At&t. Sprints looking more and more attractive. I was surprised at hearing that Samsung was on the fence about updating the S3 to kitkat, and the fact that the international version doesn't even get kitkat. I bought an S3 thinking that because Samsung made so much dough selling millions of this phone they would keep it updated to atleast lollipop.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Let me correct all this for you. First of all the new att update will come with a new bootloader that is locked. It will also have the chance of losing root. You have neither issue with the sprint nd8 port and I've yet to experience any problems.

Now to clear this up some as well when using one of these nd8 roms you will stay on mj2 or mjb bootloader from 4.3 so if you're afraid of locking in to the newest you can still use mj2 with the mjb modem. I'm hoping with the att release it stays this way or I'm staying on the sprint build and building my rom around it. Just so people can have the option of going back to ics if they want. For me its in case I choose to switch carriers and want to unlock my phone in the future which you can only do on 4.1.1.

Trust me when I say that the nd8 release is stable and daily driver ready. If you don't care about all the mods I'd just run the new rom and enjoy having kit kat. No point waiting on AT&T to get it out.

Sent from my SGH-I747 on 4.4.2 TW ND8 Port
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
We should be using 4.4 Kit Kit ROMs from our developers, and not waiting for AT&T anyway. One of the main purposes of rooting our phones is to be able to receive the updates without having to wait on carriers such as AT&T. I learned that before I ever rooted. In theory, we should never be accepting OTAs.

But one of the biggest problems around here is that a lot of us have found that the OTAs tend to be more stable than a lot of the custom ROMs, and are more than willing to go the OTA route. The other is we often like to customize the OTAs our own ways, without having to depend on it being done someone else's way. That's if you consider those to be problems. I do, because look at all the chaos that the 4.3 toy caused around here with the bricked phones, and the inability to go back when something went wrong for a long time. Other people might feel different, as those two problems can also be considered good things.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mobamoba:
KitKat 4.4.2 has a ton of bugs and it's especially bad for corporate users who use MS Exchange. These bugs, including the Exchange bug, have been fixed in 4.4.3 which is coming out in the next few weeks. I'm guessing that's the reason for the delay as AT&T - rightly I might add - probably doesn't want to deal with a million calls about people not being able to connect to MS Exchange when they could just wait a bit for the fix.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Maybe. But I won't believe a KK release for AT&T until i see it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
If they hold out for 4.4.3 we won't see this until December or even next may. 4.4.2 will probably be the last official update we see for the s3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
I would not expect KK at all only because it might make customers hold of updating their phones. AT&T does not want that. Especially now that the NEXT program is so lucrative for them. Trading on a phone only one year old means refurbished at only a minor decrease in price to resell or do warranty. And the cost of the phone through the program itself. It is a win-win for them.

Sent from my Awesome phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Until you go in there to do the actual upgrade, and something goes wrong.

That initial deal that AT&T had if you switched to their new value plans, the 10gb plan where instead of the device access being $40 goes down to $15 per device? You lose that if you do the Next upgrade, or a 2 year upgrade on the line that does the upgrade. Been fighting with AT&T about this for almost a month now, since I wasn't informed about the rate jump and we found out when we got the bill. My wife got the S5, and the bill was $25 for the monthly cost for the phone on Next 18 I believe it is, plus the $30 difference for her access fee.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joerolando2701:
Att did the same thing to us though they told me when I called that if I had went with the next plan instead of the 2yr contract that my plan wouldn't have gone up a lot of good that does me after the fact
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smrsxn:
http://www.uscellular.com/android/software.html#GS3

US cellular also released kit kat for s3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Laugher19:
Its also interesting that they say their s5 has 4.4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lemonboi5:
Yeah lol. In all honesty the StockMOD Touchwiz 4.4.2 is enough for me. Don't like att updates

-Lemonboi5
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
I'm good with the way my phone is now, on 4.1.2. This phone's history June 24, the day after my contract expires, anyway. I'll reset the flash counter and unroot it, but updating it might be left to the next owner.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bkong:
What phone are you going to replace it with? No phones on the market now seem like a big enough upgrade to me. Only the lg g3 has 3gb ram and its more like a phablet
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
I'm leaning slightly toward the HTC ONE M8 over the Galaxy S5. I don't take a lot of pictures, so I can deal with the supposedly bad camera.

But you're right. There is no what I would call "Superphone" out there, as even both the S5 and M8 leave me too much to be desired. These phones are now loosing what I call their "wow" factor, meaning they are running out of things to "wow" us with. There is not too much more that they can do to these phones. They can always make them a little faster, and they can always improve the battery life, and they can always make the displays sharper, but how much else? They're some more ideas likely still out there, but they have to spread them out more to different phones. Me personally, I just want a faster phone with better battery life than my S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Last I heard, no root had been achieved on S5 for vzw and att versions. The bounty was way up there.

Edit: just googled it, the bounty is up to $18000. Wow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
MAN

I wish I knew how to find flaws to get root!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bkong:
I would say the S5 and htc m8 are just not good upgrades. If I had an S2 I would've upgraded to the one m7, but the m8 seems like a step back. Its uglier, thicker, still 1080p, 2gb ram. The m8 only has a 500mah increase to the s3, I'm waiting for at least 3000mah+. I'd wait for at least the Q3-4 for the moto x+1 and maybe the next nexus. The kitkat update should fix the 4.3 lag and battery life, because with the specs theres no way I should be getting 2 hours of on screen time and have to charge my phone 3 times a day.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
I don't believe there will be any significant upgrades anytime soon, phones or updates. The M8 and especially the S5 were disappointments, and I don't want to wait again for months for the next big thing just to be disappointed again? Seriously, how much more can they do with these phones? (Make them a little faster, with a little better battery, a little clearer, and then how much else? That's the M8, S5, and the next several phones). Anyway, none of that is going improve significantly through KitKat. We're just playing this wait and see, and then be disappointed game. Remember 4.3? That was a BIG upgrade wasn't it? I think KitKat is just going be more of the same, with only slight improvements. The same reason why you all are going to upgrade to 4.4, is the same reason why I'm going to likely get and M8 or S5, for slight improvements.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Imo, the next truly big thing will be 64bit processors from major manufacturers. As for android versions, it is an ever evolving OS. Fix one problem, create a new one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
I think you are mostly right. Phones have fallen into the same role desktops and laptops did. A few software upgrades and faster hardware. We will see what will come.

My wife did get the S5 and I agree it is a disappointment. But I do give it kudos for the battery life which isn't bad fir the screen size.

And 64 bit will not being too much to the table. As with desktop/laptop once RAM hits the 4GB level, 64 bit will be required to move forward. BIG changes not likely any time soon otherwise.

Sent from my Awesome phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
Windows kernel hit the 3.25 gb mark with a 32-bit kernel space, Linux can run I believe up to 32gb in system space.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
Ill be getting the GS5 for one reason .. THE CAMERA .. It flat out whips all the others .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
You may want to check rootability on the S5. Last I heard it couldn't be rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vbetts:
The Verizon and ATT ones I think are the only ones not rooted.