Samsung Galaxy SIII Discussion and Owners Thread

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Ultimate Geek

#823893 23-May-2013 00:57

Elpie:
ajobbins: My S3 powered off yesterday by itself, and refused to come back on again. Had to pull the battery to get it to boot.

Hope this isn't SDS 2.0

Mines done this twice in the last week. On 4.1.2.

I'm also having another problem lately with calls disconnecting. The phone just doesn't seem to be able to hold a call. The disconnects are happening at varying stages of the conversations. I'm not moving around when it happens - the phone just drops the calls. 2 out of every 3 times it also locks up and won't free up again for several minutes. I end up having to reboot then call people back, talk for a few minutes, rinse and repeat.

Does anyone know what causes this?

Not sure. I had calls become silent as well.
It was gone for 2 to 3 seconds then come back. And a few dropped out since I'm on Vodafone firmware. Didn't have any problem with international firmware.

Also my browser suddenly exit out on me many times and I lost all my tabs. May be firmware bug on Vodafone one?
RAM management became a bit inefficient as well. Too many junk apps.

friendlymonkey

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Master Geek

#823894 23-May-2013 01:42

Elpie:
ajobbins: My S3 powered off yesterday by itself, and refused to come back on again. Had to pull the battery to get it to boot.

Hope this isn't SDS 2.0

Mines done this twice in the last week. On 4.1.2.

I'm also having another problem lately with calls disconnecting. The phone just doesn't seem to be able to hold a call. The disconnects are happening at varying stages of the conversations. I'm not moving around when it happens - the phone just drops the calls. 2 out of every 3 times it also locks up and won't free up again for several minutes. I end up having to reboot then call people back, talk for a few minutes, rinse and repeat.

Does anyone know what causes this?

My S3 started powering off yesterday. If I left the phone for 30 mins I would keep finding it had shutdown. Never happened before yesterday. I took battery out for 10mins and hasnt done it since..
And a call btw 2 s3s went silent.. neither of us could hear anything.

sqlpro

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Ultimate Geek

#823921 23-May-2013 07:13

I'm also having another problem lately with calls disconnecting. The phone just doesn't seem to be able to hold a call. The disconnects are happening at varying stages of the conversations. I'm not moving around when it happens - the phone just drops the calls. 2 out of every 3 times it also locks up and won't free up again for several minutes. I end up having to reboot then call people back, talk for a few minutes, rinse and repeat.

Does anyone know what causes this?

i've not encountered any dropped calls issue BUT some times when phone ringing it does not wake up ! yes screen remains off for good few seconds and if wait long enough it shows the caller!!

lokhor

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#823927 23-May-2013 07:35

Elpie:
ajobbins: My S3 powered off yesterday by itself, and refused to come back on again. Had to pull the battery to get it to boot.

Hope this isn't SDS 2.0

Mines done this twice in the last week. On 4.1.2.

I'm also having another problem lately with calls disconnecting. The phone just doesn't seem to be able to hold a call. The disconnects are happening at varying stages of the conversations. I'm not moving around when it happens - the phone just drops the calls. 2 out of every 3 times it also locks up and won't free up again for several minutes. I end up having to reboot then call people back, talk for a few minutes, rinse and repeat.

Does anyone know what causes this?

One of my friends had a similar issue where their phone would lock up every time they received a call. suffice to say their phone died from SDS and had to get sent off for a mobo replacement.

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

jeffnz

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#823932 23-May-2013 08:12

I'm not experiencing any issues maybe because I always flash a custom Rom or just lucky. I have have had issues with bad reception on both S2&3 but just changed Modems.

Is the common denominator that everyone is on stock OTA?

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ibuksh

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Ultimate Geek

#823950 23-May-2013 09:04

Maybe these issues surface after a certain amount of time.. like the SDS was encountered between the 3-6 months mark..

I have stock rom and havent encountered this yet but maybe my handset hasnt been in use long enough..

Can any of those having these issues please state how long it has been since they using their phones

Mine is done 296 days and going good since the last update

Elpie

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#824125 23-May-2013 13:38

Mine is getting close to a year old - got it on the first weekend following launch.

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jeffnz

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#824126 23-May-2013 13:40

Queens Birthday last year for me and as I said it hasn't missed a beat.

Can do you a good deal on it as selling shortly Elpie ;)

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ibuksh

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Ultimate Geek

#824133 23-May-2013 14:07

jeffnz: Queens Birthday last year for me and as I said it hasn't missed a beat.

Can do you a good deal on it as selling shortly Elpie ;)

Which one you getting this Queens Birthday.. the S4..?

jeffnz

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#824136 23-May-2013 14:11

ibuksh:
jeffnz: Queens Birthday last year for me and as I said it hasn't missed a beat.

Can do you a good deal on it as selling shortly Elpie ;)

Which one you getting this Queens Birthday.. the S4..?

yes and hoping that they do the 20% off thingy, if not I'll sit and sulk for a while

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Finch

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#824346 23-May-2013 19:34

I just reset my SGS3 because I now have a HTC One and plan on selling my SGS3 on Trade Me.

I have done a factory reset and just want to confirm all my details will be off the device wont they? So no media, no accounts, no search history. It will be like using a brand new device for the new owner, correct?

Thanks :)

blakamin

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#824378 23-May-2013 20:12

Got mine june 9 last year.

I have the s4 now. Was thinking of selling both when the note 3 comes out, but if I can get the "nexus" ROM for the s4, it's a keeper!

Nivicious

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Geek

#828173 30-May-2013 10:05

Finally fixed my charging issues!

If you are having issues also, please check out my new thread which links to a helpful XDA thread which was a good read with handy tips.

ibuksh

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Ultimate Geek

#828303 30-May-2013 14:20

Has anyone noticed their handset flash a bright blue screen for a split second when its waking up from sleep..? I have noticed that a few times in the last few days..

jillann

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Master Geek

#828327 30-May-2013 14:52

Mine did that once a couple of weeks ago but hasn't done it since.

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