Samsung Galaxy SIII Discussion and Owners Thread

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Master Geek

#652875 9-Jul-2012 12:27

avecha: So the exploding S3 that the guy overseas was accusing/getting ready to sue Samsung about was from the guy putting it in a microwave. He removed all accusations towards Samsung.
Funny fella.

I hope he returned the replacement S3 Samsung gave him

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#652879 9-Jul-2012 12:41

avecha: So the exploding S3 that the guy overseas was accusing/getting ready to sue Samsung about was from the guy putting it in a microwave. He removed all accusations towards Samsung.
Funny fella.

the other day i could feel the heat from the phone (phone just sitting in pocket and doing nothing! no wifi,no auto sync etc.,)

that very morning i read this news and was bit worried. i removed the battery and put that back again and all normal after that.

avecha

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#652886 9-Jul-2012 13:04

sqlpro:
avecha: So the exploding S3 that the guy overseas was accusing/getting ready to sue Samsung about was from the guy putting it in a microwave. He removed all accusations towards Samsung.
Funny fella.

the other day i could feel the heat from the phone (phone just sitting in pocket and doing nothing! no wifi,no auto sync etc.,)

that very morning i read this news and was bit worried. i removed the battery and put that back again and all normal after that.

www.coolest-gadgets.com/20120708/exploded-samsung-galaxy-s3-sham/

Mine gets warm too from being in my pocket but nothing to write home about.

mattyjnz

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#652901 9-Jul-2012 13:41

networkn: Hi There!

Ok is there a tech support number for these wretched phones. I am AGAIN having WIFI Issues.

This morning I wasn't connected via wifi, I restarted my phone, still not. Toggled WiFi on and off, bingo, connected. This is seriously starting to piss me off.

Has been happening to me too. I just reboot the router and it's good as gold again. It is annoying, I will say that and it shouldn't happen. Didn't have any problems like this with my S1.

I didn't get the problem initially until I had the phone a couple of weeks, probably occurs once / twice a week now I think and most likely when I have been away from wifi and then come back into coverage.

I am on Stock ROM too, Vodafone handset on XT.

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#652904 9-Jul-2012 13:46

mattyjnz:
networkn: Hi There!

Ok is there a tech support number for these wretched phones. I am AGAIN having WIFI Issues.

This morning I wasn't connected via wifi, I restarted my phone, still not. Toggled WiFi on and off, bingo, connected. This is seriously starting to piss me off.

Has been happening to me too. I just reboot the router and it's good as gold again. It is annoying, I will say that and it shouldn't happen. Didn't have any problems like this with my S1.

I didn't get the problem initially until I had the phone a couple of weeks, probably occurs once / twice a week now I think and most likely when I have been away from wifi and then come back into coverage.

I am on Stock ROM too, Vodafone handset on XT.

Yup that pretty much explains my experience well. It's really annoying, I have blown through a 1GB of 3G traffic this month already, Thank God for the Promo I got my phone on!

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#652933 9-Jul-2012 14:17

nofam: Can someone on the new LFB firmware confirm for me whether inserting a headphone plug still brings up the menu in the notification screen with the music player, video player short cuts? The new WanamLite ROM doesn't seem to do this any longer. . . .

actually no it doesn't - and the wee headphone icon doesn't show up in the notification bar either

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#652939 9-Jul-2012 14:29

Lambchop:
nofam: Can someone on the new LFB firmware confirm for me whether inserting a headphone plug still brings up the menu in the notification screen with the music player, video player short cuts? The new WanamLite ROM doesn't seem to do this any longer. . . .

actually no it doesn't - and the wee headphone icon doesn't show up in the notification bar either

Cheers Lambchop - are you on the stock LFB, or a custom firmware?

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#652950 9-Jul-2012 14:45

networkn: Murray: who are you with? Yours looks older than mine which is LF2. I was given this update OTA automatically by VF.

My phone was bought from Warehouse Stationary and so is a 2Degrees phone, but Vodafone is my provider.

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#652953 9-Jul-2012 14:47

In settings, there is a check for update option. Try that. Not saying it will fix your issue, but since you don't have the update yet.

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#652955 9-Jul-2012 14:49

sqlpro:
networkn: Hi There!

Ok is there a tech support number for these wretched phones. I am AGAIN having WIFI Issues.

This morning I wasn't connected via wifi, I restarted my phone, still not. Toggled WiFi on and off, bingo, connected. This is seriously starting to piss me off.

me too but very occasionally. i use same workaround as you.

Mine does this sometimes.

I just toggle the wifi on then off and it comes right.

Also have an annoying issue with web browsers where i click on a bookmark like google.co.nz and it just hangs for a long time.
I have to close the tab and choose another bookmark to a new site and it seems to kickstart it again.

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#652956 9-Jul-2012 14:51

webup:
sqlpro:
networkn: Hi There!

Ok is there a tech support number for these wretched phones. I am AGAIN having WIFI Issues.

This morning I wasn't connected via wifi, I restarted my phone, still not. Toggled WiFi on and off, bingo, connected. This is seriously starting to piss me off.

me too but very occasionally. i use same workaround as you.

Mine does this sometimes.

I just toggle the wifi on then off and it comes right.

Also have an annoying issue with web browsers where i click on a bookmark like google.co.nz and it just hangs for a long time.
I have to close the tab and choose another bookmark to a new site and it seems to kickstart it again.

Yup me too.

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#652963 9-Jul-2012 15:01

Are those of you having Wifi issues running 802.11n? And if so, is your router a dual-band model?

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#652966 9-Jul-2012 15:04

nofam: Are those of you having Wifi issues running 802.11n? And if so, is your router a dual-band model?

I'm running 802.11g and my router isn't dual band. I'm running an old Dynalink RTA-1025W at both home and work.

It doesn't happen all the time, but seems to happen more often when I go out of range and then back into range.

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#652967 9-Jul-2012 15:05

My Access points are WAP-3205 Zyxel units.

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#653020 9-Jul-2012 16:16

nofam:
Lambchop:
nofam: Can someone on the new LFB firmware confirm for me whether inserting a headphone plug still brings up the menu in the notification screen with the music player, video player short cuts? The new WanamLite ROM doesn't seem to do this any longer. . . .

actually no it doesn't - and the wee headphone icon doesn't show up in the notification bar either

Cheers Lambchop - are you on the stock LFB, or a custom firmware?

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