Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

matrim

Armonline wrote: »

I got a Galaxy S3 on Wednesday after having an iPhone for 3 years, but I have been very disappointed with the S3 Battery so far. I

I always plug my phone into charge at night and when i had the iPhone 4 it always lasted the day even with Wifi and bluetooth left on and a fair bit of usage. Not so with the S3, If i leave wifi and bluetooth it bearly lasts half the day.

Even today, I took it off the charger at 9am, left bluetooth off, Wifi on, used it for about 20 mins of calls and 30 mins of web browsing during the morning, no GPS, screen brightness on auto and switched off for most of the time and all other apps closed and memory cleared. By 1pm it was down to 55%. I hope this improves over the coming days or even though it is a nice phone it is no use to me if it cannot last the day.

Also i had sync turned off but received no gmail, how do you setup proper push email on Android like you can on the iPhone?

I took my phone off charge at 8 this morning. I've had about twice your usage and still have 64% charge.

Mimikyu

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bogman

S3 with Meteor through Carphone Warehouse is unlocked but there is a free app available that unlocks the S3 and it works well from what I know

Mimikyu

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bogman

Got mine on the 12th and the replacement 8 days later, both unlocked, they also gave me the option to switch from white to pebble blue which I did, looking back I think the white looks better but it matters not at this stage

Just to note, both phones were unbranded except that the first one had meteor.ie as its home page, it seems the new one goes direct to Samsung, ill confirm that later, one way or the other if its customer satisfaction you want, Carphone Warehouse id the way to go, hardware problem within 1st 30 days and they will replace, once not modified

What phone do you presently have

Mimikyu

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waynegalway

matrim wrote: »

Armonlnithin58107 wrote:

I got a Galaxy S3 on Wednesday after having an iPhone for 3 years, but I have been very disappointed with the S3 Battery so far. I

I always plug my phone into charge at night and when i had the iPhone 4 it always lasted the day even with Wifi and bluetooth left on and a fair bit of usage. Not so with the S3, If i leave wifi and bluetooth it bearly lasts half the day.

Even today, I took it off the charger at 9am, left bluetooth off, Wifi on, used it for about 20 mins of calls and 30 mins of web browsing during the morning, no GPS, screen brightness on auto and switched off for most of the time and all other apps closed and memory cleared. By 1pm it was down to 55%. I hope this improves over the coming days or even though it is a nice phone it is no use to me if it cannot last the day.

Also i had sync turned off but received no gmail, how do you setup proper push email on Android like you can on the iPhone?

Left mine on charge all night, been using it at normal levels with data turned off, so browsing over wifi only. Had a 15min call earlier but havent done anything excessive like gaming or steaming video. Very normal usage.

After 2.5 hours I'm down to 82% battery left. Lets say at best I'd get 3 hours out of 20%, that works out at 15hours out of 100%

I know I've only charged it a couple of times and it will not be at full capacity yet, but it seems to be pretty poor tbh

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

What network are you on? Do you have a good signal generally?

I was on 3Ireland and the constant switching between 3G and 2G would drain the battery within a few hours (that was with an S2). Had to manually switch between 2G/3G and finally got it down to a fine art. Was able to get a good 2 days out of the battery in the end.

Recently switched to eMobile and picked up an S3. I've just got 2 days 15hrs out of it. Lots of usage and playing with the new apps/features. Very impressed. Long may it last.

waynegalway wrote: »

Left mine on charge all night, been using it at normal levels with data turned off, so browsing over wifi only. Had a 15min call earlier but havent done anything excessive like gaming or steaming video. Very normal usage.

After 2.5 hours I'm down to 82% battery left. Lets say at best I'd get 3 hours out of 20%, that works out at 15hours out of 100%

I know I've only charged it a couple of times and it will not be at full capacity yet, but it seems to be pretty poor tbh

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bogman wrote: »

Got mine on the 12th and the replacement 8 days later, both unlocked, they also gave me the option to switch from white to pebble blue which I did, looking back I think the white looks better but it matters not at this stage

Just to note, both phones were unbranded except that the first one had meteor.ie as its home page, it seems the new one goes direct to Samsung, ill confirm that later, one way or the other if its customer satisfaction you want, Carphone Warehouse id the way to go, hardware problem within 1st 30 days and they will replace, once not modified

What phone do you presently have

What was wrong with it ?? Just out of interest ??

waynegalway

BearNecessities wrote: »

What network are you on? Do you have a good signal generally?

I was on 3Ireland and the constant switching between 3G and 2G would drain the battery within a few hours (that was with an S2). Had to manually switch between 2G/3G and finally got it down to a fine art. Was able to get a good 2 days out of the battery in the end.

Recently switched to eMobile and picked up an S3. I've just got 2 days 15hrs out of it. Lots of usage and playing with the new apps/features. Very impressed. Long may it last.

waynegalway wrote: »

Left mine on charge all night, been using it at normal levels with data turned off, so browsing over wifi only. Had a 15min call earlier but havent done anything excessive like gaming or steaming video. Very normal usage.

After 2.5 hours I'm down to 82% battery left. Lets say at best I'd get 3 hours out of 20%, that works out at 15hours out of 100%

I know I've only charged it a couple of times and it will not be at full capacity yet, but it seems to be pretty poor tbh

I'm with 3.

I have mobile data turned off in the notification centre toggles so I'm using wifi only for browsing at the moment.

I keep getting notices saying I've lost data roaming, even though I've disabled data roaming in the settings.

ze4life

so is the s3 available in blue on meteor from cpw yet? i bought the white one 2 weeks ago and the camera wouldn't focus at all, id like to bring it back for a replacement but id like to have the blue instead, their customer care line are clueless

Mimikyu

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heyheyhey1982

Any one have a problem when charging the phone. I went asleep listening to music last night and had it hooked up to charge . When I woke up it had only charged to 50% but the power lead was still in. This has happened twice.

By the way is there any good cover to get? I want a are through silicon one. The screen feels too nice to put on a protector though.

troch

I have connected my S3 to 4 different wifi networks, and without fail, they stop working. They can connect to the network, but they cannot get an IP address. The S3 won't allow me to save a static IP either.

matrim

troch wrote: »

I have connected my S3 to 4 different wifi networks, and without fail, they stop working. They can connect to the network, but they cannot get an IP address. The S3 won't allow me to save a static IP either.

When you're in the wifi config long press the network name and select modify config, then advanced. That should let you set static ip

god's toy

Tip for anyone wanting better in call sound:

From diler keypad hit menu-call settings- additional settings- (it will load up) from there look for 'in-call sound' and 'Personalised EQ '

The 'Personalised EQ ' will give you a full hearing test! (you need good headphones!) and adjust the sound according to your needs!
lol even shows you a graph of your results at the end.

ze4life

ze4life wrote: »

so is the s3 available in blue on meteor from cpw yet? i bought the white one 2 weeks ago and the camera wouldn't focus at all, id like to bring it back for a replacement but id like to have the blue instead, their customer care line are clueless

in reply to my own question, yes they have it in blue finally, but to my surprise when i got it it was locked to meteor! very unusual for cpw, atleast from my own experience with them. time to root it i guess

waynegalway

Still on battery issues.....

Got 17.5 hours from last full charge, with the screen on for 4.5 hours of that. Not great considering 8 hours of that was overnight with no use.

Anyhow, charging again as I type, but I found a setting that may have been contributing to the issue.

S voice was working in the background waiting for me to say a command to wake it up. Didn't realise it was set up that way. I turned it off and have it set to come on with a double home button tap only now.

Hopefully this will help.

jimmycrackcorm

waynegalway wrote: »

I'm with 3.

I have mobile data turned off in the notification centre toggles so I'm using wifi only for browsing at the moment.

I keep getting notices saying I've lost data roaming, even though I've disabled data roaming in the settings.

The data roaming you've disabled is international roaming.

joeKel73

god's toy wrote: »

Tip for anyone wanting better in call sound:

From diler keypad hit menu-call settings- additional settings- (it will load up) from there look for 'in-call sound' and 'Personalised EQ '

The 'Personalised EQ ' will give you a full hearing test! (you need good headphones!) and adjust the sound according to your needs!
lol even shows you a graph of your results at the end.

Nice one! I just changed the "In-call sound EQ" from "Off" to "Clear sound". Much clearer now, it was a bit muffled before.

TeddyTedson

Does anyone know of a good cover that will protect the entire phone including the screen.

I've been searching google but not joy.

Craigels

waynegalway wrote: »

Still on battery issues.....

Got 17.5 hours from last full charge, with the screen on for 4.5 hours of that. Not great considering 8 hours of that was overnight with no use.

Anyhow, charging again as I type, but I found a setting that may have been contributing to the issue.

S voice was working in the background waiting for me to say a command to wake it up. Didn't realise it was set up that way. I turned it off and have it set to come on with a double home button tap only now.

Hopefully this will help.

HOW DO I DO THIS

bogman

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Delighted, best phone ever and easy to unlock, once rooted, mine was onlocked originally

Root.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238

Unlock.......CF-Root 6.3 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.simunlock&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLnNpbXVubG9jayJd

Real easy, give a few days for the battery to cycle, I left it run down completely before charging first time, it lasts a day

waynegalway

Craigels wrote: »

HOW DO I DO THIS

Open s voice, then open the settings menu. About half way down that menu, you'll see "wake up command", make sure that's turned off.

MargeS

I can't seem to receive multimedia messages, is this a problem with vodafone or the phone?

I just get a bubble message with the message size which is always 29KB, the expiry date and a download button which does nothing when clicked.

joeKel73

Are there any browsers that let you put the address bar on the bottom of the screen? Bit awkward stretching across the big screen to enter url or search when using single handed.

Mimikyu

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joeKel73

^ Nice, just rooted and unlocked the phone using that too. Haven't rooted a device before and it only took a few mins.

Mimikyu

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Melion

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with video calls? They won't go through and both me and other person have full 3g signal

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Do both your networks support video calling?

I don't think O2 support video calls.

Melion wrote: »

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with video calls? They won't go through and both me and other person have full 3g signal

Melion

Both with emobile

elderlemon

Maybe your phone setup or your account. I have the sg3 on vodafone and it works fine. Have you tried a different sms app (I use go sms)

MargeS wrote: »

I can't seem to receive multimedia messages, is this a problem with vodafone or the phone?

I just get a bubble message with the message size which is always 29KB, the expiry date and a download button which does nothing when clicked.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

I just asked Tony on the Eircom/eMobile forum this morning and he confirmed it cost the same as a standard call (25c/minute at the mo). So I'm taking it that video calling is supported alright.

Melion wrote: »

Both with emobile

eamondunphy

has anyone any trouble when connecting to kies???

i keep getting a message saying my device is not supported

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eamondunphy wrote: »

has anyone any trouble when connecting to kies???

i keep getting a message saying my device is not supported

What actually is kies?? Totally new to the Samsung setup

fionny

Have you updated Kies to the latest version?

@Davie89 its a waste of time is what it is, but to be more accurate its kinda like itunes for sammy stuff.

eamondunphy wrote: »

has anyone any trouble when connecting to kies???

i keep getting a message saying my device is not supported

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

* KIES is the worst piece of software ever developed. :mad: *

More details on what KIES can is supposed to do - Samsung KIES website

Davie89 wrote: »

What actually is kies?? Totally new to the Samsung setup

Zagato

Oh don't bring up Kies, it just makes everyone angry:p

Kenny Logins

eamondunphy wrote: »

has anyone any trouble when connecting to kies???

i keep getting a message saying my device is not supported

Try Airdroid instead.

eamondunphy

yeah kies is terrible but cause i dont want to flash my phone, i prefer updating my phone through kies or over the air.

i get the message "your device does not support software updating via kies" get when i connect my phone to kies, has anyone got this?

i've got the latest kies, have deleted it and reinstalled it a few times and i keep getting the same thing.

i dont know how to upload a photo of the message on to this

eamondunphy

here's the message i keep getting

Marco85

How do i create shortcuts for the people i ring and txt most frequently instead of having to go through contacts all the time? Could do it on the s2 but cant seem to find way to do it on s3.

god's toy

eamondunphy wrote: »

here's the message i keep getting

Yep when the GS2 came out loads of us had the same thing.
You just have to wait till kies is updated. (in my case it was a few updates before I could update the phone using kies)

fionny

eamondunphy wrote: »

here's the message i keep getting

Just plugged mine in and its fine,

When plugged in pull down the notification bar and make sure phone is connect via MTP and not Camera.

If that not it its possible your network has put some ****e custom stuff on it.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Click the Apps Icon on the home screen. Click Widgets (top menu).

Add the "Contact 1x1" widget by holding down and dropping onto your Home Screen. It'll then ask you to select the contact from your Contacts list.

Marco85 wrote: »

How do i create shortcuts for the people i ring and txt most frequently instead of having to go through contacts all the time? Could do it on the s2 but cant seem to find way to do it on s3.

madmoe

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Did you flash this using ODIN mate or CWM? Would you be able to PM me a link to the UK ROM?

Cheers,
M

Mimikyu

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madmoe

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Thanks a million! What sort of battery life you getting out of it man?

Mimikyu

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