Samsung Galaxy S3

Piesang said:
I don't know if I'm just plain stupid of maybe it's because I'm new to Android. If I download the zip file (cell_stand by_Fix.zip), how do I install it?
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I flashed the zip via CWM - Not sure if it's possible to apply the fix without being rooted.
 
farhaadS said:
I just can't decide whether to get the S3 or the One X. I've ben using my HTC Desire for over 2 years now and love it. Dunno if is hould swop over to Samsung. Any info will be appreciated from users who have ahd both. Is Touchwiz on the Samsung more or less the same as Sense UI on the HTC?
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If the One X had a removable battery and SD card slot I would've taken it over the S3 in a heartbeat.
 
How did you root your phone?

I rooted using CF-Root - which installs CWM by default.

You fire up the CWM app - and tell it to boot into recovery from there you select the Install From Zip option - navigate to the cell_stand by_Fix.zip file on your phone and bobs your uncle.
 
You know what?? I remember now. There is a icon on my phone called CWM. Blonde moment I guess.

After I installed the fix will it boot again?

Necropolis said:
How did you root your phone?

I rooted using CF-Root - which installs CWM by default.

You fire up the CWM app - and tell it to boot into recovery from there you select the Install From Zip option - navigate to the cell_stand by_Fix.zip file on your phone and bobs your uncle.
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You'll need to tell it to reboot - but you shouldn't have any issues.

If you are worried then you can make a backup of your phone from CWM - so if anything does go wrong you can just roll-back to your backup.
 
No problem.

Done. I wasnt' thinking for a while. Coming from iPhone the new Root and stuff is still new to me.

Necropolis said:
How did you root your phone?

I rooted using CF-Root - which installs CWM by default.

You fire up the CWM app - and tell it to boot into recovery from there you select the Install From Zip option - navigate to the cell_stand by_Fix.zip file on your phone and bobs your uncle.
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From what I've heard the build quality of the One X > S3, the screen is also better and Sense is better than TouchWiz.
 
Necropolis said:
From what I've heard the build quality of the One X > S3, the screen is also better and Sense is better than TouchWiz.
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I much prefer TouchWiz over Sense. The screen on my S3 is good enough that I'm unconcerned with the competition. As for build quality, I guess the S3 could be better but I'm very happy with it thus far.
 
Necropolis said:
From what I've heard the build quality of the One X > S3, the screen is also better and Sense is better than TouchWiz.
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You don't have to use TouchWiz, use GO Launcher or Apex as an alternative. As for the screen? I've used both and I think that the S3 is superior to the One X in that aspect.
 
phaktza said:
You don't have to use TouchWiz, use GO Launcher or Apex as an alternative. As for the screen? I've used both and I think that the S3 is superior to the One X in that aspect.
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I've been using Go Launcher from the day I got my S3. :)
 
Guys can someone explain this facial recognition thing please?

I have it enabled but when I try unlock the screen, it does not use it, just shows a black screen in middle of screen.

Any ideas?
Also do you guys have car mode working?

Thanks
 
marine1 said:
Guys can someone explain this facial recognition thing please?

I have it enabled but when I try unlock the screen, it does not use it, just shows a black screen in middle of screen.

Any ideas?
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When you enabled it then surely you waited long enough for it to recognise your face? Then once the screen is locked and you want to unlock, you just have to have your face (even half will suffice) be picked up by the camera and then it will unlock. I used it a bit, and it's very very good, but then I realised if I wanted to leave the phone flat on the desk without picking it up I would have to lean over it to unlock it, so I stopped using it.

marine1 said:
Also do you guys have car mode working?

Thanks
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You mean 'Driving Mode'? I used it once. Seems that it just reads out any messages or notifications that might pop up on the phone. Haven't bothered with it since.
 
Krypt0n1te said:
I wrote that in the light of most of your Q's. In other words PURELY on build quality ... nothing else, not even on the better screen.
There's absolutely no doubt that the SIII is the better phone, but the quality is shockingly terrible. I for one have the silver strip chipping off. Top right corner.... and I do look after my gadgets, trust me.
Sometimes wonder what a success story HTC would be if it wasn't for their piss poor marketing department, yes and they really cocked up with the WiFi issue, still don't understand how these companies allow something like this to happen.

Back to SIII, many people reporting the SIII to be very little scratch resistant, oh and just wait another six months for the white paint to come off that beautiful /insert sarcasm home button and also don't drop this phone from knee height!

On the positive side, I'm all for performance... I'm running the latest CM nightly. The phone is blistering fast, battery reading must be wrong as I'm currently sitting on 80% after 1d1h15m with 1h Screen time on, 30mins voice call and some other things. It is Sunday so no heavy use today.
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Thanks for that. Gives me something to think about.
Maybe I'll just wait it out a bit and decide once this extreme feeling of want passes.
 
marine1 said:
Guys can someone explain this facial recognition thing please?

I have it enabled but when I try unlock the screen, it does not use it, just shows a black screen in middle of screen.

Any ideas?
Also do you guys have car mode working?

Thanks
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I have read somewhere that the phone has a tendency not to unlock when it detects an ugly mofo. :D
 
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