Samsung Galaxy S3

Lol ok. I will open it up tonight and play around. As surfs-up said, there is no big difference from my iPhone4 to the iPhone5, so hence I took the samsung S3. Not sure if I will use it as main phone either, will see how user friendly it is. I do love apple, everything is very easy, so will have to see with this new one. I won't JB. I presme I will have to upgrade to Jellybean as well? What is this Polish etc things you all talk about? It is Rooted phones like Grimspoon said?
 
Nicci said:
I presme I will have to upgrade to Jellybean as well? What is this Polish etc things you all talk about? It is Rooted phones like Grimspoon said?
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Ignore the guys that want to flash their phones to the latest ROM's. Don't let that scare you away from the S3. It's a beautiful phone, and you will get JellyBean as a normal software update.

Guys enjoy messing with Android because it has a lot of flexibility in what you can do with it - but you don't have to do that. :)
 
Nicci said:
Lol ok. I will open it up tonight and play around. As surfs-up said, there is no big difference from my iPhone4 to the iPhone5, so hence I took the samsung S3. Not sure if I will use it as main phone either, will see how user friendly it is. I do love apple, everything is very easy, so will have to see with this new one. I won't JB. I presme I will have to upgrade to Jellybean as well? What is this Polish etc things you all talk about? It is Rooted phones like Grimspoon said?
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Some folks believe rooting your phone gives you a better Android experience, like some folk believe jailbreaking your iPhone does. But for most, there is no need for any of it, iOS and Android are good to go as soon as you switch the phone on.

And reading your comments, I don't think you are into the customisation thing so just fire it up and off you go. You'll have a few days getting used to it but when you start to know the system a bit more (which fundamentaly is not so different from iOS), I'm sure you'll start to enjoy it.

To explain a wee bit further, when Apple release an update for iOS, you just need to plug in your phone and it downloads automatically because there is no 3rd party between you and Apple. The upgrade is made for all iPhones so it comes directly from them to you.

With Android and the S3, Google release the latest update and Samsung want to fiddle around with it and make it specific to their phones before they give it to you. This also includes the like of vodacom who want to put their own logo at start up and maybe add in a few apps of their own. So it take some time from release by Google to get to your phone.

Now some companies are going to be quicker than others to alter the latest update, and in the case we are talking about here, the latest incarnation of Android (4.1.2, codenamed Jelly Bean) was released in Poland before anyone else in the world.

You see, Android has a few major updates which they give names to, but are also refered to by numbers. Ice Cream Sandwhich to Jelly Bean, is the codenames for Android 4.0.x to 4.1.x

Really just like iOS 5 to iOS 6, but with added names.

Soooo, in SA, we might all be on 4.1.1 (which is Jelly Bean also) but in Poland they released the latest update before anyone else, so a lot of folks just download it and install it themselves rather than wait for Vodacom who might only release it in a few months time.

It's just a way of getting the latest upgrade to Android before your service provider releases it. The fact that it's Polish is neither here nor there, it runs in English and will look exactly the same as the SAn one if vodacom release it tomorrow (except for the Vodacom image at start up etc as I said earlier)

As for rooting... that basically just gives you access to the file system of Android that is usually hidden from prying eyes. This allows the geeks to alter things themselves and run geek type apps.

But really, even though I'm rooted and running the Polish rom 4.1.2, it makes no difference to the average user whatsoever in the way that you don't miss jailbreaking your iPhone if you've never done it before :)

I should say, there's a lot of generalisations in this passage (just before the fellow geeks attack me ;))
 
Nicci said:
Lol ok. I will open it up tonight and play around. As surfs-up said, there is no big difference from my iPhone4 to the iPhone5, so hence I took the samsung S3. Not sure if I will use it as main phone either, will see how user friendly it is. I do love apple, everything is very easy, so will have to see with this new one. I won't JB. I presme I will have to upgrade to Jellybean as well? What is this Polish etc things you all talk about? It is Rooted phones like Grimspoon said?
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Nicci, on your S3 go to settings, and right down to the bottom of the list select "about device", you should be running Android Version 4.1.1. My S3 bought 2 weeks ago was not up to date. I just loaded "Kies" onto my computer and plugged in my S3 and told it to update to 4.1.1. That is the latest version that is freely available locally. I got the graphite colour S3......not sure if I like this colour, it will probably grow on me.

Oh, and download the manual, preferably onto Good Reader on your iPad...makes reading, wherever you are so much easier http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-I9300MBAVOD-downloads
 
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Are any of you aware of the Exynos security flaw in the S3 (and some other Samsung devices) ? Chainfire over at XDA Forums has a tool for it.

It seems the part of the Kernel used for the front facing camera allows for unrestricted access to the device. Thus allowing you to root it with a simple APK package. But the downfall of the flaw is that you are wide open to any intrusions by infected APK's (malicious code)... The link supplied can close this "flaw" but essentially it is the same as "rooting" your device which will void your warranty. At present there is no official word from Samsung on the matter, nor an official fix.
 
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I got an update on my S3 and now I have split screen apps and all sorts of other cool stuff :/
 
Grimspoon said:
Any of you chaps using the original S3 flip case? What's it like?
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Went case shopping on Tuesday, I don't like the flip case at all, seem like it would get in the way.

Went with a shock absorbent Speck case, problem is that it has a glossy finish and is scratching already. If I were to buy again I would get a silicone /rubber case.
 
For the peeps coming from iOS to Android and comparing sync... Well... change your other devices to android and the sync is just as seemless. I do the same things across my devices that you do across your iOS "ecosystem".

The Apple ecosystem is such a buzzword.
I can push my tunes from my Android device through Apple TV (jacked one at a party. Was hillarious watching the Apple boys try figure out where the Fields of the Nephilim tunes were coming from).
I can stream any content straight to any DLNA certified device in my house from my phones and tablets.
My dock is Bluetooth so can use any BT device to play music. No lockin.

The list can go on.

What I am trying to say, is please forget about this ecosystem Stevey boy has embedded in your head. You have entered an open world with so many more possibilities and options.

I have owned a few iOS devices and they are very limiting, and harder to use (you will understand when you no longer compare to what you are used to).
 
Mike Smit said:
I have owned a few iOS devices and they are very limiting, and harder to use (you will understand when you no longer compare to what you are used to).
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I too have seamless integration on my Android devices - calendars 'n all. Stevey boy was good at brain washing people into believing that Apple was the only way and only choice. That's so not true.

I too have owned iOS devices, and since I bought my first Android phone last year, I haven't looked back! :D
 
genetic said:
I too have seamless integration on my Android devices - calendars 'n all. Stevey boy was good at brain washing people into believing that Apple was the only way and only choice. That's so not true.

I too have owned iOS devices, and since I bought my first Android phone last year, I haven't looked back! :D
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