Hmmm I m gng 4 whatever is available on first day can't live without android phone now will get a 64 gn micro sd along with it
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Official Indian GS3 Owners Thread -Discussion, reviews and more
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@TheBlazingIndian: Thanks mate! And no kidding. After I found this thread, I felt like I wasted away hours scouring the internet for sparse news. This is pure distilled reliable information 
@ android_master
you will be among the very few along with till mid june.
@all
if someone find a link to pebble blue(even 16gb) with availability just pm me , ill steal it
you will be among the very few along with till mid june.
@all
if someone find a link to pebble blue(even 16gb) with availability just pm me , ill steal it
Yes believe me i can still go for white one,both my 4S & iPad are white, but 32GB inbuilt is the primary requirement, it's better to wait.I would have wanted to purchase it on the very first day but then i can wait till mid june. I have S2 & 4S for the time being
Oh. Get the white one now. And buy the blue one when it gets available. And keep both of them along with your s2, 4S, iPad etc etc? What say?
@TheBlazingIndian: Thanks mate! And no kidding. After I found this thread, I felt like I wasted away hours scouring the internet for sparse news. This is pure distilled reliable information
welcome to the "king of android jungle" thread
, this thread will be more than enough to get all the details regarding s3 .@ all
how good is saholic.com, do any of you guys have any previous transaction with that site?
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welcome to the "king of android jungle" thread
@ all
how good is saholic.com, do any of you guys have any previous transaction with that site?
Havent heard of that site before, and Bala you are going crazy now.. lol.. You waited for 10 days and now you are not getting color of your choice..
Whats there in colors man, go n grab the white one..
welcome to the "king of android jungle" thread
@ all
how good is saholic.com, do any of you guys have any previous transaction with that site?
read review Blue Best
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s3-1078667/review
Also Normal site.not seen any complaint yet about.
Any one noticed the verge review video? the LED notification light doesn't spread.
As I had already said, the other LED notification demo video may not have been shot properly.
As I had already said, the other LED notification demo video may not have been shot properly.
Havent heard of that site before, and Bala you are going crazy now.. lol.. You waited for 10 days and now you are not getting color of your choice..
Whats there in colors man, go n grab the white one..
hmm, ill call it my bad luck.. the primary reason for not choosing white is as follows
> Spreading of LED color.
> The whole mobile looks huge due to visible bezels.
> Most of the themes wont match the white bezels.
> Might loss the shine
> Capacitive button touch lights wont be visible.
> Contrasting black dots(camera,sensor) in the right top corner.
> Scratches will be more visible than blue.
Disclaimer : These are my personal opinions
and its not intended to hurt any white s3 buyers Am still optimistic to see a pebble blue 16 gb version somewhere in this whole india
and will probably slap a 64 gb sdxc over it.
no buddy it actually does spreads, asked the same question to one of the samsung mobilers who made the video.
have a look at this post
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26323319&postcount=61
There's no doubt in our minds that the Pebble Blue offering is the much more attractive option, as the Marble White looks similar to a low-end Galaxy Mini or similar – the brushed effect is really necessary
Lines from reviewer.
Lines from reviewer.
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hmm, ill call it my bad luck.. the primary reason for not choosing white is as follows
> Spreading of LED color.
> The whole mobile looks huge due to visible bezels.
> Most of the themes wont match the white bezels.
> Might loss the shine
> Capacitive button touch lights wont be visible.
> Contrasting black dots(camera,sensor) in the right top corner.
> Scratches will be more visible than blue.
Disclaimer : These are my personal opinions
Am still optimistic to see a pebble blue 16 gb version somewhere in this whole india
My Take on your points:
> Spreading of LED color.
It spreads a bit but LED looks more sexy on White.
> The whole mobile looks huge due to visible bezels.
I dont like Blue Bezel, if bezel would have been in other color that would have been amazing..
> Most of the themes wont match the white bezels.
May Be..
> Might loss the shine
I dont agree, Blue may loose its shine and scratches would be more visible on the blue one as its a dark color. White cars look sexy for ages and even the scratches are less visible.
> Capacitive button touch lights wont be visible.
But looks Very nice, white lights on white background. And when lights are of, Black buttons look even more sexy..
> Contrasting black dots(camera,sensor) in the right top corner.
I like.. Thats why i am going for white, i like the layout and sensors being visible..
> Scratches will be more visible than blue.
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I have seen a scratched back cover on some site, and on blue it was looking really bad.. It was some preview from launch event on 3rd may.
These are my personal likings though..
Yeah, but I think it doesn't spread so much as the video demo is showing. But, he also mentions that it looks just as good.
Yeah, but I think it doesn't spread so much as the video demo is showing. But, he also mentions that it looks just as good.
The problem is that, Normal human mentality, EVERYONE WANTS THE THING THAT IS NOT IN STOCK OR NOT AVAILABLE..
If there would have been less supply of Marble White, Same would have happened..
Just Chill and Enjoy.. TGIF!!!
hmm, ill call it my bad luck.. the primary reason for not choosing white is as follows
> Spreading of LED color.
> The whole mobile looks huge due to visible bezels.
> Most of the themes wont match the white bezels.
> Might loss the shine
> Capacitive button touch lights wont be visible.
> Contrasting black dots(camera,sensor) in the right top corner.
> Scratches will be more visible than blue.
Disclaimer : These are my personal opinions
Am still optimistic to see a pebble blue 16 gb version somewhere in this whole india
Even I didn't see any spread of led on the verge video..
Reasons for blue..
*looks elegant with the bezel
*and y wont themes match the white..I think it would look cool..
*are u kidding me..scratches and fingerprints will be more visible in d blue... unless u break the back..lol.. in which you can hide more better with blue
*most of the people will eventually buy blue
..Lol@disclamer..
Still another disclamer: copy and paste of bala's post..just replace white with blue..
The Blue one IMO is very unattractive..
If a phone has to be blue it has to use the blue shade and metallic blue feeling from he Xperia arc series..
S3 in blue is fake metallic brush..
If a phone has to be blue it has to use the blue shade and metallic blue feeling from he Xperia arc series..
S3 in blue is fake metallic brush..
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The Blue one IMO is very unattractive..
If a phone has to be blue it has to use the blue shade and metallic blue feeling from he Xperia arc series..
S3 in blue is fake metallic brush..
i loved the design of xperia arc
it was nice. btw in hands the pebble blue dosent looks like blue instead it lloks like dark grey. hope you checked the 1st post of this thread
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81Hi all,
Starting this thread to discuss all about GS3 and its availability in India!! One stop shop for all the info.
As samsung has already informed S3 will have a global launch, so we can expect it very soon in our Indian market from the date of launch..
Edit: The mobile is launched in Indian Market on May 31 2012 with public availability from the 1st week of June.
This post will be updated with all useful info related to s3.
1.SGS3 Screenshots:
Image courtesy from mobile-review.com & gsmarena.com
2.Features at a glance:
Hardware:
> Powered with Exynos 4412 chipset.
> 4.8" SAMOLED HD screen with 300+ ppi and ultra fast response time
> 8 MP camera with new sensor + 1.9 MP front camera capable of 720p video recording.
> Wolfson WM1811 audio codec.
> 16/32/64 GB variants.
> Notification LED.
> Polycarbonate body with Hyperglaze coating for extra smoothness.
> Native support for sdxc cards of size upto 64gb
> NFC
> Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX certification.
Software:
> Android 4.0.4
> Touchwiz Nature UI with new gestures
> eye tracking
> smart stay
> popup play
> allshare
> s beam
3.Initial Previews:
www.anandtech.com
www.gsmarena.com
www.mobile-review.com
4.Full Reviews:
www.gsmarena.com
www.phonearena.com
Galaxy s2 vs Galaxy s3
5.Purchase Details:
Its available all over the retail shops.
6.FAQ:
www.gsmarena.com
* All samsung android device comes with lcd test menu in order to check the basic functionality of the mobile and it is also useful to check the tint issues
* Enter the dialer and input the following code "*#0*#, it will give you a set of options to test the mobile.
* The same lcd test menu can be used for testing the tint issues, the main menu of the lcd test should look white rather than pinkish white or warmer white. you can either decide it yourself by your eyes or compare it with another AMOLED screen.
* Black dots are present on almost all AMOLED panels with varying intensity. Its not an issue. But if you still want to check for lesser dots take your mobile to pitch dark environment and load a complete black wallpaper, once your eyes get setlled to the environment look over the scrren. you will notice those spots.
Poor battery life is due to one of the following reasons
> keeping all the features on like wifi ,bluetooth,nfc,full brightness etc.
Solution:
Turn off all the unwanted features and set the brighness between 0 to 50 %
> Wakelocks are common in android, A wakelock is an event witch disturbs the cpu(waking the cpu) from a regular deep sleep when the device is not in use. Commonly wakelocks are caused by frequent syncing of data with apps like twitter,facebook etc.
look over the image below
The blue line rounded with circle denotes wakelock(though a few lines like the one shown in the above pic can be ignored) , the intensity of wakelocks varies depending upon the usage/settings. The best way to get rid of wakelocks is to use apps like "better battery stats" and "gsam battery monitor" to identify the app causing wakelocks and disable/tweak them.
Some Android Basics
Though many of you people here are not new to android,below are the details for android newbies
Read through these links and you will get a basic idea of all the modding/flashing stuffs
1.some basic android terms
Android provides much better customization than many other competing platforms, basically a customization is nothing but altering/tinkering the mobile according to the taste of the induvidual. It may be the look of the mobile, speed of the mobile or whatever it may be they can be customized
Customizing the mobile includes.
1.Rooting
2.Flashing Roms/kernels
3.Mods
Rooting:
A process allowing users of mobile phones running the Android operating system to attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's subsystem. Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices, resulting in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user.
You can root your mobile simply by following this thread. Download the cf root from the same thread and flash it via odin. A separate how to root guide is here
Flashing:
Flashing is nothing but a method of installing/updating a ROM/KERNEL/MOD. Generally flashing is of 2 types.
* flash via odin
Odin is a software used in windows for flashing. Odin supports flashing of *.tar,*.md5(commonly used file formats).All the stock roms can be flashed only via odin. Kernels of tar format can also be flashed via odin.
This thread will give you all the details about how to use odin and the thread also has the collection of stock roms.
* flashing via cwm
cwm aka Clock Work Mod is one of the must have thing for a rooted user. Every android mobile comes with a recovery feature in order to troubleshoot if things goes wrong. CWM replaces the the basic recovery with advanced recovery features. CWM supports flashing files as zips. All the custom roms are generally flashed via cwm. Along with custom roms mods/themes are also flshed via cwm.
This thread will give you all the details about cwm and how to use it
Mods
Mods are nothing but tweaked apps/settings that enhances the functionality of the mobile. These mods can be flashed via cwm or can be copied manually via root explorer (for advanced users)
Voiding the warranty and rooting/customiztion
Rooting the mobile will void your manufacturer warranty. But at the same time wasting a powerhouse mobile like s3 without modding is mere waste So whats the solution??? Whenever you are in need of claiming your warranty there are methods to remove the root which in turn covers your mobile under warranty. Yet another thing you people have to know is galaxy s3 has a binary counter which counts the number of unofficial flashes (rooting,flashing cwm comes under flashing ). So if the counter is above 0 it will void your warranty again. A big thanks to "chainfire" for creating an app called "triangle away" which simply resets the binary counter to zero.
So if you people want to remove root for warranty purpose
1.install triangle away and reset the counter
2.enter cwm and factory reset the mobile.
3.put the mobile into download mode and flash the stock rom from the links given above .
Here are a few samsung secret codes you can play up with Thanks to anil84 for bringing this up ...
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27342524&postcount=5587
Backup your efs folder!
The first thing you people have to do before flashing any kind of things to your mobile is to "backup EFS folder".
What is efs?
The "\EFS" folder in the root directory is responsible for storing your IMEI number. The folder may get messed up when flashing roms or any other thing which results in loss of IMEI which in turn results in "no signals!!". It is hard to recover IMEI once it is lost, sometime you may even need to change the whole motherboard.
But........... do not worry...!! this can be easily resolved by backing up the "EFS" folder.
Head over here, download the tool,backup the folder and keep it safe in your pc
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
7.Exclusive poll section:
Want to know which rom/kernel/modem/etc etc serves us better? These polls will give you to choose the better ones.Polling section will be updated regularly so that we can easily choose among the best available for s3
26/05/2012
1.Which color will you choose for s3?25Samsung Galaxy S3 codes secrets
SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 CODES SECRETS
*#06# Shows IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number
*#0*# LCD Test Menu
Dial the secret code *#0*#. Now you get a screen with title LCD TEST as shown in image and below that you have lots of option to test various hardware parts of your phone such as speaker, sensor, lcd, etc
*#8999*523# LCD Brightness
*#1234# To check Software and Hardware information, PDA, CSC, MODEM (Firmware Version)
*#2222# H/W Version
*#*#4636#*#* user statistics and Phone Info
*#0011# Displays status information for the GSM
*#7780# Factory Reset
*2767*3855# Full factory reset (Don’t dial unless you have problem, it does not ask you to confirm )
*#12580*369# SW & HW Info
#*#8377466# S/W Version & H/W Version
#*2562# Restarts Phone
#*3849# Restarts Phone
#*3851# Restarts Phone
#*3876# Restarts Phone
#*5376# DELETE ALL SMS!!!!
*#197328640# Service Mode
*#0228# Battery status (ADC, RSSI reading)
*#32489# Service mode (Ciphering Info)
*#2255# Call List
#*3888# BLUETOOTH Test mode
#*7828# Task screen
*#5282837# Java Version
*#232337# Bluetooth MAC Adress
*#232331# Bluetooth Test Mode
*#232338# WLAN MAC Address
*#232339# WLAN Test Mode
*#8999*8378# Test Menu
*#0842# Vibra Motor Test Mode
*#0782# Real Time Clock Test
*#0673# Audio Test Mode
*#0*# General Test Mode
*#2263# RF Band Selection / Network modes select
*#9090# Diagnostic ConfiguratioN
*#7284# USB I2C Mode Control
*#872564# USB Logging Control
*#4238378# GCF Configuration
*#0283# Audio Loopback Control
*#1575# GPS Control Menu
*#3214789650# LBS Test Mode
*#745# RIL Dump Menu
*#746# Debug Dump Menu
*#9900# Takes you to System Dump, where Disabling Fast Dormancy gives a boost to your network speed on some networks (both wifi and Gprs), same code to re-enable it
*#44336# Sofware Version Info
*#0289# Melody Test Mode
*#2663# TSP / TSK firmware update
*#03# NAND Flash S/N
*#0589# Light Sensor Test Mode
*#0588# Proximity Sensor Test Mode
*#273283*255*3282*# Data Create Menu
*#273283*255*663282*# Data Create SD Card
*#3282*727336*# Data Usage Status
*#7594# Remap Shutdown to End Call TSK
*#34971539# Camera Firmware Update
*#526# WLAN Engineering Mode
*#528# WLAN Engineering Mode
*#7412365# Camera Firmware Menu
*#07# Test History
*#3214789# GCF Mode Status
*#272886# Auto Answer Selection
*#8736364# OTA Update Menu
*#301279# HSDPA/HSUPA Control Menu
*#7353# Quick Test Menu
*2767*4387264636# Sellout SMS / PCODE view
*#7465625# View Phone Lock Status
*7465625*638*# Configure Network Lock MCC/MNC
#7465625*638*# Insert Network Lock Keycode
*7465625*782*# Configure Network Lock NSP
#7465625*782*# Insert Partitial Network Lock Keycode
*7465625*77*# Insert Network Lock Keycode SP
#7465625*77*# Insert Operator Lock Keycode
*7465625*27*# Insert Network Lock Keycode NSP/CP
#7465625*27*# Insert Content Provider Keycode
*#272*IMEI# then we will get buyer code (For samsung galaxy sIII csc code)
*#*#7780#*#* Factory data reset - Clears Google-account data, system and program settings and installed programs. system will not be deleted, and OEM programs, as well as My Documents (pictures, music, videos)
Note : I have not tested all of above codes23
well i dont want to get on with an argument,but still
sgs3 has the better and faster processor/gpu than htc one x
sgs3 has the better battery(removable) than htc one x
sgs3 has rgb notification led which htc one x don't.
sgs3 has sd card slot which htc one x don't.
sgs3 has better screen in terms of contrast,color and black which htc one x don't.
sgs3 has wolfson audio which htc one x don't.
sgs3 has the better and new camera sensor which htc one x don't. (htc does has a good focal length here though)
sgs3 has smart stay, popup play and many more which htc one x don't.
sgs3 don't have any bootloader issues like HTC.
sgs3 has "hyperglaze" body coating for a smooth feel when compared to "polycorbonate unibody" of htc one x
And to summarise all
Sgs3 will have aggressive pricing policy which makes it cheaper than HTC one X after availability.
Both are masterpiece of the new technology but if something is inferior why not accept it ?
you will understand this only if you see it from a technical point of view (which i expect you wont if you are a fanboy)
so keep your "nothing special" and your htc fan boyism with yourself.16after around 1.7 years on xda fiinally crossed 10000 posts along with 5000 thanksfeels nice :good::good:15guys the print price on 32gb s3 box is Rs39990, so that meanz 36-37 will be the bargain price, now many of u might ask for source, went to bluedart office to collect my courier, there was a huge samsung package i which s3 was packed in seethrough foil and so i hpnd to see the price. the box is diffrent from the international box. it a big one lyk the s2. cheer
and yes even saw 16gb version, was a strange thing cause samsung told they wont be launching that version. anywayz the price was Rs35520/-
