just wanna check if anyone else is having this alarm clock problem that is still affecting my wife's S3.

the problem, in summary:
* alarm clock does not ring
* blocking mode set but alarm is allowed
* phone is in silent/ vibrate mode but alarm volume is OK
* stock ROM -- factory wipe also still same thing
* restart phone will normally fix this problem for a few days
* sometimes, it gets really bad to the point even incoming calls dun ring (when the vibrate/ silent mode is disabled and outside the block hours)

a quick check on XDA shows some others have reported something similar...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185515
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread...=1981575&page=4 (this one is similar, though its Note2 thread)

weird... my wife's s3 build number ends with I9300XXEMA2

got the update prompt last night. hopefully this fixes the alarm bug. another weird thing... firmware dun even mention anything like performance improvement, stability, etc... just say sth like got update... install?

Samsung should look at Asus... Asus details their changes on their website.

hi benny888, thanks for the info...

now this is stupid... this firmware only got OTA to my wife's phone last night... and there's supposed to be an even newer one... this Samsung really...