I'm sure those of you who frequently follow this thread may remember me.

I sent my phone for 3rd time warranty replacement last month because of entire housing got hairline cracks all over the silver bezel. (previously sent for warranties for same reason over and over again)

Right now, hairline cracks starting to form again all over the silver bezel. 4th time this is happening already

Warranty over liao since last week. Why this isolated incident problem keep happening to me





(Old pic from 2nd time happened, but the crack is exactly at the same place and looks exactly the same)

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 17 2013, 12:27 AM

They just swapped my phone housing with a brand new one.
They just blamed the cracks formed because of the casing that I'm using.

First time it happened, I was using a Rock brand hard plastic casing (frankly it was pretty hard and solid so I believed them)

Second time it happened, I switched to Rock QuickSand casing (I figured it would be better since it was made of much softer soft-touch material. This time I was starting to doubt it's the casing fault)

Third time it happened, I was using a generic no brand thin flimsy plastic casing (which is as flimsy and soft as paper)

This time, I purposely used my phone naked to eliminate all possible casing related causes. Yet it has happened again, for the fourth time even though my phone has been NAKED since the last warranty claim

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I only dropped my phone twice before (both times when my phone was within 2 months old). But neither of those drops caused any cracking. Since then I have been very careful not to drop my phone or cause any impact to the phone (so far haven't drop it anymore since then )
The first crack only appeared when my phone was approximately 5 months old.

Feel like sending an official complaint, but I doubt they will do anything since it's not covered under warranty as it is an exterior damage. The 3 times that I managed to claim warranty was because the people at the service centre were helpful and kind. They helped me claim under warranty even though the T&C said otherwise.

In that respect, kudos to Samsung service centre for having excellent customer service

I don't blame Samsung as I seem to be one of the only people who constantly face this problem over and over again.

Just bad luck I guess

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 17 2013, 02:40 AM

double-post

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 17 2013, 02:39 AM

I wish it was that easy

I usually put it in my front right pocket of my pants

a more stable 4.2.2 leak for S3?

you mean multiwindow all apps for 4.1.2?

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 20 2013, 02:07 PM

any differences between new 4.2.2 leak and old 4.2.2 leak?

Went to harvey norman this afternoon and saw the Galaxy Mega 6.3"

Our phone is totally a midget compared to it

Looks like 6"+ is the new ideal size for me

Well we buy the S3 because not only we're buying the phone, we're also buying for touchwiz.

Different people have different tastes. I myself like the style of stock android, but I do appreciate the functionalities that touchwiz provides (for example, able to custom arrange app drawer icons).
4.2.2 is just an improved version of touchwiz that provides useful features for example like lockscreen widgets that I appreciate. Plus some extra novelty features such as the S4-inspired light flare style lockscreen effect.

Of course, AOSP will provide the more up-to-date version of android for S3 when samsung decides to stop pushing updates for the S3. That's only when I will probably jump over to AOSP. But for now, I think touchwiz's functionalities and novelty features are pretty neat, even though not all of them are particularly useful.

The way you're phrasing your opinion is as if we're all freaks for using touchwiz and only AOSP is the best.

Like i said, different people have different tastes

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 23 2013, 12:05 AM

Imagine how the iPhone 5 will look beside the Mega 6.3

rm1.6k

compared to note 2, it's actually very similar in specs, just a little bit of tradeoffs here and there

Processor = Mega 6.3 Better (judging from benchmark scores)
RAM = Mega 6.3 has 1.5GB, Note 2 has 2GB
Screen type = Mega 6.3 is SuperLCD, Note 2 is AMOLED
Screen Resolution = both 720p
Camera = Both phones use the same cameras and optics (according to PhoneArena)

Mega 6.3 has 4G LTE as standard.

Note 2 has S-pen (not sure if note 2 has 4G LTE as standard or not though)

In conclusion, i guess for the price you're paying for either handsets, it's just a matter of what features you want

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 23 2013, 07:39 PM

downloading new 4.2.2 leak now. Plan to flash it with odin without wiping.
Currently on old 4.2.2 leak.

Hopefully all goes well

This post has been edited by YouDontKnowMyName: Jun 23 2013, 07:41 PM

I just flashed to new 4.2.2 leak via odin, somehow everything in my phone was wiped automatically

not sure about that. currently busy re-setting up my phone again . totally didn't expect this

too soon to tell any difference for now. Just make sure you backup your stuff first in case your phone wipes itself like mine did

after it happened to me, i recalled reading something like that somewhere too. luckily no imporant data inside my phone. only apps

restart pc?

i didn't think there was gonna be an automatic wipe, so no i didn't backup anything

luckily i dont keep any imporant documents or media in my phone's memory.

only the apps gone. At least apps still can redownload easily

One thing i realised between old 4.2.2 leak and new 4.2.2 leak.

The new 4.2.2 leak doesn't have the camera lockscreen widget anymore.
(swipe right to activate camera lockscreen widget)