I did the 4.3 update last week when i got a OTA notification.....Biggest mistake

After the update, phone went bongkers! worst part was i didn't backup anything, but luckily enough i manage to get some backup

To make matters worst i couldn't get the phone to connect to my pc, usb or wireless, couldn't access some folders, include my photos

Finally decided to reset back to factory, wiping all data
After the reset phone is back to normal, but painfully have to install back all my programs and some data loss

So for those who have not update the phone, either don't do it or backup ALL of your stuff before you do

I'm going to permanently switch off the software update
Now thinking of rooting my phone.......

Well, i have not had any issues for the past 2/3 updates since i got the phone late 2012, thats why i blindly press the button......buta buta oledi masuk longkang......
Used to backup every month or so, but since early 2013 i somehow lapse, serves me right !!

Well, at least i can advise other users and share my experiences with this updates, and after much searching, the 4.3 is problematic especially OTA, those using kies don't have any issues

Funny thing is that the phone decided to move the pix folder back to the phone although i still had ample memory on the SD card

Am I MISLEADING PEOPLE by telling them to BACJKUP their phones before any updates?

I'm just stating what I experienced, it's up to whoever that wants to believe or take my advise

and I had to learn it the hard way......

wonder why Samsung didn't send out some kind of advisory note for the update or did they and I totally missed it

wow! ......

Yes, compared to 4.1.2 the battery drain is faster,
I made a few changes like switch off wifi, gps, bluetooth had it on all the time previously, but seems to drain the battery alot with the 4.3 version.
Further changes I did is to disable the lock screen effect from ripple effect to none, and in the developer option turn off the animation ( windows scale, transition scale,duration scale) Phone feels faster and battery drain back to almost my normal rate

Welcome. I disabled all 3 options of the animation, and kept the developer options on. If the developer option is switched off, the animation ,all three, will go back to 1x, as for the wifi,bluetooth and gps, switch it on when need to use.
There are other tweaks at the beginning of this thread and some more on the xda-forums.

it's time to get a Nexus!!

haiz.....so sien, don't have that feature.....well, time to search for others.....

did the phone drop a few times? could be possibly a hardware issue if it fell down

hapopen to my old SE P910, droped it a few times, then it started to shutdown by itself randomly, and sometimes just by shaking it ! Diagnose as faulty/ damaged hardware electronics, retired the phone after 4 years plus of ownership.....

Anyone here using a wireless charger for the S3?

Any advise/ tips if I were to get a kit?

try not to extract, if you get a IMG file then you have extracted it twice

try and look at the links by bro calvin

did you do a full factory reset before the upgrade? if not, then possibly there would be some bugs here and there, had the same problem too, mine just froze and hang sometimes even wifi connection failed a few times, but after the factory reset/wipe things got way much better

BTW....where did you get that CJ7...its HUGE!!! , i'm a CJ7 collector too....

Wanna ask those using 64GB SDcard
1. is your phone rooted?
2. which brand and class?
3. exfat or fat32 format
4. any issues so far?



and the golden question, would you like your S3 to have a kitkat on it?

meanwhile we all should have a break ( pun intended)

How is it so far? Would you recommend it to anyone?