[slide83]

Pics? Not purple?

Back at work so I can't really post pics, but it doesn't look purple to me. It looks really high end and when I told a co-worker it was plastic he was shocked. He thought it was brushed metal.

[bmidd]

I got my 16GB blue one about two hours ago. The color looks great and I just slipped my GNex's SIM card in and it activated with no problems.

The reception dbm numbers seems about the same as my GNex but speedtest shows the speed as much much faster.

I thought the S3 uses a microSim and the Gnex doesn't? How did you use your Gnex sSIM in a micro Sim slot? physically won't fit.

[slide83]

I thought the S3 uses a microSim and the Gnex doesn't? How did you use your Gnex sSIM in a micro Sim slot? physically won't fit.

Both are microSIM. It fit perfect.

[Heath276]

I thought the S3 uses a microSim and the Gnex doesn't? How did you use your Gnex sSIM in a micro Sim slot? physically won't fit.

The gnex uses a micro sim.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[viper8u2]

I got my 16GB blue one about two hours ago. The color looks great and I just slipped my GNex's SIM card in and it activated with no problems.

The reception dbm numbers seems about the same as my GNex but speedtest shows the speed as much much faster.

This is what I am interested in. I had a GNEX and sold it because the signal sucked. I dropped calls like crazy and the signal showed 120 at my house. I am hoping they changed the antenna in the GS3. I was on a fringe area of 4g though.

My Rezound and Tjhunderbolt are around 90-100

Do you still have your GNEX to compare?

If its the same I will be selling mine the same day

[slide83]

This is what I am interested in. I had a GNEX and sold it because the signal sucked. I dropped calls like crazy and the signal showed 120 at my house. I am hoping they changed the antenna in the GS3. I was on a fringe area of 4g though.

My Rezound and Tjhunderbolt are around 90-100

Do you still have your GNEX to compare?

If its the same I will be selling mine the same day

Yeah, but I took the SIM card out so I can't compare directly.

Last night, the signal upstairs at my house on my GNex was: -100 dbm 1asu

Today, the signal at the same place in my house on the SG3 is: -109dbm 31asu

Not sure what the asu readings mean, but I know 109 is worse than 100....

[TallyHo]

Yeah, but I took the SIM card out so I can't compare directly.

Last night, the signal upstairs at my house on my GNex was: -100 dbm 1asu

Today, the signal at the same place in my house on the SG3 is: -109dbm 31asu

Not sure what the asu readings mean, but I know 109 is worse than 100....

Sounds like you are in a fringe area to begin with. Tough to compare.

Plus a -100 dbm and 1asu makes no sense at all......it should be 40

[slide83]

I'm getting much faster speeds on speedtest over 4G though. I was at around 3-4 meg down with my Gnex at home, with the SG3 I get 12 meg down.

[viper8u2]

Yeah, but I took the SIM card out so I can't compare directly.

Last night, the signal upstairs at my house on my GNex was: -100 dbm 1asu

Today, the signal at the same place in my house on the SG3 is: -109dbm 31asu

Not sure what the asu readings mean, but I know 109 is worse than 100....

Thanks for the info and reply, that's what I was afraid of but will see for myself when it arrives next week.

[CVisk]

If you go to System Settings-->About Phone-->Network how many dBm are you getting compared to your old phone?

My X is at -79. What is a good number, higher or lower. Hoping the S3 is better as soon as it arrives as I patiently wait for Fed Ex.

[TallyHo]

My X is at -79. What is a good number, higher or lower. Hoping the S3 is better as soon as it arrives as I patiently wait for Fed Ex.

Higher is better. Keep in mind dbm is a negative number, so your -79 is better than -100

[tmax1964]

VZW has told me that Samsung has not released the ESN's to Verizon.

Make a long story short... no activation until Sammy says so. Could be all the way until the 9th.

If this is true... this is a disaster of EPIC proportions for Verizon.

It almost too funny to be true.

if that is true, ow does the 14day return policy work. I thought the 14 days starts the day you receive the phone not acivate the phone...

[Dunbar42]

Who are VZW kidding with VZ Navigator. Does anyone seriously use that still?

I wondered the same thing, especially on Android with a free native turn-by-turn GPS app. I think my flip phone RAZR from 2005 had that crap installed on it

[Kalnel]

I wondered the same thing, especially on Android with a free native turn-by-turn GPS app. I think my flip phone RAZR from 2005 had that crap installed on it

I used it until about a year ago. For some reason, it worked with my car BT device, while Google Nav didn't. It's not a bad program -- the graphics are actually quite good -- but it's not worth paying for.

I'm eagerly awaiting my SIII -- no word yet -- to see how the GPS is. The one on the Fascinate is slow to lock and no especially accurate unless I'm on the open road. I read someplace that this device can also use the GLOSNASS satellites, although I'm not sure if that applies only to Europe.

(Do Russian satellites even fly over North America?)

[youngdrake]

Who are VZW kidding with VZ Navigator. Does anyone seriously use that still?

Sent from my DROIDX using Android Central Forums

Lol, my mom and brother use it on their iPhones. That will probably change though when the new maps software comes out. What they had on there before vz nav was god awful.

[biff6789]

I used it until about a year ago. For some reason, it worked with my car BT device, while Google Nav didn't. It's not a bad program -- the graphics are actually quite good -- but it's not worth paying for.

I'm eagerly awaiting my SIII -- no word yet -- to see how the GPS is. The one on the Fascinate is slow to lock and no especially accurate unless I'm on the open road. I read someplace that this device can also use the GLOSNASS satellites, although I'm not sure if that applies only to Europe.

(Do Russian satellites even fly over North America?)

Someone over on XDA with a North American variant shows that it does indeed use both GPS and GLONASS:



You can see in his pic that he is connecting with satellites 65-88, which are the russian GLONASS satellites

Also, to answer your last question, yes they do fly over North America. A navigation satellite system would be worthless if it didn't cover the globe in a perfectly symmetrical pattern:

[work4crown]

Bullfrog1337, did you ever get Google Voice working? I saw there were some threads online where AT&T customers were also having trouble getting Google Voice to work with the AT&T S3.

I use GV alot (instead of text messaging through Verizon) and I would be sad if this didn't work any more.

[Bullfrog1337]

Bullfrog1337, did you ever get Google Voice working? I saw there were some threads online where AT&T customers were also having trouble getting Google Voice to work with the AT&T S3.

I use GV alot (instead of text messaging through Verizon) and I would be sad if this didn't work any more.

Nope, no luck yet.
I get this message....

Unfortunately your network carrier is currently not supported for automatic voicemail configuration.

I'll play with it more tonight.



I have not tested the text function. I was more concerned with the Voicemail. I'll check it in a few.


EDIT: Yes google voice texting works. Voicemail does not

[Morlince]

I would be interested to know if the NFC works on Verizon. That was a big complaint i had on the original Nexus since the NFC chip was disabled.

I am really hoping they didnt do it to this one too.

[kmk5976]

I got that same message when setting up google voice on my razr, however if you tap the configure button on that screen it will ask you if you want to use your carrier voicemail or google voice, click on google voice, the next screen will again tell you that auto config is not supported. When I click ok on that screen it takes me to my google voice inbox and it appears that everything is in working order. Give it a try, hopefully it will work for us on the g3

[Crispy]

I would be interested to know if the NFC works on Verizon. That was a big complaint i had on the original Nexus since the NFC chip was disabled.

I am really hoping they didnt do it to this one too.

NFC should be present as its required for S-Beam.

[blackmannx#AC]

Auto gvoice setup isn't going to work with Verizon. Manual is easy just forward using *71..

[biff6789]

Auto gvoice setup isn't going to work with Verizon. Manual is easy just forward using *71..

Pssh, like you know how Verizon's network works...

Nice to see you around, Mr. Panda

[Kalnel]

You can see in his pic that he is connecting with satellites 65-88, which are the russian GLONASS satellites

Also, to answer your last question, yes they do fly over North America. A navigation satellite system would be worthless if it didn't cover the globe in a perfectly symmetrical pattern:

Thanks for the info. I thought most navigation satellites were geostationary communications satellites, so I assumed the GLONASS satellites stayed over Russia.

Cool stuff, but another time -- don't mean to thread jump. :-)

[Dunbar42]

I used it until about a year ago. For some reason, it worked with my car BT device, while Google Nav didn't. It's not a bad program -- the graphics are actually quite good -- but it's not worth paying for.

Definitely not worth paying $3/day, $5/week or $10/month which is what Verizon charges for it according to a google search. Especially when there are so many good pay GPS apps out there that charge considerably less.