• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Will VZ S3 get kit kat?

Just updated here about an hour ago. Not sure what I should be looking for. Seems a bit quicker . Hope the battery life is better, was starting to suck.

Battery life is even worse on 4.4.2, and the notification tray is slower and reponds less.

I just checked and got the update too.

You did a mistake buddy :/
 
Upvote 0
Battery life is even worse on 4.4.2, and the notification tray is slower and reponds less.



You did a mistake buddy :/

I think I did make a mistake. Now I can't save, move, or copy anything to or from my external SD card. When I try, I get a message saying that 4.4 is unable to modify contents of sd card due to Google policy. WTF!!?
 
Upvote 0
I think I did make a mistake. Now I can't save, move, or copy anything to or from my external SD card. When I try, I get a message saying that 4.4 is unable to modify contents of sd card due to Google policy. WTF!!?

This is my biggest fear! I do all of the above on a daily basis...without the ability to do just that...move, copy and modify the content on my SD card...I am having a hard time imagining using my beloved device! Old school...logical (seems normal to do these things)...or am I just cranky when it comes to adjusting to change? I am not looking forward to this update.
 
Upvote 0
This is my biggest fear! I do all of the above on a daily basis...without the ability to do just that...move, copy and modify the content on my SD card...I am having a hard time imagining using my beloved device! Old school...logical (seems normal to do these things)...or am I just cranky when it comes to adjusting to change? I am not looking forward to this update.
Yeah, me too. Wish I didn't update. Makes my SD card useless. Can't even delete any files from it. Epic fail Google!
 
Upvote 0
I think I did make a mistake. Now I can't save, move, or copy anything to or from my external SD card. When I try, I get a message saying that 4.4 is unable to modify contents of sd card due to Google policy. WTF!!?

Good thing I don't use an SD card XD

Hopefully Samsung will bring 4.4.3 to GS3 as they are with galaxy S4 and S5 and Note 3.

I'm on Verizon and just updated. Only problem is now I got no color on the battery bar and my wifi doesn't show color either. Just like white. Other than that it seems normal and working fine.

That's normal, I don't like it but it's normal....

It most likely will not get past 4.1.2

Every Galaxy S3 out there with at least 2 GB of ram has Kitkat and all the 1 gig models have 4.3.... lol.
 
Upvote 0
so far I can move pictures from the phone to the card without issue.

I can also. Not sure why other people can't

What I don't like is the way you have to activate the GPS. What used to take one step to active (via pulldown toggles) now takes 2 steps.

I swear...everytime google updates something it's a step backwards. My next phone will not be an android phone.
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones