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    Root [International] How to get other country's OTA?

    Here's the situation: I live in Israel and because carriers here we very slow on launching 4.3 for the s3 I decided to do "something" in my phone so that I started received OTA updates from the UK, and that's how I upgraded to 4.3. I basically made it so the phone thought that it's in the UK...
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    Update to stock 4.3 without increase flash counter?

    Hey, I currently have a 4.1.2 stock official firmware S3, but since my carrier takes forever to release the 4.3 update I'm considering using another country's official firmware from sammobile and updating with odin. If I download the firmware from sammobile and flash it with odin will that...
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    How often should I replace the screen protector?

    Hey I was just wondering if I should replace my screen protector because I've had it on the phone for around 5 months now, the reason i didn't replace it yet is because it was put perfectly and there are no scratches, it's not peeling off and there are no bubbles. Does leaving a screen...
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    Help Portable Wifi hotspot not working

    Hey, I tried to enable portable wifi hotspot on my s3, on the phone it shows that it's working but my computers can't detect the network. The problem isn't in the computers because if i use wifi hotspot on a s2 the pcs can find the network. Usb tethering on the other hand works just fine, i can...
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    Root [International] How to update to 4.1.2?

    Hey, i have a galaxy s3 and i don't know how to update it from 4.1.1to 4.1.2. I tried wireless update from the phone but it says that the phone status is modified and therefore i can't update it. I downloaded kies but it says "Your device's current firmware version is not supported to...
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    Help A concern about the touch screen

    Hey I don't usually play games on my phone but recently I started playing gameboy games using an emulator, and while playing, i'm usually only pressing 2 buttons but very repeatedly (the A and B buttons). For those of you that are familiar with pokemon games you know how often you have to...
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    Help Can't detect Wifi hotspot

    Hey, I tried to use my S3 as a wifi hotspot for the first time. I turn off wifi, turn on 3g and turn on wifi hotspot but i can't detect the hotspot on my computer and laptop. Do I need a special app for this or something? why is it not showing up? tried changing the network's name but it still...
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    How to add display and input languages?

    Hey, I've just flashed my S2 with a stock unbranded UK firmware but it doesn't have the languages that I want. How do I add additional display languages and input languages for the default samsung keyboard? I don't wanna use a different keyboard because I usually use more than 1 language so...
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    How to remove carrier stuff from the GS2

    Hey. I just bought a GS2, it's running 4.0.3 and it's my first android device. I'm wondering how to remove the carrier icons and logos from the settings. Is there any simple way to remove it? And while I'm here, the app screen shows the apps in a list, how do I show them in icons view...