Received my replacement phone from ATT yesterday. Was having problems with my old S3 with it not fully charging, battery wouldn't last longer than 5-6 hours with barely using it. Among some other issues. Talked with ATT and the service guy got in my phone and was doing some test and determined to just send me a new one with what he had found.
So as I said, received my new one last night. Backed up the old phone and installed it onto the new. Didn't get a chance to download any apps other than one or two. And headed to bed for the night. Put the phone on the charger as I always do (wall charger) and when I woke up in the morning it still wasn't fully charged. So, I left for work and threw it on the car charger, it went from around 85% to 90%. When we left the shop where I work, to go to the job site, I put the phone on the charger again to see if I could get it to fully charge. And left it on til around 930. The last I had looked the phone was up to 95%, and then when I got it off the charger it was back down to 85%. Took it off the charger and it actually said it went up to 88% after it was unplugged (not instantly). So I thought the hell with it. I'll use it like I usually do and see what happens. Well as I type this at 7pm, the new phone is already shut off dead. And before calling ATT I have bought a replacement battery because I thought it was the battery causing my issues. And the new battery didn't change anything. So now I have it on the charger again with it turned off to see what happens.
That was one issue I'm having, the second thing I've been noticing is in my text messages. I'll send a text, and I'll get a reply from that person, and their reply will show up in the message above my original message. Example, I'll ask a question, and the answer will show above my question in the message window.
Not sure what the deal here is. But I know when I called last week, the service guy I spoke with said I only had 17 days left on the warranty for the phone, and I wanna make sure this new phone is ok before I send out the old one.
EDIT: another thing I was thinking of, but not sure it would fix anything. I know the service guy I spoke with said that 4.3 was officially released now, and the old phone said I was up to date, but this new replacement keeps popping up theres an update available. Yet I can only do it via Kies cause I don't have wifi, unless I go somewhere that has it (Mcdonalds), and Kies says both phones are up to date. So not sure what's going on there either. But I wasn't sure if downloading the update would help
So as I said, received my new one last night. Backed up the old phone and installed it onto the new. Didn't get a chance to download any apps other than one or two. And headed to bed for the night. Put the phone on the charger as I always do (wall charger) and when I woke up in the morning it still wasn't fully charged. So, I left for work and threw it on the car charger, it went from around 85% to 90%. When we left the shop where I work, to go to the job site, I put the phone on the charger again to see if I could get it to fully charge. And left it on til around 930. The last I had looked the phone was up to 95%, and then when I got it off the charger it was back down to 85%. Took it off the charger and it actually said it went up to 88% after it was unplugged (not instantly). So I thought the hell with it. I'll use it like I usually do and see what happens. Well as I type this at 7pm, the new phone is already shut off dead. And before calling ATT I have bought a replacement battery because I thought it was the battery causing my issues. And the new battery didn't change anything. So now I have it on the charger again with it turned off to see what happens.
That was one issue I'm having, the second thing I've been noticing is in my text messages. I'll send a text, and I'll get a reply from that person, and their reply will show up in the message above my original message. Example, I'll ask a question, and the answer will show above my question in the message window.
Not sure what the deal here is. But I know when I called last week, the service guy I spoke with said I only had 17 days left on the warranty for the phone, and I wanna make sure this new phone is ok before I send out the old one.
EDIT: another thing I was thinking of, but not sure it would fix anything. I know the service guy I spoke with said that 4.3 was officially released now, and the old phone said I was up to date, but this new replacement keeps popping up theres an update available. Yet I can only do it via Kies cause I don't have wifi, unless I go somewhere that has it (Mcdonalds), and Kies says both phones are up to date. So not sure what's going on there either. But I wasn't sure if downloading the update would help