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POSITIVE reviews of the 4.3 update

funkylogik

funkylogik

share the love peeps ;)
So i cant comment because i stopped using samsung's OS a while ago but im sick of seeing new members come on here and get the impression that samsung's 4.3 update for the s3 is bad.
Other than the fact that it seems to have made things harder for people who want to wifi tether when their carrier wants to charge them for it, is there anyone here having bugs in the firmware and have you done a factory reset to fix it?
What ive read from people who have took the update and cleaned their phone up is that its a good update and makes the phone smoother as well as adding new features.
I just dont want people feeling that they should stay on android 4.1.2 when their phone is more than capable of running 4.4.2 extremely well so i want some positive feedback for samsung's 4.3 :)
Cheers :beer:
 
It does seem like a good update to me. Seems smoother and more shiny (the ui just seems more crisp). I also like the transparent notification bar on the home screen

The only issue I have is occasionally, there is a blip when listening to music, but not to noticeable
 
Using the stock Samsung music player, I seem to get on well with that. Tried other like Google music and others, but couldn't gel with them ... probably as used to Samsung player
 
Verizon's version, albeit last to the party, seems to be good. I've been running it since it was released to the masses mid December and it seems to manage apps a lot better. I was to the point of using App Cache Cleaner about weekly to minimize the lagginess with 4.2, but 4.3 hasn't shown that need.

No more WiFi "bar" taking up space in the notification drop down. It's in the toggles where it's supposed to be... That in itself was enough to convince me! :D
 
It's improved my battery life significantly to the point where I don't even really worry about it anymore when I used to always be conscious of it.

However, it also made my phone feel like it's responding half a step slower than it used to, even after a factory reset. I'm a little more used to it by now, but it's still something I get annoyed at and resent Samsung seemingly rushing 4.3 just to get Gear compatibility to a lot of phones.

BTW, unrooted stock. Looking into rooting but now with Knox have to keep the warranty in mind.
 
I have had 0 issues on the 4.3 update.
It improved battery life by about 15%, jumped my quadrant score by 150 points, fixed a data connection issue I had, put my toggles in logical places and improved the s voice and google now functionality.

Oh, and I did no factory reset upon update. Though the phone was only used for a day before being updated.
 
The 4.3 update has worked out pretty well on my S3 (Sprint). Aside from some minor menu changes in 'Settings' and some slight cosmetic improvements I can't really say it made a huge difference for me, at least for the things I need from my phone -- battery life is about the same as when I was on 4.1.2, functionally it's just as stable as before, and all the apps I relied on before still worked fine after the upgrade.
I've noticed a slight hesitation when I 'wake' my phone with the swipe that wasn't there before but that's just nit-picking. (And using something like PIN when I'm outside the house I can't notice any hesitation.) Looking forward to more development and progress in the KNOX feature that was added with 4.3 since I use my phone a lot in various work situations.
 
Im a big fan of PowerAmp music player. It was actually the first payed app i bought :) you can increase the audio buffer to stop any jumps/stutters.

Thats a shame that people are noticing lag. Touchwiz rom is known for lag and the more features samsung add, the laggier it gets but 4.3 introduced "trim" which should keep the phone more snappy, especally over time when you add more apps.
Rooting 4.3 touchwiz has its problems. as KOAM says. I think even the Verizon version can be rooted but as soon as you put any 3rd party firmware on there, your guarantee is supposedly void and you now cant hide the fact that you did it like you could before 4.3.
Theres some very clever devs making progress with that though and theres a huge cash reward for the person who cracks it :)

P.s, to the people noticing lag and audio stutters, are you using powersave mode?
 
I did have a couple of small issues with my phone after upgrade. The worst being that callers could not hear me for a few seconds after I answered. I did a factory reset a couple of days ago and it works great. My battery life is significantly better. I now get 18 hours and that is after playing games, txting, web surfing, and reading a book on my phone.:)
 
Since upgrading my ROM (custom but stock based) is very close to perfect. I have combined I with a custom kernel and get great battery life and good responsiveness. The UI is much more usable and less confusing than the 4.1.2 version was. Only fly in the ointment is the delay of the screen turning back on after a call is finished - it stays off for around 5-8 seconds. Other than that everything seems very good.
 
I haven't experienced any issues with the 4.3 update, phone is faster and some of the bloatware from the previous version has been removed. Of course now you can put apps on the SD card which is a huge plus in my book. Updated drivers is the reason the display seems more crisp and clear for the user that mentioned it in a few posts above.
 
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