Samsung Galaxy SIII - Jelly Bean update

[Abs]

Update 22/10, 8:00:

Samsung has confirmed the Jelly Bean update is now available.

Update 20/10:

As you might have noticed, this hasn't gone live yet. We were expecting it to on Friday and are working with Samsung to figure out what went wrong and will update ASAP. 

Original message:

Hey Guys,

Good news! The wait time is almost over for Samsung Galaxy SIII users. From tomorrow, 19th October '12, you'll be be able to upgrade to the much awaited 4.1 Jelly Bean update over Wi-Fi or via Kies.

If you have activated the 'auto-update' feature from out of box, you will be prompted to download the 4.1 Jelly Bean update.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

my csc is 19300oxablg8

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Your phone is an unbranded one, you will get an official update from Samsung later on this week. You could always flash it after downloading from Sammobile

[Anonymous]

I didnt know my phone was sim free, oh well no JB for me...........yet.

[sN1pz0r]

My S3 says it's available for update. But my battery is really low. Shall I go ahead with the update or wait til it charges?? I'm so tempted XD

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

my " Software Update " is now saying * Access to the software update service is provided to users in the order in which they request it. * Does this mean i'm in the queue for the update ?

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@Same for me, @ work so no Kies available until later tonight.

[sN1pz0r]

Yeah it says same for me on my phone. But on Kies it lets you download straight away.

[Anonymous]

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@sN1pz0r wrote:

My S3 says it's available for update. But my battery is really low. Shall I go ahead with the update or wait til it charges?? I'm so tempted XD

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Depends on how low your battery is. If it cuts out mid update, you could brick the phone.

[sN1pz0r]

Well, When I pull it off charge it gives me a warning that my battery needs charging. I should have done this overnight. 😕

Anyway, does anyone know what the actual updates are, like a list of things that have been changed?

[Anonymous]

Changelog for general 4.1 - http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

Although specifics of the GS3 4.1 Variant i'm unaware of.

I like the "butter" feel lol. 

[MI5]

The biggest impact is the removal of Flash Support by Adobe. You will only get flash now if you sideload the .apk or view websites with HTML5 support....

[Anonymous]

Uninstalling Kies and all related DATA and then reinstalling has worked.. update in progress