Bad News for S3 Owners

[MI5]

Sorry folks, no more official updates 😞

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/08/samsung-officially-confirms-no-kitkat-for-galaxy-s-iii-gt-i9300-...

[Anonymous]

Thank you for sharing @MI5

So theirs no way of updating these phones at all ?

[Anonymous]

That is unfortunate given the issues that many people had with the 4.3 update. I suspect Samsung don't want a repeat of that debacle

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Thank you for sharing @MI5

So theirs no way of updating these phones at all ?

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Custom ROMs based on KK already available but if you don't want to root and install them yourself that's it, I'm afraid 😞

Obviously O2 would frown upon you for doing this and it would instantly invalidate any warranty with O2.

[goatty2uk]

thats a shame was looking foreward to having kit kat

[Anonymous]

Does the s3 have the Knox counter I thought that was only on later devices couldn't you just flash it back if you need warranty

[MI5]

There is no Knox on the S3 but when you root it will set the device status to "modified" which can be read by a technician before validating any potential warranty work.

[Anonymous]

I thought that could be reset?

[MI5]

Chance to make yourself some money then

[Anonymous]

Obviously not I just thought it could be compliantly returned to stock on the older models