Not that happy with my S3

[ArtGamble711]

I have had the phone for a few weeks. I came from a blackberry. I am using Verizon

Phone drops calls A LOT. I don't think my blackberry ever dropped a call and this phone has probably droped 40% of my calls

S voice is terrible. It can never understand me while the google voice understands me all the time.

Email keeps freezing up.

I have spent over 4 hours with level 3 tech support. They told me I had to do a factory reset...a huge pain, but I still have a lot of the problems.

Does anybody else expierience these problems?

[Ozzzy3z]

I have had the phone for a few weeks. I came from a blackberry. I am using Verizon

Phone drops calls A LOT. I don't think my blackberry ever dropped a call and this phone has probably droped 40% of my calls

S voice is terrible. It can never understand me while the google voice understands me all the time.

Email keeps freezing up.

I have spent over 4 hours with level 3 tech support. They told me I had to do a factory reset...a huge pain, but I still have a lot of the problems.

Does anybody else expierience these problems?

I'm sorry you are having these issues. I have had mine for about a month and wouldn't give it up for any other device. Mine has been great. Not a single dropped call and better signal strength than my Droid X. My email has worked flawlessly.

This phone is my favorite piece of technology I have ever owned and I spend way too much on electronics.

[tjk629]

See about getting a replacement. You may have gotten a dud.

[LifeIsABeach]

As for S-Voice many have switched to using Google Voice instead (that is the good thing about Android - you have choices). S-Voice feels more like a beta and is not ready for prime time.

[JFrawls]

S-Voice has been utter and complete crap for me to use... it never understands me, or just can't answer the question. I was playing with the google voice search on my Xoom that updated to 4.1.1 and it was far better.

[frank_drebin1]

I'm sorry you are having these issues. I have had mine for about a month and wouldn't give it up for any other device. Mine has been great. Not a single dropped call and better signal strength than my Droid X. My email has worked flawlessly.

This phone is my favorite piece of technology I have ever owned and I spend way too much on electronics.

+1

I'm also coming from a X and love the S3. I haven't had any of the problems you are having. Try talking to tech support about a potential lemon and see if they'll replace it.

S voice is kinda pathetic though. I'm sure Samsung is working on improving it. Be patient with it and see where Samsung takes it.

[ArtGamble711]

I did call Verizon last night nd I will have a new S3 here later today. It will be a pain to get it all set up again, but hopefully worth it.

How do I use the google voice instead of S voice?

[DroidBoardr]

I did call Verizon last night nd I will have a new S3 here later today. It will be a pain to get it all set up again, but hopefully worth it.

How do I use the google voice instead of S voice?

I use GoLauncher, and used the google search bar widget. Go launcher allows you th change the size of the widget, so i shrank it so all i see is a microphone. I would like to have put it in the bottom row, but since it is a widget it wont allow that, and there doesn't seem to be an app for google voice search. But this works for me.


S-Voice is worthless unless you are in a silent room.

[cgull]

Also came fro BB. No issues here other than wishing they would fix the LED quickly. I am rooted and running synergy ROM. Zero issues with drops or coverage. One thing about android to understand if your coming from another platform is that using TB to freeze bloatware and stuff you don't use greatly improves the phone. If your savvy enough its a must. Roms even go further to enhance the experience.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

[Jake Benson]

Is there a way to make Google Voice the default microphone? Whenever I use my bluetooth and say, "Call so and so", S voice does the operation. Half the time it does't work. Also, I can't keep it voice enabled, it keeps reverting to text which is annoying as I don't know who the damn thing called until someone answers. When its voice enabled, it will repeat back what you say, Such as "calling home."