{"id":10650,"date":"2013-05-21T22:46:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=10650"},"modified":"2013-05-21T22:46:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T17:16:13","slug":"galaxy-s3-retrieves-s4-based-features-via-firmware-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/galaxy-s3-retrieves-s4-based-features-via-firmware-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy S3 Retrieves S4 Based Features Via Firmware Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a Samsung Galaxy S3 owner? You can get ready for a major update soon. \u00a0In addition, you are going to get <a title=\"Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in India at Rs.41,500\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-galaxy-s4-price-in-india-and-online-deals\/\">Galaxy S4<\/a> features via this update. There is no official word from Samsung Mobiles yet and this is a leaked firmware update. We have to believe these words because Samsung Mobiles used to release firmware updates for older devices that would bring new features to it. The most appropriate example is the release of <a title=\"Premium Suite Upgrade is ready for Samsung Galaxy S3\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/premium-suite-upgrade-is-ready-for-samsung-galaxy-s3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Premium firmware update released<\/a> for Samsung Galaxy Note, which comprised many features of Note II. At that time, it was easy to buy a Galaxy Note and to update the firmware than buying a <a title=\"Samsung introduced All new Samsung Galaxy Note 2\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-introduced-all-new-samsung-galaxy-note-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Note II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What Samsung Mobile has done is just like the above case. By installing the Jelly Bean firmware v4.2.2, S3 owners are going to get some awesome<a title=\"Samsung Galaxy S4 launched globally\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-galaxy-s4-price-in-india-and-specs\/\" target=\"_blank\"> features of Samsung Galaxy S4<\/a>. Reports say that Samsung Mobile is still developing the version 4.2.2 and will be released for S3 devices in the coming June. The features that you will be getting through 4.2.2 update will be as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean<\/li>\n<li>S4 Lock Screen<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Widgets , Two Way Unlock Effects<\/li>\n<li>Improved Ripple effects, Changeable Clock Size, Ability to set Personal Message<\/li>\n<li>Screen Modes from S4; Professional Photo &amp; Adapt Display<\/li>\n<li>Driving Mode<\/li>\n<li>Actionable Notifications<\/li>\n<li>Entirely New Settings User Interface including Tabbed Interface resembling Galaxy S4<\/li>\n<li>Voice Controls: The major feature in Galaxy S4 is available for S3 users. Now users can do various stuff in the device by means of voice commands<\/li>\n<li>Full Screen Samsung Applications<\/li>\n<li>Daydream<\/li>\n<li>S-Voice feature from Galaxy S4<\/li>\n<li>Smart Switch Widget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The key features of the update are quite impressive. In addition, it will force every S3 user to update to the new firmware as they can get S4 feature in their device. The firmware is leaked and you can get it along with instructions from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/2013\/05\/20\/exclusive-i9300xxufme3-android-4-2-2-jelly-bean-leaked-firmware-for-the-galaxy-s-iii\/\">Sammobile.com<\/a>. The website adds some warnings about the update and you should be very careful because installing it. However, if you want your Smartphone experience a bit dangerously, you can go straight and install the update even before the official announcement. Though majority of S4 features are included in the device, the update lacks some headline features like Air View, and it is just because of that these features require the hardware abilities of Samsung Galaxy S4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Samsung Galaxy S4 Best online deals for May 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-galaxy-s4-best-online-deals-for-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy S4 Best online deals for May 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through the leak, we could just determine that Samsung Mobiles is going to put the next contradiction in buying Smartphone. We will have to doubt whether it is a clever decision to buy Samsung Galaxy S4 than buying S3 and updating its firmware. When the official firmware is released, it would make way for more confusion in user community for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a Samsung Galaxy S3 owner? You can get ready for a major update soon. \u00a0In addition, you are going to get Galaxy S4 features via this update. There is no official word from Samsung Mobiles yet and this is a leaked firmware update. We have to believe these words because Samsung Mobiles used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":10707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[269,104],"class_list":["post-10650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-mobiles","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}