Samsung Galaxy S III getting OTA update for Exynos exploit plus more
Today we’re hearing Samsung is pushing a bug fix update out to their Galaxy S III inside the UK. Back inside December a possibly big problem was noticed inside various of Samsung’s smartphones plus favored equipment like the Galaxy S III, Note II, plus countless others. The problem was found inside the Exynos 4 processor kernel basically offering programmers, hackers, plus possibly malware jerks full access to the device with ease.

That isn’t all either. Earlier this week you reported about a “sudden death” bug where certain Galaxy S III smartphones main-boards were completely failing plus damaging the whole device. OK, thus these issues are minor about a mass level plus don’t impact people, however, items are a bit of the hot mess here. It looks like both are being fixed shortly.
According to numerous reports from XDA and also the people from Android Police Samsung has issued a rapid software update (nonetheless four.1.2 Jelly Bean) for the UK Galaxy S III which brings numerous changes. While you don’t have a changelog it was confirmed which the Exynos kernel exploit has been patched plus could no longer pose a issue. Then reports are additionally declaring there’s a fix for the mainboard problem yet which can’t be confirmed.
Along with these 2 bigger issues, Samsung’s furthermore repairing a limited minor issues plus safety patches because a routine update. The build date is indexed because December 22nd, thus it’s a very new build for the GS III, plus is accessible today OTA or from Samsung Kies because normal. Those global UK consumers feel free to check for changes plus allow you understand in the event you see any changes.
Device Name : Galaxy S III
Manufactuer : Samsung
Carrier : NA
Announced Date : May 03, 2012
Release Date : May 29, 2012
Also Known As : The Next Galaxy, SGSIII
- Screen Size : four.8 Inch
- Resolution : 720×1280
- Screen Type : Super AMOLED HD
- Height : 5.37 Inch
- Width : 2.77 Inch
- Depth : 0.33 Inch
- Weight : 133 Grams
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 2100 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : NA
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- AMR
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
CPU : Exynos 4 Quad
CPU Clock Speed : 1400 Mhz
Core : 4
Ram : 1024 MB
Internal Storage : 32 GB
Camera Resolution : 8 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- MicroSDHC
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- 1080p Video Recording
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- A2DP
- Bluetooth four.0
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
[via Sam Mobile]
