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Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S3 gets Android 4.1.2 update

by Bams Sadewo on March 6, 2013 3:04 am

Samsung Galaxy S3

Three months after Android 4.1 came to Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S3, the carrier is now rolling out a newer version of Jelly Bean to the phone, a different build than the one that leaked in early February.

You should be getting an OTA update soon — if you're lucky — that will bring your Galaxy S3 to Android 4.1.2. The VRBMB1 build is about 150MB in file size, and for those who are wondering, here’s the full change log:

Keyboard Predictive Text has been improved
Users can take picture while on a call
Manual refresh button has been added to lock screen ticker
E-mail syncing has been improved
Enhanced Bluetooth performance
VZ Navigator and Amazon added to stub applications

Granted, it’s not the major update that you’ve probably been waiting for. Think of it as a starter meal before Verizon takes you to the grand feast that is Android 4.2 and beyond.

Let us know below if you’ve received the Android 4.1.2 update on your device.

Bams Sadewo

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Comments

rahul

so this is the multi window update ??
- Roger Hernandez
  
  no multi window is in the 4.2 upgrade which only the international version haved leaked version! unless u try a rom with that option
Greg Urbanowski

got mine a couple hours ago….
thinkbiggar

got it now
Steve Rosas

I really wanted Photosphere
DaGr8Pnoy

I have the at&t galaxy s3 and im just wondering if this is the premium suite update that allows for multi-window and other really cool features. Anyone who gets the update please reply.
- http://www.facebook.com/lynyrd Lynne Ratliff
  
  No it isn’t. That should come with the 4.2 update
thedoc

also adds support for group messages in stock text messaging app
- mate
  
  how do you enable the group messages?
Joe

finally they got group messages in stock txt messaging app worked with iphone
Cee Note

Just download the Android VRBMB1 update for my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III and I notice absolutely no changes to my phone whatsoever. I disabled the predictive text function after the first week because it SUCKED – so that does me no good. I can type messages faster without it and the other improvements, as mentioned above, are small potatoes as far as I am concerned. The phone worked great before the update and works great now. I’m still holding out hope that Jelly Bean 4.2 somehow lowers my phone bill. I’m dreaming — I know.