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Why not flash CM on there? Not sure what kernel they're using for your S3, but its probably not the stock Samsung one. Even then, patches will be first from CM and months later (if ever) from the OEM & Carrier's internal politics that controls your phone.

Or if you want to spend money, a Nexus phone is your best bet. No carrier/OEM customizations and Google seems to give a shit about security and stability. This is what I have and I recommend it.

Man, I'd love to buy a Samsung Note, but Touchwiz scares me. Its a security nightmare, gaudy as all hell, slow, battery drain, and only gets updated when Samsung and T-mobile think it should get updated.

I'm also looking into Windows phone as android is becoming a nightmare of "too many cooks" and Google doesn't seem to have the ability or desire to stop this mess.



In the comments, someone mentions its a problem on CM too, because the problem is the Samsung driver itself - the camera works by doing direct memory access via this module, but it isn't restricted to the right memory regions.

Someone did post a fix if you're building your own: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35541696&...


CM has already been updated with the fix




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