Samsung Galaxy S III update does away with the universal search

Renewal of 'stability' to the international latest Samsung Galaxy S III is no longer lets you search your local data (such as contacts and media files), because of legal pressure from Apple.

This comes after a similar patch is removed from the universal search function variants of Sprint and AT & T of the Galaxy S III in the U.S. a few weeks ago. The driving force behind the downgrade is patented by Apple search features found in Samsung Galaxy Nexus violated, which, as you'll recall, temporarily banned from sale in the United States because of this.

This is somewhat of a mystery why Samsung has decided to remove this feature on the international version as well, since Apple has not pursue any infringement of patents in foreign countries, but most likely a precaution by Samsung, who did not want to hinder III star's record sales.
This update does not mean that we have seen the last of the III's search for local devices, but until Samsung found an alternative, know that the latest firmware version - XXLG6 - does away with this function.