On T-Mobile it doesn't have to stay on the number it was purchased on. You pay for the phone either way.
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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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On T-Mobile it doesn't have to stay on the number it was purchased on. You pay for the phone either way.
Ecto311
Member
That would be a cross upgrade and it's easy. I did it my self and my wife did it from her mom's account to our account. If you call and the person doing it sounds unsure or puts you on hold a lot just end the call and call back. Being an employee of an att call center this is the best advice. I also test it all with them and if possible have another phone with you to make sure the voice mail is working.
My GF's phone has the problem.
The problem apparently seems to lie in corrupted data in some clipboard folder: if you do a factory reset, it'll clear the problem entirely.
Or, if you're rooted your phone beforehand, you can use root explorer, go into the clipboard folder, delete it, fix permissions with CWM and you're good to go. I have to do it for my gf's phone, but I need to root it first, and rooting it means she's losing all the crap she has on it right now
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Awesome. I'm glad I now have a name for it when i walk into the store.
It is not tied to the number upgraded (only the contract is, obviously).
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
Just got home with my new SIII and I'm loving it. It's my first smartphone.
One thing I can't figure out is how to remove widgets. I hold down on the ugly weather widget and pull it down to the delete icon but nothing happens. Any help with this?
One thing I can't figure out is how to remove widgets. I hold down on the ugly weather widget and pull it down to the delete icon but nothing happens. Any help with this?
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
drag it to the trash can at the bottom until the widget turns red
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
Hm, that's weird, you have to do it quickly and not hover, or nothing happens. Took care of it though, thanks.
Hovering is in case you change your mind. So you have to drop it during the "red" period.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Still waiting for my S III to arrive, and I was just looking at the phone camera vs. real camera thread, which made me want to know if the camera on this is any good. From what I've seen, there's a lot of stuff in frame, but is it possible to make stuff look really good with it? Is it as good as the camera on the iPhone 4S?
Calamari41
41 > 38
This is my first ever smartphone, and I have what is probably a really dumb question. I can get onto the web browser and the app store and all of that just fine when I connect to WiFi, but for some reason I can't connect via the 3G or whatever when there's no WiFi available. It just says "No Connection" with the "Retry" button underneath.
I'm super embarrassed to be asking this, and I feel like somebody's grandma here, but is there something I have to do in the settings to enable this? I have full signal.
I'm super embarrassed to be asking this, and I feel like somebody's grandma here, but is there something I have to do in the settings to enable this? I have full signal.
virtuoso88
Member
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671115
Has a bunch.
I've read and experienced it to be just as good as the 4s. It's suppose to have the same sensor in it.
The "retry" thing in the Play Store has plagued all of my Android devices, however hitting the Retry button usually loads the stuff up.
If no app on your phone can connect to data while on 3G it sounds like your Mobile Data is shut off. I can't remember if that is one of the toggles in the Notification pane on the GSIII but another way to get to the setting is: Settings->Mobile Networks(Or More->Mobile Networks, can't remember GSIII Settings layout)->make sure "Data Enabled" is checked.
What carrier are you on?
Calamari41
41 > 38
I just switched to AT&T yesterday so maybe the Data isn't activated yet for some reason.
When I go to the page in Settings that you're talking about, the only options are: Use Packet Data, Data Roaming, Access Point Names, and Network Operators. Data Roaming is currently off. Maybe that needs to be on?
VVVV I just checked in the "Data Usage" screen to check out if I had limits set up, and that is where the "Mobile Data" on/off is. It was and is currently on, and the limits are off, and I still get the "No Connection" thing. VVVV
I actually had a similar issue with my Galaxy Nexus for awhile. When I looked checked my Accounts sync statuses, my google account would have issues completely syncing while not on wifi.
It turns out (and I'm going by memory here) that I'd enabled mobile data limits on my phone, and then checked off "Restrict background data" on certain apps. If I'm right, disabling either this restriction, or the overall "Set mobile data limit" option in your "Data Usage" setting, will solve the issue.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Question: Has anyone considered the keyboard mod for the phone, as seen here: https://sites.google.com/site/galaxykeyboard/
I'm probably going to attempt it, with a few mods to my liking. I'll order a new back to the phone from eBay (About $10), attach the bluetooth sliding keyboard directly to that back, via drilling a hole and reusing the screws, and using metal glue to seal the two together. Should make for a really thin, almost unibody design that'll be worth it.
I'm probably going to attempt it, with a few mods to my liking. I'll order a new back to the phone from eBay (About $10), attach the bluetooth sliding keyboard directly to that back, via drilling a hole and reusing the screws, and using metal glue to seal the two together. Should make for a really thin, almost unibody design that'll be worth it.
Also make sure you don't have airplane mode turned on.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Ok I just noticed a second WiFi Signal looking icon right next to the phone signal icon. I didn't notice it before because it was transparent (only one bar). It also has an orange down arrow and a green up arrow. I assume that this is the 3G signal, and that my problem is happening because I'm not getting a signal where I am right now. Is that right?
Next to the pone signal should be data signal. Here is mine showing 4G. The 3G icon is similar except it says 3G.
You can also check your phone signal strength in the settings under battery usage.
The Faceless Master
Member
take photos of your progress, sounds like a nice idea. especially since you can easily swap back plates to have the kb or not!
A Dog Chasing Cars
Neo Member
Asking one more time and then I give up.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I think I might be getting one of these soon, maybe.
I've had an absolutely horrible time with my Nexus S 4g on Sprint service. I went into a Sprint store last weekend and to make a long story short I was treated like I was a complete idiot. Employee accused me of downloading a bunch of 'junk' that made my phone slow before he even saw it. Then literally snatched it out of my hand like a thief on the street and started walking to the back with it while telling me "I'm going to reset your phone and get all this junk off so it will work right."
Little did he know I factory reset the thing 2 days prior to coming to the store.
Ummm... No. Took my phone back left the store and emailed their CS VP. His assistant called me back today. I politely requested that they send me a phone with a 4g network they currently and will actively support. Nexus S 4g is on their now defunct WiMax service.
She said they were going to look into it and will let me know by Monday. Honestly I'm not expecting much more than the continued apologies. We'll see.
I've had an absolutely horrible time with my Nexus S 4g on Sprint service. I went into a Sprint store last weekend and to make a long story short I was treated like I was a complete idiot. Employee accused me of downloading a bunch of 'junk' that made my phone slow before he even saw it. Then literally snatched it out of my hand like a thief on the street and started walking to the back with it while telling me "I'm going to reset your phone and get all this junk off so it will work right."
Little did he know I factory reset the thing 2 days prior to coming to the store.
Ummm... No. Took my phone back left the store and emailed their CS VP. His assistant called me back today. I politely requested that they send me a phone with a 4g network they currently and will actively support. Nexus S 4g is on their now defunct WiMax service.
She said they were going to look into it and will let me know by Monday. Honestly I'm not expecting much more than the continued apologies. We'll see.
Just got the phone. On blue, cause white was sold out.
This [probably] has been asked a bunch of times, but: any recommendations for cases/covers, screen protectors and perhaps other accessories? I am also thinking of picking up some extended batteries.
This [probably] has been asked a bunch of times, but: any recommendations for cases/covers, screen protectors and perhaps other accessories? I am also thinking of picking up some extended batteries.
I bought a skinomi screen protector, qcell extended battery( this was one of the only ones that supports NFC.) qcell also sells a cheap tpu case that works with the extended battery. I also have a dizztronic case for when I dont want to use the extended battery. I think everything was around 40$ shipped from amazon.
Edit, the batteries you linked are just regular batteries so its up to you if you want to swap them all the time or get the big 4300mah extended battery. I prefer the bulk that the extended battery gives and I love not worrying about battery life.
Jeeeeeeesus dude that sucks. But yeah... I dont see them giving you a new phone, WiMax or not. I think you are boned on that front. Probably time to switch carriers if the CSR's in the stores near you are that bad.
crazy monkey
Banned
note 2 as well
After playing with the phone and seeing all the carrier crap, I feel like rooting >_<
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the tips!
For the gps navigation, the default is to dim the music playing in the background while giving the turn-by-turn. That's annoying as hell and makes it tough to understand the directions, so is there a way to have it simply pause the music and have the nav play properly (like it did on my Droid X)?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I got one of those official Samsung flip cases for my phone. I bought a pebble blue one for my white phone, cause I thought it looked neat... but then I changed my mind and went back ten minutes later to exchange it for a white one, and they said no refunds/exchanges.
Darn.
Darn.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Thanks! I'll have to mess around with the settings like them to see what I can do.
Mine pauses by default.
blainethemono
Member
is this when you're connecting the phone to the car stereo somehow? or just music playing from the phone speakers? what I mean is, does the navigation voice go through your car speakers too? I don't have an fm transmitter or any place to plug an aux cable into my car stereo but that sounds cool
This really needs to be further investigated.
Talked to a rep about my situation and they said they would reimburse me any repair costs since when FedEx delivered it the box was damaged.
virtuoso88
Member
It's suppose to be of a highe quality, it's version 2 of the glass.
I picked up the screen protector from xgear and it's pretty awesome. Slapped a white one on my blue phone. Ordered a white back so waiting for that to come in. White with a blue siding looks nice and I won't have to worry about scratches.
virtuoso88
Member
Yeah it's the glass one. Easiest screen protector I have ever installed. And if you have a problem you can lift and reseat it pretty easily.
How is the dotted matrix effect that people have been mentioning?
virtuoso88
Member
It's not noticeable most of the time. If I move the phone at an angle I can see it. Sometimes depending on the background color (lighter) I'll see it here and there if I'm looking for it.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
For the sharing function that doesn't let the receiver save the files, can't they just do screenshots and save those?
And I'm still waiting on my S III. It arrived on Friday while I was at work, so I have to wait until Monday for it to be delivered again. The screen protector arrived, though. Huzzah...
EDIT: Don't know if it was already answered, but is there a way to disable the camera shutter sound without rooting? I don't want to void my warranty just to keep it from making a sound. Does covering the speaker with your finger work at all?
And I'm still waiting on my S III. It arrived on Friday while I was at work, so I have to wait until Monday for it to be delivered again. The screen protector arrived, though. Huzzah...
EDIT: Don't know if it was already answered, but is there a way to disable the camera shutter sound without rooting? I don't want to void my warranty just to keep it from making a sound. Does covering the speaker with your finger work at all?
That's actually the blue one at a weird angle, but yeah it seems there'll be one eventually.
Technically yes. Though I guess they'd have to realize they can do that.
To disable sound, go into the settings in the camera app and scroll down to shutter sound. No need to be rooted.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
I keep seeing that, but I also see people saying it doesn't work on the Sprint model (the one I ordered). Does it only work on certain models?
It's suppose to be of a highe quality, it's version 2 of the glass.
I picked up the screen protector from xgear and it's pretty awesome. Slapped a white one on my blue phone. Ordered a white back so waiting for that to come in. White with a blue siding looks nice and I won't have to worry about scratches.
Where do I buy one in the UK?