I think you have to set the USB mode to camera instead of MTP (may be the wrong name), it won't recognize it under the media device setting.
You can find the option in the notification bar.
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You can find the option in the notification bar.
slothmeister
Member
Nope definitely connected as MTP, it's recognised in Kies.
Shin Johnpv
Member
Anyone know the largest file size the file system of the phone itself can handle? It seems SD cards are stuck at the Fat32 limit. Unless some one knows a way around that.
virtuoso88
Member
If you format your sd card to exFAT it could handle file sizes as large as the largest available disk out now.
Using your phone how? Streaming youtube/netflix videos all the time? That sounds about right. I'm getting better battery life on the S3 than my 4s ever did.
Just using the internet and maybe a video or two, looking at some pictures online.
I'm going to run it to 0% to see how long it lasts. It's weird that it drains a lot while locked.
Jazzy Network
Member
Prob an app thats doing that.
Yeah, that is not normal.
Maybe if you are streaming Pandora over 4g it is really destroying your battery, but even still.
2h 23m is the on time. I just started listening to pandora like 10m ago.
2hrs of screen time is good for a stock Galaxy S3, though using 4G and Pandora isn't going to help at all.
I figured 4g is probably the culprit but the speed!! So I should turn off 4g? Anything else I can do to conserve battery?
No but any issues I had with my phone, a few reboots fixed them.
There's a lot of things you can do to conserve battery, if you don't need to the speed try to limit your data settings to HSPA+ instead of LTE, I'm not sure how that's done on AT&T variants, but there should be something in the network settings. Also turn off NFC if you don't use it. Install CPU Spy and see if your phone goes into Deep Sleep mode when it's just idling by. If it's not going into that mode you have a rogue app thats keeping it awake thus killing battery.
If you've rooted/flashed your phone there'd be a lot more you can do but that may screw with your warranty.
virtuoso88
Member
LTE hasn't been a problem. In fact there's lots of times I'll leave wifi off, even at home because the speed is so awesome and it has not been a problem save a couple of times.
I wouldn't agree with that. I get more on my GNex and the short time I had the GSIII I noticed very improved battery over my GNex.
I installed cpu spy but I'm not sure what I'm looking at. I want the deep sleep timer to go up a lot?
I will root and do whatever once I know what's the best and easy to follow guide.
you're comparing different hardware and software from 2 different phones... well ok then...
I dont think that 2hrs figure is accurate at all. I just checked mine and its at 75% battery with 1.5 hours of screen usage so far. No heavy streaming, mostly email and reddit reading and all on 4G with no wifi.
What? It seemed to me that he disagreed that 2 hours of screentime on a S3 is 'good' from his personal experience with a Galaxy Nexus AND and S3. I think you read his post wrong. And I agree with him. 2 hours of screen time on a full charge is absolutely not ok.
Shin Johnpv
Member
That worked, much thanks!
I wonder if any Mac users can help me.....
A friend of mine just bought an S3 and he has a Mac. He was 2 issues: -
1. He's trying to get his text messages from his old iPhone over to the S3. What's the best way to do this?
2. He can't get the phone to connect to the Mac via USB. He installed Android File Transfer and it initially worked, but then the phone prompted him to update and after that completed, now the phone is no longer recognised.
Thanks!
A friend of mine just bought an S3 and he has a Mac. He was 2 issues: -
1. He's trying to get his text messages from his old iPhone over to the S3. What's the best way to do this?
2. He can't get the phone to connect to the Mac via USB. He installed Android File Transfer and it initially worked, but then the phone prompted him to update and after that completed, now the phone is no longer recognised.
Thanks!
Metroid Hunter
Banned
I don't think you can do this. Perhaps there may be a jailbreak solution to this though.
Yes, I am comparing different hardware, both of which I've used. The SIII has better battery life than the GNex and 2 hours of screen time is less than the GNex gets.
Damn thank you so much! I was about to do a full reset! I must of just been using the wrong search keywords or something! Thanks again!
The Faceless Master
Member
http://www.simonblog.com/2010/11/08/how-to-backup-and-export-iphone-sms-as-csv-to-your-computer/
get the sms.db then put on phone and
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.faked.isms2droid
convert to xml then
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
restore the SMS messages
Jazzy Network
Member
The GNex standby is atrocious. I would lose about 25% at least during a regular work day on that alone. The GS3 maybe 10%. I would go home probably with around 50-60% battery on moderate use with my GS3 and about 20-30% with the Gnex. The Gnex was laos running 3G while I'm running HSPA+ on my GS3. It's stupid how much more battery life I'm getting.
AngmarsKing701
Member
Just bought this puppy tonight at Target.
Installing Kies now. Got me $25 in Google Play credit.
I'm such a noob with this thing.
Installing Kies now. Got me $25 in Google Play credit.
I'm such a noob with this thing.
YW!
Seen a few with this issue, not sure why Samsung would put such a low limit on the threads.
Here is the link for anyone else thats interested.
FIXES PARTIAL SMS SOUND BE PROACTIVE AND CHANGE NOW!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29544908
Can this be added to the OP? Seems like a pretty common thing that most people will start to encounter.
Dude that's insanely good battery life. I'm not getting anywhere near that.
I use auto brightness and my battery life probably decreases 1% for every 2 min the screen is in use.
I am running AOKP JB, and yeah, you can do everything you were doing before.
Awesome, thanks. Wonder how well butter holds up if you put a lot of stuff on there.
Shalashaska
Member
I went from a BlackBerry 9300 to this thing haha, I feel the same way.
matty2Dfraud
Banned
i just got a s3 and i can't get used to the home button being a physical button. its weird. that is all.
Oh wow, that's a neat trick.
Its like I have a new phone, holy shit
AngmarsKing701
Member
I've gotten some music transferred over and figured out how to set ringtones for individual contacts. I do think Kies Air is very cool.
AngmarsKing701
Member
Didn't see anything in the OP on case recommendations. Anyone have a case they would highly recommend? I've looked on Amazon and while the Otter cases look pretty sweet, there is some negative feedback on them related to how hard you have to push to get buttons to work with the case on.
AngmarsKing701
Member
I don't know where to do this... help.
Open S voice then settings and uncheck it!
AngmarsKing701
Member
Thanks! One question down!