Oh! Did your phone come with the Samsung Media Hub?
It's actually not a very good media service and I'd recommend against it.
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Oh! Did your phone come with the Samsung Media Hub?
It's actually not a very good media service and I'd recommend against it.
Looks like I'll have to download Firefox on my S3 then...
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Actually..no it didn't. Sprint banned it or something.
Must be that Sprint decided you don't need it. *heh*
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.mediahub&hl=en
There's the play store link, but it may not work with your device since it's a Sprint device.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Must say, all the hoo ha about the S3's camera and imo it's one of the best out there (bar mainly the newer Nokia's). Even came out on top of the iPhone 5 in low light at Gizmodo, and these comparisons show it performing better than the One X and new Xperia T.
Xperia T vs S3 vs One X camera comparison
Xperia T vs S3 vs One X camera comparison
I've been getting the same text jumping bug with Chrome and Swiftkey. Doesn't seem to happen on any other app.
I really hope it gets fixed soon. It's hard for me to go back to another browser because I love how Chrome magnifies part of the screen if you click on more than one thing at the same time. As far as I know, no other browser does that.
I really hope it gets fixed soon. It's hard for me to go back to another browser because I love how Chrome magnifies part of the screen if you click on more than one thing at the same time. As far as I know, no other browser does that.
Jack Scofield
Member
How do I turn off email pushing? I have "email check frequency" set to never, yet my phone still notifies me whenever I receive new emails.
Did they ever push a fix for the aggressive Auto Focus in video?
I hate hate hate hate S Voice so much because it recognizes my voice maybe 10% of time. I usually have it disabled but for whatever reason I am required to have it enabled to use voice dialing function on this new car stereo I got. Anyway, to make the long story short, I finally found the app Bluetooth Launch which will let you set bluetooth action to launch any app you want on the phone. Mapping it to Voice Search and problem solved! No need to toss my phone out of the windows any more...
So google searching the problem, apparently Swiftkey thinks the Chrome bug is fixed?
http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/...gle-chrome-backspace-inserts-and-repeats-lett
But it's not. I'm running 3.0.4 and it's still happening.
http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/...gle-chrome-backspace-inserts-and-repeats-lett
But it's not. I'm running 3.0.4 and it's still happening.
Yeah, it's pretty great. My friend has a 4s and was commenting on how great the pictures looked on the s3.
The rapid shot mode kind of stinks though. Most of my pics turned out extremely blurry.
This same bug happens when using Chrome with Swype as well. So I'm not sure where to lay the blame. SlideIT seems to not suffer the same issues in Chrome though, so I'm using that now (since I prefer sliding keyboards).
Wait, so you have text jumping into the "quote" section after autocorrect kicks in for Swype too? Cause I'm pretty sure this random text jumping bug started happening for me with Chrome and Swiftkey after the Chrome "better IME" update.
Edit: I should mention that the stock keyboard is fine and does not exhibit this behaviour for me.
The Faceless Master
Member
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ng-exploit-it-was-already-fixed-in-an-update/
apparently it works on Verizon GS3
http://www.androidcentral.com/major...hones-could-trigger-factory-reset-web-browser
International and AT&T are patched, others unknown
It's not just auto correct, even if I manually placed the cursor somewhere in the text field and just started typing with Swype, regardless of whether autocorrect kicked in or not the text placement actually jumped to weird places in the text field.
GhostRidah
Member
So a Month in and I'm already tired of the sound the phone makes when you press anything, anyway to turn it off?
Yep:
Settings
Sound
Uncheck 'Touch Sounds'
You can also turn off the Haptic Feedback in the same menu.
So I am trying out Apex and Nova to replace Touchwiz.
And I am now testing Nova and I have a couple of questions.
Can you not get rid of the gradient shading at the top of the screen as in Apex?
Can you not get the screen indicator bar to fade away?
I dont see either mentioned in the Prime version description.
And I am now testing Nova and I have a couple of questions.
Can you not get rid of the gradient shading at the top of the screen as in Apex?
Can you not get the screen indicator bar to fade away?
I dont see either mentioned in the Prime version description.
The Faceless Master
Member
they don't replace TouchWiz, just the TouchWiz Launcher...
I'm trying to set-up light flow on my S3, is there a way to add Go-SMS to allow light flow to control it. Cause now I'm not getting a notification light when i use light flow and go-sms.
Or is there a way to get the Go-sms custom notification light to show up while having light flow activated.
Or is there a way to get the Go-sms custom notification light to show up while having light flow activated.
If you're referring to the bar at the bottom that shows what screen your on in Apex.
Home Screen Settings -> Indicator Section -> Fade Indicator ( Can disable it with Show Indicator Option )
That is what I meant, thanks.
Right, I figured it out in Apex, I was l;looking for the same in Nova.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Yep. I just had to go back to stock keyboard after getting frustrated trying to make posts on gaf with the swype keyboard/chrome.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Any suggestions on a good CM10 ROM to switch to (International GS3)? I'm not too fond of TouchWiz.
The Faceless Master
Member
why not start with the official cm10?
There is an option. I don't have the phone around me right now, but it should be one of the bottom menu's in settings.
Ah sorry in that case can't really help you
Well I'm using nova and it does fade away, maybe you are talking about the divider? Under the Nova settings under dock is where the options are for it.
Glorious!
Both fade shadow and the divider settings were in the dock setting. Thank you.
Spiritreaver
Member
Just got my Urban Armor Gear case from Amazon, and it's really nice. Nice blend of the heavy duty protection, but still managed to be pretty slim, and it has a really stylish look to it. Very tight fit, so the buttons work surprisingly well, despite being one mold. Though the power button is not "clicky" like the volume buttons, but still responsive.
It also has a huge lip which is what I wanted as I will not be going with a screen protector. Pocket scratches don't bother me much, just drops.
Only downside for the case I see is that because it's such a tight fitting case it takes some effort to remove. It's not hard, but it took some time. It's also not very flexible.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW1MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkisFfUcyo&feature=plcp
It also has a huge lip which is what I wanted as I will not be going with a screen protector. Pocket scratches don't bother me much, just drops.
Only downside for the case I see is that because it's such a tight fitting case it takes some effort to remove. It's not hard, but it took some time. It's also not very flexible.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW1MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkisFfUcyo&feature=plcp
So is it normal that the volume buttons don't do anything when the phone is locked/even when you're at the lock screen?
Also either LTE is a huge drain or something is hogging my battery life. I barely have anything on this phone though so it's kind of puzzling to me. When I got this phone I was really hoping I could easily go through the day without worrying about the battery.
Also either LTE is a huge drain or something is hogging my battery life. I barely have anything on this phone though so it's kind of puzzling to me. When I got this phone I was really hoping I could easily go through the day without worrying about the battery.
Seriously. I just got the phone a few days ago and my 2 year old Droid X almost lasted as long as this phone yesterday. I barely made it to the end of the day with 5% battery left. I used the internet a lot yesterday but still, crap man. If this is how the phone is brand new, my battery is going to suck in 2 years....wtf. That's with all the power saving options turned on, too.
D: I feel ya man. I think my phone loses 5-10% overnight when I'm sleeping so not really sure what's going on there. I did leave the house today with 80% charge so I guess technically I would have been at about 30% charge by the end of my school day. But so many people here profess that they can squeeze out 2 days if they really try that I feel like I'm missing something. I'm pretty sure LTE is part of my problem though. In my hour commute home I burned through 15% pretty fast.
Anyways, would still like an answer to my question about the volume buttons doing nothing when the phone is locked/when on the lock screen.
Also have another question: the Google Drive app doesn't seem to like Polaris Viewer. I can't managed to open any of my files with getting a "this file has already been open" message and being presented a blank yellow screen. Any ideas what the issue here is?
Could be worse you could have an iphone 5.. Apparently many don't even get that.
The battery will improve a bit after a few charge cycles.
Could be worse you could have an iphone 5.. Apparently many don't even get that.
The battery will improve a bit after a few charge cycles.
This. I've already seen an improvement after just 3 days.
Also there are many ways to help improve battery life in the default settings.
Amibguous Cad
Member
Anyone have any suggestions for cases and screen protectors? I have the red version if that makes a difference.
BoboBrazil
Member
Placed the order for a Galaxy S 3 on T-Mobile with the Nationwide 4G plan which gives you unlimited and unthrottled. Gonna be my first experience with T-Mobile. How hard is it to root and install roms on this phone? Haven't had any experience putting roms on phones in years. Is Cyanogen 10 the best? Really I just want to root for a tethering app.
Try messing around with something like JuiceDefender.
Personally I don't take my phone off the charger over night, don't disable LTE, don't run JuiceDefender, so pretty much default everything and I'm usually at around 70% battery when I get home from work, which is perfectly acceptable battery life to me.
Personally I don't take my phone off the charger over night, don't disable LTE, don't run JuiceDefender, so pretty much default everything and I'm usually at around 70% battery when I get home from work, which is perfectly acceptable battery life to me.
EightBitNate
Member
Did you order from the T-Mobile site? Places like Wirefly and Best Buy sell it for like $50 cheaper.
Just got my Urban Armor Gear case from Amazon, and it's really nice. Nice blend of the heavy duty protection, but still managed to be pretty slim, and it has a really stylish look to it. Very tight fit, so the buttons work surprisingly well, despite being one mold. Though the power button is not "clicky" like the volume buttons, but still responsive.
It also has a huge lip which is what I wanted as I will not be going with a screen protector. Pocket scratches don't bother me much, just drops.
Only downside for the case I see is that because it's such a tight fitting case it takes some effort to remove. It's not hard, but it took some time. It's also not very flexible.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW1MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkisFfUcyo&feature=plcp
That's so ugly.
BoboBrazil
Member
T-mobile has it for $99 after $100 mir, seems pretty killer. Wirefly wanted $199 and Best Buy wanted the same or $149 I believe.
The Faceless Master
Member
USSD Vulnerability Test - http://www.androidcentral.com/ussd-test
see if you're vulnerable without factory restoring your phone.
see if you're vulnerable without factory restoring your phone.
Spiritreaver
Member
YOUR AVATAR IS UGLY!
I will put anyone else who says this case is ugly in a fucking scissor lock!
Jazzy Network
Member
Damn T-Mobile has some nice sales on their site sometimes. HTC One S for free? Yes plz! Too bad their service is sub-par.