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Samsung Galaxy S3 General Information and Troubleshooting FAQ

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This was driving me nuts!

If anyone else has the same problem (creating new templates) then do the following:

messaging>menu>settings and look under "Storage Settings" where you will see "set text templates". You can edit, delete and create new templates in here.

When you want to use one just compose a new message and tap in the message box, menu>Add text>Text templates and select the template you want.

Easy when you know how!
 
Everytime I open the internet on my Samsung Galaxy SIII a page I clicked onto from Facebook keeps opening, despite my many efforts at closing it, deleting cookies, history etc everytime i open the browser it opens again and the antivirus is not picking up anything?? What is the problem and how can I fix it please?! :rolleyes:
 
I don't think so. Only because it did work on my Nexus, Incredible, T-bolt...

I think it's a problem. I called Verizon and they said they know about it and there will be an update later this year to fix it. But I never trust them. I always ask you guys. I just was wondering if I'm the only one experiencing this. I'm probably to only one that uses VVM.

P.S. and thanks for answering Jerofld
 
fionas said:
Everytime I open the internet on my Samsung Galaxy SIII a page I clicked onto from Facebook keeps opening, despite my many efforts at closing it, deleting cookies, history etc everytime i open the browser it opens again and the antivirus is not picking up anything?? What is the problem and how can I fix it please?! :rolleyes:
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Perhaps your homepage has been changed.
 
fionas said:
Everytime I open the internet on my Samsung Galaxy SIII a page I clicked onto from Facebook keeps opening, despite my many efforts at closing it, deleting cookies, history etc everytime i open the browser it opens again and the antivirus is not picking up anything?? What is the problem and how can I fix it please?! :rolleyes:
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Open Browser
then open 1 more tab type any site EG: google.com
close the Facebook tab

& now whe u open Internet
Google should open up
Try it
 
fionas said:
Everytime I open the internet on my Samsung Galaxy SIII a page I clicked onto from Facebook keeps opening, despite my many efforts at closing it, deleting cookies, history etc everytime i open the browser it opens again and the antivirus is not picking up anything?? What is the problem and how can I fix it please?! :rolleyes:
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Using the stock browser? Check your homepage settings. Or use a different browser. I use Boat Browser on my phone, but Chrome is also good.
 
Hey,

I can't seem to "Copy" anything and if I try to, it crashes the app. When I first got the phone, it was good but now it doesnt work. Any way to solve this?

Thanks.
 
hoohaa said:
Hey,

I can't seem to "Copy" anything and if I try to, it crashes the app. When I first got the phone, it was good but now it doesnt work. Any way to solve this?

Thanks.
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Every app? A specific app? Could you be a little more specific, please?
 
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I have absolutely no idea why... Well, actually I kind of have a slight clue as to why, but my battery has been DYING EXTREMELY FAST. Like, before I could easily get a day of 12 hours with heavy use (4.5 - 5 hours screen time at variable brightness). However recently I download an app via the net; it was a keyboard app from this website... Install Stock Android 4.0 Keyboard on Galaxy S3, Should Work with Other Devices as Well
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Anyway I'm not 100% sure that this non-market app download is the culprit. Here are some stats from today:


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This is by no means normal use for me and to be completely honest I was being modest in my use meaning 0% screen brightness. The screen on time at that point was 2 hours and 40 minutes. Hm. Not usual.

Later on in the day at 2:29 PM the phone was down to 18% and I had literally had it on standby for a long period up to that point. I did some LIGHT, like feather-weight, 4G surfing on 100% brightness but I was outside so sue me. I had 4G/Wi-Fi/GPS off for the duration of the time I wasn't using the phone so those couldn't be the culprits. Anyway, I'm really disappointed as to my amateur decision to download a non-market app but then again I'm not entirely sure if that is even the problem. Could someone help please??

Btw, I'm coming from a Droid Razr Maxx so saying that this phone had good battery is really saying something! - I'm saying it!

Hope someone can help me out...

Edit: I have come to my wit's end about this issue so I am actually going to perform a hard reset (because the other two factory resets didn't do SQUAT.) Ok I'll keep y'all posted. Still need help though, lol,

Edit 2: oh and before I forget I do NOT have "Sync Picassa Web Albums" checked on sync settings (since I know that has been a known issue). At this point I'm also formatting my SD card because I understand that there could be a "corrupt file" or something on it...
 
If you still get the problem, tap on Android System, that's hogging the battery. It'll give you a breakdown of what's taking power and you can find the runaway process that's draining the power.

But I think you're doing a necessary step. A complete wipe of the device, the internal storage, and the SD card (if one is installed) may be necessary. If it's still doing it after that, remove the SD card. But a breakdown of the Android System readout would be useful if it persists.

Being a CDMA phone (I'm assuming you're still on VZW after switching from a Razr MAXX), the signal strength is also important. Click the top chart and note the colors. Green and yellow are good. Red is bad, black can be bad, could be OK (depending if you're in airplane mode or use Juice Defender).
 
hi when i go into setting and then open the Applications manager i get this message any help would be great ( Unfortunately settings has Stopped ) page is now frozen phone Galaxy S3 Stock Rom Sim Free Cheers
 
looting said:
hi when i go into setting and then open the Applications manager i get this message any help would be great ( Unfortunately settings has Stopped ) page is now frozen phone Galaxy S3 Stock Rom Sim Free Cheers
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Usually when system apps like that crash, you need to factory reset the device. Make any necessary backups.
 
viks07 said:
May be a reset is required??

I woudl first un-install the apps and then try again first.
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jerofld said:
I was thinking the same, actually.
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acjohnson55 said:
My brother and I both bought this phone and were initially both disappointed by perceived lagginess. I've come to realize that this has two main causes: S Voice home button activation and window transitions. When you tap the home button, by default, the phone waits for a possible second tap, which would activate S Voice. If you don't use this feature, turn it off by doing the following:

Open S Voice app -> hit Menu button -> hit Settings -> uncheck "Launch S Voice"

Additionally, the window transition causes a little bit of lag when switching apps. I find this not to be much less significant, but you can disable/reduce it by doing the following:

Go to the launcher -> hit Menu button -> hit Settings -> hit Developer options -> hit Window animation scale -> choose either "Animation is off" or "Animation scale 0.5x"
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thank u all for your response
but unfortunately no change was made!
could be from versions and capability of these games?
but i think this issue can't come from the game version (because the number of the games that have this problem, are sizable! and also they run without any problem when I'm not connect to the internet!)
 
Today I have had a symbol come up in the notifications bar, no-one seems to know what it is.
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Its the circle with an i in it with a slash across it.
 
viks07 said:
There is another app that does the same thing, which also uses you network Cell sites to change profiles, call Lama... very good, I use it on my work phone. Easy Profiles is another app, more advanced but is not free.
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I just want to give another thumbs' up for Llama. I hadn't heard of it before the above post, but I checked it out, it's basically like Tasker but a lot easier to use, and it's free (I've heard that Tasker is awesome, but it isn't free). I've now stopped using Timeriffic (it's really nice but it's only time-based) and now I've set everything up that I previously had, and more, using Llama.

If you want to automate anything based on location & you've ever tried Tasker and thought it was too confusing, I'd give Llama a try.
 
EHsANLMS said:
thank u all for your response
but unfortunately no change was made!
could be from versions and capability of these games?
but i think this issue can't come from the game version (because the number of the games that have this problem, are sizable! and also they run without any problem when I'm not connect to the internet!)
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So I had a recent problem with Where's My Water on my tablet. I was messing around with some files on the internal memory and suddenly WHW stopped working. I had to completely wipe my internal storage (at least, delete the /android/ folder inside the internal storage) and then reinstall. It worked then.

Have you been messing with files?
 
omoanya said:
I don't see quick camera access under my lock screen options
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Are you using any lockscreen type other than swipe? Like pin, pattern, or face unlock? If so, they disable the ability to do that. Unless you check "With Swipe lock"

Or are you just not seeing it in the list? On my device, I see:

Shortcuts
Information ticker
Camera quick access
Clock
Dual clock
Weather
etc
 
hi--this may have already been answered but couldn't locate it, but i recently got a galaxy iii and was able to send pictures without any problem via text. the last 2 days it has stopped doing it, giving me the error message that the file is too large and cannot be supported. before that it indicates that it's compressing, but never does. i had sent pictures for at least a week prior to this happening and now i can't unless i crop the picture. i haven't changed the pic settings to anything other than default of single shot. any ideas? thanks!
 
julieceleste said:
hi--this may have already been answered but couldn't locate it, but i recently got a galaxy iii and was able to send pictures without any problem via text. the last 2 days it has stopped doing it, giving me the error message that the file is too large and cannot be supported. before that it indicates that it's compressing, but never does. i had sent pictures for at least a week prior to this happening and now i can't unless i crop the picture. i haven't changed the pic settings to anything other than default of single shot. any ideas? thanks!
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Try clearing the cache on the messaging app. To do this, open your app drawer, find Messenger, and then tap+hold it until App Info appears at the bottom and drag it to App Info. Then click clear cache. Do not click clear data unless you want to delete all of your text messages, which might be part of the problem. If clear cache doesn't work, back up your important text info (like save pictures to your internal drive) and then clear data.
 
A few issues I am having trouble solving with my s3 on verizon:
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1. Is there a way on the lock screen for the email icon to show a flag for new emails? Like the email icon does in apps?


2. Is there a way to have the calendar icon show the actual date instead of the 30th.?
3. I have a blue tooth tune link adapter for my car but I have to manually connect each time I use it is there any way to get the s3.to connect automatically? I I have a car dock and it recognizes the dock.
Also once I am connected to bt in the car voice calls will not go through the bt audio
 
omoanya said:
A few issues I am having trouble solving with my s3 on verizon:
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1. Is there a way on the lock screen for the email icon to show a flag for new emails? Like the email icon does in apps?

2. Is there a way to have the calendar icon show the actual date instead of the 30th.?
3. I have a blue tooth tune link adapter for my car but I have to manually connect each time I use it is there any way to get the s3.to connect automatically? I I have a car dock and it recognizes the dock.
Also once I am connected to bt in the car voice calls will not go through the bt audio
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1. Try Widget Locker, a far superior lock screen. I haven't looked back to the stock, no comparison.

2. The icon is a static image, so it cannot do that. You can only do that with a widget, AFAIK.

I would like an answer to #3 as well, at least on how to have Bluetooth automatically connect to a paired device. Every time I turn on Bluetooth, I have to go into the settings to tap on the headset and then it will connect. It only auto-connects if I turn my headset on after I have turned Bluetooth on. If the headset is already on, and then I turn Bluetooth on, I gotta go into settings and tap to connect.
 
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