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I have my S3 connected to my car (Ford Mondeo 09) via bluetooth, which supports A2DP. When I am streaming music from my S3 the google nav voice comes through the car speakers, but the problem is the music is not muted so the voice is trying to talk over the music and I cant hear the commands...

I updated my s3 to Jelly Bean last week, and on random occasions I have received an exclamation mark inside a triangle notification on the notification bar, when I bring down the notification panel it warns me about data roaming. When I press the notification it takes me to the mobile networks...

Just went to take a photo in low light but couldn't use the flash, I still had 9% battery left, but I had a warning saying 'unable to use flash. battery low'. I know its not a big deal, but I would prefer it if I could lower the warning percentage or set it to let me decide when the battery is...

I have just installed Nova Launcher, as it is the only one that supports Missed It. But I cannot seem to line my apps and widgets up. The apps go to the top of the grid, but the widgets go to the centre of the grid so it looks weird. Is there a way to line them up? The widgets I am using look...

Hi have put cyanogenmod 7.2.0 onto my san fran so its running Gingerbread 2.3.7 it says. I just wondered, is there a way to increase the amount of icons at the bottom of the screen? I think they are called the dock icons? I only have 3. I have found the menu to change the amount of rows and...

With the sole intention of helping people who are having battery drain issues I thought I would write the following thread to try to help people diagnose a problem/s. From my own experience I know firsthand how frustrating battery drain diagnoses can be, but there are methods you can use to...

Hi, I have a few questions regarding various wakelocks that I hope somebody will be able to advise on. Whether they are normal or not Im not sure. I'm in the UK, my phone is a standard GS3, ie not routed or anything. I had battery life problems but have used Better Battery Stats and GSAM...

For some reason today my Whatapp messenger has stopped working on 3G, it wont send or receive messages. (It was working fine before) It is still working fine over Wi-Fi though. I haven't changed anything today, or received any update. Has anyone else experienced this problem today? I'm in the...

Hi, I have searched around on Google leading me to various forums but what I have found is more a case of people guessing rather than definitive answers. Hopefully somebody on here will be able to help please. 1) Secphone 2) Factory Mode 3) MapServiceSamsung 4) BroadcomMEMsService 5) Factory...

Hi, I have read many battery drain issues on this forum and many other forums, I have also contacted Samsung directly regarding the issue. The battery life is good when I'm using the phone, the problem occurs everytime the phone is in standby mode. I realise that there are two separate issues...