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    Help 4.3 Lock Screen Shortcuts/Widgets

    Hello all, Yesterday I updated to 4.3 and noticed that the widgets/shortcuts I had on my lock screen are gone. I currently have my lock screen unlock via PIN. I removed this to swipe, and noticed that I can now swipe to the left or right and the widgets show up. But obviously this way...
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    Help Galaxy S3 Backup Question

    Hi there, I haven't had much luck with Skies software on my pc for backing up my S3. For some reason, it never detects my phone when I connect it. I know that my contacts, calendar, mail etc. are backed up on google, but my question is regarding apps. For example, I was a BB and iP4 user...
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    Keepass Backup Question

    Hello, I've been using KeePass for my password management needs in my Galaxy S3. However, I have a question: Back when I had a BB or an iPhone, when I used to back up the phone in my PC, it used to back up the contents of the password manager (or data vault in iPhone's case) as well. So if I...
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    Home page shortcuts question

    Hi, I have some folders where I group my apps in in the "apps" section of my phone, such as "games", or "movies" or "sports". I also moved a couple of these folders to my home page. I noticed today that some of the apps that are in the "apps" section are not in my "home panel" folder...
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    Buying a new battery for S3

    Hi, I'm looking into purchasing 1 or 2 extra batteries (perhaps with docking). I've done some research but there are lots of different kinds. I was wondering if the community can recommend any. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to give out brand names or not in a post, but I've mostly seen...
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    Contact's address in Calendar Event

    Hello all I found some posts from 2 years ago, nut nothing recent...I was wondering if there is a way to select a contact's address for the "location" field in the calendar. I.e., let's say my event is "bbq at John's", and when I select the location, just select John's contact info and it's...
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    Gmail contact sync - S3

    Hello all, This might be a silly question but, I did some updates to my contacts through Gmail -I.e. I logged in using Internet and updated contacts. I noticed that even after a few hours, my phone hadn't sync'ed with my contacts. I then had to go into Sync settings and select "sync now"...
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    Help Skies not connecting to sync music (iSyncr question as well)

    Hello all, Over the weekend I researched wasy to remove some DRM protection from my mp3s and m4as, and since I didn't want to pay $40 for a software, I wanted to give Skies transfer a shot. Unfortunately I kept getting a connection error: I can't remember the exact name, but basically it's an...
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    Google Calendar Emails

    Hi, I switched from a BB to Galaxy S3 recently. I saved all my Outlook calendar events in a csv form and uploaded to Google Calendar. I then synced my phone with it. However, I noticed a few things: For some reason, events that I didn't put a reminder for now have reminders. Is there a...
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    Help Multiple Emails in the Notification Status

    Hi all, I just bought my S3 this weekend and have a quick question: When I get emails, in the Notification Status Bar, I see the multiple email "icons", but when I swipe down from the top of the screen, I only see the latest email sent to my account. What I'd like to know is, is there a...
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    Using Hotmail/Outlook in S3/S4

    Hey all, I am planning to switch to an S3 or an S4, but I've never used an Android phone before. I've heard lots of positive things and am looking forward to it, but have a question regarding emails. I was told that I need a Google account to activate the phone, and purchase apps etc. Which...
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