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    Help Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-211 3G draining prepaid minutes.

    Hi Guys I have a friend who would like to know how he can stop the Tab from draining its minutes he prepaid for the phone when he even off the GPRS button. He told me that even when he is not navigating on the internet the minutes balance appears ZERO after a few minutes. Is there another...
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    Future kitkat update

    I know there's already a thread about the upgrade but is there any news on the update? I know this tablet is one of the devices scheduled to get the update but it's been a while now and still nothing.
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    Help WatchOn?

    I can't get WatchOn to mirror my tv - i have a 2013 Samsung Smart tv - it mirrors my GS3 - any ideas?
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    data usage by Galaxy 3 tab

    Recently acquired the tab and it automatically paired with my Galaxy Ace II x. i have a wifi only, no data plan on the phone. Used the tab very briefly last night and noticed that it showed data usage, even though I had set it up on our wifi. Am concerned that this might mean that a data...
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    Help New Tab Owner - Sim Card? Apps?

    Just got the Tab 3 - 7". Couple questions i can't find the answer to. I see this has a sim card- i'll be traveling to italy in summer and was wondering if i can use this as a phone with a sim card i pick up over there. also- i just started downloading apps ( i have G3) from app store and was...
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    Help how to prevent tab 3 from accessing laptop browser?

    First time ever using a tablet. I don't like that the samsung browser is picking up my firefox browsing history on my mac laptop that shares the same wiresless connection. How do I prevent this, and how do I make sure others on the same wireless connection while we are travelling (that's why I...
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    Help why does all the barcode scanner not work on my samsung galaxy tab 3 7"

    I've tried installing, uninstalling and reinstalling several different barcode readers, they all show the scanner and i can see the barcode through the camera. I have the sneaking suspicion that it's the fact that my devices camera won't auto focus but I hope not...any help would be nice..
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    Help samsung galaxy tab 3 w/ odin i do not want

    Hey guys, I have a samsung galaxy tab 3 SM-T210. With 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The other day i wanted to root my tab so i can remove crome and all that other stuff. So i looked up how to root a.... so then i found Odin witch looked cool and easy to use, but it has turned into a nightmare. I used Odin...
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    Problems charging Samsung Tab 3

    Since spending some time on dodgy Moscow airport my Tab 3 has issues charging. Since I bought my Tab in Asia I cant use the power adapter that came with it. So I use the original cable but with a different adapter. When I plug it into a socket, while switched on, nothing happens. The battery...
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    Root help, i ruined my galaxy 3 tab lite!!

    i installed twrp and went into bootloop, my os was gone, i have now installed clockwork mod but cant find a t110 stock rom, i beleive i can install the through cm, i have rooted a ton of stuff, got this one out of the box and didnt read far enough others had this trouble, if someone would be...
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    Help Can Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 be used as a smartphone?

    I'm thinking of buying a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 and I was wondering if it can be used as a "phablet". Meaning can I make calls with it, send and receive texts and pic mags, and just basic smartphone operations. I'm a big guy and need a big phone. But, the galaxy mega's I seem to keep finding on...
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    Root rooting galaxy t110 having issues

    i tried using odin, , i loaded universal root on the sd card, i downloaded a clockwork recovery image, i ran odin as admin, i started my tab in download mode, connected it to computer with usb, unchecked the auto boot and partition boxes as told, odin saw my device, went to select tar file and...
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    Help How to transfer apps from tablet memory to micro sd

    So I made some research that in the settings menu and at a certain app there should be a Move to SdCard option near the Clear Data button, but at my Tablet 3 7.0 it's not there, I have only 5 gb for apps and that's not too much, I bought a 16 gb memory card and I don't want to think that I...
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    Help Tab not turning on

    So I got this samsung galaxy tab 3 from my brother yesterday, he didn't use it too much, about 2 weeks in total and didn't recharge it but once. When I got it out of the box and tried to turn it on nothing happened. When I tried to charge it, the wall charger makes some strange noise, I changed...
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    Help Help: The Weather Channel F to C How to?

    I looked for all around the weather channel app to change from Farenheit to Celsius and I can`t find the way Anyone ? Thanks
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    Help Anyone got the 4.4.2 KitKat upgrade?

    Anyone got the 4.4.2 KitKat upgrade already? As all of us know the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 is Officialy on the Samsung list of devices to be upgraded to 4.4.2 Android KitKat. The only thing we don`t know is when it will happen, how long we have to wait? Source: Samsung Mobile Press
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    Power button for sleep

    Question, whenever I hit the power button to put the tablet to sleep, it starts a samsung screen image simulation and will not stop, this is wasting my battery, I looked in setting and cannot find how to stop it, any ideas?
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    does the tab 3 not take sd card adapters?

    a friend of mine visited me today bringing his Tab 3 7.0 I wanted to share some files I had on a spare microSD card I have for miscellaneous files using a Meenova micro usb micro SD card reader (MicroSD card goes into the adapter, adapter plugs into the micro usb port of the galaxy 3 7.0). The...
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    Help Tab 3 writes stuff on it's own!

    While on FB with my Galaxy tab 3, when writing msgs I get automatic strings of "world news" something like this: (1:44 Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Florida 2:24 Putin feeds the dolphins 1:33 Piers Morgan remembers David Frost 2:31 Journalist David Frost dies at 74 :34 Radiation levels spike at...
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    Help Problem connecting to my Win7 Laptop

    hi, after a good 12 hours of troubleshooting and reading forums, I still couldnt get my problem fixed. So, the situation: I have ES File Explorer on my tablet. It worked previously when I was in NY. I moved to singapore and currently connected over wifi and my tablet to the same wifi...
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    Help Using my tablet to connect to my TV

    I have a Technika 15" TV with built-in DVD player. The model number of the TV is: lcd15dvdid-107. My tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7 inch (model number:SM-T210). As far as I know, the TV doesn't have WIFI connectivity. I would like to watch Iplayer on my TV. Can I connect my tab to my tv so...
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    Help How to reinstall OS after formatting HD

    Hi The hard drive has been formatted on my nephews Tab 3.0 in error. How do we go about reinstalling the Android OS onto the tablet? Where do we get the latest OS and how do we install it onto it? Would i need to use Kies to reinstall it? Any advice would be great as this is something Ive...
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    Help Stop clicking sound when I type.

    Hi all, How do I stop the clicking sound when I type with the keyboard on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3?
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    Users login

    Hello guys. I was planning to get a Nexus 7 1st gen when I won a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on a raffle. It works for me eventhough it`s not as fast as the Nexus. The only thing I am concerned is that it only got to Android 4.1.2 and I was excepting to use the users login function, which is only available...
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    Help Video won't play from Dropbox

    Hi, I am fairly new to the world of tablets, having only recently bought a Samsung tablet. I have set up Dropbox, and it synchs correctly. I can also view photos from with Dropbox, but every time I try to view a video, it appears to think about it (link with DB?) for some considerable time...