Questions from Noob

[JasonGetch]

I'm New to the forum and plan on reading quite a bit to learn about the nuances of android. Until then, I have a couple of questions regarding the Galaxy S3.

First, the backup assistance plus began downloading all of my data initially, including music until I unchecked that option. Now, my backup usage is half eaten by music and the "not backup up" queue is littered with thousands of music files. I do not want music backed up and want to clear both the queue and the music files already downloaded. Can somebody please explain how to complete those tasks?

After two weeks of ownership, I'm deeply troubled with the instability of this phone. Three times the phone has randomly shutoff with sufficient battery life and I've had to take the battery out and restart for it to respond. Is this because of an unstable app or another reason? If this issue goes away, I will consider the switch to android a positive one. Otherwise, I will regret the move from IOS. I know that comment is a bit harsh and might elicit negative responses, but the reality is aside from apps occasionally being unresponsive, the iphone was rock solid in this respect.

 

[!on]

It's best just to drag & drop music onto your card.

You could go in settings > apps> manage apps > media storage & clear the data, then in settings unmount & remount the SD card so that it rebuilds your music library. It might take a while to rebuild. If you have trouble with any app you could clear its cache, or clear app data to start again.

Dunno much about backup assistant but it's probably best to use google account for syncing email, contacts etc, computer for media files etc (there is also google drive or dropbox for syncing files in the cloud.

When setting up your google account on the phone did you check the box that allows backup?

 

[quicklikeninja]

Hi there,

I've come from Apple to Android (the 4s 'upgrade' just didn't cut it for me) and it's the best decision (telephone related) I could have made. I also have an S3, but mine is fairly stable, although I am used to a Jailbroken iPhone which did have the occasional blip.

As for your problem, have you installed any apps just prior to the reboots (or anything not from Google's Play Store)?

No idea about the data sync though, sorry.