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S-BEAM
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ninja636rider
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Having 3 in our family plus a few other friends with S3's we use it a lot. Mostly use it mostly just to transfer pics or video rather than emailing. Plus almost all of the pics I take are too big to text, and even too big to email if it's a lot of them.
funkylogik
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In over a year of owning the s3 ive NEVER used NFC in any way lol 
allDroidnow
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In over a year of owning the s3 ive NEVER used NFC in any way lol
Neither have I. I've always wondered how you would control which photos were transferred from phone to phone? Curious now, and might look it up in the manual.
funkylogik
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Tbh its only recently that i have friends with s3s lol and now i dont even have any samsung firm/software on the phone 
I suppose NFC tags could be useful if you had them in say your car and your front door to change settings, launch apps etc. For sharing files i still use bluetooth or email. Even if i knew how to use s-beam, i guarantee my friends wouldnt even know it exists lol
I suppose NFC tags could be useful if you had them in say your car and your front door to change settings, launch apps etc. For sharing files i still use bluetooth or email. Even if i knew how to use s-beam, i guarantee my friends wouldnt even know it exists lol
nuttynat84
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I use it to transfer photos between mine and my husbands S3's and also between my S3 and my brothers S4
Well, I tried S-Beam for the first time today. I had a folder with 15 pictures in it and I wanted to beam the folder to my daughters S2. I could not find a way to send the folder via the beam. I had to send each picture individually. What a pain. Did I miss something? Any help would be appreciated.
Bob
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nuttynat84
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Never tried to send an entire folder...will be trying it later though when I have the hubby's phone available
You can use WiFi-direct with your daughter's S II since the S II doesn't have NFC so you can't use it with her
By the way NFC or what is called S-Beam is a faster way connect two smart phones together only to send a photo or a video over WiFi-direct so instead of only sending photos and videos you can send an obb file which is sometimes be larger than 1GB in less than 5 minutes
By the way NFC or what is called S-Beam is a faster way connect two smart phones together only to send a photo or a video over WiFi-direct so instead of only sending photos and videos you can send an obb file which is sometimes be larger than 1GB in less than 5 minutes
i guess you have S II plus because the international one doesn't have
obb files are the data files of games and some apps and you can find them in
sdcard/android/obb
no need for root
funkylogik
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Yeah i thought s-beam was launched with the s3 and nfc was launched with the gnex, both after the s2 was launched?
well ,,,,, I don't actually know when was nfc launched but the S-Beam was launched with S III that is for sure but i don't use it I only use wifi-direct
nuttynat84
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My SII didn't have NFC or S-Beam
The S II is officially don't have NFC so it wont have s-beam because S-Beam is Activated via NFC
funkylogik
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Teehee this thread has digressed i love how topics evolve
i love how topics evolve 
nuttynat84
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I had the I9100, not the I727 SII Skyrocket
Yes this Edition of S II as I think is the only one which has NFC beside S II Plus
nuttynat84
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I've never used it.
Samsung's great at padding spec sheets with gimmicky features
I love it for transferring pictures to my hubby and brother
I use it when me and my friends go on trips or use share shot