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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Knight613:
My biggest annoyance thus far is that Gmail syncing with the Gmail app isn't as instant as it was on my old Captivate. Sometimes the S3 won't even alert me that I have new e-mail until I manually refresh the Gmail app. Not sure if that's the phone's fault or if Gmail needs to be updated.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] OhioDroid80:
That is the problem I have at work. I believe the issue is the WiFi access at work is blocking the phone from connecting to the Google servers. That is the only reason I can think that you wouldn't have instant notifications.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lrmcdon2:
It's currently not completely working for the SGSIII (the notification light remains green all the time when the screen is turned off), but if you can deal with that, Light Flow can fix it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite

You can set the vibrate and notification sound and all that stuff for most regular apps in the free version. There's a paid version that takes control of just about every app, I think. But the dev is trying to figure out a "color shift" issue or something. http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1826

This was annoying the crap out of me too, and then I realized you can change it through that method, as long as you can turn off notifications in the original app.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Spooky73:
I'm having this exact same issue with both the stock browser and Dolphin HD. So weird. Unfortunately I have no idea how to fix it...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BoldFace:
Right now I'm hating the fact that I can only attach images to emails from the Gmail app. Has anyone else noticed this?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nrlulz:
Oh yessss that fixes it... and turning off the main led control in the app makes it not go green. The notification led is still screwy but that's not as big of a deal to me
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sniper_5:
I think those of us with a DX are used to that:p

Sent from my DROIDX
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Idan73:
Thank you! ^^^

And the topic annoyances, turns into, users that don't know how to use their features faq megathread.

Random example. Wifi toggle in quick settings, keyword toggle, not notification that wifi is on (even if you're on wifi 99 percent of the time,makes sense to turn it off once you're out of range of known wifi, unless you never leave home, or you just like randomly being notified of wifi spots, or provided you turn of the wifi notifications you think it's not still wasting battery).

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] corythug:
There is no back light, lcd screens have back lights.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ikjadoon:
Yeah, no probs, Idan72. Unsure if this should merge with the Tips and Tricks thread...

Another annoyance:

Hulu Plus isn't compatible with the SGSIII on AT&T! That's ridiculous. :( There's a workaround (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1449110), but that shouldn't be needed... :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dbdynsty25:
I absolutely annoyed w the dumb At&t logo persisting in the notification bar. So annoying.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] GeorgeP:
I also find that logo extremely annoying. It makes it a little more difficult to quickly spot a new notification and it is just plain stupid.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] squintter:
I guess the only annoyance I have is that they didn't advertise simultaneous voice and data over 3g on Verizon. It would have made my decision a lot easier. Coming from the Thunderbolt and Rezound it was something I got used to. But it is capable!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ubigred:
I use a usb cord , fast and easy.

Sent from my EPIC TOUCH!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TLS2000:
Keep in mind that the phone technically has two radios. LTE and CDMA. It uses CDMA for voice, and LTE for data. AT&T's uses LTE for data, and WCDMA or GSM for voice. AFAIK no North American carrier uses LTE for voice at all.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dopeyR12:
I've had my s3 for about a week now and i'm loving it so far....

Except whenever i plugin my headphones i get this 'audio applications' notification message:

It annoys me that I am unable to remove it because i dont use any of the applications it links to & it just hogs up space in my notification area....

anyone find a way to do away with this?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] 21stNow:
When using the stock browser, pressing the menu key doesn't bring up the top address/bookmark bar like it does on the

Galaxy Note
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sooppex:
I want to say im suprised but im not. I cant believe samsung said everyone would get the same phone but yet the carriers decided to make thier own modifications (verizons encrytped bootloader, AT&T's version allowing to shut off the shutter sound without root, sprint has no such option)

I dont have any complaints really, more of just not understanding every feature yet.

Andddd i'm done.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] morbidrealities:
Capacitive buttons

My only complaint thus far is that when I type in landscape mode the pad of my palm directly under my index finger consistently hits the menu button. I guess its because of my freakishly girlish hands. Its the only way I canhold it and type reaching all the keys in a comfortable manner. It would be nice if there was a mod to turn off the capacitive shortcuts in the keyboard itself. Its not a deal breaker by any means just an annoyance.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BubZX:
The smiles in the stock mms suck a$$.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] freakboy13:
I actually like the android smileys

At least it's not the the msn smiley
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] schwalbach:
Sincerely about to ask devs to do this:

I have small hands, and when using Swype/one handed texting, I am CONSTANTLY hitting the menu button with my palm. We definitely need an option to make the menu only come up on long press!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
The numbers and characters key needs to be switched with the menu key
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] schwalbach:
I mean the physical menu button thing beside the home button.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] .Arkham:
Ditch Swype for SwiftKey.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] schwalbach:
I've used both extensively, Swype wins by a mile for me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
yep..swype wins for me to over swiftkey 3
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mitchbart:
Turn off "Power Saving Mode"!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] GuitarrassDeAmor:
So far the phone is great. I do have a question though, on my Verizon GS3, the GPS icon stays on, even when GPS is off. Is there any way to fix/turn this off?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tailsthecat3:
I was first week beta user on both and they've gone back and forth in superiority. The latest versions of both are horrible. The latest swype with its useless swype connect process that is constantly running...terrible since nuance bought them out. And swiftkey with that ridiculous key press pop up and silly themes with no dedicated enter key. The version of swype that came on my old epic 4g touch was the best version, I think. As for swiftkey, I used to use it exclusively until the devs ruined it...why can't they give us an option to disable the keypress pop up or a dedicated enter key? They should focus less on useless themes and skins and more on functional options. If I could get an older version of swype on my phone, I wouldn't look back. Neither are installed and I wish I hadn't paid for swiftkey over a year ago.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Div033:
Having the Verizon S3, it should go without saying that I hate their modifications (locked bootloader, pointless wifi notification, always present location icon) but there is one main general issue that really bugs me and it regards usability.

I often accidentally tap the lowest part of the screen after hitting the back button. Annoying.

I also hate how much strain holding it one handed causes.

There is one solution that I think would work for me: on screen navigation buttons like the gnex. I'm really hoping we get AOSP somewhat soon so I can have this feature.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] schwalbach:
Tried SlideIT?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tailsthecat3:
I have, thank you. It doesn't really do it for me. In fact, I own it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] HHF2:
FlexT9 works great for me. Hoping it will work on the GS3 when I get it later today!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] elfie:
Is there a way to remove wifi connected notification from notification tray?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tailsthecat3:
This?

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/0...g-wifi-notification-on-the-verizon-galaxy-s3/
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Div033:
Unfortunately this will leave you without a wifi toggle since Verizon took the toggle out of our notification toggles.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cecilia:
somewhere else I mentioned it works fine with my Ubuntu 10.04
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Eddie Bombay:
Is there an app where you can go back to previous apps from the notification menu? Or anyway to bounce between previous apps without using the home button? I really hate holding the home button down for a few seconds.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cecilia:
what you need is your Task Manager. make a shortcut and add that to your locked screen.

or something :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tailsthecat3:
Oh snap.

http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-offer-hacker-friendly-developer-edition-galaxy-s-iii
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] il buono:
Switcher (Proof Of Concept) was recently released. It's $0.99 but very promising. There was an article about it yesterday.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tylerdurdin:
Biggest annoyance ever with this phone is that when on XDA in the General section Verizon customers keep opening threads about the same damn topic again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

Sent from........Somewhere In Time
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] silentb0b:
my biggest problem is no external ip on 3g. im on a sub ip. booooo.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Kryptonal:
One main issue I'm dealing with is the lack of Google Play Music. This is my first REAL dive into Android from iOS but I had HOX a couple weeks ago before I settled on the S3. On my HOX the Google Play Music app was preloaded on my device an through work arounds (proxies etc to get my Music account activated as I live in Canada) I was able to enjoy the app. However now my Galaxy S3 doesn't have this luxury as it doesn't come preloaded on it, and I can't download it since I'm in Canada. Any solutions for this would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] elfie:
I was actually looking for something that does not require root. Still haven't rooted my phone, felt no need for it so far.;-)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ogubodagris:
I sure am glad some people are never happy.... Would Kondik have started hacking android if he had just accepted what he was given? How many ROM's are already out for the GS3? All because some people are never happy...

This thread is great... I've already learned 2 solutions to annoyances I had.. Plus it's a good resource to help ROM producers to find things to modify...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ogubodagris:
this thread is doing a great community service... think of all the threadjacking that would have occurred if they hadn't posted here..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ogubodagris:
There is no standard for signal bars to signal strength relationship. I've noticed that my gs3 shows less bars with equal or better connection than my nexus one.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ikjadoon:
Does anyone know the OP? I sent him a PM, but he/she hasn't replied...my compiled post a few pages back is just another post if the first post isn't updated.

I also PM'd the tips and tricks thread guy, but nothing from him/her either. I guess we'll perpetually be browsing 30+ page threads to actually learn anything.

/community-fail
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nyciz:
Consistant Update Security Message in regards to Corp MS Email

Hi all:

I;ve read the 1st 20 +pages, and didnt see anyone mention this. I've connected to my work email (MS Exchange 2010 managed by Microsoft)

I get what looks like a email msg then when I check it, it states "Update Security settings for Work Email".

I;ve turned on a pattern lock and even face unlock, thinking that would settle it but I'm still getting the msg.

Thanks All

PS...music control without unlocking, its only possible if you have swipe with no other security to unlock the phone, if you use face unlock or pattern then you cant pull down the notification bar while music is playing until you unlock. Hope that helps someone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lrmcdon2:
Why in the hell does the phone need to tell me that I've lost my connection to data because I'm roaming when I'm on WiFi? And why doesn't it automatically disappear when I'm no longer roaming? And why can't I kill this notification at all? I've tried switching the data "roam guard" option on and off and it seems to do the same no matter what. Am I doing something stupid here or is there no fix?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Kinobe:
I think this is referring to security settings for your work Exchange server, not your phone security settings. I'm assuming you're getting to your mails via OWA, otherwise you will need to install client certificates for authentication. Check with your company IT team.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
i get this too=(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alexnaoumi:
On the sprint gs3 sometimes when I make a call, it'll say dialing but the phone will do this retarded beeping (kind of like a busy tone) and the call will automatically hang up and the beeping will still play until you do a reboot
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ophelia:
Really? I can't seem to unlink them :P

....ah hah. That actually seems to be the widget I'm using. Volume Ace Free - links up notification and ringer without any way to unlink them. (Now I have to find a new one, since I want them unlinked hah)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] EndlessDissent:
I hate when I rearrange the icons in a folder, and when I open the folder again, the icons are in a random order. Why allow us to rearrange the icons in the first place?

(For anyone testing this, I'm not sure exactly what causes it, because the icons will be in the correct order the first few times I open the folder, but a few hours or so later, they'll be in the wrong order again)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nyciz:
Thanks, I figured as much, I thought it was due to the OWA policy my corp had put into place and I belive it is. I had face unlock and pattern unlock turned on (both of which are annoyin), I've removed both from phone and now when I check the "View Mobile Phone Details" the "Access state" = "Access Denied".

:confused:*warning rant*:confused: Ive had smartphones for 6+ yrs connected to my work email and have never lost a phone, I'm fine being able to remotely wipe the phone from OWA (tho the hack potential is a bit scary?!?!) , but forcing me to use a stupid lock on my own personal device is STUPID.

Any apps that can defeat that would be highly highly appreciate it. Thx
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sengson:
I use Enhanced Email which has an option to ignore the pin lock requirement.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jonhern:
I am having the same issue, can hear it when I tap the screen near the button. I guess I can just make a nandroid and restore, but will they be able to tell I rooted? Plus my screen is perfect don't have the black marks as some have reported and like i had on my RAZR, the ones you can see in low light. Also does anyone know if you ordered by phone can you exchange it at a corporate store?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Deputy13:
yes you can i did this yesterday i was having battery issues
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nyciz:
Hey there thanks for the reply.

Can you share where the option is to ignore the pin lock requirement:confused:

I see in "Server Settings" under "User Agent" "Enforce pin-lock security policy" and I have it unchecked. I'm using the trial versions for 7 days free, as the app is ~$10

TIA:cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jonhern:
Thanks. So is the volume rocker rattling a common issue? Is it worth the trouble or do most have this problem?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sengson:
Yes, I believe that's it. I got it when it was the Amazon free app.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rdwing:
It doesn't have to do with certificates. Basically, you need to apply a PIN lock to your phone. Stupid, I know.

Oh, and as an IT administrator, we create those requirements for a reason. Sometimes, those requirements are law, depending on your field of work.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nyciz:
Thanks for the response and as a former Network Administrator, I understand the need to create network policies for the weakest user but it doesnt mean that I have to agree with the stupid one...lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fishfuzz:
Try TouchDown. It doesn't defeat the lock, but rather contains it to the app (which is what you really need).
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Baldilocks:
The only thing that still annoys me is that 3rd party apps don't work well with LED light on the AT&T version. They work fine on my International version.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] knyque:
I may have missed this one, but I have a Sprint GS3, and I can't get it into USB debugging mode so I can use ADB. It's quite annoing because there are some things that I want to be able to do with that, and I can't.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] det0n8r:
Managing browser windows is difficult, the 'fluid' UI tends to over/under compensate when moving back and forth, making it tough to select a window that's not at the beginning or end of the list.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] oldbbman:
Have not run into that yet. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kola1228:
What's really annoying is the slight delay when turning the screen on. once you push the lock button it takes 1-2 seconds for the lock screen to appear. when the screen is on, it shuts off instantly when you push the lock button, but it's delayed in turning back on. its even embarrassing actually and it makes the phone look slow when people take a look at my phone. :/
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jnadke:
Tesla LED works fine (I assume you mean flashlight app).

But I just use the included Assistive Light widget since it's quicker.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alexnaoumi:
Bump. Does anyone else get this?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Baldilocks:
No, I'm talking about the front notification LED light. It doesn't work with 3rd party apps -- at least the AT&T version. Instead of flashing it will stay lit up solid and not the color you have selected.

Works fine with the built in Samsung apps.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ThC23:
Lol, I agree with this one. WTF is up with that. I thought I was trippin the first few times, like did I press the button or not. Lol. So I would press it again and it would turn on.

Then I realized that's the way the phone is. Lol.

Powered by the SGSIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] det0n8r:
Turn off the lock screen ripple effect and it will turn on faster.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kola1228:
thats so annoying though lol. i like the ripple effect. even after disabling it it still lags, it doesn't wake up instantly
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
No music controls on lock screen WTF!!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Baldilocks:
Yeah, but you can still access them with the pull down notification bar.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chrisbass:
+1000 to this
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] freakboy13:
Ok found something... removed my lockscreen a few days ago and kept finding my phone on....

Apparently my home button now acts as the power button waking the phone up when pushed?

Home button now really making hulk angry.

Any one else have this issue
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] SiNJiN76:
Separate Brightness controls in the Browser and Video player. (sitting in a dark room...brightness down low...open up the browser and get blinded!) :cool: <---- not cool...just wearing shades!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
Yeah but then I have to swipe to unlock, then enter my pin then go into the noti drawer. Thats BS!

Maybe we can get a mod that allows track skip by holding the volume button up/down. I had this on my Dinc but it was a Rom feature.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] glidersgalore:
Hello all. I am new to this section, new to Samsung had HTC phones for almost 10 yrs, even switched from Sprint to VZW. This thread has been good for some of the short cuts i need to learn. Here is my current issues: When I sync my Facebook account I choose only my contacts on my phone, however it adds all my FB people, I have looked, however did not find an answer to correct it. also I miss the Friend Steam from HTC Sense, any idea of something like it?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robsonline:
I have used HTC phones since my XV6700, and I really miss the HTC Sense widgets. I found Android Pro Widgets by Dr. Appche on the Play Store. They are very close to the HTC Sense widgets. You can configure them if you get the pay version. Hope this helps.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&hl=en.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Baldilocks:
Ahh, I don't use a PIN. So I can just pull the bar down anytime I want.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bagbug:
+1. Anyone knows if its a TW feature ?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ryandelman:
You're high on something chief, that's for sure. lol

This is about my fifth Samsung android phone, all came crapped up with TW and while each iteration of TW seems marginally better than the last, it's still nowhere near the UX that it should be, especially now that Apex and Nova are in the fray since 4.x version of the OS.

-Ryan
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] javahooked:
Here is a little background. I switched from iPhone 4S to Galaxy S3. Apart from the learning curve (I expected that) everything is going well except for a few annoyances. The one that is driving me nuts is the Email.

I have two Email account setup, Hotmail, and my work email through Corporate Exchange Server. By default when I receive the Email it's in text with zero HTML formatting. I checked show images in the options with no luck. I enabled the size of Emails to download to "All". Contacted Samsung and they said I have to hit load more details a the end of each email every time. Are you crazy?

Something as basic as Email should be set to work just out of the box especially on a smartphone of this caliber. Anyways would greatly appreciate if anyone solved this problem. Its definitely grinding my gears.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ryandelman:
While I don't suggest you quote me on this, I seem to remember from ported ICS ROMs for the Note i717, this same functionality was lost and people were not happy. Cool thing was that the developers wound up building a custom 15-widget-toggle mod that included a brightness button. This might have already been done with the S3 too, but I haven't poked around much in dev threads yet to see. Besides, that's not exactly the same experience as simply being able to swipe casually from left-to-right or back the other way to change brightness.

I guess what I'm saying is that this likely has more to do with Android 4.0.4 than it does Samsung.

-Ryan

---------- Post added at 02:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 PM ----------

Why not install Go Launcher or Nova or Apex and take the Pepsi challenge?? If the lag goes bye-bye, then your answer is that TW struck again (which would be my semi-educated guess to begin with).

-Ryan