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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gadgetguy681:
Ok, I've used Kies to transfer photos over to my GS2. They are all in albums on the pc in Kies, however, they just show up in the gallery on the phone in one folder. I want them organized into different folders on the phone. How do I go about this using Kies?

I would just drag and drop w/o using Kies but I have over 6000 pics and I want to take advantage of the optimization Kies uses that shrinks the file size.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
First of all, I never spend enough time exploring Kies so I don't know much.

Secondly, I prefer xfering files/folders using USB, much much faster and I have totally control.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] networkn:
Hi There!

Can I completely reset wireless on a GS3 (as opposed to a factory reset). I am having no end of Wireless Issues and the other GS3 I have is working fine so I know it's not the WAP.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Is it just one wap? If so you could forget the network with long press.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] networkn:
No I am having issues with Wireless everywhere.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I very recently asked for help installing CM7 onto my phone. While following a fairly simple tutorial linked to me by the author something hasn't worked and I've been left with a brick. I managed to fastboot the boot.img then when rebooting I was asked to "spam" the volume button repeatedly until it entered another mode. It did not do this. Instead it simply left me with a blank screen. No Sony Ericsson logo and no booting into another mode as the tutorial described. Someone in the thread had the same issue and basically the author just washed his hands of it and asked that guy to make a thread. I did look at the troubled users profile for said thread but for some reason this forum is saying the search is down, so hopefully someone can help me at least get my phone working. I'm done with the rooting/romming shenanigans. If there is a way to just get my phone up and running then hopefully someone can tell me. Until then it's just a brick.

Edit - Tried updating via SEUS but it says the phone has modified software and cant be updated. :-(

Would flashtool work?? I have no idea how to use it tho but am downloading it. Looking for things on here is hard work. lol.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelvenha55:
Is your boot loader unlocked? You didn't mention if it was or not. If its not then that's why your bricked.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
Its unlocked. The tutorial before the one I mentioned above was about finding out if it was or not and it had a YES next to it in the menu. Along with my IMEI number etc, so I was told I was OK to go ahead with the other tutorial.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fareeed:
Flashtool Guide

Oh rght this should help you, okay. The answer to your question is yes flashtool should work, it sounds like you've got a botched install that's all if you doo this you should be fine :-)

THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR PHONE BUT NOT YOUR SD CARD

Here's a quick rundown of what you need to do, Download flashtool, download an ftf file, flash the ftf file to your phone through flashtool and then as if by magic your phone should work. So let's begin :D

Step 1) Turn your phone off - Then leave it to the side.

Step 2) Download and install Flashtool Get flashtool from here

After it has downloaded install it but make sure you have remembered the directory where you've installed it.

Step 3) Download an ftf file. This is a package that contains the stock software that came with your phone and flashing this will therefore return your phone to factory settings or stock.

Here is a thread with a list of ftf files, download the one that corresponds with your phone.

After you've downloaded it move it the folder named firmwares in your flashtool directory. For example mine is C:\Flashtool\firmwares

Step 4) Install the drivers. Navigate to the drivers folder in your flashtool directory, for example mine is C:\Flashtool\drivers From there open the file named Flashtool-drivers.exe and install ALL of the drivers.

Step 5) Flashing the FTF. Once you have installed all of the drivers open flashtool. From there click on the flash icon in the top left corner of the screen. Select Flashmode then click OK.

Select the FTF file you downloaded and moved to the firmwares folder and then click OK.

You will then see flashtool say it is preparing files for flashing follwed by a popup. The popup will promt you to power off your phone, hold the back button, then plug the USB into your Computer.

After you have done this flashtool will begin flashing your phone. Do not remove the USB until it is finished.

Once it has finished (The log will tell you when it has) remove the USB and power on your phone.

The initial boot may take some time as needs to rebuild it's cache. Don't panic this is normal. After it has your phone shoudl now have booted and be on the stock software that came with it :D

Hope I helped, if you need anymore help PM me
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
Thanks for the help but I was just too over that phone so I sent it away for cash (even fuc*ed it was worth £32) and I've got a brand new Xperia Arc S. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] zmore:
Has anyone yet found a cheap MHL to HDMI adapter that's confirmed to work with the Galaxy S3?

The official Samsung adapter is still $40(!) and who knows if THAT will be pin incompatible in the future too (MHL is supposed to be standard).
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jiannichan:
How about the $13-14 ones from Amazon that is supposedly Samsung branded? I have the one that came with the Infuse but I haven't tested it out yet.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MHL-H...F8&qid=1340683252&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+mhl
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gandalf21502:
That will not work, S III requires a 'special' adapter, the older ones, such as for the S II, will not work.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sKoWN_kAT:
Yea i bought the cheap Menotek mhl adapter ($13 shipped) from Amazon about a week or so before i got the s3....

I found out later that the s3 has a different pin out so yea, no dice on the Menotek. :thumbdown:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tokcin:
Has anyone tried these? $14 and they claim to be for the s3!

amazon.com/Adapter-Micro-Samsung-i9300-Galaxy/dp/B008AMY5GA/ref=sr_1_2?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1340689535&sr=1-2&keywords=handhelditems+galaxy+s3+mhl

amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Package-include-HandHelditems/dp/B008AMYB28/ref=sr_1_3?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1340689535&sr=1-3&keywords=handhelditems+galaxy+s3+mhl

amazon.com/Adapter-Micro-Samsung-i9300-Galaxy/dp/B008AMYA7E/ref=sr_1_4?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1340689535&sr=1-4&keywords=handhelditems+galaxy+s3+mhl
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
I'm wondering if it wouldn't be cheaper to buy the old 5pin mhl adapter and get the new adapter to make it work. I know it sounds funny to get an adapter for your adapter but I have seen the old mhl for as low as $10 (generic) and the new connector for not much more than that. Were as the new Samsung cord cost $40. I haven't seen any (generic) ones yet.

With this being said I wonder if there would be any limitations to doing this. Can anyone confirm?

I also looked at the links (Tokcin) and I think those are for older 5pin phones. In fact one of the reviews said it didn't work for the s3 not to buy it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tahngarth:
I just ordered one from monoprice and will get the 5 to 11 pin adapter when available.

I read recently that the 11 pin interface allows for MHL and USB Host at the same time, which I don't care about, so see no need for the $40 11 pin MHL adapter. Still not sure how that is even supposed to work without another adapter anyway to split the MHL and USB Host functionality.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xtrezpasor:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EPL-FU10BEGSTA

its a samsung 5pin to 11pin adaptor, 9.99 from them direct.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] RTBee:
I've got an old one for the Samsung Captivate. Does anyone know it this adapter will allow it to work with the S3?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
It will not work as is. You either need to buy the adapter to make it work(costs $10) or buy the new cord for the s3($40). The only down fall to buying the adapter instead of the new cord is no one knows if there is going to be a limitation to it. The new cord uses the 7 pin layout instead of the 5 pin layout. The new 7 pin layout is said to be able to do simultaneous mhl and otg. I am not sure if the adapter will let you do that. As far as I know there are no cords out to allow the simultaneous mhl and otg right now any way. I would just buy the adapter.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] wgarrido:
The Captivate doesn't have MHL, it used the headphone jack.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] raghu007:
<link removed>

its a samsung 5pin to 11pin adaptor, 9.99 from them direct.[/QUOTE]

So as I understand correctly, I can use this with my existing adapter (MHL) which I bought for galaxy s2.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
So as I understand correctly, I can use this with my existing adapter (MHL) which I bought for galaxy s2.[/QUOTE]

Yes, you should.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] punzada:
I'm really hoping someone comes out with an MHL+OTG cable, would make things very fun and exciting. I may have to pull the trigger as it is on the new MHL cable just to play with in the meantime, wish it wasn't so expensive.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] androholic:
I tried two different generic ones I had, and neither worked. Expansys has them for $30 free shipping on their site though. I also posted a thread letting ppl know I did get it working on a 720p display I used it on, with no problems. Im actually glad I spent the money, because its a much more secure fit then the generic ones vIve always used, it locks in place kind of. I just hope Samsung uses the same one for their new devices from here out!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ZServ:
This would be "TAKE ALL MY MONEY" tier right here. MAKE IT HAPPEN, CHINESE KNOCK-OFF COMPANIES.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
How do you plan to use both at the same time? I was thinking about this myself but I can't see myself using them at the same time.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
Can you give us a link to the one you got and knows working? My 1080p tv just crapped out and I have to use my 720p/1080I tv now. I have been waiting on a cheaper solution to Samsung's $40 cable because I plan on buying the WiFi dongle went it comes out. By the way from what I understand Samsung's cable won't work with anything other than 1080p. So if your tv doesn't support 1080p it won't work. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] punzada:
External hard drive with movies mounted over OTG while outputting it to a large HDTV @ 1080p gloriousness would be a start. with a cable like that you basically have a docking station in a cable, very interesting stuff.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] geargamer:
I was thinking I would do that through the media server on my computer but I do like the idea of the docking station.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Humko777:
They say that the screen of s3 is can't b scratched is this true ...? So do I have to use the screen protector
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjertomania:
The screen on the S3 is solid. There's a video of someone playing Fruit Ninja with a real knife on YouTube... the screen stayed intact.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Read the do i need a screen protester posts in accessories .

Yes they can be scratched .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiahnlliya:
Ask yourself:

Would you whine and cry if you got a scratch on your screen?

If yes, then buy a screen protector.

If no, then go naked.

Me, I would definitely whine, so I bought a protector.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
by the way, there is no 100% surface coverable screen protector available...

Due to the curve in the corners of the screen, full screen protector will not sit properely... so the edges (2mm) are not protected form the scraches...:crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siltar:
Actually ZAGG Invisible Shield (It's on my Galaxy S3 at the moment) covers 99.9% of the phone. It's also a very durable screen protector that will last months.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
Awww but they do scratch, and it would take something pretty hard to put a gouge in the screen but a knife, keys or any amount of things can easily put micro scratches in the Oleophobic coating and if you use in daylight it gets hard to see the screen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micxploed:
I have a sp on mine. Just to be safe. I wish my shell would get here from amazon already! I've accumulated some scuff marks on the back cover somehow! :( greatest phone ever! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJayEss:
I got a scratch on mine just last night - no idea how, probably in my sleep, when the stupid LED light started flashing to tell me about an email, so I reached over and turned it face down. Not deep, and only 4/5mm long, but it's all I see now :crying:

How did my SGS2 screen go for 10 months without a *single* scratch, and this is a week old, and one already...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diaze:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwwz0nyOno&feature=plcp

i dont think you need a screen protector ^^
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
hi, did you got s3? ;)

@op s3 is scratch resistant but not scratch proof just like any other mobiles. a small visoe for your pleasure

[YOUTUBE]fhoF564nJ_Q[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
Yes Bala, I already Got...Unbranded subscription from VIVA, I found it very comfirtable offer, 18Kuwait Dinar (IRS 3510) down payment, 11KD monthly for 18 months, 1gb internet monthly free, which is enough for me for brwsing and chating, no talk time I have a company phone and high speed wifi at home...

I am going to india next month, is micro SIM available with all providers in India??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micxploed:
WTF!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilbs84:
I remember I video doin the rounds when the ip#@ne was new about their screens, they put it in a bag of keysand shake it around and then go on about it being scratch proof , but as you know they scratch easy, so these will too
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
That's a fuc**ng awesome vid man! Hahahahhahaha
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
I've spent the last few days trying to figure out a good way to sync music to my phone. From googling, the best solution was apparently PlayerPro, however I have tried running the trial on my phone, and it won't play back more than 1 song before freezing up. I'm not going to drop the $5 for it, if I can't get it to work.

I'm non-rooted, running the stock firmware (latest version).

Requirements:

- Must support "auto" playlists (for syncing, its fine if they aren't an option in the music app on the phone)

- Must sync song ratings back to Windows 7

- Must not require the use of iTunes

Nice to have:

- Ability to specify how much of my storage I want to dedicate to my music, so it doesn't max out my memory card.

Seems simple enough, but so far I haven't found a way to do this that doesn't use PlayerPro.

Any suggestions?

Explanation: I want to sync over to my phone songs I've rated highly + new/unrated songs. Then when I sync back, the ratings get passed back to the music management application in Windows to keep all my ratings in sync. I do not want to sync my whole library (which is bigger than my memory card).

What I've tried:

- PlayerPro should do what I want. But it freezes on me.

- DoubleTwist will only sync over my entire library. No smart lists for syncing

- WinAmp will "auto fill" but won't let me specify any paramaters for what gets synced over. Plus Winamp android app won't let me rate songs.

- MediaMonkey will work on the PC, but relies on PlayerPro for rating the songs on the phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
This is a giant question not a guide.... So it belongs in Q and A.

Wow that's pretty specific. I'm unsure of anything available that does that. Google Music was my initial thought. Moving all your music there...? You can sync your whole collection although I don't know if you can selectively sync songs.

Edit : just checked you can make certain things available offline. Unfortunately nothing but a thumbs up or down for a rating system.

Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
Sorry about posting this is the wrong sub-forum. I'll flag it and see if a moderator can move.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtaC318:
Its not a syncing app, but if you live in an area with good coverage maybe you can try using Audiogalaxy.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
may i suggest to you DROPBOX. you can stream the music on your phone and and play it on your pc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vaeevictiss:
Is there any way...either an app or a tasker task/script that will automatically agree to the location consent box that pops up when GPS is turned on?. I'm finally getting annoyed by it lol. I'm hoping there's gotta be some way around it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
I never noticed. Why not just leave GPS on always? It doesn't hurt anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Just leave GPS on. It doesn't use battery unless its being accessed for location for an app. You spend more battery going to settings toggling it on and off over and over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Somewhat true. The Facebook app is buggy, if you have GPS on... and you turn Facebook on (even though location is disabled).

GPS remains on your status bar... even if you go back to home screen. At least that's my reasoning for having it disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Use Facebook every day and never had that issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Convert whatever is asking for GPS to a system app.

Pretty sure that'll do it.
[Nook Touch General] patsissons:
I have read that it's possible to use google books on the NST (or NTG) but i can't find it in the market place. and every time i try and side load the apk i get INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK. I downloaded google play books 2.3.5 apk which is supposably built for 2.1. I thought the NST/NTG was on 2.1 (or is it 2.2?) so im curious why this doesn't work... anyone care to comment?

If i just have the wrong version please let me know the correct version to use.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
You can try apktool-ing the apk and see what version it specs in AndroidManifest.xml.

You could modify the version and see if it crashes.

We're running Eclair, 2.1, API level 7 on the Nook Touch.
[Nook Touch General] ViViDboarder:
Any luck OP?

EDIT:

Tried this one: http://www.iapktop.com/google-play-books-2-4-3.html since it said compatible with 2.1, but I had no luck.

Then I tried this one: http://www.iapktop.com/google-books-1-4-5.html and it looks to be working! I saw my library in the window and I have it downloading one of my books now for reading to test.

EDIT2: AAaaaaand... works. Perfectly I might add. The only thing that doesn't work is the side buttons don't switch pages. I think because they are bound to PAGE_NEXT or something. Changing them to Right and Left arrow should do it.

EDIT3: Yep. A quick change to the keylayout lets me page with the right hand buttons. It does break the ability to page in the stock reading app though with those buttons. For now I'm leaving it with paging in Google books with right side buttons and paging in Nook with left side buttons. I'll probably go all in later.

What I did was edit /system/usr/keylayout/TWL4030_Keypad.kl and switch RIGHT_NEXTPAGE to DPAD_RIGHT and then switched RIGHT_PREVPAGE to DPAD_LEFT.

Hopefully that makes sense. If not I can probably make it easier for you by pulling the file itself, but I figure I'd try to "teach a man to fish." ;)
[Nook Touch General] altruizine:
Dynamic button remapping; getting rid of page-turn animation

(Interested lurker speaking. I don't have a NST, but a rooted Sony PRS-T1, which is similar, but running Android 2.2. Please take what I say with a grain of salt.)

The latest version of Google Play Books that does not require 3D hardware (for its carousel view and its page-turn animation) and that is available for older Android versions appears to be version 1.5.4.

I'm using that version on the PRS-T1, but was annoyed by its flickering slide animation when turning pages. If you're comfortable with the Android SDK and apktool, here's a hack I did to remove that animation:

mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187741

The problem of different Left/Right key bindings for different apps plagues the PRS-T1 as well. This led me to look for a solution to remap these buttons dynamically, depending on which app was currently running in the foreground. Here's my hack for the PRS-T1, which a semi-experienced developer could port over to the NST. I'd be happy to accept patches.

mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187054

github.com/altruizine/pgdn

(Sorry for not posting direct links – I'm not allowed to post links yet.)
[Nook Touch General] ViViDboarder:
That's awesome! I only just got this device last night so haven't got too far into hacking it, but I have plenty of other Android experience. I'll see if I can replicate.
[Nook Touch General] jorgenric:
So close!

Thank you so much for posting this!

I installed the1-4-5 apk without incident and all my books synced beautifully, including where I left off in them. I was pretty sure I was home free at this point but I've found that the actual content of the books never loads. I get the spinning loading icon off into infinity.

This is the way for all my books. Looks for all the world like it should work fine but just never loads the actual content.

I've tried a system reboot, scanning around between pages, fussing with text size/line spacing and same outcome.

I tried the 2-4-3 apk and got a parsing error when i tried to open the package.

This is so close I can taste it. Any ideas anyone?

Thank you

Update:

I found that if I toggled on "Original pages" in the book options the content would load. After I did that once I could switch back to "flowing text" and adjust as needed.

Update 2:

I still intermittently have issues with book content loading. Probably once per day the loading icon displays indefinitely. The flowing text/original pages workaround I listed before was likely a flook, I haven't been able to find a way to reliably get around this problem. It's terribly annoying.

Update 3:

I tried using the refresh option on the library view prior to loading my book this time and it popped up immediately afterward. I'll continue to experiment with this to see if it works consistently.

Update 4:

That's unreliable as well. There doesn't seem to be any good way to prompt my book to actually load the content of the book. Super annoying.
[Nook Touch General] finitary:
Version 1.0.16

Here is an older version that I found somewhere on the web. It is version 1.0.16...I installed it and it seems to work excellently so far. The bug where version 1.5.4 often never loads the book doesn't seem to be present. :cyclops:
[Nook Touch General] ViViDboarder:
I may have to give this a shot. I am frequently annoyed with this bug. Thankfully the books I'm reading actually fit perfectly on the screen when viewing the scanned versions.
[Nook Touch General] ViViDboarder:
Just wanted to bump and see if you're still getting good results with that version of Google Books. I haven't switched yet (started reading something on Kindle) but I'm about to start a new book on Google Play.
[Nook Touch General] jorgenric:
Seems to work!

I just loaded up the 1.0.16 version and the book loaded right up where as 10 minutes ago it stubbornly refused. I'm not going to get my hopes up yet but I'll try and remember to give an update after some more use. Thanks for the post!
[Nook Touch General] straygecko:
goodereader.com has version 1.5.2 for download. Worth a try.