yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NA 521":
You can also swipe away individual apps after holding down the home button. An HTC rep at an AT&T store told me that one today. She was trying to show off the One X. Everything that phone could do, my Galaxy could do. It was great. She even told me how the One X was made of polycarbonate and that the Galaxy was made of plastic. She learned a lot today...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
first go to settings>language and input and turn on voice cmd for apps. I had it on early today and said cheese and the camera snapped a photo...pretty cool
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] defnow:
Anyone having trouble doing the hand motion screenshot? I can't do it. :( gf walked in on me trying it and she gave me this look like....wtf? She shook her head and walked out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CHiSEEN:
You need to have a good portion of the screen covered with your hand (instructions say use your palm) and just swipe it across in an even motion.

Also make sure the function is turned on in the motion settings!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] markmunsch:
Same thing here with the screenshot, I feel dumb as hell as I still can't get it to work.

Also , is anyone using the stock ICS keyboard? I hate the Samsung keyboard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
Hold ur hand out like your doing a karate chop and swipe across the screen from either direction, left or right. Its really simple
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
no problems here....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
Thanks for the details. I was doing it flat palmed. Working now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chilled26:
I couldn't get it either then I felt dumb when I realized you have to touch the screen. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freakboy13:
OK I finally got a good one here!

I see a lot of peeps having problems with the screen shot swipe method.

Me included. The palm face down thing is stupid and half the time it hits a link or something else.

Well boys n girls here the best way and you can day buh bye to the manual way with power/home. Once you get this down you are gonna be sweet...that was easy as all hell!

OK I took pics with my dx2 so yes they suck. NM that.;)

Take your hand and make it like your gonna karate chop some one. Put it on the left very edge (see pic) ...and swipe!

Dayum that was slick!

I just happened to discover this technique by accident, a gnat/mosquito was buzzing round my phone last might while out side and I was like gtfo off my phone stupid bug..

Then..

CLICK

I was like wtf.. awesome!!

Tried it again ...and again and again! !

Works every single time and wow you can raid fire off screen shots with this method.

Hope this helps!!"

Edit: just realised you can also do this with a single finger on the edge as well...and hey if you already know this trick, my appoligies in advance for upsetting you ...:p

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
Why do people keep posting the same info? This was addressed pages ago...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
It's ok man. I got a good laugh about how he discovered this. Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freakboy13:
You mad brah?

Your comment is unnecessary, and just plain negative.

Please link me to where it was explained this way.

And if it was wtf cares? I already said I was sorry if it was already mentioned.

You ragging on me for helping out?

Go troll somewhere else .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
Read the thread b4 u post... That is all. That's why every thread gets cluttered because ppl can't do this one simple courtesy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freakboy13:
Show me where this technique is explained the way I did

Sorry but no. Nothing wrong with repeating information.

Repeat threads? That's different.

I'm not gonna worry about "oh no some one else posted it already".

In fact its quite beneficial to have information repeated in different places.

It helps with searching, which btw I did.

Albeit xda mobile search kinda sux.

OK carry on officer.

:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
posted on june 27th, page two
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freakboy13:
:rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moonfire711:
What were you saying about cluttering up threads? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
People just post the same thing over and over without reading the previous posts. Like really I could see if the thread was over 40 pages but, not even 25. Its just doesnt make much sense. I like being subscribed to threads where new/helpful ideas or thoughts are shared. But getting emailed to repeatedly read the same thing is quite annoying. Like this thing is a known feature of the device with tons of literature already out there about it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pvcdroid:
Saying "Shoot" works too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moonfire711:
Again, what where you saying about cluttering up threads....:eek: How many posts have you guys put up back and forth about not putting up needless posts? PM each other about this. lol, just sayin'.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
I know this is gonna sound awkerd but I just found the best way to take the screen shot and I'm sure you can impress all your friends in the process... use your member (trying to use the friendliest term)

Tested and Working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moonfire711:
No one will ever touch your phone if you show them that. lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
its great for those people who always ask to see your phone bit of a deterrent lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] V@no:
Awesome list!

#32 is not available on ATT version, at least I can't find.

Also, does anyone know how to map long press menu button to open S-Voice instead of search?

I know it's not a trick, but perhaps it could be added to the list as well:

This also fixed freezes for 30 seconds prior the FC.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xxmelissaxx:
The karate chop screen shot is the way it is supposed to be done not with your palm face down.. it says it all over the Internet.. I think that's why people were getting so upset about the repeated posts.. But I'm glad yu figured it out :D

(here's a picture online explaining how to do the motion screen shots)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] OTAw:
*delete

-Sent from my T999 T-Mobile Galaxy SIII :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scarecrow:
Double Tap

Ok, now someone explain the cadence of the double-tap on the top of the phone to get to the top of a list?

I get that to work maybe one time in 10.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
it works in a few places... Contacts... email lists... and email

essentially you double tap the top of the phone and it pops to the top
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
Yea was just about to say that kol. Doesn't work in a lot of 3rd party apps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] simollie:
I found the double tap a little unreliable even in those supported apps. I always have to try a couple of times before it takes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oreo:
In chrome. You can scroll through your list of tabs by simply tilting the device towards or away from you (after you hit the open tabs button at upper right) . Useful for one handed browsing with many tabs open.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Richardlevins:
Thanks for sharing the nice tips .It is really useful
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xThe Enforcer:
Thanks everyone, sweet tips!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] OnceAMatrixMan:
And in reviews and in the manual and...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] groaner:
Anyone else have an issue with the voice control of music? It seems that it picks up a lot of noise (over blue tooth in the car) causing it to stop the music or go to her next/previous song by itself.

The VC doesn't work in Google Music either :-(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
Mine does not hear any voice commands whatsoever over BT in car. The car has its own voice control (of course related to the phone, only for name dialing)...so it does not foward voice to the phone, and the phone does not hear via its speaker kwhen hooked to BT in car.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rfranken:
if this wasn't mentioned....

you can pull down the notifications bar from the lock screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
Unfortunately the VC is for some Samsung apps and not much else
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisnosleep:
OK, so I'm not sure if this is a tip or not, but I think it is. Has anyone noticed that we have 3 different colors of LED's for our notifications? I just tried "Light Flow" from the market and was able to produce 7 different colors and they can be set up for different notifications. I know this isn't new to the world of phones, but I didn't see any mention of it in this thread and my last phone (Epic 4G Touch) only had two colors available. The colors are below.

Red

Green

Blue

Red/Green

Red/Blue

Blue/Green

Red/Blue/Green

However, I had some troubles with Light Flow. After testing, when the screen shut off, my green light stayed on solid. I was hoping some of you could help test this and make sure it wasn't just my phone. Other than that, the program worked great, and as it should.

Another program that should work similar is Blink, but I have not tried it yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cappurnikus:
The green light stays on when your battery is fully charged.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] irock1985:
Its a known issue as well as others and the light flow devs are working on the compatability with our phones

Sent from my Sprint GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisnosleep:
Thanks. I tried looking up any help from the devs, but their websites appear to be down.

"Blink" appears to be working fine, but it doesn't seem like its quite as customizable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] michael.s.under:
There was a lightflow update, but not sure if it addressed this problem or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jayr04:
Sadly, I'm gonna forget half this stuff by the morning lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
It was for jb not us
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] neonsector:
use the top side of the screen while u swipe it like holding a fist, I found out that the whole palm would open menus up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thunderflare:
If you are using the stock alarm, you will need to add a alarm widget to be able to dismiss the alarm in between snoozes. Unlike my previous phone, you cannot dismiss through the notification pull down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dualbf:
Does palm muting work with Google Play Music? Because I haven't gotten it to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] god5337:
Editing Clipboard

To paste from the clipboard:

longpress the settings icon on the Samsung Keyboard and slide over and select the clipboard icon. the clipboard will show everything saved to it

To delete items from the clipboard:

longpress the settings icon on the Samsung Keyboard and slide over and select the clipboard icon. Long press items on the clipboard and select delete. Other options are save to gallery or Memo(depending on file tyoe) and lock to clipboard.

Note: to delete pics, you have to go into an app where you can add pics from the clipboard, such as messaging.

Note: to delete text, you have to go into an app where you can access text, like the Search bar.

Some passwords end up on the clipboard, so this would be a good thing to monitor.

---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 PM ----------

Have you tried:

Settings > Accessibility and uncheck both TalkBack and Notification History, under Services.

I ad the same issue, and for me, both had to be off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xxmelissaxx:
It happens when you download light flow for some reason.. It is REALLY ANNOYING! here's what I did to get rid of it.. Uninstall light flow.. Then go to settings-manage applications - all -Google text to speech engine -CLEAR DATA and I did the same with samsung tts (clear data) hope this helps :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RaymondPJR:
I'm not sure but I think I read somewhere that palm muting only works with Stock Samsung apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Just found a way to substantially increase smoothness

under Developer Options--> Limit Background Processes

I set mine to 4 and notice a difference
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rfranken:
Mine only goes up to 4?

And I didn't see a difference. After making the change were you just swiping back and forth across your home screens or how did you check smoothness?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
sorry i meant 4

i just noticed because I'd used to have random lag everywhere...now it smooth as I always felt as it should be
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlicetheBrit:
I'm was just about to say "but mine only goes up to 4" so I was glad to see your edit/correction from 5.... Wonder why there isn't an option to set how many "max" you want.... And what is "Standard"?

AlicetheBrit

Sent on my US Galaxy S III
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
no problem

i am pretty sure this probably saves battery life since RAM uses a lot of battery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet but there is an option in call settings for Internet calling
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] artisticcheese:
How do you configure it? It seems to be just enable/disable in that settings. But how do you actually configure parameters (I assume it's SIP based calling).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
You click add an account at the bottom

I'm not too sure how it all works but it's SIP accounts

if do eone can explain what exactly this does it would be helpful
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I have a SIP account on pbxes.org that is tied to my Google Voice account. This lets me receive calls to my Google Voice number through the internet via my pbxes.org account. I can also make calls out through the internet using GV. (Very handy when stuck in the middle of a large concrete building with no cell coverage but free wifi.)

But a word of warning: The SIP configuration that's built into the dialer will maintain a connection with your SIP provider all the time, whether on wifi or not. When I had this configured, my battery life tanked when I wasn't connected to wifi because this connection kept my phone awake most of the time. I read that SIP is not really intended for cell data connections. (Note, I'm on AT&T but there is no LTE in my area.) I don't think this is specific to pbxes.org, although it may be. Others may have different experiences with different SIP providers.

In the end, I disabled the built-in SIP support and went back to using CSipSimple, so I can connect to my SIP provider when I want (on wifi, no cell coverage) and leave it off otherwise. This improved my battery life substantially when not connected to wifi.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] artisticcheese:
How do you configure pbexes.org to call out using Google Voice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] augustorm:
I also could not tell a difference when setting the bg processes to four. I will however, in the future, keep a closer eye on how the phone operates and perhaps re-try this adjustment if or when i catch the phone lagging. But I have to say, this thing runs like butter.

Peace
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
It's been a while since I did it, but I think I used Sipdroid. That app has a button that automates the whole process. pbxes.org has peering with Google Voice. I think it just converts between SIP and Jabber, but I'm no expert. Once Sipdroid set things up, I switched to CSipSimple because I like the interface better.

One word of caution, though. You have to configure the codecs in CSipSimple or people won't be able to hear you. Google "CSipSimple pbxes codec" and I'm sure you can find more info. I think it amounts to disabling all codecs except PCMU and PCMA.

I think there is another app in the market that makes calls through GV that is much easier to setup. I forget the name. I use pbxes.org because I set it up a few years ago.

EDIT: The app is GrooVe IP. I've never used it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
ehh.. i disagree...it is a nice, fast phone..but there is random lag throughout...

this fixes that lag for me..

also the new 3rd update is out!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] accrews2001:
I changed may bg to 4 and my alarm didn't go off after I hit snooze again until I turned on the screen myself. First time that's happened so I changed it back to standard. Using alarm extreme. Don't know if the two are related tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] .Bambino:
Thanks for these tips. I knew some of them but I did find some very useful. Thanks a lot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] accrews2001:
I discovered that you can go directly to your desired screen on touchwiz by selecting the screen's dot (in case you don't want to scroll through 3 other pages to get there)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
I noticed to that the led wouldn't blink for missed alerts when I had it set to 4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dkechitkid:
Awesome list. A couple of samsung/swype tips that still work from the s2 days.

- swype from "swype key" (on the lower left of keyboard) to the number five. This will bring up a numeric keypad.

- swype from "swype key" to "123+!=" key (right next to it). This will bring up arrow, copy , paste, pgup, pgdown keys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xxmelissaxx:
You can change the bubbles and background of the default text messaging app by opening the app press menu /settings.. You'll see bubble style and background style.. Click each then slide over to the style you want :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
list updated =)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RaymondPJR:
I discovered this by accident. I'm not at all pleased with the performance of S-Voice, so I disabled the double hold of the Home button to enable it which speeds up the home screen coming awake. Then later on I changed the Lockscreen short-cut icons and discovered you can wake up the phone from the lockscreen using a Wake-Up command if you don't want to swype open. Phone will open directly to S-Voice. Seems much more useful to open from the lockscreen. Now I can wait for Samsung to update this app so that it works better, lol! System settings>Security>Lock screen options>Set wake up command>Wake up S-Voice:D

Also if you've always wanted to read Flipboard in landscape mode, install Madmack's Rotation locker. Place the widget for this app next to the Flipboard widget. If using auto-rotation, turn phone to landscape and toggle the Rotation locker widget to lock the screen. Open Flipboard and read in Landscape mode. When you back out of app, just toggle the Rotation locker widget to unlock landscape orientation.:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vactor:
usb file transfer??

for some reason i cannot post in the main forum: how can i get my computer to recognize the S3 as a generic USB storage device when i connect it via usb cable? it does not work the same way as my HTC evo 4G used to, where i could just plug in the cable and it would ask me "usb device or charge only" and i could select usb and it would then appear as a removable storage device on my computer. help!

Win XP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vactor:
does anyone know how to stop the Gallery from showing the book covers to all of my 200+ ebooks i have loaded on to the memory card?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trancednovea:
Place a .Nomedia File in the Folder.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lrosenman:
You can't. Android from 3.x on uses MTP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
Accessing the Service menu

The Service menu is activated through a sort of code that you enter into the dial pad of the phone. To get started:

Start your Phone app

Get to the Keypad screen

Type in: *#0* #

You now should have in front of you a screen with a 5 X 3 grid of options.

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-uncover-and-use-hidden-service-menu-galaxy-s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] god5337:
video camera

In video mode, tapping anywhere on the screen disables auto-focus and focuses on the spot you tapped, just like the camera. To turn auto-focus back on, tap the autofocus icon that appears.

Also, in video mode, if you activate anti-shake, it disables the snapshot in videos function. Toggle back and forth depending on your needs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vactor:
how can i get pictures i take to rotate with the rotation of the phone? if i take a landscape pic, it's small and narrow when the phone is held normally, but won't rotate to fill the creen when i hold the phone in landscape mode, using the oem gallery picture viewer ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kp.nikhil:
press home button rapid 3-4 times to get negative colour

Sent for galaxy s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] autoprime:
IOTHiddenMenu - Most noteworthy edits include LTE only mode, LTE/CDMA mode(no 3G) and NV BACKUP/RESTORE. It's also a nice little all-in-one shortcut for most of the hidden menus on this device.

for more info - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1815580
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bludevil35:
It's available on some of the CM10 Roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rpavich:
Well...now I know what's happening at least...:(

I thought it was my player...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] casmi:
Does anyone know the name of the sound file for for the beep when you plug in your charger? I would like to get rid of that sound. TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xjayman:
Just found out by accident that if you touch & hold page indicator on homescreen it'll allow you to slide from page to page instead of swipe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RPerry435:
Sweet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
In case you still need it its

/system/media/audio/ui/Charger_Connection.ogg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xjayman:
You mean thanks ? Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCaldazar:
On the default lock screen, there is a difference between quick tapping to get the ripple effect and holding your finger for a second or so. When you pick your finger up after holding it, the screen acts as if 'water' was stuck to it and a drop fell off onto the screen. I found it to be a neat little attention to detail type of addition.

You can pinch on the home screen to see all of your home screen at once, and it lets you add/delete home screens from here as well.

By the way, the turning off double tap for S-Voice, HUGE IMPROVEMENT! That has bugged me for far too long. Glad to have found that out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iceman19631:
No more battery pulls

Don't know if this has been mentioned, if by some strange chance you phone freezes up and you have to do a battery pull...You can shut the phone down by holding [volume up+home key+power button] until phone shuts down instead. It even works when you've had a bad flash and phone won't boot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RaymondPJR:
Found a new one by accident. Someone complained about the Samsung Stock music player widget not being able to access any of the menus. This is not correct. If you tap on the face of the widget, either on the album cover or currently playing song title, or any other place, it opens the music player app to that currently displayed song. Then tap that weird "emotions" icon and you will see all the categories from "all" the "years". Not elegant or intuitive, but it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ice.candi:
otg

can anyone tell me if the verison s3 has native otg mode when rooted on stock rom? i see all the mnt/usb a etc in my file manager...if i try to use usb host controller it just gets stuck on loading...do i control it through the file manager?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ironlood:
not sure if I seen this yet but if you click the monitor icon in the upper left it will wirelessly stream.

The way it works (atleast for me) my phone is connected to my Wifi network and my Xbox 360 is as well. When I press that monitor button it overwrites anything the Xbox is doing and starts to stream to it.

It works with the stock video player and the stock gallery. that's all I can really tell as of now

On an unrelated side note the screenshot is Angerfist who I saw last night and they went hard as hell here's the opening portion of the set if any one is interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsk1AujBOCU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3xda:
Lol