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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Samsung has been using the 3button combination since the first Galaxy S and probably even before.

So you can't really say it's new, rather is something different.

When the S1 was released, most other Android phones used crammed-together 4 touch-buttons, Samsung's easy 2 touch, 1 hardware button was an awesome and easy-to-use feature.

Nowadays with Android 4.0, Google is trying to eradicate hardware buttons but Samsung still managed to include them. I honestly prefer it that way.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubigred:
I prefer 4 plus I love having a search button!

Sent from my EPIC TOUCH!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdmridgeback:
Galaxy S2 has 4 buttons.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
When talking about Galaxy phones without appendix and in the General section, I usually assume the international version.

The international S2 has 2 touch-buttons and one click-button, the US-version has 4 touch-buttons and no click-button.

As usual, US-carriers want their own special stuff...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mopral:
Just long press menu button and surprise... it opens google search!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubigred:
I'm a lazy American lol... Long press takes too much effort lol :D

Sent from my EPIC TOUCH!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] twoashj:
I just purchased Flex HD (http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/sa...3-screen-protector-steinheil-flex-series.html), which is a wet screen protector that covers the whole screen. But, I actually prefer dry screen protectors, and I wanna know if I made the right choice. If there are any dry screen protector that covers the entire screen,then I'm screwed!! :(:( I have looked into SGP Ultra Crystal at first, but it cut short because the curved area on the phone. Is there any dry screen protector that doesn't cut short?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
No, think about it the phone curves down at the edges. The dry screen protectors are hard so going out into those edges will make them slightly float up.

Dry ones are cut down to avoid that problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jets76:
My wife is going to be pissed if this does not get resolved.

I wanted to backup her phone. I already flashed Mr X's telus stock rom a week or so ago. I realized I hadn't done a nandroid backup so I though i'd install rom manager to quickly backup that rom. When I selected it it said clockworkmod recovery wasn't installed so I started the process to flash it (i thought it was strange). It went slow and I thought that I'd flash it again for good measure.

I selected the backup option expecting it to reboot into recovery and back up but nothing happens. I tried to pull the battery and boot into recovery but nothing but black, same with a regular pull and try to boot. I get the boot screen for a second and nothing but black. It will go into download mode.

My guess is it did not flash cwm successfully and this is the cause of problems. How can I fix this without having to wipe even if I can get recovery flashed properly? Can I flash cwm onto it from my pc and possiblly have it boot properly?? I would like to not have to set her phone up again and wipe her sms and things.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Flash CWM from ODIN.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tnallen:
+1 if it doesn't boot up after that might try flashing darkside cachewipe. If that don't work she's gonna be mad at you for flashing rom again and wiping her stuff, might try a dirty flash to save her data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jets76:
Thank you all for the quick advice. I flashed CWM and it rebooted right into my wife's glorious setup! I had the prompt to assign Apex launcher as default but that was it at a glance.

XDA rox.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
Not that i had anything to do with helping you but glad your still alive. I know from experience messing with the wife's phone can result in couch time. :D

Sent from the Darkest Venom using XDA Premium
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ssmr2t:
Or just a cold shoulder and no dinner for a week!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jets76:
That's the truth! I found it ironic that this happened because I wanted to back it up lol

Sent from my SGH-T989D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
Also don't forget how we have to tip toe around our wives when it comes to flashing! "Why are you messing with your phone again?! " Geez
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ssmr2t:
^^I have found this to be the issue with anything that does not revolve around my wife or child.. It used to be the phone she complained about, until I got a car.. then I started getting complaints about "I really don't see the purpose of brighter lights" or something of that nature.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasonjolley:
My wife doesn't let me touch her phone anymore....;)

Sent from my super fantastic SGS2 running AOKP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jRi0T68:
Mine complains, but also won't take my advice on what phone to get. The truth she'll never admit: her G2 running ILWT CM7 is the best any phone has treated her yet, and if she'd just try to learn what a problem means when I've occurs, she could solve it in 10 secs. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LostInTheMuzik:
My wife doesnt like me wiping her data at all when im flashing a rom...even if her rom is full of bugs and needs a serious update lol stubborn
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varunkumars:
I am on OMEGA 4.0. There is a general problem in GS3, when you use app's and try to get back to the home screen home screen tries to reload which causes a delay. I remember seeing some mod for this few days ago but i lost track can somebody point me to that. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] greeced:
Please delete this thread... a search didn't pull up my answer, but scrolling through the Q&A forum did... strange....

So I guess it makes this thread redundant.
[HTC Wildfire S] goodguy25:
Anyone stuck with this phone till then?
[HTC Wildfire S] ankitjoshi90:
sorry...till 2013 only :laugh:
[HTC Wildfire S] sukhjit321:
Me. :mad:
[HTC Wildfire S] davidang:
me
[HTC Wildfire S] Royal King:
Uhh, not a chance :|
[HTC Wildfire S] jsthorpe:
2013 for me. Be interesting to see what's available on my next upgrade. Probably won't get another HTC to be honest, they all seem underpowered and awkward. I want something I can root with not much hassle, and install a custom ROM with no hardware problems. So I'll imagine my next phone will be a Samsung or an LG, as they seem better supported for custom ROM's. They also seem to have much better hardware. Most HTC phones are cheap to make, and so have lots of corners cut and hardware hacks to make them work, leaving it harder to change. I'd rather perhaps have to upgrade my contract to get a decent phone rather than have to put up with the crap I have with my HTC Wildfire S.

But having said that, I will certainly keep this phone even when I get a new one, simply because it WAS such a struggle to get it how I want... I'm not about to just throw/give it away! I'll pop a PAYG SIM in it and use it purely for tinkering and testing.
[HTC Wildfire S] asdot:
Yea I'll keep it till my phone completely died, even when I get new one :D

Sent from MARVEL
[HTC Wildfire S] :
I'm stuck too till 2014. But actually I have no problem w/ buying next phone in next few months, e.g. Nexus, and having my WFS for developement or testing rom's etc.
[HTC Wildfire S] sidthegreatest:
if it lasts, sure, why not ? :silly:
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Forever... until it breaks.

My contract goes on to about 2013 yeah. But I don't really want a new phone...

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Well.... maybe I do want a phone with an armv7 CPU but meh.
[HTC Wildfire S] parasthakur37:
Agree +1 :)
[HTC Wildfire S] Lt.Win:
Stuck till August 2013......

And i'm not on a contract, we don't have contracts for phones in India. We can keep them forever :D

I'll get an ARMv7 CPU phone or ARMv8 one, whichever is better / comes first.

Bad luck for you guys who are stuck till 2014....

In August my dear 1st android will be a year old. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] TroJaN SniPeR85:
I stuck with it until the start of 2014, but i might get a Sony Experia S i think then.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyeGee:
I remember from earlier Galaxy phones that I could sync my contacts photo with the photo they had on Facebook. Did they remove the feature on the S III?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyeGee:
Nobody even remembers this from earlier?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emahmood87:
No the feature is still there ...u just need to manually link a few which are not automatically detected... Just click on a contact and link with Facebook account.. And then on Facebook tab click on the pic and select option use this picture for contact
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giftedgiggsy11:
It's annoying they dont have the 'get friends' option from the GS1 so i can select individual facebook contacts to add to my phone.

Rather than either syncing them all and deleting the ones i dont want or syncing with existing and it not matching some of them.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aloniado:
you can manually choose which friends you want to display in the contacts' settings...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giftedgiggsy11:
Yeah but then it says something like 'custom view' at the top which i dont like (i'm VERY fussy)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyeGee:
I can't say that's possible. I can't find it at least, and I've tried a couple of times.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] phyba:
Kinda annoying feature. Anyone know how to disable the screen turning on when getting a text?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Samsunguy:
Mine doesn't do that are you running a stock rom, and what carrier?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stevesprivateaccount:
Mine doesn't do that either on Sprint.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tarheelsmj12001:
Yea mine doesn't do that although I wish it did like my og EVO did

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] phyba:
I'm on stock Rom. But every ttime I get a text, my screen lights up for about 3 seconds
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] eddiezane:
Since you didn't answer the question of which carrier, I am going with that its Sprint from the model number in your signature.

My girlfriend's S3 is also doing this on her AT&T variant. I haven't been able to find an answer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] hamzer11:
I have an AT&T one and it won't do it for email or text and I really would like it to. Must be a setting. Someone has to know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cgardnervt:
You have to change the stock app. Stock messaging app is bad anyways. Look into GO SMS Pro or another app of your choice. The app has what your looking for then disable your stock messaging app.

For email just use the Gmail client. This also has the option for it.

Its all about the apps folks. I don't think the stock app has a way to have the screen to just remain off.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] radrian92:
I think he is using blazer Rom from phantomhacker cause I also notice it. Sprint version btw.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] srath16:
Workaround

Found a quick fix to this that is way better than defaulting to another SMS app. Simply download "SMS pop up" from the play store, make sure its enabled, and under additional preferences untick "screen on pop up" and then under notification settings untick "enable pop up" (unless you want the pop up of course). You will have to untick the regular SMS app notifications under settings but its a fix that's working for me that still keeps the stock messaging app intact.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dc82:
That will stop the screen from waking every time but won't turning notifications off in sms settings also prevent the phone the phone from letting you know at all that you have a message?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stu5797:
that is a nice woorkaround but too bad we have to use double the battery and 2 apps running at once to stop it. There has go to be a solution !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
I made a thread about this yesterday. It happens to me everytime. On vzw
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drock212:
I'm running ATT variant and my screen wakes up when I get a text. Im currently rooted and looking through the messaging defaults with root explorer. Im sure theres a setting in there that is set to 1 or true that is doing this or vice versa for everyone else. I havent had an android device for quite some time so it might take me a bit to find it. If someone is a bit more experienced than me they'll probably find it faster.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] srath16:
Following what I wrote: If you disable the stock sms notifications under messaging>setting then the phone will not recieve any notifications regarding new messages. This is why SMS Popup is used instead. It uses a notifications service in conjunction with an optional popup to notify you when a new message arrives. If you enable notifications in SMS Popup, you will still receive notifications when new messages arive. SMS Popup is the service that will receive and notify you of the message, not the stock messaging app. It also has some other features including color customization of the LED light and selecting a specific SMS vibrate pattern. Like I said if you disable the "Enable popup" setting under the "notification" menu in SMS Popup it can serve as a intermittent workaround. As for the need to install it to accomplish this simple setting, it has a low battery and memory footprint as it is mostly a simple service and not a fully effective SMS replacement application. I have spent countless hours trying different solutions to this issue and this seems to be the best most effective workaround I could find whilst dodging SMS replacement apps like handscent and chomp. It was imperative for me to not have my screen light up in my pocket as I choose to go without a lock screen. Hope this helps and is a worthy solution until some development ushers in a new more efficient solution. Cheers!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Forgetfull:
There's got to be a way using root privileges to stop this. Heck we can stop the annoying wifi pop ups.

Thanks srath16 for finding a hackish way around.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dc82:
I completely understand now. That's. Cool. There got to be a more in house way of doing this, but that would work in the meantime. Thanks for sharing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blackguy101:
This happens to me also and im running on Verizon at the moment would love if someone could find a way to fix this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stu5797:
+1. But maybe we are in the minority and others actually like this feature?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dc82:
Right. This isn't an "issue", it's just a feature that Samsung has deployed that some like and some don't. Being able to turn it on and off though would be nice.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
Feature my butt! It wastes battery and wakes my GF up from sleep which will eventually get my brand new phone thrown out the window. Im serious.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] peanut1596:
Cover it with a hand towel...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conclusion:
What's the difference between these 3 phones?

Haipad i9220

Star i9220

Star N8000

I was going to purchase the Star Galaxy Note from Android-Sale,

http://android-sale.com/galaxy-note-i9920-android-phone.html

But this is the error I get when using my credit card to pay, I only have one credit card

Is there a different website that sells the same product item which declares the item at low price to avoid custom tax?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sas007:
Ali express or the bay everywhere just search *star i9220 pad*
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
You should read this before clicking this post away, I bet you like this: HERE, because it's for Android now! :)

Note: for the best user experience, you need a rooted device, there are many tutorials on XDA how to root your device.

Hello,

Today I want to introduce you my new application. I and of friend mine have created this application.

Element53 is a ready-to-use DNS-tunnel for Android. It can be used for different things. If you don't know what a DNS-tunnel can do, you can find it HERE (really, you should do this, I am sure you want this on your phone!) (first 2 chapters). So this application should be perfect if you are going abroad. Beside that it can also be used for penetration testing.

Element53 creates a TCP-tunnel to a SOCKS proxy server. The client side of the tunnel is localhost:3128. For your convenience the server part is provided.

If you have rooted your device (this is no requirement) you can install ProxyDroid and route all internet traffic into the tunnel.

You have to configure ProxyDroid before you can use all the functions of Element53. You should apply the following settings:

Host should be: 127.0.0.1

port should be: 3128

Proxy type: SOCKS5

After that, you have to start Element53 by pressing the 'green button', after that you can start ProxyDroid. Because Element53 creates a DNS tunnel, the connection is not very fast, but it works fine.

Element53 Lite allows you to test until you have reached 10 mb traffic. If you like Element53, you can upgrade to the Pro version.

Youtube demonstration video:

[YOUTUBE]DUlxDEukrWs[/YOUTUBE]

Lite: Market link up here.

Pro: Market link up here

I have tried to test this application as much as I can, but I guess there are still some bugs.

If you encounter a bug a problem, please make a reply on this post, and I will work on it. If you think it works great, please leave a positive review on the market, thanks! If you have any other feature request, please tell me.

Or, if you have any questions, please ask me, and I will reply ASAP ;).

Update: (5 july 2012)

Full support from SDK7 (Android 2.1) from now!

Update: (4 july 2012)

Today I have updated Element52 to version 1.1. I fixed some bugs and added some buttons for switching between screens, because not everybody knows that you can 'swipe' between them.

Source:

GitHub here!
[Android Apps and Games] martyntje16:
Good App

I have been testing this on my school network, and it works fine. When I am going on vacation I will use this application very much I think, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
I have been testing this on a few networks, and for so far, it works fine! :) I am glad you like it!
[Android Apps and Games] d3sm0nd:
You are the best! Thx for the great app.
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
I really appreciate that, thanks! If you have any bugs or whatever, please tell me! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
N/A
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Small update:

I have added a demonstration video of Element53 now, you should watch it!

Youtube demonstration video:

[YOUTUBE]DUlxDEukrWs[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Apps and Games] porcupine02:
"For your convenience the server part is provided."

Does this mean that you are running server to which android client is connecting?
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Yes, that's correct. You only have to install Element53, and for the best user experience a rooted device with ProxyDroid.

If you have any questions, please ask! :)
[Android Apps and Games] porcupine02:
Ok, thanks. I will test it on vacation - paying for wifi in 2012 just doesn't feel right :D
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Haha, that's fine! Please tell me your experience with Element53!
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Guys,

Element53 has been updated to 1.5

Changes:

- Some small bug fixed.

- Improved GUI.
[Android Apps and Games] Nikooo777:
Hey, this app is a simple yet useful tool, anyway i wanted to use my server instead of using yours, it's set up correctly and waiting for connections,

anyway when i change the settings on the phone it won't allow me to connect to it. Did you hardcode something into the app so that i cannot use my server?

here is a screenshot of the logs
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Hi, thanks for using my application. Do your server receive any DNS requestst? So far I know there is nothing hardcoded, in the app, I will look into this tomorrow!

Sorry for my late reply by the way.
[Android Apps and Games] thatonemorekid:
Hi, I have my own DNS tunnel server based on iodined, how do I make your app work with my server?
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Hi,

I am sorry for my late reply!

We have build a custom server for Element53, the server is made in NodeJS.

You can find the source here: Element53 GitHub
[Android Apps and Games] speed_boy:
Hello everyone.

Tried to roll-out this application in the test environment and has a problem.

Looks lite the tunnel is up normally but when i tried to open any page i see something like that (screenshot)

So the setup is:

1. Server for DNS: Windows XP SP3 ENG CORP, NODE.js (node-v0.10.20-x86.msi, config53.js, element53.js downloaded yesterday).

config53.js:

------------------------------------------

exports.config =

{

domain: 'xxx.yyyyy.zz',

port: 53,

server_ip: '192.168.1.140',

server_port: 3128,

max_client_inactive_ms: 5 * 60 * 1000,

status_interval_ms: 3000

}

------------------------------------------

2. Proxy server: 192.168.1.140 (Kerio Control with no authorization)

3. Client: Android phone Asus Nexus 7 (firmware: Paranoid), Element53 Lite from google play

May be i should use another client from this link ?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Hello,

Thanks for using Element53, do you get the same problems with my (default Element53) server? The other link is someone who merged Proxydroid and Element53 together. Your problem looks like something with the characterset.

Sander
[Android Apps and Games] speed_boy:
Okey.

Just tried your server.

I went to settings/apps/element53/clear data.

Then open element53 and pushed the button. Tunnel looks like has established.

But when i opened a browser (firefox and default one) it couldn't fine any page. The error was like "there was a network error".

See screenshot of some logs
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Hmm, that's weird. What are you configs for Proxydroid? Restarting the browser could solve the problem too.

Sander
[Android Apps and Games] speed_boy:
Hello again. I don't know what's happening. It is simply not working.

So, config for proxydroid quite usual i think. I just done Clear Data for it and set localhost as "host". Also tried 127.0.0.1

I will do some tests with my server also :)

As i can see i have to use proxy server as internet connection? How about if i have direct internet connection?

Can you please correct my if i wrong. This settings for proxy server, right?

server_ip: '192.168.77.1',

server_port: 3128,

If yes, can i excluded it from config?

I don't see any documentation, so i use only my guessing and IT knowledge :)

Just tried to use again my own server:

Inclided log from console (click) and fresh screenshot.

May be it will help you to understand what's wrong.

Also you can try to use my dns name if you want.

For future, is it possible somehow to restrict that only I can use it? :)

May be some kind of autorization and somethink like that.
[Android Apps and Games] Rednasman:
Hello,

You must run a proxy server on the place where you are running the Element53 server. So if you reinstall Element53 the default settings should be loaded and it should work correctly. You can also watch the video in the first post and according to this statistics it should work correctly. Your logs seems to be all right.

Sander