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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gvhoofst:
I have many problems with paring the S3 to different devices (headset, carkit, modem) Even connecting the S3 to my Galaxy Tab 7.7 reuslts in the S3 not being able to sent photo's to the Galaxy Tab 7.7 only when I fist sent a foto from the tablet to the S3 I can then sent form S3 to tablet. Also Wifidirect does not work. The software of my S3 is:

Android: 4.0.4

Baseband: i9300xxlfb

Kernel: 3.0.15-782020-user

Buildnummer: I9300XXBLFB

Any discussion with Samsung support and product managers did not resolve in a solution, they continously point the issue to the carkit, headset, modem supplier. Even the problem with connecting to the Samsung tablet is waved as "Differnt software, different hardware no guarantee that is compatible".

Solution

So I have reset the S3 back to factory settings which removes all apps not installed by me and all personal settings. Then I did following:

I installed, on the Samsung Galaxy S3 the first version of Samsung factory ROM (Build I9300XXALE8 for region Europe which is also 4.0.4 but the earlier version) using procedures and software(odin) to install custom roms. This does not void the warranty as the unit is not being rooted but only downgraded to an earlier official Samsung softeware

Then reset the S3 again to factory default settings.

Started the pairing with the Bluetooth device. They all started to pair and work correctly.

Removed all pairing profiles again form the phone and tried to pair again.. it kept doing the right thing.

Turned off the phone, turned on again and autopair with the carkit worked flawless. (my carkit is a Pioneer HD1BT). Same with headset and modem.

Install Samsung automatic software updates which upgrades the device ROM to newest version Build I9300XXBLFB. Manual disconnect and reconnect kept working

If one removes any BT connection profile on the phone after the software update, the BT connection/pairing problems with that device will come back and you need to do the whole procedure again

Bottomline conclusion: The latest Samsung updates has broken the ability to create a pairing profile with some bluetooth 2.0 devices.However, once the phone has Bluetooth connection profile for that the device, it keeps working.

The blame of Samsung towards carkit mfg's is incorrect. . It also has nothing to do with Bluetooth 4.0 compatibillity with 2.0 devices. (iPhone 4S, HTC One X are bluetooth 4.0 and the HTC One x is also Android 4.0.4). It is a pure Samsung sofware problem!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Either way It sucks. This is supposed to be the best phone on the market and its not without bugs
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
I received an OTA from Sprint and my bluetooth is now working as intended in my car. Have others received this OTA and had their bluetooth issues resolved?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmoot:
I'm having a similar issue, but it only fails to autoconnect once I have set it to use the phone as a Bluetooth audio device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
Car : Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit) GTD

Phone : Samsung Galaxy S3

Works : Yes but can't sync contacts

All worked fine with LFB ROM (auto pairing and contacts sync) but from LG6 (LG8, LG9 and LH1) my phone disconnected 5sec after a contacts sync and auto reconnect 1min later...

So I just paired the phone without contacts synchronising.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
Good news for everyone : everything works fine with JB (contacts, auto pairing...) !

Soon on Criskelo ROM :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeinstlouis:
Bluetooth woes

Which JB Rom did you use?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
LH7 today but still problems in fact. I had a very lucky test... cause today it's impossible to synchronize contacts correctly without being disconnected every 10 secs.

All I can do is pairing S3 and car kit without contacts...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
I think I found a solution that seems to work well for me. I tried 3 times and it works.

I tested one last time just leaving a blank LH7 stock ROM then a nandroid backup from a previous version and if it is confirmed, I will explain the process. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
I solved the problem! (at least with my config)

For those interested it's in french here : http://www.tmaddict.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=25446&p=332863#p332863

If you need help to translate, just ask ! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyeung:
I just installed the Tmobile OTA update and verify that the bluetooth reconnection issue has been resolved. I was using the workaround prior to this update and it worked as stated. After the update, I removed the pairing profile and re-pair from scratch and it worked right away. My issue now is that only a small portion of my (google) contact list gets transferred to the car. If anyone has any suggestions on workaround, it will be much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
Stupid question but we never know... : did you wait long time enough ?

Check your google contacts and avoid :

- *

- non-ASCII characters

- email addresses with 'home' or 'work' attribute

With a little luck ... :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A|ex:
Ive been trying to figure this out now for a month and so far i have found:

If i restore back to stock image (rooted) with samsung bloatware bluetooth will work perfectly fine.

If i then go to use TB to restore all my apps data etc, whenever i get into the car i will then get aprox 30 seconds - 2 minutes delay in the pairing.

If i restore back to stock and just use phone book it works perfectly fine. So i wondered if something was in the restore.

If i then flash a custom rom (any rom 4.0.4) on it will just take 30 mintues or whatever the timeout i have set in the bluetooth config file, this in theory is a dead end does nto work. If i then reflash the custom rom and do a complete user wipe, fix perm and nuke all the cache it then works perfectly fine with the custom rom (exactly like the stock).

I then can go to the car and it will pair perfectly. If i then go to TB and restore (including bt pairing etc) i get stuck in the 30 -2 minutes pairing, sometimes even longer.

Now here is the strange part, if i know my phone is at the stage where it will pair within 2 minutes i know i can restart my phone and it will pair instantly! If i turn off BT and turn it back on it will not pair.

OK so now i kind of know how to get it working but not as perfect as walking to the car and it pairs within a second or two. If i then flash a kernel (any i have tried about 4 of the popular ones) i then get 0 pairing, it can try for 10 minutes - 20 minutes it will just not pair. I then have to reflash over on top the custom rom with full bloatware.

Ok so now if i try the same as above minus the bloatware i get stuck in the non pairing mode again. non of this install bluetooth.apk, pressing cancel to contacts works for me. My BMW, AUDI will just get stuck in limbo where its paired but the connection is similar to a phone call for an unlimited lengeth of time it will just not work.

My current state of the phone is like this... OMEGA ROM (any version 4.0.4), stock kernel, FULL bloatware and my phone will pair either instantly or <2minutes. If it fails to do this a restart of the phone will pair it instantly.

I am able to freeze bloatware but any removal and the BT just hits deadlock. Now what is weird is i never ran my phone with bloatware at all up until all these problems started so something in the last month has sent my bt messy. even restoring back to my rom backup from when it was workign wil lnot fix it.

This is not a car BT issue as i have tried three cars and they work perfectly fine with any other phone.

I am getting kind of sick of sitting in the car flashing roms, trying things etc. I do not know what the problem is but atleast 2mins waiting time is better than not having anything
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] criosray:
I'm on JB (Revolution HD 12.2) and my S3 still won't pair with a car kit, no matter what I do. :\
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] criosray:
Managed to pair finally after resetting a carkit to clear existing profiles.

P.S. Carkit - Parrot 3000K
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikouka71:
sorry to necrothread but i can't get my cx5 to download my whole phone book, there's no weird characters or anything near as i can tell

running strongsteves odexed blue jb rom

my wifes stock sIII does the same thing with her cx5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelet:
I'm having pairing issues with my Grom audio kit. I just can't get it to pair media reliably. I'm using a deodex stock rom (latest version).

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmeyer001:
File Transfer Protocol was missing

This solution worked for me! After installing this program, both call history and phone book started downloading immediately!

I had a similar issue where the phone would always pair, but after a map update the call history and phone book would no longer download. I don't know why it worked before the map update, but at least this fix brought this functionality back. - Thanks!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] port76:
Hi pls is their anyone who could fix the high ram usage a mod or something?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
What do you exactly think ram is, or "high ram usage"?

What are you expecting to be fixed?

This phone has plenty of ram, stop looking at the numbers and thinking your too high, don't listen to anyone that tells you that you need to kill tasks to make the phone better, they are all wrong!

Android works on a linux kernel, its not like windows and does not slow down (noticeably) when you multi-task, it manages its ram usage, it caches processes to save you time and battery next time. When it's ram is truly full (which I doubt yours ever is) it kills it's own apps.

So in summary unless android is closing all your apps when your trying to use them, stop worrying about ram!

/rant
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Please everyone stop saying that Windows does not use the RAM for Cache.

Just because it doesn't show the values in Task Manager doesn't mean it isn't doing so. The Resource Monitor tells otherwise.

port76, if you're rooted you can throw out all the apps that you do not use (e.g. the whole Samsung-Cloud stuff, Samsung Accounts, AllShare, ...) which will give you several MB more of RAM available for caching.

For the rest, refer to this: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] port76:
ivy thrown all bloatware still high ram it was perfect on my s2 in fact my s2 has more ram sometimes my s3 lags .. thanks anyway guys for feedback :D:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
No mention of what firmware you are using . Try updating top latest firmware .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notor1ouS-:
ram usage is fine on the S3, theres no fix needed.

unused ram = useless ram

if ur S3 lags, it must be something else
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Jesus F****** christ!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BackfireNL:
I would rather have a fix for the redrawing of my launcher...

When i'm browsing and go back to the launcher it redraws/restarts...

Because other launchers beside touchwiz are not locked in the memory...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisd1a1:
thread closed. there are plenty of discussions on ram usage. please use the search function
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
Hi i9100 owners!

Is there any way to locate those apps that are installed at the first bootup? I mean Kies air, Samsung IM, the animated backgrounds, and this Social Hub app (the white envelope with the blue S sign). I want to completely remove them, especially the last one. I Removed the sns.****.apk-s already and the social hub app and widget app too but this com.seven.z7.service is still there. I found it in the installed system's directory in data/app and there is all other too. But where are these in the .zip-ed custom ROM? :confused: I'm using 4.0.3 ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Some custom ROM's such as SlimICS remove a TON of Samsung bloatware. Or you can root your device and use something like Root Explorer to remove the apps from the /system/app directory once you have given your device read/write commands of course!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
I want to make everything done before installing a custom rom from cwm. Cleaning them after install is much simplier than before install. So I want a solution without any rootexplorer or freezing them with TBP etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Well good luck to you then. I don't understand why rooting your device and using Root Explorer is such a big deal. And if you use the likes of SlimICS like I suggested, it removes them all for you AUTOMATICALLY. What more can you want?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechseed:
Hi,

if you uninstall / clean your device - those ****ty apps will be re-installed if you flash a Rom (if the Rom got those ****ty apps init :silly:)

or do you wana clean the Custom Rom itself??

Greetz
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
I plan to make a whole new ROM with a few modification and share with the others. Thatswhy is this so important.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
If you are making a ROM then just delete them from the /system/app directory like I told you!! Having just simply used the search function would have found your answer. As the XDA noob video states, “you are not special." :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
They are not there at all. Trust me, I checked it many times. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechseed:
*edit*

lol delete me

yay they r in

system/app
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Mate, standard .apk's are stored in the /data/app directory (the one's that you can uninstall normally). The .apk's that you can't uninstall normally are stored in the /system/app directory and require ROOT and a ROOT EXPLORER to remove them. I would provide a screenshot but I'm on a ROM that doesn't have bloatware :) Why not build your ROM around the likes of SlimICS which doesn't have this ninja bloatware there already?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
I prefer the basic Samsung look with everything stock icon etc. The Samsung apps not really. Here is the list of the apk-s of the zip-ed cutom rom (system/app)

AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk

AnalogClock.apk

ApplicationsProvider.apk

AxT9IME.apk

BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk

BadgeProvider.apk

Bluetooth.apk

BluetoothAvrcp.apk

BluetoothMap.apk

BluetoothTest.apk

CallSetting.apk

Camera.apk

CertInstaller.apk

ChocoEUKor.apk

ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk

ClipboardSaveService.apk

ClockPackage.apk

Contacts.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

CSC.apk

DataCreate.apk

Days.apk

DefaultContainerService.apk

DigitalClock.apk

Divx.apk

Dlna.apk

DrmProvider.apk

DSMForwarding.apk

DSMLawmo.apk

DualClock.apk

EdmVpnServices.apk

Email.apk

Exchange.apk

FaceLock.apk

FactoryTest.apk

FmRadio.apk

FTC.apk

FTM.apk

FTS.apk

Gallery3D.apk

Gmail.apk

GMS_Maps.apk

GoogleBackupTransport.apk

GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk

GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk

GoogleFeedback.apk

GoogleLoginService.apk

GooglePartnerSetup.apk

GoogleServicesFramework.apk

GoogleTTS.apk

HelvNeueLT.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

InputEventApp.apk

JobManager.apk

KeyChain.apk

Kies.apk

kieswifi.apk

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

LogsProvider.apk

MediaProvider.apk

MediaUploader.apk

Memo.apk

Microbesgl.apk

minimode-res.apk

Mms.apk

MmsProvisioning.apk

MobilePrint.apk

MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk

MtpApplication.apk

MusicFX.apk

MusicPlayer.apk

MyFiles.apk

NetworkLocation.apk

OmaCP.apk

OmaDrmPopup.apk

PackageInstaller.apk

PCWClientS.apk

Personalization.apk

Phone.apk

Phone_Util.apk

PhoneCrashNotifier.apk

PhoneErrService.apk

Phonesky.apk

PopupuiReceiver.apk

Preconfig.apk

PreloadInstaller.apk

PRUI.apk

QuickView.apk

RoseEUKor.apk

SamsungApps.apk

SamsungAppsUNA3.apk

Samsungservice.apk

SamsungTTS.apk

SamsungWidget_News.apk

SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk

SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk

SecBrowser.apk

SecCalendarProvider.apk

SecDownloadProvider.apk

SecDownloadProviderUi.apk

SecOmaDownloadProvider.apk

SecurityProvider.apk

SelfTestMode.apk

SerialNumberLabelIndicator.apk

serviceModeApp.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

SetupWizard.apk

ShareApp.apk

SharedStorageBackup.apk

Stk.apk

Street.apk

Superuser.apk

SurfSetProp.apk

SystemUI.apk

Talk.apk

talkback.apk

Tasks.apk

TasksProvider.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

TouchWiz30Launcher.apk

TouchWizCalculator.apk

TouchWizCalendar.apk

TwCalendarAppWidget.apk

TwDVFSApp.apk

TwWallpaperChooser.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

VideoPlayer.apk

VoiceRecorder.apk

VpnDialogs.apk

WAPPushManager.apk

wssyncmlnps.apk

YouTube.apk

Installing this ROM from CWM there are the same files in the /system/app directory.

Checked with root explorer.

BUT

There is a directory in /data/app with these files. I can see them in the settings/application menu too but it's impossible to delete them. They're protected. Deleting them with root exlorer from /data/app leaves blank android icons in the main menu.

I want to disable them before the installing this cus. rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Well Kies.apk is present in the /system/app directory so give your phone read/write permissions (little tab in Root Explorer) and then hold down on the app and select delete. I just tried with an app there and it worked and no blank icon left behind.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
I'll remove it from zip and install it again. What about the others?

Anyway the Kies air on the screenshot is 10.16MB and the 2 kies apk-s in the /system/app are 350KB together...

Gosh! I realized just now, that you have no idea what I want. removing apps from /data/app causes these blank icons.

Any of these apps are in the /data/app directory.

Removing them in the applications menu is impossible!

Removing them with root explorer causes these kind of icons.

I think we sould talk about this noob theme again! ;)

All of these apps are preinstalled with the stock system and I believe they're in a hidden place somewhere on the phone' system. They aren't in the custom ROM's zip file. I think there must be a code for disabling them at the first bootup.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX01062:
The solution for this problem is sooo simple. I told you. There is a hidden partition with these ****ty apps. :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oz_90:
Try with Titanium Backup

Why don't you try with TB? Here is a list of what apps can be removed safely and what is better to leave there on Stock Rom >> https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
[Galaxy S III General] gandotratushar:
I needed this but couldnt find it anywhere so, I am writing this so maybe it will help someone.

1) Contact Backup: Use the default google sync and to be on a safer export them too.

2) Sms Backup: Download sms backup and restore from Store/Play and use it.

3) If your signel strength is good, Note down the baseband version so you can flash the same if required later. You can Do it via Settings -> About phone.

4) Remove any previous installation from Kies from your system. ( I had a driver conflict so this helped)

5) Download the S3 toolkit. Its the best way to Root and Install CWM

I cant think of anything beyound this, so if anything missing please let me know and I will update..
[Galaxy S III General] DanceOff:
You couldnt find one one u needed, so you wrote one!

So this is not trust worthy?

As you said u needed(which means u dont know)

IF YOU LIKE MY WORK, THANK ME BY THE BUTTON BELOW
[Galaxy S III General] gandotratushar:
I learnt with my mistakes brother...... so wrote it so others can learn from mine...
[Galaxy S III General] DanceOff:
Cool, I had learned by bricking my old optimus one 3 times when I was a newbie in android(once, not now)

Thank me if I've helped you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cjacks519:
Anyone else having trouble getting their desktop chrome bookmarks to sync automatically with their sgs3???

I haven't been able to get my bookmarks to sync since I got this phone and its driving me nuts. I've checked most if not all settings on my phone and the desktop browser and can't figure it out

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated

Sent from my SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] y2whisper:
so you have signed in on your desktop browser, aka you see a section called other devices when you open a new tab? Is this the first device that you have tried to sync with?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Restola:
Assuming you're signed in to chrome, in your desktop chrome app under the settings menu click on "Signed in as......"

Then under "Sign In" click on "Advanced sync settings..."

Under "Chose what to sync" make sure "Bookmarks" and "Open Tabs" are selected.

That should do it. In Chrome on your phone under "Bookmarks" there should be folders for the bookmarks on your desktop.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Nope, mine synced up fine

via Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cjacks519:
This is not my first time syncing chrome bookmarks with my android device. I've owned quite a few android devices and always had bookmarks automatically synced. That's part of the reason why I'm so confused about why it's not working now. I haven't changed any settings. :crying:

I do see "other devices" when I open a new tab and I verified those settings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cjacks519:
Thanks for the suggestion. I almost forgot where to find the settings for this because it's been so long since I've made any changes to them. I verified they are correct.

I had a GSM Galaxy Nexus, and a HTC One X and sync worked just fine on those devices.

I did just noticed under "accounts and sync" that for some reason "Sync Internet" has a red exclamation saying that sync is having problems. I've been into "accounts and sync" settings many times before and today is the first time I've seen this since I got the phone on 6/25.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cjacks519:
For anyone else that may be having this same issue with the native browser, I found a fix.

I went to settings, accounts and sync, selected my gmail account, and unchecked "sync internet". Then I went to "manage apps" in settings and selected "clear data" so my browser could start like a fresh install. After clearing data I went back to account and sync and checked "sync internet" again and all is well.

I'm not really sure what initially created this problem for me, but glad it's fixed :D
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scoobydu:
Hi all

I was wondering if anyone had built the module for the stock ICS kernel?

It may not even be available as it my be closed source; not sure.

Regards
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
WRONG FORUM!!!!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scoobydu:
Hey chill out and stop shouting.

I presumed building a kernel module was development rather than general.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scoobydu:
Anyone tried sourcing this kernel driver from samsung, for our tab?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] edan1979:
development means... you build something and post it to share with others... not asking question... :P

btw... answer for your question... nope... the device currently lack of developer... so i dont know if any dev try it before...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scoobydu:
Did you bother reading were this thread is now.

Pity this place has so many wanna be admins

If you can't add then why bother posting at all?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] edan1979:
i know its in proper forum now... but just to inform about it... if i do make you feel somewhat uncomfortable... i'm sorry.. ^_^