yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hallstevenson:
You can return it for other reasons or you can even return it for the "undersize" reason, but a different card, even from a different company, will be no different.

Look at this thread, http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/280170-32-actual-usable-space, for example (doesn't matter that it's about solid-state hard drives - the concept is exactly the same). The 64gb SSD asked about ends up around 60gb usable. Sound familiar ? Look at the first post: It talks about a 1TB hard drive and you only get 931gb usable !! I know this for a fact myself as I just rec'd a replacement external HDD (a WD 500gb died and WD replaced it with a 1TB).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vinnyj85:
I guess I never noticed as long as its nnormal in keeping it just was worried
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Groid:
Come on people. This issue of disk sizes is as old as the hills. Manufacturers see 1,000,000,000 bytes and call it 1 Terabyte. However, the way things are measured on a computer, a terabyte is 1024 X 1024 X 1024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Divide into 1,000,000,000 and you get .931. So for every one billion bytes, it is actually .931 Tb. You didn't lose any bytes, the terminology is misleading. There were actual lawsuits over this ridiculous issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] asustf700t:
everything has been working perfect with the dos method but suddenly i tried it earlier and it says i cannot format the card because its being used in another process? ive reset computer etc? any ideas
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markmessier8888:
Hi guys

I also have a problem and cannot format my 64GB Sandisk Micro Sd. Im using the supplied Micro SD card adapter that came with the Micro SD card.

Now, I tried formatting through Windows and other programs, but I always get a message, please remove write protection or it is write protected so it cannot format.

However, I can still see all of the files and open them up when I click on the drive. I made a back-up copy of the files, but now I want to wipe the card

What can I do?? Thanks a lot!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
slide the switch on the adapter card before trying to format.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markmessier8888:
Anyone find a way to successfully fix a write protected sd card? Mine was just bought a month ago and suddenly this happened Im not going near sandisk again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Macguyver:
I did mine in a Ubuntu VM machine using a usb adapter I had with no issue. If the phone won't reformat it a Linux distro like Ubuntu or mint might be your only option.

Or return it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dominique96:
Thanks alot , you saved me , I flashed a custom rom and then my phone couldnt read my 64gb sd card but now that I formated it to fat32 everything is working :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SEANDROID:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cxxtechy:
64gb fat32 or exfat on 64gb fails everytim on all devices.

Sorry to disappoint you all, even though many of the formatted methods described in the discussion report that you have 64Gb, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TEST IT if fails past 32gb written, on win 7.

So please when you report success that your favourite method of formatting works, can you please test this by writing more that 32 GB to the device successfully.

Otherwise you simply replicate a waste of time to any unfortunate who takes your word for it.

It looks to me that win 7 can't actually use more than 32gb SD cards using fat32 or exfat, this is possibly an intended failure on microsofts behalf by the way..

I am now trying an NTFS format to TEST the hardware, but even if it succeeds it won't help me use 64gb in my S3 transferred from win 7..

Ray
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timberwolf60:
64GB on exFAT and fat32 worked on my pc running win 7/32 and worked fine in my S4. I have more than 32GB with 17gb available. Guiformat was the best for me.

Send via i9505 using Tapatalk,

ROM: Stock I9505XXUBMG5

CSC/Modem: OLBBMG1(STH)/DXUBMG5

Kernel/rec: Stock/Phil 5.07.6

SuperSU Pro 1.65, 64GB exFAT Card
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cxxtechy:
interesting...

Thanks timberwolf, as soon as my NTFS experiment finishes (takes 4 hours to write my music files to test each of these experiments). A soon as I confirm that the hardware works ok I may give that a go.

However I am using win 7/64 which means I can't completely replicate your results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timberwolf60:
I had two msd SanDisk(exFAT) and the new samsung 64GB cl 10(Original exFAT). I copied all my data to samsung msd and I facing automatically dismounted on samsung msd. So I formatted to FAT32. copied data into it and no problems encounted. The screenshoot was my fat32 samsung msd.

Send via i9505 using Tapatalk,

ROM: Stock I9505XXUBMG5

CSC/Modem: OLBBMG1(STH)/DXUBMG5

Kernel/rec: Stock/Phil 5.07.6

SuperSU Pro 1.65, 64GB exFAT Card
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cxxtechy:
The NTFS write failed

The NTFS write failed. Again suspiciously half way through. This leaves me inconclusive as I cannot tell if its hardware or win 7/64 flaky software.

I will try a third SD card...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SpiritFyre:
this needs to be put in android general not in just the sg3 area... it worked on my card and im using it in sgs2 et4g
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cdeldridge:
In Guiformat, what did you chose as allocation unit size? Are you supposed to use the 32768 that's already selected?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timberwolf60:
Used the default 32768.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tedo:
It also work fine for me.....

Travel a lot but find a perfect tool!!! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DorkyDev:
I have a sandisk microsdxc 64gb card and ever since improperly force formatting it to fat32 so it'd be detectable in custom recoveries it has suddenly pretty much died over time and lasted me a lil while...

Now several months later, it won't allow me to write or remove files from the card if I open whatever up I'm using to access the card after adding or deleting files they suddenly reappear or aren't there as if it wasn't touched at all beforehand.

On top of that there's a few unnamed file extensions on the card no file extensions just a file name and thats it and now suddenly nothing will let me properly format it at all not to exfat or even fat32 to any other type either.

Anyone know any other ways to recover from this?

Running Windows 8.1 Pro 64Bit and Android TouchWiz KitKat Samsung Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kschang:
False. FAT32 supports up to 127.53 GB. Windows 2000's format.exe has a hard limit of 32GB partitions, but that's due to programming. Other format utilities do not have this problem.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938432.aspx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lukers123:
format failed :( please help

when i formatted my micro SD card, it says disk write protected,,

i cant add and delete..

sandisk ultra 64 gb

please help!! thank you soo m uch
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timothydonohue:
much appreciated. although i had to tweak your instructions in order to get them to work, i was able to manage to make it work. i had to do the command line as i had already tried the GUI from the same site prior, and it hadn't worked.

now, it at least appears as if my phone recognizes the majority of the 64gb on the card :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
yea I did setp 2 & didn't work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
yea I tired this & it came up saying it's be used by another program...how I fix this miss having my 64g on my S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rhodyvik:
FAT32 ftw!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] curiou5:
I put in a new 16Gb sd card into the computer. It shows only 14.9GB space available . Where has the other 1.1gb gone to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Sorry....that's what happens when formatting! It's really bad advertising, I know! Even a 320gb hard drive is only gonna show up as roughly 298 GB after you format it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wadamus:
pdinphx,

Thanks a lot, "Easy Peasy" solution worked for me on my new 64GB SD card is formated to FAT32, and now my Sansa Clip+ can see it. My audiobooks got more room now!

Thanks a lot again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JefHaugh:
guiformat Works great! Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] vileofmsz:
Hello. It worked fine for a few days, but randomly my camera didn't work anymore and other apps. "com.android.phone FC any help would be appreciated thank you.
[Motorola Droid 3] KayxGee1:
When this happens, do you go into airplane mode and then the FC comes up?
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
It might be your build.prop.
[Motorola Droid 3] vileofmsz:
I used the one from the thread. everyone else seems to be fine with it. Do you have one that I could use or suggest what I change?

It is not in airplane mode. It happens when i first open the market or any other app really.
[Motorola Droid 3] Droidlyen:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1406812&page=8

I used v3 from post #72 after having glitches in the or original Build.prop in post #1 (just replace the build.prop and see if it works...)

I hope that helps. :good:
[Motorola Droid 3] vileofmsz:
I believe thats the one I am using, but let me try and see what happens. Thank you!
[Motorola Droid 3] vileofmsz:
When it is in airplane mode, it doesn't show up. Can anyone explain this?
[Motorola Droid 3] KayxGee1:
I guess the network process is FC when it tries to connect. Airplane mode doesn't allow it to connect to the network.

Do this:

Turn off phone>Take out SIM>Turn on phone>Dismiss force close>Keep repeating until network switches(*You will see a triangle in the top right*)>Turn off phone>Put SIM in>Power on phone>Enjoy!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] mohaa11:
Hello everybody,

I'm trying to install this launcher on my asus transformer (blog.tototv.com.mx/noticias/nuevo-launcher-para-tu-tototv/).

Install fine but when i try to launch, there is a message that the launcher is only for the Toto device.

Is There a way do "unblock" this and launch normally in my asus?

Thanks in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] mohaa11:
Hi Guys,

Anyone could help? See attached the launcher that i was talking about.

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] ldc2335:
Looks kinda neat, Though not an easy task. You'd have to decompile, find the line of code that looks for device name and edit it. Or if you can get a build.prop file from one of their devices, you could change your build.prop to match their device name.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] asdfuogh:
That looks amazingly sexy..
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] mohaa11:
Yes, agree with you, i want these because i want to use in my tv like a media player.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tagano:
Line

i found the line whre they block, but i cant recompile: te path of the file smali is:

~\TotoTV Launcher\smali\com\destinogps\launcher\TotoTVLauncherActivity.smali (line 1395)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themohd:
Helloooo my friends,

I've this problem which is soooo annoying,

I Turn off the screen, It turns on again

I leave it until it turns off by its self, it turn on again

the screen wakes up in random periods, like sometimes in 1 minute, sometimes 2mins, 5mins, 1hour

Last time the battery was 100%, I slept for 5 hours and found it 80%

the screen usage is 70% (WTF) :S

Any Idea??

Thanx in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunreturns:
If you're using a custom ROM, i recommend a clean wipe.. This may mostly be due to an unclean install of the ROM.. I had this issue as well.. So just suggesting what I did ..

Try that.. Let me know how it goes

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tutek:
Maby some air-push apps? Scan your phone with airpush detector from market.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themohd:
Thank you guyz Imma try and let you know <3
[Nexus 7 Accessories] pclov3r:
Whats the best Best Smart cover case?

Was looking at http://www.amazon.com/rooCASE-Multi...8&qid=1342328147&sr=8-6&keywords=Nexus+7+case
[Nexus 7 Accessories] jcracken:
That's actually the first one I've seen.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] hoponpop:
the asus cases are also smart covers (as pointed out in a previous thread)
[Nexus 7 Accessories] pclov3r:
Is that the official case?
[Nexus 7 Accessories] hoponpop:
They're the official Asus ones. I'm assuming that the official Google cases will do the same
[Nexus 7 Accessories] MC153:
I actually have one of those on my Transformer. I like it a lot. Only complaint is it covers part of the back camera.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] lin013190:
When are the Asus ones coming out?
[Nexus 7 Accessories] hoponpop:
i'm considering this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GFVF3M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=alohever-20 shipping to canada is almost as much as the case though, so I might just wait and see what else comes out
[Nexus 7 Accessories] KevOne:
just bought this one today http://www.ebay.ca/itm/271011086203 hasn't arrived yet, but it looks pretty good

it also says "magnetic sleep cover" so it's a smart case for ~25$ shipped to Canada
[Nexus 7 Accessories] ghostyroasty:
I was looking at the red version of the case, but I did not see any openings for the speaker.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] feelinfroggy23:
I just dont like the leather for one and the corners arent completely covered. That's probably the most important part to cover are the corners. I do like the stand though been looking for one with a stand. I just ordered a carrying case for it until a nice cover comes out. I usually have a death grip on my device lol
[Nexus 7 Accessories] el56:
The same case is $11, shipping included (including to Canada), on eBay.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bso44:
Does someone have a link for the official ASUS case? I know they're not on sale yet but I just want to check it out.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] hoponpop:
that's awesome. thanks a ton
[Nexus 7 Accessories] dbett4:
I'm pretty sure this is a fake.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] pclov3r:
Now that it's been awhile anybody have a smart cover case they love?

Looking the Nexus 7 official case does not have a magnet in it so no smart cover features? WTH lol

I want to buy a case but unsure what to buy.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bso44:
I don't have it yet but I just ordered this. I've had Poetic cases in the past and they're solid.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...6WE_4?ie=UTF8&m=A29LLD0WGS56WE&n=&s=&v=glance
[Nexus 7 Accessories] thevuman:
I really want the poetic slim but it's black :( I want color do I can stand out and be an attention whore lol
[Nexus 7 Accessories] pclov3r:
Gah all these cases look a bit cheap and flimsily

Is there any solid well made cases for like 30$ ?
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bso44:
Probably more like $50 but these are going to be nice:

https://www.treegloo.com/
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techniques:
On Alfs v9a, the headphones wont get recognized. Headset toggle works tho.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mockingbird:
You should report this bug on Rom's thread.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techniques:
Cant, i just made this acc rofl.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ab7alon:
Does anyone know if it was solved?

---------- Post added at 09:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:52 PM ----------

Hello!

I just read this:

SHINxLIEW say:

"Please read changelog in order to know how to let headset works ..."

10. Fixed headphones via APK but you need to add widget in homescreen in order to let it works

Add a widget on the homescreen "Wired Headset Routing Toggle"

;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] vegandroid:
just popped up for the first time now and i tried googling with nothing answering it.

anyone know?

i was first thinking it was smart stay but its unchecked and still there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] accordex:
Smart stay..it's the feature that keeps your screen on when you're reading a webpage or something.... works great
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] vegandroid:
i have it disabled in my settings so it shouldnt be on there... thats weird.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] iamec:
smart stay

if you set you screen to timeout for 30 seconds or so, smart stay will check around that time to see if you are looking at the screen. so that eye icon will pop up every time it wants to screen timeout.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Lieu10ant:
lol @ nobody paying attention to the OP's full post.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ghost77:
By chance you have custom rom ? i am running one right now and its bugged, smart stay doesn't work and eye stays on all the time untill reboot :cyclops:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] SlimSnoopOS:
Care to post a screenshot? Does it look different than the Smart Stay eye that pops up?
[Galaxy S III General] smbh9099:
new modem I9300XXLG3

ODIN

MODEM_I9300XXLG3_REV02_REV04_CL1147871.tar.md5

MODEM_I9300ZSALG3_570657_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

CWM版

Modem_I9300XXLG3_CWM.zip

Modem_I9300ZSLG3_CWM.zip
[Galaxy S III General] watsa:
This http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740061
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
no odin or recovery just notification light. never happened brfore on any phone? what to do???????????
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SkippyDogg:
When attempting to turn the phone on, only a blue light flashes once?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
yes blue light of death
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SkippyDogg:
Then there is nothing you can do. You now must buy another phone or if you have insurance, tell them your phone is bricked and they hopefully replace it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
huh i knew that already. im such an idiot. i was sleepy and i made a mistake by flashing ics to ics with out the recent mod or new recovery. aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
by the way will sprint be able to find out if i was rooted or not?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SkippyDogg:
No because the device won't boot at all so there is no telling what is on the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] diablo311:
Unless they reuse the hardsrive from the phone n see ur stuff on there but idk if they can do anything about it because that would be just illegal to go through ur stuff . Anyways if I get bricked I use same old excuse I left the phone on charge n notification came up that. Ew update is available ff18 and I hit install screen went black n blue light of deadliest death came up . They take it and if they have replacement in the store they will replace it with refurbished phone or order an refurbished phone ...... after 4th refurbished phone u have a choice to pick from the same capacity phone of ur choice if n only if u have insurance . Or u can do brand new sealed phone through insurance claim n its only 100 deductible. My excuse always work had my phone replaced 3 times since may and maybe in September I'll brick it to go get an sg3 but that's a maybe because I love the sg2 n sg3 as I heard from sprint rep is not a good soo far .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SkippyDogg:
Sprint cannot read the memory on the phone because that is what is bricked on the phone. The emmc bug is triggered when a erase command is called. That erase command makes the emmc corrupt and then the phone is unable to boot or be accessed by any type of software/hardware that the consumer level can obtain.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Would you mind listing what you did and which ROMs you were using along with the versions?

Just to be sure, you did attempt to get into ODIN DL mode right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] diablo311:
When then send it to Samsung they can jtag it j .s
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SkippyDogg:
Jtag does nothing to remedy the emmc erase bug. If jtag was a solution, the xda community would have no fear of the emmc bug. But that's not the case, a jtag cannot fix a bricked device. Only tools outside of the consumer field can be used to fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ICS_XD:
HELLOH MY DEAR FRIENDS I M HERE WITH MY FIRST *THEME* :)

THE *BB2* THEME

BB=BLUE_BLACK :)

THIS THEME IS MODDED BY ME AND I TOOK NITIN VAID'S THEME AS A BASE THEME ;)[ PERMISSIONS TAKEN]

I MADE IT BEST ACCORDING TO ME BUT SUGGESTIONS ARE MOST WELCOME ;)

THEME WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY ;)

KEEP CHEKING

THANKS TO

1.NITIN VAID[ I TOOK LABEL THEME AS BASE THEME]

2.RAZOR(X)[ TOOK SOME PNGS ]

3. OBVIOUSLY ME BCZ I MOD IT :D

LINKS

1.--> INITIAL RELEASE http://www.mediafire.com/?12ha4n069e9tns5

2.--> _V3 http://www.mediafire.com/?zo1ou2so3ewaiuk

CAHNGELOG

1. 1/07/12--> INITIAL RELEASE

2.1/07/12--> BB2(BLUE_BLACK) [ REMOVE STOCK BACKGROUND AND ADDED A NEW BACKGROUND )

DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REGULARE :)

PLEASE REPLY IN THREAD YOUR PROBLEMS(IF EXIST)

AND YOUR OPENIONS THAT HOW CAN I MAKE THE THEME BETTER ;)

I WISH I COULD HAVE A PROPER RESPONSE FROM MY GOOD FRIEDNS ;)

LIKE MY WORK PLEASE HIT MY THANKS BUTTON :)

AND PLEASE RATE MY THREAD :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ICS_XD:
HELLO MY DEAR FRNDS

THIS IS MY SECOND MODDDED THEME I TAKE A THEME AS A BASE THEME AND MODIFY IT THIS IS REMIX_ICS MADE BY ICs_xD

THIS IS MIXER OF *BLUE* *ORANGE* *GREEN* COLOUR THATS WHY IT IS SO CALLED ***REMIX_ICS***

IF U WANT ANY THEME MODDED BY ME JUST REPLY I THREAD ;)

AND THE MAIN THREAD WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY :)

::::: MY LIVE WALLPAPER THREAD ::: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1708147 :::

HUGE THANKS TO

1.NITIN VAID ( I TAKE SOME PNGS FROM HIS LABEL THEME :)

2.RAZOR(x) I TAKE SOME PNGS FROM HIS GREEN INFITIUM THEME ;)

3.ME ( BCZ I MOD THIS THEME ;)

MORE SCREEN SHOTS ARE COMING SOON ;)

SCREEN SHOTS ARE ATTACHED ;)

LINK--> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1147453&d=1340364882

THANKS ARE APPRICIABLE ;):D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Da Kine:
Nice...need to try it when I flash back to ICS....thanks for the theme!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ICS_XD:
Cm10??

Sent Via XDA Developer App
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ICS_XD:
ORANgY_bERRy

ORANGY_BERRY THEME

THIS IS THE MODDED FORM OF BERRY_BLAST

HOPE YO WILL LIKE IT ;)

PLEASE RATE THE THREAD IF U LIKE MY HARD WORK

THANKS ;)

LINK--> http://www.mediafire.com/?yb2rkpie93nixi3

PLEASE PREESS THANKS IF U LIKE MY WORK ;)
[HTC One X] smallfallon:
i really hope someone could help me.

my HOX is on ARHD 7.2.0 (just upgrade from 7.1.0 today). Since i use this Rom everything work perfect but just one app not working properly, QVOD . This is a kind of P2P movie download+player. every movie i play with it, it will just suddenly jump out from the film and back to the top page of app.

I am sure this is not the problem of app cause my friends HOX with stock rom works with it no jump out at all.

hope someone could tell me what s wrong.:(
[HTC One X] walaway:
Try to:

1. Clear cache of the app

2. If mike required a wipe then you should

3. Clear that app's data

4. Uninstall and reinstall the app

on xda for android and mistyping like a boss
[General Questions and Answers] rajjhamtani:
to be staright forward.!!! my phone suddenly got dead while playing some games.

i can go in download mode but not in recovery mode.!

my phone is rooted.!

after connecting phone to pc it show some unknown devidces...usb not recognized and stuff.

odin cant detect my phone...what do i do...please help.:crying:
[General Questions and Answers] ruscan.calin:
I don't have third-eye opened so I can't guess your phone model but

1.install Android SDK

2.install Kies if you have it uninstall restart PC download last version install it then restart PC now surely you have drivers (no unknown device)

3.flash by Odin a stock rom from sammobile.com get .pit and Odin from this site also you have to subcribe to get access to download link

before step 3 put you phone in download mode and connect to PC then check in Device Manager for ADB Interface (see pict) if not something is bad with previous steps
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bowsa2511:
Alright I've seen quite a few people rant about the brightness of the SAMOLED HD Screen, which is pretty fair because it pales in comparison to SLCD2, but there's a huge culprit that makes one think it's extremely dim! The option "auto adjust screen tone" is On by default.

In display settings TURN OFF the setting that says "AUTO adjust screen tone", the effect take about a minute to kick in, but you should notice a brighter, livelier screen!