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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
It pretty nice, good find. One thing that kinda of sucks is that you can't change the lock screen wallpaper...only when you change the home screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 14u2c:
Yup!!! Its nice
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crsdr37:
Add the dynamic ripple live wallpaper you now have the closest sgsiii lockscreen :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btaylor545:
Go locker with the ICS theme to it is much smoother tried the holo locker app and when you make phone calls or any app that uses the proximity sensor the lock screen turns on and you have to unlock before being able to access the menus while go locker doesn't have this problem just my two cents. I have to say though it looks cool and having access to the status bar is nice as well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 14u2c:
Bugs like that are now fixed on the update : )
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Is it me or does this thing look too much like a honeycomb one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick4mitch:
Thanks for this find.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
Well I got the SGS3 a week ago and I have been messing with it, customizing it and trying to do everything that i know. I do like the phone but as far as it functions i am not crazy about it. I think I am returning it back!!!

1- can't get notifications on gmail (# of new emails that come in)

2- battery is worse than my old 3gs

3- most of my music can't play just skips (i have tried 4 different music apps)

4- issues with bluetooth dropping off.

Yea I came from Iphone and really wanted to keep this phone but i am literally at a point i am going to return it or sale it on ebay..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Jamin13:
1a.) Is your auto sync on?

1b.) Is Sync Gmail checked in the accounts?

2.) That's to be expected if you are pushing your phone to the limit. Bluetooth+max brightness+frequent syncs+LTE = bad battery life.

3.) Is the CPU being limited and/or are the music files compressed or corrupted? That could be the problem.

4.) I don't use bluetooth so I don't have any suggestions there. Try a reboot or changing the bluetooth settings.

|Trolling with a smile|
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BubZX:
Sounds like you got a lemon. Mine has been flawless since I have had it. Haven't experienced any of those issues
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nerdydesi:
Then why not just return it? You don't have to feel guilty or bad that just because its a very popular phone and many other people like it, that you don't either. Its your phone, you paid your money for it, you probably got locked into a contract for it. Why stick with something that makes you unhappy? I hope your next phone will give you better luck. :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ascertion:
Go back to iPhone, your kind isn't welcome here.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] johnnilsson:
Why not swap it for another what a turd gain some common sense.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
1- yes syn on and yes gmail is checked.

2- i have it on power save, brightness is 1/2 bar only

3- all music files are good, i can hear them on my wifes iphone no issues, i can hear them on my 2 laptops and on other music players.

4- tried rebooting already.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aNYthing24:
I'd try a factory reset. If that doesn't work, at least try exchanging it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
i think the phone just does not do what i want.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
Turn power save off. I have none of those issues you claim.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zombieplanalpha:
A little harsh but i agree with the core concept that the iOS is very differnet from the android platform and would seem very foreign however i do think it is a little funny that you waited to switch from the iPhone for an android phone with the familiar "Home" button
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] enaybee:
1. You want # of email badge on GMAIL icon? or you want # of GMAIL icon in the notification area? Both can be done ... for # of email badge look into using Nova Launcher. In the settings area you would see an option to enable it (cost some $$$ for the pro version for this setting). For # of GMAIL in notification bar ... only ROM I have seen do it is unofficial AOKP build for SGS3. you can try that as well. I am not sure about the stock samsung touch wiz launcher. I rooted and start flashing custom ROMs within a couple of hours of purchasing this phone :)

2. One thing you have to understand is that battery life is not a one size fit all for android. It heavily depends on your usage and what settings or background processes you have enabled. I know coming from iPhone you want to put all kind of widgets on the home screen and enable all functions like BT, Wifi and GPS etc like iPhone but Android is different. It allows you to have fine grain control over software as well as hardware settings. You should be getting decent battery life (i.e. moderate to heavy use should give you around 16 hrs with 2.5 hrs of screen on time) if not then try to remove some widgets etc. iPhone has built in power management for all these hardwares and you cannot mess with it. But in Android its open to you to change it to your preferences.

3. what kind of music files you have? mp3? FLAC? its possible that music files are corrupted when you try to copy over files from iPhone to SGS3. Take another look and verify that all files are intact and not corrupt. There is nothing wrong with the Sammy music player ... you can also try google play music app from Google Play. But this shouldn't be a problem of music player. Can you try to download another fresh music file from market or another store to see if that works?

4. Bluetooth shouldn't drop connection unless you move out of its range. In close proximity it should stay connected. If it doesn't then you have a defective phone. My first handset had some problems with Bluetooth because every time I tried playing music or pdocast over bluetooth it made cracking noise. I exchanged the handset and now there is no problem.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
i think you have a lemon..i dont have any of your issues

have you tried poweramp?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Iphony89:
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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nubbert:
I'm quite impressed with the battery life on mine. One thing that may help is to use black or dark wallpapers because this type of screen uses less power for black.

But I would definitely take it back and try another one as it sounds like the particular one you got is defective.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tekkidd:
Ive got one and i love it. Try returning it for another one or reflashing back to stock.

My S3 has none of the issues you described
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bowsa2511:
Your iTunes music might be DRM protected
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] DINLONG:
Going to have to agree with everyone else here. You either got a lemon or have issues with user error or maybe a little of both. I don't have any of those issues either and my gs3 runs circles around my wife's iphone 4s, battery life included.

She is actually taking over my old gs2 next week as that phone kicks hers in the seat too.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
thanks zombie I will reset back to factory and try everything again. I was actually waiting for the iphone 5 but took too long and the reviews on the sgs3 were so good i had to try it for myself.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
Thanks for taking the time to explain and not telling me iphone user's are not welcome like that other TOOL. anyway I did a factory reset and the music issue is resolved. i will look into nova rom or might as well wait till the jelly been is stable. I still have another 3 weeks or so left so lets see how things go.I think once i root and flash a rom or 2 battery should be better.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
1 - I get notifications just fine

2 - I'm not exactly impressed with the battery either...but then again, when I went from the LG Vu to the Sony x10 I wasn't impressed then either but then along came a dev by the name of Wolfbreak who worked some magic on a ROM for it and as he updated it continually got better and better to the point where I didn't worry about the battery anymore.

3 - I use PowerAmp, plays all my music just fine

4 - I haven't used BT enough to have any input on it...it did what I needed it to do when I used it.

If you're still within your 30 days go exchange it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bagbug:
I never had any of these problems, you obviously have a defect phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robb41488:
^this..... its very possible if you got the music on itunes.

i have none of the issues you describe. im consistently getting 13h+ of batterylife while streaming 7 hours of music :good:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] CVSiN:
No issues either and I have my entire Itunes library on my SD card.

getting 15+ hours easy battery with moderate to hard use.

thats using the smart connection manager sprint has. it automatically turns wifi on and off and choses which is better mobile or wifi.

so far im impressed

GF moved from an IP4S and she loves hers as well.. she has nearly polished the finish off it she loves it so much.. .
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] enaybee:
No problem. This is why we are all here to begin with ... to learn and then help others (you can always click on Thanks button for whoever you feel has provided you with helpful information).

One correction to what you said, I was talking about Nova Launcher and not a rom. Its just a launcher that allows to have stock ICS look and feel and offers alot of customization. There are others as well e.g. Apex and Trebuchet etc.

Here is my home screen (running a samsung based rom but with Nova Launcher)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rdwing:
OP said on the first page that he had power saver on.

Please turn it off. I guarantee that most of your problems will go away just like that.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ilostmypistons:
Being new to Android maybe you should get familiar with the platform before you start screwing around with ROMs. Do you have Google music on your laptop or desktop? You should not have a problem with the music if you put all the music from your computer into Google music(on your computer) than providing your using the same gmail account on computer and phone it will just end up on the phone if you have google music installed and are signed in.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] vegandroid:
My money is on that it's a lemon.

My s3 is pushed to 1.9, running CPU sleep, Juice Defender, max brightness, synced Gmail, Facebook and running Player Pro for my music and I'm getting battery all day. I have to charge it at night, but it still lasts me all day. This phone is the best one I have ever used and I've used iPhones, Blackberrys, Windows 7 phones and other Androids.

Every Phone is going to have it's pros and cons but I think the problem is that some people expect 100% perfection every time. It would be nice, but let's be real, it's not going to happen.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Jamin13:
Just a minor correction, you will want to be looking for Nova Launcher in the Play Store, not a ROM. :)

|Trolling with a smile|
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ahfu25:
I hate seeing this... No need for YOUR KIND here
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
Well i installed Nova Launcher and I like it. everything is working well.. It is actually so much faster. I am still not getting any notifications in gmail like you have the 1 unread email i just get it in the tool bar ontop and it goes away
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mosfet356:
What does having power save on? Does it not save power?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Iphony89:
I suppose it does, but it reduces the phones performance significantly
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Dxtra:
Bey
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rdwing:
Bingo! Turning on powersaver significantly hampers the phones performance, so I'm not surprised that you had so many problems playing music and stuff.

I think it down clocks the processor, and disables one of the cores, among other things.

You're basically gimping your nice shiny phone!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] macdroid01:
I used to be a fanboy...

This is giving the Android community a bad rap. I have a Mac. I like Android. Both communities hate on me when I post about deficiencies in either device. So stupid. Let's objectively compare devices. No need to ascribe emotions to either platform.

The biggest thing for me is the S III screen. It's absolute garbage. I was blown away by how DIM the darn thing is. It's just plain crap. Dim, pentile with blurry visible pixels/edges, and all these other things like tints, ink spots, burn in, etc. It's weird AMOLED ever got off the ground. It's clearly vastly inferior to LCD in my mind. My ol' Droid screen is twice as bright as an S III. And sharper. With better viewing angles. It's embarassing. I'm going to stop beating around the bush. It's not subjective. LCD is just plain better. It's brighter: fact. It's got better viewing angles: fact. It does not have tint issues from sides like IPS LCD: fact. It has no ink marks of course. And GOOD LCD screens are not Pentile. Also it doesn't have burn in which is a nightmare an AMOLED. Lastly the colors are TRUE. Sure samsung made their screen oversaturate. I'm sure Moto could have if they wanted to with some filter, too. But all the people posting about "washed out" LCDs I guess prefer some filter to reality, as opposed to REAL colors. If anyone disagrees here please look at an LCD phone next to S III first, like Inc. 4G or Droids. It's night and day.

That said...I find iPhone vastly inferior as a mobile device due to its OS. I love TouchWiz, Blur, and Android in general. The S III handset is absolutely great to feel in the hand. It's just a really nice design. But the iPhone screen screen is so nice and bright. Just like Droids. I'll probably have to exchange SIII for an Incredible 4G or some crap. Just to keep unlimited data. If only S III had an LCD screen. Then it would be the KING of all phones.

I'm surprised that is not one thing the OP did not note. iPhones have a BRIGHT screen. Good for use outside.

Also regarding skipping music...I've had this on my Droid 2 forever. It's a pain in the ass. Skipping music is NOT acceptable. Period. I don't give a crap about multitasking. Music should have a high priority. This is not something that should be an issue in 2012 frankly. Samsung should fix this in an update immediately. I haven't even gotten my S III yet but that was one reason I was upgrading from Droid 2. It's pretty said S III with more specs than computers from a few years ago skips when playing music. That's just stupid.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
I prefer the opposite. I love the samsung galaxy screens. They are amazing. I like true, bright colors. It makes the screen much more vivid and I think it works great in the sunlight.

Plus it helps in the battery department...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ilostmypistons:
Talking straight out of your ass. I have none of the problems your whining about.

Just today I turned up the brightness and watched a YouTube video next to a iPhone4S and even my isheep friends said the videos look better on the S3
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gfsnic:
Go into Gmail-settings-manage labels-inbox and make sure email notifications is checked. Do the same for any other labels that you want to be notified.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
is juice defender a must have for better batter performance? is cpu sleep worth the money?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lessthanzach:
CPU sleep is available for free on xda and works quite well. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745516Juice defender sucks IMO. It turns off radios and isn't consistent enough.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
done that still nothing. take a look at the home screen i have 2 emails unread and it shows nothing by the gmail icon.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zombieplanalpha:
Are we sure that the question being asked isn't about the unread counter that hovers over the uper right of the actual icon for gmail, such as the text indicator or my corporate mail account indicator. The only notification you get IS the upper notification (top of screen) and it should not automatically clear if you just close it, however if you use the link in the notificatoin bar to access your gmail it will clear that notification, so if you have three unread emails, and you enter gmail, the notificatoin goes away. Gmail has not had an unread email count like text messaging or corporate mail for a while, even the custom launchers were unable to do this the last time i checked (year ago) due to the security on gmail that changed. So if you are asking about an unread counter on the icon itself for gmail there isnt one.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
yea you can look at page 3 from user enaybee..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gfsnic:
My bad, I misunderstood what you were asking for. That is available in the paid nova launcher.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Mercuie:
You'll have to use Nova Launcher Prime with TeslaUnread installed to get the gmail Icon to actually put an unread count next to it.

You could also try BlingBoard, which is a sexy little social widget that will not only show you unread Gmail but also missed calls, texts, facebook, and twitter posts.

The thing with Android is that if a feature is missing there are tons of ways to go about getting it back. And there might even be features you never knew were around. You should very much google "best android apps" and make the search results look in the last year or last month (so you aren't getting outdated articles).
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zombieplanalpha:
See, i have unread gmail and corporate mail but only corporate has an indicator, this has been like this since a security update a while ago.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] vegandroid:
i personally do not care what anyone has to say about juice defender. every phone ive used has had juice defender on it and has made my battery last so much more. the capabilities are worth the $5 for the pro. people will always have different opinions but I personally know it works very well. it would most likely explain why i have battery all day with the current configuration on my phone.

and cpu sleep is worth it even if you had to pay $2 for it.

that with juice defender pro and your set. i also wipe my battery stats fairly often so that may help manage a consistent discharging of battery.

Juice Defender UltimateRL]
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
My bluetooth works fine and my music and video's play great and that's using the stock players. Battery life has been good for me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Eddie Bombay:
Android isn't for everyone. I personally love it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Brianaro:
Juice defender is for noobs :p
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ilostmypistons:
This^^^^

Not needed on ICS
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
agreed..juice defender sucks

turned off my radio and i missed calls and texts for almost a half day

wtf kind of program thinks its ok to turn off the radio?

my phone is a phone first and everything else second...how did a phone lose priority in a phone??
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dakunclear:
Take the phone in and say look i got a lemon i want a new one. Cause mine is perfectly fine bluetooth and everything works like a charm, another big drain is if you don't need data on go into settings<data usage, then turn off data it can give you massive amounts of extra battery with everything at full settings. Just if you need the net turn the data back on its nice and easy, but before you do any of that take the phone in and get a new one just say you got a lemon.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostsoul565:
i have to agree i missed 5 calls this morning from my buddy to go fishing.lol this is just not acceptable. removed the app!! beeing a noob i have to try everything since I am new to androids.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] punzada:
Just so everyone knows, wiping battery stats has absolutely nothing to do with battery life and only with how battery usage is reported.

It should only be wiped when making a significant change like a fresh kernel or new ROM, so that you see what is being reported cleanly.

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/

I've seen mixed results on different devices with juice defender, disabling Wi-Fi and 3g while the screen is off is consistently the best feature in terms of battery savings depending on your usage. Beyond that I think it's kind of silly, and many people like a more consistent active data usage style. I haven't tried it yet on the sgs3 because I wanted to establish my usual use and charging habits before comparing it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] DustyFarts:
yeah I would like to know this to that doesn't make sense
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jjlean:
I don't have these issues. I bet it's a bad phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] carhauler1969:
If you had bothered to read through the thread you'd see that most of the issues were indeed software & setup related and have been resolved. Software/setup issues do not make a defective device.

That's the great thing about Android, if the base OS has a shortcoming, like Gmail unread count missing for instance, there are many ways to add those features back into the OS and truly customize your mobile OS experience. Something you cannot do with iOS, even with jail breaking you're still very limited by Apple's four walls. With Android there are no walls, you can essentially do whatever you want, it's a blank canvas begging to be customized.

Add root access and the possibilities are truly unlimited, you have total control of your device, the way it should be, IMO.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] z0phi3l:
And yet he's still correct, Android doesn't need crap apps like juice or any other app to "save" your battery, Android does it all natively and much better than any app could ever wish to perform, it also has been proven that these apps use more battery than the savings you think you are getting
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] :
I've had no issues with my S3 either. Personally I think the issue is Apple has brainwashed a lot of people to thinking iOS is best and does it all that when you try Android its not a good experience.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Eddie Bombay:
Juice Defender > *

Anyone who disagrees is crazy or has never really used it. The greatest thing about Juice Defender (I have Ultimate) is that you can leave your phone unplugged at night before you go to bed and wake up in 8 or so hours and you barely lose 1% battery life if that. No need to keep your phone plugged in every night before you go to bed. You go from charging your phone from every night to every other night.