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Samsung Galaxy S3 Problems

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  • #632
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Is Merge with Google same thing as back up


  • #633
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    kildaremum wrote: »
    Is Merge with Google same thing as back up

    Yes, login to Gmail on your PC and check they are there


  • #634
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Ok (stupid question) but where would they be on gmail account. I never use gmail account, usually use hotmail.


  • #635
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    kildaremum wrote: »
    Ok (stupid question) but where would they be on gmail account. I never use gmail account, usually use hotmail.

    In contacts, click where it says Gmail under Google on the top left and change it to contacts. You can edit and merge them now on a big screen and they will sync like that to your phone when you get it back


  • #636
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    There are no contacts there ?


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  • #637
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    kildaremum wrote: »
    There are no contacts there ?

    Then they are not backed up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdIOW1Ios7s


  • #638
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Great, thank you. But when I go to 'Merge with Google' I see now that very quickly this message pops up for a sec 'No phone account contacts to merge with Google account'


  • #639
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    kildaremum wrote: »
    Great, thank you. But when I go to 'Merge with Google' I see now that very quickly this message pops up for a sec 'No phone account contacts to merge with Google account'

    Are your contacts on the sim card? You'll need to copy them to the phone


  • #640
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Most of them are on the phone. When I clicked 'Merge with Google' the Google g logo is beside them.


  • #641
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Maybe they just took few mins to transfer over or maybe I couldn't see them but low and behold they are there now in my contacts. Thanks very much for your help.


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  • #642
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    kildaremum wrote: »
    Maybe they just took few mins to transfer over or maybe I couldn't see them but low and behold they are there now in my contacts. Thanks very much for your help.

    Sort them out now in Google contacts, merge, edit them and add images to some of them if you want. They will then sync that way. You can even add them to groups, favorites, family, friends etc.


  • #643
    kildaremum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭kildaremum


    Ok I'll give it a go.


  • #644
    Alpha Dog 1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Alpha Dog 1


    Anyone know how to turn off battery power warning?


  • #645
    Sappy404
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,240 ✭✭✭Sappy404


    Can those having freezing/resetting issues tell me if a recent update seemed to cause them?

    I ran an over-the-air update 2 weeks ago, and the phone became slow doing basic things, then started freezing this week and giving a blank screen (no LEDs at all, even when plugged in).

    Currently I'm on 4.1.2.


  • #646
    ronkmonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ronkmonster


    Sappy404 wrote: »
    Can those having freezing/resetting issues tell me if a recent update seemed to cause them?

    I ran an over-the-air update 2 weeks ago, and the phone became slow doing basic things, then started freezing this week and giving a blank screen (no LEDs at all, even when plugged in).

    Currently I'm on 4.1.2.
    Yes mine started freezing in the last few weeks. Still happened after a factory reset and now after restarting phone today it doesn't get any further than boot logo :(


  • #647
    acurno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭acurno


    Hi all,
    Battery is being drained in a major way in the past week. "media server" is draining 25% of the battery apparently whatever that is.
    Any suggestions that don't involve a factory reset?


  • #648
    Vego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    acurno wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Battery is being drained in a major way in the past week. "media server" is draining 25% of the battery apparently whatever that is.
    Any suggestions that don't involve a factory reset?

    Its probably your sd card .....could be damaged...well thats what happened to mine anyway


  • #649
    waynegalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭waynegalway


    acurno wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Battery is being drained in a major way in the past week. "media server" is draining 25% of the battery apparently whatever that is.
    Any suggestions that don't involve a factory reset?

    I'm getting much higher battery drain lately too.

    It was great when I got the ELLA firmware update to solve the sudden death problem : that firmware seemed to really work wonders for the battery and I was getting 36 hours easily with moderate to heavy use (about 5 hours screen time too, altogether about a 30% improvement over previous firmware).

    But then with the OTA that came out a couple of weeks ago, and moreso with the one this week, battery drain seems worse than ever.

    I'm on 38% right now, down from unplugging from a full charge 9 hours ago. Just under 2 hours screen time, no 3D stuff, just basic browsing.

    I noticed that the minute it was unplugged, battery indicator went to 97%, which is weird. I've put no new apps on in the last few weeks that would be any extra drain.

    I'm guessing this is a firmware issue and another OTA will be along soon to fix it.

    Anyone else linking battery drain to latest updates?


  • #650
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    betterbatterystats.

    search xda for the free apk

    see what's causing the battery drain.


  • #651
    Vego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    the stock predictive text its utter garbage .


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  • #652
    waynegalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭waynegalway


    kaimera wrote: »
    betterbatterystats.

    search xda for the free apk

    see what's causing the battery drain.

    Got that, and its mostly a media server wake lock that seems to be doing the damage. One thing finding out what's doing it, but it's another thing completely to solve it.....


  • #653
    duploelabs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,036 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Vego wrote: »
    the stock predictive text its utter garbage .

    try swiftkey


  • #654
    acurno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭acurno


    waynegalway wrote: »

    Got that, and its mostly a media server wake lock that seems to be doing the damage. One thing finding out what's doing it, but it's another thing completely to solve it.....

    Knocked off Google now and that seems to have done some of the job.


  • #655
    Vego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    had swift key then they wanted to charge .....i paid enough money for the phone ...and it was grand untill 2 updates ago !!! now when I try and spell anything with an "o" like now always comes out niw or giid ...WTF


  • #656
    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    For the last 2 days my phone has been freezing, honestly it froze at least 20 times yesterday. I had to take the battery out to get it back on again. It started again this morning but since turning off the Wifi connection it hasnt happened. Any ideas?


  • #657
    omar21cu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭omar21cu


    as mentioned previously my SIII problem with 3G connection (unable to reach internet) is sorted

    the phone was bought from Dubai maybe this is the reason why its not reconizing the 3G networks configuration here in Ireland (my conclusion)

    I tried everything last thing i was advised to do is contacting Lycamobile to send me the Network configuration file, applying it many times but no use!

    I asked in Moore Street a Chinese guy told me i can fix that, and the only thing he did is modifying some details in the network carrier configuration (couldn't say what he did exactly) but just a code which he modified and DONE! the phone was working perfectly

    certainty knowledge is POWER :)


  • #658
    moleary20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭moleary20


    ronkmonster wrote: »
    Yes mine started freezing in the last few weeks. Still happened after a factory reset and now after restarting phone today it doesn't get any further than boot logo :(

    Mine is freezing constantly now as in a ridiculous amount of times per day at random different times, its an absolute disaster!!!


  • #659
    Vego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    same here .....screen wont turn on buy led still blinking had a frozen screen today as well ....I havent downloaded any apps in the last 2 weeks so cant be them


  • #660
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭touts


    I had a problem with it freezing. I uninstalled some of the more recent apps I had installed. But that didnt seem to help. So I suspected it wad an app that had recently been updated in the backround. I looked at what RAM I had available and found it was little or nothing. So I looked at the apps that were running and uninstalled some of the apps that were starting by themselves even though I didnt use them (e.g. sky news). That seemed to help but not fully. I then went into developer options in the settings menu and tried limiting the number of running apps to 4 (the standard was unlimited). That helped a lot but after a while the system would reset it back to standard and the phone would start freezing again. FINALLY I set the option to immediately kill apps when I leave them. From what I can see it doesnt really kill them as I can still go back into them where I had left them BUT since I did that the phone is running much smoother again.

    Thats my experience with fixing the freezing problem. Its possible that whatever was causing the problem was fixed by an automatic update in the background but either way I'm very happy with the S3 again for the last week or ten days since I did all that. I should probably add the same warning that was on the youtube video I watched about using the developer options. You mess with the developer options at your own risk.


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  • #661
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Killing apps immediately is completely going against the way Android works. Do a factory reset, if you still have problems you have a hardware fault.


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