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Questions tagged [samsung-galaxy-s-3]

Use this tag if your issue is truly specific to the Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-i9300) device.

The Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-i9300) is an Android smartphone developed as the successor to the Galaxy S II. It was released in May/June 2012 (depending on region).

Samsung Galaxy S III

The Galaxy S III ships with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and features:

International version:

  • 1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, based on Samsung's "Exynos" chipset
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • FM Radio

Canada/USA version:

  • 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait, based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset
  • 2 GB of RAM

All versions

  • 4.8", 1280 x 720 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
  • 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.9 MP front camera
  • Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi a/b/g/n, NFC
  • Supports microSD up to 64 GB

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Is there a way to make a page in the Kindle app less brighter than the options available within the app?

I have my bright setting on the lowest in my app and my phone is at the lowest possible brightnes too but I find it too bright to read a page in the Kindle app in the dark. Is there any way to lower the brightness? I only find that the Android…
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Galaxy S3 Emails showing in different colours

This is an extremely minor but extremely frustrating issue with my Galaxy S3. Basically the email client out the box (synced to my Exchange Active sync account) has a black background and white text...so far no problem. However as people have been…
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Allshare Cast on Samsung Galaxy S III

How can I use Allshare Cast feature on my Samsung Galaxy S III? I have a samsung LCD with internet, Do I still need allshare dongle to use this feature?
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Can you use somebody else's `/efs` folder?

So, assume that there are two Galaxy S3 phones (i9300)s. One of em has a "No Service", "Baseband Unknown" problem while the other works like a charm. Both of them are rooted and flashed with custom ROMs. (CM11 and CM12). So, if the phone with…
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How can I do a screen recording on the S3?

I need to record my screen as I'm using a specific app to show the issues showing up that a developer is unable to replicate. How can I achieve this? Is screen recording even possible on Android? OS: 4.1
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5-6 duplicate calendar items

I have the same appointment 5-6 times throughout my calendar on Samsung Galaxy 3. I merge 3 separate accounts onto my calendar. This has never been a problem before. If I try to "clean it up", I end up canceling meetings. I tried uninstalling…
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Samsung account not showing

Could anyone assist me with enabling my Samsung account on my S3. Each time I pressed buy in video hub I got this message on my phone: "Your Samsung account has been disabled. Enable it by going to Applications manager > Samsung account" I…
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Where in my files can I find the stock browser's Favourites stored?

Where on the storage of my phone can I find the stock browser's Favourites? I want to backup that folder. OS: 4.1.1 S3
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Samsung S3 - connection problem

I have installed Samsung PC Studio on my notebook and connected my Samsung Galaxy S3 to it by USB. The notebook picks it up and I can open it in My Computer. But when I go to PC Studio 7, I "click here to connect a phone" and get a message saying…
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Problems after updating my Galaxy S3 to 4.1.1: Display randomly comes on for a few seconds

I updated my Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300) to JellyBean 4.1.1, now the display randomly comes on for a few seconds, then goes off. When pushing the "unlock" button it now gets a disgusting thick red border around the edges of the display which flashes on and…
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How to properly close a program in Samsung Galaxy S3?

Possible Duplicate: What is the right way to close apps in Android? After using my Samsung Galaxy S III for a while, closing apps and dialogs with the "back" button (front-right), I pressed and held the front-middle button, which brought up a…
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lost memo app. data

I was unable to use my password protection on this app. I foolishly stopped and cleared.data under the apps setting thinking it would allow me to access my needed memo. Is there a way to get the memo data back as I seemed to have cleared everything?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT I9300) does not restart. It does not go into download mode as well. Please Help

My Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT I9300) does not restart. It does not go into download mode as well. Please Help. Today morning I was checking the weather wizard of my samsung galaxy S3 home screen. Then suddenly the screen got horizontal white, black and…
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Sounds for Charging the Samsung galaxy s 3

Can someone tell me how to turn( on) the sound for when my Samsung galaxy s 3 is charged. Please, than you!
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Samsung galaxy s3 being slow and getting hot

I have a samsung galaxy s3 running Android 4.3, and it's always really slow and gets very hot sometimes. Does anyone elses phone do this? If so, have you found anything that helps?
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