Samsung Galaxy S III Club @ GS

firenze · July 29, 2012, 7:35pm

Re: Samsung Galaxy S III Club @ GS

Now that I see lots of people getting this phone I thought I’d start up a thread with lots of info on this phone. Here’s a forum which discusses a lot of the items:

Samsung Galaxy S3 Forum - Samsung Galaxy S3 Community and Discussions

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Tips on getting started with the phone and to increase battery life:

Set network mode to GSM only - basically one mode as opposed to Auto (Settings → More Settings → Mobile Networks → Network Mode). Will get rid of “Refreshing SIM data” message.

Turn off WiFi power saving mode thru secret code (Samsung Galaxy S3 WiFi Problem Fix | Galaxy S3 Reviews). No more annoying Wifi connection msgs.

Turn off Wifi notifications (Settings → Wifi → Advanced)

Keep Wifi On during sleep (Settings → Wifi → Advanced)

Disable check for internet service (Settings → Wifi → Advanced)

Limit Background processes → Set it to standard limit (Settings → Developer options)

Disable Animation and Transition effects (Settings → Developer options)

Turn off Power saving mode

Set brightness as per your general preference as opposed to leaving it on max or close to max at all times.

Set Screen Mode to Standard (from Settings->Display menu)

Start S-Voice → Bring up settings → Disable Launch S-Voice by double-pressing Home key

Remove weather, location, temperature widgets from your home screen. Other than clock any widget that must work in the background to refresh/fetch/compute information during display of Home screen will cause a slight delay in bringing up the Home screen.

Create direct-call and direct-msg widgets for people you connect with daily.

Make sure you’ve the right shortcuts on your home screen. Reaching an application by browsing thru pages drains the battery.

Put big widgets like Calendar, Planner, S-Memo, etc., on separate windows. This helps you directly jump to them.

Set Owner information. If you lose your phone it’s easy for anybody to see your name and number

Set Phone tracking on the Phone @ Samsung website. You can lock, disable, track, wipe-data, etc., on your phone remotely from your PC. Awesome feature!!!

Set driving mode configuration carefully. And don’t forget to enable it while driving. It will save your life and others on the road. This feature works really well.

Know that the phone has a torch (assistive light). It’s very good. If you could be in places where you might need it on demand (like camping or crawl space). Create a shortcut and place it accordingly.

Enable voice-assist for Camera (and other features as needed). For example: When you say “shoot”, the shutter is triggered. No need to press the shutter button and cause the camera to shake. Also try out the 2-second timer. It gives you just enough time to hold the camera steady.

Turn off Blue-tooth, Wifi, GPS and Mobile data when not required for a long period of time.

Set a password to ensure data protection.

Enjoy! (more to come …)

damn dude, i don’t have to do any of these things on my IPhone, it just works.

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