Samsung Galaxy S3 Problems

Lemon_grass

Lemon_grass wrote: »

Hi I just bought a shiny new S3 on Meteor. After turning on the phone it prompted me to install a software update, so I updated it.

But now the lock screen won't work, I have it set so that when I turn off the screen I should have to enter a pin, but when I press the home or power button it just jumps straight back into the screen I was previously on, without having to enter a pin.

Also my home button only seems to work to wake up the screen. It won't take me back to the main screen and holding it down doesn't give me the option to close opened apps.

Has anyone else had these problems? Apologies if this has all ready been discussed I couldn't see it anywhere in the thread.

Just preformed a factory reset and it's running perfectly again.

audi a4 2008

can anyone help.....lately my micro sd card comes up on screen as sd card blank or has unsuppurted files ...it comes and goes but its annoying

kenyard

audi a4 2008 wrote: »

can anyone help.....lately my micro sd card comes up on screen as sd card blank or has unsuppurted files ...it comes and goes but its annoying

what happens when you plug it into a pc? (try usb adapter)

my guess is something is correupted on it, and if you plug it in and run a fix it shud resolve it.
besides that a quick format.
second is you may have music files or something when its scanning it finds but in unsupported type?

viper006

Id really appreciate any help with the below problem as im really stuck.

My S3 has suddenly just stopped allowing me to make calls. when i try to ring someone it just beeps and says call ended straight away. When people try to ring me, they are unable to get through also. My texts work perfectly, great reception and internet is fine as is all other apps but i cant make/receive calls?

I turned off,rebooted, taken battery out for 10mins etc and no joy. Im beginnning to tink its a hardware issue and i might be fecked?? Anyone have any advice ?

kaimera

viper006 wrote: »

Id really appreciate any help with the below problem as im really stuck.

My S3 has suddenly just stopped allowing me to make calls. when i try to ring someone it just beeps and says call ended straight away. When people try to ring me, they are unable to get through also. My texts work perfectly, great reception and internet is fine as is all other apps but i cant make/receive calls?

I turned off,rebooted, taken battery out for 10mins etc and no joy. Im beginnning to tink its a hardware issue and i might be fecked?? Anyone have any advice ?

Does the call timer ever start without you hearing the dial tone?

Get un-registered from the mobile network?

I'd return for a fix tbh - sounds close to the issue I had (the two items above were happening to me too)

Had the main board (I presume is the motherboard) replaced

viper006

hi ,

ya i press call and straight away it just said call ended..no one cud ring me either. I went into vodafone store today and got a new micro sim and luckily is working grand again now.

kaimera

viper006 wrote: »

hi ,

ya i press call and straight away it just said call ended..no one cud ring me either. I went into vodafone store today and got a new micro sim and luckily is working grand again now.

Nice

Mine was an extreme case I guess (not isolated from reading online tho)

viper006

well i spoke too soon.. an hour later im having the exact same problem with this sim as well now. Looking like i have a more serious issue now like kaimera. thought i had it sorted and all

Zith

I thought Kies would be for the job as well...

I backed up my S2 no problems. Set up the S3 and went to restore my stuff and basically out of the backup of all things it only allowed me to restore the contacts, photos, videos, music.

What it did not let me restore was: mail accounts, diary, notes. Most annoying was the mail accounts.

Italia wrote: »

Samsung Kies.
Backs up everything (SMS, pictures, contacts, music, documents etc). Seeing as it is from the same manufacturer and its FREE (which does no harm), it is 100% compatible with the S3 when restoring.
Personally, given Google's appalling track record on privacy, I don't allow any of their apps to store any of my data on their servers....as much as I can to avoid /prevent it.

errlloyd

Mine is dropped texts, seem to be missing quite a few, although its obviously hard to tell when I miss texts... I am worried I am missing important stuff and blowing people off. Was gonna wait for JB and see does it fix it, emobile, any ideas?

viper006

I've being trying to sort my issues of not been able to make or receive calls after weeks of working perfectly and I've found out its only when I have a Vodafone sim card in phone that it won't work properly... I'm replaced sims multiple times but still have issue. I had a meteor and O2 sim in it earlier and had no problems making calls at all so Def seems like it's something to do with Vodafone, it is a pain as I'm Vodafone bill pay.. Il be ringing tech support 2mrw in hope they can find out why this is happening.

Patsy fyre

Every time I connect the phone to the bluetooth in the car I get a message tone as if i get a message. Anyone experience this and know how to fix it ?

danniemcq

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Every time I connect the phone to the bluetooth in the car I get a message tone as if i get a message. Anyone experience this and know how to fix it ?

is that the default notification sound?

perhaps its letting you know "connected"

Patsy fyre

danniemcq wrote: »

is that the default notification sound?

perhaps its letting you know "connected"

It is letting me know that it is connected to the bluetooth but I keep thinking I'm getting a text message.
Would like to turn of the notification or atleast change the sound. If i change the notification sound this will also change my message tone.

danniemcq

Patsy fyre wrote: »

It is letting me know that it is connected to the bluetooth but I keep thinking I'm getting a text message.
Would like to turn of the notification or atleast change the sound. If i change the notification sound this will also change my message tone.

customise your message app,

gosms i think allow you to modify your notification tone for messages

killbillvol2

danniemcq wrote: »

customise your message app,

gosms i think allow you to modify your notification tone for messages

So does the stock messaging app.

Patsy fyre

danniemI q wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

It is letting me know that it is connected to the bluetooth but I keep thinking I'm getting a text message.
Would like to turn of the notification or atleast change the sound. If i change the notification sound this will also change my message tone.

customise your message app,

gosms i think allow you to modify your notification tone for messages

Cheers, think i have it sorted.

HeidiHeidi

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Cheers, think i have it sorted.

Can someone please explain (in words of one syllable preferably) how to change the message tone but not the email tone? I can only find a "notifications" tone option which seems to apply to both. I'd prefer to have a different tone for each. I use a gmail app that I downloaded (i think!) and the default messaging app.

Also, is it any harm that the desk clock which I use at night doesn't move around the screen? I thought that there was a risk of the screen "burning" from something being on the whole time? Or has technology moved on past that now?

As is probably obvious I'm a bit of a technophobe about these things, so any help appreciated!

I find the phone great but there's a lot of glitches with it (this is my second one, first one returned for replacement due to even more glitches). Whoever else posted about the message tone only half playing, or sometimes not at all (just about a 5 second long vibrate) - yep, have that too.

Patsy fyre

Well I use handcent sms for messaging. Much better than the stock messaging app imo.
In handcent select settings-notification settings - notification sound.
This will just be for text messaging and will differentiate between the two.
Lots of tinkering with the phone to maximise its potential.
Brilliant phone though.

Patsy fyre

With the stock messaging app it seems to be settings - Select ringtone at the bottom.

Just ordered some NFC's anyone already using these for something useful?

bbbbb

To add my wifi experience to the thread:
Connected fine to the home wireless g network fine the first day, following day wouldn't work.
Went through various solutions including:
- reboots (of phone and router). worked once I think.
- *#0011# to turn off wifi power save mode. didn't help
- installed wifi fixer, worked for a while
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wahtod.wififixer&feature=search_result

- In the end, I set a static IP address for home network, which has worked fine since.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871130

Floodric

Suppose I'll post in here see if I can get any help.

Recently bought a Bluetooth headset for listening to my music and watching videos online. Ever thing works perfectly except whenever I connect the headphones my wifi slows to a trickle. Is there any way around this?

god's toy

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Can someone please explain (in words of one syllable preferably) how to change the message tone but not the email tone? I can only find a "notifications" tone option which seems to apply to both. I'd prefer to have a different tone for each. I use a gmail app that I downloaded (i think!) and the default messaging app.

To change the default message tone (IE, receiving a Text message)
Go into your texts and hit menu, from there hit settings and scroll down the very bottom of that page and you will see 'Select Ringtone' and your done.

sentient_6

I'm using firefox on my s3. Found it best for browsing the boards main site rather than touch. Can anyone tell me is there a way to watch embedded youtube videos though? What is the story with pluggins?

opinion guy

Facebook has mysteriously stopped working on my S2 native browser. I was working fine but for last few days it just contantly reloads without displaying anything when you go to the url.

What gives ? Any ideas anyone ?

Melion

My message app just stopped working on Thursday. I tried deleting messages which resulted in the phone freezing, it initially was only when a certain person texted, but this morning it was for every message. I had to stop using the stock sms app and download Go SMS instead.

Patsy fyre

How do I access the options for driving mode?

120_Minutes

Patsy fyre wrote: »

How do I access the options for driving mode?

settings>language and input>text to speech output.

ro95

iphone 5 is better, worth the extra!

wreckless

ro95 wrote: »

iphone 5 is better, worth the extra!

how did you come to be posting here. move along...

Erper

I got my JB na na na naaa na ..
Im on network three

Slattsy

Erper wrote: »

I got my JB na na na naaa na ..
Im on network three

I have the update but will wait until I'm home and use the wifi
Any noticeable differences?

alexonhisown

Before I got SGS3 I backed up contacts, messages etc with kies. But I cant figure out how to get my backed up messages onto new phone.

Liamalone

Jeez, thinking of getting an S3 for my upgrade next month .... might reconsider after reading all this

Patsy fyre

Liamalone wrote: »

Jeez, thinking of getting an S3 for my upgrade next month .... might reconsider after reading all this

After reading which?

Liamalone

After reading just the last five pages of bugs.

Slattsy

Liamalone wrote: »

After reading just the last five pages of bugs.

It's a quality phone.
You could read pages and pages of bugs on any phone. A lot of the bugs have obviously been ironed out through updates since it was first out. I've had no problems.

Erper

Slattsy wrote: »

I have the update but will wait until I'm home and use the wifi
Any noticeable differences?

in notification bar now you have date/time/day
there is also new button - blocking mode - when someone wants to call you (you can set up specific time of day so the phone automatically reject calls)
there is 5 icons in lock screen now
some new widgets
google voice search (new)
instead of 780 ram now you have 833
and it use less ram
battery last longer
ive charged mine over night and its being on skype and wifi/network connection from 9- till now and still 55% of battery

New setting for Home screen mode
and accounts like FB, samsung, skype etc are visible in settings, you dont have to search for specific location for them

Lemon_grass

Erper wrote: »

in notification bar now you have date/time/day
there is also new button - blocking mode - when someone wants to call you (you can set up specific time of day so the phone automatically reject calls)
there is 5 icons in lock screen now
some new widgets
google voice search (new)
instead of 780 ram now you have 833
and it use less ram
battery last longer
ive charged mine over night and its being on skype and wifi/network connection from 9- till now and still 55% of battery

New setting for Home screen mode
and accounts like FB, samsung, skype etc are visible in settings, you dont have to search for specific location for them

I hope meteor get the finger out soon. New to meteor myself, do they tend to be slow with pushing out updates?

Erper

three was the first operator to receive JB...

so far i found 2 bugs...

one is response, it seems slower and laggy comparing to ICS and second is web browser, it does not remember your last page you visited

threein99

alexonhisown wrote: »

Before I got SGS3 I backed up contacts, messages etc with kies. But I cant figure out how to get my backed up messages onto new phone.

There should be an option in Kies to import numbers to the phone

pabloh999

The flashing LED lights wont turn off.

Ive unchecked all the boxes to disable the LED but it still flashes for missed events like text and missed calls. Bit annoying
Anyone have same issue?

Erper

pabloh999 wrote: »

The flashing LED lights wont turn off.

Ive unchecked all the boxes to disable the LED but it still flashes for missed events like text and missed calls. Bit annoying
Anyone have same issue?

try going back to stock by resetting phone

acurno

Anyone have an issue in that the connection to the net won't work over 3g. I have a 3g connection apparently based on the signal on the status bar, but when I connect using either chrome or the stock browser I get the error message ' Unable to connect to the proxy server ' .
No problems on wifi, and have tried connection in different places so it's not a lack of signal anywhere.
Don't see anything out of the ordinary under settings, everything is on and working apparently. Might be a trip into meteor at this stage.

Erper

what network?

Patsy fyre

Go to settings, more settings, mobile network, access point, meteor wap, proxy settings and clear the proxy.
That should solve it.

acurno

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Go to settings, more settings, mobile network, access point, meteor wap, proxy settings and clear the proxy.
That should solve it.

when I go into meteor wap there's no option for proxy settings. Do you mean go into the proxy option and delete the data in there? it's currently set at 10.85.85.85 whatever that means.

Patsy fyre

acurno wrote: »

when I go into meteor wap there's no option for proxy settings. Do you mean go into the proxy option and delete the data in there? it's currently set at 10.85.85.85 whatever that means.

Yeah, delete that, pull the battery out of the back of the phone while it is on.
Put back in the battery switch on and it should be ready to go.

duploelabs

Erper wrote: »

three was the first operator to receive JB...

so far i found 2 bugs...

one is response, it seems slower and laggy comparing to ICS and second is web browser, it does not remember your last page you visited

This as well since upgrading to JB, also where I work has dodgy data coverage and everytime I leave coverage I have to restart my phone to regain mobile data. On 3 network, anyone else have this issue?

god's toy

duploelabs wrote: »

This as well since upgrading to JB, also where I work has dodgy data coverage and everytime I leave coverage I have to restart my phone to regain mobile data. On 3 network, anyone else have this issue?

i think loads of people have this data prob. funny thing is for me at least its only in dublin as in wicklow its fine....