Samsung Galaxy S3

[wiffmaster]

Just installed Nova Launcher this afternoon as I fancied a stock look and much more customisability.

It's light years ahead of TouchWiz (which isn't itself awful) and I think the whole phone feels much snappier with it installed. I even bought the 'Prime' version to get a few extra features. You can customise pretty much anything you'd care to think of, but at the same time, it's quite easy to understand and get to grips with.

You can easily switch between launchers with Home Manager so it's worth a shot.

Edited by wiffmaster on Thursday 20th September 17:47

[BigMacDaddy]

james_tigerwoods said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Quick question - my friend has an S3 and when he connects it to his XP laptop, it won't see the SD card, it'll see the phone though...

Anyone?

SD card should be accessible under \MNT\External_SD or similar - I can't remember the exact path off the top of my head but go into the MNT folder and it should be obvious from there.

[Kermit power]

james_tigerwoods said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Quick question - my friend has an S3 and when he connects it to his XP laptop, it won't see the SD card, it'll see the phone though...

Anyone?

I get the same problem on my XP laptop. It can see the phone as a camera, but not as a storage device.

I suspect the solution may be to install Kies on XP, but I can't do that, because the Kies installer keeps telling me I'm not connected to the internet.

This is particularly scary, as I'm having no problem posting on here, which must mean that all PHers are actually cyber-beings living in my laptop.

[Crafty_]

ZesPak said:

So, for the S2, there was this commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVkH9Hgvda4

Quite funny although maybe a bit too blatent dig .

Now there's this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM&fea...

movie said:

Girl: I heard the connector is all digital... What does that even mean?

Man: What? Who knows??..... long pause.... I'm psyched!

I love the bit with the guy saving a space for his parents - "Apple, tech your mom can use"

[robmlufc]

wiffmaster said:

Just installed Nova Launcher this afternoon as I fancied a stock look and much more customisability.

It's light years ahead of TouchWiz (which isn't itself awful) and I think the whole phone feels much snappier with it installed. I even bought the 'Prime' version to get a few extra features. You can customise pretty much anything you'd care to think of, but at the same time, it's quite easy to understand and get to grips with.

+1 CM9 + Nova Launcher

[tenohfive]

John87 said:

Has anyone had any reliability problems with their s3 yet?

My pre-ordered blue s3 decided to do a good impression of a brick yesterday and had no signs of life at all so is on it's way to be repaired under warranty.

Headphone socket doesn't work straight out of the box but I need the phone next week for a few bits, so I'll be sending it back on warranty in a couple of weeks.

Oh, and one of the silver 'Samsung' letters on the back fell off. Minor irritation but they can sort that whilst it's away too.

[Kermit power]

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[tenohfive]

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[Tiggsy]

robmlufc said:

+1 CM9 + Nova Launcher

I like how I click on the link for nova above, up pops google play on my pc - I click install and few seconds later its on my phone! Ohhh, clever phone!

[ZesPak]

Tiggsy said:

I like how I click on the link for nova above, up pops google play on my pc - I click install and few seconds later its on my phone! Ohhh, clever phone!

It's been in there for quite some time. My mom figured this out and it think she murmeld something about "whichcraft" .

[tenohfive]

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[Iceman82]

Ok. Upgrade time from Sunday. Currently have an iPhone 4. However, I am extremely tempted by the S3.

I have a mac and use iTunes for my music. Is it a total pain to sync an android phone with a mac?

Really I want a phone that works as a phone, syncs with gmail, plays music and gives me excellent web access. Also, a maps function that works would be great

I don't know loads about technology but I do like innovation! Seems the S3 is the phone Apple are trying to catch and I'm just not sure the 5 is so different from my 4 really.

[Kermit power]

Iceman82 said:

Ok. Upgrade time from Sunday. Currently have an iPhone 4. However, I am extremely tempted by the S3.

I have a mac and use iTunes for my music. Is it a total pain to sync an android phone with a mac?

Really I want a phone that works as a phone, syncs with gmail, plays music and gives me excellent web access. Also, a maps function that works would be great

I don't know loads about technology but I do like innovation! Seems the S3 is the phone Apple are trying to catch and I'm just not sure the 5 is so different from my 4 really.

Looks like you'd just need something like this.

That's the PC version, but the description says there's a Mac version too.

[Iceman82]

Kermit power said:

Looks like you'd just need something like this.

That's the PC version, but the description says there's a Mac version too.

Indeed it does, thanking you my Green powered friend!

[Caulkhead]

Iceman82 said:

Ok. Upgrade time from Sunday. Currently have an iPhone 4. However, I am extremely tempted by the S3.

I have a mac and use iTunes for my music. Is it a total pain to sync an android phone with a mac?

Really I want a phone that works as a phone, syncs with gmail, plays music and gives me excellent web access. Also, a maps function that works would be great

I don't know loads about technology but I do like innovation! Seems the S3 is the phone Apple are trying to catch and I'm just not sure the 5 is so different from my 4 really.

I've just been through that exact thought process and ended up swapping my IP4 for an S3. I prefer the S3 for most things and couldn't see the point of the IP5 as it wasn't much different from my 4. The only area the IP really scores in is the feeling of quality which is vastly superior to the S3, but that doesn't concern me.

[NewNameNeeded]

wiffmaster said:

Just installed Nova Launcher this afternoon as I fancied a stock look and much more customisability.

It's light years ahead of TouchWiz (which isn't itself awful) and I think the whole phone feels much snappier with it installed. I even bought the 'Prime' version to get a few extra features. You can customise pretty much anything you'd care to think of, but at the same time, it's quite easy to understand and get to grips with.

You can easily switch between launchers with Home Manager so it's worth a shot.

Edited by wiffmaster on Thursday 20th September 17:47

Love the look of your home screen - what is the app/widget you're using that gives the weather and time in words?

[wiffmaster]

NewNameNeeded said:

Love the look of your home screen - what is the app/widget you're using that gives the weather and time in words?

Thanks. The widget pack is called Minimalistic Text. Can be customised to your heart's content and is very useful for 'decluttering'.

[NewNameNeeded]

wiffmaster said:

Thanks. The widget pack is called Minimalistic Text. Can be customised to your heart's content and is very useful for 'decluttering'.

Thanks!!

[Chicken Chaser]

Well I wanted to show an iPhone user that S3 advert today, and despite having full signal and HSPA+ I couldnt get it to buffer. Checked on speedtest and I was getting about 150kbps on it!? I've tried it in different locations and the fastest i've had is 900kbps download. Is that normal? Does the HSPA+ vary from place to place? Just to add insult to injury, my mate found the video on his iPhone and with the same provider (He's on Orange, I'm T-Mob), he played it with no lag. Didnt get to speedtest though.

Any idea why?

[Rib]

I've been with tmobike for the last 18months and will never use them again, the internet has been utter ste! Despite ringing them with my concerns they just told me to put my phone on 3g only which made no difference apart from no signal when I went into the country. Not much help I'm afraid!