Samsung Galaxy S3

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TheEnd

15,370 posts

187 months

Crafty_

13,248 posts

199 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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That version of JB they are talking about still seems to be a development version (the baseband number gives it away). It seems in some regions LTE S3s are now shipping with JB so it can't be too long.

WEHGuy said:
Is there an app that suggests contacts that are the same and then allows you to connect them under 1 contact? I used to have a HTC Desire Z and a HTC XE and they done this automatically but, I can only seem to do it manually on the S3.
The stock app does it:
Go in to contacts, find the contact you wish to link, tap it. Now press the button on the left, select "join contact" from the menu, from the popup select the contact you wish to link to. Done.



Jaldi

1,195 posts

234 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Crafty_ said:
WEHGuy said:
Is there an app that suggests contacts that are the same and then allows you to connect them under 1 contact? I used to have a HTC Desire Z and a HTC XE and they done this automatically but, I can only seem to do it manually on the S3.
The stock app does it:
Go in to contacts, find the contact you wish to link, tap it. Now press the button on the left, select "join contact" from the menu, from the popup select the contact you wish to link to. Done.
You could do manually like that, but it does not find Contacts that are duplicates, which is what I think he was asking for.

WEHGuy

1,347 posts

172 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Jaldi said:
Crafty_ said:
WEHGuy said:
Is there an app that suggests contacts that are the same and then allows you to connect them under 1 contact? I used to have a HTC Desire Z and a HTC XE and they done this automatically but, I can only seem to do it manually on the S3.
The stock app does it:
Go in to contacts, find the contact you wish to link, tap it. Now press the button on the left, select "join contact" from the menu, from the popup select the contact you wish to link to. Done.
You could do manually like that, but it does not find Contacts that are duplicates, which is what I think he was asking for.
yes

Jaldi

1,195 posts

234 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Jaldi said:
WEHGuy said:
Is there an app that suggests contacts that are the same and then allows you to connect them under 1 contact? I used to have a HTC Desire Z and a HTC XE and they done this automatically but, I can only seem to do it manually on the S3.
Google Contacts
So did you look at Google Contacts? It did the job for me.

WEHGuy

1,347 posts

172 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Jaldi said:
Jaldi said:
WEHGuy said:
Is there an app that suggests contacts that are the same and then allows you to connect them under 1 contact? I used to have a HTC Desire Z and a HTC XE and they done this automatically but, I can only seem to do it manually on the S3.
Google Contacts
So did you look at Google Contacts? It did the job for me.
I went to the app store but, couldn't find it. Stuff like Google Drive, GO Contacts, Contacts Backup, Go Contacts EX, Google Goggles, etc only came up.

Kermit power

28,635 posts

212 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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WEHGuy said:
I went to the app store but, couldn't find it. Stuff like Google Drive, GO Contacts, Contacts Backup, Go Contacts EX, Google Goggles, etc only came up.
GO Contacts does what you want. The only thing lacking is a the ability to actually make all the changes with a single click. It does automatically identify them all for you though, so you do save a lot of time still.

dontfollowme

1,158 posts

232 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Google Contacts is not an app you just access it via your Gmail. Sorting your contacts id a pain the first time you do it but worth it when you change phones.

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Well it looks like I'll be getting one of these soon. Wife is going for the i4S - she's not bothered about the i5 to pay the ridiculous premium and she finds both the S3 & S2 too large for her dinky digits.

Crafty_

13,248 posts

199 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Asterix said:
Well it looks like I'll be getting one of these soon. Wife is going for the i4S - she's not bothered about the i5 to pay the ridiculous premium and she finds both the S3 & S2 too large for her dinky digits.
There is (allegedly) a "mini" version coming out, Samsung have sent invites out to an event, I think its next week sometime, maybe your better half will find that easier to use..

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Crafty_ said:
There is (allegedly) a "mini" version coming out, Samsung have sent invites out to an event, I think its next week sometime, maybe your better half will find that easier to use..
She won't hang around. Her bb, like mine, is playing silly buggers on a daily basis now. She's happy so I'll let it be.

She's getting them tomorrow so I'll have a new toy to play with!

Edited by Asterix on Sunday 7th October 18:49

Caulkhead

4,938 posts

156 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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I plugged mine into KIES yesterday and it told me there was a firmware update available for my Orange kit. I thought it would be the new android jelly bean thing, but I don't think it is. It still says 4.0.4 and I think JB is 4.1?

Jaldi

1,195 posts

234 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Caulkhead said:
I plugged mine into KIES yesterday and it told me there was a firmware update available for my Orange kit. I thought it would be the new android jelly bean thing, but I don't think it is. It still says 4.0.4 and I think JB is 4.1?
Definitely not JB. As you said, JB is 4.1.x
Besides which, JB isn't out for the UK yet, and won't be out for Orange contact users for a while after that - not until they (Orange) have taken their sweet time adding all their branding and bloatware crap to it.

Fletch79

1,641 posts

196 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Jaldi said:
Definitely not JB. As you said, JB is 4.1.x
Besides which, JB isn't out for the UK yet, and won't be out for Orange contact users for a while after that - not until they (Orange) have taken their sweet time adding all their branding and bloatware crap to it.
There's hardly any orange modification, There are two apps both you can ignore completely ... i have no other branding at all on mine!

Jaldi

1,195 posts

234 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Fletch79 said:
There's hardly any orange modification, There are two apps both you can ignore completely ... i have no other branding at all on mine!
What firmware version is your phone on?

Fletch79

1,641 posts

196 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Build Number IMM76D.I9300XXBLG8

Caulkhead

4,938 posts

156 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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My build number: IMM76D.I9300BVBLH2

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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So - the missus went to buy the S3 for me (16gb plus a 64gb sd - no stocks of 32gbs but 80gb in total will be plenty although I have over 75gb of music, I'll be selective as to what I put on there), going for the brown one and she started having more of a play with it, spent 5 mins playing with the i4S and then decided to go for a S3 as well as she said the screen is simply amazing and the Apple was boring.

So I'll have a good play with it when I get home smile


ZesPak

24,422 posts

195 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Asterix said:
So - the missus went to buy the S3 for me (16gb plus a 64gb sd - no stocks of 32gbs but 80gb in total will be plenty although I have over 75gb of music, I'll be selective as to what I put on there), going for the brown one and she started having more of a play with it, spent 5 mins playing with the i4S and then decided to go for a S3 as well as she said the screen is simply amazing and the Apple was boring.

So I'll have a good play with it when I get home smile
rofl
75 GB of music on your phone.

Nah, I have 80GB as well (16 + 64), I only fill it up about half when I go on vacation and put some movies on it hehe.

FUBAR

17,062 posts

237 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Asterix said:
So I'll have a good play with it when I get home smile
What about the phone? hehe

Is it just me who doesn't fill the phone up with media?