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  1. Johnny Cakes

    Help WTF? Long-press makes touch screen non-responsive

    Once I long-press on the screen, the touch-screen becomes non-responsive. By non-responsive, I mean that I can not swipe to change screens, access any apps on the screen, or access the functions associated with the soft-keys next to the home button. However, if I press the screen on/off...
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    Root [Sprint/Cricket] True/False Nandroid Backup Question

    True/False: A Nandroid backup creates an exact image of my phone such that if I restored it to a new phone, the new phone be an exact clone of the old phone, down to the customization of every app, every home screen, icon placement, etc. In other words, it would be impossible to tell the phones...
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    Need to Suppress Wireless Charging Notification

    There are some threads on this for other models, but I am looking for info on how to remove wireless charging notification for my Sprint version. I assume this will require root and I have no problem with that. Here's the scenario. I modified my Sprint phone to accept the Verizon wireless...
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    How to EASILY Add Inductive/Wireless Charging to your Sprint Phone Using Verizon Cover & Keeping NFC

    This tutorial will discuss how to adapt the Verizon Qi inductive charging back cover for use on a Sprint Galaxy SIII phone. I am a snob for a slim phone, which is why I would never consider an extended battery. But the Verizon back adds so little thickness that I could hardly tell. However...
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    Is NFC for Verizon in the rear door whereas Sprint is in the battery?

    PROBLEM SOLVED: Check out this thread. ============== I have Sprint S3 model. I am attempting to do some mods to have the Verizon Qi charging rear cover door work with Sprint. Only problem is that the Qi charging coil and magnet on the Verizon Qi charging door covers the battery. Since...
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    How can I disable Internet security certificate checking?

    The govt building where I work has free WiFi, but there is a mismatch in the security certificate, so I get the pop-up whenever I log-in, asking whether I want to view certificate, ignore, etc. Can I disable this check entirely?
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    For those using 3rd party Qi wireless charging back cover, what has been your experiences?

    Since the promised wireless charging back cover seems to be vaporware from Samsung, looking at a third party products. My criteria: 1. Does not add any thickness or very little thickness (Verizon cover = too thick) 2. NFC still works 3. Looks OEM 4. Available in blue In my Google...
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    How can I get all music onto the S3 from Google Play?

    Is there a quick and easy way to mark all songs on my Google Music account to download directly to the S3? The only way I can see is to go one song at a time, which would take hours. Is there a "select all, make all available for offline" or something like that on the phone?
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    To be kind to Newbies who get S3 for Xmas and post question rather than use search forum function

    This is my early New Year's Resolution. Happy Holidays to all!
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    Hang-up command as part of Contact number?

    I have a contact set up to call a number, pause (waiting for answer), enter a pin, pause (accessing system), dial some additional numbers (those execute some commands on the system that answered). What I'd like to add to the end of this is a command to HANG UP. Does the S3 have some code that...
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    Just when we get Jelly Bean 4.1, JB 4.2 announced today with new features

    Check out Jelly Bean 4.2, announced today, and the new features.
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    Do NOT buy replacement batteries for the S3 on eBay

    I think we all know that many, if not most, of the batteries being sold on eBay purporting to be OEM are actually counterfeit. But, hey, for the most part they work the same, are a fraction of the price, and keep the OEM look. While that's great for most phones, it does NOT apply to the S3...
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    NFC suddenly stopped working -- what diagnostic steps should I take?

    So far, I have checked the settings to make sure NFC was enabled and I have given the phone a complete, battery out, reboot. I have tried with several different NFC payment locations that worked in the past. In addition, I tried with a NFC tag. The phone just doesn't seem to recognize NFC...
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    Changing from "mobile web page" to regular web page -- how to?

    Searching for "mobile web page" produced no responses in the forum, so here are my questions: 1. I entered a web address (example.com) and am told that the web page (m.example.com) does not exist. Is it possible to instruct the phone on a per search basis not to try to load a mobile page...
  15. Johnny Cakes

    If I am using a launcher, am I still running TouchWiz?

    I run the Apex launcher. Does this run on top of TouchWiz (so that I am running both) or in lieu of TouchWiz? Or do I have this concept completely backwards?
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    Help How to use Picture as app launch instead of Icon?

    With my old S2, I used an app called Better Cut, which let me have a picture, any size, instead of an icon, to launch an app. It doesn't appear that Better Cut is in the market anymore. Is there some other app that will achieve this?
  17. Johnny Cakes

    Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages of upgrading to Gingerbread

    Title says it all. I don't do root. Given that, what are the advantages/disadvantages of updating? All opinions welcome!
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    Help Is it me or is this phone impossible to view in bright sunlight

    Is it me or is this phone impossible to view in bright sunlight? Seems like sunglasses just make it worse.
  19. Johnny Cakes

    Root Now that Froyo has been released, what are the reasons to root?

    Besides removal of bloatware and improved battery life, what are the reasons to root now that Froyo has been released?
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    Help Getting better Froyo battery life WITHOUT root access

    Yeah, I know I should root and someday I probably will. But this thread is for those WITHOUT root access. Are there any tips for getting better battery life for those WITHOUT root access? All the tricks in the Froyo battery threads seem to require root. (Seems like everything in...
  21. Johnny Cakes

    Help Bulk delete voicemail

    After the Froyo upgrade, all my voicemails have been marked new and I got a message that no more can be received until I delete those which are there. I did a "play all" so at least they are not appearing as new anymore. But how can I bulk delete all the old voicemails. I sure don't want to...
  22. Johnny Cakes

    Any thoughts on whether OTA Froyo is still coming?

    For those who understand what went wrong with the OTA update, do y'all think it is still coming? Or will manual be the only way to update?
  23. Johnny Cakes

    Help Impossible to use mic when bluetooth connected? Shazam/Soundhound don't work when bluetooth connect

    It appears that the mic is disconnected when Bluetooth is connected. This means that apps like Soundhound and Shazam which need the mic can not function when Bluetooth is connected. When do you need Soundhound/Shazam most? Driving in the car, listening to tunes. But since the Epic is...
  24. Johnny Cakes

    Is there an App you love, that we have never heard of?

    Mostly people know about the mainstream apps which everyone thinks are "must have" and cool (Soundhound, Shazam, Tasker, Swipe, etc.) This is not a thread about those kind of apps. This thread is about obscure apps that you found that is very cool or really fills a need, but no one seems to...
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    Help Caller-ID names -- how does EPIC handle that?

    The Epic seems to display the CONTACT name for an incoming call which is in the contact list. If there is no corresponding CONTACT name, then the calling number appears. Rather than showing the calling number when there is no cooresponding CONTACT name, does the Epic have the option to...