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    Music application does not recognise artist

    I've copied a number of music songs in the WMA format onto my phone's SD card using the supplier USB cable. However, when I open the Music app (or WinAmp for that matter) the song's album is displayed, but the artist is not. This is despite that the artist is contained in both the 'Author' and...
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    Preventing certain folders from appearing in picture gallery

    I've got a few folders on my phone that contain images that I do not want to show up in the phone's gallery. How can this be achieved? I realise that there are apps out there that will do this, but I don't particularly want to use a different gallery app. Edit --> I am using the Samsung...
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    Help Stopping certain folders from showing in gallery

    I want to stop certain photos from showing in my gallery. I've done a bit of googling about this and have found that I need to create a file called '.nomedia' and place that in the folder. Then force the gallery to rescan (such as by turning the phone off and then back on.) I have done this...
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    Help Backing up Galaxy phone before reset

    I actually own a Samsung Galaxy W, but the forum gets a lot less activity so I hope it's not a problem me posting here. Basically I've been having a problem with the volume level and Samsung's solution is for me to take it to a service centre to be flashed. Before I do that I want to...
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    SD Card Purchase

    I'm looking to upgrade the amount of storage space I have on my Samsung Android phone. At the moment I'm thinking of getting a 16Gb Micro SD card, as this will allow me to store enough music and video for trips, as well as all photos I might take on my phone. Although, I could be persuaded to...
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    Help Volume problem

    In the past few days I've started experiencing a problem with the phone's volume. Started one morning when the alarm was ringing very quietly, despite the volume being on full. Then later that day I was using a news app to watch a video and after a minute or so of the video the level of the...