Coolest feature you've found?

Shotgun84 · Aug 31, 2012

Yeah it wasn't a feature on the early firmwares but the brightness slider was added with one of the updates. I should remember which one as I was corrected when I got out wrong last time but rubbish memory. Hopefully someone else will chime in with the firmware version.

Jeepmaster · Aug 31, 2012

I just did this to my S3. After failing to swipe to answer calls numerous times because my hands were either too dirty/greasy working under the car or I'm out doing yard work with gloves on. Using the HOME button to anwser calls works much better than swiping the screen. I don't use voice commands so this is the next best thing. Just check the box under Phone>Menu>Call Settings>Call answering/ending>Answering key. I also use the Power key to ends calls found in the same menu.

My other favorite is using Winamp and turn on the lock screen control so I can control the player from lock screen.

Use TASKER to launch Winamp when my headphone is plug in.

Use "Custom Auto Brightness" app to control auto brightness. The default auto brightness is too bright for me. This app give you total control how bright you want in different lighting levels.

SUroot · Aug 31, 2012

Shotgun84 said:
Yeah it wasn't a feature on the early firmwares but the brightness slider was added with one of the updates. I should remember which one as I was corrected when I got out wrong last time but rubbish memory. Hopefully someone else will chime in with the firmware version.

Yes but you have to pull down the notification area to get to it which is a fail if the screen is locked. Display brightness works over the status bar icons (or wherever) even in lock screen or in apps. I'd take away the slider introduced in xxblfb (just for you

) in a heartbeat. Wastes real estate and isn't as good....

I dare you to try it

joemonkey · Aug 31, 2012

davoid said:
I might be wrong, but I think it was a joke - as you move the phone further away the picture gets smaller because it's further away, zooms in when it's nearer.

There is a feature that zooms in and out with you fingers on the picture but it works by tilting the phone towards you or away from you.

If it isn't working you need to have motion turned on in settings.

Settings > Motion
check the Motion Activation at the top of the menu; toggle the Tilt to Zoom option further down.

setting the motion to tilt works....thanks for the info

joemonkey · Aug 31, 2012

Scotty66 said:
When browsing an internet web page tap the screen and hold your finger down for a few seconds. It opens a tiny magnifying glass so you can zoom on small areas of the page.

tap and hold only gives me the 'select' option and not the tiny magnifying glass. anyone gets this to work??

davoid · Aug 31, 2012

joemonkey said:
tap and hold only gives me the 'select' option and not the tiny magnifying glass. anyone gets this to work??

Yes I get this magnifying glass. I think it is part of the selection function; in the middle of the magnifying glass is the word that is under my finger, and it is highlighted. It is to aid you in selecting text when it is very small.

by4x5 · Aug 31, 2012

Evo 5oh said:
Yea it has it. Pull the notification bar down and there it is

i don't mean by pulling down the notification bar though. on the S2 you could slide your finger on the top (without pulling down anything) and it would act as the display setting. i don't know if i'm explaining this well enough, but i really loved that feature.

Shotgun84 · Aug 31, 2012

SUroot said:
Yes but you have to pull down the notification area to get to it which is a fail if the screen is locked. Display brightness works over the status bar icons (or wherever) even in lock screen or in apps. I'd take away the slider introduced in xxblfb (just for you ) in a heartbeat. Wastes real estate and isn't as good....

I dare you to try it

Sorry I was replying to Evo 5ho's post, I guess you ninja'd me. I couldn't agree more about the slider though, it's completely unnecessary to me (it very rarely shines where I live)
I'll give the app a go in the morning though for curiosities sake. I trust you'll be able to tell me the firmware number when I most likely forget it again:thumb:

joemonkey · Aug 31, 2012

davoid said:
Yes I get this magnifying glass. I think it is part of the selection function; in the middle of the magnifying glass is the word that is under my finger, and it is highlighted. It is to aid you in selecting text when it is very small.

i still do not see it. can you provide a screen capture?

SUroot · Aug 31, 2012

by4x5 said:
i don't mean by pulling down the notification bar though. on the S2 you could slide your finger on the top (without pulling down anything) and it would act as the display setting. i don't know if i'm explaining this well enough, but i really loved that feature.

Read what I said

davoid · Aug 31, 2012

joemonkey said:
i still do not see it. can you provide a screen capture?

There you go. Was kind of tricky to take a screenshot while holding my finger over the text.

Shotgun84 · Aug 31, 2012

That's stock browser right? I don't get the magnify glass on dolphin it just selects with the options up top.

candi3188 · Aug 31, 2012

by4x5 said:
is there a way to set screen brightness by sliding your finger on the notification bar? i really liked that feature in the S2

I know the feature you are referring to, my Epic 4g had it. Unless there is a setting I haven't found yet, I don't think the GS3 has it.

davoid · Aug 31, 2012

Yeah, stock browser. When you take your finger off, the selection handles appear on either side of the highlighted text.

dreahdreah · Sep 1, 2012

Shotgun84 said:
Open the clock app and press create alarm, there will be a heading for alarm type which should be defaulted as melody. Select this and change to briefing.

Do you or anyone know where the weather pulls from? I just find it odd that everyday for the last month it's been 55 degrees at 5am lol.

ren857 · Sep 1, 2012

dreahdreah said:
Do you or anyone know where the weather pulls from? I just find it odd that everyday for the last month it's been 55 degrees at 5am lol.

Accuweather, I believe.

That is odd. :thinking:

BravoGolfTango · Sep 1, 2012

cmusciano said:
With all the concerns about errors and issues with the S3, I thought we could shift to a more positive focus. To that end, what's the coolest thing you've discovered with your S3 that you didn't know about before you got the phone?

For me, I was delighted to see that when you open the video player, the thumbnails for the videos are live: they all play a little loop from the video, all at once. It was a startling effect, and just goes to show the power of the processor, running eight simultaneous video loops at once.

What little thing did you find in your phone?

Didn't realize there was so much wrong with the S3, not a single issue with mine, considering it was a meek $25 upgrade form my S2, no complaints at least and it's hard to keep up with all the features.

cmusciano · Sep 6, 2012

Another one I hadn't seen posted before: you can pause your music by simply covering the screen with your palm. This works even if the music player is in the background while you use another app. Very cool!

eddieras · Sep 6, 2012

cmusciano said:
Another one I hadn't seen posted before: you can pause your music by simply covering the screen with your palm. This works even if the music player is in the background while you use another app. Very cool!

i can't get this to work!

nav2012 · Sep 6, 2012

ren857 said:
Accuweather, I believe.

That is odd.

That Accuweather widget is useless. Never auto-updates or updates at some God known frequency. Whenever I tried to refresh, it would take long time and then do nothing. So I removed it and got the 3D Weather widget from Play store and that is great as you can even assign shortcuts to any installed App from the hour and minutes buttons it shows as part of the Widget.

SUroot · Sep 6, 2012

eddieras said:
i can't get this to work!

Did you activate it in android settings - motion?

CuBz · Sep 6, 2012

Not sure if this has been posted but I only discovered it yesterday.

If your phone freezes for any reason just hold the power button for 10 seconds and it will restart instantly. Saves time removing and replacing the battery

CuBz · Sep 6, 2012

BravoGolfTango said:
Didn't realize there was so much wrong with the S3, not a single issue with mine, considering it was a meek $25 upgrade form my S2, no complaints at least and it's hard to keep up with all the features.

Well the reason we see so many posts about problems with the S3 is because people don't really post about things that are working, they only post when they need advice about something that is not working. I also have not had a single problem with my S3

kurtyyyyyy · Sep 6, 2012

I ******* love this phone!

eddieras · Sep 6, 2012

SUroot said:
Did you activate it in android settings - motion?

yes, it's set - i tried in Samsung Player and with google play music- doesn't mute it. i must be doing something wrong!

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