Another small bonus from the GS3 - Galaxy S III General

Just watched the video from another link and a small benefit for me of the GS3 over the GS2 is that it looks like you can change the MicroSD card without removing the battery and therefore having to switch off the phone first. It seems you should just be able to unmount it from settings and then switch to another one. Cool!

Nothing new!
It was like that on SGS1...

yeah, its good, but at the cost of hot swappable sim card .

And why couldn't this have gone in the other thread about GS3 improvements over GS2. Seems appropriate to me..
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Ah yeah?!, cool then
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Mopral said:
Nothing new!
It was like that on SGS1...
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Sadly that's not true with SGS2 and Note

Coreym said:
And why couldn't this have gone in the other thread about GS3 improvements over GS2. Seems appropriate to me..
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loll,man i like your comments on every threads like this

Speaking of that, is it safe to insert or remove a micro sd card while a phone or tablet is running?

Landorin said:
Speaking of that, is it safe to insert or remove a micro sd card while a phone or tablet is running?
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Of course it is. As long as you don't have apps installed to sd, they won't work after swapping.
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ph00ny said:
Sadly that's not true with SGS2 and Note
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He was talking about SGS1, not Note nor SGS2...

pikulu said:
loll,man i like your comments on every threads like this
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I'm trying not to say anything but its hard lol. Some of these are driving me mad haha
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norm2002 said:
Just watched the video from another link and a small benefit for me of the GS3 over the GS2 is that it looks like you can change the MicroSD card without removing the battery and therefore having to switch off the phone first. It seems you should just be able to unmount it from settings and then switch to another one. Cool!
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we can already do that on the T989 SGS2

Related

ANybody working on making the SD Card slot work?

Since this is a software deal, not hardware, any dev's out there working on this?
it doesnt work? haven't had need to throw a card in yet.. but it doesn't work? if so, haha
just saw how it doesn't work until later update... wow just another thing showing they rushed out the unfinished product haha
JimmyHACK said:
it doesnt work? haven't had need to throw a card in yet.. but it doesn't work? if so, haha
just saw how it doesn't work until later update... wow just another thing showing they rushed out the unfinished product haha
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It's more unusual these days for a product to be released finished than not.
I'm working on it, but I'm not the most experienced android dev around so don't expect anything quickly, or at all.
Please don't PM me and ask for a timeframe, or if it's done. IF I get it working I'll be sure to post it on the forums.
I be live peter alfonso the genius behind bugless beast is working on this....you can follow him on twitter @peteralfonso
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mrksbrd said:
I be live peter alfonso the genius behind bugless beast is working on this....you can follow him on twitter @peteralfonso
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Sort of... his device got bricked so he's not working on it at the moment.
Where is the SD card located? I was only able to find the SIM slot.
ilogik said:
Where is the SD card located? I was only able to find the SIM slot.
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Same slot, top half is sd card.
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Sort of... his device got bricked so he's not working on it at the moment.
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He's back up, he just had to un lock it again.
Koush is working on this as well (well I think from his root blog post, he says something like he'll release cwm when either he or Google get the sdcard working).

Netflix on the Galaxy Note

Apparently the Note is great for viewing movies and I look forward to using it whilst travelling by air. I wondered if anyone knows if it works on Netflix?
Gaugerer said:
Apparently the Note is great for viewing movies and I look forward to using it whilst travelling by air. I wondered if anyone knows if it works on Netflix?[/QUOTE
Can anyone tell how Netflix looks on the note? Thanks.
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linzgeneral said:
Gaugerer said:
Apparently the Note is great for viewing movies and I look forward to using it whilst travelling by air. I wondered if anyone knows if it works on Netflix?[/QUOTE
Can anyone tell how Netflix looks on the note? Thanks.
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It works. But I fine when I watch a movie about an hour long the video stops and the audio keeps going. Every time
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getmouse said:
linzgeneral said:
It works. But I fine when I watch a movie about an hour long the video stops and the audio keeps going. Every time
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Are you using a custom ROM? That doesn't happen to me.
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getmouse said:
linzgeneral said:
It works. But I fine when I watch a movie about an hour long the video stops and the audio keeps going. Every time
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getmouse said:
Are you using a custom ROM? That doesn't happen to me.
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I'm on a custom ROM & I don't have his issue.
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getmouse said:
Are you using a custom ROM? That doesn't happen to me.
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Im on kJ4
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RMXO said:
getmouse said:
5150Joker said:
I'm on a custom ROM & I don't have his issue.
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How is the picture quality on Netflix guys?
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linzgeneral said:
RMXO said:
getmouse said:
How is the picture quality on Netflix guys?
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Its ggggreat.
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+1
And the interface looks great as well.
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Kamoteq23 said:
+1
And the interface looks great as well.
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Thanks, is it better than the GS2?
Don't have the SG2 so can't compare to that but the interface looks better than the one I have on my Atrix.
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Don't have the SG2 so can't compare to that but the interface looks better than the one I have on my Atrix.
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Thanks, is the picture HD-like? I just placed my order by the way.
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Thanks, is the picture HD-like? I just placed my order by the way.
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The shows that are designtated HD looks great, crystal clear. Congratulations on the Note purchase, you'll love it.
Kamoteq23 said:
The shows that are designtated HD looks great, crystal clear. Congratulations on the Note purchase, you'll love it.
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Thanks it funny because I am with Sprint 3 lines and would never go to ATT because it is so expensive for what you get. I wanted the phone so bad that I got it anyway despite all of my rationalization that suggested otherwise. Its my Christmas gift to myself...damn it...i never get anything for Christmas...I give to everyone else.....that's my story and I am sticking to it. I upgrade my phones every 3 months or as soons as something new come out. I just have a feeling that with all the quad core and HD phones around the near corner, it is still highly unlikely that we will see a 5.3 HD screen again anytime soon.
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Thanks it funny because I am with Sprint 3 lines and would never go to ATT because it is so expensive for what you get. I wanted the phone so bad that I got it anyway despite all of my rationalization that suggested otherwise. Its my Christmas gift to myself...damn it...i never get anything for Christmas...I give to everyone else.....that's my story and I am sticking to it. I upgrade my phones every 3 months or as soons as something new come out. I just have a feeling that with all the quad core and HD phones around the near corner, it is still highly unlikely that we will see a 5.3 HD screen again anytime soon.
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Yeah you won't be dissapointed it's awesome. Just don't be surprised if "regular" sized phones don't hold much appeal to you going forward. A day after getting my note my 4" Atrix became unbearable to use

Chrome For Android Beta

So basically its the stock 4.0 browser with the chrome skin and no flash and as of yet no chrome plugin support. But try it out anyway.
Its never gonna support flash, just like android post-4.0
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Awesome. Thanks for the heads-up! finally something that can compete with dolphin for pad...
I thought it was ICS only?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485495
I've been using it since yesterday on the CM9 KANG in my P7500. Have to say I'm VERY impressed. Seems faster and more "desktop-ish" than the stock browser. It surely deserves a try!
working fine for me but.....
After fooling around I can't find any way to set the user agent to desktop. Is there a way, a tweak for that yet? That's quite annoying
Its ICS Only!
Well, if anyone here is not using any of the Kang CM9 ports on their GT10.1, then you don't know what you're missing. No reason for anyone to be stuck on 3.2.
No flash, no YouTube desktop site, no good.
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Well, if anyone here is not using any of the Kang CM9 ports on their GT10.1, then you don't know what you're missing. No reason for anyone to be stuck on 3.2.
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One reason camera
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sooo
animatechnica said:
One reason camera
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So do you walk around carrying 10.1" device to take pictures or you do a lot of video calls
If the second reason is wat u use it for OK if not U definitely can live without the camera
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So do you walk around carrying 10.1" device to take pictures or you do a lot of video calls
If the second reason is wat u use it for OK if not U definitely can live without the camera
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Lol, exactly. I figured someone would mentioned the camera but I expected it would be a joke. I don't think I have EVER used the camera on this thing.
Oh well, enjoy 3.2 and no Chrome then.
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So do you walk around carrying 10.1" device to take pictures or you do a lot of video calls
If the second reason is wat u use it for OK if not U definitely can live without the camera
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Actually I use it a lot for video calls. Every time I travel it is a great way to share views from my location.
Also with Google goggles I scan foreign signs and get it translated on the fly
Oh and yes I take pictures with it
But I do like ICS, got it on my nexus s and have test driven the Kang. Just that one little thing more to make it my daily driver
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akarol said:
Lol, exactly. I figured someone would mentioned the camera but I expected it would be a joke. I don't think I have EVER used the camera on this thing.
Oh well, enjoy 3.2 and no Chrome then.
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Why would you think it was a joke? Just coz you cant think beyond the box does not mean others cant
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animatechnica said:
Why would you think it was a joke? Just coz you cant think beyond the box does not mean others cant
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Yes, you are right. But you do have your phone to do those tasks, don't you? It is just not necessary,
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Yes, you are right. But you do have your phone to do those tasks, don't you? It is just not necessary,
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So why get a tablet? Besides not all of us wanna get suckered by paying excessive data plans
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There is no cam on kang yet so it's worth waiting
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yes the topic we were just discussing a couple of posts up
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There is no cam on kang yet so it's worth waiting
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The absence of Flash is my only disappointment, but I'm fairly sure that it will be fixed in further versions. For most of my activities I already replaced the stock browser for Chrome.
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The absence of Flash is my only disappointment, but I'm fairly sure that it will be fixed in further versions.
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Adobe has said that it isn't going to support it and that's not likely to change.

Galaxy s3 improved notification :)

So I got my galaxy s3 just a week back and I was playing nova 3 when I discovered this feature. Just like on iPhone. Look at the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=ihDW-7f6CbI
and yes iphone did copy android first
I thought ICS has always been like that??
Wouldn't know this is my first ics device was on Htc Evo 3d before
That's excellent.
Deebo took your bike too?!
Nice, thanks for the heads up.
ICS has always been like this.
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ICS has always been like this.
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Thanks for confirming. Anyhow really love the feature.
They work at the lock screen too -- unlike Gingerbread.
Lennyuk said:
ICS has always been like this.
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Doesn't work on my S2...
Well done Samsung can't believe I wasn't on to it
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Lennyuk said:
ICS has always been like this.
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not sure of that, this doesn't work on the galaxy nexus on 4.0.4
To all who don't have the feature, well here is the answer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiumiu.ca.statusbar.free
wow that's really nice, I didn't know about that. It's an S3 thing cause I just tested it with my friends Nexus and nothing happened.
Thanks, I had no idea we could do this
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To all who don't have the feature, well here is the answer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiumiu.ca.statusbar.free
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So I tested on the HTC one x and it doesnt work without the app mentioned in this thread.

Swap internal to external sdcard for all devices

Hi to all, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991583 :good:
If someone can make vold.fsta for all galaxy tab series, will be great for all community!
Credits and thanks to the creator of this mod: droidiser
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Hi to all, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991583 :good:
If someone can make vold.fsta for all galaxy tab series, will be great for all community!
Credits and thanks to the creator of this mod: droidiser
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I'd literally pay for someone to do it. I have a 32gb card which is basically useless unless I flash back to ICS which I'd prefer to not do
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qazmed said:
old thread tried and doesnt work
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Good to know man. Thanks
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I'd literally pay for someone to do it. I have a 32gb card which is basically useless unless I flash back to ICS which I'd prefer to not do
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did any one find out this information by any chance
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did any one find out this information by any chance
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Nope sorry. But I do have a working script to swap internal for external
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I'd literally pay for someone to do it. I have a 32gb card which is basically useless unless I flash back to ICS which I'd prefer to not do
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Nope sorry. But I do have a working script to swap internal for external
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I'm confused. You can swap cards on JB or not?
I bought a red Tab 2 that came with JB but I'm going to exchange for the black since the case that came with the red covers the IR port and the black is cheaper. It comes with ICS, so should I accept a JB update or not? I need to use the external card for all my music and some video files and might also like to download maps to use gps offline.
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I'm confused. You can swap cards on JB or not?
I bought a red Tab 2 that came with JB but I'm going to exchange for the black since the case that came with the red covers the IR port and the black is cheaper. It comes with ICS, so should I accept a JB update or not? I need to use the external card for all my music and some video files and might also like to download maps to use gps offline.
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Wait the case that came with it is the one from samsung right? I actually like the look of that case plus I have a discount to get it for half price.
As far as the music you can put all of it on the external sd card and a program would recognize it. Same for videos. Not sure about maps though.
And as far as swapping sd cards on JB it can be done. I run a script on my JB tab that works. I'm considering reverting back to ICS because from what I've read JB has more issues overall
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Wait the case that came with it is the one from samsung right? I actually like the look of that case plus I have a discount to get it for half price.
As far as the music you can put all of it on the external sd card and a program would recognize it. Same for videos. Not sure about maps though.
And as far as swapping sd cards on JB it can be done. I run a script on my JB tab that works. I'm considering reverting back to ICS because from what I've read JB has more issues overall
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Yeah, the case that came in the box with my Tab is for a different model I guess since it covers the IR port and also has a hole for the speaker grill at the top center above the screen. Not sure if other cases have cutouts for the front camera or not, or the other thing there, is that the mic?, but this one does not. Also, the case is difficult to get it to stand the Tab up at an angle and only seems to only stand at an almost completely vertical angle making it difficult to use. Overall I'm disappointed in the case.
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Yeah, the case that came in the box with my Tab is for a different model I guess since it covers the IR port and also has a hole for the speaker grill at the top center above the screen. Not sure if other cases have cutouts for the front camera or not, or the other thing there, is that the mic?, but this one does not. Also, the case is difficult to get it to stand the Tab up at an angle and only seems to only stand at an almost completely vertical angle making it difficult to use. Overall I'm disappointed in the case.
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Good to know. Won't waste my money on that then
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