***The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread***

[VortexA1]

Longpress the text box to paste. If you have the new swype beta you can swype to a for select all, swype to xcv for the usual cut/copy/paste.

Long pressing the text box doesn't bring up anything on my phone. I'll probably have to do a factory restore.

 

[VortexA1]

Doing my head in... Paste function now does not work on my phone at all.

 

[cainer]

do sim cards from old (non-smart) phones work in the galaxy 3?
ive been on a sony erricson t250i for several years and im thinking of buying a new phone, ive still 9 months on this contract though.. cant upgrade till december 26th 2012 :/ so i wanted to drop this sim into a new phone

Cainer - No. You need a microSIM which is the size of the metal interface, you can get these free from the network by phoning up (or you'll get it as part of a contract upgrade).

right.. i ordered and have now recieved my microsim from vodafone
but.. it says on the stuff that came with it its for an iphone ("just insert your sim into your new iphone).. will this still work ok in a galaxy 3?
thought id ask here first rather than bother those nice people out in india

 

[VortexA1]

Yes it'll work ok on your s3

 

[cainer]

Yes it'll work ok on your s3

ta, now to try and get a long term interest free loan from mother

 

[PistolPete]

OOOOK.

My S3 has started talking to me - specifically I have 3 folders with Apps, Games and Media stuff on my main screen and when I open or close them some old guys tells me "Folder Opened, Folder Closed"

How has this happened??

 

[Richie]

Do you have lightflow installed?

Go to Settings then Accessibility then Services and turn all of them Off

 

[robgmun]

I have a large film collection. My productivity would hit 0, if i could fit THAT many of my films easily.

EDIT: Though tbh, I think I'd just watch Die Hard back to back anyway most of the time, so pointless.

I have a massive film and TV collection at the moment and would use 75% of 2tb is one fell swoop. On my s2 has a 4gb limit and most of my movies are HD MKV's so i'm only really going to be able to start making a dent once i have an S3

 

[fornowagain]

So is class 10 the fastest in the market at the moment? just want to be sure before getting one, coz it's neither expensive nor cheap.

• The one I mentioned earlier is the mobile ultra and the fastest class, currently 10.
• Not the fastest card, there are faster e.g. SanDisk Extreme Pro 16GB (SDSDQXP-016G-A11).
• Both are UHS-I (Ultra-High Speed) so on a SD V3+ (4-bit) controller they work at higher clock speeds. You'd need USB 3.0 and a USB 3.0 Card Reader to write at the higher speeds.
• Note, the 64GB mobile ultra is microSDXC, 2TB limit, so can format exFAT and so store bigger files over the Extreme Pro which is microSDHC, FAT32 32GB limit and 4GB files.
• The class rating is the minimum speed, so a card say class 6 could still write faster than a class 10 that costs more. The manufacturer just classed its guaranteed speed lower.

Link

 

[xGBHxPegasus]

Yes it'll work ok on your s3

Apparently the iphone ones wont work on the S3.

I had the same when I was on the phone to vodafone, the advisor said theres 2 types, 1 for iphones/ipads and 1 for the rest, each wont work with the other.

Not sure how true it is though.

 

[ntemples1]

Actually I just installed Swiftkey 3, it's absolutley brilliant and well worthe the money, best keyboard I have ever used.

 

[RazrLite]

Actually I just installed Swiftkey 3, it's absolutley brilliant and well worthe the money, best keyboard I have ever used.

But not as good as Swype - It's the fantastic on the S3

 

[mrk]

Subjective. Swype is the best for those who like gesture based input but Swiftkey for everything else.

 

[RazrLite]

Subjective. Swype is the best for those who like gesture based input but Swiftkey for everything else.

Noooooooo

Kidding it's personal choice - but Swype is best

 

[cainer]

Apparently the iphone ones wont work on the S3.

I had the same when I was on the phone to vodafone, the advisor said theres 2 types, 1 for iphones/ipads and 1 for the rest, each wont work with the other.

Not sure how true it is though.

cheers for that, looks like il have to disturb our indian friends again

 

[Robbo]

Noooooooo

Kidding it's personal choice - but Swype is best

It's really not. Swiftkey is so much better.

 

[Richdog]

It's really not. Swiftkey is so much better.

Yup, Swiftkey really is brilliant, been using it a whle now.

 

[Nexus18]

It's really not. Swiftkey is so much better.

+ 1

 

[AbsenceJam]

I prefer FlexT9 to Swype myself, it just seems to work a little better and there's the option of great speech recognition too. I am giving SwiftKey a good workout at the moment and it's really good but I think I prefer 'swyping' to typing.

 

[Myshra]

Apparently the iphone ones wont work on the S3.

I had the same when I was on the phone to vodafone, the advisor said theres 2 types, 1 for iphones/ipads and 1 for the rest, each wont work with the other.

Not sure how true it is though.

This would "usually" be 100% rubbish but there may be a special case where microSIMs have been pre-provisioned to iPhone setup (although this is EXTREMELY unlikely). I just got a new one in a shop (it was the shop in the HQ though so they have everything), just walked in and they gave it to me. I really doubt it's anything but generic, it would be so shortsighted to make them for specific user equipment.