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Questions tagged [galaxy-s3]

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How can I send SMS from my PC using my Android Phone (Galaxy S3)

I've been a long-time Nokia fan, but finally succumbed to the Samsung Galaxy S3's amazing screen, & Android's Open community. One feature I use a lot (about a hundred times a day...) is Nokia PC Suite's ability to send SMS via the phone. It: Uses…
Dean Rather
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How strong of a magnet would be needed to mess up this hardware?

I just bought a magnetic dry erase board that also came with 2 small magnets. I intend to carry these items everyday in my backpack alongside my laptops and my phone. Some days, I will have my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro in there, some days my Alienware M17x…
whatwhatwhat
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How to recover deleted photos from Samsung phone

A family member deleted every photo off my Samsung Galaxy III, does anyone know how I can recover the photos by connecting my phone to my computer? Notes: The photos are not on a card. Some photos were taken on the phone before I knew that the…
user127470
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Is it possible to transfer files from my Galaxy S3 to my ARM Chromebook?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone and a Samsung ARM Chromebook. I have pictures on my phone that I would like to be able to transfer to my Chromebook without use of the cloud. Is there a way to accomplish this?
TheBuzzSaw
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How to create a non ad-hoc hotspot connection on Windows XP?

I want to share my cabled connection with a Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone, which however does not support ad-hoc connections (at least if one does not tweak it). Is there some software to do this in Windows XP? All the programs I tried require…
Mizar
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Sync playlists from Linux to Android

I'm currently using OS X Mavericks on my Macbook Pro, but since it's an older model, I've been experiencing some slowdown since I upgraded. After doing much research, I'm going to replace my current HD with another one and put Elementary OS or…
Ev-
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Can't transfer files from Android 4.4.2 phone to eOS laptop

I'm trying to transfer files from my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone which is running Android 4.4.2. I have installed libmtp and have also installed a bunch of other mtp-related packages, but Elementary OS just won't detect the phone. In fact, whenever I…
Ertain
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Is it possible to get a Toshiba Satellite laptop to communicate via Bluetooth to a Samsung Galaxy S3?

I have a Toshiba Satellite computer running Windows 7 and a Samsung Galaxy 3 phone. They both show their bluetooth is on but the laptop wont find the phone. I do not know how to get a free download to fix the problem. Can you please advise?
Lina Basile Artist
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my win7 stopped recognizing Galaxy note2 7100 all the sudden

I used to plug my device into my PC and I would see in under mycomputer. This morning it stopped recognizing the device. I went to ControlPanel\devices and saw: Unknow Device \ erorr. I removed this configuration (deleted it) and plugged out and in…
Elad Benda
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Two of my devices can't connect to Wifi but everything else works

I am using the Xfinity router that came with the Comcast package. My tablet, (Samsung Galaxy Tab 3) would see the router, allow me to enter the password (not saying that here), but would keep asking for the password over and over again and would…
user2678408
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What would be the most cost-effective way to connect keyboard to each touch device (IPad, Galaxy Pad, even IPhone)

I'm working in a QA team and we are testing a website. We are supporting all touch devices and smartphones. My question: is there an easy solution so that we could write to those devices from your PC's (some specific URL's sometimes need to be…
Mindaugas Bernatavičius
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Can't get Galaxy S3 to work with Win7/Win8 computers

When I connect my S3 to my laptops (the same behavior on both, one running Win 7, the other Win 8) I get the bee-beep sound, the device appears among found devices but after a few seconds, it disappears. Then it continues with upwards and downwards…
Konrad Viltersten
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Could not connect galaxy s3 i9300 using smart switch & Samsung kies after rooting

I have done a backup of my galaxy s3 4.3 using smart switch so i can recover my data after doing an update to 5.1.1 of android version. After the update i was not been able to connect via smart switch and it tell me "unsupported device" Also when…
The Beast
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