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Samsung Galaxy 3 Questions & Answers / FAQ

Hello all
Here is the place where you can ask a question about your Galaxy 3, and the question will be answered (by me or by anyone else). So if you have any "beginner" question or everything else, just ask here
Also, this place will also be a FAQ, to answer all the common questions about the phone .
MOD EDIT Note : first check here & see if u can get ur answers & then ask ur questions
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858583
in future all questions should be asked here only

Why is it when I flash a custom firmware, wifi does not work?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 3 FROYO

What firmware did you flash ?

JPB.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 3 FROYO

Gsam101 said:
Hello all
Here is the place where you can ask a question about your Galaxy 3, and the question will be answered (by me or by anyone else). So if you have any "beginner" question or everything else, just ask here
Also, this place will also be a FAQ, to answer all the common questions about the phone .
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hi
good job done i will stick this and move to the development section
so all can ask their questions only in this thread and not open threads for their questions

The Dark Lestat said:
JPB.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 3 FROYO
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hi
i have used it and wifi did work for me
u must do a wipe before flashing the rom and them do a hard-reset after flashing it and everything will work for u
try this one its good and im quite happy its JPF custom rom by TiBiSMART: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909475
thanks
hari

haree said:
hi
i have used it and wifi did work for me
u must do a wipe before flashing the rom and them do a hard-reset after flashing it and everything will work for u
try this one its good and im quite happy its JPF custom rom by TiBiSMART: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909475
thanks
hari
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I know, but I'm talking about a custom ROM that I am creating.
Wifi never works upon multiple hard resets/wipes.

Anyone able to install the new honeycomb 3.0 music player
Any samsung galaxy user able to install the new honeycomb 3.0 music player app

haree said:
hi
good job done i will stick this and move to the development section
so all can ask their questions only in this thread and not open threads for their questions
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hi hari what about htc touch 3g have u given up on it
:-(

anujsh said:
Any samsung galaxy user able to install the new honeycomb 3.0 music player app
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No, I wasn't.

Screen periodicaly blinks ON and OFF
GT-I5800 FROYO.XXJPA
After additional factory data reset (it was made with keyboard code, because hard reset buttons combination does not wok) and first clean connection to Google account without any additional installs to phone, it began to blink every 2 seconds. Google account was changed to different one.
On locked mode phone's screen lights ON and OFF non stop every 2 seconds and like asks to unlock. It lights several seconds.
On unlocked mode after screen time out period, screen goes off, but after second of time switches lighting on again and does not lock again.
I seems that phone tries to lock, but can't do that for some reason.
It drains battery very fast way.
On first booting of phone after factory reset, I did not noticed such blinking.
I've noticed, that phone screen started to blink after the first contact was entered to address book and after WiFi and 3G data transfer connected.
I've tried to switch off WiFi and 3G/GPRS data transfer - did not help after that. Screen blinks. So it seems it is not Google account problem.
Maybe contacts? Or phone service download something in background from network? Incredible.
Before factory reset and phone user (and Google account) change my phone with this firmware version FROYO.XXJPA has no such problem. JPA is a little buggy, but it worked. Currently screen blinks and I have no idea where is the problem. It does not look like it could hardware problem.
One additional notice: phone stills has battery problem. It shows that battery dries out, phone switches off. It to switch it on again, battery indicator shows at least 50% again.
Last step what I could try - flash another firmware version and format SD card.
Thank You.

Does anyone know what is the maximum data transfer speed of the Galaxy 3 memory card reader? Is it worth to purchase a faster memory card than Class 4?

I am having a usb problem. When I connect the phone, the phone acts like it is connected to a charger, I can even change usb settings (including development) while connected without it telling me that it cant be changed while usb is connected. Windows recognizes it under devices and printers under the unspecified segment and says its and unkown composite device, kies starts trying to connect. I'm a little puzzled. I tried the basics. Rebooting, different ports, different computers (even though i dont see how that could help).
I'm using rooted jpf + lagfix 2 and modified jpb kernel
I'll probably just reflash if nobody has any idea

stubborn_d0nkey said:
I am having a usb problem. When I connect the phone, the phone acts like it is connected to a charger, I can even change usb settings (including development) while connected without it telling me that it cant be changed while usb is connected. Windows recognizes it under devices and printers under the unspecified segment and says its and unkown composite device, kies starts trying to connect. I'm a little puzzled. I tried the basics. Rebooting, different ports, different computers (even though i dont see how that could help).
I'm using rooted jpf + lagfix 2 and modified jpb kernel
I'll probably just reflash if nobody has any idea
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hi
when USB D bugging is checked and the phone is connected u will see a notification asking if u want to connect mass storage and when u chek it it will un mount the SD and then u will see the SD on ur pc
for kies to detect u must un chek the USB debugging and connect the phone and activate the kies this is how it works for me hope it helps
thanks
hari

Hi i have Samsung Galaxy 3 DA:JH7,PHONE: JG3,CSC: JG2 android 2.1 update 1 in Kies no have fw update for me the phone is locked from Vodafone es .Can I upgrade my phone to android 2.2 or 2.3

haree said:
hi
when USB D bugging is checked and the phone is connected u will see a notification asking if u want to connect mass storage and when u chek it it will un mount the SD and then u will see the SD on ur pc
for kies to detect u must un chek the USB debugging and connect the phone and activate the kies this is how it works for me hope it helps
thanks
hari
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no, but thanks for trying (and assuming that i have no knowledge about the issue)
I decided to reflash just the pda, i want to check some other things as well so it wasnt that big of an issue.

stubborn_d0nkey said:
no, but thanks for trying (and assuming that i have no knowledge about the issue)
I decided to reflash just the pda, i want to check some other things as well so it wasnt that big of an issue.
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hi
sorry it did not work for u i really dont understand why
even just now i tried it and it works as explained in my last posting
dont know why not for u
thanks
hari

haree said:
hi
sorry it did not work for u i really dont understand why
even just now i tried it and it works as explained in my last posting
dont know why not for u
thanks
hari
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well I know what you said works, however that was not the issue with my phone. the thing is my phone was acting like it was connected to a charger, not usb. soo there were no such notifications, no signs on the phone that it was connected to usb. That was my problem, not not knowning how to use my phone.

stubborn_d0nkey said:
well I know what you said works, however that was not the issue with my phone. the thing is my phone was acting like it was connected to a charger, not usb. soo there were no such notifications, no signs on the phone that it was connected to usb. That was my problem, not not knowning how to use my phone.
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hi
just for ur info
charging does happen and the other things i said in my last post too so their might be something wrong with ur phone chek on it if the the problem still exist
thanks
hari

haree said:
hi
just for ur info
charging does happen and the other things i said in my last post too so their might be something wrong with ur phone chek on it if the the problem still exist
thanks
hari
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lol, something was wrong with my phone, that is why i asked, lmao. what you said happens when everything is working correctly, and lol, I know charging happens, however that is all that happened, like I said it acted as though it was hooked up to a charger, not usb. Which obviously means charging + no usb stuff. I said that I could change usb(including debugging) settings while connected, which you shouldn't be able to do while connected to usb. You just misunderstood the problem I had

USB Problem on my Inspire 4g( Please help!!)

Hi, all
I got a new inspire 4g last week. It was working fine. But now it does not detect the USB connection. It only charges when I connect to pc. No other issues. I have also noticed that during fast boot mode also pc does not detect the phone as a device. I have tried all the suggestion on xda but no luck.
Please help me to solve this issue. I have seen a lot of thread discussing this issue on HTC Desire. They all suggest to format mtd0 in fastboot mode .But during fastboot mode also my phone is not detected by PC (tried both on linux and win7. Other phones are working on the same pc) , So I could not format mtd0 and reconfigure it.
Can anybody have any other idea? If I change the main board how much cost will incur ??
Thanks all.
EDIT:
I have full access to recovery. Currenlty Clockwork mod 5.0.2 is installed . I can install custom rom without any problem.

musarraf172 said:
Hi, all
I got a new inspire 4g last week. It was working fine. But now it does not detect the USB connection. It only charges when I connect to pc. No other issues. I have also noticed that during fast boot mode also pc does not detect the phone as a device. I have tried all the suggestion on xda but no luck.
Please help me to solve this issue. I have seen a lot of thread discussing this issue on HTC Desire. They all suggest to format mtd0 in fastboot mode .But during fastboot mode also my phone is not detected by PC (tried both on linux and win7. Other phones are working on the same pc) , So I could not format mtd0 and reconfigure it.
Can anybody have any other idea? If I change the main board how much cost will incur ??
Thanks all.
EDIT:
I have full access to recovery. Currenlty Clockwork mod 5.0.2 is installed . I can install custom rom without any problem.
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Have you tried to remove and then reinstall the android driver?

zelendel said:
Have you tried to remove and then reinstall the android driver?
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Thanks for your reply. But there is no issue with driver because my phone does not detect the usb connection as well as the pc also does not detect the phone as a device ( in device manager in windows or in demesg in linux).
Please help..
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Today I have tested with another Inspire 4g (My friend is having one inspire 4g) with my pc. It is detected by my pc ( both in linux and windows). Fastboot as well as adb worked like charm. But my inspire is not detected by the same PC..

I have the same problem with my Inspire and yet to find the answer. Have tried everything i could find on the internet except a factory reset. If i cant fix it, will trade off for a Galaxy sii i guess.

I had the same issue a while back. Believe it or not, the USB cable just up and flaked out on me. I bought a new cable and it worked fine afterwards. Of course that was my last thing to check, but I had the cable for about 6 months. I travel a lot, so I think wear and tear got the best of it. It's worth checking...

swap usb cables, also canned air to the usb port on the phone wouldnt hurt

This just happened to my inspire as well. Charge is OK, but no more Mass Storage connection. I have tried on multiple computers and multiple cables. I even reset the phone back to stock and it still didn't work. Oh well. I have a Vivid on the way.

trahajopro86 said:
This just happened to my inspire as well. Charge is OK, but no more Mass Storage connection. I have tried on multiple computers and multiple cables. I even reset the phone back to stock and it still didn't work. Oh well. I have a Vivid on the way.
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Hei, I returned my inspire and got a sensation...

Inspire 4g not connecting to usb
I just got my Inspire 4G from AT&T... and guess what... no data connection at all. I tried everithing! nothing... so I just bought a new micro usb data cable!!! and voila!! everithing is going perfect... now i´m able to connect!!!
AT&T ships a only-to-charge cable... so get rid of it !!! that´s it.
Bye.

valdart said:
I just got my Inspire 4G from AT&T... and guess what... no data connection at all. I tried everithing! nothing... so I just bought a new micro usb data cable!!! and voila!! everithing is going perfect... now i´m able to connect!!!
AT&T ships a only-to-charge cable... so get rid of it !!! that´s it.
Bye.
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ATT ships an HTC data cable. They do not ship a charge only cable. Most likely you just got a bad cable.

I was following (like an idiot) the instructions for the Advanced Ace Hack Toolkit.
I uninstalled the My HTC phone that was listed in mY Device Manager
64 bit Windows 7 Pro.
Now, no matter what drivers I try to browser for, my computer cannot find a driver for 'Android Phone' when searching.
The HTC Drivers 3.0.0.0.7 installer doesn't seem to do anything, and crashes, saying it's not installed correctly.
Has anyone had this happen, and can correct it?

valdart said:
I just got my Inspire 4G from AT&T... and guess what... no data connection at all. I tried everithing! nothing... so I just bought a new micro usb data cable!!! and voila!! everithing is going perfect... now i´m able to connect!!!
AT&T ships a only-to-charge cable... so get rid of it !!! that´s it.
Bye.
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Agreed with Ago, you likely have a bad cable. please dont confuse new users. I would go back to att and get them to replace it.

pkopalek said:
I was following (like an idiot) the instructions for the Advanced Ace Hack Toolkit.
I uninstalled the My HTC phone that was listed in mY Device Manager
64 bit Windows 7 Pro.
Now, no matter what drivers I try to browser for, my computer cannot find a driver for 'Android Phone' when searching.
The HTC Drivers 3.0.0.0.7 installer doesn't seem to do anything, and crashes, saying it's not installed correctly.
Has anyone had this happen, and can correct it?
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First, I would like to know what part of following the instructions causes you to be an idiot?
Second, did you uninstall HTC sync?
Third, I would like to know IF you have tried running the installer as an admin OR if when you run the installer, it has the user account control pop-up asking about changes and the computer (or if you have disabled that through user accounts)
(Oh and I used AAHK's same driver installer on my Windows 7 x64 computer without an issue... sooooooooooooo it's likely a local issue, such as needing to verify the download's checksum, disabling antivirus [something about the first line where in the same section as uninstalling drivers], etc)
AND, a tool like at this page might help a litte... http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/view-the-list-of-installed-drivers-the-easy-way/
or if you wanna command line it...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...t-of-installed-drivers-from-the-command-line/

No joy my end either trying to install that HTCDriver3.0.0.007 on a Wind'ohs 7 x64 Shuttle
In certificates under options for this installer, "This certificate has expired or is not yet valid" Valid from 11/ 01/ 2011 to 17/ 01/ 2012". Can anyone help me to locate a driver that I CAN install to let me unlock a HTC Desire please?

Cant access Recovery Mode

Hi Guys,
I have my friends i9003 with me. Its having a weird problems :
1) It successfully boots after 5-6 tries, but eventually hangs after a min on home screen.
2) Its unable to enter recovery mode.
3) It can enter download mode, but its not detectable by odin/PC. As soon as i connect to PC, it shows usb device not recognized. I have tried 2-3 different pc's, uninstalled/reinstalled kies/samsung drivers etc. On the same pc my SGS1 & SGS2 can connect without any problems. So i guess the problem is with i9003. (So i cant flash anything on it)
4) And the last but not the least.....it cannot be charger (tried pc usb / charger). But the battery seems ok, as i can charge it using other phones and dock charger.
..........any help and advice will be really appreciated.

have u tried the hard reset button at the back between the camera and speaker.

I've a I9003L with the same problem (it's carrier locked), I think it has no recovery at all !
Maybe flashing CWM

pratik_s said:
have u tried the hard reset button at the back between the camera and speaker.
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Its use to get into download mode right !!! But i can easily get into download mode without doing it. The problem here is pc/odin does not detect it.
nipip said:
I've a I9003L with the same problem (it's carrier locked), I think it has no recovery at all !
Maybe flashing CWM
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Not in my case, its unbranded, from middle east !

It might be a faulty cable. Did you try another cable?

if ur mobile is starting then try using mobile odin if not try flashing by heimdall software and which version of odin u r trying to use.use the latest

Hetalk said:
It might be a faulty cable. Did you try another cable?
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4 cables, 6 different pc's, tried all usb drivers. (my Sgs2 works fine on all pc with all cables )

kazi_rizwan said:
4 cables, 6 different pc's, tried all usb drivers. (my Sgs2 works fine on all pc with all cables )
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Just wanted to make sure you didn't have a problem as obvious as I had. I had similar issue when i tried my micromax cable with this phone.
Well, you'll need some expert's advice now.

Looks liek i found the problem, its same as many i9003's are having. Internal memory card corrupted !!! Have found some risky solutions, but will try them, cuz the phone is already out of guarantee !

i had also faced the same problem but i was unable to do it with that solution u can refer my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735718 and i have given my mobile to the service centre for replacing motherboard

HELP!

Hello, I need help on fixing my Samsung Infuse 4G.
I was trying to install a different ROM from my computer onto my phone and when i did. It just got stuck on the samsung logo. Also when i put it in download mode and connect it to my computer it doesn't appear on Odin. Also my computer doesn't regonize my phone it just says unknown device. Can someone help me please? I want my phone to be back to stock so i can reinstall everything else back to normal. Thanks.

I think that u should try searching. This has been answered more times then can be counted.
sent from outer space.

thanks i fixed my problem already.

[Completed] Android Note 2 stuck on firmware encounter an issue

Hope this is the right place to be asking this question
First timer so pls excuse if i miss out anything.
I was doing an ota firmware update to my t mobile Samsung note 2 (SGH-T889) using kies 3.1. My phone was stuck on 41 percent for about an hour so i disconnected the phone thinking that it will reboot and ask me to reconnect. Well since it didnt, its been stuck on this firmware encounter an issue please selcet recovery mode in kies and try again.
I hooked it back up and now in kies it just says connecting but nothing happens.
i tried putting my phone in download mode to see if itll connect to kies and still nothing. The phone wont allow me to get into recovery mode due to this issue. Im a mac user so i even downloaded wine to use odin i downloaded all samsung drivers needed for a connection and odin cant even detect my phone. Im not sure if usb debugging is on in my phone . I cant access nothing on my phone i tried many tricks on youtube looked at xda forms i even went into tmobile and they didnt kno what to do. Im using the factory usb, i tried diff ports and just cant seem to get a good connectiong between either programs. Please helps its been 3 days without a phone..thank you

Hi,
I see you've already asked about this in the appropriate section for your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-tmobile/help/note-2-stuck-firmware-encounter-issue-t3217172
That's awesome! :good:
As XDA Assist is here to help navigate the site, not for support... I'll close this thread since you already found your way.
Good luck!