So im pretty new with the Galaxy S3 and android in general. After having this device for a few weeks, it has really messed up my schedule, mainly cause I use it way too much.
So heres my problem. Before I go to bed I use the phone to browse and play for a good 3 hours. Checking XDA, flashing roms, youtube, facebook and a google reader. I end up going to bed at 1 or 1:30 AM. Then I wake up at 8am too late to go to the gym and workout so instead I browse Google Reader (for my morning news) and next thing you know im reeeaaallyy late for work.
So im asking for your help. Is there an app that can disable most functionality or certain apps based on certain times? I know this is a bizzare thing to ask for, but knowing that the Android can do so many things after rooted Im sure its possible. I would be incredibly happy if this phone just would disable itself until I get to work or stop all apps besides phone and sms after like 10:00PM. Kind of like some hardcore parental controls.
I have even started setting alarms to remind me to sleep but even that is not working for me. Self control is hard when it becomes an addiction. Its been 3 weeks I feel like I need my life back. I had no problem going to sleep when all I had was a lousy BlackBerry.
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What are you 7?
try tasker
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Just turn it off.... lol
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Cancel data and unplug wifi
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This.... Is.... A... Joke right??? The best solution I can come up with is to take a long look at your life and determine what is more important to u..?? Or set an alarm for a specific time. Once it sounds just turn the brilliance that is the incomparable Galaxy SIII on it's face then if you feel an urge to glance at it more than sleep just think this specific thought. "Perrywinkle needs to tinkle, and Mrs. Claus married Christian Kringle." Idk why but it puts me to sleep and gives me good dreams!!
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Troll alert!
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Stay away from drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
With an addictive personality like yours the above three things will have you homeless in 3 days.
On a serious note, there is a great function already built in to the phones for this particular problem and its called the power button, best used in conjunction with some self control.
This genuinely sounds like a cry for help, but the thing is, you are asking to be saved from an inanimate object...
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I guess its meant to be a joke.
I am addicted to Diablo 3 instead of S3 though
Im giving tasker a try today. Its not a joke and youre all right, i can simply shut off the device. Im not trolling either but sorry if my question is a waste of your time. But ok, perhaps this is the wrong forum to ask this sort of question. I think i may already have found my solution through tasker. Thanks everyone.
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I have an idea but I wont post it till you're ready for it!!
send it my way
I've got similar issues
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I have same issue too since owning android device. I'm happy with my new life - late for work, irregular sleep and girl friend mad at me
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Check out the:
Obsessive Compulsive ROM Updating Disorder.
You seem to suffer partly from it like many us here at XDA.
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Haha I came from the nexus s, and it's such a step up its ridiculous. I literally just spend hours marvelling at the smoothness of scrolling and opening apps.
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Counciling would be advised phonahobic abuse is a serious case and is growing in the uk at a alarming rate.I too have bought a galaxy s3 it's still sealed in the box I can't resist but to open it but need to keep strong and fight the temptation but resistance is futile.
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Just turn it off.... lol
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LMAO exactly. The OP is vlassic, never read something like this before. Bwahahahhah
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I had the same problem... I keep mine in the kitchen while I'm trying to sleep.
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So many of us are getting our new phones now and realizing their awesomeness, so now what? What are u gonna do with ur SIII? How do you plan on pushing it to its complete potential? What should I found?
Let the discussion begin.
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Gimmick5 Triobump Case.
Just deciding on a color.
Wireless keyboard and mouse
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I plan on buying a case, a cell phone charm, rooting, making TW much better then sleeping with it next to me every night till my man comes home ;D
Take over the world!!!!
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@[email protected] it just a phone...
i will just call someone or wait for others to call me...
i wish the battery is great so i can play games with it...
I'm going to do the same thing I do with all of my other phones...use it . As far as making reach its full potential, I'm waiting for a bad ass custom ROM to surface. Once the boards are riddled with new ROMs that really push this hardware, thats when my fun really begins. For now, I'm going to run stock for a couple months to give the development community some time to cook up some awesomeness.
Master Ramy said:
So many of us are getting our new phones now and realizing their awesomeness, so now what? What are u gonna do with ur SIII? How do you plan on pushing it to its complete potential? What should I found?
Let the discussion begin.
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About to make a custom kernel with overclocking to 2.2 ghz (eventually)
Oh and a ROM to complement it... I made ROMs on the epic 4g touch
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the DietRom is pretty legit, Im loving it so far. and it look way better than stock rom
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About to make a custom kernel with overclocking to 2.2 ghz (eventually)
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Good luck, on the hox we had trouble getting 2ghz stable, still isn't really. Same CPU ofcourse so I'd assume the same applies here.
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Good luck, on the hox we had trouble getting 2ghz stable, still isn't really. Same CPU ofcourse so I'd assume the same applies here.
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Thanks for the info! But keep in mind that what Samsung uses to control the cpu is different then HTC
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Thanks for the info! But keep in mind that what Samsung uses to control the cpu is different then HTC
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This is true, count me in as a guinea pig! Lol, well Friday when I trade my hox.
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i'm simply gonna wait until jellybean. that **** is straight fire.
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i'm simply gonna wait until jellybean. that **** is straight fire.
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I also might try to port it lol
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Just waiting for a JB AOSP/AOKP or CM10 release in a few weeks hopefully.
I really like JBs new style, and Google Now looks great. If there is a nexus device based on this hardware that would make an almost native porting environment I would be crazy happy!! A guy can dream can't he?
I would have bought a GNex but this hardware is just in another league,
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browniegirl said:
I plan on buying a case, a cell phone charm, rooting, making TW much better then sleeping with it next to me every night till my man comes home ;D
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What case are you planning on buying? My sister wants to put on a cell phone charm as well, but the only cases that have a cutout for the lanyard are Samsung cases that we've found so far.
Actually...I liked "Take over the world"
Buying more accessories for it than I need. Cables, cases, batteries, chargers, screen protectors, etc... till I figure out which ones I like best and use most often, then the rest will stay in a box as spares.
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What case are you planning on buying? My sister wants to put on a cell phone charm as well, but the only cases that have a cutout for the lanyard are Samsung cases that we've found so far.
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Tell her to go to strapya its a huge japanese website that sells stuff for phones, ive bought plenty of cell phone stuff there! I just bought the leaf case for the s3. And right now i have the teal cruzerlite coming in tomorrow. I want a luxury charm but there's too many to choose from on strapya c.c
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I'm probably going to look around for a case. I've been extremely cautious with it so far but I haven't seen one that I like. Any suggestions anyone?
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Hi, guys! Wanna ask since my contract with my telecom is almost up, any phone to recommend getting?
Getting rid of my iphone 3GS
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Josvaz said:
Hi, guys! Wanna ask since my contract with my telecom is almost up, any phone to recommend getting?
Getting rid of my iphone 3GS
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Why not just use the tab as phone?
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I use tab as phone too. Others look at me oddly when I stick my face against the tab talking, but one day they still get used to it.
j/k, I use hand free.
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Yeah been using this too since i got 2 number ^^
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I am very happy with my RAZR MAXX. The screen is OK, but the batter life is off the charts. I was in the car with the kids for an 8 hour drive. I had 2 kids streaming video for 7 hours and my battery only dropped to 69% over the full 7 hours. No phone calls, but that is a lot of 4g data.
There is supposedly a new version coming out that has an HD screen so you might want to google that a bit to see how far out that might be. If I lost my Maxx, I would buy another one without hesitation.
The other phone to consider is the Galaxy Note, but it starts to creep into the same use case as the Tab 7.7 so it might be a tad redundant.
My 2 cents for the day.
Good luck and have fun shopping. Plenty of great choices.
Doug M.
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So thia is a true story
Last week I got drunk, once again, it was raining heavily and I was riding my little motor on a sloppy road with water up to half of the wheels (I live in Vietnam and tha is normal, 90% people use motors and the infrastructure is terrible).
Let's make it short, when I stopped by the gate, I forgot my bag was in front of my legs and it spinned around, dived into the water, spilled all of the stuff outside, including my Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Young. I was freaked out, though drunk I managed to pick them up, removed the battery immediately, I noticed the Galaxy Y was looking alright, but the S2's screen was flashing like a PC when the electricity goes out.
I got home, scared like hell, I went to youtube to find some guide, I managed to take my s2 apart, it was crazy since it was very well made and I thought I was going to break it. Same for the Galaxy Y.
I took a day to seperate all of the parts in front of a fan...when I got home the next night, I fixed all of them together, and boom they are all working fine like charm! Not only being surprised by that, the most crazy thing is that now I don't have the yellos triangle on my s2! I rooted my phone for a long time and never bothered having that yellow icon, but now it's gone! So that's the story of the one-and-the-only craziest way to remove the yellow triangle I ever know
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Cool, although not recommended. Lol
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Haha great thanks for sharing.
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Next time use triangleaway
Nice ****g story! LOL
Btw, this is not a "METHOD" right?
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Don´t try this at home .. nice story haha :good:
yep, this is a method... with a little chance of bricking... do this if you are on Gingerbread
Do this over again and you might get samsung jb sources!
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I tried this method and now my battery life is awesome!
Jk.... Happy you managed to revive it
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GFXi0N said:
I tried this method and now my battery life is awesome!
Jk.... Happy you managed to revive it
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how does that affect your battery life?
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how does that affect your battery life?
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I don't know if you know but that was sarcasm/joke man (More of a joke).
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So thia is a true story
Last week I got drunk, once again, it was raining heavily and I was riding my little motor on a sloppy road with water up to half of the wheels (I live in Vietnam and tha is normal, 90% people use motors and the infrastructure is terrible).
Let's make it short, when I stopped by the gate, I forgot my bag was in front of my legs and it spinned around, dived into the water, spilled all of the stuff outside, including my Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Young. I was freaked out, though drunk I managed to pick them up, removed the battery immediately, I noticed the Galaxy Y was looking alright, but the S2's screen was flashing like a PC when the electricity goes out.
I got home, scared like hell, I went to youtube to find some guide, I managed to take my s2 apart, it was crazy since it was very well made and I thought I was going to break it. Same for the Galaxy Y.
I took a day to seperate all of the parts in front of a fan...when I got home the next night, I fixed all of them together, and boom they are all working fine like charm! Not only being surprised by that, the most crazy thing is that now I don't have the yellos triangle on my s2! I rooted my phone for a long time and never bothered having that yellow icon, but now it's gone! So that's the story of the one-and-the-only craziest way to remove the yellow triangle I ever know
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Hey there neighbor! I live in Cambodia!
I'm try your method next time I need to get rid of the yellow triangle, LoL.
Swyped from Outer Space
hahaHaHAHahahaha lol
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Oh, and this should be made a "sticky"
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That is amazing! Will try this next saturday
So I must find some sort of hydraulic switch right
it's true, people. In fact I do get happier seeing no yellow triangle, it looks like a pure brand new galaxy s2, although I'm the only one to use it haha
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Hi there, nice to meet you neighbor I live in Ho Chi Minh city, where are you?
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True thing it is
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Extreme mode for getting rid of the triangle
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Don´t try this at home .. nice story haha :good:
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No but in a bar when your out of your face lol...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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"Were gonna get that, maybe not this time but next time" i lol'ed
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All digital!!!
The connector is all digital... what does it even mean... LOL
Great promo.
The Apple fans were bemoaning how this insults Apple fans...
The thing is - at no point in the ad does it mention Apple, or iPhones or anything.
We all know who they're talking about because the stereotype... isn't really a stereotype.
So, the question is - unless you're proud about sitting in line for days, waiting for features the rest of us already have, having to deal with new connectors and so on... why complain?
5-timers should have priority....
The sad thing is that you can walk the horse to the river but you can't force him to drink... Over 3 mil devices preordered...
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5-timers should have priority....
The sad thing is that you can walk the horse to the river but you can't force him to drink... Over 3 mil devices preordered...
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Yes preordered how many will get there phones how many will have problems with there phones if im not mistaken haven't all Iphones have antenna issues
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gronimo21 said:
Yes preordered how many will get there phones how many will have problems with there phones if im not mistaken haven't all Iphones have antenna issues
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No, someone told me Apple said that people were holding the phone wrong.
People are already having issues with wifi in the new ios6
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gronimo21 said:
Yes preordered how many will get there phones how many will have problems with there phones if im not mistaken haven't all Iphones have antenna issues
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Yeah, the big scandal. The iphone 4 antenna problems were solved in the 4S. I would generally be in the list of new icrap releases, but seriously I got tired of waiting on Apple to come up with something innovative. The only reason I continued using an iphone is because I spent hard earned money on many many apps and there is data I had concerns that would not be transferable: contacts, password list, repairs history on my motorcycle and vehicle, etc. But enough is enough, I'll be trying to get an Samsung Note 2 next month, and there will lots of manual input.
Maybe thats one of the reasons so many people keep buying iStuff. That doesn't justify people camping out outside a store tho....
Ron
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It's hard to innovate when all you do is buy and patent other people's inventions. It's gotten to the point of ridiculousness now.
I love this video, I used to work at AT&T and would get calls all the time about when the iPhone was going to get MMS. The first time i got that call i went through troubleshooting because I refused to believe a phone that expensive didn't have MMS.
All of the sudden i felt a lot better about my Candy Bar symbian phone.
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I'm amazed how realistic this ad is.
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I'm amazed how realistic this ad is.
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Ive known a few people in va that have done this
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I'm amazed how realistic this ad is.
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Try this one:
Jimmy Kimmel's iPhone Fun
Its got the headphone jack on the bottom! Ppppppppppppppppppppppffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
If the headphone really is at the bottom they may have violated some of Samsung's patents. The galaxy nexus has the headphone jack at the bottom.
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No they haven't, Samsung violated their patents pre-emptively....
1) what happens if you need to perform a battery pull?
2)How is the speaker on this compared to Galaxy Nexus?
3)Biggest gripe minus LTE?
Thank you for the responses very much. So much on the fence to this phone or not.
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To question 1: hold down power for 10 seconds. Reboots. Works every time.
Sweet I was wondering about due to no removable battery door.
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2. speaker is great.
3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!
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3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!
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I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.
1. Answered above
2. Never owned a galaxy nexus, but yes speaker is loud and clear
3. battery life. A custom kernel should fix this, but I haven't gone around to root it yet. Maybe a software update would help
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I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.
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It's what happened to me when I wanted to order one. I decided i wanted one and BAM it went sold out.
Then luckily a hour later, Google Play Store says its not sold out and orders resumed
Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.
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Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.
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Especially the Menu button
I think the specs are great. If I can get 3-5megs I think I can be totally happy on at&t. It will work at my property and that means a lot. I've been at Verizon for a very long time makes me nervous leaving. Even though I know GSM is the way to go
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Biggest issue with this phone is I can't stop playing with it. There is a heap of development already and it's only been out a short time.
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Thread moved. Questions belong in here in Q&A.
Thanks
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