FINALLY!!

**anneemonster** · 10-20-2012, 01:21 AM

I now have my SIII in my hands and so far I am LOVING it!

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**drmaf894c** · 10-20-2012, 01:33 AM

Welcome! Love mine still! Great phone! Cheers and enjoy!

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**truthfamilyfaith** · 10-20-2012, 08:52 AM

Ooooh for real. I was iffy about buying this phone because of being on ios for so long, but after almost a week of use I am astounded Iphone still even exists after this thing came out. I'm a touring musician so I'm telling and showing everyone.

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**anneemonster** · 10-20-2012, 01:10 PM

I brought it home and everyone was mesmerized by the screen. I posted a picture to facebook and a friend asked me, "Why did you downgrade?" Ummm....I didn't lol.

I know there's a few threads going around with must-have apps, but if you all have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. I already tried swiftkey and didn't like it at all. Same with gosms and chomp. TIA.

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**geekymcfly** · 10-20-2012, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

I brought it home and everyone was mesmerized by the screen. I posted a picture to facebook and a friend asked me, "Why did you downgrade?" Ummm....I didn't lol.

I know there's a few threads going around with must-have apps, but if you all have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. I already tried swiftkey and didn't like it at all. Same with gosms and chomp. TIA.

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Welcome to the community. Bet your friend has a stupid a' iphone.

My must haves are:

Pocket Cast
Tune in Radio Pro
Power amp
Flip board but that comes stock
YouTube
Wikipedia
And Yelp
I couldn't last long if I didn't have these apps.

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**anneemonster** · 10-20-2012, 02:20 PM

He has an iPhone lol

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**badbrad17** · 10-20-2012, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

I brought it home and everyone was mesmerized by the screen. I posted a picture to facebook and a friend asked me, "Why did you downgrade?" Ummm....I didn't lol.

I know there's a few threads going around with must-have apps, but if you all have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. I already tried swiftkey and didn't like it at all. Same with gosms and chomp. TIA.

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Wow can't believe you didn't like swiftkey or Go SMS. These are some if my favorites. Did you try editing some of the themes? I use the light theme in swiftkey as it looks very similar to ios and the iPhone theme in go SMS is almost exactly like ios.

Anyhoo here's a few more
Llama
GOGGLES
Poynt
Aqua mail
Bob clock widget
Fast reboot
Camera 360
ES file explorer
G reader
Nova or Go launcher
Go calendar
minimalistic text

Have fun with it!

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**anneemonster** · 10-20-2012, 02:50 PM

I may give them both another try. I wasn't crazy about the layout of swiftkey, but I'll give it another chance due to the fact that I was super excited about everything and rushing through stuff.

**titans30dude** · 10-20-2012, 02:53 PM

You will definetly not be disapointed with the gs3 its a beast of a phone! Good luck with it

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**badbrad17** · 10-20-2012, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

I may give them both another try. I wasn't crazy about the layout of swiftkey, but I'll give it another chance due to the fact that I was super excited about everything and rushing through stuff.

I think it was the theme. I hate the darker look. Plus you can choose larger or smaller buttons. The predictive text election is a thing of genius once you get used to it.

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**eric3316** · 10-20-2012, 04:43 PM

Swype is the best keyboard around. Just go to swype.com and register to download. I cannot use another keyboard after using Swype and I have tried them all!

**leroybrute** · 10-20-2012, 06:36 PM

Just take your time and experiment and soon you will be a pro. Just read as much as you can and watch out for different apps. Heck I had 5 twitter apps running at the same until I weeded them out. Plenty of experience around so ask questions.
Enjoy your new toy.

**badbrad17** · 10-20-2012, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by eric3316

Swype is the best keyboard around. Just go to swype.com and register to download. I cannot use another keyboard after using Swype and I have tried them all!

I am always flopping back and forth from Swype to SwiftKey. I love Swype but find I make fewer spelling mistakes in SwiftKey.

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**jneusch** · 10-20-2012, 11:01 PM

Welcome!

SwiftKey
iSyncr
Foursquare
Nova
Poweramp
Google Drive
Astrid
CarHome Ultra
Chrome

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**badbrad17** · 10-20-2012, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by jneusch

Welcome!

SwiftKey
iSyncr
Foursquare
Nova
Poweramp
Google Drive
Astrid
CarHome Ultra
Chrome

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Good call on Car Home

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**eric3316** · 10-21-2012, 06:54 AM

You guys should try this WP8 launcher. It was only in Chinese before but the new update has been converted to English. Definitely something different then the normal Android launchers.

**anneemonster** · 10-21-2012, 01:38 PM

I'm giving SwiftKey another try as we speak and I kind of love it now lol. I think it was the font that was driving me nuts before. It's the little things :-P

**badbrad17** · 10-21-2012, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

I'm giving SwiftKey another try as we speak and I kind of love it now lol. I think it was the font that was driving me nuts before. It's the little things :-P

Yaaaaaah. I figured it would be something like that. It gets better and better as time goes by and it learns how you type and the words you use.

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**anneemonster** · 10-21-2012, 04:06 PM

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

**RogerThat99** · 10-21-2012, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

I just got a GS3 two days ago and I could use some suggestions with battery life also. It seems to drop even when not using it...like the device isn't sleeping. It may be because I am playing with it so much, cuz it is new. LOL.

**anneemonster** · 10-21-2012, 06:36 PM

I know how you feel like I got mine on Friday and haven't put it down lol.

**Gekko** · 10-21-2012, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sam...ml#post2213915

**Glitzy35** · 10-21-2012, 07:07 PM

Does anyone know where the sample video wonders of nature is located on the phone? I can't seem to find it

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**Chillidog66** · 10-21-2012, 07:24 PM

I've had mine for a couple of months and I love it. I originally did not like SwiftKey but now I actually really like it once I went into the settings and tweaked it to my likings.

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**badbrad17** · 10-21-2012, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by AnastasiaCaprice

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

Battery life is always a big topic. Check that link out, but for the most part I believe that when you get a new phone you play with it a lot and you will use battery when the screen is on.

Also batteries do take a bit of time to get settled. Usually after a week or so you will get to a proper flow on battery.

The biggest thing that I find works is turning off the things you don't use. Wifi, data, gps, blue tooth etc. all suck power even when the phone is sleeping. Especially with LTE. The phone will keep looking for signals and if you are in a weak area it will drain faster.

So use the power control settings at the top of your notification pull down and turn off whatever you don't need. I turn everything off when I am not using my browser email etc.

A general goal for most smart phones is to get a full morning until bedtime usage out of it. Charge it when you go to bed then you are ready with a full charge in the morning.

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