Recent content by nata_panya

Try turning off Google Now and the locations services in Google Services app unless you really must have them. Makes a big difference. Also, consider apps such as 1. Smart Wifi Toggler (this is an excellent app - automatically turns off wifi if your usual wifi servers are not available and...

You may want to check your Google Play settings and ensure the "auto update apps" feature is changed to "do not auto update apps". But make sure you check the notification option for available updates. (sounds like your setting is on "auto update over wife only") Google Play > menu button...

Try clearing the default launch application settings for Chrome and stock browser, and try again. Settings > more > application manager> Chrome Tap "clear defaults" Do the same for the stock browser and any other browsers you may have. Hope that helps.

Hello Might be worth checking out Kakao Talk. It's a free cross platform chat app (with group chat available) AND FREE calls. Sound quality of calls is also very good. Can do much more as well - send photos, etc. Over 50 million downloads and 4.4 star rating.

Hello Sounds like you've set up your email accounts as IMAP accounts which does what you say is happening with your email - delete from server and it's removed from phone and vice versa. You should try setting up the emails accounts as POP accounts instead of IMAP. With POP you can chose to...

That's the beauty of Android. If you don't like Touch wiz, you've got plenty of choices, be it CM or the Apex or Nova launcher. Personally I quite like Touchwiz having tried Nova and Apex launchers. Although Nova and Apex are much "snappier" I prefer the overall look and feel of TW, which is...

My first Android phone. Didn't get the s3 because I wanted a HD screen and knew it was coming to the s4. The s4 is a fantastic phone. Makes my iPhone 5 look and feel like a candy bar.

I think jokouft1 is spot on. You can pick flaws in any phone. Take the iPhone 5 and iOS, which are both still great. But I used to think the iOS Home button was great, taking me to the Home screen, which would always be the first page to the left. But now I've realised after switching to...

1. Mine very occasionally becomes warm when under heavy CPU demand. But it's similar to my iPhone 5, so no real issue or concern there. 2. First phone that I have not added a screen protector. Gorilla glass 3 seems pretty rock solid. No scratches or cracks even though I've dropped it a few...

Hello, Two things I can think of: 1. Get an app that keeps the screen on based on application running. Search Google Play for "Keep Screen On". There some free apps that should do the trick (Nikolay's one seems to fit your requirements). 2. Also, might be worth checking your settings for...

Hello If you mean the screen timeout period, here's what you need to do: 1. Open Settings>My Device>Display 2. Select "Screen timeout" 3. Change the time period to your preference. Hope that helps.

To add email (Yahoo, etc): 1. Open mail app. 2. Tap menu button to left of home button. Select "Settings". 3. Tap "Add account" and follow instructions. That's it. Yahoo is one of the default email domains so it should be straightforward to add your Yahoo account. Hope that helps.

Hello, To join/merge separate contacts just: 1. Open Contacts 2. Select the "main" contact entry (with the phone number, gmail etc) 3. Tap the menu button to the left of the home button. 4. Select "Join contact". You are then asked which contact you wish to join/merge. 5. Find the other...

May be worth checking your Dropbox app settings if you've set it up, particularly for uploading your camera photos. Make sure you select the "upload using wifi" only option (not the wifi and data option).

Yep. I use the Samsung native music app. It's pretty good and I have no issues with it. There are other forum members who use alternative apps and I'm sure they'll be able to give you suggestions. I used Easy Phone Sync to move my music (and other data) from iTunes and an IPhone back up (I was...