Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable and Use Wi-Fi Direct to Transfer Files

Previously we have learn about some cool features embedded on the Samsung Galaxy SIII. One of them is the S Beam. This feature allows us to transfer files between two Galaxy SIII or another Samsung's devices with Android 4.0 or higher by using a combination of NFC and Wi-Fi Direct.

See also: How to Enable and Use S Beam on the Samsung Galaxy S3

Here, Wi-Fi Direct charge for the actual file transfer, this means you can transfer files at speeds up to 300Mbps.

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How to Enable Wi-Fi Direct?
Before utilizing the features that require Wi-Fi Direct to work, such as S Beam, then you first have to enable it. There are two ways that you can use for this.

THE FIRST WAY
As written in ibosocial.com, below are simple steps to enable Wi-Fi Direct:

1. Turn Wi-Fi on.
2. Choose Wi-Direct.
3. You can rename your device to be easily recognizable by tap on the menu and then rename.
4. Tap on scan to find other devices that are available.
5. Tap on the name of your destination device to connect.
6. The other device that will do the transfer with your device have to do the same thing and tap on your device's name to connect.
7. Done. Now you are ready to use Wi-Fi Direct in your Samsung Galaxy SIII.

THE SECOND WAY
From the website primeinspiration.com, below are simple steps to enable Wi-Fi Direct:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose More Settings.
3. Choose Wi-Fi Direct.
4. Turn it on by sliding its switch to the right.
5. Choose a scan to discover other devices that are available.
6. Tap on the name of your destination device to connect.
7. The other device that will do the transfer with your device have to do the same thing and tap on your device's name to connect.
8. Done. Now you are ready to use Wi-Fi Direct in your Samsung Galaxy SIII.

And, the good news when you do the transfer with Wi-Fi Direct is that you can transfer files to multiple devices and send the it by selecting Multi-connect option.


How to Use Wi-Fi Direct to transfer files?
Once you have managed to enable it, it's time to use it to transfer files to other Samsung Galaxy SIII. As an example we will use this to share pictures. As written on androidtapp.com, here are the steps you need to do:

1. Open Camera App.
2. Go to "Shooting mode" then tap on "Share shot".
3. Accept the pop-up message that appears.
4. Enable Wi-Fi Direct using one of both ways mentioned above.
5. Take a picture you want. Your shot will automatically sends over Wi-Fi Direct to another Galaxy SIII that have been connected with you.
6. If you receive a file with the Wi-Fi Direct from the other device, then the file will be automatically stored in your device. To find the file you can see it in the folder "SBeamShare".

It's very easy, reliable and you can do without using any third party app. Try it then let me know your experience while using this features by write them through the comments below :)

How to Take HDR Photos Easily with the Samsung Galaxy S3

As we all know that the Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a set of powerful hardware, one of them is an amazing camera attached there. This camera is equipped with cool features that are useful and have the ability to take HDR photos.

See also: 10 Useful Tip to Optimize Samsung Galaxy S3 Performance

HDR is an acronym for High Dynamic Range, which means the camera with HDR shot capability will be able to cope with overexposed and underexposed problem on an image. It's Wow ;)

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How to take HDR photos?
To get HDR photos with the Samsung Galaxy S3 could you do easily, as written on thefullsignal.com. Below are simple steps you can follow to get HDR photos:

1. Open Camera app from the Home screen.
2. Tap the square symbol on the left side on the viewfinder screen.
3. In camera mode list that appears select the HDR mode.
4. Tap camera icon when you feel ready to take the first shot. After that the camera on your phone will take three shots very quickly.
5. The three images as the result of camera shot will be merged into one and will produce HDR photos that not underexposed or overexposed.
6. Done. Now you've got HDR photo using your phone.

Very easy, right? Now you can take any object to capture on HDR photos using the camera on your Galaxy SIII. So, have you tried this with your phone? If so, let me know your experiences by commenting below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Add and Delete Applications or Widgets on Home Screen Easily

From the beginning we had agreed that the Samsung Galaxy SIII is a great high-end smartphone that comes with powerful specs and set of useful capabilities. With this phone you can do many things, even things that have not previously been thought of by you. Even so, to be able to get full of advantages of this phone you need some tricks to get it.

See also: 10 Useful Tips to Optimize Samsung Galaxy S3 Performance

One of the things that may need to learn is about how to customize your phone's home screen. Home Screen itself is an important part when we use this phone because of all the activity start here. In previous articles we have learned about how to setup the home screen, so now we will learn how to add and remove apps or widgets on the Home screen of your phone.

See also: How to Delete, Add, Arrange and Change Samsung Galaxy S3 Home Screen Setup

With customize the Home screen you can personalized Home screen according to your wish. Adding app that you like and frequently use or remove the app that is not important and you rarely use. This course will further facilitate your activities, right?

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How to add apps to the Home screen?
By default, the Galaxy SIII comes with seven Home Screen. And on the main Home screen there are only two widget installed: the Clock / Weather and the Flipboard widget, that means you can add whatever apps you want to your Home screen, whether it from from apps, market tools etc.. Below are the simple steps to do so, as written on android.gs:

1. Choose one of the seven Home screens available that you will use to add icon apps.
2. Tap on the screen you'll use.
3. Screen will be selected, and several options will displayed.
4. Select "Add to Home screen" option.
5. Find and choose the app you want.
6. Done. Now the app you want has been added to the selected screen.

How to adds a widget to the home screen?
To be able to add widgets to the screen, there are two ways that you can use. From the same source, you can see both of them below.
THE FIRST WAY

1. Choose one of the seven Home screens available that you will use to add widget.
2. Tap on the screen you'll use.
3. Screen will be selected, and several options will displayed.
4. Select "Widgets" option.
5. Find and choose the widget you want.
6. Done. Now the widget you want has been added to the selected screen.

THE SECOND WAY

1. Tap the "App drawer" icon located in the lower right hand corner.
2. Tap on "Widgets".
3. Select the widget you want by tap and hold it in a few second.
4. Once the widget is selected, then drag the widget to the selected screen. In addition, you can also put the widget to the different screen by moving your finger to the left or to the right.
5. Release for placing it.
6. Done. Now the widget you want has been added to the selected screen.

How to delete apps or widgets on the Home screen?
Once you can add apps or widgets on the screen of your choice, you may find that you have fullfill the screen with various icons. Well, for this reason you may need to remove some of them. To do so following the simple steps below:

1. Tap on the app or widget you want to remove.
2. Once the app or widget selected, drag it to the trash icon located in the bottom of the screen.
3. Place it on the trash to remove it.
4. Done. Now app or widget you want has been successfully remove.

All the ways mentioned above is very easy to do. Even you can do this without having to root or use any third-party app. So easy, right? So, have you tried the ways mentioned above on your phone? If so, you can share your experiences through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy Note 2: How to Enable and Use Gestures Easily

Previously I was write about the same thing but for the Samsung Galaxy SIII, now I want to write it for the second generation of Samsung's phablet called Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Both devices have the Motion-based software inside so that they have a lot in common in terms of features and functionality.

See also: How to Enable and Use Smart Motion Gesture on Samsung Galaxy S3

The function of gesture is to help facilitate user interaction with their phone and to further save the time in accessing the app or function that exists in this phablet because this feature enables user to skip multiple steps. This is very useful and helpful considering we are currently required to do everything faster. With the amazing multitasking capabilities and several gesture options available, this phablet is called to be able to increase user's productivity.

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How to enable gestures on Galaxy Note 2:
Before using this feature, you must first enable it by following the simple steps below, as in the quotation from primeinspiration.com:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Motion.
3. Turn it on by touch and slide the Motion slider to the right.
4. Tap on the motion option you wish to use. Green checkmark will appear as a sign that the feature has been activated.
5. Done. Now you are ready to use this feature in your phablet.

How to use gestures on Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
Once you enable it, now you can start to use this feature. It's easy to use ad reliable. Taken from the same source, below is a list of motion options available and how to use it:

1. Quick Glance: This motion will allow you to check key device information at a glance. It's easy, simply by reaching towards your device. You can go to the Advanced settings gesture information to determine which ones can quickly glanced, for example, you can choose from missed calls, new messages, current music, battery or status bar.
2. Direct Call: By putting this device in your ear then it will automatically make a call to a contact that is being displayed on the screen.
3. Smart Alert: This feature will allow your phablet to tell you missed call or any unread notifications when you away from your device simply by hold it.
4. Tap to Top: With this feature you can go to the top of the list displayed on the screen with a double tap on the top of it.
5. Tilt to Zoom: This feature will allow you to zoom in or out on an image and a web page by tilt it away from you to zoom out or tilt it towards you to zoom in.
6. Pan to Move: This feature will allow you to move the icon or widget on your Home screen to a new location by touch and hold the icon and then move the device to the left or to the right.
7. Pan to Browse Image: Just like Pan to Move, this feature will allow you to pan image displayed on screen. Move your device up or down to pan it horizontally, and move to the right or left to pan it vertically. You can go to Advance settings to adjust the sensitivity of this feature.
8. Shake to Update: With this feature you can find another Bluetooth device or refreshed web page with just shake this device.
9. Turn Over to Mute: You can use this feature to mute an incoming call or any sound on your phablet by turn over this device so the screen is facing downwards.
10. Palm Swipe to Capture: This feature will allow you to take screenshots on any content displayed on its screen by put your palm side on its screen then swipe it from left to right or vice versa.
11. Palm Touch to Mute: With this feature you can mute or pause any video or any sound currently playing simply by covering the screen with your palm. When you remove your plam from it, the sound or the video will play back.

For the record, you can access the Advanced settings and choose Gyroscope calibration to allow you to calibrate your phablet to be able to use all these motions. You can access sensitivity setting option only if the motion uses sensitivity in the active state. Well, have you tried all the available motion in your phablet? If so, I'll happy to found them in the comments below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable and Use Smart Motion Gestures Easily

Samsung Galaxy S3 to date is a smartphone from Samsung with the highest sales fugure. This happens mainly because the phone offers a lot of interesting things we can do with it. Even with this phone we can do things that may have never thought of before.

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Maybe we never imagined what if when you're texting with someone then you put your face in front of your phone's screen so the phone will know that you want to call that person. It sounds pretty magical, right? But this is all you may do with the Samsung Galaxy SIII. Thanks to Samsung who has pinned a lot of Motion-based software inside it. One of them is the Smart Gesture which will allow users to use gestures to do many things with this phone.


How to enable Smart Gestures?
Before you can use this feature you must enable it first. It is very easy, as written on blog.laptopmag.com, you just need to do the simple steps below:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Motion.
3. Here is a wide selection of gesture that you can use, so turn all the motion settings you want.
4. Done. Now you can start using these features in your phone.

How to use Smart Gestures?
After you were successfully enable this feature, now you can start using it. From the website that also gives me the knowledge of how to enable it, below are a few motion options available and how to use it. Let's check them out:
1. Direct Call
This motion will allow you to call people who are texting with you. To use this motion is very easy, simply by put your face in front of your phone to make a call on that person.

2. Smart alerts
This motion will allow you to be able to find out any notifications or call that you miss when your phone is off or while you're away from the phone. This feature works like an alarm, when you have your phone on again or when you hold the phone, then this feature will tell you that you have a missed call or unread notifications.

3. Tap to Top
This motion will allow your phone to bring your views to the top of your contacts or email inbox by tap above the earpiece on your phone. As your note this feature can not be used for the Gmail app.

4. Tilt to Zoom
This feature is also available on the Galaxy Note 2 as we've learned before. This motion will allow us to zoom in or out on an image or web page by way tilt it away from you to zoom out and tilt it towards you to zoom in on.

See also: How to Use Tilt to Zoom on Samsung Galaxy Note 2

5. Pan to Move
You can use this motion to move the icon to the Home screen on your phone by touch and hold the icon and then move the device to the left or to the right. This will make the Home screen on your phone get into motion. You can let go of the icon when you find the right Home screen.

6. Shake to Update
This motion will allow you to search for another bluetooth device or refresh your email messages simply by shake your phone.

7. Turn Over to Mute
This motion will allow you to mute the sound on your phone when you receive a message, phone or any notifications by turn your phone over so that your phone's screen will facing down. This feature can not work with Google Play Music.

8. Palm Swipe to Capture
This motion will allow you to take screenshots of any content displayed on its screen by swiping the side of your palm.

See also: How to Take Screenshot on Samsung Galaxy S3

9. Palm Touch to Mute
This motion will allow you to mute the sound or video by hold your hand flat on its screen.

All the motion mentioned above are easy to use and reliable. This would all be easier for you to do something with this phone and can save your time because you can skip multiple steps when trying to access features or functions on the phone. So, have you tried all the motion options available on your Galaxy SIII? If so, you can share them through the comments below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Format SD Card Easily with No Applications Required

We may all agree that the Samsung Galaxy SIII is a great smartphone that comes with powerful hardware, software and useful features. One of the best parts of the hardware in this phone is that we can expand storage using the SD card, so thanks to its microSD card slot. With this you can add storage to your phone up to 64GB. For those of you who are concerned with how much storage, it is possible to meet your expectations.

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Yeah, when viewed as 64GB of storage is very large. But the reality is it can be fully loaded faster we thought before. This is mainly because a lot of things we can do with this cool smartphone so we often full out the SD card with a variety of things such as music, video, apps etc..In addition, the SD card is full can also affect the performance of your phone.

See also: 10 Useful Tips for Optimizing the Performance of the Samsung Galaxy S3


How to format SD card on Samsung Galaxy S3?
Well, if you have an SD card is full, you may need to format it. As with everything else in this phone, you can also format the SD card with ease. As written on thefullsignal.com, follow the simple steps below to do so:

1. Go to the Settings app.
2. Scroll down until you find Storage then tap on it.
3. Find microSD card, it is usually located at the bottom and then tap Mount MicroSD card.
4. Delete data in card by tap Format microSD card.
5. Done. Now your SD card has been completed formatting and you can start filling it again with whatever you like.

Very easy, right? So, have you ever do format on your Galaxy SIII? If so, you can share it through the comments below :)

Samsung Galaxy Note 2: How to Get Better Performance and Battery Life

Samsung Galaxy Note II is the second generation of Samsung's phablet. We all agree that this is a great device which is equipped with a powerful set of hardware, software and useful features. The device was launched with operating system Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and now available upgrade to version 4.1.2 Android Jelly Bean.

See also: Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update for Samsung Galaxy Note 2

Thanks to its operating system and set of powerful components inside that has allowed us to do something that might not have thought of before and make something that used to be difficult, even impossible, has become a very easy thing to do.

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However this device are the same with other electronic devices that may experience problems, both hardware and software. This device comes with a variety of things that attract us to do many things with it, but when we often use this device over its limit then maybe we will find its performance going to bad and battery drain faster.

See also: Common Problems with Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and How to Fix It

If you are concerned with these both issue, there are several things you can do to maintain these devices to get the maximum performance and to get better battery life.


How to optimize the performance of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
According to the website ibtimes.co.uk, one important thing that needs to be done to get the optimum performance is the memory management. All you can do include:

1. Do not overuse this device exceeds its limit even though it comes with a large storage and amazing multitasking capabilities because of the risk that you will receive is probably your phone's performance will be decrease.
2. Free up memory by periodically transferring files to a computer or other storage. At least this device should have a 10% to 20% of internal storage to be able to deliver maximum performance for you. You can go to Settings-> storage to see the percentage of memory usage.
3. Remove unimportant applications or never use at all by go to Settings-> Application manager-> Select the application you want to remove-> Remove applications.
4. Clear the cache files on the applications that you frequently use by going to Settings-> Applications manager> Select the application you want to clear its cache-> Clear cache.
5. Periodically clean the call logs and messages. You can also auto-delete to limit the number of messages.
6. Reboot Galaxy Note 2 to refresh its memory by hold the Power button then select Restart.
7. It would be better if you disable live wallpaper and only use one to avoid lag.
8. Use Wi-Fi or other mobile network connection only if it is available.
9. Use the Back key when closing the application because most existing applications will automatically close when you press the Back key.
10. Clear up the cache by hold Power button then select Power Off. After that hold down Power button, Volume Up and Home button until your phone vibrates then release the Power button and when the phone loads recovery mode release other both buttons. You can use the Power button to select "Wipe cache partition" and navigate with volume button. Once the wipe is complete reboot your device using the Power button.

How to maximize battery life on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
To get the maximum battery life you can do a few things below:

1. Remove applications that require large power using the built-in battery manager. Go to Settings-> Battery, here you can see the battery consumption per app.
2. If your phone's battery life experience significant changes after you were install a new application, it is advisable to remove this application because this application can affect overall battery life.
3. Avoid using third-party app like task killer or battery managers as this will only create new problems rather than solve your problems.
4. Because these devices have a huge display, the battery consumption is very large for this part. To save more battery you can adjust screen brightness and timeout by go to notifications bar-> Display-> Brightness-> Automatic Brightness. In addition, you can also disable Smart Stay if you're not using it to save battery.
5. It would be better if you turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Auto-sync if you're not using it. To disable them go to notifications bar. In addition, you can also enable Power Saving mode that allows the device to consume less battery.
6. Limit background applications that do not require updates by go to Settings-> Data Usage-> Scroll down and find the application that requires a lot of data in the background, and then tick "Restrict Data Background" to disable this function.
7. It's recommend that you bring your charger when you are traveling to avoid the battery runs out.

You can take all steps mentioned above to keep your performance and battery works well. Nevertheless there are many ways out there that you can use to get both of these on your phone. So, if you have one and it's not in the list, then I am very happy if you are willing to share them through the comments below :)