Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Manage Internal Memory with 5 Easy Ways

Internal memory or also known as RAM is one of important component inside your Samsung Galaxy SIII that used by the phone to store running apps or open docs/files. Managing RAM properly is something that you should do to keep the phone works well and avoid the phone from the problem caused by low internal memory, such as the device become slow, the apps suddenly closes, etc.


5 things to manage RAM
There are some steps that you can do to manage RAM, such as:

1. Restart the phone regularly
   This is the most common first aid used by the user to solve any problems on the device. Restarting the device will make it to refresh and be able to fix some problems. Do this by pressing and holding the Power button then on pop up menu select Restart.
2. Don't use live wallpaper
   If your phone is running slow, it may be caused by low memory. Using the live wallpaper may be the one that cause it to happen. You can choose to select the wallpaper from Gallery apps or from the default wallpaper provided by Samsung.
   See also: How to Use Picture on Gallery Apps as Wallpaper on Samsung Galaxy S3
3. Use Home screen as needed
   As we know that Samsung Galaxy SIII allows the user to use up to seven Home screen. You can customize each of them as you wants. Unfortunately, these Home screen will increase the memory use. So, if your phone becomes slow then try to remove some Home screen from your phone.
   See also: How to Remove Home Screen on Samsung Galaxy S3
4. Use Widgets on Home screen as needed
   Some of widget that need to update information or widgets with animation will also increase memory use. Remove them or remove unused widgets is one things that you should consider to do if you noticed that your phone becomes slow.
   See also: How to Remove widgets on Samsung Galaxy S3
5. Manage Application
   Manage apps will also help to keep the apps works well, such as keep application updated, clear apps cache and data, etc.
   See also: How to Manage Apps in Samsung Galaxy S3

These 5 things will be able to help you manage RAM, increase performance and avoid the phone encountering some problems that may occurs because the low internal memory. However, if you have your own way to manage internal memory and it's not listed here, then I'll be more than happy if you willing to share them through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Manage Applications in 6 Easy Ways

The easiness to download and install applications, either from Google Play Store or Samsung Apps sometimes teased you to install lot of applications into your phone. Unfortunately, if not managed well, these apps will use lot of memory and will cause the phone encountering some problems, such as the phone becomes slow.


6 things to do to manage apps
Below are some steps that you can do to manage apps:

1. Make sure the new apps that you'll download and install into your phone has a good reputation. You can see it through the customer reviews. If you find lot of users report the good thing then you can continue installation, but if you find lot of complaints or problems reported by the user then it will be better if you not installing this apps into your phone.
2. Some errors may occurs after the user installing new apps into the phone. So, if you also experience this situation, you can consider to uninstall this apps to fix the problem.
   See also: How to Uninstall Applications on Samsung Galaxy S3
3. Some errors may occurs in certain apps may be solved with the updates. So, keep the installed apps updated to avoid problems and get a "fix" to some bugs. Moreover, you can also set the phone to automatically updates the apps inside your phone.
   See also: How to Automatically Update All or Certain Applications on Samsung Galaxy S3
4. Clear apps cache and data regularly to reduce memory use and keep the apps work properly.
   See also: How to Clear Applications Cache and Data on Samsung Galaxy S3
5. Always close the apps by using the Back key instead of the Home key. Closing apps using the Home key will put the apps under standby mode which will stay consume memory. Another way to do so is by pressing and holding the Home key then tap the apps from the list and drag it to the right to close the apps individually or tap Clear all icon located at the bottom right to close all recent apps, Or you can also close the recent apps using task manager.
6. Only use the default task manager provided by the Samsung, because installing another third-party task manager apps will interfere the OS works and later can cause problems.

Well, these are 6 things that you can do to manage the apps and avoid the phone encountering some problems caused by the apps. And, as always, if you have your own way or tips to manage the apps and it's not listed here, then I'll appreciate if you willing to share them through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Know the Data Usage Per Applications

Nowadays, many activities that you can do through the phone using internet connection, from opening social media account, send email message, browsing the webs, etc. But, all of these activities sometimes makes your data running out before the time, especially if you not use unlimited data plan. Fortunately, there is an option in Samsung Galaxy SIII which will allow you to limit the data usage. Once the data usage reach the limit, the mobile data connection will be automatically disabled.

See also: How to Manage the Data Usage on Samsung Galaxy S3

Aside from set limitation of your data usage, here you can also viewing the data usage per apps. This of course will help you to know which application is using a lot of data and which uses less data


How to view data use by apps?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Data usage.
3. Here you can determine the time period of the data usage you wish to view by tapping the data usage cycle field or tap and drag the White bars in the graph to adjust the time period of the data usage. The selected time period will be displayed under the graph.
4. Swipe the screen up then you'll see a list of apps and the data use in each of them.

By knowing how much data use by the apps on your phone, now you will know which the apps are using the large amount of data and the apps are using the less amount of data, then you can use this information to manage the data usage more better.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Rearrange, Hide or Show the apps on Multi Window Side Bar

If your Samsung Galaxy SIII have updated to the Android 4.1.2 or above, then you can use multi window feature on your phone which will allow you to open two apps at once. You can easily turn this feature on through the settings menu or through the notification bar.

See also: How to Enable Multi Window Feature on Samsung Galaxy S3

Once you've enabled this option, you may noticed that not all apps support with this features. If the apps compatible with this feature, then the apps will listed on the sidebar of multi window that you can tap and drag two of them into the main window to open them at once. Well, the best part of it is that you can rearrange the apps position and determine which the apps you want to display on the side bar of multi window.


How to rearrange, remove or add apps on multi window side bar?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Long tap the Back key to open multi window side bar.
2. Scroll down, then tap Edit button.
3. To re-order the apps, tap and hold the required apps then drag it to the desired positions.
4. To remove the apps from the side bar, tap and hold the apps then drag it to the right section.
5. To add the apps to the side bar, tap and hold the apps in the right section then drag it to the side bar.
6. Once you've finished, tap Done button to save the changes.

By knowing this steps, now you can change the apps position as you want and determine which the apps you want to display on the multi window side bar. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Use Multi Window Feature

If you notice that you already updated your Samsung Galaxy SIII to the Android 4.1.2 or above then you'll be able to use multi window feature on your phone. This feature will allow you to open your Facebook account while watching video on Youtube. You can easily enable this feature through the Settings menu or the notification bar.

See also: How to Enable Multi Window Feature on Samsung Galaxy S3

Once you've enabled this feature, now you can start using it on your phone to open two different apps in two different windows at the same time.


How to use multi window feature?
Below are the steps to use multi window feature:

1. Hold the Back key or tap the half circle icon or slide out the multi window sidebar in the left side of the screen to open multi window drawer.
2. Launch the apps you want by tapping and drag it from the app list to the main window.
3. Open the next apps by tapping and drag the apps from the apps list to the main window. The screen will automatically split into two windows and each window will displaying the apps you have already dropped in. If you hold the phone in a portrait view, then the screen will split as top and bottom window, while in the landscape view the screen will split side by side.
4. To open another apps, tap and drag the apps from the multi window drawer to the main window and the new apps will replace the apps displayed in the main window.
5. Resize the window by tapping and drag the bar that separates the two windows.
6. While you're tapping the separate bar, you will see two icons displayed, they are:
• Flip(two squares) icon: tap this icon to change the apps position, so the top apps is on the bottom and vice versa.
• Full screen(square icon): tap this icon to display the apps in the top window in full screen mode.
7. Now, enjoy multi window on your phone.

For the record, not all apps support with this feature and its may vary depending on your carrier. When the apps is compatible with this feature, then it will show up in the multi window drawer. So, enjoy the multi window feature and feels the differences of using the advance of the multi task ability on your phone.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Multi Window Feature with Two Easy Ways

If you already updated your Samsung Galaxy SIII to the Android 4.1.2 or above then you will see a new features called multi window has pinned inside your phone. To see whether you phone is eligible or not with this feature, first try to check your Android version.

See also: How to Check Software Information on Samsung Galaxy S3

The multi window feature is an enhancement from the multitask ability owned by this phone. By enabling this feature, then your phone will be able to display two apps that support multi window at once, allows you composing an email message while watching video on Youtube.


How to enable multi window feature?
Once you've known that your Android version is 4.1.2 or above, then you can enable this feature by using one of two methods as listed below:
I. From the Settings menu
The first way to enable this option is through the Settings menu. Here are the steps:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll to Display, then tap it.
3. Check the box next to Multi window to enable this option.
4. Now, the multi window feature has been enabled on your phone.

II. From the notification bar
The second way to enable multi window feature is through the notification bar, this step is more easier and faster. Here are the steps:

1. Pull down the notification bar.
2. Scroll to the right on the little set of toggles to find Multi Window option.
3. Tap Multi window to enable this option. When the option is lit or shows green means the option is turned on.
4. Done, multi window feature has been enabled.

How to disable multi window?
Some of visitors in Inside-Galaxy said that their phone becomes slow or the battery drained quickly when the multi window feature is activated, another said that they don't want a half circle icon of multi window feature is displayed on the left side of the phone. Well, if you had the same feeling or experience with them, then you can easily fix it by disabling this features using one of two methods as listed below:
I. From the Settings menu
As when you enable it, you can also disable it through the settings menu. Here are the steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Display.
3. Remove the tick on the box next to the Multi window option.
4. The multi window feature has been disabled.

II. From notifications bar
Below are the steps to do to turn off multi window through the notifications bar:

1. Pull down notification bar.
2. Scroll to the right on the little set of toggles to see Multi Window option.
3. Disable the Multi window option. When this option shows grey means the option is turned off.

As another features available on this phone, multi window also brings advantages and disadvantages. Enabling this features will make you be able to display two different apps in two different window on your phone in the same time, while in the other side this will also drain the battery more quickly, slow down the device and for some peoples the multi window icon on the left screen is annoying. So, it's your choice to choose whether to turn on or off this option. Hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Delete Single or Entire Conversation Thread Text Message

Delete some messages, either text messages or multimedia messages is one of things that you can do to free up some space on the phone's storage. Luckily, there is an option in the Messaging apps which will allow you to set your phone to automatically delete old message when they reached the limit.

See also: How to Set Limit Text or Multimedia Messages and Auto Delete Old Messages on Samsung Galaxy S3

Aside from setting your Samsung Galaxy SIII to automatically delete old message, in this phone you can also manually delete text messages easily, either deleting a single text message or deleting entire conversation thread.


How to delete single or entire thread SMS?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through the Home screen.
2. Tap Messaging apps.
3. To delete a single text message, do as follow:
• Tap the required thread contains the text message you wish to delete.
• Tap and hold the desired text message.
• On pop up menu select Delete message.
• Tap OK button to confirm deleting the message.
4. To delete thread, do as follow:
• Tap and hold the desired conversation thread you wish to delete.
• On pop up menu select Delete thread.
• Tap OK button to confirm deleting the thread.
5. The message has been deleted.
6. Tap Home button to return to the Home screen.

By knowing how to manually delete individual text message or the entire conversation thread, now you can delete text message you want with ease. And of course, it will help you to free up some space on the phone's storage and prevent your phone encountering error caused by low internal storage. So, hope this helps :)