Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Use 3x4 Keyboard

By default, Samsung Galaxy SIII use Qwerty keyboard type to facilitate the user while compose the text message, email or else. When viewed from its shape, the this keyboard type is similar with the keyboard that you usually see in the PC or laptop. Aside from the Qwerty keyboard, this phone also has the option to switch between Qwerty keyboard and 3x4 keyboard when you hold the phone in portrait view.

See also: How to Switch Between Qwerty and 3x4 Keyboard on Samsung Galaxy S3

If you choose to use 3x4 keyboard on this phone, you'll see that this keyboard is the same keyboard as you can see on the old phone. This keyboard has 12 buttons, arranged in a 3x4 grid.


How to use 3x4 keyboard type?
If you decide to use 3x4 keyboard on your Samsung Galaxy SIII, then below are the steps to use it:

1. Open the apps that need to use keyboard, such as Messaging apps or Email apps.
2. Tap the enter text field to display the keyboard.
3. By default, you'll see the alphabet keyboard.
4. Tap 123 Sym key to enter the numbers.
5. Tap Sym ABC key to enter symbols.
6. Tap 1/4,2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 key to display more symbols.
7. Tap ABC 123 key to return to the alphabet keyboard as what you see on the step #3.
8. Tap the Menu key then select Insert smiley to insert available emoticons.

This type of keyboard would be very useful if you are a new Android user and feel awkward when using the Qwerty keyboard because you're familiar with this type of keyboard on your previous phone. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Switch Between Qwerty and 3x4 Keyboard

Samsung Galaxy SIII has its default keyboard which will facilitate you when you want to compose a message, email or do anything else which need to use the keyboard. This Samsung keyboard also equipped with some options, such as auto capitalization that will automatically capitalize the first letter of sentence.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Auto Capitalization on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option that you can also find in this keyboard is the option called portrait keyboard types which will allow you to change the keyboard type you wish to use when you hold the phone in portrait view, either use Qwerty keyboard or 3x4 keyboard.


How to change portrait keyboard types?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Language and input.
3. If required, tap Default then select Samsung keyboard.
4. Tap the settings (gear) icon next to Samsung keyboard option to enter the setting screen.
5. Tap Portrait keyboard types.
6. You'll see two options available, they are: Qwerty keyboard and 3x4 keyboard.
7. Tap the desired keyboard types you wish to use.

Both of these keyboard types have their own advantages, use the Qwerty keyboard will be able to deliver you the same experience as when you're typing using the keyboard on your PC or laptop, while by using 3x4 keyboard will help you to use the phone better if previously you used to using the old phone that has 3x4 keyboard for many years. So, which the keyboard types are you using now?

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Add Multiple Google Account via Gmail Apps

Google Play Store is the official market for Android phone, including Samsung Galaxy SIII. In order to make you be able to download and install apps from Google Play Store or accessing another Google services, such as Youtube, Google+ , etc, then first you need to create new Gmail account or activate an existing Gmail account into your phone.

See also: How to Activate a Google Account on Samsung Galaxy S3

As with another email account, this phone also allows you to add another Gmail account. These accounts will be sync with the web based Gmail and everything you do in the phone will be reflected in there.


How to add another Gmail account?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open Gmail apps.
2. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
3. Tap Add account button at the top right corner.
4. Now you'll see two options available on the pop up menu, they are:
• Existing: tap this option to activate another existing Gmail account.
• New: tap this option to create another new Gmail account.
5. Tap the required option you wish to use then follow the on screen instructions.
6. Once you've done the steps, the new Gmail account will be added, activated and ready to use.
7. Tap the email address at top of the screen to switch between these Gmail accounts then select the required Gmail account you wish to check.

For the record, you can use the second or so Gmail accounts to access and use another Google services, for instance you can change the Gmail account you wish to use on the settings page of the Play Store or Youtube. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Add the New Email Sender to Contacts

As we all know that Samsung Galaxy SIII allows the user to retrieve contacts from several sources, such as from social media account, from another phone, from Gmail contacts, etc.

See also: How to Import Contact in VCF File Manually from Gmail to Samsung Galaxy S3

Aside from adding saved contacts on your Gmail account, you can also add the new email sender to the contacts apps as new contacts or use them to update information in the existing contacts.


How to save the new email sender to contacts?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open Gmail apps.
2. Tap the required email message you wish to add its sender to the contact.
3. Tap the 'people in square' icon in the left side of the sender's name.
4. You will see two option available on pop up menu, they are:
• Create account: tap this option to create new contacts for the email sender.
• Update existing: tap this option to add the email address to an existing contact.
5. Tap the required option you wish to use.
6. Tap Done button to save the changes.

By knowing this step, now you can easily add the new contacts of certain email sender or add the email address information to the existing contacts. Also by using this steps, now you don't need to type manually the email address to your contacts, so this will save your time and avoid you to do a mistake when entering the email address to the contacts.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Delete Saved Wi-Fi Network Profile

Nowadays, there are lot of activities that you can do through the phone that use internet connection to works, from open your Facebook account, send email messages, download and install apps from the Play Store, etc. One way that you can do to obtain internet connection to your Samsung Galaxy SIII is by connecting to the Wi-Fi network.

See also: How to Connect Wi-Fi Network on Samsung Galaxy S3

The steps to do so is quite simple and easy. Even so, some of visitors of Inside-Galaxy said that they have encountered problem associated with the Wi-Fi network connectivity, such as unable to connect to the saved Wi-Fi network profile because the password has been changed. Well, if you also encountering the same problem, then you can try to delete the required Wi-Fi network profile saved in your phone, then try to re-connect again.


How to forget Wi-Fi network profile?
Below are the complete steps to remove Wi-Fi network:

1. Go to Settings.
2. If required, turn the Wi-Fi on. When the slider is in the right side and shows green means the Wi-Fi is turned on.
3. Tap Wi-Fi to see the options available.
4. Tap and hold the required Wi-Fi network profile you want to remove.
5. Tap Forget network button.
6. The selected Wi-Fi network profile has been deleted.

Once you've deleted the saved Wi-Fi network profile, now you can try again to connect or scan available network in order to obtain internet connections. You can also do this steps if you no longer want the certain Wi-Fi network profile listed on the list. So, hope this helps :)

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 :)