Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Lock and Unlock Memo in S Memo App

In certain condition, you might have to write down something important for further use, for instance when you're discussing something with your friends and want to summarize the conclusion or else. Well, aside from using the paper and pen, you can also utilize S Memo app inside your Samsung Galaxy SIII to do so.

See also: How to Create New Text Memo Using S Memo on Samsung Galaxy S3

The benefit of using S Memo app to write your note is the easiness to find the required memo without having to throw you in the trouble to search the memo among other piles of paper. In addition, you can also secure your memo by locking the memo using your own lock code so the others who don't know the code will not be able to read your memo.


How to lock memo?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open S Memo app.
2. The list of your memo will displayed here.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Lock.
4. Tap the desired memo you wish to lock.
5. Tap the Done button located at the upper right corner.
6. Enter the desired lock number you wish to use to lock the memo followed by re-entering your lock number to confirm.
7. Tap Continue button.
8. The selected memo has been locked.

How to unlock locked memo?
The steps listed below will show you how to unlock memo, either temporarily or permanently unlock:

1. Open S Memo app.
2. To temporarily unlock the memo, tap the memo then enter the unlock number (the same as the lock number). Once you close the memo, then it will be locked again.
3. To permanently unlock the memo, long tap the memo then select Unlock option followed by entering the unlock code.

Well, by knowing how to lock memo, now you can secure your important memo to avoid unauthorized people reads your memo. And of course you still be able to open your memo using the unlock code anytime you want. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Get Rid the Flashing Red Border Around the Screen

One of the insider asked me why her Samsung Galaxy SIII screen displaying a grid line that follow her move. After some further investigation, it turned out that she was accidentally activate the option named show pointer location under the developer option menu.

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Yap, the developer menu option is actually intended for the developers purposes, so if you're a basic user then better you leave them in default to avoid you experience an unexpected situations. For example, some users said that their phone displays the flashing red border around the screen and thinks that it's a problem. Apparently, this is because they were accidentally activate the strict mode option under developer option menu. The strict mode is used to inform the developers when the apps perform long operations on main thread by displaying a flashing red frame around the screen. Given the cause, so the way to fix this issue is by disabling the strict mode option.


How to disable Strict Mode?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll down and find the Developer option, then tap it.
3. Under the Monitoring section, uncheck the checkbox next to the Strict mode option to disable it.
4. Now, restart your phone.

Indeed, not all users are experiencing this problem, but by knowing about it, at least when you encounter this issue on your phone then you can fix it by yourself quickly and certainly you don't need to worry and think that your phone is damaged. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Remove Picasa Album from Gallery App

Aside from retrieving pictures from the photo files you saved in your device, you can also set your Samsung Galaxy SIII to retrieve pictures from another source outside the phone, for instance you can display your Facebook pictures gallery in the Gallery app. But, if you don't want the Facebook album show up there, you can set the Gallery not to display them or you can stop the device not to sync with your Facebook account.

See also: How to Remove Facebook Photos on Gallery App on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another album that might be shown in the Gallery app is Picasa album. This may happen because you have set your Google account to sync with the Picasa web album. Well, if you also don't want this album show up in your Gallery app, then you can remove them by setting the phone to stop syncing with Picasa web album.


How to remove Picasa album in Gallery app?
Below are the steps you need to do:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Account and sync.
3. Tap your Google account.
4. Uncheck the checkbox next to Sync Picasa Web albums to stop the device sync with Picasa web albums .
5. Go back to Settings menu.
6. Tap Application manager.
7. Swipe to the All screen.
8. Find the Gallery app, then tap it.
9. Tap Clear data button followed by tapping the OK button to confirm clearing the data. You don't need to worry, this process will not make you lose any picture.
10. Now, you can try to open the Gallery app and let it to refresh. The Picasa album should not appear in the Gallery app.

For the record, this steps only stop the sync process between the device and Picasa web albums to make the Gallery not displaying the Picasa album. All of photos that you already synced with the Picasa web albums still remain there. You can access them through the Picasa web from the Browser app. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Save a Draft Text Message in Messaging App

If you're the one who frequently send text messages to many peoples with a similar format, then create a text message template would be very helpful for you. Fortunately, the Messaging app in the Samsung Galaxy SIII allows you to do so. Other times, you can use a text template that you created as your message and then send it to the contacts you wish to send the message with. If necessary, you can also tailor it first before you send it.

See also: How to Create and Send Text Message Using Text Message Templates in Samsung Galaxy S3

Besides allowing you to create a text message template, you can also save your text messages as draft which will allow you to send them next time to the desired contact.


How to save a text message as draft?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap the New messages icon to create new text messages.
3. Enter the desired recipient number or you can tap the Contact icon to find the number you want to send a message with.
4. Tap the required contact.
5. Tap the Done button.
6. Tap on the Enter messages field, and then type your own message here by using the virtual keyboard.
7. Tap the Back key to save the message to draft.
8. The message will show up in the Messaging list and labelled as Drafts.
9. If you want to see all of your draft messages, tap the Menu key then select Draft messages option.

By knowing how to save text messages to draft, now you can compose your text message then save it to send later. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Remove Facebook Photos on Gallery App

By default, the Gallery app will show you all the photo and video files that you save on your device, either in the phone memory or the SD card. In addition, you can also display pictures from another source outside the phone, for example you can display your Facebook gallery pictures, simply by syncing your phone with your Facebook gallery. For some users this will help them because they can see their Facebook photos directly through the Gallery app.

See also: How to Display Facebook Albums and Photos in Gallery app in Samsung Galaxy S3

Even so, for other users, Facebook albums and photos that appear in the Gallery app are very annoying them, especially for those who accidentally sync the phone with their Facebook gallery. Unfortunately, some of them said that they have difficulties when trying to delete Facebook photos from Gallery app, not as easy as when they show them up on Gallery app.


How to remove Facebook pictures gallery ?
If you're also experiencing this issue and have not found the solution, then here I'll show you two methods that you can do to fix this problem. Well, here they are:
I. Filtering content on Gallery app
The first methods that you can do is by setting the content you like to show in the Gallery app. Here's the step:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap the Menu key then select View by option.
3. On the pop up menu select Content in device option. when the radio button next to the option shows green means the option is selected.
4. Now, the Gallery app will only show the pictures and videos you have saved in your device.

II. Clear the app data and remove Facebook account
The second method is by clearing the Facebook and Gallery app data followed by removing Facebook account then sign in back into your Facebook account. Here the complete steps to do so:

1. Clear Facebook and Gallery App Data.
• Go to Settings.
• Tap Application manager.
• Swipe to the All screen.
• Find a Facebook app, then tap it.
• Tap Clear Data button followed by clicking the OK button to confirm clearing the data.
• Tap Back button.
• Find Gallery app, then tap it.
• Tap Clear Data button followed by clicking the OK button to confirm clearing the data.
2. Remove Facebook account from sync settings.
• Go to Settings.
• Tap Accounts and sync.
• Tap your Facebook account.
• Tap the Remove account button followed by clicking the Remove account button to confirm deleting your Facebook account.
3. Sign in back into Facebook
• Open Facebook app.
• Sign in back to your Facebook by entering your user name and password.
• Once you're in the sync settings screen, make sure not to check any syncing of pictures option.
4. Now, Open Gallery app from the app drawer.
5. The Facebook gallery should no longer appear on the Gallery app.

You can use one of two methods mentioned above to remove Facebook photos from Gallery app. For the record, the first method only serves to filter the content that is displayed on your Gallery with Facebook gallery keep in sync with your phone, while the second method will completely deleting Facebook photo from the Gallery app and will not sync the Facebook gallery with your phone. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Get Out from Incognito Mode

Incognito mode is one of feature available inside Browser app in Samsung Galaxy SIII. When you browse the web under the incognito mode, then the page won't appear in the browser history, the download files won't appear in the download history and the cookies will wiped out once you closed the page. Browse the page under this mode of course will help you if you want to access something important or a sensitive data without having to leave any trace.

See also: How to Use Incognito Feature on Browser App in Samsung Galaxy S3

Aside from the advantage, some of users said that once they turned on this mode or accidentally get in into this mode, they have difficulties to get out from there.


How to get out from incognito mode?
If you're also have the difficulty to do so, then you can follow the step listed below:

1. Open Browser app.
2. If you're in incognito mode, tap the Thumbnails of active browser windows icon.
3. Here you should see the plus (+) icon and the Incognito icon.
4. Find the incognito tab that's open, then tap the Red minus button on the top right of the tab to get back to the regular mode.
5. Tap the Bookmark icon .
6. You can choose to tap either the History or Saved pages.
7. Tap and hold an entry from the list to get the pop up menu.
8. Tap Set as homepage to assign the selected entry as the new homepage.
9. Now, try to close the app then open it again.
10. The browser will load the new homepage in a regular mode.

Well, your thought might be right, the step mentioned above actually not removing the incognito completely, but this will allow you to switch between the incognito and the regular mode, as well as prevent you to enter the incognito mode each time you open the Browser app. However, if you know another methods to do so and they are not listed here, then I'll appreciate if you willing to share them through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Use the Incognito Feature in the Browser App

As one of pre-installed app in Samsung Galaxy SIII, You can directly use the Browser app without having to install it first. You can use this app to browse the web, read online magazine, etc. By default, the app will record all of your browsing activities to help you more easier to track what you have searched before. But, if you don't want to keep them, you can easily remove them from there. As we all know that lot of caches will make the browser run more slower and heavier.

See also: How to Clear Cache and Delete Internet Browsing History on Samsung Galaxy S3

Aside from manually clearing the histories, you can also utilize incognito feature inside this app which will make the page you open will not appear in the browser history after you close the page. This of course will useful if you want to browse any web page without leaving any trace.


How to use incognito mode?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open Browser app.
2. Tap Thumbnails of active browser windows iconlocated in the upper right corner.
3. To use incognito mode, tap the Incognito iconin the upper right corner.
4. The incognito page will opened and explained in the screen. The page will marked with the incognito icon in the left of address bar.
5. Now, you're ready to browse the webs by typing in the URL in the address bar to navigate the web you wish to visit. While you using this mode, all of the webs you open will no longer appear in the Browser history, the files downloaded will not record in the download histories and cookies will not be saved once you closed the page.
6. To use the regular mode, tap Thumbnails of active browser windows icon and then select a web page which is not using the incognito feature.

By knowing how to use incognito feature, now you can make the browser app not to record your browsing activities which means you have no need to clear the browser cache and history manually as what you do when you use a regular mode. So, hope this helps :)