Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Sender Image in Gmail App

All of the Android-based smartphone users, including with the Samsung Galaxy SIII users of course have at least a single Google account in the phone. This account can be used to access Google Play store to allow the user to download contents from there or to access another Google services available in the device, such as Gmail app which can be used by the user to send or receive email messages.

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As another apps, Gmail app also provide the user some improvement in each update, such as displaying sender image in the left of each incoming message. The sender image will make you more easier to know who sent you an email message without having to read the sender's name first. If the sender already added in the Contact app and have a picture enabled, then the sender image will display the picture. If not, the sender image will display the first letter of the sender's name.


How to enable or disable sender image in Gmail app?
Some of the user may be find the sender image is useful, but for others may not. So, if you want to enable or disable this option, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Open Gmail app.
2. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
3. Tap General settings.
4. According to your current settings, tap Sender image to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to the option is ticked means the option is turned on.

Well, by knowing the step, now you can set this option as you want. If you love the app to display the sender image, then you can leave it on. While if not, you can turn this option off to set back the inbox to looks like as the way the old Gmail app do to show the incoming email messages. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Get Back the Delete Button in Gmail App

In the Gmail app, you can find the mark as unread button as one of the icons available in the toolbar when you're opening an email message. You can use this button to mark an email message as unread so you can easily find it later by using the search function. For some peoples this will be very helpful to avoid the certain email message to lost among many other email messages, especially if they receive a lot of email messages every day.

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Unfortunately, the mark as unread button makes the delete button no longer appears in the toolbar resulting you need to do the two steps to delete an email message. For some peoples who often use the delete button, this of course will impact them. Luckily, there's a simple tweak that you can do to bring back the trash can icon to the toolbar in Gmail app.


How to restore the delete button in the Gmail app?
Here are the steps to do so:

1. Open Gmail app.
2. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
3. Tap General settings.
4. Tap Archive and delete actions.
5. On pop up menu select Show delete only.
6. Now, whenever you open an email message, the delete button will be available again in the toolbar.

Indeed, each person may have different options. So, if you don't mind if the delete button is replaced by the mark as unread button, then you don't need to perform these steps, but if you prefer to put the delete button back on the toolbar, then you can easily restore the button by using the steps above. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Switch Between Email Accounts

The ability to manage multiple email accounts owned by the Samsung Galaxy SIII is one of the reasons why lot of peoples decide to choose this Android-based smartphone as their devices. Moreover, this phone also provide the stock Email app to facilitate users to receive or send email through it. By using this app you can easily add a POP3 e-mail accounts, Microsoft Exchange email accounts, etc.

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The stock Email app also allows you to manage multiple email at once with ease. You can switch between your email accounts to use them to send an e-mail message or to check whether you have an incoming email message or to do something else you want with them, such as reply, forward or delete email messages in the selected account.


How to switch between email accounts in Email app?
Here are the steps you need to do :

1. Open Email app .
2. Here you can see the Email app display your email messages from the active email account .
3. Tap the account name box at the top of the screen in the right side of the Email app icon to see the drop down menu contains all of your email accounts, and then choose the account you want to view . You can also choose Combined view which will display all of your email messages from all of your email accounts .
4. Your email messages from the selected account will be displayed . From here you can read, send an email message, etc.

By knowing this step, now you can easily switch between email accounts when you want to do something with another email account. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to View Only Unread Messages in the Gmail App

Mark as unread is one of the option available in the Gmail app. This option will allow you to mark the selected email message as unread, so you will be much more easier when you want to do something with them later, such as replying or forwarding an email message. This is certainly will useful to avoid the email message lost in hundred of your email messages, especially if you're the one who received a lot of emails every day.

See also: How to Mark an Email Message as Unread in Gmail App on Samsung Galaxy S3

In the other side, you might be disappointed to know that the Gmail app on your phone doesn't provide the options to show all unread messages. But, you don't need to worry, you still can do that by using a little trick by utilizing the search function in the Gmail app.


How to show all unread messages in the Gmail app?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Open Gmail app.
2. Tap the Search icon.
3. Type is:unread in:inbox in the search box and then tap the Search button.
4. All unread messages in your Gmail inbox will be displayed.
5. Tap the desired unread message to open it. From here you can do whatever you want with the email message, such as replying or forwarding the email message to the desired contact.

For the record, this step only show unread messages temporarily, so you have to do this steps each time you want to see all of your unread messages, but since all the search term are saved by the app so it will help you to do the same search more easier later. However, by knowing this simple trick, at least now you can easily display all unread messages in the Gmail app on your phone though there's no actual option to do so. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Mark an Email Message as Unread on Gmail App

Gmail is one of Google's services and is one of the stock app available in the Samsung Galaxy SIII, which means you can directly use this app once you activated your Google account on the phone. Such the other email apps, Gmail app also allows you to send and receive email messages.

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When you read an incoming email message in this app, there are some option available that you can utilize as your needs, such as mark an email message as unread. This option will help you to flag the message to avoid them lost between another email messages, so you will be much more easier when you want to answer them later or do something else with them.


How to mark as unread on Gmail app?
Kindly follow the steps listed below to do so:

1. Open Gmail app.
2. Tap the required email message you wish to mark as unread.
3. Tap the Mark as unread  icon located at the top of the Gmail app.
4. The selected email message has been marked as unread.

By knowing the steps, now you can mark any email message you wants as unread on the Gmail app according to your needs. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Save Email Message

Sending messages via email is one way that you can use to communicate with others, either for personal or business purposes. To meet that need, the Samsung Galaxy SIII have included the stock Email app inside it so you can directly use this app without having to install it first by yourself. With this app you can either send or receive email messages.

See also: How to Read Email on Samsung Galaxy S3

When you read an email message with this app, you can also utilize some option available there, such as reply, forward or delete the email message. In addition, you can also save the email that you want for further use.


How to save email message?
Below are the steps below:

1. Open Email app.
2. If you have more than one account, select the desired email account by tapping the Email account name in the right side of the Email icon, and then in the drop down menu tap the desired email account.
3. Tap the required email messages you wish to save.
4. Tap the Menu key then select Save email.
5. The selected email message will be saved as .eml files in the sdCard/Saved Email/youremail.eml

Later, you can view all saved email directly through My files app or another File Manager app without having to launch Email app anymore. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Send Contact Using Android Beam

Well, you may have asked by your friend to share him a contact from your Samsung Galaxy SIII to his phone for any reason. To do so, you can use some available methods, one of which is by sending the contact using messaging.

See also: How to Share Contact via Messaging on the Samsung Galaxy S3

Another method, if your friend's phone has NFC feature inside, then you can send the desired contact using the Android Beam. This feature will allow you to send data--including contact-- to another NFC-enabled devices.


How to transfer contact using Android Beam?
First, make sure the NFC in both the devices is enabled. Next, you just need to follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap More settings.
3. If necessary, tap NFC to enable this option.
4. Tap Android Beam.
5. Slide the slider next to the Android Beam to the right to enable this option.
6. Now, open the Contacts app and select the desired contact you wish to send.
7. Touch the back of your phone to the back of another NFC-enabled device.
8. Tap your phone's screen to beam the contact.
9. The selected contact will be sent and displayed in the another NFC-enabled device screen.

Indeed, this method only able to send the contact individually. But, by knowing the steps, at least now you have one more options that you can do when you want to send the contact to another phone. So, hope this helps :)