Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Switch Between Google Accounts on the Google Play Store

The ability to manage multiple email accounts, including Gmail account owned by the Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the reason why the user choose this phone as their device. By using this phone, you can add more than one of your Google account. You can do this easily through the Gmail apps.

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

Once you've added another Google account, then you'll be able to use each of them to access and using another Google services, such as Youtube, Google Play Store, etc. You'll also be able to determine which the account you wish to use when you want to download and install apps from the Play Store.


How to switch Gmail accounts on the Play Store apps?
Here are the complete steps to do so:
  1. Go to Apps through the Home screen.
  2. Scroll to Play Store, then tap it.
  3. Tap the Menu key.
  4. On pop up menu select Accounts.
  5. Now you'll see all the added Gmail accounts that you can choose one of them you wish to use.

By knowing how to change the Gmail account on the Play Store apps, now you can determine which one you like to use to download the contents. This also will useful if you want to separate your purchases for any purpose.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Keyboard Swipe

Samsung Galaxy S3 is a great Android-based smartphone that comes with a large touch screen without a physical keyboard. Due to this reason, Samsung has pinned inside this phone a virtual keyboard to facilitate the user typing activities, such as when compose an email or text messages.

See also: How to Use Virtual Keyboard on Samsung Galaxy S3

You can find several options available under this Samsung keyboard, one of them is called keyboard swipe. By enabling this option, you will be able to switch between letters and numbers or symbols by swiping the keyboard horizontally.


How to turn on or off keyboard swipe option?
Here are the steps to do so:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap Language and input.
  3. Tap the Settings (gear) icon next to Samsung keyboard option to enter the settings screen.
  4. Depending on your current settings, tap Keyboard swipe option to enable or disable this option. When the box next to this option is checked means the option is turned on.

Once you've enabled this option, now whenever you use the default virtual keyboard you just need to swipe the keyboard to switch between letters and numbers/symbols. This of course will facilitate you while using the keyboard to meet your typing activities. So, hope this helps :)

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 :)