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    Thread Annoying notification

    Does anyone know how to turn off the annoying notification on my phone, when I turn off or turn on my watch (GW3) Did check in Galaxy wear but found nothing. Also, nothing found in the phones system ui notification. Anyone has ideas? Best regards,
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    Thread User Manual

    Anyone have a link to the watch 3 user manual? I can’t seem to find it on Samsung site or anywhere else. Plenty for the watch or the s3 but no gw3. Thanks, Best regards,
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    Thread [Q] Lost ability to edit in Gallery

    Whenever I click the pencil icon to edit, it tells me allow permission in settings. Next to it in blue, the settings do nothing when clicked on. There is absolutely nothing I can find in settings>apps>gallery>gallery settings to turn on any permission. In the gallery app info, all 4 permissions...
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    Thread [Q] Video player

    Anyone know of a video player that will allow you to zoom in while connected to TV via Smart View? The default video player will allow it if you watch on the phone but complains “zoom not supported” when connected to TV. Often had people ask if I can zoom in to have a bit better view of someone...
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    Thread Losing watch face

    For my sons, I made 3 watch faces in GWD some time ago. They are sports related. All was well till a few months ago when one of the watch faces disappeared. Till date, I have re installed it 3 times, no problem installing it but it will disappear again in 1 or 2 weeks. It happens to just this...
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    Thread Alcantara Cases

    Any of tou guys seen any anywhere for the 10+? I had them on all of my notes, so if you spot one, please post. Best regards,
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    Thread Called number behavior

    Hi all, My son’s S8 has a peculiar problem when he calls anyone, the phone number under the name moving about rapidly. We only cleared system cache but not yet done factory reset. Anyone have an idea how to cure it please? It is updated to Pie but was doing it on Oreo too. Best regards...
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    Thread Camera orientation

    If I take a picture in landscape mode,in front of me, when viewed, it shows correctly when holding phone in landscape. But when I take a picture of something on the floor still holding phone in landscape, I can only view it full length in portrait. I need to rotate it to view as intended. Have I...
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    Thread Any way to share?

    How do you guys share watch faces with friends or family without uploading to market etc? Share from the wactch do not work. Can it be done without the recipient having to install GWD? Regards,
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    Thread Gear Watch Designer problem

    Recently I had updated Java and since then,I’ve not been able to open GWD. It appears that it can’t find the necessary javaw.exe file. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Java and GWD to no avail. Anyone come across this problem or anyone has an idea how to fix it please? Kind regards,
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    Thread Find My Device

    Out of curiosity, I tried Google’s Find My Device and it worked very well with one (I think) major fault. As soon as I tried it, a notification appeared on my phone, Device located, Find My Device located this device. Now to me, it seems silly for the phone to advertise the fact that it has been...
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    Thread [Q] Help from any S Health gurus needed

    How can I turn off S Health notifications on my Gear 3? I am fed up (to put it politely) with notifications to get up and start moving and well done if I get up. At 77, I don’t want to be disturbed if I nod off by this silly program. I have S Health notification turned off in Settings on my...
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    Thread [Q] Boosting media sound

    Hi all, I’m an old geezer with some loss of hearing, watching a lot of series on my Tab S2, wearing wireless (Bluetooth) headphones (Bose QC35) but find the media sound still too low on the headphones highest setting. I wonder if any of you come across an app that will boost media sound. Some...
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    Thread Sick of sending MMS

    Why oh why does my phone send certain messages as MMS? My wife can send long messages without them turning into MMS on the same network (three). Is there any settings I need to tick or remove to combat this issue? Any suggestions welcome. Best regards,
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    Thread Anyone had this update?

    I had this update come up on Monday. It stuck on 43% and I had to restart to get rid of it. Today, had the same one again and was stuck on 55%. Again I had to restart to get rid of it. Tapping the X would only get rid of the pull down, tapping on the update did nothing to show what it was...
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    Thread Stop all updates while roaming.

    Hi all. Anyone knows of an app that can stop all updates while in another country? I will have data but only want to use it to browse the net. Don't want my phone to keep looking for any updates for anything. Any ideas?
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    Thread Football related backs

    Has anyone seen any? The wife would love an Arsenal back for her Note 2. Manufacturers not seem to be as quick to do them as they were for the original Note. I've not seen any in the UK or anywhere else.
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    Thread Notifications for text, email etc

    Guys, please direct my old head towards adding custom notifications to text, email etc, that I have on my external SD card in mp3 format. It was easy to add my ring tone as that one had add on the bottom of the page. None of the other notifications have that. Had no problems with my...
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    Thread [Q] Original stock accuweather widget

    Hi all, It’s my first post in the Note forum. My wife and I both have the note. She had moved the weather widget to the bin, but she now would like it back. Can anyone tell me how to reinstate the widget to the home screen. Have looked all through the phone but cannot find a way. Android...
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    Thread Is this G1 T-Mobile (UK) repairable?

    Synopsis: Son gave me phone to see if I can fix it. It would only boot in to the coloured screen. I’ve read this forum till I couldn’t see any more to try and fix it. What I’ve done so far is to back up whatever was on the card, then formatted it FAT32. Downloaded RC7 zip (UK), extracted...