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Editing of Applications Menu in Samsung Galaxy S4

There are three options available in the Samsung Galaxy SIV to change the way the applications menu to display all your installed apps. You can choose the best one that suit your needs to help you to improve your experiences while using this phone.

As discussed before, the customizable grid is the default option used by the applications menu to organize the apps. The customizable grid has much more option to customize the apps menu than another, such as rearrange the apps position, add or remove folder, create new page, access app info, etc. That's may be the possible reason why this view type is set as the default.

How to edit apps menu?
As the example, we'll use the customizable grid as the view type of the apps menu. Well, here are the steps to edit apps in the apps menu:

Move to Apps through Home screen.
If necessary, tap the Menu key then select View type and then select Customisable grid.
Click the Menu key then select Edit.
Now, the edit page will be displayed. To rearrange apps position go to the stage 5, to create new folder go to the stage 6, to add more apps into the folder go to the stage 7, to remove apps from the folder go to the stage 8, to create new page go to the stage 9, to stage app info go to the stage10, while to uninstall downloaded app go to theStage11.
Rearrange app position:

Tap and hold the desired app you wish to change the position and then drag it to the new place.
Release to place the app to the new place.

Create new folder:

Click and hold the desired apps you wish to place into a new folder and then drag it to the Create folder icon located at the top of the screen.
Release to create new folder.
Type the name of the new folder and then tap OK button
The selected app will reside in the new folder.
To remove the folder, tap and hold the folder and drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen then release to remove the folder and place the apps inside it to the apps menu.

Add more apps into the folder:
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Click and hold another app and then drag it to the folder.
Release to place the app into the folder.

Click the folder.
Click the Plus sign circled icon.
Now you'll see the checkbox appears in each app.
Check the box in the desired apps you wish to add to the folder.
Click Done button.
The selected apps will be added to the folder.

Remove app from the folder:

Click the folder.
All the apps inside the folder will be displayed.
Tap and hold the desired app you wish to remove from the folder and then drag it out.
Release to remove app from the folder and place it to the apps menu.

Create new page:

Click and hold the desired app you wish to move to the new page and then drag it to the Create page icon located at the top of the screen.
Release to create new page.

Access app info:

Click and hold the desired app and then drag it to the App info icon located at the top of the screen.
Release to view the app info.
From here you can do some actions, such as clear default, clear cache, clear data, force stop, move to SD card/move to device storage, uninstall/disable app, as well as enable or disable notifications of the selected app.

Uninstall downloaded app:

Click and hold certain downloaded app and then drag it to the Uninstall icon located at the top of the screen.
Release to uninstall the app.
Tap OK button.

Click Save button to save the changes.

If you choose the alphabetical grid as the view type then the stage5(rearrange the app position) and 9(create new page) will not available. While, if you choose the alphabetical list then you'll not allowed to edit the apps in the apps menu. So, the conclusion is: if you want to edit the apps menu then you should choose the customization of grid or alphabetical grid as the view type.

Arrangement of Application in Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy SIV has comes with several pre-installed apps to meet the basic needs of the user. But, if you're not satisfied with these pre-installed apps or wants to install another apps, then you can do so easily by downloading and installing the desired apps from the Google Play Store.

You can see and access all installed apps through the application menu. By default, the apps in the application menu are displayed in the customizable 3x4 grid which will place all pre-installed apps in the first place and then the recent installed apps in the next place. The flaws of this default layout is the apps will looks like not organized well and sometimes makes us end up to spend more time to swipe back and forth in the apps menu to find certain apps. So, if you don't like this default, you can change the way of the application menu to arrange all apps by changing the view type option available in here.

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Changing view type in the applications menu
Below are the steps to do so:

Move to Apps through Home screen.
Click the Menu key then select View type.
You'll see three options available in the pop up menu. They are:

Customizable grid: This is the default view type used by the apps menu which will display the apps in the 4x5 grid layout. When you choose this option, you will allowed to rearrange the apps position as your wish as well as add a new page if there's no more room available to place the new installed apps.
Alphabetical grid: This option will display the apps in the 4x5 grid alphabetically
Alphabetical list: This option will display one app per row in the vertical list alphabetically. When you choose this option, you can jump to another apps easily by tapping the letter category displayed at the right side of the screen, for instance when you tap the letter A then all apps which is beginning with the letter A will be displayed in the screen.

Select the desired view type you wish to use. If the radio button next to the option shows green means the option is selected.
Now, the apps will be sorted according to the view type you've just selected.

As a note, each view type option has their own advantage and disadvantage, so choose the best one that suit your needs. Choose the right view type will help you to improve your experience while you're in the application menu.

Arrangement of Application in Samsung Galaxy S3

Lot of choices of applications available in the Google Play Store or other sources that you can install into your Samsung Galaxy SIII sometimes makes you end up with installing lot of apps to your phone. With so many apps installed, arrange the apps using the best view according to your need is one way that you can do to make you more easier when you want to access them.

In addition to determine how the phone sort the app, in the app menu you can also organize them according to your liking, for example, move the app location or see the app info or else.

Arranging of apps in the app drawer

Below are the steps to do so:
Go to Apps through Home screen.
Click the Menu key then select Edit.
To move the app, tap and hold the app then drag it to a new location.
To add the app to a new folder, tap and hold the app then drag it to the new folder icon. You can also add another app to this new folder by tap and hold the app then drag it to the folder.
To move the app to a new panel, tap and hold the app then drag it to the new panel icon.
To uninstall the app, tap and hold the app then drag it to the uninstall iconthen follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the selected app.
To view the app info, tap and hold the app then drag it to the app info icon. Here you can perform clear cache, clear data, force stop and uninstall the app.
Once you have done , you can tap Save to save the changes.

Well, the step above will of course be able to help you manage lots of apps by placing them in the place you want or group them per category into a folder to free up some space and make you more easier to access the app that has the similar function or category.

Locking and Unlocking Memo in Samsung Galaxy S3

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.

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.

Steps of unlocking memo

Below are the steps to do so:
Open S Memo app.
The list of your memo will displayed here.
Click the Menu key then select Lock.
Click the desired memo you wish to lock.
Click the Done button located at the upper right corner.
Enter the desired lock number you wish to use to lock the memo followed by re-entering your lock number to confirm.
Tap Continue button.

The selected memo has been locked.

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

Open S Memo app.
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.
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.

Deleting Picasa album in Gallery app in Samsung Galaxy S3

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.

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.

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

Move to Settings.
Click Account and sync.
Click your Google account.
Uncheck the checkbox next to Sync Picasa Web albums to stop the device sync with Picasa web albums .
Go back to Settings menu.
Click Application manager.
Swipe to the All screen.
Find the Gallery app, then tap it.
Click 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.
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.

Wrong display Solution in Messaging app icon in the Home Screen

Messaging app is one of pre-installed apps on the Samsung Galaxy SIII which is presented to meet the user needs to send a message, either text or multimedia messages. Usually, when you get a new message you will get a notification in the status bar, and if you see the Messaging app icon in the Home screen, it will be marked with a certain number that indicates the number of unread messages. In certain case, some users experienced wrong display in their Messaging app icon. The Messaging app icon marked with number but when they open it there's no unread messages.

Wrong display Solution in Messaging app icon?
AFAIK, there are two possible ways to fix this problem. Here they are:
I. Disable the option Do not keep activities
The first methods is by checking the Do not keep activities option to see whether it's enabled. If so, you need to disable it by following the steps listed below:

Move to Settings.
Scroll down to Developer options, then tap it.
Uncheck the checkbox next to the Do not keep activities option to disable this option.
Now, restart the phone.
Once the phone is waked up, the wrong displays on Messaging app icon should be fixed.

II. Remove the Messaging app icon then add it again
Yes, you can also fix this problem by removing the Messaging app icon and then add it again to your Home screen. Then the marked number in Messaging app icon should be removed.

Two steps :removing of YouTube Search History in Samsung Galaxy S3

As we all know that Youtube is the most popular video-sharing website today which will allow the users to upload, view and share their videos with everyone or with certain person only. In Samsung Galaxy SIII you'll find the Youtube app as one of the stock apps. So, if you already activated your Google account on your phone, then you can directly use this app.

By default, Youtube app will record your search histories to helps you more easier to track what you have searched before. But, in certain case you might be don't want the app to do so or you don't want others knows your Youtube search histories. Luckily, there some methods to do so, you can see the two of them as listed below.

1: Delete search history through the YouTube settings menu
Below are the steps to do so:

Open Youtube app.
Click the Menu key then select Settings.
Click Search.
Click Clear search history option to erase the existing Youtube search histories, and then tap OK button to confirm erasing the histories.
You can also tick the check box next to Never remember history option to tell the app not to remember your search history in the future.

2. Erase YouTube search history
Below are the steps to do so:

Move to Settings.
Click Application manager.
Swipe to the All screen.
Scroll down to find the Youtube app, then tap it.
Click Clear data button, and then tap OK button to confirm clearing the app data.

For the record, the second methods will only erase the history and once you use the Youtube app to search video then it will start to record your history again. So, if you wish to erase the history and set the app to not record them, then you can use the first method to do so.

Google Search App Function

Nowadays, many activities that we can do by using an internet connection, one of which is to browse the website to gain certain information. To anticipate this need , this time almost all existing smartphones including the Samsung Galaxy SIII have included the browser application as one of the pre-installed apps.

High demand from the users to use the internet to browse websites or to obtain the necessary information triggered website growth rapidly. Due to this reason, the existence of search engines is very important thing to support user's browsing activity . Today, the most popular ones is the Google search engine . The good news, you can find the Google search app as one of pre-installed apps inside the Samsung Galaxy SIII.

Record voice By using Google search app
In addition to use the Browser app to access Google search engine page, you can also use Google search app to perform a search, either text or voice search. Here are the steps to do so :
Text search

Click the Google search bar on the Home screen to start a text search.
Enter the search term or keyword then tap the Search icon or tap the matching search result appears under the search bar to start searching.
The search result are now displayed on the screen.
Click the desired link to open the website.

Voice search

Click the Microphone icon to start voice search.
When the "Speak now" appears on the screen, then you can begin to speak the search terms or keyword. If the voice search is timed out, tap the Microphone icon to try another search.
The search result are now displayed on the screen.
Click the desired link to open the website.

By knowing how to use the Google app , at least now you have an alternative way to search other than by accessing Google search engine pages via the Browser app.

Reinstalling of Applications in Samsung Galaxy

The Samsung Galaxy SIII users might have several reasons that lead them to uninstall one or more apps in their phone, such as their phone have the low storage issue, the apps not work properly, the apps start giving some problems, etc.

But, in certain case and reason, you might also want to reinstall the apps you ever installed before on your phone. Luckily, if you previously install the apps through the Play store, then you will be able to see the list of the apps you've ever downloaded from there, either installed or removed apps.

Reinstalling apps through the Play Store?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

Move to Apps through the Home screen.
Scroll to Play Store, then tap it.
Click the Menu key then select My apps.
Swipe the screen to the left to display ALL applications.
Here you'll see a list of installed and previously downloaded apps.
Click the desired app you wish to reinstall.
Tap the Install button to start installation.
Read carefully on the app permissions, then tap ACCEPT button.
Once the installation is completed, tap the OPEN button to launch the app.
Now you're ready to use the app.

Well, by knowing how to utilize my app options to reinstall apps, now you can easily reinstall the apps which is previously downloaded through the Google Play Store.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Scan QR Code

According to Wikipedia, QR Code or Quick Response Code is the trademarks of matrix barcode or two dimensional barcode first designed for the automotive industry in Japan. Nowadays, you can find the QR code not only in the automotive industry but also on another things, such as TV advertisement, business card, website, tickets, etc.

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The QR code can easily readable by the smartphone, including with the Samsung Galaxy SIII. All you need to make it works is by downloading QR Code scanning app then use it to scan the code and retrieve data stored inside them.

How to scan QR Code using Google Googles apps?
There are lot of apps that allow you to scan QR code, but given from the apps reviews seem this apps is work well with lot of users. So, here are the steps:

Download install Google Googles apps from the Play Store.
Once the installation is completed, open the Google Googles apps.
Point the phone's camera at the QR Code, wait for seconds, then you'll see the data--such as, URL links, text or location-- stored inside the code displayed at the bottom of the screen.

By knowing this step, now you can easily retrieve the data stored inside the code by using your phone

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016