Can't get S Beam/Android Beam to work - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Yesterday, my friend and I tried to share some music using SBeam, or Android Beam, whatever it's called. I opened up Poweramp, went to the song, and tried to beam it, but that just sent him the app itself. I tried again by opening Solid Explorer and going to the actual folders themselves, but that just beamed the app itself. I then tried using the My Files app Samsung included, but that wouldn't even let us beam anything. We tried the Play Music app too, but that wouldn't beam anything either.
Am I just doing this wrong, or what's going on?

SpazticWonder said:
Yesterday, my friend and I tried to share some music using SBeam, or Android Beam, whatever it's called. I opened up Poweramp, went to the song, and tried to beam it, but that just sent him the app itself. I tried again by opening Solid Explorer and going to the actual folders themselves, but that just beamed the app itself. I then tried using the My Files app Samsung included, but that wouldn't even let us beam anything. We tried the Play Music app too, but that wouldn't beam anything either.
Am I just doing this wrong, or what's going on?
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What's your method of selecting the files? Do you look for the files, long press, and and share with S-Beam? That's how I always do it and it's always worked.
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Settings-more settings -nearby devices- check file sharing
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Thanks, I'll try those two tomorrow!

Have you changed your battery out for a newer/bigger one?
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sprkat85 said:
Have you changed your battery out for a newer/bigger one?
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I just bought my phone this black friday, there shouldn't be an issue.

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Can't keep photo's from "my computer" from showing up on my wife's GS3

I am having a problem with all of my photo's from my computer showing up in my wife's gallery on her GS3. I've tried clicking the option of only showing pictures within the device on her phone but every time you close the galley, it just resets and reverts back to viewing all photo's from my computer. She doesn't use DLNA nor does she ever share videos and photo's. Is there anyway I could just disable DLNA?
jrwingate6 said:
I am having a problem with all of my photo's from my computer showing up in my wife's gallery on her GS3. I've tried clicking the option of only showing pictures within the device on her phone but every time you close the galley, it just resets and reverts back to viewing all photo's from my computer. She doesn't use DLNA nor does she ever share videos and photo's. Is there anyway I could just disable DLNA?
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If you're rooted, you can disable the "Nearby Devices" app from Titanium Backup or just delete it, and that'll make it go away.
Wife found your collection eh?
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rschauby said:
Wife found your collection eh?
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Lol... Nah, not that stupid. She is just tired of seeing all of my photos of wallpapers, memes, ecards and screen shots show up in her gallery.
All that stuff you're thinking of is hidden in a undisclosed location.
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gbzbar said:
If you're rooted, you can disable the "Nearby Devices" app from Titanium Backup or just delete it, and that'll make it go away.
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I haven't rooted her phone but I believe I can disable nearby devices through the applications menu. I'll try it out. Thanks.
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jrwingate6 said:
I haven't rooted her phone but I believe I can disable nearby devices through the applications menu. I'll try it out. Thanks.
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You can't. I tried.
After you doable all the necessity settings go into manage applications and clear the data and cache from the Gallery app.
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rschauby said:
Wife found your collection eh?
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Mwahahahha. I immediately thought the same thing, funny stuff for sure.
Same thing happened when my sister got her G3 last week. it only happens when her Wi-fi is turned on. I could just tell WMP to stop sharing. but I kinda need it cause i like to stream movies and such to my PS3 for viewing on a larger screen.
So i threw all my porn in another HDD problem solved
RAINBOWBLACK said:
Same thing happened when my sister got her G3 last week. it only happens when her Wi-fi is turned on. I could just tell WMP to stop sharing. but I kinda need it cause i like to stream movies and such to my PS3 for viewing on a larger screen.
So i threw all my porn in another HDD problem solved
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Yea, that's the same problem I'm running into. I don't know why Windows isn't giving me the option to just block her phone.
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So the less obvious features.

I just have a couple of dumb questions.
Do the motions being active consume battery?
Do I have to engage anything before tapping my screen to send a file to another phone? (or is having that check box enabled1 enough?) also is the Galaxys3 the only phone compatible with that feature?
The commercial where the guy just swoops a document from his phone to the tv... What's the process for that and I imagine it only works with certain tvs after an annoying registration /setup process.
Are they working on improving svoice or is that not a huge priority
Is there a voice dialer like on froyo that doesn't require the internet to do phone functions? I don't like relying on 3g.
I'm sure I'll think of more, but I apologize if this is in the wrong thread. Please just let me know and I'll copy paste to the right one.
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Varryance said:
I just have a couple of dumb questions.
Do the motions being active consume battery?
Do I have to engage anything before tapping my screen to send a file to another phone? (or is having that check box enabled1 enough?) also is the Galaxys3 the only phone compatible with that feature?
The commercial where the guy just swoops a document from his phone to the tv... What's the process for that and I imagine it only works with certain tvs after an annoying registration /setup process.
Are they working on improving svoice or is that not a huge priority
Is there a voice dialer like on froyo that doesn't require the internet to do phone functions? I don't like relying on 3g.
I'm sure I'll think of more, but I apologize if this is in the wrong thread. Please just let me know and I'll copy paste to the right one.
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You have to turn on NFC and s beam then go to gallery or something to the file you want then put the phone back to back and then then phone will say touch screen to beam
You can get Google now with the offline pack. Its in the themed and app section
We don't really know what Samsung's priority are. With Google now out we can only hope Samsung trys to stepup their game
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I'm sorry but when you said google now offline, after the sbeam but before the priorities... What question were you answering?
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I answered
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4
3
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Oh ok thanks. And 1 was actually about whether or not the motions being in burnt up battery life. I'd still love to know.
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Yes motions can cause battery drain.
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Well dangbi like motions. I'll turn most of em off but there's a couple I love so ill just live with it. As for Google now, I cannot find it in the themes and apps section.... Direct link?
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Two frozen Google apps return

Two Google apps -- Play Books and Play Movies & TV -- keeping returning from the land of the frozen. I go back into TB Pro and refreeze, and within a couple of days at most they are back. All the other Google apps I've frozen remain so. Is there something else on the list I also need to freeze?
When I disable them in app manager they come back after a reboot as well. I think its tied to the play store or something that keeps activating them.
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rizzo269 said:
When I disable them in app manager they come back after a reboot as well. I think its tied to the play store or something that keeps activating them.
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I checked on Play and on app manager for auto update option and don't see one. Odd that only these two are persistent despite freezing. I have the feeling there's another item on TB that needs freezing as well to fix this.
I got sick of this and since I do not want nor need them, I just deleted them
TheChefSLC said:
I got sick of this and since I do not want nor need them, I just deleted them
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Ah, the more brutal approach. If that worked, and you have no regrets or issues as a result, that seems my only course of action as well.
Why you bother to freeze them or delete? It's part of former Google Market. Do.'t see benefit from deleting it. Can you share your thoughts?
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EugeneR said:
Why you bother to freeze them or delete? It's part of former Google Market. Do.'t see benefit from deleting it. Can you share your thoughts?
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Basically, I have four pages of icons under apps, and many of them are for services I have no interest in and will never use. I'm not trying to save space...I think there's 11 GB free, but I find the clutter off-putting.
Not sure I understand the part about Google Market. Play is just the same thing renamed, isn't it? Plus new look and feel.
Anyway, just de-cluttering the UI.
Yup it comes back now.. Use menu - > hide applications or you can stick them all in one folder and hide just that folder
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waiters said:
Yup it comes back now.. Use menu - > hide applications or you can stick them all in one folder and hide just that folder
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Good grief...how did I not know about this. Hiding did the trick.
Disabling/freezing Google Partner Setup prevents Books and Movies from getting re-enabled.
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pseudoware said:
Disabling/freezing Google Partner Setup prevents Books and Movies from getting re-enabled.
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Ah ah...valuable information. Thanks much for this.

No video sharing on Group Play 4.3 updated?

So I updated my mother's Note 2 with 4.3. The phone is stock and everything, my problem is and made real angry is that I wanted to show off some of the new feature that it has. So went to group play app to do the video sharing, but when I see, there isn't any video sharing to my surprise!!! What happen? I saw all those demo showing off the video sharing option with a Note 3 and a Note 2!
I was testing that out (half heartedly) with my girls GN3 and my newly OTA'd GN2 and couldn't get them to detect with the scan... just off work so I'll try a few more things and see if I can get anywhere
Edit:
So far no dice... double checked device status and Knox counter... everything is good. I did turn on my phone afterwards and noticed several app updates (most were for newer 4.3 apps) but not for group play or Samsung link...
As of right now I wasn't able to get my girls GN3 and my GN2 to recognize each other through any of the apps when referring to videos... (we also have a Samsung TV but no dongle yet)... was able to get music to play on both devices though...
Some things that I've noticed:
1. Her group play app is about half the size of mine (even though she has the GN3 and I'm on the GN2)
2. Her Group Play app is actually an older version than mine
3. Her Group Play app has an option of video sharing where mine doesnt... I only have music/documents/etc... but no video tab to share
Really the whole thing makes no sense lol... but ill continue looking around for answers... pretty stumped at this point as, like I said, they sync for music, just not videos
Something tells me the solution could be as simple as a setting, as boring as waiting for the app to update, or as complex as requiring a dev to manipulate resolution errors/compatibility issues etc and creating a work around... really no idea at this point
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You need a further app called 'share video 1.1' i will try and upload it in a bit
EDIT: Here it is try this and let me know
https://www.dropbox.com/s/savw1wm4maf6agf/ShareVideo.apk
madmike593 said:
You need a further app called 'share video 1.1' i will try and upload it in a bit
EDIT: Here it is try this and let me know
https://www.dropbox.com/s/savw1wm4maf6agf/ShareVideo.apk
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That app before downloading, request an insane amount of permissions that are irrelevant (in my opinion) to what it should be doing... is there a webpage, youtube video or anything else online available to show me what the app does?
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PhxDroid86 said:
That app before downloading, request an insane amount of permissions that are irrelevant (in my opinion) to what it should be doing... is there a webpage, youtube video or anything else online available to show me what the app does?
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I ripped this off my friends Note 3 and video share instantly appeared. Not sure if it does anything else but it solved my problem.
madmike593 said:
I ripped this off my friends Note 3 and video share instantly appeared. Not sure if it does anything else but it solved my problem.
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Post some screen shots of the app running... I mean even if I install it, how does the app work? Will it allow me to connect to the note 3? Ultimately I dont know why the new update doesnt have these options built in? Dont really care for 3rd party apps either
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PhxDroid86 said:
Post some screen shots of the app running... I mean even if I install it, how does the app work? Will it allow me to connect to the note 3? Ultimately I dont know why the new update doesnt have these options built in? Dont really care for 3rd party apps either
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This apk doesnt run as such and wont appear in your app drawer. It seems to act as more of a plugin for group play.
Seems silly to me to. I dont see why it cant be part of the app.
Did you bother to try this in the end?
If you dont trust my file you can always download a stock N3 firmware and rip the apk from that yourself
PhxDroid86 said:
Post some screen shots of the app running... I mean even if I install it, how does the app work? Will it allow me to connect to the note 3? Ultimately I dont know why the new update doesnt have these options built in? Dont really care for 3rd party apps either
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This is the best I can do screenshot wise.
madmike593 said:
This is the best I can do screenshot wise.
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Hey, thanks. Tried it but It won't install... pretty sure that it's because of non root stock. The question remains if a rooted phone would this work?
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jp2dj1 said:
Hey, thanks. Tried it but It won't install... pretty sure that it's because of non root stock. The question remains if a rooted phone would this work?
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My phone is rooted. You could try placing it in system/apps and changing permissions to rw-r-r
madmike593 said:
This apk doesnt run as such and wont appear in your app drawer. It seems to act as more of a plugin for group play.
Seems silly to me to. I dont see why it cant be part of the app.
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The app is visible in the app drawer. The rom maker took out this app which needs to go in system app and change permission. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5jjiqqiw4rhmkmk/SecVideoList.apk
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cameljockey1 said:
The app is visible in the app drawer. The rom maker took out this app which needs to go in system app and change permission. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5jjiqqiw4rhmkmk/SecVideoList.apk
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The app you have added is not the one required to make group play video sharing work. That one is part of the stock video player app.
madmike593 said:
The app you have added is not the one required to make group play video sharing work. That one is part of the stock video player app.
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I know. You were saying it doesn't appear in the app drawer. So you need this for it to appear. I like having the app in the app drawer instead going to the gallery which takes more time.
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cameljockey1 said:
I know. You were saying it doesn't appear in the app drawer. So you need this for it to appear. I like having the app in the app drawer instead going to the gallery which takes more time.
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I see what your saying but the share video apk that i have posted does not show in app drawer at all. It seems to be a plugin for group play
madmike593 said:
I see what your saying but the share video apk that i have posted does not show in app drawer at all. It seems to be a plugin for group play
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Lol I gotcha now. So does it work when trying to stream to a TV as it did before? I am not home so I can't try myself.
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cameljockey1 said:
Lol I gotcha now. So does it work when trying to stream to a TV as it did before? I am not home so I can't try myself.
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As far as i can tell it does not effect the streaming to tv function as this worked for me both with and without the share video apk.
Hi, do you guys have any idea about this? I'm trying to make the bluetooth shortcut to work but it says this app is not installed. I didn't have this problem on 4.1.2 version.now I'm on 4.3 not rooted. Thank you.
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Okay after playing around and trying to figure out how to do this I find out how. You need a smart TV that's connected to your home network. That can recognize media files from your phone. Like a media server. I have a Sony TV so I went to settings turned on near by devices and allowed my TV to look in my phone. Then go to wherever on your TV to find the media connection and browse from your TV.
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plzz help
madmike593 said:
You need a further app called 'share video 1.1' i will try and upload it in a bit
EDIT: Here it is try this and let me know
https://www.dropbox.com/s/savw1wm4maf6agf/ShareVideo.apk
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First thx for your upload, but I'v try many times to install it via root maneger or free way but no luck.. :'( its says "not installed"
Do you have any other way to do it? Maby differnt apk?
Plz help!!
Its work!!! Thenk you so much!! I used root maneger and put the file in system/app then rw-r-r and reboot it!!
Group play version 2.5.xxx

[Q] File Transfer Apps

Hey everyone,
Just wondering if I could get some suggestions on good wifi file transfer apps - like my last Samsung I can't for the life of me get this phone to be recognized by Windows. I am rooting and running the awesome Kang AOKP ROM.
WiFi File Explorer is having trouble moving files around - I keep getting network errors on my failed downloads in Chrome on my PC.
Any other more stable app suggestions?
I still can't connect mine either haha
I use Air droid from the market..free and works awesome
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I find ES explorer to do pretty much anything I need. Wifi, samba, bluetooth, wifi direct. Also free in the market, and allows root access (su permitting)
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Search before asking. Someone has likely already asked.
Spell your words completely, and use punctuation. It confuses people when you use "u" and "ur" and "dat", or when you wrongly use "there/their/they're/your/you're".
Be nice. Don't be rude, just move on to another post without leaving a comment. We are not 7 years old.
And PLEASE, do not ask for the "best" anything. We all have our preferences.
Thanks for the suggestions I will check them both out... I already have ES but didn't configure any servers on it. I am having luck with WiFiDroid- another freebee
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yeah they are all similar. I find airdroid very fast.. i transfer a 1.4 gig file in about 5 min.
PScales17 said:
Hey everyone,
Just wondering if I could get some suggestions on good wifi file transfer apps - like my last Samsung I can't for the life of me get this phone to be recognized by Windows. I am rooting and running the awesome Kang AOKP ROM.
WiFi File Explorer is having trouble moving files around - I keep getting network errors on my failed downloads in Chrome on my PC.
Any other more stable app suggestions?
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ES Filexplorer is the best.
GUI gets a little wierd at times but it has so many features it can do what your asking.
I actually just discovered pushbullet today it allows for file, picture, text, etc to be pushed from Chrome, or any Android device to another. It even lets you push them to friends phones who have the app as well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android
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ShrekOpher said:
I actually just discovered pushbullet today it allows for file, picture, text, etc to be pushed from Chrome, or any Android device to another. It even lets you push them to friends phones who have the app as well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android
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Nice. I use Air droid for huge files.like moving my ROMs to my phone etc..
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