Samsung Galaxy SIII, what software to use to manage it on computer?

Ripebear · 05-06-2012, 22:33

I'm unsure, had a look online via google but only found some software called Samsung PC studio which was last updated in 2009..

Just wondered what is Samsungs version of Ovi Suite/Itunes etc? Thanks

Brett · 05-06-2012, 22:36

Its called Kies

alan1302 · 05-06-2012, 22:39

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Originally Posted by Brett

Its called Kies

And it's an awful piece of software unfortunately.

Ripebear · 05-06-2012, 22:47

It's not really a big deal for me to be honest, just want some way to put my music on a little easier than cut and paste, Cheers though lads!

call100 · 06-06-2012, 06:57

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Originally Posted by alan1302

And it's an awful piece of software unfortunately.

Not had a problem with it. That said I only use it for updates connected. I use kies Air for most other things and find it OK.

livininadave · 06-06-2012, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripebear

It's not really a big deal for me to be honest, just want some way to put my music on a little easier than cut and paste, Cheers though lads!

no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone?

daclick · 06-06-2012, 09:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by livininadave

no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone?

Exactly! thats what ive been doing, only using kies for updates

Ripebear · 06-06-2012, 09:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by livininadave

no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone?

Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste.

Anika Hanson · 06-06-2012, 09:58

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Originally Posted by daclick

Exactly! thats what ive been doing, only using kies for updates

Dragging and dropping is so easy. Granted that Kies has been awful for me and I'm not using it, I actually find dragging and dropping really easy and straightforward. I had an iphone for 4 years and used itunes easily enough, but I much prefer doing away with software alltogether.

Ripebear · 06-06-2012, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anika Hanson

Dragging and dropping is so easy. Granted that Kies has been awful for me and I'm not using it, I actually find dragging and dropping really easy and straightforward. I had an iphone for 4 years and used itunes easily enough, but I much prefer doing away with software alltogether.

You could have a good point here. I play online games like World of Warcraft and I have a fairly old PC, so less applications the better for me.

Dai13371 · 06-06-2012, 10:28

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Originally Posted by Ripebear

Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste.

I know what you mean, an instant sync as soon as you plug the phone in. However, I can connect a Galaxy Tab via mass storage, select the songs from my computer, copy them and paste them onto the SD Card, then disconnect the Galaxy all before Kies has loaded and found the connected device. It truly is horribly coded.

daclick · 06-06-2012, 12:43

the only thing i dont like is when ive plugged my phone in to my laptop my laptop doesnt see it as a plugged in device so i literally have to pull the lead out of the handset once ive finished using it

paulker · 06-06-2012, 13:41

I bought a SGS3 to replace my iphone 4S. I have a mac only house. Lovely as the phone is its going back and I am going back to my iphone as the SGS3 syncing and integration is mince compared to the iphone. I shall patiently wait for the iphone 5. Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense.

neo_wales · 06-06-2012, 22:32

You should cut back visits to the Gym, they are wearing you out if you find drag and drop tiresome lol.

Schadenfreud · 06-06-2012, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulker

Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense.

Of course, why do the simplest thing in the world when there's a convoluted and time consuming way of doing it?

I have an 80gb video ipod, it was pretty much a paper weight until I installed trans control, so could actually use the damn thing the way I wanted to (by dragging and dropping, you guessed it).

Kies is an awful piece of software, but it is useful for backing up stuff such as contacts etc.
Other than that dragging and dropping to an S3 is really the simplest thing in the world.

matthewhotdude · 07-06-2012, 00:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripebear

Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste.

Well copy and paste is a hell of a lot easier and quicker than any software

matthewhotdude · 07-06-2012, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulker

I bought a SGS3 to replace my iphone 4S. I have a mac only house. Lovely as the phone is its going back and I am going back to my iphone as the SGS3 syncing and integration is mince compared to the iphone. I shall patiently wait for the iphone 5. Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense.

So you dont like doing something thats simple and quick

paulker · 07-06-2012, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthewhotdude

So you dont like doing something thats simple and quick

As an example if I buy some music on itunes on my mac its already on my iphone and ipad. I need not do anything.

I fi buy some music on amazon or itunes for that matter and want it on my samsung I have to buy it, connect the phone and then drag and drop the files. Also the Android mac file trasnfer sofware is a bit iffy not to mention kies which is the worst piece of software I have ever seen. I deleted it instantly.

If I take a photo on my iphone it is instantly in iphoto on the mac. If I take a photo on the samsung it goes to dropbox and then I need to import them from dropbox to iphoto.

I can live with the photos but the music is a pain.

Another thing is all my contacts are in icloud not gmail. Too much work!!

If the iphone 5 is really poor I may reconsider going back to the samsung as it is a really good phone.

artnada · 07-06-2012, 16:37

Wifi File transfer in Play store.

call100 · 07-06-2012, 17:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulker

As an example if I buy some music on itunes on my mac its already on my iphone and ipad. I need not do anything.

I fi buy some music on amazon or itunes for that matter and want it on my samsung I have to buy it, connect the phone and then drag and drop the files. Also the Android mac file trasnfer sofware is a bit iffy not to mention kies which is the worst piece of software I have ever seen. I deleted it instantly.

If I take a photo on my iphone it is instantly in iphoto on the mac. If I take a photo on the samsung it goes to dropbox and then I need to import them from dropbox to iphoto.

I can live with the photos but the music is a pain.

Another thing is all my contacts are in icloud not gmail. Too much work!!

If the iphone 5 is really poor I may reconsider going back to the samsung as it is a really good phone.

If you live in Apple land and everything syncs how you like it, a move to Android may have been the wrong move for you.
I suppose you could try Double Twist on your computer and AirSync on your Phone.
I can't say if it's any good as I don't personally use it, but, a couple of people have mentioned it and said it worked fine.
Hope you sort it so you can use the better phone....

neo_wales · 07-06-2012, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by artnada

Wifi File transfer in Play store.

Too easy for him lol.

Dai13371 · 08-06-2012, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by call100

If you live in Apple land and everything syncs how you like it, a move to Android may have been the wrong move for you.
I suppose you could try Double Twist on your computer and AirSync on your Phone.
I can't say if it's any good as I don't personally use it, but, a couple of people have mentioned it and said it worked fine.
Hope you sort it so you can use the better phone....

Forgive me for saying, but refusal to use drag and drop is a damn petty and extremely minor reason for not using what is a cutting edge, superb handset.

How about using Google Drive, everything stored in the cloud and synching takes seconds with wifi or decent 3G.

alanwarwic · 08-06-2012, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulker

Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense.

Some would call it freedom and literacy.

rjb101 · 08-06-2012, 18:40

Wife looks at my Galaxy with a glint in her eye.. "That's a nice phone" she purrs " And my 3gs is so old now..."

I explain how the music gets on to the phone..

"Sod that, I'll wait for the iphone 5"

pi r squared · 08-06-2012, 19:05

Don't Android 4.0+ devices support MTP? Surely that can be used to give iTunes-esque plug-and-sync capability?

(Unless Samsung have disabled MTP on the S3, which seems daft)

05-06-2012, 22:33	#1
Ripebear Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Samsung Galaxy SIII, what software to use to manage it on computer? I'm unsure, had a look online via google but only found some software called Samsung PC studio which was last updated in 2009.. Just wondered what is Samsungs version of Ovi Suite/Itunes etc? Thanks

05-06-2012, 22:36	#2
Brett Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sunderland Posts: 610	Its called Kies

05-06-2012, 22:39	#3
alan1302 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Yorks Posts: 6,180	Quote: Originally Posted by Brett Its called Kies And it's an awful piece of software unfortunately.

05-06-2012, 22:47	#4
Ripebear Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 11	It's not really a big deal for me to be honest, just want some way to put my music on a little easier than cut and paste, Cheers though lads!

06-06-2012, 06:57	#5
call100 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,572	Quote: Originally Posted by alan1302 And it's an awful piece of software unfortunately. Not had a problem with it. That said I only use it for updates connected. I use kies Air for most other things and find it OK.

06-06-2012, 09:46	#6
livininadave Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 137	Quote: Originally Posted by Ripebear It's not really a big deal for me to be honest, just want some way to put my music on a little easier than cut and paste, Cheers though lads! no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone?

06-06-2012, 09:53	#7
daclick Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,336	Quote: Originally Posted by livininadave no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone? Exactly! thats what ive been doing, only using kies for updates

06-06-2012, 09:56	#8
Ripebear Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Quote: Originally Posted by livininadave no offence, but what's so hard about copying and pasting, or dragging, music into the media/music folder on the phone? Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste.

06-06-2012, 09:58	#9
Anika Hanson Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 14,219	Quote: Originally Posted by daclick Exactly! thats what ive been doing, only using kies for updates Dragging and dropping is so easy. Granted that Kies has been awful for me and I'm not using it, I actually find dragging and dropping really easy and straightforward. I had an iphone for 4 years and used itunes easily enough, but I much prefer doing away with software alltogether.

06-06-2012, 10:00	#10
Ripebear Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Quote: Originally Posted by Anika Hanson Dragging and dropping is so easy. Granted that Kies has been awful for me and I'm not using it, I actually find dragging and dropping really easy and straightforward. I had an iphone for 4 years and used itunes easily enough, but I much prefer doing away with software alltogether. You could have a good point here. I play online games like World of Warcraft and I have a fairly old PC, so less applications the better for me.

06-06-2012, 10:28	#11
Dai13371 Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ammanford, South Wales Posts: 7,911	Quote: Originally Posted by Ripebear Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste. I know what you mean, an instant sync as soon as you plug the phone in. However, I can connect a Galaxy Tab via mass storage, select the songs from my computer, copy them and paste them onto the SD Card, then disconnect the Galaxy all before Kies has loaded and found the connected device. It truly is horribly coded.

06-06-2012, 12:43	#12
daclick Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,336	the only thing i dont like is when ive plugged my phone in to my laptop my laptop doesnt see it as a plugged in device so i literally have to pull the lead out of the handset once ive finished using it

06-06-2012, 13:41	#13
paulker Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 901	I bought a SGS3 to replace my iphone 4S. I have a mac only house. Lovely as the phone is its going back and I am going back to my iphone as the SGS3 syncing and integration is mince compared to the iphone. I shall patiently wait for the iphone 5. Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense.

06-06-2012, 22:32	#14
neo_wales Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Wales/Gran Canaria Posts: 8,298	You should cut back visits to the Gym, they are wearing you out if you find drag and drop tiresome lol.

06-06-2012, 23:59	#15
Schadenfreud Guest Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,291	Quote: Originally Posted by paulker Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense. Of course, why do the simplest thing in the world when there's a convoluted and time consuming way of doing it? I have an 80gb video ipod, it was pretty much a paper weight until I installed trans control, so could actually use the damn thing the way I wanted to (by dragging and dropping, you guessed it). Kies is an awful piece of software, but it is useful for backing up stuff such as contacts etc. Other than that dragging and dropping to an S3 is really the simplest thing in the world.

07-06-2012, 00:05	#16
matthewhotdude Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Birmingham Posts: 3,749	Quote: Originally Posted by Ripebear Nothing, I'm just incredibly lazy (Even though I go to the gym 7 times a week and lift haha) and want something that will sort it a little better than standard cut and paste. Well copy and paste is a hell of a lot easier and quicker than any software

07-06-2012, 00:07	#17
matthewhotdude Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Birmingham Posts: 3,749	Quote: Originally Posted by paulker I bought a SGS3 to replace my iphone 4S. I have a mac only house. Lovely as the phone is its going back and I am going back to my iphone as the SGS3 syncing and integration is mince compared to the iphone. I shall patiently wait for the iphone 5. Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense. So you dont like doing something thats simple and quick

07-06-2012, 09:58	#18
paulker Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 901	Quote: Originally Posted by matthewhotdude So you dont like doing something thats simple and quick As an example if I buy some music on itunes on my mac its already on my iphone and ipad. I need not do anything. I fi buy some music on amazon or itunes for that matter and want it on my samsung I have to buy it, connect the phone and then drag and drop the files. Also the Android mac file trasnfer sofware is a bit iffy not to mention kies which is the worst piece of software I have ever seen. I deleted it instantly. If I take a photo on my iphone it is instantly in iphoto on the mac. If I take a photo on the samsung it goes to dropbox and then I need to import them from dropbox to iphoto. I can live with the photos but the music is a pain. Another thing is all my contacts are in icloud not gmail. Too much work!! If the iphone 5 is really poor I may reconsider going back to the samsung as it is a really good phone.

07-06-2012, 16:37	#19
artnada Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,397	Wifi File transfer in Play store.

07-06-2012, 17:32	#20
call100 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,572	Quote: Originally Posted by paulker As an example if I buy some music on itunes on my mac its already on my iphone and ipad. I need not do anything. I fi buy some music on amazon or itunes for that matter and want it on my samsung I have to buy it, connect the phone and then drag and drop the files. Also the Android mac file trasnfer sofware is a bit iffy not to mention kies which is the worst piece of software I have ever seen. I deleted it instantly. If I take a photo on my iphone it is instantly in iphoto on the mac. If I take a photo on the samsung it goes to dropbox and then I need to import them from dropbox to iphoto. I can live with the photos but the music is a pain. Another thing is all my contacts are in icloud not gmail. Too much work!! If the iphone 5 is really poor I may reconsider going back to the samsung as it is a really good phone. If you live in Apple land and everything syncs how you like it, a move to Android may have been the wrong move for you. I suppose you could try Double Twist on your computer and AirSync on your Phone. I can't say if it's any good as I don't personally use it, but, a couple of people have mentioned it and said it worked fine. Hope you sort it so you can use the better phone....

07-06-2012, 20:02	#21
neo_wales Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Wales/Gran Canaria Posts: 8,298	Quote: Originally Posted by artnada Wifi File transfer in Play store. Too easy for him lol.

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08-06-2012, 14:27	#22
Dai13371 Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ammanford, South Wales Posts: 7,911	Quote: Originally Posted by call100 If you live in Apple land and everything syncs how you like it, a move to Android may have been the wrong move for you. I suppose you could try Double Twist on your computer and AirSync on your Phone. I can't say if it's any good as I don't personally use it, but, a couple of people have mentioned it and said it worked fine. Hope you sort it so you can use the better phone.... Forgive me for saying, but refusal to use drag and drop is a damn petty and extremely minor reason for not using what is a cutting edge, superb handset. How about using Google Drive, everything stored in the cloud and synching takes seconds with wifi or decent 3G.

08-06-2012, 16:34	#23
alanwarwic Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: the wild world web Posts: 28,132	Quote: Originally Posted by paulker Cant be bothered with drag and dop nonsense. Some would call it freedom and literacy.

08-06-2012, 18:40	#24
rjb101 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,609	Wife looks at my Galaxy with a glint in her eye.. "That's a nice phone" she purrs " And my 3gs is so old now..." I explain how the music gets on to the phone.. "Sod that, I'll wait for the iphone 5"

08-06-2012, 19:05	#25
pi r squared Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,185	Don't Android 4.0+ devices support MTP? Surely that can be used to give iTunes-esque plug-and-sync capability? (Unless Samsung have disabled MTP on the S3, which seems daft)