Unable to send files from S3 to S2 via wifi Direct - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone.
I'm trying to send files over to my old S2 which is running the Samsung stock ICS rom. But S3 is unable to send anything over even though they are both connected. When I tap on the status information, I see the following status:
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Any advice on why is this so? Is S3 Wifi Direct incompatible with S2?
Please help! Thanks!

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U need to enable the WifiDirect Settings on the S2. If not you will not be able to send file from Note or S3 over to S2(Gingebread).

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Yes, I have already enabled the WifiDirect on S2. It is just a toggle to turn it on, am I right? Both the phones are able to get connected, but I just can't send files over to S2?

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Just to add. I'm unable to see any WifiDirect setting option on my phone.
I'm have no idea how can I configure it.

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I've just tried it between my S2 and S3, works fine. Switched wifi direct on both phones, they found each other immediately, accepted the connection from one to the other, used a file explorer to select a random file, long pressed on it, picked "send" then "wifi direct" in the list of options and done. Files on the S3 appear in a "share via wifi" folder on the internal sd.
Edit: also works fine from S3 to S2 but there's an extra step as in once I've selected "share" and "wifi direct" it pops a list of connected devices (just the one in my case) and I need to select the tick box for that device and click "done"
Sent from my CM9 TouchPad

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Isadora said:
I've just tried it between my S2 and S3, works fine. Switched wifi direct on both phones, they found each other immediately, accepted the connection from one to the other, used a file explorer to select a random file, long pressed on it, picked "send" then "wifi direct" in the list of options and done. Files on the S3 appear in a "share via wifi" folder on the internal sd.
Edit: also works fine from S3 to S2 but there's an extra step as in once I've selected "share" and "wifi direct" it pops a list of connected devices (just the one in my case) and I need to select the tick box for that device and click "done"
Sent from my CM9 TouchPad
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Thanks for the test. Then it may be something wrong with my S3? Because it keep trying to send out the file to S2, but there is nothing being received on my S2, after I done the same step of checking the checkbox from the list of devices. Tested with 2 different S2, and it is still the same.
:crying:

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chmun77 said:
Thanks for the test. Then it may be something wrong with my S3? Because it keep trying to send out the file to S2, but there is nothing being received on my S2, after I done the same step of checking the checkbox from the list of devices. Tested with 2 different S2, and it is still the same.
:crying:
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Just a thought... My S3 is running the unbranded UK XXBLFB rom (rooted with cf- root) so if yours is on a custom or carrier rom then maybe there's a problem in that firmware? S2 is on an ICS rom
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Isadora said:
Just a thought... My S3 is running the unbranded UK XXBLFB rom (rooted with cf- root) so if yours is on a custom or carrier rom then maybe there's a problem in that firmware? S2 is on an ICS rom
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I'm running the same rom too. My S2 is running the XWLPD ICS. I find sending from S2 -> S3 is an instant. However, sending S3 -> S2, the syncing and transferring of files is not as quick as S2 -> S3. I bet the issue lies in my S3. I need to retry couples of times in order to get successful transfer. But once a transfer is made, all other subsequent transfers will be like a breeze.
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