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[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
[MENTION=3033638]seltaeb[/MENTION]

id be very much happy if samsung dosent fixes the smearing issue. I love the zero blacks than anything. In day time with 20+ brightness you wont note smearing. Whenever i use the mobile in dark environment ill just turn on screen adjuster. thus we can have the best of both the worlds. If samsung can fix this without compromising the black levels(very unlikely) then it would be awesome.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
You do have a point there. Let's see how (and whether) Samsung resolves this. I think they will be loathe to turn off the zero blacks, because that'll also impact battery life somewhat.

BTW, started your kernel experimentation yet?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
After comparing temps I think it does overheat and a defective one.

Guys but the state is custom. Samsung guys wont accept for a replacement I think....
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
Check my battery life, it's horrible

Hardly 40 mins of game andvusual internet browsing with 1hr 30 mins of screen time.

The battery was 100 % at 1 am last night and in morning at 11:30 when I wake up I found this.

I did stop media from running services
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Maybe you should wait till Chainfire updates his TriangleAway thing for the i9500. Or just flash to stock and keep your fingers crossed.

I went with a friend to get his camera fixed on the S3 and they didn't check for the counter at all -- fixed under warranty, just needed the bill.
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware

Flash stock it will make it official

Incase a counter is "hidden" they may not take donno as i cant see anything even running Rom or on stock may be hav to wait till @Chainfire gets Triangle away compatiable
[Galaxy S 4 General] funtoosh:
If you are worried about the counter, don't worry about it, i sold my S3 to a friend, he installed cyanogen and for some reason his touchscreen (the digizer was bad, everything except touch was working) stopped working after few days, it was under warranty so he just flashed it again with stock and gave it to samsung service centre and they replaced the whole screen for free
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Thank you guys for the suggestions... :)

I currently underclocked it to 1Ghz and using it.

Will wait for chainfire...
[Galaxy S 4 General] lorzinian:
S4 available in ebay US daily deals for 599 USD.

What would be the cheapest way to import?
[Galaxy S 4 General] aditya1987:
Hey mate mediaserver is draining ur battery..download rescan media root from the market and disable media scanner..when u copy paste any file or something enable it for some time then disable it again...Most of the ROMs around are giving awesome battery backup..screentime upto 6.5hrs..do this and check..

Thank me if that helped
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
not yet mate, looks like it will take some time :)

if i read correctly somewhere chainfire will release the updated version of triangle away soon, wait till then.

its the damn media scanner issue, cant beleive google hast fixed it yet.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
Triangle away coming soon for i9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] v_shastri13:
S4 as remote for Air conditioners AC

Hi,

The initial reports of S4 had mentioned the possibility of controlling air conditioners through the IR blaster.

Can someone help me with ideas on how to do the same. I have a Voltas air conditioner at Home. Is there some direct app, or a way to decode the IR signal of the AC remote and simulate it through S4.

Whatever I have looked up on the net involves procuring additional hardware which I am not interested in.

Have already managed to control my local made setup box, Sony DVD and Samsung TV through Watch on.

Vishal
[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
Download smart remote app on Google play....

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] gchindi:
Any links to individual CSC packages guys? I need odin flashable csc packages please??
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
What is the latest price of s4 in India?
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
37k street price
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
If you are lucky you can grabb it in 37000rs from shop or online with deal price

Otherwise 37-38k

If you don't care wether it's 2nd hand than you can get 2nd hand s4 in well condition with waranty in around 34 in Bonny Plaza (andheri) or Hira Panna Mumbai...
[Galaxy S 4 General] rachitboom2:
Which app are you taking about?

There are tons on play store but most of them are for network or bluetooth control
[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy&hl=it

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
Guys, what's the best street price in Bangalore? who's offering?

cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
so my s4 gets pretty hot while chargin...havent played real intensive games yet,so dunno about heating then....and during normal use, it seems pretty alright,,,

but chargin gets it pretty hot as hell !

so u other guys with the heating issue....is it the same way with ul or what ?

also...what are the apps ul use for temp measuing ?

also, we check, cpu, gpu and battery temps only ?? or some other component too ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] 50103:
Yes.. My GS4 gets pretty hot while charging too.I read somewhere that the 2Amp charger provided with the GS4 causes this... If you charge the GS4 with other samsung chargers.. it does not seem to get hot :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 General] fatekills:
The latest firmware did not fix this issue ?Stillm the device gets hot ? did nyone contact sammy care for this issue ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
Im on XXUAMDK ...pure stock. ..and it says its the latest firmware for me...

and yeah the problem definitely still there...

other guys...please provide your inputs....

I bought my s4 from flipkart...which has 30 days replacement warranty or something. .so should I claim it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Quick Question

Does the Battery backup of the device (S4 or any other) depend on the charger???

I ask this question cause i Know that the charging time does depend on the charger but since that last 15 days I have noticed that my S4 give great battery backup when charged with my S3 charger and very poor battery backup when charged with my S2 charger. Haven't used my S4 charger yet..!! But I was just wondering if Battery backup of the device depend on the charger???
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
When used with the bundled charger, the Galaxy S 4 recharges much faster than HTC's One, despite using a larger battery. Obviously the Galaxy S 4 will charge with any USB charger, but the charge time will simply be longer. Samsung uses a voltage divider and signals the presence of their own charger by sending 1.2-1.3 V across the D+ / D- pins, this is similar to what Apple does with 2.0 or 2.8 V across the pins for various USB chargers they've shipped over the years. This signaling is essentially Samsung's proprietary tablet charging signaling which they've employed on the Galaxy Note 2 and now SGS4, in fact the two use the same exact charger, so it's worth tossing out your old ones and getting the appropriate one to take advantage of the faster charging.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Thanx for the info but what I wanted to know was that does the charger affect the battery backup of the device. ??!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
Well it shouldn't
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
No
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
hey, u said this could be fake on eBay :

Item: SLIM ARMOR SPIGEN SGP case for Samsung Galaxy S4 + Free Scratch Guard

Seller: mhlocean21

this is what the seller replied :

"It's an original but doesn't come with authentic code because with code price is Rs.2500/- which is unnecessarily expensive, so we thought to bring in reasonable price at origin side of spigen with out code. Its a sealed pack with all hologram including a default Screen guard inside the pack."

so guys, please can anyone decode or explain what he meant about the code and origin side ? seems dicey to me...he has a 100% feedback score, but only by 10 users. Pleas help, i like the cases !
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
http://www.spigen.com/counterfeit_products

In short, We place a unique holographic logo sticker on each of our products, please make sure that the sticker is an original sticker with our logo on it. We also have placed in each of our items a unique 10-character authentic number that can be found inside each of our products. You may go to our website at original.spigen.com to check the authenticity of your product.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
dam tht means its fake ?? :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
go with this seller

http://www.ebay.com/sch/united.auth...h=item41735dfd63&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

and save on shipping from US mate.
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
Simple reason is most of these companies get their products made in China and it is easy as pie to get one easily made for small vendors compromising the material used.

I have ordered one of the cheaper ones and I really don't expect it to work that stupendously, but I will invest in real Spigen Glas.tr screen protector. I will share how the neo-hybrid from H/K, China fare in real world. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matthewma.swipe_home check this
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
can u please share the links for the HK ones u purchased ? have u recieved them ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
It's so silent in here???
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
yeah its like i9000 days !!

THE ONE indain thread is like how the s3 indian thread was last may !!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Raven'sSight:
The I9100 Indian thread used to fly too but think samsung got it wrong this time. Trusted on, don't fix what is not broken. They will sell billions maybe but they failed, for me, this time.

Sent from handheld. Please ignore typos.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
yep I too do agree with u
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
It's really too quite in this whole 9500 fourm, not this thread alone..

Even my old phone galaxy 3 ( not s3 just 3 ) had more development and disscusion even after 1.5 years of its launch and by that time is successor galaxy ace was already in Market but it still didnt hindered any of its development...

I always knew this phone would have less number of roms msybe because of aosp but even there are hardly any touchwiz roms out there just 3 to 5 as I counted..

Checking the one fourm made me remember what development should be like.

I know msny great people are surely developing great things for this phone but I wonder how long will it continue 5 or 6 months till note 3 comes and every developer wants to play with the improved exynos and hardware.

I wish i will be wrong..

This phone is just FREAKING AWSM and I do love it but I would also love to see some development...:beer::o
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Is the quadcore s4 version available in India?

Which is better?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Funkym0nkey:
You are still better off with i9500. As someone who imported 9505 recently out of curiosity(received it 2 days back), I can safely say that you are better off with 9500. I don't know what is the deal with s600 but this is my second s600 device after Htc one and I am facing similar issues with games. skipped frames and stuttering every now and then in 2d games. And battery definitely does not last add much as 9500. Specially while going wen browsing. 9505 gets almost 45 to 50 minutes less display time than my 9500.

I know CM and other aosp roms are big pull for some people. But I world rather have 9500 on custom rom and run nova launcher on top.

We already have wanam and omega for our device. Those are the two developers that I have used most for past Samsung devices. So not really losing to much add long as those two are working on our 9500.

I prefer 9500 enough to have made up my mind about putting 9505 on eBay on Monday. Not enough there in that version for 9500 owner to consider it.

And for some reason 9500 has definitely better screen. It is not just calibration issue but the screen on 9500 looks to have deeper Black than 9505. Not just when screen is on, but also when screen is totally off as well. Looks like different panel.

From my Galaxy S4, in your face.....
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
Sorry it is not from HK, but China.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230982620335?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Mind it, it is NED hybrid, not NEO Hybrid, lol!

Ebay items listed in China are couple of dollars cheaper than those in HK, but on the other hand shipping time is more from China.:cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
yup...wanam and indie is already there. faryaab is coming up with super nexus and is cooking CM 10.1. plus, we have andreilux for kernels.things ain't as bad as people are saying. ;) We just gotta wait. the devs bifurcated due to different chipset versions of the S4. anyway, am really bored off the extremely high temperature of the phone. doesn't feel good. sometimes it gets so hot that I cannot even put the phone on my ear. :\

hope samsung fixes these issues.
[Galaxy S 4 General] adyscorpius:
Where are you based off? And how much are you selling for?
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Officially we dont have the quadcore version available in india only octa core is available

But i have seen some shops selling it on grey market bangalore at&t unlocked one
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
I would suggest people to stay away from those phones which aren't unlocked the official way. They tend to get locked at a later time with future firmware updates & becomes a PITA to unlock them again.

Instead of buying the unlocked devices which were carrier locked previously, it's simply best to go with factory unlocked ones. Also No matter what you buy I'm sure I9505 variant since it's not been sold officially by Samsung here, it'll have no warranty here so be smart before you spend around 40k because you never know when you need warranty service in next 12months.
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Yes i too agree
[Galaxy S 4 General] Funkym0nkey:
That is not true. This is not iPhone.

You can buy unlock codes which are official unlock codes which permanently unlocks these phones using IMEI number. These will stay unlocked forever. There is nothing to worry about such phones as far as unlocking is concerned.

Warranty is whole different thing though. And yes the only thing you can get repaired on these phones is probably the display and buttons and replacement battery. Anything else goes wrong, you have to send phone to US to get repaired or replaced under US warranty. But for that you better make sure you buy it yourself or through someone you know who will help you in the future to get warranty service in US. No point buying such phones from grey dealers (unless you really know them very well and they are ready to help).

I am from Mumbai, but phone is already sold to other fellow XDA member who saw this post and had my IM id from our previous encounter :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] spacetribe99:
Anyone facing a disturbance in the earpiece ?

SAMSUNG SC are refusing to replace the phone.

The last time I had a problem with my galaxy s3, they returned it with a lot of scratches.

I don't want to give them my s4 unless I am getting a replacement.

Any Suggestions?

I'm from Mumbai.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
I pm some peoples in xda, that what happening with s4, I heard that Samsung closed something or what, I have less knowledge, I was absent in this forum, please tell me, somepeople also said that support gone less for s4, why?

Octa core version has problems?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Raven'sSight:
No exynos source. Difficult to build new stuff. Devs concentrating on other devices that have sources available. Maybe a bit late but they will start coming I think at an okay rate! Blame samsung!

Sent from handheld. Please ignore typos.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rl421403:
These grey market phones could be fakes too...

We already seen those with S3. So I would not recommend buying a costly phone like S4 from grey market.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
So, I should not buy s4?

M using xz s3 already..

And why Samsung closed the source?
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
I agree upon unlock codes part but that's not how it works in grey market area. Unless you know person or seller there are high chances of been scammed.

I have seen folks had their S2's getting locked on XDA and real life because they where unlocked using unofficial or illegal methods (Apps, tools, exploits etc)
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
Hmmm....your spot-on regarding the blacks.

this is my first galaxy where the screeen pixels actually freaking turn all off !! its like divine when u see those blacks. Only the original i9000 had come close to this level of black !!

so, the 9500 peices, all of them have the extreme deep blacks or there are variances in the 9500 models too, with some of them not being absolute black ?? people here, please tell me this !!

The reason im asking is cause my current piece has PERFECT blacks ! no blotches, nothing !

but the phone heats up ALOT while charging, and a bit while gaming...( havnt tested real intensive games though )...

i bought it from flipkart, n they provide 30-day replacement guarantee....so can someone pls advice me regarding this ??

that if this heating thing is software related or hardware related ?

i need to decide soon !!

---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:16 PM ----------

if u dont care for CM, trust me, the 9500 is a great phone !!

i was dead set on the htc one, and still want it, but kept that on hold cause no 64 gb version yet..

and got this ! and trust me, i was blown away by the screen of the s4 and the phone overall is not bad at all, and people who said the design sucks, trust me, the black mist variant looks great, atleast from front, that edge to edge display is gorgeous !

and Touchwiz or crapwiz aint that crappy afterall...it hardly lags man....not as bad as people said !

a few stripped customs roms based on stock firmware, and this phone will fly !
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
New version of Tapatalk should try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapatalk.tapatalk4
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
In developer option I have limited the apps running in the background to 4 but everytime I restart my handset it reverts back to standard limit now is der a away to permanently set that to 4.thnxx

Sent from my Galaxy S4 .
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Thanx man!!

It has stuck pixel too?

And tell me issues, which should I see when I will go to buy..
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
I have been using this since a month now and honestly i havent found any problem

No pixel issue also

infact i m happy with stock ROM also did not need any extra features

only one thing i did nt like it sound quality for music with headphones on

I can say thats boz i like HTC Butterfly sound which is awesome
[Galaxy S 4 General] lmuralidharan:
Try poweramp with good quality headphones - really sounds great. I use tekfusion heasphonea
[Galaxy S 4 General] adwitmishra17@gmail.com:
Its pretty difficult to get i9505 in india and its likely that u have to import it overseas.

You can also check ebay for they might have a deal for you:)

IMO i9500 is better than i9505..why dont you get the indian.version?
[Galaxy S 4 General] deepforest:
20 % off on spigen official site

20 % off on spigen official site

for today only
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyryn:
i have ZERO issues with my screen ! no pink tint too, just the normal amoled off whites !

i think the main issue most people have faced and is concerning is the overheating prob..it happens for me while charging...and ppl who say thats normal just havent experienced that kind of heat with their handsets, or they really dont mind it ! i really wanna know if this is hardware related or software, so i can accordingly decide whther to ask for a replacement or not...

and u cant check for this issue right when u purchase,,,only after some prolonged usage u will know how bad it is for your handset...

other issues maybe software ones like smearing and touchwiz lags...

anyway, u should read the last 50 pages of this thread if u care about your money ! ul get a good idea what to look out for !
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Question: say I were to flash another kernel (like Adam kernel by wanam), Cwm recovery and the Cwm camera fix (which is brilliant btw, for those with camera reboots). Can i get back to stock without wiping? Odin flash the whole stock rom and good to go?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
thanks a lot, just ordered one glas.tr and one neo hybrid for myself ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
I felt like telling, you guys that chainfire has said that there will be no Triangle Away app for the I9500 as of now :(

https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/CsGDaGqMHsX
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Guys just got my neo hybrid Dante red , it's an amazing case..it's so hard finding these kind of cases in India. I would recommend purchasing from this seller as shipping from United states would be $2 in comparison to spigen official website which charges much more but obviously that's a faster channel.. :)

Check my previous post for eBay link.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
So the message is clear;

don't root your device until solution will be available

or

Root your device if you don't care about Warranty stuffs
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Guys need an honest opinion pls. I really need cm or aokp bcoz touchwiz is all crappie for me. How long do been have to wait to get those 1 month 2 3 or more ? Also if anyone here sold their s4 to get htc one pls let me know ur experince
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
It's because of the fragmentation caused by samsung with different soc

---------- Post added at 08:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

The issue is related both with hardware and software, since the processor is powerful it gets hot/warm regularly. Henc the bugs like media scanner make things worse. If people are bothered about the heat just underclock your device to 1.3 or 1.4ghz and trust me you won't even notice any difference in speed. Even antutu scores 28k with just 1.4ghz.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
It's very disappointing to know that so called battery efficient octa core consumes more battery than SD600 quad...

I9505 70hrs:cool:

I9500 65 hrs :o

See here

http://blog.gsmarena.com/battery-te...9500-galaxy-s4-complete-here-are-the-results/
[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
U sersly care about those numbers?? :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
Disappointed?? How many phones have 65 hrs of endurance in GSMarena test?

Remember this Thread by AndreiLux. If the results are so close even when the SoC is non-optimized at this point, think what updates can do to this.

Andrei has already mentioned the same. Don't bother about battery comparisons at this time. It's still good. Only thing is that it has much more potential. Maybe in next few batch they will be able to solve this issue.

The same happened with GS3 and Note2. They took the same SoC, made it more awesome in Note 2 in terms of both battery life and performance.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
which issue?
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
Don't bother with battery comparisons on the i9500, the phone is unfinished
[Galaxy S 4 General] rubenswing:
Yes but remember Andrei has also said that nothing can be done about it as its the hardware at fault... so whtever the case is we have to live with it....there can never be any HMP and core switching as such, as the h/w is unable to take it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
Yes, that's why I am saying about next batches. Obviously Samsung didn't have enough time to implement this initially. It will definitely come someday. I can only speculate here. But I expect it to be implemented in future production batches or in Note 3. For last 2 years, we have seen that the Note lineup is much better optimized compared to S-series. I am sure we would see a different hardware implementation say few months down the line or in Note 3. This obviously doesn't help whoever has bought the device already. Always a risk with early adopters.