yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
its kinda misinformed, entropy512 earlier clearly said that the work in the github is just for recovery and nothing else, but also heard some news about faryaab and codeworkxx working on bringing cm support(it may end up a rumor). though the news is not credible im waiting for some nightly sometime soon
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
Hello Bala_gamer,

am running MDK version,

official rooted via adam kernel 1.1

could there be an issue with it..

i also have cwm installed.

now if i want to update adam kernel to 1.2, should i use the cwm or can i use odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
Which ia the most lag free firmware right now?

I'm running mdk and it's very laggy.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
use odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] jammyjamil:
Does anyone know from where to get the 32gb variant?
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
It isn't available or launched yet
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
Good morning guys

Im gonna update ROM today
[Galaxy S 4 General] V2IBH2V:
Guys, new here. So, I am considering to buy the S4, and this would be my first android. I will also be interested in the development of ROMs for this device. So, do you think that this is a good device to start with?

I am going for this because of the fact that flagships have a longer lifespan. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Its a good and reliable phone -- in my experience so far. Some people have problems with heating and reboots when using the camera. Everyone has the screen smearing issue (which is visible only in Settings type screens). There's a workaround for the issue though.

This phone is as good as any previous Samsung phones for ROM development (stock ROM based). AOSP is another story altogether.

If this is your first Android, you'll probably love the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
MDK is laggy because in order to counter the overheating they frequently switch between core clusters i think.

Also in MDK my 3G is like flaky. They often put a cap ther also i think.

RESULT : phone stays cool most of the time and become warm only under heavy situation. While browsing havily 5 out of 10 pages are not loaded. !!!

Difficulty in even tapatalking man :o:confused::mad:

Thats why enabled wifi tethering and sending via my note2.

Just keeping all my hopes on AndreiLux.

Imp : yesterday after installing omega, media scanner started and phone top half was burning. I quickly installed Media Root Scanner and stopped the dreaded Media Scanner. Then slowly temp went down.

I knew that its gona happen. Luckily my Note2 is still with me.

Lets see what happens. The overall experience is laggy.

Unpredictable 3G hickups and laggy environment.

Just cant simply run multiple apps together it just freaks out.

Also phone hangs with Bittorrent running in background. Damn my note2 and s3 never hanged...

M getting frustrated with s4...

One thing is overheating... if it can take it, fine i dont mind. But underperforming 3G and stupid laggy multitasking....

Oh man this thing sucksssssssssss **** **** ****ty samdung.....

I might go back to Note2....
[Galaxy S 4 General] V2IBH2V:
I think that it is the ROM thats problematic. becuz, i read smwhere that the data speeds of S4 are brilliant. a simple re-flash can solve this. Then the overheating issue, get to service centre and show them.. Possibly they will replace it. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
Dude i am also on stock MDK. I am not facing any lag like you are saying. Multitasking is way better than s3. Multitasking on s3 is a joke. No idea about note2 though. Also i am getting good 3g speeds. I use ttorrent app to download torrents. It works like charm. I think you should go for replacement. On other hand i feel samsung should still optimize the software more.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
guy downloads through playstore have gotten very VERY slow. but normal downloads, like thorugh browser are normal

What could be the reason for this?
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
check your internet speed
[Galaxy S 4 General] V2IBH2V:
Do we have ME2 update thats reported to be lag-free??
[Galaxy S 4 General] bluevein:
Were you able to configure your airtel tv with watchon? Could you please share any useful info?
[Galaxy S 4 General] manmohan0339:
no, it is for GT-I9505, not for us GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
No buddy cannot so far

I've been requesting anyone here who can help us with airtel hd box
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
looks like there is no modell added yet for airtel. but airtel has a place holder in stb list. select airtel there and enter your stb model number there and send the report, hopefully they will add support soon.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I think going for a replacement is sound advice. During the old Note 1 days I know of two colleagues who had a heating problem with their phones. Both got a free replacement from Samsung -- no problems after that.

Maybe the issue is more prevalent here than the Note, but it certainly doesn't seem to be affecting all phones -- unlike the smearing issue which truly does.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Bala, you said something about the camera fw update on me1. Didn't happen for me. Do you have the file by any chance to do it manually?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
The new firmware comes with the stock kernel of me1, didn't update it as we don't have the source for new firmware yet
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Ah okay. I updated, but didn't get the firmware upgrading prompt when launching the camera app (saw that on a friends phone after update). On stock me1.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Where to add STB model No . I don't see any option there
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
it wont auto update afaik, once you finish installing ME1 goto dialer and type camera code *#3597...... (dont rem the code fully :D) in the opening window select cam firmware check there is will show u the new firmware no)

what i did is selected stb ,inside there i saw airtel hence selected it and i got a msg saying "no code found pls enter your model number", i entered my model no and sent it ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Did that. Still showing old code. Saw the updating camera firmware flash message on a friends phone when he launched it first time after updating to mdk. Weird. Anyways can't so anything about it. Gaah.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Well. I didn't get any msg
[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
ok..so i finally jumped the ship today :D :D

16 GB, black. nothing extra given along with it. 39,155 from the Samsung showroom. Kolkata. :angel:

seesh, am excited :D :D :D The display is awesome :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Welcome aboard. It's a neat phone :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Guys request you to read this post of mine

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41606260&postcount=120

and recommend me the cover...

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] uncanny:
I bought i9505 yesterday and I think my ear piece is faulty. The call quality totally ruins the phone experience, I can hear a bit of buzzing noise whenever I make a call, the noise only comes from earpiece, loudspeaker is fine. I factory reset the phone, upgraded to new firmware, but still the same. Have you guys noticed bit of buzzing noise while on call? It's not very strong, but it's there. It's easy to hear in a quieter place.

Initial impressions:

Screen is amazing, one of the best I've seen. Very sharp, but a battery hog.

Yes, there is lag and few times I got the error "Sorry, TouchWiz home has stopped working" Have I made a mistake buying snapdragon i9505? TouchWiz is optimized for Exynos. I can't say phone is faster than my 1 year old S3 i9305

Battery life is not so great, more or less the same as S3 LTE.

Air gesture only works flawless in the gallery swapping photos, but only works 30% of the time when you wanna hover to see the time in lock screen, I've noticed air gesture works better if phone is flat on the table.

This thing is a fingerprint and grease nightmare. You have to keep micro fiber handy at all times. I feel this thing becomes more greasy than S3.

I did not get bonus 50gb Dropbox storage with S4, turns out you can only claim it once which I did with my S3.

I did not face any 'over heating' issues, it gets warm while charging, but I did not run any graphics intensive games.

Overall, it's a great phone, but the slight buzzing noise while on call is really bugging me and now I'm thinking if the noise is in every i9505, then I will not send my phone to service center, may be i9500 has perfect call quality with no noise.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
View attachment 1975381

Try clear sound, may improve the call quality.
[Galaxy S 4 General] uncanny:
[MENTION=1955760]rkadve[/MENTION], I've been trying that all day, but the call quality is worse than my Nokia 101. Are the earpiece and mics different in i9500/9505?

Most dealers don't allow you to open the seal on the box and test the phone before paying, so I don't wanna get another i9505 with same issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vicedens2002:
i9505 is officially released in India??
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
[MENTION=1709831]uncanny[/MENTION]

Gestures work flawlessly here, especially the information preview with air view. If you haven't loaded much of the data into your phone try factory resetting it once.
[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
weird problem....

Got the S4 yesterday. but have a problem....cannot install CWM. Tried every one. ODIN passes the flashing, but when I try to reboot recovery, it just reboots the stock Samsung recovery. :confused:

any help?? please...

regards,

achyut.

P.S. - I have the drivers installed and ADB discovers it.

Also, DOWNLOAD COUNT is now showing "custom" and I have all of the sudden lost all the "smart" thingies and motion controls. weird. any help??
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
I too had the same problem, got a replacement. On the 2nd handset, I still had the problem but with clear sound very negligible. Try a different service provider sim & check if the problem persists. If yes then a defective earpiece.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Need more details. Which ROM, which root method, which recovery?

Stock MDK + Adam kernel (root) + Philz or Faryaabs recovery works just fine for me.

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I am interested in knowing this too. I don't think it's officially available but even imported pieces being available is interesting.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
The 50GB dropbox space is given with each samsung phone.

Just create a different email id and use it for creating new account in dropbox.

AComplete 4 out of 5 activities in dropbox site and get 50 gb free for 2yrs from now..

Just factory reset ur phone and during phone setup, create a new dropbox account.... u will get it...
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Guys recommend me cover easily available in India for shock-proof .. as my LCD cracked and getting replacement done.

Please read this post for more info

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41606260&postcount=120

Thanks

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Guys is this original case -- > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hot-sale-SP...Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item257df57767
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2276803

Follow the link and u ll have Root and cwm both

i too had same issue then i found the solution and made a thread hope this helps

for other issue like motion control etc may be flash a firmware thru odin and try all should be back not sure why thats happing
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
Kernel change

Hi guys,

Android Noob here.... i got a question . Im using Adam 1.1 kernel with cofface CWM recovery. Now i want to update my kernel from 1.1 to 1.2. How do i do this ??

1.Is flashing 1.2 kernel via odin is enough ?

2. If i flash the kernel with 1.2 will i loose CWM recovery ?(Do i need to install the CWM recovery again after flashing 1.2 kernel ?)
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Just flash 1.2 with odin done CWM will remain as its
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
Thats FAKE. I got the Original for $29.99 from SPIGEN directly. See the seller location, if its HOngKong/China, stay away. $3.99 is too less for such case.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
I bought this http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPIGEN-SGP-...l_Phone_Screen_Protectors&hash=item41735dfd63

can you confirm the authenticity ? THanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Yes I too guess so as after selecting the link of buy now it says 15 dollars plus
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
this one seems to be original....

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ofc its fake,,,scroll down,,its written "made in china,,not original" ...
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
Thanks mate .. successfully updated the kernel
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Guys just saw news about the official 4.2.2 firmware update leak for the S3..!! No Air View, No Air Gestures.. No Smart Scroll..!! Basically all you get is other 4.2.2 goodies like the extended notification panel.. daydrean.. lockscreen widgets.. etc.. So all those who have been waiting to see what features of S4 will become available to S3..

SamMobile

[YOUTUBE]8K02KtMA-ik[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Nothing wrong with an os update is there.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
guys i want to flash wanams ME1 ROM, but ive got apps from Samsung App store n so i would like to have it. I know wanam has a separate zip for all the samsung stuff but i only want the samsung app store. Is there anyway i can get its apk installer or something like that?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
Yup. Genuine. Got the same Case from SPIGEN Store on Ebay though. UPS Delivery, got it within 3 days in Boston.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Oh ritey, thanks! as my s4 screen got cracked due to normal drop. will this case help me?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
Cant Say! It depends on how it drops. if its normal table height, may be the case will open up alongwith battery cover. But if its more than chest level height it might get damaged. No Case can give you such protection, until its Kevlar made ;)

You always need to take care of your phone, unless you are not thinking of reselling it :P

I myself had only Karapace Jacket (Capdase), it provided no scratches etc and protected the edges of the phone which get more scratched in pockets, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
I didn't get your statement. Would you ponder over it some more..??
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
I meant it's not a bad thing. They're actually delivering a fw update. Which is what most people tend to crib about right..

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
I had the same problem.. it turned out to be router issue.. iv got two routers.. works fine with one and extremely slow speed with the other one.. dont know why:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
lol, i usually buy a mobile so that i can use atleast for 1.5 years but these days its hard haha .. I bought nexus4 to test android and its daily usability as average user and I loved the experience thats what made me buy s4 and not iPhone.

Can you tell me you used UPS First class or Express ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Yeah the update is a good thing... but many people were thinking that most of the S4 features will be available with the update on S3.. They aren't.. Samsung has made it sure that there still remains some exclusivity to S4 owners and buyers..!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Ah well.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Galaxy S4 Active: First Look

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41631821#post41631821
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Regarding the camera reboot issue, has anyone gone to Samsung Customer care?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
UPS First Class coz it took 3 days to deliver it to my brother in Boston.
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
OT:

Information on GPU enhancements in upcoming version of Android:

[YOUTUBE]vQZFaec9NpA[/YOUTUBE]

Other enhancements mentioned by Anandtech: http://anandtech.com/show/6965/the-next-version-of-android-some-of-whats-coming
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Anyone with root, could you please post the stock keyboard app please?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Great story, it's not ot at all:) tfs
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
It's really amazing how stock Android doesn't have AVRCP 1.3 support even now. Touchwiz has had it for sometime of course -- even on the S3, maybe earlier.

Just goes to show that not all Touchwiz stuff is bloatware, the improvements to the email / calendar and heck even the dialer are great too. You don't know how much 'basic' stuff is missing from stock Android till you've used a stock Nexus phone :-/
[Galaxy S 4 General] adyscorpius:
Its so good to see an active Indian user base here.. I just feel sad for buying the S4 specially after the S3 which was bloody awesome with 4.2.2 aosp roms etc.

you know how it feels to satisfy your OCD for rom flashing and suddenly having stock Touchwiz for like a milleniun on the S4. I have no issues at all really, just wanna know from old S3 users, hw are you faring with the S4? :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] CLARiiON:
True.. I recall many enhancements in notification, browser which was first came out in TW first. FFS, google is yet to figure how to make stock Android take decent photos.

Here's a paragraph from Anandtech's GS2 review:

Not everything is bloat. Every vendor tries to enhance the features in it's own way. Samsung is more aggressive and willing to differentiate based on features.

Infact they had BLE SDK for Galaxy devices before it came out for stock Android: http://developer.samsung.com/ble
[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
BROWSER.apk, please??

I deleted the stock sammy browser, but chrome is heating my s4 to tge level of frying pan. :(

can anyone give me the stock browser apk?? deodexed or not, doesn't matter...please.

thanks and regards,

achyut.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
AFAIK you should not delete stock browser, else you will have problems with banking websites.

Just like how deleting stock messaging app will give problems for receiving mms.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Yups, which is why this time around I am staying with stock TW. I have the Nexus 4/7 to play with AOSP. Going to use the S4 as my no-nonsense regular phone -- where 'everything just works'.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
I am doing the same :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] satya0011:
Guys can anyone tell me S4 price at local retail outlets. .... online price is MRP and I think it would be less on retail outlets. ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
Guys dude guyz nt GAY huhhh..

Sent from my Galaxy S4 .
[Galaxy S 4 General] satya0011:
Sorry dude.... spelling mistake. ...:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Its in between 39500 - 40500/- upto your bargaining power.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
stop spamming the board just to complete your 10 post!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] niketkumar:
Rs 37000/- in Delhi
[Galaxy S 4 General] aditya1987:
+1

Sent from my GT-I9500 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/xiaomi-mi3-shows-up-on-antutu-scores-84000-score/20331.html

Sadly no one purchases phone on the sole basis of benchmark, and I am skeptical about this:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I was on the Nexus 4 for a bit after the S3. So actually for once I am enjoying Touchwiz. Gonna keep it that way for a while (hopefully) :)

May get rid of some bloat apps though (Samsung's alternate reality - App store, Chat etc -- don't need that over the excellent Google eco-system).
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
lol... looks like either the antutu system is cheatd once again or its a clever photoshop, no hardware on earth as of now is capable of that score which i believe strongly

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though the difference will be day and night for a few days after the purchase, it will look almost on par with s3 once you push your customization. havign said that you can definitely note the difference on screen, multitasking,compact design, battery life anytime
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Recently when i tried to update SuperSU from playstore, the update downloads but doesnt install with message "insufficient storage space"

What ive noticed is that this is only happening for root apps. Other apps install and update fine. It started happening few mins back. PLEASE HELP!
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
Reboot into recovery & wipe cache and dalvik cache. Try updating the app and see if it helps.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Sm007hCriminal:
Camera crash

Anyone of you know any fix for camera causing device reboot?

I'm using I9500 (Octa core)
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I don't face this issue, but I am very curious about getting to the bottom of this oft reported issue.

Can you help with the following Qs please --

What storage have you selected? And if external, what class and make?

What ROM are you on?

Is there any other app like Skype or Yahoo! that uses a cam installed?

Does this happen with a non-stock camera app as well?
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
1. External storage, 64GB Class 10 scandisk ultra

2. Unrooted stock

3. Skype & Tango installed

4. Happens randomly, mostly from unlock screen.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rajaa_sekaran:
8X Zoom Mobile Telescope for S4 ....

Checkout this...:o

http://www.ebay.in/itm/8X-Zoom-Mobi...?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item4ac49e32b0
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
Just found that, to activate video snapshot, go to settings while playing a video & capture>on.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Thanks. Can you please try two things:

1. Change storage to internal

2. Log out of Skype / Tango (or preferably temp uninstall).

See if you can reproduce the issue after that.

I kind of suspect point 2 actually, Skype especially -- if I remember correctly it caused some issues on the S3 as well ('camera failed' msg) by somehow hogging the cam.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Happens to me as well, since the update maybe (I'm not sure about this, I had the phone for a couple of days when the update came out). Happens randomly, regardless of whether I have internal or external storage selected. I've had a reboot on hangouts as well once when I tried switching from the front to the rear camera.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] rl421403:
Are you by any chance using Adam kernel? If that is the case then you might want to flash Adam camera fix also.
[Galaxy S 4 General] aditya1987:
M not complainin bout that but definitely for the first tym after having all the devices of this S flagship series ,I feel that dev community is quite reluctant for this exynos version..

Sent from my GT-I9500 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] adyscorpius:
I feel like selling my S4. Never in my 4 years of Galaxy S devices have I stayed on Stock ROMs or seen so less development. All thanks to the stupid Samsung selling Exynos in India and Qualcomm elsewhere.. The problem is developers getting the option are stick off Exynos. Even in the longer run, I dont see myself holding this device with me. I'd rather get back to S3, flash a temasek CM or MIUI base... :P

Just cribbing.. Symptoms of flashing OCD withdrawal..
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
Even after a factory reset, the problem persists. No apps were added on the stock rom & no sd card.

Once on camera reboot I lost my wifi & bluetooth pairings, after that I did a factory reset.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
M not getting any sounds on my s4 !!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
Flash any stock rom and then reboot