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[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
hence added the word may be..:mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Ignore pls
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
see the device gets hot , but not that much of heat which is unbearable. With a15 cores inside along with slimmer plastic body we people are feeling the heat more in hand and nothing else. I have already posted the thermal limits of s4 in thsi thread from kernel source so if the temp goes high it will simply throttle down and the temp will be reduced, nothing damaging or bad is going to happen. Do not forget that this is the first device having a full a15 quad core in a slimmer case along with plastic polycorbonate body, so people havent faced/seen any device that gets hot in hand and thus the reason for sudden panic. The phone charger is also using 2000ma charger for fast charging which will heat any device.

One thing people always forget when they talk about the heat is the damn media scaneer issue(android issue). If the media scanner service is running in the background it tends to overheat your device, with high power cpu in s4 its getting hot much faster. SO im telling you all who have heating issues to check the media service again. If it dosent fix the issue then it may be a faulty device.

Im telling this again, the high temperature we see on sytem tuner is normal (not being defensive about s4 here, i too had initial screen problems with faulty device and replaced it)unless you have a faulty device.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Hey mate. Any advice on how to keeo a tab on the mediaservice??
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
Simply download zedge from play store and search this ringtone its called single tone and ur issue shld b resolved.:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
will post some details about it soon in a separate thread. :)

btw i saw what you posted on your last post ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Thanks bro!!

I just dont know why some people are interested is just being negative. Didnt wanted to start an ugly discussion and clutter this awesome thread, hence deleted the post.

Cheers!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
S4 has its prons and cons but samsung will eventually make it better :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Here is my temp, taken on the way to home

Like [MENTION=3033638]seltaeb[/MENTION] said the temp jumps up and down frequently.

Eagerly waiting for a custom kernel possibly with core balancing, since the current drivers are using cluster shifting it either uses a7 or a15,all a15 cores are powered up even if it's not required.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
we used s3 never overheat like people saying s4 heats

s3 have same body

i think samsung make wrong design
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
hii..

thank you for the help..

i have zedge installed and download ringtones from zedge,

but the ringtone volume seems to be very low even when volume is put to max..

and the issue is, how long will i use one tune

and any way we can increase the volume..
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
S3 too gets heated, but It takes time to feel the heat on hands. A15 is always power hungry hence samsung went for big little, else it would have been a disaster to put a a15 in mobile. You picked up the body part in your reply but ignored the new architecture part and slimmer design I mentioned. People wrong interpret the heating part as an issue, there may have been few techniques samsung might have used to check this, but I believe they did their best in design, the software updates will make it only better. Don't forget the 2nd update reduced the heating during charging drastically.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Bala, all that is fine, but a number of people are complaining that the phone heats up so much that it is difficult to use. That's a bit disconcerting. No matter how neat the tech or slimness, if people cannot use their phones comfortably that's a real issue.

Even leaving aside the usual trollific postings, I think some (or maybe even a significant number) of these phones actually have heating issues.

I personally have not been able to replicate this on my device though, so I have a mixed opinion on this so far. Maybe it's restricted to a batch of phones or the country where they're manufactured?
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Exactly, it might be a faulty batch from some specific manufacturing unit. Me too couldn't replicate heat issues, I tried it after seeing few posts made by sys.developer in q&a thread but couldn't do so. I faced heating issue with mde firmware update and I also failed to check the media service which caused the issue. Now with mdk rom and Adam kernel I haven't faced any heat issue so far.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] ilordvader:
Is there 4G LTE launched & sold in India ?

any news on when Mumbai will get 4G LTE ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Godinhell:
search icona pop i love it
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Hey bala, do you think that adam kernel has better heat management than the stock kernel. If yes, then will root my phone, get cwm and will flash adam kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Only Reliance and MTNL have 4g licenses for Mumbai circle. I believe Reliance is planning to launch by end of this year. That's bad because I have no intention of moving to either operator. That being said I am quite happy with the Vodafone 3g services, so not really a problem.

And no, the i9505 which is the LTE variant is not officially sold in India.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xp3rto:
No problem mate :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ilordvader:
Thanks bro +1
[Galaxy S 4 General] arindam_mitra1985:
Hi All,

Back to Xda after some time.. bt this time with my new S4..im enjoying my new phone..bt i wanna have photosphere app on my device..

Bt i found no way to get it without root..if anyone could suggest some way or alternative app.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
A new observation, I turned off my mobile data and wifi for 30 minutes and the phone went cool as cucumber. The temp was down to 40. Now I am damn sure that there is some background pricess that keeps the processor busy.

Bala, I think you might be right about the mediaservice messing things up.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Even if you got the 9505, you wouldn't be able to use it here. We have tdd lte, the phones sold in Europe and the us support fdd. Unless I'm mistaken, the only other country I'm aware of that uses tdd lte is China.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
[MENTION=228377]Bala[/MENTION]:--- if i flash adam kernel, will i loose all the bug fixes given in the latest firmware for India? For example red pixel defect is Fixed in the latest firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
All the custom kernel I have flashed so far is good, they don't have red pixel issue. Which is latest will be a bit subjective, but you won't notice the difference.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Well said.

Yes it heats up and its not unbearable.

I'll inderclock these a15s to 1GHz and undervolt the **** out of them.... to make s4 cooler.... let Andreilux release his kernel...

Quad A15s at 1GHz can still perform all the dual shot and burst shots...

Out of the box audio qualoty is too good to reject this device...

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Use Cool Tool to detect it...

Use Rescan Media Root to stop media scanner...

Root the device to use Rescan media Root...

Or search for the process named "media" in Running Applications and stoo it. After that goto Cached processes and stop the same.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Dude! Sincere apologies but the partition is actually mmcblk0p3 not mmcblk0p10.

I relied on some info that Chainfire posted in the PIT analysis thread, but now that I checked it on my device its actually p3 (same as S3 and Note 2).

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-05-08 13:49 EFS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Bala can u pls give me the sammobile link for Indian MDK rom ?

M planning to flash it via odin and then install Adam kernel..
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
View attachment 1947339

Anyway to get Llama working for S4.

It's very useful for auto wifi on / off while at work or home.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I guess editing build.prop to a pose as a device that it works on should generally work. But how about using Tasker instead? It can do all that Llama can and way more stuff.
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
This mite turn ur s4 into a beast for me it did.:D

http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/squeeze-blazing-fast-speeds-out-your-samsung-galaxy-s4-0146725/
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
I think root is required for tasker & it drains the battery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Nope. If you have root you can do even more things using the Secure Settings helper app, but it's not required for all functions.

It doesn't drain the battery either for most use cases. It's pretty much the first thing I install on my devices and I have great battery life.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Since its free on play store why not simply side load the apk?

If you are really concerned about installing app outside play store then, you can root your device and try market helper from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37935084

It will spoof your S4 as S3 or Nexus 7 or few other devices.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rajaa_sekaran:
[MENTION=4155026]Harsha Raj[/MENTION]: How to get solve this bad battery life..stop wake locks?
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
here you go :)

http://hotfile.com/dl/210512379/bd59576/Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I9500-INS-I9500XXUAMDK-1366726080.zip.html

i have seen some built in auto wifi on/off features, did you give it a try?

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read the faq section for s3 in my signature link :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sssn7000:
note n7000 temp without load

okie guys this is not s4 but its note n7000 as you can see the phone temp range between 46 to 55 without any load and the phone gets a little warm.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Hi Bala

What is the difference between INU and INS ? I already started downloading INU :o
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vatumb:
Is this method good to Root Galaxy S4 GT-I9500

http://www.tothemobile.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
its all same :)

i prefer flashing a custom kernel like adam, it will root your mobile easily.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vatumb:
Ok. Is Custom kernel method safe to root. Never tried it before, so little bit worried about that.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I am getting some fantastic battery life on MDK for the last couple of days. Hope it stays that way.

Stats with reasonably heavy usage since morning today attached - 3 hrs+ screen on so far with 45% still left! Mix of wifi and 3g.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
my phone has automatically restarted twice...

right now when i clicked camera app, phone rebooted :S and whenever i open camera app it really opens slow.

y i feel sometimes phone is very slow and it is utilising lot of ram.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Its common. Mine has rebooted on a couple of occassions while opening camera. I think some one else has also reported this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
Same here as far the booting is concerned thats only wen I use camera huhhh...
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
updated to mdk firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
What firmware are you guys on? And yes, someone else has reported this in another thread. There seems to be some issue here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
yes updated as when it was launched. why is this irritating rom eating around 1.09 gb of RAM even when i click "clear memory" secondly chrome eats around 200-350 mb ram even with 2 tabs of simple web pages opened.

there is some kind of memory leak too i feel. nexus 4 was so fast in using comparison to this right now. (normal usage)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Yup, I'm on mdk and have had a reboot on occasion when launching the camera app.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
Dude, I got some doubts regarding efs backup, can I send you a pm?

Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Sure. Or better, post here so others can also benefit or be able to help you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
The other day, you gave me the syntax for efs backup and today you said it's notthe correct one, but that day when I ran the incorrect syntax, I got a .bin file, I want to know whether that .bin file is wrong

Edit :can you pls post the correct syntax once again :)

Sent from my GT-I9500 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Hi Bala,

I installed MDK without wiping data... could this result in some issue ?

All my apps and settings are retained after.installing MDK...
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/efs.bin

I had specified the wrong partition earlier (mmcblk0p10 is the recovery partition). The above command is correct (mmcblk0p3 is the efs one).

Once again apologies for the previous error.

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Just for general info, if you want to figure out the partition layout, you can use:

ls -l /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc.0/by-name
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
it wont unless you have some earlier issues.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vatumb:
Sorry to ask this question, but am not a techie.

1. What's the MDK firmware, is it the official firmware.

2. How to flash it & where can i find it.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
first 4 PM's Gets to test my ROM Tonight :)

This Screenie is from my One X
[Galaxy S 4 General] drjamit:
Strange issue--- Was using Motorola Bluetooth Keyboard Item model number: 89451N, worked fantastically with My Moto XOOM. Than used with Note 10.1, worked fine, now i m trying Very hard to connect with my Note2 but not able to. it is connected but option to use it as input method is not there. Tried some play store apps-- like null KB and external KB helper pro, not worked. Gave up. than today i got a chance to play with another note 2 ( Unrooted , on MB2) , and VOila , it connected like a charm in less than 5 Secs, So fun to work, i can type as fast as on my Lappy. Now the question --- What could be the Problem-- 1. Newer ROM, 2. Root with modified status 3. Or something else.

Please advise my friends as i do not wanna carry 3kg lappy once i have tasted the fun with Note 2 and KB combo !!!! [MENTION=228377]Bala[/MENTION]---- expecting solution from u.

Kb link.....

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Wire...0&sr=8-1&keywords=motorola+bluetooth+keyboard
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
the wallpaper and icons look great

Can u share them?

Would like to use them onmy HOX
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
did anyone tried the hidden games in s4, there is actually two games, just saw it in tb list
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Those available in play store?
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
com2us something

and [MENTION=3877923]bala_gamer[/MENTION] Do you have a Working Updater script and META-INF Folder of a Working ROM

Can You Please Share it with me :)

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Flash My ROM for Hox :) or use ATOM Launcher For S4

and check for New York ATOM in play store
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
lol dunno, both are crappy games anyway so there should be similar games in market with different name.

Not having one right now mate, will post it tonight once i each home
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
I have rooted using the adam kernel, I tried flashing cofface recovery but as with many people was unsuccessful. Hss any1 successfully installed recovery? If yes how? I am now rooted on MDK version.

BTW now my cpu temp is considerably lower with adam kernel. First time I see it hovering in the 40s.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mithun46:
Partition Table For S4 ROM Cookers :D

# mount point	fstype	device
/efs	ext4	/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
/boot	emmc	/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
/recovery	emmc	/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
/cache	ext4	/dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/system	ext4	/dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/data	ext4	/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 length=-16384
/preload	ext4	/dev/block/mmcblk0p16
/modem	emmc	/dev/block/mmcblk0p13

Backup Important Files for failsafe [execute su before issuing these commands]:

efs.bin : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/efs.bin

modem.bin : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/modem.bin

system.img : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/sdcard/system.img

data.img : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/data.img

recovery.img : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/recovery.img

boot.img : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/boot.img

cache.img : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/sdcard/cache.img

How to use Above commands^^ :

1. Use Terminal Emulator From PlayStore - Users can use this as this is easiest way

2. adb shell - Developers . PS : Am not going to explain this as a dev will know to do this except for kitchen cookers :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] munmun:
My gs4 is working fine expect that the annoying message "camera failed" that I receive when I start the camera app.

I thought it to be a software problem so I did a hard reset but nothing worked.

I have rooted my stock rom and successfully installed custom recovery.

I had read somebody complaining about this same problem that I am facing.

My camera is also not solidly fixed I.e., it moves when I press it with finger and suddenly camera starts working.

Now I want to revert back the changes I have made by rooting and installing custom recovery to remove that custom status and send it to samsung care.

Please anyone help me!!!

How to solve both the above problems.

I am using XUAMDE build rom and rooted via cofface method.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
What you can try is flash stock Rom from Sammobile.com, and check how your camera is performing. If it still gives you problem send it to service centre.flashing the stock Rom will remove the modified /custom status of your phone and your phone will be reverted back to official status.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
Mithun

i know that you should be knowing this

did you try compling kernels for S4?

if yes,which toolchain complied the kernel properly?
[Galaxy S 4 General] mithun46:
i tried compiling kernel but stopped at half as i was working mainly on other things
[Galaxy S 4 General] drjamit:
Thinking of swapping note2 for s4. Any comments please...
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
make ARCH=arm

/home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: 4: /home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig

warning: (ZRAM) selects ZSMALLOC which has unmet direct dependencies (STAGING && X86)

warning: (ZRAM) selects ZSMALLOC which has unmet direct dependencies (STAGING && X86)

/home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: 4: /home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

CHK include/linux/version.h

CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h

UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h

make[1]: `include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date.

CC kernel/bounds.s

/home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: 4: /home/kiran/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

make[1]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 2

make: *** [prepare0] Error 2

kiran@kiran-desktop:~/GT-I950

This Thing Repeatedly happens only on 4.6 toolchain

Please Help me Guys :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
The standard AOSP 4.6 one works. Others require some changes to the Makefile and inline syntax.
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
i really dont know why AOSP 4.6 Toolchain shows unterminated syntax error

others toolchains go halfway
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
There's something wrong with your environment, dude. Best thing is to start afresh.
[Galaxy S 4 General] munmun:
Thank you jaidev for replying.

I will try what u have suggested and will report later.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Apples vs Oranges. The S4 is a proper phone while the Note is nearly a tablet. Both have their uses and are great devices -- but if you really like the Note series you should wait for the Note 3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mohit12:
Does anyone have any idea when the 32GB version of the S4 will launch?
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Any tips guys??
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
32GB version will be released once the price of 16GB comes below 32k.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Goto ewmno thread in original android development section, download his tar file and flash.

《posted from octa cored s4》
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
Thanks bro!! I had a hunch that you will be the first to reply. ;

I flashed the one from Chenglu (am sure everyone know him). It has touch support as well.

If some one interested, it can be found here..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41175695&postcount=4

Cheers!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
Is there any script for mega wipe lik3 zoots mega eipe for s3

Sent from my GT-I9500 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] samir_a:
I had problems with Camera sometimes it gives me a black screen for few seconds to start and it has rebooted the phone once.

Also I have a problem with Vodafone 3g where is at times while using data the cell loses network totally and come back in few seconds strangely it happens only during evening or night time
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mohit12:
That really doesn't answer my question, but okay.

Any time frame? Anyone else?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
i remember samsung saying that they won't launch 32GB variant in INDIA...
[Galaxy S 4 General] h3llboy911:
A good friend of mine got his s4 a couple of days ago and I compared the two screens today. His screen is really disappointing with a noticeable pink tint on the lower half of the display and a pinkish display overall when compared to my s4. He will try to get it replaced tomorrow.

I am feeling quite lucky to have gotten a perfect display apart from the software glitches, else it would have been a painful journey. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Akhil:
Guys , is your air view working in gallery?
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
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[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Yes. Make sure the option is enabled: Settings - My Device - Input & Control - Air View (enable, then tap on the option for more options, enable Information Preview).
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
Okay Guys Time for Party..Last Thing I need to do is to get permission from wanam for using his kernel :D

Sneakpeak:

View attachment 1948983
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
Ditto for me huhhh...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mohit12:
Not even the 64 GB? 16 is too less...
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
Upload starts now

View attachment 1949022
[Galaxy S 4 General] ilordvader:
Im getting my LTE in Dubai

from Etisalat

will that work in India ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Yes. Everything but lte will work.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Thor:
Sorry guys, wrong thread!
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
Hey guys,

I got my S4 on the launch day and after reading the comments in this thread I have noticed my phone has the pink tint issue as well. I tried to go to a Samsung service center today to get it replaced but when I took my phone out of my bag in the service center there was a hairline crack on the screen (ironic right?) so they have refused to acknowledge that the issues was pre-existing. I'm stuck at the moment and am still feeling quite bad about cracking my screen without knowing. I can live with the crack (can hardly see it) but the pink tint is really beginning to bug me. How can Samsung sell defective phones in the first place?! I've contacted CC and they've said that they will get back to me within 24 hours but I don't see this going anywhere. Any advice?

Thanks guys!

Oh and one more thing, my GPS never seems to be able to locate my position (tried over town) without Wifi or mobile data on. All location services are on so this is pretty weird as I was sure the phone would work without relying on A-GPS.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
did you guys tried travel wallpaper for lock screen? looks awesome