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[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
You'll have to manually search through the entire list for a matching config..

Another way is to search for the manufacturer of you Big TV STB... It is usually written on the back side of the STB or just Google it. Then look for the it in the list in WatchON. If you don't find it, Google for the matching manufacturer in EU or US and try with that manufacturer in WatchON. I have a TataSky HD box and had no issues as it is manufactured by SKY.. but my cousin has Airtel and we had a tough time searching for the manufacturer... but we eventually found it..

BTW.. I tried this with my Galaxy Tab2 10.1... I havent configured watchon with my S4 till now..!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Pls tell me airtel digital tv manufacturer . I also have same set rop box
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
I think it was huawei but i will have to check the settings on my cousin's tab... let me get back to you in a day or two..
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Yes it is huawei but Its not listed in watchon drop down :( what can I select which can work for huawei
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Try sky+ worked for me :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
You mean it worked for you on airtel digital hd set top box ? I tried but its not working for me
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Sorry to confuse yoynitnwae meant for someone who was looking for tata sky solution :eek::eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
Just now got the black S IV....... My first Android Device :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] michaelclayton:
Well not that I would base opinions off of reviews, but for what it's worth, I just want to clarify something as I am somewhat of a stickler when it comes to quoting other sources. Each of those reviews you mentioned liked the Galaxy S4 a lot. Marquez actually liked it more than the HTC One and Pocketnow's verdict was that it depends on the stuff you are looking for in a phone, which is something I agree with. Also, Erica is yet to finish her review.

I believe it comes down to personal preferences and you cannot go wrong either way but the second dude in the video was just acting like a child and that just destroys any iota of credibility he may have had, in my eyes.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
Guys how is the heat on your phone.. What I'd the normal temperature you see and how often is it reaching beyond 38 and 40?

Also is there any heat up you notice when phone is in charging?

I am randomly noticing these both so want to know if this is usual or I should be worried.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Yup it heats up while charging.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sunnylovesalman:
My White and Black S4 both get such heated in a Minute of just switching the Data Toggle in status bar. Charging is absolutely okay.

The heat is so much generated , I have decided to put off my frying pans, and make my omlette on my s4 screen after checking the Facebook Status.

Found Him Lastly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
Heat is ok but lags in front of my Nexus 4..

But overall happy with the features and all..

Waiting fir indie for Omega and then will clean up some bloatware..

Awesome phone btw..
[Galaxy S 4 General] killerwolf2121:
Heats up!

mine heats up too!! :( but since its a pretty awesome phone, i ignore that.. the black one is beautiful! :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
Everybody is complaining Screen issues; TouchWiz issues; Lag issues; Heating Issues; Battery Draining issues; .....so much issues in in this phone...i am afraid Samsung selling out early (unbaked) versions of S4 in India....one thing is clear that this time Samsung delayed to launch 1080p device in time other companies like Sony, Htc etc made the mony so samsung was under pressure to launch s4 ASAP...

...another thing is also noticeable that....why Samsung launched S4 in india much before then other countries.... this is first time that any company launched his flagship device in India much early than other Countries....while everybody knows than hence before Indian launch or availability was very late....

This is just my opinion...may be true or not...but i think we should wait at least for 1 or 2 month to get mature device in 2nd phase...its not only for Samsung...all companies suffer with deffected early batch ....i myself experienced this in n8 which had black color problem and Nokia accepted this fault
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
buddy , everyone has the right to complain but how much an issue is genuine and can be reproduced is debatable.

afaik i can tell u there are only 3 main issues that has to be resolved.

1. smearing in screen with dark background

2. some ui gltiches here and there

3. may be they can do something to stop heating during charging

with all i have read around here in xda these are the three that looks like genuine bug.
[Galaxy S 4 General] superfast:
Phone becomes frying fan easily...hanged two to three times today was forced to remove battery...heat up even during charging...this is irritating...
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
did you check the media scanner issue? it would always generate tremendous heat. use cool tool app to check cpu usage clock, if you find unusual cpu usage on cool tool then check for rogue apps
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
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Hey guys, I see this eye on my status bar at all times. Is there anyway to remove it.. Tried all settings menu and couldn't find.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zoot1:
Uncheck Smart Stay feature..
[Galaxy S 4 General] NaveenKumarXDA:
These are not only s4 problems. But generally applies too all samsung flagship.

Earlier samsung manage to overcome shout on these issues somehow. But at these times these call for half baked devices.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
It isn't hardware problem which is causing the smearing effect right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
For the text reflow complaints ...

Guys u should have a reader mode in the browser ...

After the website loads up there is a green button on the beginning of the url bar... tap it and there you have the text reflow...

It is samsung's version of text reflow ...

Its better than the normal one ...

M shocked nobody had a look at it :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
its there in S3 as well but its only reader view not Text reflow view.

reader view has some limitation and only detects paragraph to convert in to reading view.

Text reflow goes beyond that limit
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
No that's not text reflow. What you are referring to is text auto fit (which can be enabled for normal view too through settings - advanced)

What text reflow does is that it will dynamically auto fit the text to the window as you zoom in and zoom out at various level as per our wish. What we find in stock samsung and AOSP browser is auto fit only at a fixed zoom level.

You can try text reflow in Opera Mobile.
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
But the point is there is a mode to view the text without scaling the webpage time to time ...

I think samsung didn't applied a text reflow in the browser because of lag ... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
That mode is available from S3 days.

And Samsung was lazy to apply text reflow in S2 too. S2 is lag free :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
I haven't seen a device without a lag ... there always has been a small stutter or lag in every device I have touched ... I thought s3 will change that but it moved the other way :P

And finally I thought s4 will overcome the stutters with that octa processor .. m sure it will if samsung comes to the latest ui standards and optimizations :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Same here. I thought S4 would be lightning fast, especially with octa core. Hope samsung will improve it with an update unlike they haven't done anything for S3 yet.
[Galaxy S 4 General] anilkumarpt12:
Here is the comparison between Galaxy S 4 Octa-Core vs Quad-Core.:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5im3WAZYc

After seeing this video i am bit disappointed because both results are almost identical :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] razer1224:
B'cauz its not yet utilizing Both the proccessor..in my opinion
[Galaxy S 4 General] sub1n:
I'm very sure the term 'lag' has become so strong and loud nowadays only coz of one main reason. And i.e.'competition'.

Nothing has changed for Samsung. They have a new phone with the state of the art hardware and a good software to their standards. But now the competition has picked up so well that it's not only apple but HTC, Sony, LG are all neck to neck in delivering the best products.

Galaxy phones till last year were only compared extensively with iPhone while the other Android phones were simply discarded for the lack of substance.

This year we are seeing all the other Android giants teaming up and coming up with phones designed beautifully both inside and outside.

I'm sorry to say but samsung's software optimization still stays stagnant and the progress has been downright zero in the last 2 Years. While other oem's have gained a lot of ground. And this is what is making the difference now. We are seeing android phones that are as good as iPhones during UI interactions. If they can do it, why not samsung.

And guys I don't have to say but with 4.1+ all android phones were supposed to be lag free. Oem's who better optimize their software skin on base android will give the best lag free user experience.

Hope the next update for the Samsung devices takes care of it!.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
According to me u were 90% correct ...

Samsung's software (apart from the tabbed Ui from gingerbread days) has come a long way in the last 2 years ... infact the innovations and improvements done on the software side was far more better and greater than the other competitors... but they forgot to optimize it ... they left it all on hardware and never improved on the performance of their software ... :banghead:

This thought comes to my mind after saying all of this :P

"No-one's perfect in the world. "

Same with Samsung, they are weak in optimizing there code. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] android_master:
Thanks for your valuable input.

I am still amazed as to how much Lag is there in Samsung Galaxy S4,random stuttering and lag..yes i request you to actually go to Samsung cafe and at-least spend a good 15-20 minutes with S4, turn on the wifi and you will immediately understand what i am saying.

Further currently the advantages of big.LITTLE(Exynos 5 Octa i.e I9500 Indian version) are pretty much unused. :crying:This all makes me conclude as to how rushed and unprepared this phone has been.

So now the Question is if it's possible to fix in the near future so that maybe buying the Exynos will be beneficial if the devs take over. I wont bet on Samsung introducing mind-blowing improvements in that department in upcoming firmwares. They did nothing for S3 in that regard.

I am not taking side of any

"One"

brand or bashing the other but to me Galaxy S2 was their true flagship:cowboy:..S3 sold in millions but S4 is totally not there.
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCefsWjKz0Q[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

must watch video lol

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[Galaxy S 4 General] achyut:
I was so hard pressed in getting the S4. But now with all these opinions, you guys have made me confused. LOL. Will it be a good buy? Or should I get the HTC ONE?...kaun fused, err, I mean confused. Hehe.

Regards,

Achyut
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Goto some Samsung cafe and play with a demo s4 unit and I'm sure you'll love it.

You cannot judge anything with user opinions here, some don't even have the phone here;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
Waiting for S5 :lol:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
In Samsung world they want us to buy their next big thing - Note 3?

Also Here's what one person had to say. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
I got 21k for my S3. Had to bargain a lot & give away CaseMate Case alongwith it :(

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Haven't faced single LAG while opening dialer.

Launcher Redrawing yes, post closing of any Game (e.g. Iron Man 3), the launcher redraws all the icons and have to wait max 2-3 seconds, nothing more than that.

But you can't blame launcher/Samsung for that, if the Game itself is monster memory eater (maybe).
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
guys need help

I am unable to move files to obb folder via PC....
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Same here, for the whole last month, I was mad at reading reviews, but now seems like things are not that good. I am using note 2 for last 7 months, so bit confused whether to keep it or move to s4. I guess its better to wait for at least a month, I want to see pure battery results, heat issues and lag issues. If these are just software related and Samsung fixed it, I will buy s4, or else will wait for note 3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Bloody Vampire:
Heat issue

Does anyone feel their S4 heating up way too fast. Am not sure as i had a Desire HD earlier and maybe coz of the metal body couldn't feel any heat.

The area around the rear camera to the volume rocker gets pretty hot even playing angry birds for 10-15 mins. :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
Standard multi-core device behaviour. It's normal, chill.

Sent from my Slimbeaned Nexus 4
[Galaxy S 4 General] pramods:
Thanks, I tried "paco" device and after 8 command it worked, but it can only change channels and send some basic commands not able to bring up the program guide on tata sky, will try the Sky+ and hope it brings the program guide and able to do most of the tata sky HD+ remote functionality.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Just paste them somewhere else... then use file manager to move them into obb folder..
[Galaxy S 4 General] Bloody Vampire:
Hmmm. Thanks. My friend's Note 2 doesn't get so hot though. ;)

Well, its been only 3 days anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
One issue with S4... the battery live sucks.. I charged the phone 3 hrs ago to 100% and now it is down to 93% with 2 phone calls of about 3 mins each. I have data off, air view, off, multiwindow off, air gestures off. Just smart stay and smart scroll is on. On the plus side there is no lag in phone and contacts or any other thing whatsoever and almost zero lag sometimes for launcher redraw..
[Galaxy S 4 General] gchindi:
Google now and location settings??
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Sorry...lost track of s4 now.Is i9500 is rooted?I know a guy at kurnool [MENTION=2140714]grgsiocl[/MENTION] rooted his s4 few days back.I asked him how he did it and he said he is on a business trip now and will mail it soon.Waiting for his mail :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
I think they are on... Please tell me how to turn off google now and location... btw gps is off.. Also, another issue, I tried installing new flipfonts but wheneve i try to select the new font, it says that the font is unvailable..
[Galaxy S 4 General] gchindi:
Long press menu key to open Google now, again menu to select options and turn off, location settings to be turned off in settings, location settings, untick all options, just turning off gps ia not enough always..
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Flipfonts do not work

I ahve installed numerous fonts but when i select them from settings I get a message that the font is not available. Any solutions..??

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I find google now to be useful. Anyhow, with this feature on, my S3 didnt drain so much battery.. I think something else is the problem..

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Here is my screenshot of BBS Partial Wakelocks..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fp3vk9gudjvwbuf/Screenshot_2013-05-02-12-02-34.png
[Galaxy S 4 General] jindal:
Battery life?

Please comment on battery life / post some stats. Also any comparison with your old phones will help.
[Galaxy S 4 General] waroftheworlds:
Planning to buy the S4

Can someone please upload the detailed Voodoo Report?

If you own the S4 Octa Version, please install and run this software - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.report&hl=en

I need these details to decide before buying the S4 Octa Version (i9500).
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
My S4 was full charged this moring ie about 4 to 4.5 hrs back. In about 3 hrs after removing charger. It was down to 93 % with just 2 calls of about 3 mins..
[Galaxy S 4 General] tuxonhtc:
That's terrible - not acceptable at all. Did you check background processes? What about reception, is it good?

Otherwise you might have a faulty battery, 6 minutes call shouldn't drain 7% battery by any means - even if you'd left your screen on.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jindal:
Well do let us know after a couple of days use. Hopefully battery will at-least be par with i9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
thanks for your help but still unable to move the file it says moving failed when i tried your method.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Is Samsung Galaxy S4 S View Cover Case available in retail stores .... i don't seem to find one
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
I had the same problem initially but after a while I figured out this method and it worked for me..
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonam_mafia:
It works now......

The default file manger doesn't worked and i installed astro file manager and it worked like charm.....

Thanks for helping me out....

God Bless XDA
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
You can find it in Samsung Cafe..!!! And it is the best kind of flip cover.. I mean this kind of smart flip cover itself make the S4 better than the compitition..!!!;)

I forgot.. I used ES File Explorer as well..!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] funtoosh:
Not sure about retail, but i just ordered it from the samsungestore online
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Please if someone could tell if the xposed per app dpi is working on their device. Some games in my S4 have misplaced on screen controls.

Sent OTA from my Galaxy S4 using XDA Premium..!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
S4 Battery

As everyone is eager to know battery consumption of S4

I bought my S4 onSaturday 27th,

I have been using it for few days now and so here i will share some details:

The day i bought Galaxy S4, i downloaded more than 100 apps over wifi and it was hot,

The battery temperature was around 38C and processor temperature was around 56C

That day i used Daydream while charging my phone and the phone became too hot, the battery was at around 42C

But after using my phone fore few days the battery seems to have settled down and it doesn't get hot while charging(not using Daydream as of now)

While playing Asphalt 7, NFS Most Wanted the battery temperature never goes above 38C or 39C

Its a lot less hot than my HOX... whose battery always raced to 45C in 1o to 15 minutes whle gaming

Here are some of the screenshots of my yesterday's usage:

Phone was on wifi for around 7 to 8 hours, used 3G without data

Around 2 hours of playing Temple Run2, NFS Most Wanted and Subway Surfers

Watching few videos on youtube

Some chatting, surfing web and noting down few things

After charging my phone to 100% i played Temple Run2 for half an hour and battery only went from 100% to 90%

I got a screen on time of more than 5 hours

Screen On time
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
Anybody knows how to sync notification tone vilume with call tone? It’s quite annoying that you hace to select these differently..

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Hans Kruger:
How to root s4 and still make my phone eligible for ota updates?

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
thats around 1 day with 5+ hours of screen time :) looks good.

btw guys, i replaced my galaxy s4 as i had pink tint on 0 brighntess.. thank god the tint is gone with the new device :):)

apart from that the pin smearing/red pixel issue is there on all device. Either one of this problem is there for sure. Older one had smearing issue( i have a made a fix for this, if people need the fix you can find the thread in general section), this new on having red pixel issue.

again both are only noticeable at 0 brightness, there are people who update their firmware with newer one . new updates solves one issue and brings back another issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
So issues will be there for sure..

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
workaround is available for smearing, so i wont consider it as an issue. but this red pixel... i think thats the way it is meant to be, heard note2 too have red tint on 0 brighness and it is noticeable on a pitch dark room.

the reason for s3 not being pitch black on dark environment is pretty clear now, its either smearing with pitch dark black or no smearing with some thing more than pitch black. this is how its going to end up.
[Galaxy S 4 General] superfast:
Where can I find the hd wallpapers ...I like transparent status bar...so if the wallpaper I use don't have correct resolution status bar will not be transparent ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] azeter:
Now listening on my GS4 superr!!! Sound
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
We get it. You think the S4 has issues and you are not going to buy one. Fine. That's your prerogative, but you are coming off as a troll now.

Sure the phone has some issues, but it still is a neat device IMHO and better than the S3 in pretty much every way.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Bloody Vampire:
Took the device to Samsung cafe. The guys checked it and said the heat aint normal. Got a replacement. :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hans Kruger:
Someone please answer my, how to root s4 and still make it eligible for ota updates?

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] souvik101990:
Just submitted my S4 to the service center for replacement (overheating woes)

Now I am worried that I might get the red pixel or smearing stuffs in my new handset :(

UGH smartphones are supposed to make us worry less!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
Bala I have a little Pink tint in complete dark room, as this is a AMOLED display I thought only pixels that are other than black will work, but was surprised to see pinkinsh screen which is noticeable in dark room..

Should I go for Replacement?

And the steps you followed for replacement??

And is it possible to link the call ring volume to the notification volume as I posted on last page??
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
both are two different tracks, chainfire may have something under his sleeves, let him come from the vacation

no need to worry as you havent noticed any of these bugs yet, keep it that way, but in 0 brightness you will note surely any one of this bugs as no fix has been made yet by sammy.

i would say yes, after reading the issues so far its clear that there is either red pixel or smearing, but waht i had is different from both, the purple tint all over the screen was clearly visible at nights with zero brighness, as i often use screen filter during reading the situation turned poor to worse , so i went for replacemnt.

the procedure is u have to goto the nearest service center and illustrate the issue(for me i made them compare my device with another demo s4 unit), once they acknowledge the issue they will provide you a doa certificate, take it to where you purcahsed your mobile and they will collect the old one and give you the new one
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
And bala could you answer the question regarding volume rocker??
[Galaxy S 4 General] tarun.nair:
Really? My S4 gets pretty hot too. All this while I thought it was normal. Now this has made me think again. Perhaps there is no harm in getting the service center folks to have it checked out.

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I agree. It's a good device. I haven't experienced any lag so far. The Phone does get pretty hot but hey, it's a multi-core device. Despite some design similarities, Samsung has made some effort to make it look and feel different from the S3.