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[Galaxy S 4 General] hapticc:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

now custom duty is increased by 5% so dont worry be ready to buy @38-39k.... though street price can range from 35-37k
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

I wait for deal in online shopping website

Lastyear Indiantimes s3 sold for 33k in July

Market price last year in July 37k

I wait for deal then I strick it
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
i have decided to wait... :laugh:

let the s4 come...

one thing i kno is ... there will be atleast 4 - 5k price difference between the mrp and street price :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
Where is the next week talk coming from? I heard early May. If it was next week, surely they'd have ads running for them by now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

But htc one very bad camera

S4 have better battery and more features
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

A15's on 28nm just don't cut it I think.

A9's at 32nm make S3 at 44 degrees during normal usage!!!

One good thing is they are using Wolfson DAC and supercurio expressed interest in tweaking it.

I've decided to pass this time and buy S5. Hopefully it will come with 16nm processor.

PS: I'd decided to move away from Sammy and bought XZ. But it turned out to be a great flop. Sticking with note 2 now. Temps never go beyond 40.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
you made a wrong decision on going with z/zl. the display color/contrast is too poor and am also hearing thermal throttling issues all over here with s4 pro chips
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

You are right Bala.

The display is road side quality. On top of that all menu is grey coloured hence is enhances the cheap screen feeling.

The audio of mic, earphone and loudspeaker are all very low. Only in lab sealed environment one can use the phone. Practically useless if we get any calls outside in traffic. Only option is to cut the call and go for a payphone.

Camera quality is okish. Better than 8mp but not up to the mark of 13MP. The superior something is useless. HDR manages to ruin the quality. Front camera is so grainy.... I can't use the phone as a ocassional mirror....

The flash is half the capacity as s3.

Irritating to remove the protective flips whenever I want to charge or connect earphones.

The supplied earphone, although looks good, is rubbish. The case that they give as freebee is smelly. The headphone is also rubbish.

Poor dev support.

Some plus points:

1. Build quality good. Posh feel. (Useless as phone is not up to the mark for a former s3 user)

2. Phones superfast , no lags.

3. Full hd.

Even though a throttling service running all the time, I didn't feel that there are lags because of thermal throttling.
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Exactly.

Been using Z for a while and its screen is so washed out(worse than s3 in that aspect) but it is sharp too (441ppi)

And after 1 antutu benchmark it reached 53ºc(in a hot environment , whereas s3 remained 40ºc)

I like the design but nothing exceptional.

Imo xperia z is no where to compete with One or S4.

Xz competes with butterfly I think .

sent from an Galaxy s3 GT I9300

Running perseus kernel 33.1 , XELLA 4.1.2 leaked build

:D xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1784401

Dont click,you might regret , I won't be responsible if you brick ur head
[Galaxy S 4 General] SohumD:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Have you personally used the phone to say it has a very bad camera. All the reviews so far have generally liked the htc one camera. Not said its the best camera ever. But thats its good. And 2300mah vs 2600mah on the samsung is really not enough to make a statement saying the battery is better. It remains to be seen which phone perfroms better in day to day usage.

I am also torn between htc one and the s4. Both have some solid plusses and minuses. Its a tough choice.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
not a tough choice, if you want a better/premium looking device go for htc one. For the rest get a s4. Its that simple.

@ others

Apps like flipboard already started taking advantage of air gestures/view. the latest update of flipboard uses airview feature.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
OR

better to buy both devices if you can afford ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Today visited samsung cafe of Punjabi

Bagh new Delhi they say may Is expected some people saying lies here:p
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
Got a mail from homeshop18 saying the S4 would be available shortly.

Its listed on their website with a release date of 18th April

http://www.homeshop18.com/s/samsung-galaxy-s4-16gb-i9500/
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
I all so got mail
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
I asked 3 retailers in south delhi. They said next week april 12 it is coming.
[Galaxy S 4 General] arunritz:
I also asked in tamilnadu(madurai) samsung cafe they told apr 15 will be available(only 16gb octa at launch)..:):):)
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
They (samsung) skkiped 32 GB variant as of now.

64 GB varient will be available in select European countries

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] jon51092:
help

what would be price of it (G S4)
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
arun where did you asked? which samsung cafe?
[Galaxy S 4 General] arunritz:
near sethupathy school stop opposite to vodofone office in north velly street.........they also said price is 39k(not MRP)...

samsug cafe ph.no:9843441983
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
I'll believe it when I see it.

I dont think it'll be available before the end of Apr/early May
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Oh thanks for the info, last year they didn't had any info about s3 even after it was launched in india. Will Cal them next week

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Where to get 3minit framework
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283684

This is the one i have seen for i9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] andymandy:
Hello guys, Please advice me about this case....hows it to buy for S4???

http://www.ebay.in/itm/SLIM-ARMOR-S...ries&hash=item1c32f6706e&_uhb=1#ht_3671wt_932

http://www.ebay.in/itm/SLIM-ARMOR-S...ries&hash=item1c32f6760e&_uhb=1#ht_3671wt_932
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
its good but check the one at the link below also

http://geb.ebay.in/g/ImportHubViewI...axy-S4-Case-Neo-Hybrid-Cover-Series-SIV-i9500-
[Galaxy S 4 General] andymandy:
its cool though but quite expensive I guess...and won't get fast shipment as it belongs to usa ....:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Yes true price is mre & it will take atleast week to reach us may be litle more also however the one u showed is also nice :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] andymandy:
even these colors are cool...

http://www.ebay.in/itm/121114098394...LX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_3671wt_932

http://www.ebay.in/itm/121114100881...LX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_3671wt_932

http://www.ebay.in/itm/121114099775...LX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_3671wt_932

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I Want to go with Grey...??? Hows it..?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Ym23:
thanks for the reply.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
Can any of you guys check up on this bug? When you pull down the notification bar while the keyboard on on, it kinda feels laggy...if not just try to compare it while the keyboard is off..
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
[MENTION=5107063]andymandy[/MENTION]

Im using grey, it looks nice on my black s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
I doubt any of these are original ones, though the seller mentions so, but original deal cost about USD 30 and shipping.

Similar fakes originating from China and HK cost in the range of 7-10USD with free shipping.
[Galaxy S 4 General] satya0011:
Baught it yesterday... superb phone....... did what was mentioned in thread ....... disabled push services aftar first boot....... no heating problam....... no reboots yet for any reasons...... but camera seams a bit laggy.......
[Galaxy S 4 General] C-killa:
what does dis mean ??

https://github.com/codeworkx/android_kernel_samsung_exynos5410/commits/cm-10.1
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
I think it means that Codeworkx is working for Kernel of i9500..:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
Anyone? -.-
[Galaxy S 4 General] tarun.nair:
Deleted as post was against XDA rules. Sorry
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkadve:
Its smooth as usual for me
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Woah.. Look at the comments below, I think cody started his work:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] superutp:
hey folks, got my S4 around 20 days back. Came from a S2, good upgrade, no issues so far except for the one below. Running stock for now.

So I was trying to transfer some photos through bluetooth to a colleagues android phone and it wouldnt go either from me to him, or him to me. Connected to my laptop and files went uptill 20% and got stuck then got aborted. This is the first time I am actually using bluetooth so hadnt checked before.

So its getting connected/detected by other bluetooth devices however transfer of files is not happening. Any help?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Ph3rOn!xX:
Guys y is the phone getting overheated ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] clavicle:
Well, at last without worrying for LTE availability, got my S4 today for Rs. 37500/- plus a Rs 760 discount for next purchase from ShopClues. I think it is a good price, isn't it?

Well phone is certainly heating though I live in a hill station, but still it is heating up :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
CF ROOT coming soon for 9500

Chainfire XDA [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]XDA

We've had a successful I9500 CF-Auto-Root test! Need to adjust some tools and scripts, release later today or tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 General] GT-I93oo:
i have black mist s4

over heating

when i open camera..phone restarts..

while scrolling colours change to purple

battery drains

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same problem with mine
[Galaxy S 4 General] chokhu1585:
Hello All,

Just bought S4 today. Till now no restart or no overheating issue. Heating is there but I think it's normal as my S2 is aslo heating this much.

Want to know that how much space is available for use out of 16 GB? As checking in Settings>Storage memory, it is showing 8.82 GB only available for use. In my 16 GB S2 it is 11.5 GB space available for user. So is this normal? Where is approx. 7 GB space gone?

Another quarry. Why there is no developer options like S2? And when I connect it to PC, it is connecting as media device. Not as a usb device. What to do for that?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] tarun.nair:
Planning to sell my 3 week old Galaxy S4. (I've got 2) Any ideas which is the best forum to do so?
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Anyone from pune interested in 2 weeks old s4 pls pm me
[Galaxy S 4 General] chokhu1585:
Thanks Hiten.

One more doubt. How do I connect mobile to PC as an usb removable device? Whenever I try to connect, mobile is having two options only for connecting as a camera(PTP) or connecting as a media device (MTP). There is no option like in S2 in which I can connect as a usb storage device.
[Galaxy S 4 General] aditya1987:
Deleted

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Samsung has acknowledged this issue and has agreed to free some space from system memory in the future OTA's

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There used to be an option way back for connecting it as a USB storage but tht option is no more...in fact this method of connecting the device is way better..

U just need to update the drivers on ur pC..ideally it shud b automatic but if not..uninstall the previous drivers..after tht reconnect..it shud update the drivers automatically...

Press thanks if that helped
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Can anyone tell me from where I can purchase tempered glass , or I should go for normal gadgetshieldz skin ? Finally got screen replaced for 9.5K :(

try techenclave and erodov .

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Just in case if anyone wanna purchase

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPIGEN-SGP-...362&pid=100011&prg=1005&rk=4&sd=161027028839&

I think its legit but half price from their website.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
I was quoted 6k by the Samsung guys for replacing my screen! Where did you get yours replaced?

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Yeah I have the same issue.

The guys in Bangalore have replacements on hand. I was quoted 6k for fixing my screen.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
i'm from delhi and from different samsung mobile service centers i was getting different quotes. mostly are probably 'blacking' them because of supply issues

one quoted me 13.5k other did 12k, finally some quoted me 8k and then said 9.3k ****ty way to work i must say..

what do you suggest me to put on screen? some guard or tempered glass if easily available in INdia?
[Galaxy S 4 General] chokhu1585:
But when I tried to copy data from PC to mobile using MTP option, it takes too much time. It takes much less time if it is connected as a usb mass storage device. Am I doing something wrong or in MTP mode it normally takes time for data transfer?
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
guys worth it http://www.ebay.com/itm/Galaxy-S4-I...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item338262e950 ?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
Here you go man:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2260486

Check that thread out. They have reviews and suggestions.
[Galaxy S 4 General] aditya1987:
Thats true but mtp option is better in tge way u can use all the phone options while the phone is still connected to the pc..the only trade off is a little slower transfer speed..
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
[GT-I9500] CF-Auto-Root & Triangle Away

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
[Galaxy S 4 General] Z3US911:
anyone up? ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
tempered glass protection available in India ? fast shipping needed.
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
I do get slight shutters and was the least noticable until now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
strange thing, no1 is selling tempered glass thing in india (ebay etc)...isn't it a hot opportunity ? i doubt if anyone knows in ghaffar like places that these kinda things exists.
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
For those who want to test it, just open google search from long press home button and try notification panel with keyboard on and off again and again and you can see the hardly noticable lag but still is nothing to worry
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Use the 'Global EasyBuy' option in eBay. Spigen has an 'official' account there and sells the sort of protector you want.

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I tried this, couldn't notice anything actually. Where's the lag supposed to be?

Anyways, Android devices, including the Nexus, do have 'micro lags' in places and even now and do not have a consistently smooth UI like say the iPhone 5. However, they do a whole lot of things that are just not possible on the iPhones, so I can live with the micro stutters (though would love to be rid of them completely).
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Hmm, but spigen charges shipping a lot.there's a reseller in ebay US who charged me 1.99$ for spigen neo hybrid..waiting for it to reach. :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
I9505 available for sale anywhere in India? Not referring to ebay but in any local stores?

S4 Google Edition may be i9505G (with some h/w changes but not confirmed) :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
Here is a bunch of questions for all of you and ill be really grateful if you reply. ..:D

My phone ideals between 45 to 55 degree temp and 20 to 30 minutes of subway surfers or iron man makes it reach 65 to 75 degree as read by me using system tuner..

Is it normal or should I go for a replacement.

Does anyone has had problems with wifi connectivity..

I mean it works great but almost after every 1.5 to 2 hrs, phone itself dissconects and reconnects to wifi within seconds.

For general internet usei ts not a big deal but when I am downloading a big game or something, this small dissconect makes me to download the whole file again from scratch. 8 mean its been 3 days till I am trying to download real racing and fast and furious 6 game but still stuck.

Really fed up because of this..:mad::(

Anyhow myvpast questions is only for those living in punjab and using fastway settop box. Its brand is cisco but I tried the cisco from the list but no results...

Did any of you got any positive results .?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Funkym0nkey:
I would first do factory reset and see if problem goes away. Dont install many 3rd party apps, just test it for few hours without installing anything and if it is still behaving like this after factory reset, you can go in for replacement.

What is the room temp though?
[Galaxy S 4 General] superutp:
Mine also idles at the same temp and the max I have seen it go up till is 71C. However, I dont really find it abnormal and worth cribbing about.

Regarding Wifi, I have also been having regular disconnection-reconnection and was wondering why was it happening. Turns out the Wifi connection on my laptop also undergoes regular connection-disconnection. So I suppose its a router issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
well its not really a lag. Think of it as comparing a game on two screens one playing it at 60 fps and other at 25 fps..

Both look smooth individually but when compared the second one might look suttering..

Hardly a big deal here and hardly noticable when compared throughly..:thumbup::D

Its about 32 to 38 degrees...

I should had mentioned it before.. My bad.:p

Well the router is perfectly fine..

Worked flawlessly with my old phone ( galaxy 3 )

It is working fine with 2 iphones and a laptop connected to it.

Its just my phone dissconecting and reconnecting
[Galaxy S 4 General] cooladityarai:
It means nothing for s4.:p:D:D. Actually he has ported some drivers from s4 kernel to other exynos devices that currently he have. He is so much frustrated from Samsung's behaviour that he will never touch any exynos device until Samsung release something useful , neither any other developer will 'probably'. And what i see here, S4 "the flagship" ,a 40k rs phone has no real development..:D:D:D yet it was released one month ago. None of the exynos device have stable cm. See xperia z ,it got stable tag only in one month,htc one in one month, tablet z got also stable build even when it was not released, oppo find 5 stable builb but s4 ,not a port of cm even after one month release.

S4 users satisfy themselves by saying" whoo touchwiz is damn cool,air gesture is so cool" (i dont know how much cool it is) but the truth is touchwiz is only bloat and bull****, laggy here and there and totally crap look wise also. Well atlast my consolation is with all proudly frustrated exynos users.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Cpu temperature for s4 goes upto 90+c and that temperature is safe as per kernel sources,so it's not an issue since it cools back fast. If you want to less heat underclock the device to 1.4ghz,heat despeation is much less at that clock and yet the benchmark scores are on par/better than 9505. Once persues kernel comes with cpu undervolting and other tweaks the device will get better and better.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
What advice you will give for those people who want to stay on pure stock??
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
preparing a guide, that will help resolving software based issues people are facing so far.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
To stop measuring the temperature. The phone is fine, it'll shut down if it over heats. My iPhone did sometimes when in the car dock.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
IIlts not as easy as its said.

The phone shutsdown randomly.

My phone shutdown two times. Only the second time I picked up my phone after two minutes n found it was very hot.

Now what triggered it to become hot is a million dollar question.

Then I did some investigation and found out that the phone doesnt complete antutu stability tests, I've to agree I tried the same test in AC office env and it passed. At home in hot afternoon temps hovered around 105 and phone shutdown.

The media scanner is a deadly process for this phone... it can easily make this phone shutdown.

Overall unreliable phone.

I underclocked it to 1GHz and temps are within 85 deg while doing Antutu stability test :)

Compared to my Note2 its a piece of unreliable crap unless u root and underclock... yes I have both phones and I can easily say this...
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
well I just wanted to verify if my phone was faulty and required a replacement...

I guess its normal except for the wifi issue but that too I think is a software bug and not a big deal after I flash a custom rom and kernel

Yours is probably a faulty one and you should ask for replacement...

In my city outside temp rises to about 47 deg yet it has just crossed 73 deg mark once and that too after 25 mins of games

I was worried about my heating problem but I think mine is normal but reaching 105 is not...:(
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
Hey bala,

I did as you said to stop media process from running servies but for some reason I can still see it hoging my battery...

Please take a look at the screenshot below.

Should it be there and if no then what did I do wrong. ..

What ever it is it surely is eating away a lot of battery
[Galaxy S 4 General] tarun.nair:
Android 4.3 is around the corner :)

Android 4.3 is around the corner :) :fingers-crossed:

http://imgur.com/a/fqgwz
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Ok. Though IMHO you may have faulty hardware and should be entitled to a replacement. There shouldn't be a need to under clock the phone to use it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
There are no word of cm or aokp on s4 9500 so it will be even worrisome once 4.3 comes. ..The wait will be horrible.

Any idea guys how long it will Take for cm or aokp to get here ... 1 month 2...3...or more

If it's too long I'll b tempted to sell this and get htc one but I am liking the hardware of s4 and wanna stick to it
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
hi friends,

am running rooted stock MDK firmware,

rooted via adam kernel v 1.2 & cwm installed,

now when ever i open the gallary, the images are not shown,

i only get some blank squares..

if i reboot the phone everything is normal.

am using sandisk 32GB ufs card.

what could be the problem
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Hi seltaeb,

Actually all you guys are missing a point here. My device hover aroubd 105 only when running Antutu Stability test.

While running Antutu benchmark test its fine.

But I cant deny the Android Media Process making my phone shutdown. Its a fact for my phone.

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Guys Use the below as custom counter and run Antutu benchmark without overclocking/underclocking.

/sys/devices/platform/exynos5-tmu/curr_temp

Report the peak temp. Its likely when its running Cpu int/float performance.

Mine shows 100 peak.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
There is actually no point to be missed here. Your phone over heats and shuts down sometimes. It doesn't even pass stability tests at non-AC room temperatures.

That is not the case with my phone (and neither for [MENTION=3877923]bala_gamer[/MENTION] at least, I think). Hence, the advice to get your phone replaced as it is probably defective.

There certainly are phones out there with this issue, but it is not an ubiquitous issue (unlike the smearing one, which occurs on all phones).