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[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
I never liked original aosp so much

Thats why i (and may be you too) bought galaxy s4, otherwise i would have bought Nexus

If you are using Samsung device only then you will get full benifits of that device, when you use samsung based Android like Touchwiz, not original google aosp

Because there not so much Camera customization, hardware & software customization & tweaks, no 3g video call, no music advanced features etc...it feels like sufgocating

Thats why hence before ivwas using galaxy s 1 and i used many updated aosp roms but every time i felt something is missing, and came back to otiginal Rom where everything is perfect...same applies to s4

And as far as update is concerned, samsung is not so late ....as you can see more than 5 updates already came in...
[Galaxy S 4 General] nageshv24:
Finall got the update today evening.
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
+1

Same here man..i always liked touchwiz better than any other rom..samsung always come up with some very good feature..

Even on s2..i flashed numerous roms..played with them for a day or 2..then came back to touchwiz..plus plain vanilla android looks so boring..

But thats just my view..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
+2

Agreed Again!!! :D

I think everybody (95+%) love TouchWiz roms (internally) who bought Galaxy device

Its fact and guaranteed that...they also come back grom AOSP to Original rom (TouchWiz) after some days... :cool:

And AFAIK the the best experience of S4 (and android+touchwiz) is in Exynos!!!! ;):cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
While this is all true, you'll probably crave for AOSP once Google comes up with 4.3-5.0 whatever and Sammy takes its own sweet time Touchwizing it! I know I would especially if something like audio latency is fixed in AOSP and is not yet available in Sammy ROMs.

That being said this may not matter anymore, I think rather than making radical changes Google is focusing on reducing fragmentation by (a) slowing down releases and (b) moving core components out of AOSP (the keyboard for instance).
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
Strange nobdy is facing this WA issue!!! Y r the profile pics being saved even though I dnt open them??????:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Manav Asopa:
Maybe u hv poor choice then if u like touchwiz. Most ugly looking android ever .. going through this forum I see issues galore . Let me give u a better advice . Save ur cash and buy a galaxy grand . One day tell everyone that it's an S4 , other day say that its note 2 , next day say S3 .. They all look the same :p.. ppl will think u r rich ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] manu44:
Well i rooted mine using Cf root and it says official

Also Wanted to know at the time of purchase the Dealer told me about one time screen replacement for Rs 500?

Can anyone please shed light on this as i am confused..
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Touchwiz, while admittedly hideous, is more than just the UI. Samsung ROMs have significant under the hood improvements over AOSP. Luckily you can cover up most (but not all) of the ugliness using a different launcher and icon pack.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bibymon:
Lets not debate over which is best s4:rolleyes:..both are siblings & are the best phones

out there.. TouchWiz is good, at least for some time.. But who doesn't want to try AOSP, if Google releases 5.0 with new features n with awesome looks, and samsung took lot of time for update?? If samsung is able to provide fast updates, then it will be great :)

+1
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
I dont think touchwiz is hideous..but thats personal preference...but using a launcher solves it all in my opinion..i use next 3d..after that where do u see touchwiz..in settings??notification panel??..or may b dialer...and how often do u see those..do u really care how ur settings menu look like?? Atleast i dont...

And all these places touchwiz really shows how things shud b done...imo samsung has the best notification panel..easiest and full of functionality..since the beginning..they always had quick settings..google introduced it only later in a pathetic way..it cant b compared with samsungs notification panel..samsungs dialer app has always been the best imo(may b except for the contacts list lag)..

Again..all this is just my personal preference..

Sent from my GT-I9500

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Not everybody i show my phone to is as intelligent as u...hahaha...

Sorry man ..just kidding..but what u said only tells about ignorance of ppl around us...htc did it for a long time b4 samsung started making their mid range phones based on the same theme as their flagship phone..so does nokia..and iphone..and sony...

Everybody does that man...designing phones with all these patent wars around them is not as easy as u think..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] rgshah3:
Anyone facing a lag in the gallery?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
^ This guy is an Apple employee
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
If u say samsung fones looks the same nd crappy, then the biggest crap till date shld b iphone... let alone looks, they dinna even change the screen size, animations as well as UI for like 3 generations.... iP4 brought sme change... whereas sammy constantly tries to improve its TW in each flagship fone
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Check out his previous posts..looks like a htc owner to me..

And still he talks about the perils of touchwiz..when v all know how laggy sense was since the beginning..

And htc always made their flagship and mid range phone look almost same..

Or may b he really live among ignorant ppl..what he said only reflects upon his surroundings..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] Manav Asopa:
Anyways. U ppl enjoy the half baked plastic piece of s**t ... All I see in this group is problems with the phone. The S3 was one great fone z so was note . Not the S4. I'm nt a blind fanboy ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Yup i know that. He's also joined htc forums.

HTC owners have pretty much become like the iPhones ones - The One Sheeps!

If you say samsung to have the look alike models, then you should spam the iPhone thread too! They deserve more. Assembling chipsets and body is nothing. Samsung is the most innovative brand out there. Air gestures, air view, smart features - these all are not to be expected from brands like htc or apple. I love Sammy's UI. But if you don't you can go for another launcher - I don't know how is that a big deal?!!??

And you judge a phone according to the availability of look alikes in the market? Wow!! Then I don't think you deserve a Droid. Okay, well if I buy a Grand, would calling it GS4 make it octa core? Would it transplant a 5 in display? What about smart features? And GPU? Umm... Change the battery? Make it HD SAMOLED? Make it slimmer? NO!... right? It's assume your not that much foolish to answer yes now.

Then how does THE DEVICES BECOME THE SAME!!!!!!!

The One Sheeps... Please note!...

no ONE can beat THE GS4!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Yes u r...u r an htc fanboy..u r not evn using an s4..yet u r here to talk crap..u bought a htc one..and the only thing it has over a s4 is metal body(which is very prone to dents..add to it,htc's poor quality control)..everywhere else it has been dwarfed by s4..so as all of the htc one owners u feel jealous and the need to justify ur choice..that is y u r here..

Ultrapixel is plain crap..and evn more ppl r having problem with the one..

Edit: u dont even own a htc one.. u r a htc desire owner and a htc one x...hahaha..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
I think Samsung will redesign it's touchwiz ui again. May be it'll change it to the minimalistic look.

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One more thing,
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
Wtf!!!!! HTC DESIRE owners commenting on GS4!!!! I dnt think v need to waste our time on those bulls**t comments.... lets get back to bussiness....
[Galaxy S 4 General] whosaysjohn:
Thats was done in the open...ambush marketing...what sammy is doing is more like a shady game where it is acting like a small kid trying to discredit anyone standing up to him...unethical...
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
It always happens in business , sometime in the dark and sometime in the open. But what both samsung and htc has done is silly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Touche to that..!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] joslicx:
This story is going viral in English media now. It's even on BBC. Frankly its something Samsung cud have done without. It's only negative pub. Though I don't think it will change things much.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Its business. Not personal.

For HTC, the only way is up and they have a good chance to do so with the One, so they're pulling out all stops. Samsung is... well, being Samsung :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] arunritz:
The GALAXY S4 World Tour starts today, with Samsung UK unveiling the GALAXY S4 in London hope india will get soon..:):):)
[Galaxy S 4 General] dishayu:
So, i was just browsing indiatimes shopping. Came across the S4 listing. If we sort the mobile list by price, it comes in between devices costing 41900 and 40900. Could that be a pricing hint?

(can't post link here because i haven't made 10 posts yet, but you can go to shopping dot indiatimes dot com and verify yourself)
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
From all the other price leaks,I guess it surely around 38k-42k.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
It'll be about the same as last years's flagships.

S3 is down to 26k.. Note 2 is down to 31k... for HTC, One X+ is now 28k and One X is under 25k.

They are clearing up the 35-40k range. It might start off around 40k, but it'll settle down around 37-38k soon
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Eagerly waiting for it..!!! Have saved up for it!! Hope it comes soon so I dont spend my money on something else..!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] kancherlapraneeth:
no offense but may I know where can I get HTC One X + for 28k please?
[Galaxy S 4 General] arunritz:
World tour continues today RUSSIA

Check online for the Russian presentation GALAXY S4 today after 11.30

Twitter @samsungru: http://spr.ly/6035XKbf

Instagram @samsungru: http://spr.ly/6036XKbA

Pre-order new flagship: http://spr.ly/6039XKbh
[Galaxy S 4 General] joslicx:
Try eBay
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
Looks like they cleared their excess stock.. It was available for around 26k last week with any ebay discount code

http://www.ebay.in/itm/HTC-One-X-64...ia-Warranty-/251257602447?pt=IN_Mobile_Phones

Anyway.. Samsung thread so wont go off topic any more here.

The point was the current flagships have had their prices slashed.

I remember the S2 was still around 27k when the S3 was about to hit the market..

The S3 is now less than 27k (15% cashback thingy)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Its surprising why noone is talking about GT9500 review

None of the standard sites like Android police, Gsmarena reviewed it...
[Galaxy S 4 General] rachitboom2:
Not true, gsmarena and phonearena reviewed it atleast a week ago.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
The reviews are all over the Russian and Chinese sites. For me the most reputed reviews are anandtech, Gsmarena, phone arena. Now waiting for anands

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] thekoRngear:
Nope. What GSMArena and PhoneArena reviewed was the GTI9505 SD600 Variant. The poster was talking about I9500 Exynos variant.

As Bala Gamer posted detailed I9500 reviews were out atleast 2 weeks ago on couple Russian and Chinese sites. I do think GSMArena should add I9500's noteworthy features/reviews i.e., audio quality to the current review when they get one.
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Oh man, I am going to be out of town for a week from the 27th -- hope its available before that!

@Bala: I finally made up mind to buy it :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Also notice that even though Gsmarena and Android police reviewed GT9300, they failed to mention that 44 degrees is norm for it.

Which is beyond battery friendly temp.

I can not neglect the A15 overheating with 28nm manufacturing process.

Lets actually see some reviews and see what temps the real users in XDA post for GT9500...
[Galaxy S 4 General] manu44:
I just bought the phone 2 days ago

When i purchased the phone the dealer told me about a 36500 bundle with the phone

He said in that one time free replacement of screen is there if we pay Rs 500.. Can anyone please shed some light on this,As i have been reading a lot about the way the screen are getting damaged for people while the have the phone in the front pockets.. so please could some one share the knowledge?
[Galaxy S 4 General] rgshah3:
If your screen cracks, you can get it replaced once for a cost of 500 which you have to pay at the service center since the screen is not covered in the warranty
[Galaxy S 4 General] manu44:
Thank you for replying back...

Someone told me that this offer is till Sept 2013.. Is it right and for how long is it valid
[Galaxy S 4 General] Manav Asopa:
Lmao.. u guys took the time to look me out . U guys r too much.. anyhow. Atleast my post stopped the S4 issues posts coming in for a while. Enjoy the plastic cr*p guys ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] zavenfoizon:
Poor HTC fanboy. Jealous that he cant own an S4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Manav Asopa:
Ya I'm too jealous that I hv a HTC One , One X , a Note ... And I can't own a plastic piece of crap .. u guys hv fun with it.. use ur gimmicky air gestures .. Lmao
[Galaxy S 4 General] nil.shunya:
Despite being a samsung fan (owned s2 and now s3) I tend to agree with him that samsung are probably diluting their premium galaxy brand. All the new samsung phones almost look the same..the grand, the mega, the s series, the note, etc.. and yes I would love to buy s4 or note3 or s5 in more premium material.
[Galaxy S 4 General] techfreakgag:
The One X is plastic too buddy. In case you didn't notice.
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
U only hv a one x dude....u cant afford any other smartphone...ur earlier comment "ppl ll think u r rich" kinda already proved it...u r just a wannabe and an attention hog...they dint even want u in the htc one forum..u r like some unwanted child there born due to failure of latex products..they know that u r just a troll..and the phone u hv is also made from the same plastic..and lags as hell..

So instead of trying to embarrass urself evn more..just keep urself confined to the one x forum..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
In my opinion s4 is a balanced and feature rich phone. But touchwiz sucks. Big time. For example in dialer, we cant slide to change between the tabs. Wtf. That is so lame when u have big screen. I think htc software is way better than samsung. But samsung clearly kicks ass in terms of features and hardware. Samsung should make UI minimalist and cool. After all its a damn 40k phone. And the last thing is, samsung should really make different looks of a 20k and a 40k phone. All looks same.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Like i said man..all the brands do it...nokia has been doing it since N9..htc does it(did it since b4 samsung)...sony does it evry year..apple has been doing it since the beginning..so does lg..

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
No one can beat samsung.. all company's are 2 % of samsung...

I think that's enough... check todays market report....

I dont like guys like sony users or htc.. which only feels through "how body looks..wow" but the reality is phone looks good from outer but inner it has nothing new.. just new skin.. lol..

The features which samsung have... any other company can't think..

The thinking where other company ends.. samsung think starts from their ends of thinking..

And answer for why samsung have plastic... Cheap mind people think that samsung is cheap.. but reality is.. samsung use material which really helps in accidentally dropped... which results in nothing damage...

Here is answer

http://m.cnet.com/news/galaxy-s4-upsets-iphone-5-in-our-brutal-destruction-test-video/57588673

And display quality.. I m fan of amoled.. I mostly like the saturation and pure black...

No one can beat samsung.. company should have quality to comparison with samsung...
[Galaxy S 4 General] techfreakgag:
Touchwiz just needs a UI overhaul. It's pretty stable, feature rich and smooth on the S4. Just that the "nature UX" is kinda boring and somewhat ugly compared to other OEM skins. A little design change in the look of Touchwiz would do wonders.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jithendra194:
Oh, we need not worry about ui. I think they'll change the ui soon enough. Apple just made few changes to their ui in ios and AFAIK Samsung will change their ui. Minimalistic may be.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Manav Asopa:
you were saying ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Haha u edit the ur signature b4 posting here...thinking u r so intelligent..the same thing u did on the htc one forum..hahaha...

Oh poor poor guy(literally) lol

Like i said plz stop embarrassing urself..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] godmakarand:
smart scroll

has anyone found out that after mf5 update, smart scroll (follows your eye) is not working? or is it only on my phone. it was working before.

Correction - working. probably was off because i was using tsf shell.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rahulits:
Free S view cover??

Hi, did anyone receive their free S-View cover yet? Is the deal for real and genuine?!?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
[MENTION=4150048]guitarmafia[/MENTION]: ignore him bro.... these wannabe's aint worth our time.... lets get to our genuine routine stuff... one advice to tht dude; dnt criticise or speak bad of stuff v cnt afford to own.... v got no right to do so.... suppose I cnt own a Merc nd I speak sh*t abt it, it dsnt suit me....:o

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Btw, last msg I sent was frm Galaxy S4 Vertu Edition.... [MENTION=291173]manav[/MENTION]:p
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Not yet! But still the status shows approved but delivery has not been done
[Galaxy S 4 General] techfreakgag:
Any source of the info? Or just your assumption?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
Haha....dude calm down. You are defending samsung as if its your own company. Every company is equal and good as long as they are giving us good products. After all we are giving them our hard earned money. So we have full right to criticize if we dnt like anything. Also competition is very necessary otherwise companies wnt try to push themselves for innovation. In the end this is good for consumers. So yes samsung should and must listen to Customers and accept the mistakes.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Building a GS4 costs more than building an iPhone.

I love watching you guys being jealous of the Sammy's progress. All they found was plastic of the device. I really doubt your logical thinking capabilites. Couldn't a company, that makes the world's best smartphone with the world's fastest ever exynos 5 octa, build the same with an aluminium tin foil!??! I know you fools have blindly sorted out the gs4 cons. Still, if we take it to be a con, all of the gs4 pros can beat the One's one. It's really interesting to watch a whore stripteasing the GS4 owners here wearing htc one bikini. I know by the moment, you've started to feel that you've posted here to make your day bad and regret your ****ty reviews.

XDA must introduce a vBulletin message that displays whenever sheeps like you try to post on the Sammy's flagship device thread, "Jealousy not allowed. You did a mistake buying that crap. Now regret. Let the GS4 fans continue their party. Thanks. Get out."

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The thread title clearly says, "... Galaxy S4 OWNERS..."
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Best company determine by high sales and profit plus good product.. So.. samsung has better marketeting.. which means samaung knows what more people wants...

I am not saying that all company except samsung, is bad..

I am not only samsung users... used all smart phone.. but living with all smartphones plus samsung, galaxy did better job over them all..

More helpfull in daily life with its features..
[Galaxy S 4 General] devadatta:
latest from Samsung..

http://my.fakingnews.firstpost.com/2013/06/28/samsung-launches-android-powered-pressure-cooker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+myfakingnews+%28Faking+News+2.0%29
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
awsome dude..

LoL
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
Dude are u high or something. What i was talking about is that no company should have monopoly in smartphone market. Its best for the interest of consumers. I am using only samsung since galaxy s. I am strongly criticize htc for its bad QC. I am just trying to say that smartphone companies should be always on their toes.

And for your information i am the owner of galaxy s4. Just look at my signature. Are u blind or something. I am not here to fight. But it seems its better to be silent than to waste my energy on samsheeps like u.

And yes i still think s4 is way better than htc one but s4 has worse design for a flagship

Sent from my GT-I9500

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You are right. Samsung does have many helpful features. Its just they need to change their UI a little.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] kranti2064:
And you lot are going to get this thread closed very soon.. :banghead:

Please maintain the decorum of this public forum. Control your enthusiasm and do not use trash language.

And just you know exynos is no longer the most powerfullest..!

And although the phone has an 8 core processor, it is practically a quadcore as at any point in time only 4 cores can be active.

Just goes on to prove how ignorant some of you are that an advert defines your knowledge. Read, get your facts correct and then express an opinion or you will just be making a fool of youself amongst people who know what they are talking about..

My 2 cents..
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
I agree with you. Thats what i am trying to say. But it seems there is no point to bang our heads. Everybody has their own understandings. Some even start trash talking when they dont have any logical points to say.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gauravgymnast08:
Install a apk exynos and select root into this apps
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Spotted the blind here! You are!

Borrow some eyes from an iSheep and look carefully, all of the message above the quotation is for that iCrap who had spammed the thread. What I implied that we shouldn't support any word of that iCrap. The title clearly says galaxy s4 owners. He's the right to criticize. He can do the same at the feedback pages. If we start supporting it, then, in case if you've a brain, think of the plenty of iSheeps who would start spamming the thread.

And mate, if you thought that was high... You're lucky, boy!
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
haha..........Alright mate. Got your point. No hard feelings. Still i feel Samsung should change their designs a little bit. I know S4 are getting sold in millions but its not the same as it was last year. Sales of S3 were way ahead of HTC One X. But this time HTC One is also selling well. Lets hope Samsung takes clue from this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
One nd only thing- nebdy entering our space or our forum nd criticising is not tolerated....
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Yeah buddy, the One has really got HTC into the battle. HTC phones had never been so much into the top smartphones list but the arrival of one has given a tough competition to GS4. And yeah, holding S4 may not feel like holding a premium device but doing the same with one and z does. But having the so called plastic body has pros too and they matters more for me. By the way, I care less for design and more for performance and unrestricted hardware/software.