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[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Samsung always wants to sweep all mobile customer by providing Models name only. Like S3 Mini, then S4..:(

Indian smartphone market jumps 48% in 2012​

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According to the latest information from IDC, the Indian smartphone market expanded 48% in 2012 to 16.3 million units. That compares with the 16% gain in the overall mobile phone market in the country for 2012 to 218 million units. Even though the growth in smartphones for the year was three times higher than the growth in the overall market for 2012, in India featurephones still command nearly 91% of the country's mobile phone market. Smartphones are closing the gap as featurephones held a 92.8% share at the beginning of last year. For the fourth quarter, smartphones rose 38% sequentially vs.a 5% drop for featurephones.

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With the smartphone market in India rising 48% in 2012...

While Samsung is the top smartphone manufacturer in India based on shipments, local brands pricing models for less than $100 were serious competitors. That sector and the $100-$200 smartphones made by global producers, were the two fastest growing niches in India. Units with screens larger than 4 inches and with dual-core processors were becoming popular in the area.

Apple had the second highest revenue of any smartphone manufacturer in the country during the quarter, thanks to the release of the Apple iPhone 5 during the period. Despite that, Android remains the dominant OS with iOS and Windows Phone 8 expected to close the gap in the future. According to William Stofega, IDC’s program director for mobile device, Windows Phone 8 units accounted for 289,000 of the 5.4 million smartphones sold in the fourth quarter for a 5.4% market share, putting it ahead of iOS in the country.

After Samsung, Micromax was the second largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter based on shipments. Sony was third thanks to huge sales of its mid-tier ($150-$300) handsets. Nokia's Lumia phones also did well in the mid-tier segment, allowing the Finnish manufacturer to claim the spot behind Sony as the fourth largest smartphone OEM in India during Q4. Rounding out the top 5 was Karbonn, a local company making its first appearance in the top 5.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidkking:
Confirmed: India to get Exynos 5 Octa Version by Last Week of April

Market Availability in the last week of April, most prob 30 April.

Price remains same as before: Rs 44,999/-

Processor: Exynos 5 Octa

Source
[Galaxy S 4 General] imranaryan:
i will buy octa one only if its get under 40k

else XZ/HTC ONE
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

http://mdaily.bhaskar.com/article/t...orrow-in-india-are-you-ready-4223221-PHO.html

It true Samsung launch tomorrow launch s4 in India:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
Disclaimer: This article is a part of our April fool day series to make our readers laugh. We hope Companies mentioned in the article understand our intentions and are not offended.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Samsung Galaxy S4 priced at 690 Euros (Rs. 48,100) in Portugal:eek::eek:

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/new...iced-at-690-euros-rs-48100-in-portugal-349158
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
Uk (before VAT) and India(market rate) are similar for most samsung phones

its £483.33 at clove before vat.. thats 40k..

Will be for sale around 40..
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

First week s4 sell for 40k then I think 38k is become street price 20 days after
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Still 38 is too much for this crapsung.

31-33k is justified IMO

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

You are right but some people like me buy it

Only to choose Xperia z or galaxy s4

If Samsung s4 launch price tag of 50k than I buy Xperia z:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] rl421403:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

I do agree with you, phone feels like 31-33k but this is not going that much cheaper. Considering s3 and note2 prices.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidkking:
New Price: Rs. 42,490/-

Availability- Next Week (April 12)

Source

I have personally visited the Samsung Store in Noida Sec 18 and saw the S4 on demo! They confirm the above!
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
heard its launching on april 15 here in chennai.. no details about the prize. Nothing official though ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

How was it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Now I am curios about first batch of S4.

will it be Imported from out side India or will it from Noida production unit:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rl421403:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Me not buying for this price. I will wait for some real reviews and price to lower under 40k.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

There are more than enough reviews around to crown it as the king of droids, now we have to wait for the price to drop

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Hehe samsung s4 internals are truely powerful but design wise they screwed it. I am just waiting for htc one to get launched. I will compare both and decide. I have use s1,s2 and s3. I am just bored from using samsung. With s4 they are serving new wine in old bottle.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidkking:
Real nice..!!! took some pics but too busy tonite for editing..!! will edit and post them tomorrow..!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

TRUE

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
I have it installed and have used it for about half an hour now. It's not fake.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
Oh yea.. I just checked it.. Just got updated in play store.. But it's not yet complete.. If you open the app you still see g talk of old.. Hangout features not yet there.. May be will get updated.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
You need to browse it from desktop and from there you can install it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
Ausum.. You guys always get the work around.. Will try it..
[Galaxy S 4 General] uncanny:
Guys, everyone has mentioned about Touchwiz lag, I know this is XDA :), but have you guys turned off all the animations in the "hidden" developer option? It makes a significant difference. You can turn on developer option by tapping on 'Build number' 5 times.

Is there a model or speed difference between S3 i9305 and i9505 LTE modem? Does the LTE modem in i9505 support more bands? I remember Samsung saying something about bands at the launch event. I can see the same 'Qualcomm 4g' sticker on i9505 as it was on S3 LTE
[Galaxy S 4 General] Amritttt:
On what Indian online shopping website i can buy GT-i9505?

Sent From My Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Im using it dear;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Damn! No option to see if other person is online! Its like talking in a dark room :banghead:
[Galaxy S 4 General] funtoosh:
I bought my S4 from samsung cafe store in my city for 41.5K 12 EMI no extra charges, but for some reason i've not got any EMI in the statement, though the credit card payment slip stated it as EMI, i've no issues paying at once, infact i've already cleared the payment, but be careful if you plan to pay by EMI.

I know it can be sorted out by bugging the bank and samsung store as you have the proof of EMI in the credit card payment slip but still be careful
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
yea :( but we have hope , its from google and its just the first version
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
There's no clarity on this. Most likely it's snapdragon variant but if there's any h/w differences compared to i9505; touchwiz roms wouldn't work but I'm sure folks getting Google Edition S4 will not need this option.

Regarding AOSP support according to Entropy512 this isn't clear yet from Google but all they announced was - "frequent updates"

for S4 Google Edition.

Untill the device comes into people's hands it's all speculation since there's no concrete info apart from I/O announcement. The phone is launching on June 26th & I'm sure there's a lot of demand for this ;) it's like a dream come true and wish every Android phone comes with this feature so that you don't have to worry about updates from manufacturer.

This is a workaround and not a real fix. Touchwiz lags & disabling animations or adding more CPU cores wouldn't fix this. Period

Samsung will keep milking the cash cow and keep making money out of "Galaxy" & "S4" name. Wait for another 1-2 months and you'll see few more variants coming.

I'm waiting for S4 32GB (with FM radio) Google Edition. I know samsung caters to every single person's needs and sometimes it's good to wait. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Is it advisable to root now or wait for updates from samsung? I have gs4 exynos buildnumber ending with AMDK

I havent rooted a device before so i would like to know more about it also.
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
Touchwizz Roms wouldn't work? That's the whole point of the GE S4 :P. But, sad thing, there is no India release. Only play store support, again people in India would have to make go the N4 way. Import, ship and pay.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
GE S4 is US only as of now & based on the demand it might be available on play store for rest of the counties later. Anyway it's a win win situation for Samsung because anyone crying about slow updates by manufacturer can be made to shut up by showing this one.

You know sometimes you can never please people. People will ***** & cry later when those sensors, ir blaster etc don't work on AOSP based roms and you need touchwiz for it. Best of both worlds is necessary nightmare :D

Also there are people who wanna Dual boot Samsung & AOSP and there are so many other Touchwiz features which few users miss and they make a fuss about it.

If the S4 GE has few stuff (h/w related) removed or changed compared to i9505 then porting or flashing touchwiz roms will also be difficult. As of now I'm thinking GE S4 = I9505 running AOSP.
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
You mirror my thoughts man. Haha. There's no pleasing this world :p

Yaa, i9505 on AOSP.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
We're on XDA. :D

If I'm using my SGS2 the way Samsung wanted me to, I'll find no flaws in my phone but my crave to have latest Android updates is making me wanna switch to the S4.

I'm yet to be pleased as I'm waiting for 32GB S4 GE (with FM radio). I know it's too much to ask for :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
Ya, the GE S4 will be a bomb, it may surpass the Galaxy S in terms of development. About the radio, I'm not too sure :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Latest play store 4.1.6

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22946563261204178
[Galaxy S 4 General] shethsa:
Anything meaningful? I couldn't make out much
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Samsung Promises To "Review The Possibility" Of Freeing Up More Storage On The Galaxy S4

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-changes-mind-will-look-at-storage-on-galaxy-s4-50011229/
[Galaxy S 4 General] rajarshi10:
OFFTOPIC

Will the Galaxy S4 Google Edition be released in India via Google Play store? Or Samsung?

THEN I WILL WAIT :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
I guess its available only for the Play Store countries like US, Canada and EU. India not included.

Samsung, lets see! i9505 hasn't got a release here, so most probably this won't be released officially here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
i just rooted my phone with the Adam kernel. Can any1 suggest some good custom ROMs ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Akhil:
No custom ROMs yet for the I9500.

Only some stock based ROMS.

You can try the barebone's ROM.

Sent from my Octa Core S4
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Us only right now.

Also, does anyone have a non hotfile mirror for the me1 firmware? Been trying to download for two days, errors after 800 mb both times.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Can somebody attach the UAMDE or ME1 or MDL modem ?

The MDK modem sucks!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
No custom roms? We already have two of the best roms available, omega and WanamLite :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
I think he wants aosp based ones.

Bala, do you have a non hotfile mirror for the full me1 fw?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Can you give me the link?I will try to mirror it to my server for you :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Is there any app which lets you move apps/game data to extsd? Ive tried GL to sd but its irritating that you have to run the app before launching a game
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Thanks a lot! I hate hotfile!

Hotfile.com: One click file hosting: I9500XXUAME1_I9500OLBAMDK_XSE.zip - http://hotfile.com/dl/222915952/463901c/I9500XXUAME1_I9500OLBAMDK_XSE.zip.html?expire=1

Sent from Neptune

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Directory binding?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
Really Don't think so. As per Engadget h/w is same as I9505 which is not launched here or may not even launch here due to LTE chip inside which isn't compatible with our region. So your only chance is import it.

During I/O they said US only. Never specified anything about rest of the countries & I'm guessing it may be available for countries where N4 was available on Play store. In that scenario our country India is excluded.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Ya i was talking about the aosp based ones.

can i flash the wanam UAME1 ROM on my MDK based adam kernel? Sorry im a layman

Also i have apps downloaded from samsung apps, will this harm them? And will i loose gesture controls? (i kinda like the quick glance, wvaing your hand to accept calls gestures)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
You can flash the rom and Adam kernel. I think he's removed some stuff in the rom, it's available on the op as an additional zip. You won't lose any tw features on a tw based rom (unless they've been removed).

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Akhil:
I know about that , read my post again.

Custom ROMs IMO are aftermarket firmwares.

Sent from my Octa Core S4
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Guys i want to buy a new sd card, class10 32 or g4 gb. Was thinking of getting SanDisk Ultra but ive read that the cards have some problem?

Which other card would be a suitable alternative?
[Galaxy S 4 General] lmuralidharan:
I have the sandisk card for about a week and no issues so far( 32gb). I have used strontium in the past which has been good to me ( got two of them in other phones at home)
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
here it is :).Let me know once you download.have to remove it.running out of space :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] abheshekk:
check out foldermount on google playstore
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Thanks! Gimme a few hours, just gonna get home from work and get it started.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Thanks!! works great :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Just Started. Slow Going so far! :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
my upload speed ATM is 615Mb/s.So you must get 78+MB/s.And im sure our ISP doesnt even get close to that :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Woah! Lucky you! I wanna go back to my good high speed home internet. I think the ISPs have some issues, can't get anything to work right.

http://imgur.com/u3Y2dhH
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Yeah...looks like your ISP do have issue!BTW I'm not luck because I have only 4Mbps now and still waiting for 12-24Mbps FTH to reach my area :D.The speeds are from my server at Amsterdam-1Gbps shared within my node.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
I have ACT at home. Average 15-17 UP. Over here, both airtel and mtnl, even though they're supposed to be 4 megs, are c**p. I'm not here for long so I can't do anything about it. Btw, 100 MB done.

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Gave up and downloading on my phone, data caps be Damned. What's the md5? Just to be safe.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
MD5 added to the same folder :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Thanks a lot! Downloaded and finally flashed and booting up now.. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
good :good:.So could I delete the file from my server?:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Yes please.. :)

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Have anyone tried cydia on s4?Waiting to see what it does and in the mean while,downloading to my note as we speak
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
music playback issue

hi friends,,

been enjoying my S4 for some time,

recently i found an issue

when i am playing songs using the stock music player via ear phones and if i get an incoming call,

after i finish the call the player doesn't resume,

i have to manually resume the song

and the other issue is the song which is playing at the time i got call will be skipped and the next one plays after i resume the player...

today also the same thing happened but, insted of playing the next song it was giving some weired noise.

what could be the problem

am using stock indian firmware with adam kernel 1.1 and cwm installed..
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Hey guys,,,just got my s4,,,i am upgrading from my s2,,my brother on the other hand has s3 and note 2,,,,i wanted to upgrade to s3 but pebble blue model was not available in my area at that time,,,i was patiently waiting for the pebble blue model when note 2 was announced,,so i thought i should go with note 2 instead of s3(mainly cuz of 2 gb ram),,but i was faced with the same prob again,,only white model was available in my area,,,(i just dont like white models of any phone)...but now finally i got my s4(black one :D ) ..i was a bit late cuz i was waiting to see if there are really that many probs on s4(i am oftenly checking xda),,,,but finally i thought there is nothing better on market and i am a bit of samsung fanboy...samsung never really dissapointed me much..lol...and i have owned like 12 samsung handsets...so i got it just today...

i see there are a lot of people who have previously used s2(bala,,etc..),,,and i wanted to ask u if u still have ur s2(i am kepping mine)...if so then can u tell me if its just some prob with my handset or s2 is just a little bit louder than s4,,i mean s4 has fuller and richer sound,,but s2 seems to be a bit loder.... ???
[Galaxy S 4 General] danveer:
Finally got my s4 today:):beer::D

But as I feared its getting hot espically when you answer a call after using the phone for a long time..

@ bala_gamer--can you tell me how to stop media scanning service and any suggestions how to free up some ram...

Its like 1.42 gb used in free state...

Anyhow great going so far and the screen is really awsm...:o:thumbup:

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And ya, can anyone tell me from where can I get adobe flash player. ..

I thought it came pre installed...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Z3US911:
I was just roaming in play store and all I saw is indian playstore is full of spam applications like scan girls, 'adhuri hawas'etc...

I mean Dafaq..!!

its better not to develop anything if one cannot think beyond that $h!t...common!
[Galaxy S 4 General] coolraghav:
Please check my post here --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2260083&page=10

or click here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41531492&postcount=94

I'm seriously hoping some indian members can help me :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
I dont think u can get it fixed for free,,,,use a good case from now onwards...

u can try and ask the service centre guys to do it for free,,,telling them u were not responsible for that,,and show them how only the oled is cracked(i dont know how that is possible,,i mean oleds usually dont break..every oled is flexible cuz they make oleds on some plastic type material..in my experience,,its always the glass that breaks)...if u know any of the guyz ,u hv a chance,,,otherwise i doubt u ll be able to get it fixed for free...

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Also,,can anybody tell me if their led turns totally white or not,,,fr example i set my led to blink white colour for whatsapp msgs,,,but insted i am seeing that it has a bluish shade on one corner,,,,... ???
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Just got my Spigen S4 Case Neo Hybrid - Dante Red

Case is really slim and looks very sporty sharing some pics

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[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
thats really nasty.... people can just keep their ass shut instead of making some poor apps like this.

just checked the above scenario with an out going call and incoming sms, the song resumed fine and it dosent skip :) im on ME1 odexed rom btw.

sold my s2 before i purchased s3 ;) since i dont have s2 i cant comment on that but the volume is much clear and louder than s3. also since s4 has wolfson audio there are headroom for insane audio tweaks/mods. There is already a tweak that edit some conf file to increase stock volume , give it a try

goto application manger in settings

running services -> select media-> stop

show cached process->select media-> stop

reg adobe player , there is a thread in themes and app sections to sideload adobe player ,take a look at it. I already had my adobe player backed up in TB ,restored it straightaway after i rooted it.

Really unfortunate to hear this, this is the first of its kind im hearing. SC is the only way. my good old s3 slipped out of my hand so many times(its much prone to screen shattering) and it got only few dents in the rim and nothing else. may be you are unlucky. s4's screen and bezel attachemtn looks almost similar to s2 so it should be hard to break afaik.

i got a dark grey case similar in looks like yours.. though the mobile is safe it made the bezels look bigger :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vatumb:
Hi Bala, From where did you Bought it. Link Plz. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
Thanx bala,,,,can u tell me if ur led turns totally white or not,,,fr example i set my led to blink white colour for whatsapp msgs,,,but insted i am seeing that it has a bluish shade on one corner,,,,... ???
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
yes,thats how it works unfortunately..
[Galaxy S 4 General] guitarmafia:
hmm i thought it was some prob with my handset,,, can u link me to that audio tweak u were talking about,,??
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Damn.. Camera launch reboot syndrome is still present in me1.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
I m using below firmware not even single time had this issue may be u can try it i got it from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware

India INS (April 2013)

PDA: I9500XXUAMDK

CSC: I9500ODDAMDK

Version 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
That's the Indian one right? Was on that till yesterday, had the same issue. I thought that the new firmware would fix that.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Yes correct

may be some thing else is causing issue to camera some apps etc dont have any idea though will let u know incase i find something
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
samsung cafe in chennai... cant disclose rest of the details :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Thanks. There's a whole thread on it.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Akhil:
Hey bala , have you checked this out

http://blog.gsmarena.com/international-samsung-galaxy-s4-gets-cyanogenmod-nightly-build/

Gsmarena says that I9500 has got CM 10.1, I cant find it.

Sent from my Octa Core S4