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[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Are you talking about mea? If yes then the latest firmware is MF5 with a greater changelist number. MEA isn't the latest one anymore. Lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Yes MEA is the latest one available for these regions as they get the updates late.
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Good to know. Personal advice is to flash Indian firmware via Odin just once and receive newer firmwares via kies afterwards. I did the same and currently downloading mf5 via kies. Thanks for your update about Pakistani firmware though.
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
after OTA my fone is overheating/getting war during standby... remedy? :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Better wait than :banghead:
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
wait for ? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
I thinking he is talking about waiting for buying the s4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
Today i have downloaded and installed MEA update and so far i find it very good smearing is totally gone that jittery screen when keyboard pops up is also gone and battery life seems to be improved then before and to be honest brother i have never experienced over heating on my device because i have watched a vdo on youtube some tech guy said that over heating on s4 is caused by the air gestures sensor if you turn it off you can get rid of over heating and for me it works ... no over heating at all.
[Galaxy S 4 General] khantastic:
anyone with a better link to any Pak rom?? i mean MEA or any previous rom with a better link or torrent?? (not hotfile)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
I first updated my S4 to UAE's latest ROM and then returned back to my original KSA ROM and updated through KIES.

The battery life was greatly improved over the previous update. I mean the battery life has gotten WAY awesome for me. I'm a moderate user with wifi/mobile data on 80% of the time, I charged my phone yesterday to 100% around 7:30am and I still have 60% of the battery left (will post screenshot in a bit. The thing is I switched off and took the battery out to change SIM around 8:30am yesterday so the stats started from that time)

Overheating is there but it has gotten WAYYY low for me. I have air gestures enabled and like saad2687 said, it happens because of the gesture sensor. I have it on and I still experience little to no overheating.

SMEARING is still there. Samsung tricked the awaam by changing the settings background so blurring/ghosting and smearing isn't visible there and people think it has been solved. But I checked a few videos where the smearing was a lot and it has been reduced in them too.

The phone has gotten more snappier and response, yes the benchmarks have gotten down but the performance and RAM management is superb now, probably why the battery life has improved.

Moving apps to SD card is the feature we all wanted. Moved all my apps to SD card still a little bit of data is to remain on the phone (you know registries or something else)

Lag in the contacts menu is still present but I'm hearing it has been removed with the latest updates for Russia/Germany.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
A giant smartphone company, beating every other company in innovative software features can't resolve lag issues in simple apps of its UX like phone and contacts. What an irony...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Guys I'm on mea firmfare changelist is around 78 0r 76k and mf8 firmware of russia is available with changelist of 92k. If I flash it through odin will it void my warranty ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] aneeqkhan:
Yes
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
NO, It will NOT void your warranty. Your phone status will always stay official as long as you flash official Samsung firmwares. Besides, if you are too concerned about getting caught flashing firmwares (incase you return the phone), all you have to do is download pakistani MEA rom and flash it via odin (when you return your phone for warranty claims). You have nothing to lose.

This firmware brought much needed improvements eg removal of phone app lag, contact lag, gallery lag etc. Some users are also reporting splendid battery life with 6.5+ hours of screen on time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
6+ hours screen time OMG. I never got more than 4 and half great. And one more question is risky to install other country's firmwares ?? Should I install it ?

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You sure about this. I'm confuse now
[Galaxy S 4 General] aneeqkhan:
By installing a stock rom of any region ur status would become official.... but as u would know TA is still not available for i9500 and counter is hidden and cant b reset as of now and I replied yes just bcoz ur warranty would b void if u give ur set to service center with non pakistani fw.

Btw if u follow other users instructions u would b good to go
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
Flashing a firmware doesn't void warranty as far as status or counter is concerned. Your phone will look absolutely stock and normal. However, if service guys find out that you replaced the firmware and don't have Pakistani firmware then they 'may' refuse to honor warranty. You know when it comes to warranty, companies don't hesitate to give you even the lamest excuse to dishonor your warranty.

So, go ahead and flash the bug free ROM but keep a Pakistani ROM downloaded in case of emergency.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Thank you guys. Which firmware you are on ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Yes, I am 100% sure lol. Here is what you have to do:

- Download MF8

- Download Pakistani MEA (backup for claiming warranty)

- Flash MF8 and enjoy.

- Incase you want to return your phone, flash Pakistani MEA.
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
Well after trying to flash MEA FW through odin 3.07 i still had lags overheating problem so thrn i factorybformatted ajd updated through KIES and then again cleared cache and voila, overheating problems and other bugs went away
[Galaxy S 4 General] aneeqkhan:
You can't b serious... overheating n lag is still there in MEA build. No matter what u do. I m also on MEA n it still gets pretty hot. Haven't given MF8 a run but users report that overheating is much lesser in it with obvious decrease in benchmark scores.

Try using it a bit more n report about ur experience.
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
Used it a couple more days now and even my antutu benchmarks are still around 27500 ... it do get warm now during 3d gaming but i wouldnt call it overheating
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Flashed the mf8 firmware yesterday, the small lag when moving between screens is still there(random). Battery time is the same I think.

Can't say anything about the heating issue, aj kal mosam he boht suhana hai:p
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
Haha
[Galaxy S 4 General] aneeqkhan:
Benchmarks on MEA r still pretty stock.. u know what I mean

I got 28450 approx. But on MF8 they do decrease a bit but aid a lot in overheating n lag.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Try Indian mf8 update no bloatware and higher changelist hope we get new update soon by sammy
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
thanks for the tip.. will try it soon :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
My phone status is permissive not official what does that mean ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Odin mode men jaa ker dekha hai? Vol+menu+lockscreen download mode per official nhn likha aa reha?
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
After the minor updates do we have to do through OTA or KIES ? and do we have to factory reset after updating?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Let me confirm

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Odin hy nai or vol+menu+power sy show nai ho raha ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] saadahmeddar:
Agreed with you bro
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Try again.

Press voldown+menu button+lock button all at the same time and release.

Do this when your phone is turned off.

After that. Press vol up to continue and you will see your phone status there
[Galaxy S 4 General] aneeqkhan:
It is not menu button... it is home button. The right combination for going to download mode is vol down + home button + power key being pressed at the same time while phone is off. Once u see boot screen leave all three buttons n u will b in download mode. Press vol up to continue then.
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Oops. I am out of my mind. Just keep calling it menu key. ^^^ exactly what he said.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Its say official in odin mode :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
you have got a haunted phone :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Haha aik vari ty jan nikal gai c :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Lol. Hahaha
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Kisi ne phone root kiya hua hai apna?
[Galaxy S 4 General] HassanM:
Yes.... Rooted with Custom ROM / Kernel...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Using cf auto root method? And which rom+kernel are you using?

Sent from my GT-I9500.
[Galaxy S 4 General] HassanM:
Yes... Using Omega 8 w/ Perseus....
[Galaxy S 4 General] dratif:
Hey fellas...I want to root my s4 GT-I9500...firmware is xxubmea..any link to a perfect tutorial?coz I couldn't find it myself . and not to mention I don't want that yellow triangle procedure..thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Try youtube I saw video there I think
[Galaxy S 4 General] HassanM:
Use cf auto root / cwm using Odin.... Its as easy as ABC... If u have any problems locating these 3 (Odin/Cf auto root/CWM) files pm me I'll send u ....
[Galaxy S 4 General] droid_for_life:
Newbie here... Proud owner of S4 Octa ... one of first to get sgs4 in pakistan :)

current version is MF8..:good:

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use this thread to root your s4 :good:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2343818
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
Cool
[Galaxy S 4 General] dratif:
Hey guys...I am on latest wanam time...1.8 version..I have problem receiving and sending text msgs..what could be the problem??what modem and vacation do u guys recommend??
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
I recommend Rome for a vacation.
[Galaxy S 4 General] dratif:
Lolz...screw predictive text:P...I meant modem and csc???
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
MG1.Modem.CWM
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Any changes ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
Latest modem afcourse
[Galaxy S 4 General] HassanM:
Try MF8....
[Galaxy S 4 General] abuarman:
I'm also using Wanam's rom 1.8. Luckily no problems. I think you should use phoenix super wipe before flashing wanam.

Be careful with super wipe,make a nandroid backup or transfer your data to external sdcard because it will wipe everything.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] a.cid:
This thread is no longer on topic of availability/country specific deals. Having served its purpose, this thread needs to be closed down.

A few threads that you guys may find useful in order to continue discussion:

Roll-up Sticky thread

Off-topic Thread

Device Comparisons / Discussions / Rumors

Firmware Discussion Thread

Thread closed.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

That's actually a bad thing...

Its always easier to develope for the Snapdragon rather than Exynos because other companies use snap drag and you can get its source without too many issues unlike exynos.

A prime example would be the S2 using exynos (i9100) vs the snapdragon (i9100G)... The G variant always gets all ROMs and features working long before the exynos variant... So... As I said... Not really a good thing... Unless all one cares about is bragging rights that they have an "octacore" phone...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

But I am still interested to see how octa core will perform, surely a thing to test out for, esp for battery. If you want to get snapdragon then wait for sometime to get a used set. You will get it easily as here most used set come from uk and uk is getting snapdragon.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] _hito_:
All I can just say two lines when even thinking about buying S4..

BACHA GHAREEB

SAPNAY AJEEB:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

What market gets what version. Exynos or Snapdragon.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...here-is-what-market-gets-what-version_id41085

EDIT: Sorry just saw, someone already posted it :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] alitech:
We have a Pakistani thread for GS4 owners!!! Woooooooooo

Ill be bringing the free ones I get off the network providers here to sell em off in Karachi.. should pay for some of my shopping
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
So, guys what do we think about the pricing of used/unofficial S4 in Pak? Like official samsung Pakistan ones will have octa chip while the flood from UK will have s600.

Now we, here at xda, know what octa core exynos actually is but what about the general public? When samsung will market S4 shouting everywhere that its world's first octa core phone then wouldn't general public be demanding "bhai hume 8 core wala phone chahiye, 4 core wala nahi'? Will that depress the prices of UK's S4s?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

Very interested point raised. Well I have seen this scenerio with s2 and s3 which had different varients. Well those who didnt had any knowledge on whats the difference between different versions, they have taken whatever shopkeeper gave them. The rest of them went on searching until they found the international version. I think same will happen this time as well.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

As soheb pointed out... Most people don't know and don't give a **** as long as its the galaxy S4... And most the time they will go for whatever is cheaper...

The general trend for Pakistan has always been, the Intl variant with Exynos has always officially launched here hence been more expensive... As compared to the ones that come in from abroad which are TI or Snapdragon in the past. The price difference is at max a 3000 difference, only if the shopkeeper is honest enough to tell you the market value of the product... So I'm basing what I'm saying on wholesale rates, the exynos costs about let's say for a range sake, 2-4k difference...

Now with the S2 i9100 it always remained at a relatively stable price, till people started bringing in the i9100G or the i777 I think it was(AT&T variant)... Those were cheaper and started selling a lot, but as I said just a few thousand less... We all know in Pakistan people just want to show off their stuff while spending as little as possible but getting the latest thing...

Same thing happened when the s3 T-Mobile versions flooded the market here... They were again 3k less than the i9300 ... They were dual core with 2gb ram... Looked the same almost so who cared...

So rest assured the same thing will happen here... The i9500 will be more expensive while the s600 ones will be a few thousand less when they start coming in... Oh and im pretty sure 90% of the people who will even buy the s4 won't even be able to say "octacore" let alone know what it is... "Humai naya walla Samsung dedo touch walla" is what they will say...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
You two have very valid points but the way I see it is that in S2 and S3 case, Samsung never used a processor that was unique. I mean it was dual/quad core just like other processors albeit more powerful. But this time, the octa core processor thing is unique. There is no other processor currently in mobiles that is based on big.LITTLE architecture. So, if samsung Pak markets this feature and make a hype of it (why wouldn't they?) then people might get aware of it and would want it to brag about.

Also, in used handset market, same might happen. People buying will be like "kia ye 8 core wala he ya 4 core wala"? And people selling on online websites would mention it that its the octa one not the quad one to make their ads more attractive. I'm saying this because I have seen numerous ads of S2 specifically mentioning that its not the G version.

I am aware of the fact that UK imported sets cost less that official Pak ones but that difference is mainly because of warranty not the processors. In S3's case, both Pak and UK ones had same exynos. In international S2, exynos was in UK's imported and Pak ones. But this time they are gonna be different! Also, samsung's marketing wasn't based mainly on processors in past.

So, what I'm speculating is that if samsung Pak does market this octa core feature (that's the main assumption) then we may see a 'bigger' price difference between UK's and Pak's S4 than before.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

Not true about the warranties... My previous post was 100% focused on without warranty rates... There was a diff of just 2-4k... For eg, the without warranty new S3 until January was for 50k, when the market started getting the dual core tmobile ones which were for 47k... With warranty quad core were about 54k... And let's not forget when the S3 was launched it was also the first official quad core launch in pak... To soon be followed by others...

Bottom line... I really don't think there will be a large change from the normal trend this time around... Doubt it...

And about the adds mentioning the G variants... Yea i saw those too but those were a very small number of people and rest assured the average Pakistani had no idea what that even meant or why they should pay more for it...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
If i am not wrong, price in UAE is always lower than in our country, i found online source which shows It'll release in UAE @ 2,600 drhms, which makes it almost 70,000/- PKR, it means GS4 will touch 80k min in Pakistan, and this UAE pricing is almost confirmed, bit.ly/YnPXHI is a Popular news source, so 80k for this phone is too much, with only couple of hardware improvement, same cheap plastic body, and FM Radio also removed from it, all this makes it clear that s3 is a better buy than this massively priced useless ***t, and also s3 will get lots of s4 features by software update, in russia it's pre-ordered as 970$, in Europe it's costing 650€, other regions where there is GBP currency is pre-order rate is 530£, but on the other hand it's 650$ in U.S, which is much better price for this slight upgrade over s3, and those who are saying it's price will reduce in few months, then forget about it, note 2 is still priced @66,000pkr, even s4 price will reduce, it'll only mere 30$ in 3 months, i am really planning to buy s4, but this uselessly huge price has made my decision in favour of LG Optimus G pro, premium materials, great hardware & lesser price!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

Calm down dudez it wont be that high. Just wait for it to launch and then probably wait for a couple of weeks or a month at least, you will see a big drop in price. At least this happened when I bought s3 and note 2

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
well at what price note 2 first came?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

66k
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
And it's still costing the same, just last week i touched market for buying note 2, then i decided to wait for S4 :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

I dont know which mkt you went, I got it for 59k within first week of its launch in pak. I checked market last week, on wholesale it is for 59k. Price will drop to 55k once s4 hits the market

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
I asked in Karachi's market named "Star Market", its price was 66k last week, and S3 was in 56k...btw i asked brand new in full warranty. i don't think note 2 is any where near to even 60k here :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
really hopin the price of S4 would be around 60k :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

Sohebq is right about his price... The note2 in full Advance telecom warranty is maxxxxx 60k these days in wholesale... Whichever ghetto star market this is you went to is full of vultures trying to rip you off... For gods sake I bought a note2 in December, full warranty new box pack for 60.5k... Its been 3 months since then, of course the price has dropped more... The s3 in full warranty is maxxxx 52k right now... Without warranty is 47...

So a word of advice... Never go to "Star Market" again...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
My friend also got it for 59 2 weeks ago

I Don't think so, I think it will cost round about 70
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
Thanx bro for the info on note 2, because of 66k i abandoned my decision to buy it, i touched 5 shops, all of them showed 66k, btw that market is the best market right now in Karachi, maybe pricings vary according to cities and its demand, now i'll wait to see how S4 goes, but i don't think it'll reduce much after 3 months of release, as you can see in gsmarena, apart from U.S every other region is asking 800+ US$, it'll be very costly if release in that huge price.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

Alipk that market canNOT be the best in town if they are giving those prices... Its the WORST prices I have heard... You can get it cheaper on Zamzama which is infamous for overpricing...

As for the price at launch... Do you know the Note2 officially launched in the US for $850... Here it officially launched for less than 70k... The s3 in the US off contract was also for $750, while here it launched for 65k... The S4 is going to launch for cheaper or the same as the note 2 , not more... And I'm talking official launch... Obviously if someone gets the phone from abroad and sells it here it will be more expensive... But when it launches officially it will bring the prices down to maxxxx 70k...

All companies try to make as much money they can yes, but are aware that a ridiculously high price tag will lose customers, hence adjust prices for different regions... Just like phones in the UK cost more than anywhere else... Because they can afford it... So you people just need to relax and stop speculating... It will get you nowhere...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Alipk52:
So what you saying that if like i said it launch @ 650$ in U.S, so it'll cost here in Pakistan just 500$? you're going great mate..well let it coming...we will see how prices reflects...right now we can only perform severe gossips ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

I somehow agree with alipk. I monitered the price trend qhen I got s3 and note 2. I have found that prices in pak are usually lower than uk and usa. My guess is that samsung willl again launch it at a lower price in pak cz now they launch in pak officially like other big countries. My guess is between 70-75k

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[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m

I see you have trouble comprehending whats being written... I said generally the price IS cheaper here for a off contract unlocked... Didn't say the phone will only cost 50k at launch...

What my point was is if the phone if costing SO and SO in the US, the price will NOT be more here like you suggested earlier... It will be the same or less...

Ehh... I thought I said the prices are lower here :-/

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