yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
No. HTC have changed a lot of things that people will notice on a regular basis.

The design, the speakers, the UI, low light performance of the camera.. all are very different from what was on the One X.. all that and it has a significantly improved its battery life.

So HTC have made a lot of improvements.. Samsung havent done the same.

Samsung forum, so dont want to turn this into HTC talk.. but that post simply isnt true.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
If you are a long time S3 user u should notice the following upgrades in S4

1. Better Camera

2. Bigger and better screen

3. Faster Processor n Ram

Will not talk ahout the other gimmicky software features but yes there is a certain amount of lag here n there which should have been taken care

Overall its a good phone .... is it a valid upgrade from S3 is purely personal

And I feel comparing it with note2 just dosent make sense both are different categories of phones

My take is if you are a gadget freak and have money to buy this just go for it u won't be disappointed :)

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
No argument with you but I know best since I own one X from last year... I am liking s4 better that One specially screen size.... This year for phone it has to be 5 inches full HD not old size

Speaker... Who plays a loud music on phone from speaker? Listen once to s4 speaker it's equally loud.

UI I agree since better that Touchwiz but I prefer nova launcher so doesn't make a difference for me

Now s4 advantage biggest is the new sensors.. Which u will actually use like temp barometer pedometer

Now all One owner will have to put it in case so where will be the body beauty :)

Common guys millions of people cannot be wrong

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Bala well said... Only thing worrying me is custom rom support for s4...probably you gonna do some development :)

And guys there is no point explaining or convincing s3 Ppl here or one X on htc forum on upgrade it's personal choice and their money so they should decide
[Galaxy S 4 General] anilkumarpt12:
Hi Guys,

Small question regarding IR blaster(Watch on) in S4.

Is IR blaster will support Indian Tv's, Setup boxs ? .. because i could not find India in Country lists ?

Please guide me how to set up..

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Working for my samsung tv and tata sky
[Galaxy S 4 General] sub1n:
+1

Exactly my point. Nothing exciting this time around except the camera. Even the screen is not that huge a difference compared to note 2 and S3 with naked eyes.
[Galaxy S 4 General] anilkumarpt12:
But how to set up ?:confused:

There is no option to select India/Other country/region :(

Which region we need to select?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
Just open the app and it will guide you thru ... u should br connected to Internet fot the setup
[Galaxy S 4 General] sidthegreatest:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...e-Galaxy-S4-in-India/articleshow/19767740.cms
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
No bala, I didn't aimed to bash S4 at all but the truth is,

from the Launch event, S4 is Most criticized Sammy flagship device in the history of Samsung.

I remember what excitement S3 had when it was launched.

All people were excited, common people as well as XDA people.

why not this time??
[Galaxy S 4 General] vickysud:
LOL dude your posts don't make sense at all. dude even i own one x and i can see a lot of difference b/w one x and one you better talk before using the device. My bro owns S4 and mind you telling S4 speaker volume is lower than ONE. DUDE know the facts before posting rubbish.

GOODLUCK with your sensors and 5inch :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
first learn to be mature enough to make a discussion on forums...your language is not fit to be responded...
[Galaxy S 4 General] shamps:
I disagree hugely. One can say that the form factor is similar but the screen on s4 is superb. Its one of the best screens i have seen. I know what i m saying coz i have owned the s3, the note 2 and even the iphone 5. The screen is so good. Touchwiz is no huge improvement but the hardware with a tweaked rom would render this phone unbeatable. I am getting one as soon as my regular dealer gets in stock.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vickysud:
:laugh: dont get offended dude relax seriously thought of not replying to an immature post like that but you need to know where you stand first anyways be happy with your S4 whenever you buying it.

You never owned samsung devices i feel and you deserve to please buy S4. :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
What steps did you get? Because we see only country option and no india in there..

Can you please share how you got it.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
+1 to this one,,,wanna know that too :)

a friend got it today and is having airtel digital tv so any help in configuring it will be great ... thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
I know photosphere is not there in s4,but I want to know if we have day dreams in display settings or not?
[Galaxy S 4 General] hello_dbm:
yes day dreams is there

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Buy s4@39500 from www.dealkyahai.in
[Galaxy S 4 General] vd1900:
I feel you should be connected to wifi for the initial setup as soon as you open the app it will ask for country in my friends case it just drtrcted automatically ... then its a simple process of just selecting your brand and testing it should work most cases if not working i suggest restartting your device and start again

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 4 General] Akhil:
It is 41500 in that site also.

BTW guys who have bought it please post a review of it, how is it really in the real life?
[Galaxy S 4 General] android_master:
Simply because its not a huge update,just incremental one,still can't believe S3 users going for it.

Looks so much similar and same feel,man it has to be S3 S....
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
The reason for the bashing? Two things, same old design and the same "it's cheap plastic" argument. There is nothing else people can criticize about. If they still Find something bad then it's pretty apparent that they don't like the device for obvious reasons

《posted from s3》

---------- Post added at 09:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

You want 5 good reasons for the upgrade especially for the s3 users?

1.better multi tasking with 2 gb ram

2.better battery life

3.better screen with amazing pixel density (s3's pentile red pixel was clearly noticable)

4.better design with slim profile and thin bezel.

5. Better camera.

Isn't this enough?

Except from the 4th point all the other are invalid for a note 2 user.

S3s??? Apple can additional row in their existing design and call it iphone5. But samsung almost upgraded everything inside and refined the s3 design yet they should not call it s4? Your theory is wrong asusual;)

Edit: now don't start calling me fan boy and stuffs like that. Both htc one and s4 deserves credit for their own work.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] android_master:
As usual you are here. One an argue with anyone but not a blind fanboy like you.

The most idiotic fanboy ever
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Either you can Justify the points or else you keep your mouth shut:) you always have the tendency to misguide people and show your fan boy patriotism again and again.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] sub1n:
This time I agree totally to Bala. No more arguments. Back in the days when I had S3 I was so let down to see the device lag in multitasking part, redraws etc. Note 2 served me well and will be doing till the next big thing.

I strongly believe S3 users will find this phone as a huge update provided they havn't used note 2. Cheers to all S4 owners. May the device blow you away.!! :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipsuvedi:
If fanboys is the main problem, then what are you doing here in Galaxy S4 forum....if you are here and u r not a Samsung or galaxy fanboy then one thing is clear....the popularity of galaxy drew u here:D:p

Boliye Galaxy S4 Maharaja ki Jai:banghead::banghead::banghead::D
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Better design??:confused:

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
yes its not pebble shaped any more, metal rim on the top.. 7.9mm thick with bigger screen and better battery along with textured finish . all in all better asthetics
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
All the S4 owners post your photos taken from your device here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2213853
[Galaxy S 4 General] nageshv24:
I don't think this is the right place to bash Samsung. You will be attacked left right and center:) Lots of fanboyism going on here. People without even seeing S4 in person are defending like it's their life.

There is already a thread showing the inconsistencies in S4 including general lag in some places despite having n number of cores.

So how can this be the best thing ever by the impression I am getting here?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sub1n:
Aaah!! Cmmon man. If we can upgrade from S3 to note 2, they are definitely making a right choice in upgrading from S3 to S4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Oh yes, its huge update for them.

Octa core, 1080p screen, 2 GB ram..

But again the question is, does S4 worth to pay 40k ?

Expect price drop little soon than usual;)

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] veteran_troller:
Htc one anyone?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
good news for you all ,

andreilux's 9500 is on its way :D:D

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40780437&postcount=6296
[Galaxy S 4 General] sanusweetsmile:
Ya I m waiting for it but they are taking too long to launch it in India and haven't bought a htc phone ever... So Dnt know abt its after sales... I am using note 2 white in color and have yellow dots all over its back side was using plastic hard case by Samsung tats why have started hating its plastic body... Only reason if I will think of buying s4 is because of its features
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Will he support Aosp ROM as wel as dual booting??

If yes, I shall probably buy a s4

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Another reason to get S4;)

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
too early to say anything about it

im looking into gokhanmorals github to get some view about dual booting details.. who knows may be ill make one :D

cyanogens's steve already mentioned cm is coming for s4 so probably aosp based roms will be here, how long it will take is the question now(the reason is well known for all exynos users).
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
He may not support Aosp(he doesn't work with CM derivatives at present) ,dual booting is still unknown but his kernel would have hmp enabled,in future:D:D:D

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitinvaid:
Still unknown which s4 gt 9500 or 9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Nope.

He has ordered GT-I9500,read his post again.

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
Great!!!!

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitinvaid:
Where he has mentioned that please link it
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
Open Samsung WatchON

Select Other Country

Select Set top box

Select show other brands

select Sky for tata sky and then follow on screen options
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
You don't need any second thoughts nitin, Andrei is best with exynos platform and he mentioned in the very same post.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
But I am expecting simple yet feature pack from you;)

his work now is to much technical (ABB/GATE/Transistor etc)
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
what to do to configure airtel digital tv ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
I can't find that post sadly,but I remember he said he was getting exynos variant for sure.

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
The phone is very very light

The screen is super awesome

For me Air View is not working on Messages but its working on Videos

Air gestures work very well

Samsung Smart Watch not working for me

The phone is blazing fast

Loudspeaker and Camera are very good

As i am coming from HOX so i am very happy to see that we can use touchwiz widgets with Apex Launcher unlike Sense where its not possible

You also get two 550 rupees vouchers - to buy apps from Samsung Hub

NFS Most Wanted 2012 is available for 150 rupees in the Hub

Overall its a nice experience

Battery is not getting hot while playing games but while charging if Daydream is on it gets overheated

Few games are not compatible with it like Rayman Junge Run
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
Neither we were able to use stock widgets on third party launchers on S2/S3. So Samsung allows on S4 then?
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

With exynos ,s4 does and also s4 has ddr3 ram and one has ddr2.

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Samsung launch sim free in uk for 530 euro

That means 37k in India

I think Samsung launch the price of 40k

:rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Kage01:
$579 for the 16GB model in US

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

I get sIV in Iran(from UEA) About 760$

it's best best best...
[Galaxy S 4 General] darshanbangre:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

683.5$ from the same source...
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampun33t:
That is a good point my friend..!! I think Samsung plans to sell only the 16 gig version here cause they now that people will be buying the sd card..!! this is just a thought..!!

Anyway I m albe to pay even 5 k more for the 32/64 gig version but I am satisfied with my 16 gig SGS3 with 64 gig sd card..!!!:good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
warning all of you again :P

don't dream of a good price tag...

its surely gonna cross 40k mark with the final price being 40 - 45k (16 gb) ...

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4-coming-to-India-in-early-May_id40963 :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

It wont go beyond 42 for mrp:), mark my words;)

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] mbharath003:
how r u so sure?

and surprisingly u were right about the design n stuff as well ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
yeah u r right :)

m also right in that respect :P

MRP will be 42500 for sure :eek::cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the Ram isnt the bottleneck anymore.. ddr2 or ddr3, the performance wont differ.

Samsung will almost certainly be better polished off... and more reliable.. and have better service in india.. and have better support.
[Galaxy S 4 General] i9100g user:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

I think we will have to wait for htc one glbenchmarks (running 4.2) before reaching any conclusions for that:rolleyes:

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] bala_gamer:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

May be Assumption or market pulse?:D

considering xperia z is selling for 39 in showrooms the intial price would be 39 or 40, later should come down to 36 or so after a month of availability

《posted from s3》

---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 PM ----------

Adding to this, the updates are much better than the rest of the oems. No doubt. Omitting the official updates gimmick, samsung rocks with rom updates. Being here in xda we can simply download and flash the latest rom the very same day it gets released.

When I had s2 I used aokp and aosp Roms more than that of samsung Roms, but that changed totally with s3 even though the aokp Roms are stable for s3,the quality samsung rom brings is great.(unfortunately s3 couldn't handle all that stuffs all the time with a gb of ram), though I love aokp I rarely used it with s3.

And now with the new awesome camera features in stock s4 all aosp Roms are already one down in their advantages.

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

A little birdie told me that the price printed on the box will be about 41.5K and will sell in the shops for about 40K. ;)

If this info is wrong, I'll have the birdie for breakfast. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Poor birdie:p

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] uv.mrcool:
do you mean "kauwa biryani" :laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Chillz88:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Who told you there arent any different?

http://m.techradar.com/news/computing-components/ddr2-vs-ddr3-which-ram-should-you-buy-697830

Its almost twice as fast.. faster performance, run at lower voltages, better battery. if you got your misinformation from the htc one forum, then be adviced there are a couple of jokers there..

.....
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkial:
I never said there isnt a difference between ddr2 and ddr3.

I'm saying I read that in smartphones, ddr2 isnt going to slow it down. there are other bottlenecks.. ie, switching to ddr3 wont make much difference because the the ddr2 isnt the limiting factor anymore.

And no. i didnt get it from the One forum.. It was probably pocketnow,
[Galaxy S 4 General] chaitanya87:
Re: Official Indian Galaxy S4 Owners Thread -Discussion, Reviews and more

Seriously our human eye can't tell the difference between 1080 and 720 in a mobile device. Now they are releasing the 4k for mobile. It's just another marketing gimmick.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
With Adreno 330 GPU?? No thanks. That thing would crawl.

What about battery capacity to support such a display and GPU?
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Except the s planner and weather we can use the rest on other launchers, but if these both can be used on other launchers in s4 then It's really a nice improvement

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
yeap all the Samsung widgets are availabe on S4 on Apex Launcher
[Galaxy S 4 General] anilkumarpt12:
There is no "Other Country" option in the List :( :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
yeap now we can use S planner and weather widgets also but they are from Easy Launcher mode
[Galaxy S 4 General] Harsha Raj:
By the way, I wouldn't use daydream feature in an SAMOLED screen, because they are prone for screen burns. This nature of AMOLED would be there in S4 AFAIK.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Even I felt my s3 getting hot with the leaked 4.2.1 firmware

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitinvaid:
So it means that with out worrying ill buy s4 it is getting aosp please don't take me wrong i am worried
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
earlier there was a button at the bottom of the screen - there was Other/Region option

i checked again by trying to add another Set top box but now that option is gone don't know why
[Galaxy S 4 General] brar.arsh:
I would certainly use Day dreams as it's beauty is in AMOLED rather than these LCD screens.

Black remains Black and only time shines at night..

Awesomeness..
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Maybe it can only configure 1 set top box.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
he clearly says he will develop for exynos

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40780437&postcount=6296

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nope we can configure more than one set top box

i have already tried that earlier
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
And any idea if the airtel digital tv set top box can be configured?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vivek_bhoj:
no mate i only used Tata Sky

i will try again tomorrow and let you know if it gets configured again
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Aosp roms will come for sure, we can hope the quality is on par with s3 aosp. Not sure about how when and who

《posted from s3》

---------- Post added at 12:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:14 AM ----------

If you are able to import then go for 9505 as you love aosp more than the others here, aosp should work on qualcom, if you are satisfied with s3 kinda aosp then you can get exynos octa. Do note that all the aosp updates will be faster on 9505, currently there is confusion regarding bootloader status on sd600 version, better wait for more info if you palm to go for 9505

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitinvaid:
I am very satisfied with s3 aosp . Thanks for clearing some of my doubt

I gonna buy it tomorrow black s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Review of the S4 is nearly done, For now here are the pics of the unboxing.

Apologies for the Late Unboxing, but we had some guests who weren't supposed to know about the purchase of my S4..!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Oomahey:
No pics, mate. I guess you're editing the post. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
any one please tell me how much screen time they give
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitinvaid:
You should really see it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZhKJIAx_b0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S 4 General] sahibosaurus:
Does it charge faster with the bundled charger than it does with another USB charger? Can anyone test this?
[Galaxy S 4 General] michaelclayton:
Hey guys,

I just joined xda forums (First Post, Yay!). I'm saving up for the Galaxy S4 (GT - I9500) and just wanted to say even though both variants may not have a lot of difference in real world performance, one of the things that I really like about the Exynos variant and something that not a lot of people are aware of is that it packs a Wolfson DAC that is the darling of audiophiles worldwide. The Snapdragon 600 present in the HTC One and the GT - I9505 has its own DAC which won't be anywhere near the I9500's. Wolfson DAC is what was used till 5th gen iPods which are still considered to have had the best audio quality. A lot of audiophiles were pretty pissed when Apple decided to switch to a different DAC and for good reason since the new iPods don't even come close to sounding as good as the older ones. The HTC One may have better speakers but get a good pair of earbuds or headsets and you will notice how much the Wolfson DAC in the Exynos 5 Octa makes a difference. Just thought I'd share this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] japjit100:
I play lot of hd games on my s3 its memory all ways full

after seeing 8.9gb internal memory

I wait for 32gb model if 32 gb model not

launch then I purchase htc one
[Galaxy S 4 General] amar1548:
I'm sure, someone will figure out the way to swap the internal memory with external, also there is an app called directory bind which will solve this problem... But all this will be after root:(

Sent from my GALAXY RoYaL
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
My first post on this thread,

Recovery and Root for I9500

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2255652

Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ccpzcp:
I heard lot of critic on s4 call quality plz tell me hows call quality compared to iphone 5 on wolfson dac
[Galaxy S 4 General] sachinaik:
Thank you very much Bala for the good news...

It made my day :)

I agree with all of your points.

To People who are complainig that "fanboy", "never seen s4 and defending" : I own one and can see that all of Balas points are valid.

Initially I thought A15 wont cut it in 28nm. But A15s are only used during benchmarking.

While playing games I see gpu used more as it deosnt heatup as much as when we run cpu benchs.

Audio quality based on my personal experience :

VERY GOOD.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
thank god its rooted before i get mine...
[Galaxy S 4 General] techfreakgag:
Upgraded from the S2. That phone served me pretty well in the last 1.5 years.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shivsharat:
There is a new update today.. Once you update the app now you can see other country..

Trying it now..