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[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
I just saw the s4 for the first time in hyper star... And I must say... I wasn't impressed by the look and feel AT ALL... Although it was as light as a feather... Tho maybe that's because I'm used to the weight of the Nexus which is no doubt premium build quality... Actually feels like its worth its money...

Not to mention the phone was lagging in the 2 mins I used it... Octauseless cores if the software is so buggy...

And on a side note... Remember to vote... For Arnold Schwarzenegger...!!

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Hey, is the the price for a new S4 right ? Also, do you mind sharing the name of the market where it is available for this price in RWP.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Ofcourse new. It is available in Singapore plaza and niaza plaza ( the one in front of cinema which is next to city center).

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] aami.aami:
guys i have got my deal done for my Note 2 and will be selling it tomorrow InshaAllah.

can u guys suggest me where to get S4 from in karachi?

PLS DONT TELL ME HOMESHOPPING.PK! they are the ****tiest people on earth! i remember when last year i purchased my S3 from them, it had the light bleed and ink spots issue (i guess u guys remember those horrible issues). i picked up the device from their Zamzama Defence store and the guy at the counter told me that i have M&P warranty as well as 7 days Homeshopping warranty. the very next day i went to their store and asked for the warranty claim and the same guy said i dont have any warranty. i showed him the receipt on which he typed 7 days homeshopping warranty and he refused to claim the warranty. and said i have to go to the M&P store to claim myself!

it was really horrible expreience!

anyways can u guys suggest any good store or shop in Karachi with lowest price of S4 with warranty?

i hope some one would reply :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Punkid:
will the i9505 (snapdragon version) work in pakistan ?

i cant live with stock sucky touchwiz so i want to have the option to install Cyanogenmod etc
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
It will work in pak... Just the lte radio will be useless here... But if you go abroad it may help connect to lte networks...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Right now even 3g networks r useless in Pak as well :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] TechLife:
To S4 users How good is the IR sensor, Is it working with any of Device or just specific to Samsung Products ?????

also mention battery usage of S4, specially on screen time????
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
its working flawlessly on my panasonic TVs
[Galaxy S 4 General] aami.aami:
wow... 3 days and no one replied... wow...

thats the reason pakis have no respect...
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
I don't see how replying to your post has ANYTHING to do with Respect, nor do I see why it was necessary for anyone to reply to your post as many posts on this forum go unanswered...

Its actually more Sad that you feel its your God Given right that everyone MUST reply to your post... Or else they have "no respect" apparently...

Having said that the prices are changing everyday... No one can tell you the "cheapest" place to buy from... Your best bet is to go to Saddar... Should be able to get it around 67...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] don2012:
Go to zamzama,defense = united mobile or chooseee mobile
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Choosee prices are higher than others and they are known for reselling goods from personal experience... United is also more expensive because they bare the United Franchise name.

Across from United is Ghosia Mobile... They are the main wholesaler for Zamzama and supply 75% of the shops there... They give better prices if you have a reference...

BUT all these shops being in Zamzama, you generally need to pay the extra premium for locality... May not be much difference, but since "cheapest" was being asked, that will be Saddar...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] alijee:
I had purchased black GS4 10 days before, but it has pink/purple tint on top part of screen which was visible on white and grey background on 0 or low brightness, so i went to warranty provider who are official partner of samsung mobiles here and convinced them to change it, which they did after a week but with exact same problem.... i cross checked some other S4 in market, and could not find that issue in those... so now after so much difficulty convinced them to replace it again..

so my question is that 'Is it possible for them to give me same phone after changing its IMEI no??' (bcz everything is possible here :P) or it is my bad luck?? i am again asking them for black color, should i ask for white now??
[Galaxy S 4 General] muhammadshais:
no they cant change ur imei number i guess its ur bad luck ....and btw white colour looks soo ugly and cheap GO with the black
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
So those of you who already went and got the s4... Google just announced a Pure Google version of the S4... Thank God I didn't get the exynos s4...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Will it be a snapdragon version?
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Yep... Snapdragon with LTE... 16gb memory... Not sure if expandable SD tho...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] aami.aami:
wow... and u actually had time to reply to my post this way...

u see thats the deal! thats how to get things done from pakistanis! that the rule of thumb! heat them up a little and boom.. they spill everything they have in themselves...

u see the cheapest in all commas and trying to reply as if u trying to retaliate...

well i already have got S4, even before posting my comment the other day.

and for the respect, everybody all over the world knows how much respect pakistanis have anywhere...

anyways thanks for ur reply :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsweet007:
Got s4 7 days ago..but disappointed screen because of screen tint issue..any body facing this problem? I heard that this is common problem in s4..is it true? And r u feeling heating issue?
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
No its not replying in retaliation... Its replying in pity... Feeling sorry for the whinning and complaining... Which is the true reason Pakistan/Pakistanis have a bad name... Never want to do anything themselves and think its their right for others to do for them... Look at our Govt even... Always crying helplessly for foreign aid... Look at our workforce... Never satisfied with what they receive...

Its due to lack of self fulfilment and content with what we have that we make fools of ourselves...

And I take it your NOT a Pakistani since you keep going on and on about how they have no respect...?? Or are you one of the people who thinks their **** don't stink...??

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[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Welcome to the reality, you are not alone.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
yaro

yara what to do with this heating issue.. i think it has reduced a bit after the update but still even slight usage of phone and the temperature goes to 44 45 degrees.. any ideas??
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
You can try undervolting... That tends to help with heat generation...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
I'm back :)

Sold iPhone 5 and purchased s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Thanks for your reply.. could you kindly guide me as how to undervolt??
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
It isn't possible right now :p Atleast on the i9500 it isn't. Haven't looked at the i9505 forums.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Than any other way around to resolve heating issue ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Try these.. its helped me

Keep brightness at mid level(or lower if you dont mind:p)

Keep air gesture and smart scroll off

When not in range keep wifi off

I hope this helps. . Also dua kro k its a software issue and will be resolved with an update:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
I just updated to ME1 to fix it. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Already done that but no significant changes :( or dua jari hy :highfive:

Details please :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
It's the latest firmware available. :p I just updated to it using Odin since it isn't available for our region yet.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Does rooting will void my warranty
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
You can always return to stock.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
What if I won't be able to return to stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
The only way that's possible is if you hard brick your phone. If that happens returning to stock won't even matter. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Hello brothers! Can you please confirm whether the heating issue is fixed on the latest indonesian ME1 firmware ? Are there any performance changes or bugfixes that are worth updating via ODIN ?

Also in ODIN, I have to point the zip file in the PDA section , right ? Is there any CSC issues which we have to fix after installing the firmware?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
The heating issue is definitely better in ME1. I can't really say if there are any performance improvements or if it's just placebo but it is definitely worth upgrading to.

No you need a .tar file and no there's no issue that needs fixing.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
lol :p

Is there anyway to unbrick phone and which method is best to root s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
Once it is hard bricked, nope. If it's a soft brick then yes. I prefer using Adam Kernel to root.
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
Screen smearing fixed. Kernel-gt-i9500-mbc-i9500xxuamde-1365755329 use that kernel.

SCREEN SMEARING FIXED. KERNEL-GT-I9500-MBC-I9500XXUAMDE-1365755329 USE THAT GERMAN KERNEL........BE HAPPY......just flash woth odin,,,,,,,,,
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Hi. Can you please elaborate on how exactly is it fixed ? I mean to say that are the blacks still pitch blacks and pixels turned off or can you see slight dark grey image in darkness. Please let me know by using a complete black image.

---------- Post added at 03:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 PM ----------

Guys. I recently updated to ME1 and the overheat issue is still here. Is there anyone here in pak who owns an s4 that is made in vietnam ? I am starting to think that this is a hardware issue and not a firmware one. My s4 was made in china.

However, I found the me1 to be more responsive overall and it also minimizes launcher redraws alot.
[Galaxy S 4 General] atir usman butt:
Next sofware update may be fixed that all and its octa core so pk weather u know very well.: )

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

Its all kernel amd firmware issue other ways.next update will fixed all that issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Hope it's coming soon ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
It's launched 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
Nah it launches in a little more than a month. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Where ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Guess it ll be launched next month in June. And shd b available on play store.

Not sure whr u can get it in Pakistan. But many shops will try to get the stock. Lets see for much it will be sold in Pakistan if some shops bring it here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Please delete. Wrong post
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
I don't think many shops will try to get it here because it won't have a local warranty... People who get it from abroad , shopkeepers will buy... But doubt they will make the extra effort to get them... Because its not octacore... And it doesn't have warranty... And it will be for 65k... Which is the same price the s⁴ WITH warranty is for over here...

Let's see tho what happens...

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Yeah true. But when google nexus 4 was just launched i remember many shops at hafeez center lahore didnt have it. But eventually they had to get it in stock coz nexus 4 had a decent demand.

So may be gs 4 google version will also have demand in Pak and shopkeepers wud have to get it. But yes lets see, what its demand will be in Pak, considering many ppl will not b even aware of it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hypochondria:
Sorry if I missed it, but how expensive is it over there? For the Nexus 4 if was cheaper for me to buy the phone in the US and send it to Pakistan then it was them to buy it there
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
Not yet launched.

U cn check it in playstore, when it is available there, only then some/many shops will bring it to pak.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
Is S-view cover (original) for S4 available in Lahore?
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
Nexus 4 was brought to the international market. But the S4 GE has currently only been announced to be for US.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
High copies are available but orignal one will be coming next month
[Galaxy S 4 General] mianahmadpp:
What is the price of s4 in hafeez centre? With and without warranty?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
I bought it for 66 from friend with warranty
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
So guys, what's the current status of lagging, smearing and heating issues? Resolved or not?
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Heating is still there. Smearing is still here. There is a little lag but not as much as say when I got the phone.

I am running the latest ME1 indonesian firmware with the least amount of bugs among all.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
How did you get me1 update ?? Or you are using any other rom ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Its the Indonesian firmware... Means it must have been flashed via ODIN...

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[Galaxy S 4 General] mianahmadpp:
Guys I'm going to buy s4. Which one should I go for i9500 or i9505?
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
That's bad! I hope Samsung fix these issues soon in 4.2.2, not in 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
After using note 2 for 8 months, I gues I made better decision for not going for s4. I will wait for note 3 now.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
No OTA. Flashed via odin.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
Thinking along the same lines... The only thing that bothers me about note 3 is 6" screen. But the plus side is OIS (if rumors turn out to be true!). I hope Samsung will be able to implement big.LITTLE in note 3's exynos properly to utilize its full potential.

Lets see what happens but I guess the wait will be worthwhile.

---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:21 PM ----------

Looks like lags might remain a part of exynos S4's experience for quite some time now...

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/05/30...disappointments-and-their-current-soc-future/
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
I beg to differ. I9505 owners are reporting the same lag issues running a snapdragon 600. This is certainly a software/firmware issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Screen size isnt going to be a big deal, this will infact make it more cool, if u have used note 2, the size of note 3 wont bother you. It will come with snapdragon 800, so win win situation everywhere for samsung.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Will this void my warranty ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Yup, but there is always a way around

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
Right, but the article says that the absence of CCI is the cause of micro-lags in exynos version. This certainly isn't a software issue. May be they would come up with a software work around for this but right now its a hardware issue, as far as I could understand the article.

I have used it and size is comfortable, I agree. But I think that they should stop adding inches to the screen size in every new model. I'm sure if they upgrade all the specs, except the screen size then note 3 won't lose any popularity whatsoever.

Although bigger screen is a cool idea but its just that handling and one-handed usage will get even more difficult with 6" screen.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
As per samsung, they will shrink the bezel further and will slim down the phone so it wont look much bigger something they did with s4 already. I aldo feel it should be around 5.7 max.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Nope :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
I have bought gt-i9500 from pakistan and its current firmware is xxuamdk but now i am living in ireland ... i want to ask you guys that will i recieve ota for irish/uk firmwares or will it be for pakistani firmware ??

Plus the only way for me to update is ota because i dont have any pc or laptop right now so cant use kies or odin.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samydroid:
You will receive the one for Pakistan, I guess.
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
Lets see bro :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Yes this is true, you wont ever get other update bcz original firmware is pakistan.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Nope. Your phone will keep the official status and will remain in warranty.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] hsnmz:
the lag you won't notice with your eye so don't worry about it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DeadSOL:
How's it going, lads? Is everyone happy with their S4?

I might forget to come back to this thread so feel free to tag me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
GT-I9500 owner reporting...

I had no plans for buying the device at all. Got it as a gift and well...Allah ka shukar karna jaantay hain kisi bhi cheez ke maamlay main :)

BTW how's the purple smearing treating you guys? :p

And what's the average time you all are getting for your battery and usage?
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
no purple smearing here on my s4 i9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Right....Sure.
[Galaxy S 4 General] tigerfire25:
Hi guys, bought my sgs4 yesterday and am using it since then. Played some heavy games, hd videos, etc. All well, had no problem. BTW, mine is exynos version but its imported from some arab country.
[Galaxy S 4 General] cyberkhan:
Finally S4

Got my S4 yesterday. I9500 Black. Got it for 65K from Connekt (Rwp).

After a year on S2 and then 10 months on S3, this was an impulse shopping :)

So far so good. Will jot down a brief review after a couple of days.
[Galaxy S 4 General] tigerfire25:
Played Modern Combat 4 for about 10 minutes. Temp before= 35.8 after=36.9 nothing that I could feel. Also before had played same game for more then hour and didnt feel phone getting hot
[Galaxy S 4 General] muzamal:
I have a s4 and i come from lg 4x and Htc one x and it is better than 720p But the difference is not that big definitely not compared to a s3 that one of my friends has. you will get use the the screen in a week or so. I would say that its only 5 percent better than 720p.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Lucky yar.. my phone even with slight usage reaches 45 degrees.. btw I think thats the battery temp you mentioned.. what about the cpu temp?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Guys new update is rolling out in Asia Alhamdulilah ;)

Its availavle in India
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
Last night i was checking for updates and it says your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. I have checked my device status it has been changed automatically from official to custom. I have never rooted my phone. Can someone tell me what is this ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
I hope so too man that we will get this awesome update as smearing is getting on my nerves now
[Galaxy S 4 General] aami.aami:
price dropped for S4. its now 60999
[Galaxy S 4 General] DeadSOL:
It's going to continue dropping. I think it will drop a lot more during/after Ramadan.
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
Anyone can help plz ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] omer7:
I think u shd post ur question in galaxy s4 que and ans forum also. Someone shd help u there.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Just a page back when I asked how smearing was, you quoted me and said that there was no smearing so hypocrisy much? :p

Sent from a very capable brain using telepathy
[Galaxy S 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Haha... Some people just like to watch the world burn :P

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Lol actually that's called turning a blind eye to something or ignorance is bliss, something like that :p

When one shells out a good amount of money to buy an expensive device, they're most likely to ignore anything negative about their phone.

Smearing has been confirmed across EVERY single S4 device manufactured. So people who say that their devices are perfect and cannot detect it, either have color blindness issues (not meant in offensive way) or they just don't want to accept any fault within their device :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
anyone know when r we getting the new update? :( even india,bangladesh,UAE and neighboring countries got it last week?:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
Just flash indian rom via odin.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Smearing getting on nerves? :p

If it makes you feel better, KSA didn't get the update yet either.
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
Lol it is.. even flipboard icon is showing smearing for some odd reason:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 General] saad2687:
No ota update yet in pakistan all other neighbouring countries recieved it 2 weeks ago .... wtf samsung :thumbdown:
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Overheating, smearing and low storage space issues fixed or still there for you guys?

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Personal advice. Go ahead and flash mea via Odin. You'll keep waiting for ota and by the time you'll receive ota update, there will be a newer and better firmware available to download via odn.

Just my 2 cents. Oh I mean 2 paisas.
[Galaxy S 4 General] deelz001:
awwwwwww chak de india bruahhhhhh i mean chak de pakistaaaaaaaaaaan
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Overhearing is partially fixed (not fully) with the expense of performance. Benchmark scores will be significantly lower on quadrant, antutu and billion count etc. Available storage space is a little more but they have now added the ability to move apps to sdcard (if that matters to you). Smearing is not fixed but they have now started playing tricks with us. The black background in settings isn't jet black now which forces the LEDs to stay on and this in turn gets rid of the smearing effect. The smearing is still there everywhere else. Overall, the phone performance is better. Camera crash and phone restart issue has been fixed. Ram management is also better.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aasim-:
No smearing issues, so dont know if fixed or not.. Overheating is same as before.. :banghead:
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Thanks for detailed reply. My friend wants to upgrade from note 2, I asked him to wait until these issues are fixed. Are these issues happening on every gs4 or random people?

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
These issues are present in every GS4. The truth is that Samsung didn't have much time to ompimise their octa core and even snapdragon variants for 4.2.2. But this is another topic. To be honest, if your friend wants to upgrade to gs4, then tell him to stick to note 2 and save for note 3. S4 is great, specially the camera and screen quality is a lot better than note 2 but its battery life and screen size will look like a "downgrade" to some people considering how good the battery of a note 3 is. If he/she isn't happy with the huge size of note 3 then S4 is the phone to get, otherwise it's not worth the upgrade. The air gesture, smart pause and other new features of gs4 are great to impress your friends ,specially dumb girlfriends but in real life most of them are not useful at all. Even the remote control won't be of much use other than pissing people off.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sohebq:
Thanks for reply. I also have a note 2 and I have same reasons to keep it like you said, I was also going for s4 but stopped it bcz of issues with s4 and also I feel I cant live with short battery and smaller screen.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ravishah922:
Well smearing issue still present in mea update... m frm india btw... bt samsung will update this issue... gs4 still is a good buy considering u cn wait for these small issues
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Latest FW update is now available for Pakistan Region through KIES.