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[Kindle Fire General] Guitarman:
I never flash the Gapps packages for any ROM I use. I only will add the Google Play Store, Google Services Framework and the Account Manager (for JB). All those Google apps are pointless and like stated earlier, will bog down the battery life and performance. Usually I will freeze the Play Store and such when not using them.

Its quite easy to put the required apps in the /system/app folder, set permissions correctly and reboot to get ONLY the Google Play Store. Of course you will need a root explorer like app to do this.
[Kindle Fire General] Socially Uncensored:
Every ROM I've ever used had Google Play already installed. I believe Framework and Account Manager are already inside as well. So I've not needed to track down the actual app for it.
[Kindle Fire General] Guitarman:
Sometimes I'll get lucky and the Play Store is preloaded like SBlood's CM7. I usually use twa_priv's ROMs as my primaries in which I most always have to add Google Play, except I think the latest release (4-19-13), I believe that had it built in.
[Kindle Fire General] Socially Uncensored:
Google Play store updates its self. So no matter which version you installed, it will be current sooner rather than later.
[Kindle Fire General] Guitarman:
I am well aware of that but thanks for mentioning it as maybe it will enlighten other users :)
[Kindle Fire General] firered365:
I use this Gapps package. It is light apps and RAM usage.
[Kindle Fire General] votinh:
I think some of you have misunderstood the Gapps.

AFAIK, every AOSP-based ROM will have separate Gapps. Some REQUIRED, some not. You can choose to install or not. NOTE: if you won't install Gapps, you WON'T get Google Play.
[Kindle Fire General] tobiascuypers:
Or connection to google services. If you do not flash Google Apps, you get nothing google (beside the software) so your wifi signal, will always be grey, instead of that nice blue. Thats the reason why i flash, that grey bugs me, I only want the blue colour(;
[Kindle Fire General] Socially Uncensored:
That's not true or at least its not try with the ROMs I use. Google's app store is there without me having to add all the extras that come with Gapps
[Kindle Fire General] Socially Uncensored:
Also not true. I have a nice Wifi signal without Gapps. I also connect to my Gmail using the stock e-mail problem.

This was posted using the stock browser without gapps installed. ;)
[Kindle Fire General] Lim Wee Huat:
Well, seeing this thread, I've tried freezing several system apps on my devices. After freezing backupconfirm and sharebackup, apps seems to open up faster and the device snappier..:)
[Kindle Fire General] leezardmik:
I used to install gapps every time, now I usually dont. I like the email app in JB a lot better than the gmail app. Usually install the play store and maps
[Kindle Fire General] david72262:
I like the maps and play store hate the gmail
[Kindle Fire General] shibby12435:
I find that installing gapps, especially Google play services causes more bugs
[Kindle Fire General] pfm069:
Had no idea!!!!!!!!!

hey guys,thanks for this post i was under the impression I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE...every time i have asked this in a specific rom ...always told to read the beginning of the 1st post on how to install before i post.....maybe wasnt making myself clear..thanks for answering my question...time to experiment !!!!!!!! :good::good::good::good:
[Kindle Fire General] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
Does anyone know exactly what Google flavored apps are required for the just the Play Store to function properly?

Sent from my LG-MS770
[Kindle Fire General] paulsonmcreilly:
I install gapps everytime because I am always getting new apps. It is interesting to hear that it isn't needed and can make things snappier if you don't need to download new apps.
[Kindle Fire General] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
I want to know exactly which ones are absolutely necessary so I can either remove or freeze the ones I don't need. I'm all about battery life and performance ;)
[Kindle Fire General] mehtuus:
I second this question. I have been searching a few days now, and I am still looking.

EDIT: The thread located here has done some experimenting with this.
[Kindle Fire General] charlied99:
I just use the built in browser to get to the play store. Plus the Amazon store apk. I got tired of browser crashes with Gapps installed and found life without it so much faster, stable, and with so much more ram available I live without the convenience of google apps.
[Kindle Fire General] kokonuter:
Calendar

I like gapps. Specially for the calendar syncing option.
[Kindle Fire General] :
Time for android 4.4 WITH gapps.

I get up to 212mb free RAM
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DVJr84:
I saw on a friends S3 that he could change the background in his messaging. Is their an app or a certain ROM I could flash that has this feature? Thought it was pretty hot
[Networking] pjoules:
For the last few days I have had a timeout when trying to connect to all of the servers which I administer using my XDA. I can connect through my other ISPs. I rang O2 to ask them if they are blocking the RDP port and got passed from customer services to network support and then to data support... no one understood what I was talking about. They said that so long as you can connect by GPRS then that's where their obligation ends they don't support any particular protocol. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucbosch:
I love my HTC one but I miss the rich notifications I had on my Galaxy Nexus (the option to 'fold out' a notification to see multiple mails for instance) . I thought that it was a feature of Android 4.2 but now I have seen a YouTube review where the HTC one has rich notifications! I've attached a still from the video. So am I missing something here?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sindresv:
Swipe down with two fingers on the notification :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucbosch:
That's awesome, it works thanks! I was used to just scrolling all the way down...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okizen:
Are Samsung ever going to release the S4 with 64GB internal memory as stated, or even one with 32GB internal memory?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianjd:
All signs point to probably not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadym1lkman:
i hope so, i preordered two ... im not buying anything less than 64 so.. ill continue to wait, got an N900 holdin me down.

edit: the 32 is already out in the 9500 flavor .. 24GB freespace
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DsturbD:
why wait or pay so much more for a 32 or 64 gig version, just get a 64gb sd card and slap it in. cost a lot less than the phone does
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan1980:
You can't move all games on sd, only some. So, you need larger internal memory.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
File binding is the key ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DsturbD:
too true, don't understand why they even put 16gb in if they are going to cram half of it with bloatware. minimum should have been 32 to start with

but once you root it and put CM10.X on it you will have a lot more room :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oniyuri:
What's file binding?

And to answer the original question: I think Australia will be also getting a 32gb model in the coming wks (don't take this as gospel though, it's an unconfirmed rumour as far as I'm concerned).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
File binding and rooting doesn't work yet, has reliability issues and stops some apps from working.

Internal memory works better. We need bigger memory models. The 16gb should never have been sold.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yeah, I know, but soon for and binding will be possible I think. I agree with you, or at least Samsung should release all three version on the same time for those who want to buy more space.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Unlike Apple, Samsung doesn't sell the phone directly. It gets orders from the carriers and wholesalers. The carriers no nothing about the memory and apps issues so just ordered the cheapest model as it would sell the most. But they were basing this decision on lack of technical information.

Every single mobile phone shop is lying to customers telling them apps can be moved to the sd card. I have corrected the staff but do they care to raise it higher.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yeah, but not only. If you check websites like Amazon, even there are only 16 GB devices :( They will release in 4-5 months the 32 and 64 gigs, when another, more powerful smartphone with 16 gigs will be released.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadym1lkman:
32GB is already out and being sold. there was a vid on youtube, ill look for it.

edit: BOOM!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Any further speculation/rumor on the 32 release (on AT&T specifically)? I spoke with a rep who said they will be getting the 32gb version, but did not know when. I spoke with a samsung customer service/marketing rep on facebook who said to contact AT&T for info. No help at all, and 16 just seems too small even with the 64gb microSD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
How about some more magic and make that YouTube S4 appear for sale in the UK.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Any news update on 32gb/64gb with LTE models? I'd rather buy an 64gb htc one than a 16gb+64microsd S4. But I like the S4 more than the One. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ila420:
I am also waiting for the 32GB version, don't know when it will be available in Middle East, can't wait to get my hands on this beast.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/...the-samsung-galaxy-s4-32gb-and-64gb-versions/

latest from Samsung
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Not even amazon have the 32gb version :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
I guess I'll just take the 16GB and rely on custom roms to lessen the bloat and app to extSD. :|
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Interesting. Just received an email back from samsung again saying they are sorry but are not certain when either larger model will be released and cannot speculate. So basically no closer to a release date answer.

Is the 32 or 64gb version available full price unlocked anywhere? Wonder if its worth it to buy the 16 upgrade, sell it on craigslist, and use the proceeds to buy an unlocked 32/64.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
We just need a little patience. It will involve some online ordering. Samsung were most helpful this morning. I can't say anymore at the moment, but as soon as I can I will shout loudly.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
I've avoided going to the at&t store so I don't impulse buy haha. Going to give it a bit longer, I just think their (carriers, samsung) strategy here is all kinds of wrong for making happy consumers. Shout out soon!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Looks like May 10th (this friday). Guess that answers that question, quite glad it wasnt a 3-4 week kind of thing.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/06/...campaign=Feed:+weblogsinc/engadget+(Engadget)

So about that S4 active...haha.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Great for anyone on AT&T . Lets hope more announce too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
There are some online stores in Germany selling the 32 gigs version. But while the 16 gigs version costs around 620 euros, the cheaper 32 gigs costs 760 euros. This is an abuse.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Have you got the links for the German websites please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
This is for the black version

http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/samsung-galaxy-s4-i9505-32gb-schwarz-a917797.html

Scroll on the page, there you have the list of store with the prices, but you can check on their personal pages for changes. However, the price is too high, doesn't worth for the moment
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Thanks for this. Though all of them are for pre-orders. But still good news. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yeah, at least there are prices, but I don't like them. It should be 50-70 euros more than the 16 gigs. With that price I rather root and use the directory binding with a 16 gb version with 64 gb card.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Any thoughts/rumors on Amazon's pricing? They were $32 cheaper off $199 for the 16gb version versus AT&T, would if its a comparable spread for the 32. Should be ordering Friday
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I'm curious if Amazon will have the 32gigs version too. I contacted with a Amazon rep. yesterday and they had no information yet about 32gb. No idea about amazon US
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgbarros:
Is there a way to increase or change the sdcard? I saw a way to change internal to external sdcard (and inverse too). It is secure? tks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewok666:
As far as I know then only thing that works at the moment is Folder Mount. This will let you link internal /SDCARD folders to folders on the external card. That way you can move the big culprits: /sdcard/gameloft, /sdcard/Android/data and /sdcard/Android/obb
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgbarros:
tks a lot. I'll try it. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
FYI Samsung S4 will be featuring on BBC Watchdog over its memory claims. Details http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/...may-bbc-watchdog-will-feature-the-samsung-s4/

For those outside of the UK, the BBC1 Watchdog programme is renowned. This publicity is going to be unpleasant for Samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Do you really need to add your blog link for 20 words? Time is precious, stop advertising your blog
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
There is no advertising on my blog. The article is to be expanded soon, so there will be more there :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Still no word on whether or not Amazon will carry it, I guess we will see tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrandStar:
Any news on the i9505 32GB version? We already know the 32GB AT&T version is coming tomorrow how about for the international version? Is there anyone selling it now?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Nothing that I have seen. The more rumors I see about the S4 active the more it sounds like it will feature the same specs too, which sucks that they haven't officially announced to see if I want to wait.

Guess we will see what happens tomorrow
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Hate to stay with the money in my account waiting for the 32gb. Is damn tempting to get the 16gb, but I would not do that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTRagnarok:
Awesome, AT&T's off-contract price for the 32GB is only $30 more than the 16GB ($640 vs $670). Gee, I wonder which one is the better deal :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johny7:
Australia 64GB

There mentioned several Australia shops that they have in stock 64GB version of I9500. What do you think about this?

http://www.electronicbazaar.com.au/...ung+i9500+Galaxy+S4+64GB+Unlocked+NextG+Phone

http://www.topendelectronics.com.au...ung+i9500+Galaxy+S4+64GB+Unlocked+NextG+Phone

http://penta.com.au/mobile-phone/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-64gb-white-p-102693

https://www.becextech.com.au/mobile...e+Phones&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=myshopping
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Got any word on whether or not amazon will carry the 32gb att s4 at a discount like the 16gb?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Any new updates? :| I was really hoping, more 32GB S4 will be announced by other carriers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Not yet. Disappointing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I want the unlocked GT-I9505 in European Amazon :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Lets hope BBC Watchdog's S4 segment would speed up 32/64GB release. US release did not help much because they using different model numbers/codes for the S4, we want the 32GB I9505. :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Completely agree. I want the European I9505. What the Watchdog did so far. I just read the articles few days ago but I know nothing new about it. I tried to search on Google but the only things are coming up are news about S4 being available to AT&T and some preorder pages
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Online at att.com shows I have an upgrade and $249 for the 32gb, on the phone with customet service shows i have an upgrade and $299 for thr 32gb, in store the system will not let me purchase because I don't have an upgrade, guy tried 6 times for me. WTF.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
So what did the bbc watchdog report about the S4? I think it was already televised(I'm not from europe). I'm still in the office so I cant search it on youtube.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
http://blog.clove.co.uk/2013/05/16/samsung-galaxy-s4-featured-on-bbc-watchdog-last-night-video/ with direct link to footage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Thanks. But I was not really satisfied by their report. :p I wish they got a better 'customer' to interview. Not really sure how the storage managed to freeze the phone, crash, and require a restart. Also, they should have highlighted to LACK of 32GB variant in Europe(they stated that 'other' markets have it already but the only market I can think of is the US-ATT).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Today I visited two stores: the Spanish Carphone Warehouse and MediaMarkt which is a big franchise in Europe also. The seller shown me the S4 and was trying to make me buying the 16gb. Pretty tempting and I need to agree that the white one is pretty nice and cool, but I like black better. Sadly the back of the black model is more gray than black and is kinda fingerprint magnet but with a spigen case will be hard to be seen.

I will wait for the 32gb. I wrote emails everywhere, every single Amazon in Europe (UK, Germany, Spain, Germany etc) making them to get the 32gb.

This days I will open a petition and write on some websites, also on Samsung developers blog. This way we will male some noise so Samsung idiots will find that there are users waiting for the 32gb version of the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Please guys, sign this petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/release-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-32-and-64-gb-internal-memory
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
See here why only 16gb now shows on Samsung's website.

http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/...ry-saga-and-the-advertising-standards-agency/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
As I did in your blog, thank you for storing this issue. I like to take back my previous comment made a week ago, when I said you are spamming. Your blog is really helpful.

As I said in the comment there, if we will sign the petition, we will show Samsung and retailers that there is interest for higher memory devices making them to put it in stock. I would like to add a reference in that petition to your website if you are okay with that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
No problem. Hope we get enough signatures.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Signed. I hope more people may know of this petition. [MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] maybe you can create a dedicated thread in the General forum. For me this topic is better that 'S4 vs X', 'laaaaaaaaaag', 'OMG' threads that are commonly posted in the general forums.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Thanks. I will do my best, but need some help and bumps :)

I added your link there, it's a good information

Thank you bro. There is already one, but those 'S4 vs X', 'laaaaag' and other stupid threads are pushing my dedicated thread down in the list. Any reply will put it back in the top:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282770
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Maybe, you can post it on the S4 General forums as it is still S4 related/specific subject. And not all of the people visiting that forum area are interested in the S4. Maybe you can ask a moderator to move your thread to the S4 forums as our target audience are mostly the ones visiting the S4 forum area.

But still, many people here already have the 16GB so I don't think they'll fully support this as many would regret purchasing the 16GB if the 32GB is suddenly released.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Weird, I see my thread in General, but I will try to see what I can do to move it in the top so more people will see it. I would like to post it on Verizon and AT&T threads too, but I don't want to have duplicate threads

LE: it has been moved, you was right, it was in the wrong forum.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Here is an interesting follow up from my complaint to the ASA http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/samsung-galaxy-s4-memory-saga-part-2/
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] longdongsilver:
So I got my One yesterday and got the new SIM card provisioned. I woke up this morning with a text message saying my device needs an LTE data plan and to call customer service. I don't need LTE and sure don't want to give up my unlimited data for $20 a month. After adding a MediaNet APN everything has been working fine. So are AT&T just being their normal typical self and trying to get me to upgrade when I don't need to? :cowboy:
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Bladerunner1825us:
What phone are you coming from? If it wasn't an lte phone the message is prolly just them saying you need to be on the lte unlimited plan. Same thing happened when I switched my wife from an iPhone to my old one x. You'll be able to keep your unlimited
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] longdongsilver:
Coming from an Inspire 4G. I wasn't aware they had an unlimited LTE plan?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] fsrkewd:
Medianet only works on nonsmartphone/phone that att doesn't recognize. In this case, they probably know you are using smartphone and probably will change it to one of those regular data plan
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] matthewmcquay:
Well... it's "Unlimited" meaning that you get 5 Gigs of full speed data and then when you reach that cap, you get throttled back.

There are ways to work around the throttling though.

You're not provisioned on AT&T's end to have LTE yet. I had the same problem going from my S2 to the S3 last year in June. It took like 5 minutes to fix. Just make absolutely certain that they put you on the Unlimited LTE plan. If I had not checked mine after they did it, I wouldn't have caught that they put me on 5 Gig plan instead of my unlimited plan.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] longdongsilver:
Thanks for the info guys. I have been on this data plan going back to the original Samsung Blackjack. Have used it with the BJ, BJII as well as Inspire 4G. I know the plan works on my phone. If they give me any grief about changing data plans I will post my trip report here. Hopefully it was just a canned message they send out to scare people into giving up their unlimited data :good:
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Hunt3r.j2:
Never, ever give it up. AT&T has not changed their grandfather policy yet. If they try to kick you off, raise hell and threaten to take your business elsewhere. (as a threat.)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Nexii:
If you are already on unlimited they should be able to bump you up to the correct plan without loosing the unlimited. I think... dont quote me.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Hunt3r.j2:
This is true.

OP, don't let them push you around. Stick to your guns and make sure you hold on to your unlimited data.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Nexii:
I said dont quote!