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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Veight:
Just going to say I am EXTREMELY happy with my S4. Turned off some of the bloatware and it runs flawless. I did notice the pictures are somewhat dark, not sure of what the cause of that is, or if it's just the normal camera. I did come from a Captivate so of course I would love this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] King Cole:
I, among the rest of the happy people here, would like to say that I am totally thrilled with it, even after having payed the full $690 for the phone on Amazon. I came from a Sony phone that was starting to show its age, and everything is great. Even with all bloat fully in tact (haven't gotten around to it yet), it still runs smooth as butter (why I haven't gotten around to removing the bloat).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akahimaro:
Yes! from HTC one x to S4, love this phone! light weight! amazing camera and features!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Great phone. No lag on mine. Like mostly all the gestures, i find them to be very useful. Havent really gave smart scroll a try yet. Still cycling my battery. Disabled all att apps, kept all Samsung apps. Waiting on a specific screen protector n im set
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aldenb:
Love my S4. Coming from an Infuse with JB, and I love the speed, stability, and many of the new (to me) features!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AndroidLonghorn:
I'm coming from a Galaxy S3, and I haven't noticed any lag issues. In fact, now when I use the S3, it seems sluggish compared to the S4. I did disable a lot of the bloatware before even setting up the phone, so maybe that is the issue some people are having. The camera seems much improved over the S3. I find myself having to take less pictures now because the focus is more consistent on the S4, and I am more likely to get a great photo with a single shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Demodave:
I came from the S2. After 5 days, I am loving this new phone! I haven't seen it mentioned yet... The GPS locks in a couple seconds; far faster than my S2. I also find the stock email app to be much better; so much so that I'm using it for an Outlook.com account, exchange account, and a personal IMAP account with them all set to push and everything is working great. On the S2, I used three different apps to monitor those accounts. So far, I couldn't be happier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] louiscyphere13:
I love mine, fantastic battery life, love the screen ..I'm really not having any lag at all..I don't know what the complaints are about. I had all the galaxy phones, and a lot of others,..this is by far the best, and holy crap with a custom Rom! I can't even imagine how it's gonna be!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] th1skidd:
I am loving my S4 considering my S3 was running at a good level (had SynergyRom) but I was able to trade my S3 at Bestbuy with my S4 at no cost too, so yea. The phone's camera and performance at stock is considerablly good and the look feels more premium. I am still waiting for UAG case to come out for S4 since I love teir cases. Cant wait from devs to have a rom running like SynergyRom on the S3. And yea, I tested the HTC one but the screen size seems like a let down due to S3 so it wasnt really much of a trade. Anyways, enjoy your S4s guys ! Dont let the little things bother you cause phones will never BE PERFECT as you would want. Its technology so it will keep getting better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
Good point. The GPS has been fantastic for me. I got the phone right before a road trip from PA to Atlanta, and as soon as I open Maps, the GPS radius starts shrinking right down to a few meters within a second or two. Very happy with that.

I will say that I do see where people are coming from with the lag. Mostly, though, just when unlocking the phone or hitting the home button from within an app. But it's definitely no deal breaker.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ko300zx:
Just made the switch from an iphone 4 to the GS4. It's like going from horse and buggy straight to formula 1. Love the screen, amazing camera and picture quality, speed...well everything. Glad I made the switch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] boostmx:
The camera is just top notch! As an avid amateur photographer, I'm actually planning to leave my DSLR at home on my next trip to keep from lugging around such heavy equipment. Obviously it's no SLR, but the convenience of having a high (enough) quality shooter on my phone is just superb. Battery life is incredible and of course, the SCREEN is just beautiful. I just stare at high-res wallpapers on this thing for a few minutes before even using the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slider2828:
Same here no lag what so ever on both my wife and my phone. Loving it since day 1!

Try to answer questions for people in forums to help them out! Spread the love peeps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
I've already posted in this thread but I love my phone so much I have to post again. I'm even satisfied to the point where I'm fine with Touchjizz. The IR Remote is a freakin life saver. My kids always misplace the remotes so now having this has made me one happy camper. Since we at least have root I've been able to apply my kernel tweaks and the phone runs absolutely fantastic. Never had any lag even from day one. The Samsung flip cover with the little open screen for info is just icing on the cake. Love everything about the phone. Feels fantastic in my hand and actually makes my s3 feel cheap. Did a side by side by side with my wife's s3, my old s3 given to my dad, my mom's note 2, and this thing is a beast! I'm getting over 5 hour's screen time and by the time I get home from work I still have over 65% battery left. 12 hour days, phone calls, texts, web surfing.

I went in to the AT&T store the other day and asked 2 reps if they heard any complaints on the s4, they confirmed the complaints. Both tell me it's a touchwiz launcher issue but that was taken with a grain of salt. Both reps combined have sold 8 HTC One's where as the s4 is sold out. Not saying that the s4 is better than the One. Never used the One so I have nothing to say about that. Just stating what the reps have told me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SaltyFoam:
Satisfied!

The S4 is what I expected it to be. And I fully expect it to become old as the next explosive model comes out ;).

I did not expect a Tricorder with a built in positronic AI.

I expected a noticeable improvement in performance over the S3: that is what I got.

Bigger screen.

Better battery life.

More bells and 'Touch wiz' whistles that I promptly turned off.

The only complaint is the dammed slippery feel of the phone. It need to be textured at least a little.

Digitironically yours

Salty Foam
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
I gotta say, I actually (like others, I know) find a lot of the TouchWhiztles to be quite useful. And they actually work! There are many to keep track of though, so as to remember to use them. But answering the phone by waving, moving app icons to other screens by waving, checking for notifications by hovering your hand, etc. Helps when you've got messy hands, like someone mentioned eating wings.

But yea, the phone is pretty slippery. I agree there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sulpher:
Went and got the full ghost armor covering in clear and solved the slippery problem! Pretty impressed..

My favorite touchjiz feature so far has been the eraser mode on the camera.. can see this being really useful in touristy areas on a trip and such!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
How's that one work exactly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sulpher:
If you have a foreground subject and something moves behind it during the shot it will remove it completely... been very impressed with this in testing. It doesn't work if the person/object moves in front of the subject, only behind.. but still very cool.

Was at a car show yesterday with people moving all around behind the cars I was taking pictures of, and it removes them entirely.. even if you only see them through the windows and such. They have to be moving though of course.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrbloog:
I have owned the the Backflip, Galaxy S, Atrix, S3, and now the S4. The Galaxy S4 is my favorite out of all of those, I literally kept turning the phone on to just look at the screen. Today, I was playing games to just see how smoothly it could play them at max settings. This phone is just amazing, and the locked bootloader is a bummer, but I am just waiting....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] joeybear23:
My best Android phone ever, hands down...

Awesome device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocsab:
S4 versus HTC One - NO CONTEST!

I love my S4 - I am a "toy guy" - I have to have the latest and greatest - Had the S3 - then the NOTE2 - and now the S4 - and I am happier that a pig in mud. Awesome phone - I am eager to get the bootloader unlocked - but even with that being a ways off - I love this phone.

I know a couple of people who got the HTC One and I played around on it for a day and to be honest, I ddidn't like it at all. I don't like the capacitive buttons to navigatte not at all like Samsung phones - maybe I could get used to that - but then the screen was not nearly as responsive as the S4 - I had to keep clicking on things two or three times to get them to do something - on the HTC ONE you can unlock the bootloader - but it is one of the most convulted processes I have ever seen - I have never had to do anyhting nearly as complicated to root and unlock a phone - and while some would say that at least you can unlock it, I have faith that our phone will be unlocked too - and If past Galaxy phonles are any example, the process for unlocking the S4 will be ten times easier than it was on the HTC one. (Of course there is only one person who knows what that is - but I am only going on past experience with other Galaxy Phones...

All in all - I wouldn't want to trade my S4 even if it stayed locked for an unlocked HTC One. (I understand that some people love the HTC ONE and more power to them - but it just isn't for me at all. The S4 is by far the best phone I have ever owned - and when we get it unlocked, the sky is the limit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cybershawngates:
agreed I couldn't be happier, but I'm coming from a slow-as-molasses Galaxy S first gen epic 4g-CM. I love having 16 or even 8GB for apps w/o the use of a SD card, gone are the days of only 512 MB for ram. i have no lag x 4 phones, all 4 with Holo Launcher HD - see if that helps if you have lag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
So it seems the battery life is gwtting even better for me. On interactive/noop with some gov tweaks for battery to the gov. I couldnt even get this battery life on my s3 with a 4400 mah extended battery.

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zer0_:
What Tweaks did you do?

Also, I'm in love with this phone. Gaming is just amazing and the screen is a beauty!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrcpu:
Been through the fuze with eclair and captivate, S2, S3, Note 2, and just picked up a 4. Run custom roms on all of them, except this one so far.

I happen to like touchwiz, I don't really have any issues, as far as I'm concerned, I put the most needed apps on the main page, one extra page for the "handy to have close" stuff, and the rest, I hardly use. Used Go launcher, nova, others, and when all is said and done, you're tapping icons with your finger, and they all do it.

I am not noticing lag. I did turn off all the animations, and rooted it so I could runTiBU, but nothing is driving me crazy right now. Not saying others aren't seeing it, just nothing is happening that is driving me nuts. Dialer pops up just about as fast as my finger leaves the page, handcent seems to eb working, chrome is on, desksms works, etc.

So I'm very happy. Debated fixing my S3 (cracked screen) or just upgrading to the 4, 16GB is fine for my needs, extra SD card will take care of most of the the rest, and my trusty 250GB dropbox for the rest. I still have a grandfathered data plan, so I'm good there.

I think the only thing that will make me love this phone more is if shoman94 creates a version of shostock (which I have on my S2, and love).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] azz72:
Hello ive tried ur tweeks the other day and while the fone was sleeping I lost 20% in 7 hrs which I thought it would be a lil better then that. So I took off the trickster mod and I got the same results. Now I am running the stock kernal so would that have anything to do wit it. Im going to do the same set up today and see what happens during the day

And how did u get the clock signal and all that at the top ???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
Azz72 is you lost 20% in 7 hours theres something waking your phone constantly. I have all my syncs set to manual. I lost 1% last night after 6 hours. Get betterbatterystats and see whats waking your phone.

My status bar is the systemui tweaks in our themes thread from stolenvw.

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] azz72:
Oh I see. I will try it later and let u know on the other thread for this app thanks...

And as far as this thread I love my s4. I came from htc devices and thought it was a good fone but didnt like sense to much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
Well you've got great idle drain haha seeing as you've hardly used the phone in 24 hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
That screen shot had over 2 hours screen on time. Not a whole lot but definately used bud.

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kinubic:
Happy with my phone lol

Right out the box I never got any lag issues that everyone has been talking about. Battery life is amazing 20hrs with 69% screen on I'm still at 17%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chargen2:
Having used both an SGS2 and SGS3, I think the screen is as much of an improvement over the SGS3 as the SGS3 was over its predecessor! I'm blown away by the quality of images and the picture.

I think my most appreciated things so far are: 1) screen 2) LTE (was using an int'l SGS3 for better ROM access) 3) form factor
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] milespro:
I think it was a worthy upgrade, from hardware to software. Coming from the GS3, I'm happier. Especially the form factor and the bigger battery. I've noticed the longer life.

still unhappy about the low light camera, but i'll take it for the rest.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hyghonryce:
Pro :

Korean model

No lag

Screen time ~4 hours

Cons:

Small bug on the settings where it ghosts

(fixed with patch or custom rom)

9 GB -_____- where the 16 gb

(grab an external micro sd)

phone drains ~3% of battery per hour.

(hopefully debloating it would fix it but i doubt it. -> kernel ?? )

All my cons can be fixed so im not mad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nyydynasty:
i agree....no lag out of the box. I cant be happier with the S4 at this point, especially with the battery life. I'm constantly getting 2-3 hours of screen ontime with about 1-2 hours of streaming music with my battery at about 15-20%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sal1311:
After yesterdays update I am now happy with my gs4. That being said I'm using my HTC one right now and I'm just a bit happier. After yesterdays update I can now say the galaxy is a great phone which is what it was supposed to be in the first place.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hyghonryce:
it wash't even a performance OTA update. it was just app updates. S health ect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] c0ldburn3r:
Oh I can't wait to join this club! I'm coming from the og s2 so this will be a massive upgrade.

Too bad my sells rep screwed up and sent it ground instead of 2day.

Sigh... Come on may 14th!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jaythaovadose:
I had two htc ones and went to go back and exchange for another and the girl at Costco asked why not just get the galaxy? Best decision I've made. I tried to convince myself that I don't need a removable back for a battery and expendable memory slot and boy was I wrong. That alone is worth it over the build quality and this phone feels great in the hands. I use air view a lot and the cam is amazing. Im happy are you happy?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
Was she hot?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aldiggi:
I feel the same way buddy. This phone is great!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jaythaovadose:
Uhhhh no. Kinda maybe I dont know I was tryin to get a phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
Haha yea but a chick pushing a galaxy is a babe to me! Even if she does come in bulk ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jaythaovadose:
I'd have to agree with you there my friend.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daoom:
No lag, gorgeous screen, great sound ... I love mine.

Some people will complain no matter what you give them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blownfuse:
Seriously considered a refurbished Note II, but decided on going with the latest tech and a more reasonable screen size for one handed operation. Love it. Great battery, like the 4.2.2 features, and it's crazy fast. It's should be future proof till my next upgrade, as I did with my S2 skyrocket. Still on the fence going to a mechanical home button, but I'll get used to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] The4thaggie:
I bought this in response to my iPhone 4s battery failing. My upgrade time timed up just perfectly to the launch of this phone on AT&T. This is my first "big screen" and "LTE" phone, so suffice to say I am quite pleased with these features alone.

My phone two iterations ago was a Captivate (GS1 variant). It was a nice phone for the time, but it paled in comparison to the Retina screen. I used Cyanogen Mod on it up to 4.1 (or maybe 4.2). It just couldn't handle normal everyday tasks. I'll say that there's a night and day difference between these two GS's (I would hope so 3 gens younger.)

Aside from screen real-estate, the display is gorgeous. 1080p is phenomenal. AMOLED plus this pixel density doesn't make me regret selling the iPhone 4s. The battery life trumps the iPhone even when new, and it is replaceable (huzzah!) and I like having external SD cards again.

The speed of the phone is great. I have not noticed any lag. I turned off most of the software features that Samsung was selling with this phone. They are just a bit too gimmicky, but the hardware is where it is at. I can't max this phone out yet, and I don't imagine I will for a while. Stock rooted, this is a great device. I even don't mind Touchwiz that much (as compared to that garbage version that was on Captivate). It's not laggy at all, but I went ahead and installed ADW because I like the app drawer category/group separation.

I've had the phone for over a week. My only real complaint is how it fits in my hands. My hands are not tiny by any strech of the imagination, but I cant exactly one-hand the phone. I think the S-Cover adds a bit more grip (the fold) for my thumb which adds stability. I can't say I'd really like the HTC any more. It lacks the expandable storage, replaceable battery, and reputation of Samsung for quality phones (in my experience). I think the GS4 is sexy in white, so I don't long for the sleekness of the HTC One. I admit, I wish I had the better speakers, but they wouldn't really be put to use by me since I will be listening over headphones most of the time anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sikalb:
definatly not regretting getting this phone. upgraded for a gs3. only downside is im having trouble rooting
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevehkim:
Hmmm rooting process should be very easily done. What issues are you seeing? I finally did the OTA myself and seems like my phone ran better prior to the freakin update. I feel like shooting myself cause I went through hell to get the update to go through.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
This phone is amazing. Beast at gaming and just everything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sjole:
Phone is sick!

I got the Captivate when it came out now I just got the S4 last week, what a jump. Thing is awesome! GUI is smooth and creamy, battery life is great, display is nice especially after finding some of the deep buried settings. The only thing that I would like for the phone is the service codes (ones that work) I would like to bump up the Ear, MP a few DB. As for everyone who complains all I can say is whaaaaaaa.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
After the OTA update and the TricksterMOD tweaks, I am MORE than happy now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] finnbass759:
because , most of people go to form only for slove problem of complain the issues what happened.

if they use s4 very well and like it very much ,they do not have time or idea to login form and say some good words for their device

that's why we can saw many thread of form was full of complain , hate, and other debuff things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Rhamza161:
I love my phone too! I had a crystal clear case on it and everyone who sees it is amazed at the phone. It is super responsive and runs everything I throw at it flawlessly. Plays all the games I want it to play and has great battery life. Cannot complain about it at all, except for the fact that the battery doesn't last for a week!

I've been a fan of samsung phones ever since I bought my first one a long time ago, the Samsung Mythic, went from that to Infuse, S2 Skyrocket, and then the S4. Great improvements every time, and the modding community is simply the best. Can't wait to see what amazing things come for this phone in the future!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] poofyhairguy:
I am loving my S4. The screen is very pretty. Games look great and run smooth. I have grown very found of the white model's sheen.

To reward my S4 for being such a good phone I got it a 64GB Class 10 MicroSD that it seems to love.

This phone is everything I hoped it would be. Especially after the update, as Air View now works much better.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
Rooted. Froze lots of the bloatware that I didn't use, but left some of it that I actually did use. Got OTA update and re-rooted.

Really loving this phone. Wrote up some comparison to the Note2 over in this thread.

Took a cool picture today while walking between buildings at work today. See attachment (the original 13MP file is much better, but XDA downsizes them a bit).

Overall, really pleased with this phone. Best phone I've ever had, and I can't imagine a better phone at this time (that's within the laws of physics as we know them).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MattZ71:
I got my phone on launch day from at&t. The first thing I did was disabled the stock apps I wont never use, did away with animations and the phone is blazing fast, never seen lag, super fast charging, long battery life, amazing screen, the camera is perfect. Im not rooted and probley never will. Im satisfied. I like 4.2. I came from a atrix, one x, & gs3. I love this phone, its a amazing pocket rocket.

Even though sammy will have a gs5 w/android 5.0 next year lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
Thanks to you OP, this thread is a breath of fresh air. Getting the S4 in 2 weeks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MattZ71:
You wont be disappointed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
Your welcome. Its to the point where I dont even want to come on the XDA general section, its all repetitive whining B*tchfests
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
True indeed. Check your inbox i PMed you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
Agreed, this is the first phone in a while that im still overly happy I have almost a month into owning it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dragon_99:
Bought the 32GB black yesterday. Very happy with the phone.

The only complaint I've seen that is valid is the shocking amount of crap pre-installed on the phone. I've clearly been spoiled by custom ROMs for too long. This thing is a hot mess of useless bloat. But a few minutes spent disabling apps and its good to go.

Coming from an S2, this is a beast.