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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
Dude, no offense, but you kinda put this in the wrong section... KENNY! We need a thread transfer!

But to answer your question, we have Flipboard available, which has more categories available than Blinkfeed.

sent from my anthraxed GS3 with MOAR goodness
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue_Shine:
Hi Guys,

First, i would not like to be a troll but i googled in different ways and could not find a solution. That's why i open this topic.

Anyhow, i would like to remove facebook timeline photos from Gallery app. But, i could not find a way to do it.

If i remove facebook account then it is ok. But also i want to use my facebook. Just want to remove timeline photos.

Any idea ??

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
you can't.

I suggest a different gallery app like quickpic
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderjerusalem:
Yeah quickpic is nice, stock HTC gallery would be cool but that facebook stuff drives me crazy. Best to just use another gallery if it bothers you
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterboi:
Freeze Facebook for htc sense with Titanium Backup. Worked for me.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
just turn off auto sync for facebook
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejswagon:
Move the pics you don't want included in timeline to a nomedia folder (.facebook pics) or something, or just delete them. Then clear the data for both the gallery app and the camera app, Settings - Apps, hit force close door both and they should be gone.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] trhuseby:
Does anyone know how to "set" the "home network" on my I-Mate? I currently use T-Mobile and there are a few features that work differently when the I-Mate thinks it's not on it's home network such as activesync and mms messaging. I've tried the obvious places such as setting the "preferred network" but it doesn't seem to help..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anirudh2006:
The Current Problem with my s3 is that it cannot register on a network. It shows Selected network Unavailable

My phone i got it second hand, It used to show a Tmobile Start screen beofre i updated it.

I flashed my phone using odin and loaded firmware with baseband version i9300DDLJ1 . I think this baseband version is indian based. After i flashed the start screen started showing Samsung insted of Tmobile . Initially when i flashd the IMEI got changed. Later IMEI was corrected from a Mobile shop using their STP box

So soon after i flashed , the phone cannot register on network. I messed up with the EFS folder i think . I dont have any backup of EFS folder

The current Situation is IMEI is corrected , The phone shows list of all availalbe network when i search manually . But once i select my home network it shows selected network unavailable. I tried to restore/reset the phone several times . Tried with different Sim card also. No use , still it cannot register on to network

My Conclusions

EFS Folder Is messed up

IMEI is Corrected Using STP box

Base Band is i9300DDLJ1

Originally Phone is Tmobile Based

Phone Variant is GT-i9300

Problem is Cannot Register to network
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
check out other sections and pick one
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anirudh2006:
somebody please respond. :cyclops:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Read the faqs and guides first .

Your questions have been answered multiple times .

A Clue

Sim faulty

IMEI/ EFS corrupt

IMEI blocked / blacklisted .

Wrong modem and CSC for location .

Wrong manual network setup .

Suggest you get a service centre top fix .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dboss01:
Solved using z3x samsung tool pro

Enable usb debbuging, connect to your pc using usb cable, root your phone , start Samsung tool pro, select com port, go to repair tab and click on patch certificates. I've tried all other solutions I found on different forums, bricked the phone several times, but this did the trick.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomanrafiq94:
Hey Guyz

Can u please help me to unpack and repack system.sin?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brau__lio:
Hi bro, I've found this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849867 it is working for some and not for others like me. Please post if it worked for you, hope it really does!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] LIL_ROOKIE:
how cann i watch videos while in a call?? i think it can be enabled from the feature.xml
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] oohaylima:
Yea. I've been using MX Player in the meantime.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havlaz:
Axept the original Lg usb charger. .

It happend suddenly, it worked great .

Is it a brick related, or rom related? (On cm10.1) or the charge port corupted?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Maybe redundant but have you tried other usb ports, don`t use hub`s . You might try reflashing or restoring (nandroid) a stock image and see if the issue persists.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havlaz:
What port?

I cant charge it throgh wall charger, so ofcorse it will not connect to pc with the usb cable.

With original cable it will connect perfectly.

And the other wall chargers/usb cables are 100% working (on my nexus s and my htc sensation)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Did you have that issue on stock too?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael_ta315:
Sounds like your usb port is broken. RMA it if you can =/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Not really digging it. Hard to get a non blurry shot with this thing. Takes way to long to snap a pic.

I also miss Macro mode.

Hope some software updates help the camera. From what I've read, the International versions were awesome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shiftkenny:
I feel the same way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
My snaps are instant...no processing time what so ever...I can just continuiusly snap pictures if I wanted. ..so not sure what you mean about it taking long

My photos are hardly blurry either...just one tap to focus and im good to go...sometimes dont even need to focus

And for macro whats the use? This thing can do macro without that setting...it takes better close up shots than any other phone ive ever used

And its not just me...everyone I show my pictures to are all amazed by the clarity and detail...idk maybe I got lucky with a good device as I seem to have no issues others are having...only issue ive had so far is with snapchat yesterday but that seemed to clear its self up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
I can literally count to 4 before it snaps a picture. If someone moves then forget it. Tons of blur.

I can't take closeup pics. Won't focus in that close.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akira02rex:
The camera on this thing is amazing. I'm coming from a galaxy nexus so maybe that's why.

If you leave it on Auto it snaps pics blazing fast. Put it on HDR and they're still decently fast, but it "processes" them afterwards.

Also, depending on your lighting will also affect the speed at which it takes pictures because it's leaving the "shutter" open longer to capture more light on to the sensor. Use a flash in low-light to help with this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Auto is what is taking the longest. My mold GS2 and GS3 are much better right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akira02rex:
Can you take a video of yourself demonstating this? I just checked mine and it's literally like instant when i take a photo. I'm also in moderate lighting conditions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bjray:
Something is seriously wrong... Try to reset your camera settings. If its still taking that long to even process a picture something is definitely wrong with your unit. Bad shots or not, it does not take almost 4 seconds to process a shot.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
I agree the focus takes a long time (relatively)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Marshall24:
It's got to be ypur specific device because mine is almost flawless
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
It seems to me that a lot of the people that claim problems with their S4s are the same people over and over again. Yet others, claim little or no problems.

So, it would seem that either the problems are specific to certain devices or for whatever reason, people are just trying to shine a bad light on the S4 in general. I think the evidence (so far) suggests that certain phones, indeed, have certain problems.

Complaining about the problems do help, as it lets others know that problems they are experiencing might not be specific to their device only. However, it doesn't shine any light on the issue. So here is what I propose.

If you are one of the people that are claiming bad lag or other problems with your S4, start a thread that allows people to associate their username with their S4 (and all of the problems you are having) and make sure to list your purchase date, build#, current firmware, and any mods (rooting, etc...) that you have done to the phone. Also list where the phone was manufactured and any other details that might set it apart.

Also, do the same if you claim to have no or little issues with your S4.

Hopefully, a pattern might emerge showing that certain phones (lots, firmwares, builds, etc...) are the problem and others are not.

This seems to be better than making another 20 threads about the same old stuff with no idea as to why it is happening. Anyway, it's just an idea.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hyelton:
Mine is flawless it beat everyone else's phones and even point and shoots yesterday someone's prom and I was asked to be the photographer at last min and my DSLR was at home 45min away so I used my phone and it was pretty good enough it took amazing pictures!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tonni83:
Did you make sure you turn on anti-shake in the camera app?

I found out that it's off by default..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phositadc:
Compared to HTC One, I also found GS4 camera to lag for a second after tapping before photo was actually taken.

For that matter, GS3 AND GALAXY NEXUS were faster than my GS4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] evilfuel99:
can't get any better than this.... Took these last Saturday the 1st day the phone came out :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ErebusRaze:
I live in New York City and have taken numerous, non blurry shots with this phone. The shutter speed is indeed slower than the HTC One (which my girlfriend owns), but it's easily remedied by holding still a bit longer.

Here are some shots...

Keep in mind the shot of Barclays is 9MP while the shot of One World Trade and the GTR were taken off of Facebook (and may have been cropped) since they're some how no longer in my SD card. Also the latter two were taken while I was driving so they're remarkably in focus.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BKlip:
Have you removed the plastic from the lens? It's very hard to see and pretty tough to remove. But that could be your problem with the focus issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
I'm the one who started the thread on removing that from the camera. It helped some.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akira02rex:
Can you take a video of you taking a picture describing the 4sec response time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hyghonryce:
Yeah without showing us some pictures you have taken. or a video showing this. We won't really be able to compare or diagnose this situation. It's just one group saying look at my photos its good. and another group saying its bad. Post some content. I am actually quite curious about this problem you are having.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattdm:
I'm having similar issues, long focusing time, blurry pictures. Pretty disappointing overall.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
This is the only camera I have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akira02rex:
Let me just leave this here:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4-review-914p9.php

'nuff said
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehavock18:
This camera is leaps and bounds better than my gs3. Gs3 would always blur if My hand moved or if there was motion in the picture. I took this picture and 19 others of my kids swinging worth no blur in any picture.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GeorgeP:
I have not had a problem with out of focus shots, but a lot of indoor shots have motion blur. This is because the camera sets a slow shutter speed in low light situations (between 1/15 and 1/30 of a second). This is not fault of the camera, just the inevitabilities physics and optics. The best remedies for motion blur are to:

- use flash (if the subject is moving), or

- hold hands really still and use the night mode function (if the subject is not moving)

You can try anti-shake mode, but all that does is increase the ISO, so I wouldn't do that unless you were planning to post-process the photos to do some noise reduction. (in most cases anti-shake on this camera does more harm than good).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dew.man:
I'm with the OP on this. Was playing with the phone/camera and different settings trying to get the pictures to come out a bit more sharp, but no luck.

Take the phone, hold it very steady in bright lighting conditions, and point it to a subject 5-10 feet away (in my case my dog happened to be lying there). Take a look at the screen and everything should look very good. Now in my case, as soon as I take the picture/touch the button, the camera takes a second to take the shot, and goes to the preview mode of the picture - in which the picture is significantly more blurry than it was in "live" mode.

HDR did seem to help a bit, but washed out the colors and made the whole picture "softer".

Sure hope they come out with a software update/fix for this as right now, my old Moto Defy takes better pictures with its ancient 5MP camera...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DJsCrIBbLe:
My works nice. No complaints yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Dont think an update will do the trick...so many arent having issues...its seem to be maybe a bad camera?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LeKtRiCzzz:
I love this camera
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] moobieboobie:
I agree with OP. I noticed this out of the box and thought it might have been just me. After testing a while, I had to hold the camera nearly completely still or I would get a blurry image. Even in broad daylight, I would have to take the same picture a couple times to get a clean picture. I have some experience with photography, so it's not like I'm a supernub at taking photos. I feel like I have hold the camera still a second or two after the picture is snapped to make sure it's clear.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
You did remove the plastic circle cover from the lense? I inly ask caus eyou say youve had the issue since you took It out of the box...its a little hard to notice it and take off but it does effect it.

And like I said earlier...I dont think any software updage will help...you guys are probably dealling with bad cameras and I suggest returning it...there are too many people with no camera issues for it to be software my .02

So return it for a new device before the return period ends...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] droric:
Suggestion for OP...

Have you tried saving the photo's directly to the internal phone storage instead of your SD card? Perhaps you have a slow SD card that is slowing the camera down, i upgraded from a 16 GB SDHC to a 64 GB UHS-1 SDXC card and noticed my photo's now snap instantly instead of a 1-3 second delay for writing of the image to the card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] paleman27:
Camera working fine over here. I'm even using external sd for storage.

OP, you seem to know your stuff. Maybe you got a faulty device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] paleman27:
Erase
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] supersixevo:
Check your camera settings!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Yep, it's always been on Internal SD. Tomorrow is my last exchange day, so I am going to go see if I can open a few boxes. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sabre31:
I have same issue it takes a while for camera to snap the shot. It's ok for stationary objects but for objects in motion like kids its a fail. I have an htc one and note 2 and they snap right away. Htc one is crazy fast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Like ive said multiple times in this thread...you probably have a bad camera then and I suggest returning it before its too late
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
Looks like I lucked out and got one with a good camera. I've even tried all the settings with great results. I do agree though that the shutter speed is a bit slower than my GN2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
I noticed that with Face detection on I have more chance of blurry picture.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
I also noticed with some not so scientific testing that the shutter speed or "lag" isn't as bad as the viewfinder suggests. Example: focus on an object, click the shutter button and instantly move your phone. When I do this the picture is still in focus even though I moved the phone well before the snap animation/shutter sound goes off on the screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GeorgeP:
That's a good point! When I try that test, there is zero shutter lag as far as I can tell. Perhaps they delayed the shutter animation/sound to encourage the user to hold the camera still through the shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
I just completed the update that AT&T just released and the camera lag appears to be gone now. I'm still checking things out to see what was actually included in the update because I haven't seen a change log.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChrisG683:
I'm another GS3 -> GS4 user, and I have found that motion blur is a much bigger problem on the S 4. I have to be virtually motionless, and I still get blur sometimes.

I have removed the plastic film from the camera and tried pretty much every camera setting.

My normal pocket zoom Cybershot camera at home has manual shutter speed settings/iso/aperture, and I can usually get pictures how I want with no trouble, even on Auto. The GS4 gives me soo many issues though. When a picture comes out correct it is fantastic quality, but the hoops I have to jump through make it so frustrating.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mcmb03:
try installing the OTA, I have noticed faster captures and better quality
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackguy101:
Just installed the update. Seems as if the camera focuses a lot better and is now more snappy when taking pictures.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
Bump to see if anyone has figured out how to maintain changes made to the quick settings on the camera. Every time I change them, they hold for a while but eventually revert back to the stock quick settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
Seriously I thought it's just me. So annoying!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Still slower then HTC One which my gf has, at capturing and focusing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slider2828:
There is anti shaking in the options menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] geoldr:
All this does is bump up the ISO. Your pictures will be more grainy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bhp090808:
I had to return my first phone due to the camera not working at all. Not surprised. Always lemons in the first batch. Second phone is flawless
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jdiesel87:
Are you saving them to an external sdcard? Try switching to the internal storage and see if it improves. Your sdcard might be too slow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ijeff:
The camera seems ridiculously slow compared to the HTC One. Indoor shots also look terrible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
I think part of the problem is that every few seconds the camera decides to refocus and then You press on the shutter and you get a really blurry shot.

Any way to have the camera just focus on demand?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MrPlNK:
Rolling shot

Mine seems fine, huge improvement from The One IMHO.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] m3tric:
Just picked up my 32GB today. Pretty impressed with everything after coming from an ancient S2. Only thing I dislije is how slippery the back is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gilmorej:
I'm pissed that this phone only meters in the center of the frame, instead of where you touch to focus. Just like the GS3.

How is this acceptable, and why do no reviewers mention this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Mine has three different metering settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gilmorej:
We all have those three settings. The settings aren't what the issue is. The issue is that the camera doesn't meter at the focus point, like any half-decent camera or decent camera phone can do (hell, the GS1's camera even did this properly).

Point your camera so that a window takes up half the viewfinder. Tap the bright window and let the camera focus, then tap the dark interior of the room letting the camera focus again.

What should happen is that the view adjusts to the brightness of where you touch the screen to focus. But, instead, the camera only meters (checks scene brightness) in the center of the viewfinder only, not where you've touched to select the focus point.

I suspect that this problem flies under the radar so easily because typical people using their phone for a camera (even reviewers who try to sell themselves as knowledgeable on the subject) don't understand photography basics, therefore don't even realize it isn't acting properly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mactruck:
Took this in total darkness.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Dallenn:
My camera takes a picture a second or two after I press capture button. Very frustrating. I don't even have an external sd card installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zachsx:
I enjoy it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Return it than...you prob have a defect....multiple people including myself have instant shots on our s4s...so if you don't than there's something wrong with your device...return it before its too late -just my .02
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GeorgeP:
On mine, the animation/sound happens about a half second or so after touching the shutter. The picture is recorded before the shutter sound. There is zero lag as far as I can tell.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
I have come to notice that too. If you take a picture and then move the phone before the animation and sound the photo comes out fine. .... for the most part. The "lag"mostly comes from the delay in the animation and sound more than it does the actual shutter.

---------- Post added at 03:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:58 PM ----------

Also has anyone figured out how to change the quick settings in the camera and actually get them to stay that way? Every time I do it they revert back to the stock settings after a while.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bobgodd:
Has anyone tried sharing any of the "animated" pictures (.gif) yet? I was REALLY excited about this feature and it works great on my phone.... and the media looks fine on my phone.... but on any other device the animations are in slow motion. When I emailed the picture to my wife the .gif is in super slowmo on her iphone, and when I uploaded it to my computer it plays in super slowmo on my computer as well.

It appears that the only place where the .gif works well is on my phone. Anyone else experience this? This is almost a deal-breaker for me because if I can't get the feathers I'm promised, what's the point of getting the phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikebb00:
Were these pictures taken using Auto settings? I cannot seem to get mine to look this good. thanks!