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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
It seems nobody has answered this, only moved your thread around. ^_^

In short, rooting just allows you to do things to your phone that normally would be against the manufacturer's/carrier's intent. One such example would be to remove carrier-added bloatware that is otherwise not removable. I personally use root for the following:

Titanium Backup Pro: This would let me backup my apps AND data for each app. Google does a decent job at backing up most my apps, but if I "sideload" an app (install from a different source other than the Play Store), I can back it up also. Plus Google doesn't always backup the DATA part of an app, which can be important for me (e.g. an authenticator, or RSA token for work). In addition, TiBu also allows you to easily "freeze" the bloatware, which prohibits it from running or showing up anywhere. This is usually a better option than completely uninstalling it, because it's usually much easier to recover from de-bloating the wrong bloat.

AdFree: An advertisement blocker. Typically Root is required to do this properly, as it modifies the "hosts" file on your android. In the end, it overrides your phone's DNS such that when an app or webpage requests data from a known advertising website, the phone will redirect the request to "nothing", and the ad will not show. Use with discretion - some people frown upon this because they "lose" revenue from the ads that are not shown. I won't comment further, fearing I'll start a verbal war here.

Greenify: Allows you to put certain apps to sleep while they are not being actively used. I use it for Facebook Messenger, because I've found that if this app is allowed to run in the background, it kills my battery. I leave Facebook running in the background, so that I'll still get notifications of new FB messages. Seems to work out for me well.

"Some Tethering Applications or Methods": Some of the better ways to tether/hotspot from your phone will require root. Again, I'll leave this one lie. Personally, I rarely use it, but I've been in a bind before without internet access, and I've needed to use it. I don't want to lose my unlimited data with AT&T, so I really have no choice to add a tethering plan anymore. Regardless, it's nice to know I have it available as an emergency option.

While I could recommend the root, I also have to warn you that this will effectively void your Warranty. There's ways (read through the forums here) to "hide" the root, by using SuperSU instead. But just be forewarned.

EDIT: Here's the link to the thread with the video - How to Root & Remove Unlock Icon & Unroot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mattdm:
First thing's first; learn correct terminology. The Galaxy S4 is certainly not a Droid phone. "Droid" is a term used by Verizon to attempt to label and unify their line of Android phones. "Android" is the name of Google's open-source mobile OS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
LilSnoop40, I got your private message, but I'm going to post some stuff here on this thread for everyone to see, just in case there are others that need some help with the rooting as well. Here goes:

The actual part of rooting your device is not too difficult using "Motochopper". The hardest part is just getting ADB setup and your phone recognized in ADB. For the Motochopper root and a basic outline of how to do the root, see this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252248

Some recommendations:

- Be sure the phone is in USB Debugging mode. You'll have to enable the Developer options first. Let me know if you need help with this part. IT involves repeatedly clicking something in Settings to enable Dev options, and then there's just a checkbox to check after that to enable the debugging mode. This is "Step 3" in that thread I linked.

- Be sure you have the latest samsung drivers for your phone. There's a few threads around here that have JUST the drivers, and not the whole Samsung Kies software package (completely unnecessary!). If you can't find them, I'll see if I can search around and provide a link. This is "Step 2" of the thread.

- If you're in Debugging Mode, the drivers should also being installed for the "ADB device" - I forget the actual name of it, but it's a device on your computer that says something about ADB. This will only appear when you have the phone in debugging mode of course.

- super-important: When you run the root/hack/motochopper thing, you'll be prompted on your device to allow the ADB connection. It will say something about accepting a certificate or something like that. If you don't respond in 10 seconds, it will deny it, and the root will fail. This is "step 6" on the thread I linked.

Also, if you manage to do all this successfully, you'll see that the root was successful, and you'll have a new app on your phone: Superuser. This new app is what allows you to approve root access by other applications (more-or-less). A side-effect of having this app installed will be that the system will detect the presence of root, and when you boot your phone, it will show an open padlock and "custom". If you follow my basic instructions in this post, you can get rid of that.

Feel free to ask for any clarifications, etc. I'll try to be as helpful as possible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Skattered:
First android phone I've owned since coming from years of iPhones, does the recent update that I downloaded affect the ability to root the device? I keep seeing people talking about versions but I don't see the numbers that they are saying so not sure what to look at, or if it matters at all? Will this work on any quadcore S4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
Short answer: No, the update won't affect your ability to root.

What carrier do you have? For the basic model number, you can read the label that's under your battery. The AT&T version, for example, will read: "SGH-I337". You can also get very specific information about your phone, the model number, build number, etc. bu doing the following: Go to Settings -> More... (The "Build number" is probably the numbers your looking for.)

If I'm not mistaken, the Motochopper root works on all I337 models?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Skattered:
Okay sweet, it is a 1337 (guess the signature tells me that too) and its on at&t
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
i am a total novice, so please be gentle!!

what do i need and what the best place to buy it all from??
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] griffog:
Viist my site for a start! You need a mount so you can see it whilst driving, a memory card for the maps, a GPS Mouse that is XDA/XDAII compatible and some GPS Software.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
thanks mate, what about the maps?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] griffog:
Well not knowing where you are located makes that a difficult question to answer! If you're in Europe then I'd suggest TomTom, CoPilot or Navman as a good place to start.

Also consider Mapopolis, Teletype and Intellinav.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
i am in the uk!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] griffog:
Well my package of choice is TomTom Navigator. Great user interface, clear display etc.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
i have hada look atya site and is this the 1 i should go for?

http://www.handtec.co.uk/moreinfo.asp?ProductID=207
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
ohh and i have a 128mb sd card already!

will i be able to just plug that kit in load the maps etc on my card and off i go, never lost or asking for dirctions

http://www.handtec.co.uk/moreinfo.asp?ProductID=207
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] griffog:
That will do nicely and yes, install GPS, install, app and maps and away you go :)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] plaver:
I use the NAVMAN 4410 blue tooth, with 4 disk european maps, fairly easy to install, I have only ever go lost once and that was when I ignored the sat nav instruction while drive round anterwp ring road, it then took other 45 mins using the sat nav to get back on the right road.

I use 128mb card and just upload the different maps when I need them.

All the map sofware have issues with regards to the latest roads missing and telling you to turn right across the M1.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
lmao @ "telling you to turn right across the M1" did you try?!?!

griffog!! will this kit work on the sonyericsson P900 or could you suggest one that will as my colleage has my old one?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories] gtivinny:
griffog!!

will this kit work on the sonyericsson P900 or could you suggest one that will as my colleage has my old one?

i have looked about and found bits and bobs on development but nothing

that says that there ia a kit!!

so is there a kit yet??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tariel36:
Hello.

I've got problem with APN internet connection on my S3. When I turn on packet transfer, it doesn't connect to internet at all, even "connection icon" (that with 2 arrows blinking) doesn't show up. I downloaded APN configuration file from T-Mobile, so those are fine for almost sure.

What to do now?

Some basic info (according to Guide/Info thread):

- What Rom/Kernel/Modem you are using?

AP: I9300XXELLA

CP: I9300NELK2

CSC: I9300H3GELL1

- Are you rooted/unrooted?

Not sure, I bought phone in GB, but live in Poland. Simlock was removed too. It's fresh android instalation after Hard Reset. Never tried to personal root.

- Have you flashed any mods/scripts/themes?

No.

- Have you changed DPI? If yes, to what?

I dont know what DPI is.

- Have you done anything to try to solve your issue prior to posting the same?

I've done hard reset, but it didn't change anything. Also downloaded APN configuration file from TMobile (which is my provider ofc) as stated ealier.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Does the phone make calls and texts okay?

Did you flash the latest stock ROM for Poland via Odin on your PC?

Did you flash the right modem and RIL for Poland?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tariel36:
Calls and texts work as intented. Personally didn't flash anything on my phone.

It's important to mention, that internet connection did work for longer period ealier and one day for some reason it stopped.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
#

First question do you have Mobile Data turned on .

Second Question is your network supplying you with mobile data or have they turned it off .Third what does your network / the phone vendor say about the problem .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tariel36:
Yes i have Mobile Data turned on. Yes, my network supplies me with mobile data.

I didn't ask T-Mobile about it yet, since I think it's phone-side problem. Can't really ask the phone vendor, since the phone was a gift so I didnt buy it personally.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
But presume you are paying for a network somehow.

Try with a known internet working sim card .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tariel36:
Maybe I missunderstood the "phone vendor" part, but if you meant the place where I bought the phone, then it's probably no chance to ask him. If you meant the my actual Polish "GSM(?) Provider" (T-mobile), I didn't ask them about anything yet, but Yes, i pay them for "internet plan".

Low chances to check other sim card (atleast for today and very near future). Any other tips?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
TMobile shop and ask the guys to just check for you .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tariel36:
Morning!

I was randomly tweaking with settings today morning and turned on and off "plane mode". After that, my phone immediately caught Internet connection! Technology magic.

So it's working now. Thanks for caring about my problem.

[MENTION=297315]offtopic[/MENTION] (you don't have to reply at all)

I'm just curious, what could cause such thing?

Have a nice day.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
It's a computer, turning things off then on again fixes 80% of all problems. You also might try clearing cache and dalvic in recovery, as sometimes cached copies of system files can corrupt.

If it starts to happen more often then reflash the rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Singularit:
Hello Fellows!

I just rooted my galaxy SIII, and now i've installed the avatar ROM. Everything is working wel, only i now have a problem that there seems to be something eating up free space. Only this is nowhere to be seen.

Windows also says that the internal memory on the phone has only 1,7gb of free memory. Only there is really nothing te be found responsable. Even if i manually flip through every directory there is.

Also on the phone itself is nothing that indicates large soms of space in use by anything. I attached a screenshot of the storage display in the settings menu. if you look at the graph on top, you can clearly see that the free space is almost everything of the 11,35 gb, only the indicator says there is only 1.7gb.

I googled my ass of, but i can't seem to find a solution. I sure hope enyone here does?

Greetings Marten.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Singularit:
Yes! I finaly fixed it!

I reinstalled the rom, but before i did, i just virtually executed every format option in clockwork recovery, exept format recovery and format external sd. This took care of it!

Then i got 11.10/11.35gb free!

Thanks for reading my post anyway ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
Hi all so the Galaxy S4 has a fair few problems some that maybe software others that are hardware. Right now I'm saying Buyer Beware and I'm wondering if other owners would agree or disagree?

In this video I cover the problems I've had myself, I know others have had different problems.

[YOUTUBE]mzN21mYU4i0[/YOUTUBE]

Be interested to know what everyone thinks...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Meltus:
I've not really experienced any of the problems people are reporting. The only thing I have noticed (which is rather annoying) is random reboots when using either the camera or the gallery and Chrome seems to crash quite often too but obviously this could just be an issue with Chrome and not with the S4.

Never even heard of the wifi or headphones problem.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
None of this problems occurred to me.

1. Tried with my SteelSeries headphones and it never got distorted in any level of volume (I use adapt sound).

2. I played "need for drift" and it got hot after about 10 minutes but not as much as putting the device away. And it was actually after a few benchmarks (such as antutu, quadrant and GLbenchmark 2.5 and 2.7).

3. The rim around my headset is just fine (maybe this is a problem with the s600 variant).

4. In my country the S4 are selling like hotcakes and I was very lucky to put my hand on a headset (I needed to buy from directly from an official store of Samsung for the whooping amount of 3600 NIS [about 1000 USD] since all the retail stores had already sold all their units), only the official stores here have left with headsets and even them sold all their stock very quickly and needed fresh supply every few days.

P.S. My wifi works flawlessly :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] deathnotice01:
Im very haapy with the device. Aside from the screen smearing which all s4 phones are affected, it's only software issue can be easily fixed on further updates

Sent un Samsung Galaxia S Quatro LTE
[Galaxy S 4 General] skeamznz:
I have not had any issues. Amazing phone coming from HOX. I would highly recommend the S4 to anyone.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
Thanks all for your feedback, how many of you are running the 600?
[Galaxy S 4 General] damador:
no crackling .... some heat issues ... yeah its dont have cooling as PC

there is no metal in s4 ... and my butoont fits OK

white 9505 no smearing no voice crackling nothing ... only temeperature whats is problems with all high end phones today
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
I've not had this problem myself but a few commentors on YouTube have highlighted that problem.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jprocket45:
I love my S4 no issues here telling everyone that asks me about it to buy one :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
Good to hear
[Galaxy S 4 General] HellRoot:
I have no problems at all... Running with the 600... Heat issues... Well all phones become hot when playing... But if it gets too hot it should turn off right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Beefheart:
Running the I9505 here and not a single issue bar the smearing which effects all S4s and is easily rectified with an app anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 General] unandroidemas:
No issues in my I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] jejb:
I'm not seeing any of these issues, either. If I did, I'd chalk it up to being an early adopter. The customers working out some of the bugs is unfortunately the norm these days and I knew that going in. However, mine has been perfect in it's first 2 weeks. This is my first Samsung (wife has an S3) and I am enjoying the change from the much buggier HTC's I've had over the years.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipmanwck:
I have just sent mine back due to a crackle at high volume whilst using headphones which are not cheap ones :)

Should get another SD600 this week.

Custom Stock Rom 4.1 Eternity

Brilliantly Stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
Just bought a Galaxy S4 I9505 today simfree, pick it up tomorrow this is the second shipment of Galaxy S4's as the first batch were all sold out on release, I'll report tomorrow if there any problems with mine.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
I hope to have an S4 from the second batch later this week, I'm going to put them both head to head and see if my experience changes. I Hope it does I can see a great device in the S4 but so far all the probs ive had suck!
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidizen:
The prob I'm having is it becomes too hot to hold comfortably, regardless of any thermal trip that will power the device off if its too hot to hold its not much use for gaming after 20 mins. I've also seen games start to stutter more when it reaches this point which may indicate the system throttling back to reduce the temp. I dont think i have overly sensitive skin others that have used it have said it was uncomfortably hot.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
As you can see all over the this thread (including myself), no one has faced any issues or bugs as mentioned.

The only thing that happens to everyone (and it is a software problem that can fixed via application from play store) is smearing and it's simply because the software don't turn black pixels back on fast enough so you see smearing when you scroll really fast.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
I had a build problem & software probs on my first batch pebble blue S3 i bought last year, main problem was it kept dust around the edges that couldn't be removed, the software probs were sorted with updates, one being the audio quality were it would make a clicking sound when it went into sleep when listeining mp3's, also could have died at any point as it had the bad EMMC.

I recently bought another S3, build December 2012, no probs with build quality and a new revision of EMMC chip.

Just hoping now the build quality better on the 2nd batch can live with the software bugs as they will be sorted at some point.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jongilluley:
Same as most people on here I don't have all these issues either...

Yes the device gets hot when playing games but then so do laptops when they are being taxed...

Smearing happens as the black pixels aren't switched on quick enough, hopefully this can be fixed in a sw update soon.

No build quality issues on my first batch handset and using my beats pro headphones I've had no crackles or sound issues... This issue is due to needing a high impedance in your headphones of 20 ohms and above.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Tom-Helge:
Like i said in the comments section on your YouTube video........

Androidizen, do you complain about a laptop﻿ with killer specs getting hot after playing a game for a little time?

If no, then why are you complaining about a smartphone with killer specs getting hot then?

The smartphones today are small computers with good hardware specs. And complaining that the smartphones gets a bit hot + the battery doesn't last longer than a day is a bit ridiculous when todays laptops with killer specs barely breaks 6 hours of battery life + they gets very hot.

Do you see what i'm trying to explain here?

EDIT: When it's about Galaxy S4 being hot, then just read this: http://blog.gsmarena.com/thermal-im...rfaces-shows-that-the-device-rarely-gets-hot/

Not only that, but HTC One is out of aluminum witch will spread the heating much more than the Galaxy S4 will do. And that will make the HTC One even hotter to hold.

And when it's about recommending peoples to buy the HTC One over the Galaxy S4, it's a bit funny considering that the HTC One have issues / design flaws to.

Just search up on the HTC One section and you will find out that someone actually have many defects on their phone chassis to on the HTC One.

Other than that, i don't have any issues with my Galaxy S4 (GT-i9505 Snapdragon version) except that my phone can be a little hot under heavy usage, witch is normal with such specs on the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vadrieldur:
I don't know about LTE version but i've the octa version and i'm not experiencing any overheating issues.. it's just like my Nexus 4. I'm very pleased with the battery life too. However i don't really like the speaker being not loud enough and TW is a bit laggy.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rdy2go:
Beware of lag and low RAM left. Applications are removed from RAM. More than 1 GB of 2 GB is used when phone starts with no applications started. Awful experience.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Lag can be tweaked (and removed entirely apart for the widget drawer lag that comes from the stock android) very easy!

Mine have 0.92GB occupied when starting the device (With 3 apps I set to start on startup). Maybe you have a rogue app that takes a lot of RAM?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cetus Ketus:
Sometimes it doesn't connect over WiFi, "authentication issue" is the message. Turning Off and On WiFi resolves the problem.

Overheating occurs only 1 time (32 degrees) walking with 30 degree outside and making a call.

No other issues with my phone yet.
[Galaxy S 4 General] launton:
I don't have any of these issues.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipmanwck:
Agreed. Hardware is all good and updates have been pushed already which have fixed some lag issues. Also there has been a camera update to improve shutter speed.

I had HTC one and updates won't fix the cheap build with gaps and dead pixels. No fixing those issues with updates.

Custom Stock Rom 4.1 Eternity

Brilliantly Stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
I think you are personally really upset with Samsung and that you are really overreacting, I can hear it in your voice. With that being said I can understand you being frustrated and maybe they did rushed the s4. I don't own it yet so I cant really comment on stuff except from users opinions and reviews .But I can tell you that it is the first time since the phone has been released that I hear someone be really this disappointed and upset. There are millons of galaxy s 4 reviews out there, some of those reviewers are very technical and they scrutinize every device they review, not even they came up with that many negative points. So I don't know...
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
Updates will come thick and fast on the S4 while it new to sort out all the software issues then when it finally sorted out come 4.3 and we be back to square one again lol :laugh::good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] lostmyphone:
thermal compound and liquid cooling!

will it fit? (-:
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Here 'ya go. ;)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cooling-Pad-Smartphone-PA-/261131930861