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[Galaxy S 4 General] cabloomi:
The Problem With The S4 That It Has More Cpu Then It Needs. It Doesnt Have To Use It Cpu Up To 1600 Mhz, But It Automatically Does,

It Works Perfectly At 2 Cores And 800 Mhz, No Difference, Only A Better Experience , Please Read On

Ok Guys, This Will Be The Battery Discussion Page For The S4, We Will Be Doing Kernel And Under Volting Test, And Ways To Save Battery,

We Will Post Battery Records Here, And Many Other Things, This Is How It Works

I Will Post Mine Tomorrow After Fully Charging

Must Be Fully Charged Till 5 Percent Charge Without Pluging In Cable In Between,

And You Must Use Your Device As You Would Everyday

Install Cpu Spy

This Is The Layout You Fill In For Your Post

Information Of How You Used Your Phone During The Process

And Any Other Information Like The Apps You Have Installed, And The App You Use To Save Battery With, Or Your

App Alternatives For Better Battery Life

Attach Photos (screenshots) Of Your Battery Record, Stats, And On Screen Time Using The Stock App In The Settings

And Your Cpu Spy Page

"i For One Have 2 Cores Offline And Under Volted To 250-800 On Both Online Cores And Have The Ondemand Governor Activated, And I Havent Felt Performance Lost, Runs Temple Run And Subway Surfers Perfectly, And No Heat, Even If Im Charging With Wifi On And Im Downloading Something, Its Great
[Galaxy S 4 General] slind:
Seems to be a nice idea. But could you elaborate as on why the text is bold and you had to use capslock for 1/2 of it!?
[Galaxy S 4 General] cabloomi:
[MENTION=575883]slind[/MENTION] ok i fixed the post. i will be posting links to the posts who are great battery savers without loosing performance
[Galaxy S 4 General] adyscorpius:
So basically, we use an I9500 like an Ace or a Grand to get rid of heating and battery drains.. Andyou suggest that it won't result in performance loss. I'd suggest playing games that are more graphically intensive and not just Temple Run.. Try copying data from one memory card to another, or simply try running a Full HD Video. Also, check out web browsing or maybe multitasking, and you'll see where the performance dies out.

I think the fix should come in the upcoming releases of stock firmware by Samsung. By turning off a couple of cores, you're only going back a couple of years. I don't think I upgraded from the S3 to S4 for that reason.
[Galaxy S 4 General] foxy4270:
post some screenshots with your screen time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] cabloomi:
[MENTION=3025837]adyscorpius[/MENTION]

everyone has there preferences and there needs in a phone. and there own settings. and this is a Battery discussion thread. we will be doing many performance and voltage mods, so everyone could choose the settings that suits them. now please dont post aggressive post like that, im not stupid. i know that my settings are very low.

but for my most played games and most used apps. it doesnt seem to effect my performance, so im comfortable with my settings
[Galaxy S 4 General] blue00mountain:
i had the phone for 2 weeks, happily showing off battery performance and then i asked myself again, why the heck i bought this phone in the first place? BECAUSE IT HAS REPLACABLE BATTERY!.. LOL.. how silly i am trying to squeeze that little drop of power out of the battery when I can double the battery just by getting another spare.

no need to turn off anything, no need to drop performance or screen brightness.. just pure enjoyment of the full potential without worrying battery problem.. just get a spare.
[Galaxy S 4 General] adyscorpius:
I didn't mean to be aggresive and sorry if you felt like that. All I mean is, there is a limit to which you can undervolt/underclock your phone without losing the functionality or speed. While underclocking to 1.0 ghz or 1.2 ghz sounds kinda normal, going all the way down to 800 Mhz and that too only on two cores is like running Galaxy Ace Dual Core instead. Why would I want to spoil my S4 for it?

That is all that I meant. And the phone is normally shelling out a good day's use in normal usage. Why bother so much about battery really???
[Galaxy S 4 General] currway:
My S4 i9505 came with MDE ROM from the factory, apart from doing dirty flashes over dirty flashes, finally someone came up with a recovery which is working. So i've :

1. Formatted system , cache , dalvik

2. Loaded in Djembey's stock slim deodexed ME2 ROM.

3. Using PimpMyROM, did some moderately less aggressive tweaks.

4. Capped the Max frequency at 1674MHz. Interactive gov, Noop sched.

5. Fully charged and unplugged.

6. Fully on 3G . Gmail sync for calendars, contacts, mail, keep, notes. Moderately heavy on Gtalk and Whatsapp. Browsing news and websites.

Observed 4 hours screen time.

Almost 15 hours of total usage + standby (This doesn't mean much, screen time depicts usage time more)

The phone still feels warmer than S2, under operation.

I've yet to try faux kernel yet, but i doubt it would get much better than this. The physical limit i feel is on the CPU, HD AMOLEDs, and the modem itself under normal usage.

Feel free to comment.
[Galaxy S 4 General] j45p41:
Hi,

hope you may be able to help. I have been trying almost everthing to increase the music volume as the s4 does not drive my senheiser headphones as well I would like. Is it possible to increase the gain through a kernel mod somehow?
[Galaxy S 4 General] currway:
Wow you're really random. This thread isn't even remotely discussing about the issue you raised.

Try the omega ROM thread, see if the functionality list includes volume hack.
[Galaxy S 4 General] CountParadox:
How does one go about disabling two of the cores ? c:
[myTouch 4G General] nelmaster_vc:
That is some good notice

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/05/14/cydia-substrate-makes-it-way-to-android/

http://www.cydiasubstrate.com/

Support app from Cydia to Android ? uffff yeahhh

I just want to share to all our this fantasty notice :D
[myTouch 4G General] mickeyasamoah:
kk thanks.

Am downloading it right away

****[EDIT]*****

Doesnt work on my phone, mytouch 4g, running ViperTouch 2.1.3
[myTouch 4G General] mymeatb18:
Got it working but didn't do anything. The only thing available at the moment is winter board. (I understand just came out a few days ago or so) seems to do the same thing as theme chooser in any custom launcher but with the fact that u have to restart every change like in iOS. But didn't apply any theme.

I'm running cm10.1 albinomans rom
[myTouch 4G General] mickeyasamoah:
Cool, but with mine, the winterboard doesnt see the cydia app and continues to ask me to reboot.

I think the rom i am using has been modded in a different way all together.

Last time i flashed a boot animation with CWM recovery only to see that it didnt work. So i guess its the rom.
[myTouch 4G General] mymeatb18:
About the boot animation it might have been a flash able zip for aosp based ROM. Sense ROMs have it in a different location. U don't need to flash it u could change it manually using a file explorer. I don't remember where exactly its located but u can Google boot animation location sense ROM and then just delete then copy paste with the correct name
[myTouch 4G General] N_otori0us_:
It could be a problem with sense. Try a AOSP rom.
[myTouch 4G General] mickeyasamoah:
Okay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jsmith8858:
I love this phone, but the larger size (coming from a GS2) definitely puts a strain on my thumb as I move it up and down the screen, especially to hit the buttons. I don't have small hands, but I don't have large hands either, and this is definitely causing some discomfort after heavy usuage.

So, in case anyone else is experiencing this is well, a nice solution is to install Pie Control from the play store and configure it to provide home, back and menu buttons on the sides of the screen when you swipe. It works great, just takes a while to get into the habit, and it's much quicker and easier than moving all the way to the bottom to press the buttons. It's completely configurable as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hansonator:
Lol, gave me a chuckle.

I had a similar situation when I got my s3 coming from an s1. Eventually I got used to the larger screen and just naturally started holding the phone differently. My s4 isn't a great deal bigger than my s3 but it is noticeable. You will all get used to the size in no time at all, I promise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Actually the only thing larger on the GS4 is the screen. The phone itself is the same size.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jsmith8858:
I know, it sounds like a classic first-world problem ... I have this amazing, incredible, portal device that can do almost anything anywhere I go, but ... my poor thumb gets tired using it!! :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MrGriffdude:
Are you kidding me? This thread is sooooo pointless.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] akira02rex:
Guys, my eyes are straining from peering around at such a larger screen than my Galaxy Nexus.

Any tips?

:rolleyes::rolleyes::silly::silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lorijuan1024:
i game a lot so my thumbs have built muscle from it. :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LeKtRiCzzz:
Your post is off topic and pointless

I had the s2 and the s4 feels more comfortable
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dsixda:
I had a similar problem going to s3 but I have small hands. I had to get treated for an injury at the base of my palm which was probably due to one-handed use. I kind of avoid using my thumb for scrolling or pressing buttons while holding the phone one-handed. I just use the index finger of the other hand to touch the screen. As a general rule, if you have discomfort using something, don't keep doing it, or take a rest, or find another way to do it. I learned the hard way ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jsmith8858:
Yeah, very true! That's why I'm trying out the Pie Control, so far it's working pretty well. Also alternating by using my left hand when possible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dsixda:
I tried using Pie Control for a while but it became a bit of an annoyance whenever you didn't want to touch it. Another thing you can do, if your S4 version supports it, is to install an AOSP-based ROM and turn on the soft/virtual keys so that they appear above the capacitive buttons. Then turn off the capacitive buttons and their LED (the hack is found in a Google search). This makes reaching for the buttons easier but at the expense of shorter screen space.

There will be insensitive people here who will scoff at and mock your problems (happened to me before too, just for saying I had small hands), but RSI is a real serious issue and is relevant to this phone, especially as these flagship devices are not going to get any smaller. Not everyone here has large hands.

Anyways I think this should be moved to the Q&A section.. ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dsixda:
So you're saying you've never seen anything that big down there before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jsmith8858:
Well, there really isn't a question, just a tip I thought I'd share. Maybe Apps is a better place? (Though I do realize I phrased my topic as a question of course)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hansonator:
Yes, I realize that. I compared the two when I got my s4. The extra height of the screen is negligible but noticeable. I use my nexus 7 one handed so not a problem for me. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] septix:
So I thought I would start a thread for wallpapers, and only wallpapers. No comments, no talking, just pictures and packs.

If you like the picture, hit the thanks button, that's a good way to show your appreciation.

Feel free to share your pictures, or packs. Make sure to upload them to a good image host.​

Rules.

* No talking, commenting or posting anything besides wallpapers.

* Use a good host for packs and pictures (see list below)

* Make sure the pictures are in high resolution. 1920*1920 or greater.

* Update your post, instead of adding a new post with one picture. In that way, we keep the thread clean

File hosts - For packs.

File Dropper - Free, no signup required

MediaFire - Free, signup required

Box - Free, signup required

Dropbox - Free, signup required

Zippyshare - Free, no signup required

Image hosts - For one picture

Photobucket - Free , signup required

Imageshack - Free, no signup required

imgur - Free, no signup required (my personal favourite)

If you want to add something to this post, feel free to send me a message.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] nniicckkss:
'Black Mist' Wallpaper

Lots of rules, I'm a bit nervous to be first posting in this thread... :rolleyes:

I've been playing with this wallpaper which I made from scratch and have intended it to look like the 'Black Mist' front body texture (difficult to imitate due to colour changing in different light) - I thought I'd share it with you, somebody might like it... (I've got it on my lockscreen for now!)

Hosted in-forum (to avoid huge image), zip attached with full-sized file (unzip and extract .png).

Dimensions (in the .zip file) 1920 x 1920 - as stock wallpapers.

(NOTE: don't 'save image as' on the image below, use the zipped version at full size, don't drag the resize frame when setting.)

:cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] avetny:
Amoled night (1920x1080)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] schatz0r:
i have about 70 backgrounds in 1920x1920 but cant share it... need to post at least 10post before i can post a link...
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Kamigiri:
shouldnt it be 2160x1920 ?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] septix:
I'm going to make some changes in the post tomorrow. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] schatz0r:
I assumed that the original s4 backgrounds were 1920x1920. So .. i dont know really!

Anyway here is the link! Over 100 backgrounds
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] agrib82:
My favorite wallpaper is whit stones :good: Good work thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] drknezz:
I thought because the resolution of the S4 is full HD the resolution would have to be 1080x1920 (as the phone is in portrait view most of the time) :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] nniicckkss:
Kind of - bear that in mind when you make wallpapers so as to focus on your image of that dimension being central, but the overall size should be 1920 x 1920 as there is use of landscape wallpaper in the 'clock view' settings (is this dock mode?). Most of the time you won't landscape though.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] schatz0r:
So im gone upd my dropbox folder with some more backgrounds, will u guys have them in 2160x1920 or 1920x1920?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] schatz0r:
Alright guys! I have updated my old link with 100 new photos. check it out. The folder 2juni2013.

100 NEW!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Hackerlacka:
No one can view your images because you gave us a link to a folder in your home folder (dropbox identifies it as a folder on our own account and says "The folder '/s4' does not exist." ). I believe that you have to use the shared folder.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] TheAshMan:
Same. Can't access this folder
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] double_ofour:
Help me using VNCviewer for PPC. I cant view my Desktop PC to my XDA II. i am using bluetooth to view. do i need widcomm? how? please help... THANKS.....
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
prob i dont think the ms stack support PAN or what ever that networking over bluetooth is called
[Xperia Z General] Kiko_1272:
I think this may have been covered before but I havent seen it specifically for the Z.

Basically Box.net and Sony have teamed up to give us free 50GB storage for life.

Here are the details:

https://support.box.com/entries/2226...-Promotion-FAQ

I just did it and it worked!

Hope it helps and Sorry if it has been covered before.
[Xperia Z General] AcoAlex:
Link doesn't work :thumbdown:

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Just log into Box on your Xperia using the Box app and you'll get the 50GB.

Edit: proof -

Working link - https://support.box.com/entries/22264368-Sony-Xperia-50GB-Promotion-FAQ
[Xperia Z General] fookea:
https://support.box.com/entries/22264368-Sony-Xperia-50GB-Promotion-FAQ
[Xperia Z General] 008bond:
I can confirm this works. Just that I find dropbox better than box.
[Xperia Z General] Kiko_1272:
https://support.box.com/entries/22264368-Sony-Xperia-50GB-Promotion-FAQ
[Xperia Z General] AcoAlex:
thanks man ;) all working a-ok :cool:
[Xperia Z General] DarkKrypt:
I'm surprised this is still going

I had this with the Xperia arc
[Xperia Z General] babylonbwoy:
It's available until end of 2013 altought they don't communicate about it.

This is my 4th Xperia 50Go Storage bonus since december 2011!
[Xperia Z General] Seaclean:
Hey, thanks a lot! Works perfectly. :)
[Xperia Z General] LestatMK:
Already made my account, its super especially if you consider its permanent! Great Deal, although I have to see if it integrates well enough as Dropbox.
[Xperia Z General] electric0ant:
main downside is that box does not have a desktop client.

so you can't sync data between your phone and desktop.

also they have been giving away 50gb free since forever to practically everyone.
[Xperia Z General] SirRobin78:
For Windows you can find a Desktop Client under https://www.box.com/download-box-sync/

You also can get a Windows 8 box app :)
[Xperia Z General] stephencwl:
I have been using BOX desktop clients for over a year. Pretty great sync. I prefer this over dropbox.
[Xperia Z General] electric0ant:
My bad, when I first signed up for box with the free 50gb with the HP touchpad the boxsync desktop client was not available for personal users.

Nice to see that it now is.
[Xperia Z General] dominic21:
if i alrady have free 50 gb from somewhere else do i get 50 more?
[Xperia Z General] Nameless One:
Why don't you sign in to Box from your Xperia and find out, are you that frightened of trying things or lacking in imagination

to do things for yourself?
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Really,my install of the app showed you this during the install.
[Xperia Z General] dominic21:
i did it and didn't get nothing so wanted to ask if some one else got

way are so angry :confused:
[Xperia Z General] alias_neo:
To give you a proper response, it would appear that that answer is no.

I signed in with my existing 50GB account and sadly didn't get an additional 50GB.

It would appear it's the standard 50GB giveaway they've been doing for years, and just being marketed to make out Sony has done something amazing.

I've never liked box as much as Dropbox, I don't know why, it's totally unfounded, but I always go back to Dropbox. I think it may be the fact that they give away so much storage for free all the time, makes me wonder why.
[Xperia Z General] pan.tadeusz:
great thx for info
[Xperia Z General] YudiA1:
Thank you for info. Got 50 GB free from BOX on my XZ :)

Sent from my C6602
[Xperia Z General] RNPW:
works fine! thank you for the info

regards

rnpw
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksnexusone:
I had a unfortunate mishap with the note 2 lat night. It is rommed but i cant take it back to stock now because it wont even turn on. do i call tmo and tell them i lost it, or i dropped it and get one coming in the mail? or when i send it back is it SOP for tmo to fix it and wipe it and then reflash from the fctory or will i get a huge bill when they find out it was rommed?

any input from anyone who knows first hand would be awesome. cant rock my old sensation for to long now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] brickinphoneslol:
Do you really need the opinion of "XDA" to tell what to do, in a situation like this?

It you dropped your phone and it won't turn on, just leave it on the shelf. You said you had another phone. Okay that's a wrap. Have a nice day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
I'm lost. Tmo will fix the glass for you. I'm sure you will have to pay either way because that's not a warranty item. If you're asking if you should commit fraud by claiming it's lost, then no. You broke it pay the price. If you're doing that I'm assuming you have insurance so then no need to lie anyways because insurance should cover glass.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksnexusone:
wow, really? what i want to know is if i send in my phone that is rommed in on insurance. do they just plug it in and wipe it anyways to refurbish it or will it pop up that it has been rooted then i get a nasty dollar amount added to my bill? If you dont have any first hand experience with sending a rooted phone in then why would you reply that? anyways, I do have another hone but im not using my sensation for any longer then i have to.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] brickinphoneslol:
You dropped your phone. Glass is shattered. Phone won't turn on. Sounds like a good reason to to turn into turn it in, regardless if it has root or not.

I crashed my car, while driving in the rain. Should I sent it out to get it fixed? It's been modified. What do I do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksnexusone:
really, that's the example you put out here? I have been rooting phones and all this for a few years now and the reason i asked this in the first place was everyone knows that when you root you phone the warranty is void. that is why i asked if anyone had any experience with sending in a rooted phone under insurance. If you dont have any experience with the question i asked, why reply?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
Most people are able to set it back to stock first so don't have to worry about it so you may not Hey a lot if first have experiences. I've seen plenty of people and rooted phones in and they say there was no problem. I've also seen a couple claim they were charged for the phone. Are you sure it won't turn on? Have you pulled the battery, put it back and tried download mode. Maybe you can blind Odin it so there's no risk.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
The consensus had been that damage is damage in regards to insurance. The software status hasn't mattered in the past (unless CM10 suddenly makes you toss phones out of the car on the freeway).

You are not eligible for a warranty replacement as there is glass breakage. You have insurance, use it for the legitimate claim you have a right to make. This is an obvious replacement for the insurance guys.

In any case, as said before, don't lie.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksnexusone:
beautifully written, thats what i was looking for me friend.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Asurion doesnt care
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksnexusone:
Just to update everyone, I called tmo and they shot me over to asurion. they were really cool on the phone about this whole thing. she never asked anything about the software side of it.So i asked her about it just to know because i am not one to try to commit fraud an i appologize for giving that impression in the OP. She said that would not be an issue. Super good service thru Asurion with a long survey at the end.

I do appologize for a few of my replies yesterday. I guess the comment on rooting voiding the warranty thru people off but i was just stating that, not meaning i was gonna send it in for warranty replacement. Thanks again for giving your thoughts on this matter.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Aria807:
Glass shattered has nothing to do with what OS your phone runs. You have a hardware issue, not software.

Trying to get warranty work done because you bricked your device cuz you flashed a wrong rom, that would be an issue because your warranty covers you being on a stock device that should otherwise be working up to their standards they gave u warranty for.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OmmNomNom:
My ex shattered my heart but I still turn on, your phone is being difficult lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Galaxysm:
Lmao!!!!^

Sent From Land Of Ooo. Using a Jedi Mastered Note 2. :trooper:

"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OmmNomNom:
Sleeping around lololol :thumbup::D:thumbup::D