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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigyX:
Hi guys, I haven't really been following this thread too closely but I thought I would let you know that here in South Africa a lot of the S4's available locally at the moment are 32gb i9500s.

If you don't mind overpaying you could try get one from one of our online stores? The US Dollar-to-Rand ratio is 10/1, (eg. R8000 = $800 USD).

http://www.takealot.com/cellular-gps/cellphones-6479/samsung-galaxy-s4-white,29553155

http://excellular.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=287

http://www.kalahari.com/electronics...7283661.aspx?gclid=CK6ajO395bgCFSGWtAodiT0AGw

http://www.answholesalers.co.za/Buy...tm_medium=price-comparison&utm_source=oneshop

I haven't looked through these offers thoroughly, but hopefully some of them will ship internationally. Feel free to search for more South African online stores, these were just a few I found.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
Crap! I was going to do that as well but now the black one is no longer in stock. Can't have a white phone! Does anybody know of any other legit place to buy the black 32GB i9505? Preferably in Europe.

Maybe it would be nice to keep a list of known retailers in the OP? Could be a bit of work to maintain I guess.

EDIT: Saw the post above about pcking and found it. Sorry for not reading a bit more before posting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Really? Everybody wanted the Octa months ago, but now I guess almost nobody want it because of its silicon issues, lack of 4G, lack of OpenGL 3.0, lack of Exynos code source and of Google Edition compatibility :) Also the Europeans lose one year warranty ordering for there.

Thanks for info prodigyX.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
Excuse the silly question but to clarify, is the Octa in the I9500 and some other CPU in the I9505? :eek: And the Octa have the issues you mention? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
No mate, Exynos Octa is only in I9500. GT-I9505 have Qualcomm S600.

Related to those issues, there are plenty of threads in this forum and out of this forum. Samsung Exynos released one or two weeks ago another Octa which probably (or not) fixed this issues, but the one present in I9500 have issues.

More information related to it here:

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191850

- http://pocketnow.com/2013/05/02/exynos-5-octa-efficency

- http://www.androidauthority.com/exynos-5-octa-samsung-socs-219832/

It's still a bit more powerful than Qualcomm, but too many easter eggs in Qualcomm to not choose it :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
Which is better then? What easter eggs?! :confused: sorry for all my questions! :cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Latest update from the ASA over Samsung and the S4 memory claims. Copy letter shown too.

http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/samsung-galaxy-s4-memory-saga/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
For me the Qualcomm is better. I already said what are those easter eggs, in comparison with the Exynos ;) Easter Eggs for me are the 4G, the Google Edition with the AOSP and so on.

Great stuff bro. Samsung kinda promised them that they will fix the issues with the availability of the S4 with bigger memory capacity and agreed that moving to SD is more a gimmick than a real feature. However, ASA shouldn't closed the case just because Samsung promised. I don't think this will help much. I'm curious what they will post on their website (ASA).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
Ordered from pcking!!! Total - 692,08 € :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Got it for 675 € one month ago. They increased the price meanwhile, because they are getting serious orders. That's the price to be paid for a decent phone with decent memory. You will not be disappointed, trust me ;)

I'm curious how quick will be the shipping for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
You can now buy the 32GB 9505 in the UK from Mobicity for £520.

http://www.mobicity.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s4-4g-i9505-32gb.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yay! I will update the petition later when I'll be home
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
Aaaaaaaaaaah! One day too late - I ordered mine yesterday from pcking.de and it cost me around 90€ more than if I would have ordered it from Mobicity. And I can actually read the Mobicity without Google translate. I wonder if I can cancel the pcking order...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
If it wasn't dispatched, yes.. You can. Email support saying that you want to cancel the order (if they don't gives you a 90 euros discount :D)

Also, you can return it when you get it, but you will lose shipping taxes and I guess some paypal fees
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
From what I've gathered it hasn't been dispatched yet so I've emailed them. And I can see on my PayPal account that the transaction is still pending so hopefully this should be painless.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yes it isn't. In case they don't speak English (I wrote them in German when I bought mine), call Paypal and tell them you want to cancel the payment while is still pending
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
Arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :( :rolleyes: why didn't I check that before I ordered last night!

Yeah mine is the same. I've emailed them to ask them to cancel it but in english. How do I request that in german?

I've been into my paypal account and can't cancel it - if I ring them will they cancel it for me?

For some reason I can't cancel it in my account on the pcking website.

EDIT - cancelled pcking order and ordered from mobicity!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im4eversmart:
Signed in petition, would love to own a 64GB galaxy s 4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Thanks [MENTION=5308970]im4eversmart[/MENTION]!

Congrats [MENTION=4503909]simonprr[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
I managed to cancel my PC-King order but before I had time to order from MobiCity it was out of stock there. I contacted them but they now have no ETA for when it is back in stock :mad:.

It's back in stock on Cyberport.de though and the price there is not much higher than MobiCity but then I need a VAT number for them to ship to Sweden. Starting to wonder if this is not meant to be...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Oh damn. Why they need VAT number, they ship only to businesses?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vahur_v:
Have anybody managed to upgrade device to I9505XXUBMGA firmware? My phone have have I9505XXUBMF8 installed, and phone and Kies both says that I have latest installed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Maybe it's not your phone time. Weird. I upgraded two weeks ago. Did you got it from Germany ? I had I9505XXUBMF8 before too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
Yeah, they only deliver to end customers in some EU countries. Here's a Google translated quote from their site:

From retail sales tax reasons can not be supplied in the following countries: Denmark, Finland, France, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom. A delivery is only available to business customers with valid VAT identification number.​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I start thinking that they do this for a reason, to stop us ordering or something. I say that because one month ago there wasn't Spain included. I inicially planned to order my S4 from there, but I never seen Spain in that list. However, I could get a VAT number, but it sucks for those who can't.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vahur_v:
It's Germany phone yes, shipped from Cyberport. Weird is that this update has been out for 17 days already.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
:good: Although it's still "pending fulfilment" :eek: can't wait !!! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johhn:
the deal from mobilecity seems very sweet, but their stock ran out....gutted!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaza2:
No wonder I can't find one...

I support your petition. I finally cracked the screen on my 32G GS3 and am looking to upgrade. I'm on T-Mob, but I can't find a 32G GS4. I'm currently using almost 15G on my phone now, and ever since the GS3, it's not possible to move many apps to the external card, so I need a big fat internal card! I will have to do my research to see which unlocked GS4 32G model will work on T-Mob, then see if I can find one on the open market that isn't $800.

You'd think it would be to the advantage of brands to get the higher storage models. The lack of them drive most of us to buying unlocked ones!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
The I9505 32GB version was back in stock on MobiCity yesterday so I managed to order it but I see now that it is out of stock again. It will be interesting to see when it actually arrives - I was told end of next week... They show the I9500 32 GB version as being in stock though.

The MobiCity site was crappy as hell though, probably spent an hour trying to order before I contacted their customer support. The customer support was pretty good though and managed to file the order for me and sent a payment request via PayPal so they did not try to get me to give up any credit card details over chat/phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I sent two days ago an email to all those who signed the petition, so I think people keeps ordering immediately when it's in stock :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GruberEXN:
I wish Brasil had a 32gb version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
Well finally it seems that it's shipped and should be with me tomorrow :good:

Thats the good news anyway, as having a few issues with MobiCity. The discount code (get from their site during ordering) didn't work properly, if you add it before entering all the details and payment, it drops off and doesn't take off the £5, but they agreed to refund me that however so far they won't agree that it should be £6 because of the VAT (it's deducted before VAT is applied). Regardless of that though the price has gone down and considering that they have only just shipped it I think they should refund the difference, no reply from them on this yet :rolleyes: not sure what the legal position is on this but I can always get my CC company involved if necessary :victory:

Anyway on a separate matter, I was watching a youtube video comparison between the i9500 and i9505 and all the benchmarks etc show that the i9500 is actually faster? not sure if that means better though of course. I know they have different processors, GPUs etc but didn't think it would be that different. I don't actually understand why they have different CPUs/GPUs, surely that makes it more complicated manufacturing wise. Or was it necessary to be able to fit 4G ability into the same case? or only certain CPUs support 4G?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
First of all, when I bought mine, it took almost one week to be dispatched and the price dropped by 20 euros. It's your fault you bought it last week, you agreed to pay that price so... You can do nothing, only return it and buy again. Same conditions have Amazon or ebay.

Related with the processor differences: the Exynos CPU doesn't have 4G modem incorporated, while Qualcomm it have (however, it seems Samsung used external modem instead the one used with Qualcomm. Other reason is the stock, the had no enough stock of cpu to use Exynos.

The Qualcomm is amazing, fast, gets updates faster. Much better than Exynos. For reasons search the Saint Google, you get answers for all the questions you want related to the differences and the reason Samsung did this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johhn:
the price has dropped to 505.19 on mobicity but after waiting for this long, I've lost interest in s4. I feel like I should just hold on to nexus 4 for now and wait for news about nexus 5 or deals on new lg g2.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Lol, so weird to see such a low price now.

I love my S4, I wouldn't change it for a Nexus or LG. Nexus can be a nice phone, but I don't think it will be more powerful, maybe will use the S800, but wouldn't be a huge difference. LG is a copycat, doing pretty nice products with a pretty low price, but both phones will miss the Samsung features and the possibility of choosing between two official ROMS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] downwiththebanksters:
Well one thing we can be pretty certain of, especially those interested in this thread, any nexus won't have expandable storage or enough onboard.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Great point! And we can be sure Google will never add a card slot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Also don't forget all new devices are full of bugs. The S4 with the big update is much better.

Can anyone confirm who has ordered from Mobicity which firmware it has?

I've got a friend's S4 temporarily and looking at options for the 32GB.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Over 1k signatures. Good job people! I will edit the petition and add Note 3 on the list. Let's hope Samsung will not play dirty with the future releases.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhrn:
Just got my 32 GB I9505 black from MobiCity. Took a little over one week for the delivery, I ordered it Friday the week before last week, which I think is ok. I haven't used it anything, charging it right now but it is at least exactly the model I ordered. And as a bonus it came with a europlug charger and a separate adapter for UK sockets - good for us non-UK people.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RodimusConvoy:
So at least you can get the 32GB version from MobiCity. No one has found the 64GB version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
There is no 64GB yet and probably will never be. Same thing happened last year with the S3.

LE: Hey guys, look what I've found: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/19...g-galaxy-s4-s4-active-and-s4-mini-in-germany/

Now the question is...how to request them (we need a mail forwarding service :D) Worth to buy them from Germany :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianjd:
But there was a 64Gb S3 released last year in Germany, available at least via Amazon.de sellers; that's where I got mine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I didn't know that. When it appeared in Amazon ? How much time after the S3 release ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianjd:
I got mine in early October, the page lists it as released in mid-September, it's actually still available from sellers...

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009AAQHV2/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Then it's not late for S4, it may comes next month after Note 3 announcement. Yet are some websites saying that are selling the S4 64GB, but the Octa and in South Africa. I personally don't trust those stores, because are the only one in the whole world.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonprr:
So AT&T who I think were the first to start selling the S4 32GB (or at least the first network) are not selling the S4 64GB either? :(

Anyway I just really hope that the S5 is going to come in 32GB and 64GB versions only (and perhaps 128GB)! :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Nop, nobody have the 64GB version, we should consider ourself lucky because we got the unlocked 32GB, but in USA is impossible to find an unlocked 32GB or locked/unlocked o in Latin America or Canada.

While we need to import and months to find a damn 32GB, don't expect more than 32GB and maybe 64GB after 5 months when S5 will be released next year.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Not having much luck. My S4 screen failed. Bottom half went solid green. Then wine red.

Anyway the next Samsung phone out is the Note 3, and this will be 32gb minimum as the starting point. Let's hope all future flagships get released in this manner.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
So sorry to hear that. I just found that my screen have some gray horizontal lines, which are visible in low light, when the screen is gray, dusk or even white. It's barely visible, but enough to be seen, like those spots on the whole screen. Seems like Samsung is still unable to make good Amoled panels. When will they learn?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Clearly they need some more practice. I still can't get over the screen going green.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Yours definitely have an issue. Mine works fine, but when I'm in a dark room I can see in Tapatalk, Google Play or some websites those lines, but only when the brightness is set to low or automatic. I don't remember to have seen it when I got the phone, but I haven't checked it either. I downloaded Amoled test and everything is fine, no dead pixels, or lines. Only in the gray one with minimum light it can be seen again. Inicialy I though I've burned the screen, because we have a pretty damn hot summer with temps over 45C and sometimes I use the phone for Google Maps, which heat the phone too. I've asked in other thread and seems like most people have them, so I guess it's another Amoled flaw. The lines are like screen connections or something like that, because are from a corner to the other and the distance between them are identical. My S3 have not such lines if I remember well, but had 3-4 ink spots. The S4 have over 10 big spots and the rest of screen is full with small dark dots :confused::D

LE: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...2-screen-horizontal-lines-when-dim-issue.html

Plenty of threads about Nexus, S4 etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ercxar:
Hey guys,

I'm planning to buy I9505 32gb version, (and many thanks to [MENTION=4756320]demlasjr[/MENTION] again :good::good: ) I checked mobicity and they are out of stock(both US and AU) since one week ago when I checked first.

I recon they won't restock at least when Note 3 get released. So if in worst scenario they didn't restock do you know another place that I'll be able to buy from?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Hey mate,

Try pcking.de or cyberport.de (this last one probably will not ship to your country, but you may try). If you can't get it from then just let me know and I will find an alternative. There is a Spanish business which apparently have it, I may directly call them and ask if they ship there.

I got mine from pcking.de and everything is just fine
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ercxar:
Thanks for the quick reply.

None of them will ship to my country, and no one will. Because of the sanctions against my country. I have friends in US and AU and it has no issue for me to ship it to there and I'll get it from them.

I'm still waiting for Note 3 release date so everything will be more clear that time. But I was just planning for any situations. :D

I'm really appreciate your help. If I stuck and couldn't go any further I'll be glad if you will be able to help me for the last try through that Spanish business.:D

Thank you again. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poopypants:
Found it

I found it on amazon.de as you said. It's a GT-i9300, so it will work in the USA, but it only has 1gb of RAM and no LTE, but that's fine, as long as I can have 64gb internal storage. As far as I can tell, it's not tied to a carrier, I'll assume it's unlocked. I tried to order it, but Amazon errored out and said it can't ship it to my address. Can anyone offer a way to order this and have it sent to the USA?

---------- Post added at 06:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:00 AM ----------

I found mailboxde.com and set up an account. In their confirmation email to you they even give you specific instruction on how to fill out your new German address on amazon.de and ebay. It's on the way to them now, and they'll forward it to me for a fee. Pretty sweet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilot35:
Hi there,

I just registered here and I am planning to buy the GT-I9500/GT-I9505 32GB version. Is it already available in Malaysia? If not, can someone suggest me a good place where I can buy it online? It is already a few months since the S4 was released. I heard that the 16GB version has just a mere 8.8 GB of free space. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frango9000:
Signed!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilot35:
Hey guys,

It already have been months since the release of the S4, and I am wondering of the current price of the 32GB of the GT-I9505 in Malaysia. Can someone help me out here? I know that it was priced at RM2499 but by this month, that price should be reduced.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Hey, sorry for late and thanks for passing by this thread. As I know, Malaysia was one of the first country to get the 32GB version of the S4 GT-I9505. I recommend you the I9505 Btw :) [MENTION=4621329]astalavista88[/MENTION] should be able to help you as he is from Malaysia and he was pretty active in this thread helping people get their S4 32gb. There were others too, but too many pages to remind lol.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilot35:
I already PMed him. Waiting for him to respond. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevilS4:
Signed!!! Plus they shouldn't bother with the 16 GB and just release the 32 GB & 64 GB - 16 GB is just not enough in todays ages!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
I've clicked the 'tip us?' button in the 1st post. I hope the XDA community will support this. Although this is specific for S4 but I think the XDA community should be aware that this issue does not only exist for the S4.

1000 signatures should be easy for a community this large.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I know, I first made the thread for 10k signature, because I didn't really expected to be that hard to get the signatures with such a huge community here and other forums where I posted the petition.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrandStar:
Any update here? Any news on when we could get a 32GB / 64GB international version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Still no info. When I hear something I will add it as News on the petition, so if you signed it, you should get notification about it. Just made some noise and some articles will appear next days on internet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekoRngear:
Signed couple days back. 16 GB is a joke. I feel the need for 32, 64, and 128 GB.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Agree. We need more votes :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobwonderful:
Signed the petition and told them by chat that I will go to AT&T

I can't believe that Sprint would stick with a 16 GB phone. My S2 Epic 4G Touch has 16 GB and has issues with memory to install the update of programs with only 4GB of space left and that I have many programs running from my 32 GB Micro SD card. They need to really get up to date with both 4G LTE rollout and with the S4 with at least 32 GB.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavinfabl:
Unless the larger versions appear in the UK I won't buy the S4. And that's a shame.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotobu:
I'm just curious as to whether anyone thinks that this will actually work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
When people complained about 16gb version, Samsung listened and had an answer. If they don't listen, they will lose us because I'm not gonna buy the S4 with 16gb. Never.

Also, the petition site is sending emails to Sammy Mobile Director of Operation. I'm gonna spam him until he give us an answer.

Also I've shared the link on Samsung social network pages and I got few activity from South Korea. I've used a bit.ly link with tracking clicks. There is still a hope