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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
Haha good thing you got the snooze to work are you might have thrown it across the room and broke it. The answer/reject command is hard for me to as so is the pause for music. Everything else is close to working well. Let's just hope some updates come out quick that will solve these problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eonzhiglo:
I'm running the hyperdrive rom and its pretty great so far!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hotleadsingerguy:
Turn off S Voice. It makes the phone run crazy slow. Just disable junk in the app settings.

Truthfully, as a few others have said, I haven't noticed any lag on this phone. I notice lag immediately...and this phone doesn't have any. I currently have an iPhone 5 and this phone, but I also have many phones at work (I work at a software company). This, the iPhone 4S/5, and the HTC One are the only phones on the market that I don't notice any lag with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
yeah i've noticed the lag. i'm very perceptive to that, and it sucks. the notification dropdown bar is jittery at best. it's not 60fps or nearly as smooth as the DNA, or the One. samsungs dropdown bar was always a perfect 60fps and blazing smooth on ICS on the S3, and then when JB came out, they ruined it, and it's been ruined since. they've sped up the time that the bar comes down the screen though, making us think they've fixed the lag with it, but they haven't.

launcher lag is pretty bad too, and i've gotten random redraw issues as well. sometimes it just stutters going from one page to another, which come on, this is a quad core phone iwth 2 gigs of RAM...the launcher should NOT stutter or lag out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crooke356:
The issue with lag is very common. I've heard it reported in most reviews I checked out before the VZW version was released. Luckily it's a TW thing. Lucky for me anyway. I use Nova. Absolutely no lag.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vj03:
Been loving my verizon s4. Only issue I have is with camera not opening with facial recognition some times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
i always used nova on the S3; idk why i'm using touchwiz right now lol i even bought nova a year ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] th3drow:
The only real problem I saw was the stock browser would try to go to sites and just do nothing sometimes, chrome seemed to work fine though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheMavic:
I did like a lot of you did and installed Nova. I had actually forgotten that I purchased it, so it was a pleasant surprise. Everything is running super smooth now. Running stock debloated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HolyGrail:
Well if everyone really wants their phone super fast they can go into developer options and turn off:

Window animation scale

Transition animation scale

Animator duration scale

I myself leave mine on 0.5....Good luck. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gorwani12:
Thanks for your help. One of my friend bought note II in last week on my advice instead of s4.

I think he will be happy after reading your post and also will thank me..:laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Smokuevo:
Anyone who still on stock firmware. .. Are you guys experimenting crazy lag on google maps and think that phone is a bit quiet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 654321:
Yeah I am waiting and counting on XDA to unseat my summy rom. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shafeeqts:
Galaxy s4 user review

i am already using galaxy s4 since 3 week. its feel me great with their features and i recommend u chrome as good browser better than other. chrome has some more hidden features.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
Pleeeeeease refer to it as touchwiz launcher or touchwiz home instead of just touchwiz. This is why a lot of new people get confused and mixed up.

EDIT: sorry didn't realize how old this thread was :P someone bumped it before me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
I'm probably in the minority but I've gotten bored of the S4. I'll move on as soon as another device catches my eye.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
I bought a note 2 on my upgrade. Then used my mom's update to get the s4 and sold the note 2 to my mom (for really cheap since she can't afford expensive phone's). If she didn't like the big screen I would have traded her back. I miss the battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sage_F:
curiosity

Is there anything specific that you no longer like about the S4? Moving to a new product is fun but unless you move to another OS it will still be Android and have the same basic bells and whistles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
It's definitely not an Android issue. For me the device has just gotten old really quick. Idk why but I just can't explain it. I don't find myself using any eye tracking features. It could just be that I've gotten bored of Samsung and touchwiz. Though I've owned devices from other manufacturers, I have also owned every Galaxy S device. My next device will definitely not be from Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sage_F:
I also don't use those features much, but the hardware is really nice. I came from using all Motorola and their build quality was always high on the list but lacking in some areas(most notably the display in older models). Have you ever owned an HTC? I hear the One has great build quality and hand feel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
Yup I've owned a couple of HTC devices. The last being the Evo LTE. I was waiting for verizon to release the HTC One but after getting tired of waiting I got the S4 the first week of June.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sage_F:
At least when they release the HTC One on VZW you can utilize swappa.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BleedingEdj:
I just got an S4 (VZW) a couple weeks ago. I had read about some of the lag issues etc, prior to buying it and also considered the Google version. I like some of the Samsung software though, particularly the bits tied to Samsung's unique hardware, so I don't want to go AOSP or Pure Google and lose what features I do like. I took a middle-ground approach instead and it's working really well so far:

Run a 3rd party homescreen - Nova Prime in my case running a JB 4.2 theme or any theme you like.

Install and use Google versions of calendar, Mail, etc.

Set scroll speed and animation speed to to"faster than light" and App animation to "System" in Nova/Settings/Look and Feel section.

Turn off animations in Developer options

(Transition animation scale and Animator animation scale both "OFF")

Check Force GPU Rendering also in Developer options

Turn off S=Voice double-tap Home Button shortcut.

Keep Smart Stay and other sensor-driven apps off unless you are currently using them. You can easily turn them on/off in Toggles as needed.

Don't go nuts with the number of desktop pages in your launcher app (I keep mine limited to 3).

Disable apps you don't use.

Regarding web latency, I just read an article on gottabemobile.com that covered a survey which stated that about 1/3 of the top 500 US websites do not properly recocognize the android tablet browsers correctly and route them to (crappier) mobile versions of the sites. If those big-name sites are barfing on Android tablet browser handling, even though Android tablets have been around for some time, I suspect there may problems determining what an Android phone with a 1080p screen is as well. Point being some of the delay you mentioned may not be your phone but a server-side issue in trying to determine WTF device your using.

Having just come from a Galaxy Nexus and having dealt with custom ROMs, overclocked kernels yada, yada, I can definitely say the S4 is not just fast, it's currently the fastest stock Android phone

sold in the US

- at least based on the best-known synthetic benchmarks.and published results. That is until S800 and Tegra 4 phones come out anyway.

As to daily use conditions, everything seems instant - except some web pages.

I think one of the main issues with the S4 is that Samsung put SO MANY custom features on this phone that if they are all enabled all the time even an S600 with 2GB of RAM can struggle. Best practice is - as with all smartphones , enable what you need as you need it, including NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi and the rest of the bells and whistles. Turn it off when you don't.

Sorry, didn't mean to preach...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] orcsbane13:
I'm with you. It's nice but I find myself disabling all of the bells and whistles to save battery and performance. I swap back and forth from my maxx hd and this alot because I can't decide which I like more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] afmracer6:
Im going to ditch my s4 to go back to the note 2. Ive disabled everything on the s4 that was cool to save battery. Maybe the s5 will be the phone im looking for.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SupaSwag:
I'm in the same boat but since I sold my Note 2 I think I'll wait for a new device release. I had a relatively short honeymoon period with this device. I want to like it but I just can't. Too bad I didn't find this out till after the 15 day return period.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cybertec69:
No lag here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY_gMBPMhw0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
Judging by your YouTube description it seems like you experienced lag:

"This is my S4 using Nova Launcher, it eliminates the lag associated with TW. Not the best of videos, recorded with my S3"

As for changing the launcher, it eliminates lag there but there is still an occasional system lag.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Lol...I'm using stock launcher and have zero lag. Nova has a second or two delay between pressing an icon and it actually opening, very noticeable. On the TW launcher, its instant.

Also, reducing animation speed isn't "speeding" up a device, it just makes it "look" faster. If you notice, you still have a black screen while the app opens with the animation set to 0 or .5.

It's funny but very misleading when people think they can speed up processing speed with decreasing animation speeds :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cubarican84:
Best device I have ever been blessed to experience. Still intrigued by HTC One but not that much. S4 is a monster
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DaMadOne:
Picked up my S4 a few days ago, upgraded from a Moto Bionic. I cant say I was much a fan of touchwiz.. played with it for about 10 minutes before I decided it wasn't for me and I rooted, flashed twrp and flashed AOKP.. been a happy camper ever since. I even have the thing underclocked to 1.5ghz and it's still blazing right along. If you bought the phone for the "fancy features" as I like to call them (air gestures, smart stay, etc) I can understand being irritated as TW is really your only option and it did have its glitches from what I saw in that little bit of time I messed with it. But for me I knew before I bought it that I wasn't going to care about them and pretty much knew I would be on AOKP almost immediately. The one feature I did like was the hover hand to pop up quick notifications when the screen was off.. Would be nice if someone got at least that feature working on AOSP based stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ratbastrd:
S4 reception issues

Having come from the S3 which was hands down the best phone I have ever used, I am rather disappointed with the S4. My primary issue is the poor reception compared to the S3.

I have tried everything but cannot seem to get decent call reception in most areas (I live just outside of SF CA). The phone is rooted and I have tried both radios, with no noticeable improvement.

In comparison my S3 had tremendous reception both call quality and data speeds (roughly 4x data speeds in my common locations).

Having spent some time searching around, this appears to be a problem for some but not all. I have read that Samsung integrated an improved radio into the S4??? (not my experience).

I am curious if anyone else is having poor reception issues, and if they have discovered a solution for the problem. I am worried that this is a hardware issue that I will not be able to resolve with radio updates.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
Im having some reception issues but only seem to be at home or in large buildings. Usually I get calls fine is my texts ive had problems with they tend to fail at my house but only a few times every hour. Still enough to annoy me. I hope samsung fixes this issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ratbastrd:
I am concerned that it is a HW issue, which may not be "fixable". I have run advanced signal status and the results are not good compared to the S3, particularly LTE.

I am contemplating contacting VZW and seeing if I can return the phone and get a new S3 (my old one went swimming with my kids). Was really happy with the S3, particularly the data rates and call quality (even in bad areas).

So many dropped calls and failed txts, combined with barely 4g data rates. BS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
I still am under my 14 day so i could just exchange it, but there isnt really any phones that i would rather have, maybe an iphone 5 but i see no point since the new one will prolly come out in October, i guess i could just return my phone and wait for the note 3. Im hoping its a software issue, despite from hearing that Samsung's antennas aren't the best. Because when i go down to my camp and go hunting if i can't send a text ill be quite mad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zerofighter1:
My two cents.

I've read every page in this forum, and I've seen comments from lag, disappointing lack of functionality from marketed features, to battery life compared to Note 2/Maxx HD/insert phone here.

There's a lot to be considered here though. I went from a Fascinate to a Bionic, to the Galaxy Nexus, to the S3, to the Note 2, and here I've settled at the S4, and I am very pleased.

I loved the Note 2. Probably my favorite device behind the S4, and I might even say they're tied, and that depends on what you value.

In my experience, the Note 2 had incredible battery life. It was notably faster than the S3, and the screen size was awesome. Holding it was sightly awkward at first but I got used to it. Having owned an S3, the one thing that really irked me was that the 720 resolution definitely seemed stretched out on the N2. Not unbearably so, but I'm particular about my screens, and that played a lot into my switching to the S4.

So far my S4 has been the only device that doesn't make Touchwiz feel like a Honda Civic towing a yacht (the note 2 was close). I get a rare hiccup every now and then, but just like any operating system, if you load it down with tons of processes that start at boot, you'll lose performance. I'm on stock ME7 (not by choice, bought it this way) and considering the weight of Samsung's framework and bloat, I'd say the S4 runs about what I'd expect. I can't even imagine AOSP on it.

Edit: Also, I constantly measure dBm values in places I'm in regularly, and the Note 2 and S4 get roughly the same, but both were better than what I got on the S3. None, however, have ever gotten 'bad' reception. Maybe my area is particularly well covered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
Agreed. I am one of the lucky ones who got the s4 early and paid attention to the Do not take any ota's. I have been seeing better results from ME7 rom I installed Thanks to gatesjunior. Still may need some work hear and there with some good mods on it since the entire update couldn't be Applied due to it locking everything up. Tried the smart pause on YouTube today and it did surprisingly better. The only lag I see is when I come back from streaming a Video from Facebook then try to scroll through for a few seconds then clears right up and some surfing the Internet but it's pretty fast when I'm in a good 4g area and when I'm on wifi (gets pretty bad when I'm at work. Wish they get some Damn wifi in there then I could lower my data plan to :D). I do want to try the htc one but I do think this and the note 2 are the best phones I've had (had the og droid which was my favorite just wish it had a little more hardware, droid 2 global, droid 3, droid raxr maxx, note 2)

Edit: see how it really didn't get good for me till I got a Samsung! :D so glad to be off moto.

Edit 2: Apple sucks :thumbdown:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rushless:
A lot of subjective stuff! Most recent devices for me were the Razr, S3 and now the S4. For me, battery life is what I would expect from a 28nm quad core clocked at 1.9ghz and pushing 1080p to a 5"" display. All things considered, it does well compared to my previous devices and I do not have the lag others mention (but use Nova). Great display, camera, speed, relative battery life and the audio quality is not bad as some state (my Klipsch S4 buds seem happy). The one bad point for me is the audio volume it TOO LOW. Samsung apparently complied to the lowest dB standard and that is Europe's "Loudness Law". A small group of people dictate to everyone else, not getting that people also output to external devices via 3.5mm. Boo to that "law". Next thing they will ban knives since they can cut people ;)

Samsung will always have my business as long as they offer a micro sd slot and replaceable battery :) OEMs pushing the cloud can bite a big one :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
Is that way their is a huge difference in the loud ness in my car from playing music off my s4 and my razr maxx? I thought I noticed it. Well. Looks like I will be installing a sound mod
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
My car was low to. Had to Max my car volume on some songs. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2298946 this helped out a lot. I used the moderate version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
Yeah sometimes maxing my car volume doesnt do much lol. Well thanks for the link. I just put the folders in the right places right? Since im on Me7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
I flashed it in custom recovery. If you took the me7 ota or bought it with me7 on it then someone else will have to guide you on how to install. I'm on darkslide me7 rom so I'm sure it will work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
Yeah unfortunately I bought it a week ago at bestbuy and the rep let it install the update while she was setting it up. Pissed me off cause it used alot of my data and it made me go without root and recovery. I should have *****ed and maybe I could have got a discount or something. I may go back anr get geeksquad protection and then get it replaced
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rushless:
I use Poweramp. It has pre amp function that works well and takes care of the low output. Not a global solution for the device though. Just for tunes through PA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ratbastrd:
I really liked the S3 once I got it rooted and running the ROM I liked. My battery life was very good, the phone never lagged etc.

The biggest thing was reception though. I tether my phone regularly and thus I am very sensitive to data speeds. My S3 would provide +20Mbps down & up in most locations. Rarely flipped to 3g etc.

With my S4 I am lucky to get 5Mbps even in optimal locations. The phone is constantly flipping to 3G, my txts don't go through, phone calls are lost etc. Pain in the ass.

I would love to return the phone and just get another S3. I think the S3 is hands down the best phone out there, once rooted and setup properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamPro:
I think the S4 is fine, I think I am getting tired of TW overall... the only real features I use is multi-window, screen shot, power saver, and snote (memo on S4). I am beginning to think I could live with all of them except my multi-window :confused:

Also I would like official OEM extended battery to be released, 3000mah would be solid :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
I've been on my S4 for just over two weeks. I love it. Maybe because day one I flashed an AOSP ROM on this baby. Since then I've flashed a couple of TW ROMs, and the ONLY thing I like about TW is the camera app.

If someone can port the TW camera to AOSP, I'll give you $100. I've tried every camera that has a free trial on the market and none can compete.

Other than the camera, I stay on AOSP based ROMs. I even flashed a TW ROM on a day out with the kids because I knew I'd be taking a lot of pictures, but right after I was back to AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] punman:
This is why I chose the S4 over any other phone on the market right now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
For me it was either the s4 or the iPhone 5 and well. I am hoping we get the s4 unlocked because that's the reason I went with android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] afmracer6:
So the note 2 and the s3 when you install a aosp ROM it does crazy stuff with your sdcard and storage. Is that the case with aosp on the s4 also?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crimsonshadow774:
I'm not sure if it has been mentioned, but if you have lag problems try the Seeder app from Play. It works miracles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
exFAT format is owned by Microsoft. Samsung pays MS to be able to use it. AOSP doesn't pay to use exFAT, so in a stock AOSP ROM you won't have exFAT support. But ROMs like AOKP and CM are putting exFAT support in there. A month ago I don't think they had that. Only FAT32.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] musicfreak190:
That's really cool info... thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] haltok:
thanks that helped me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Erisnoob:
That was a 4.1 vs a 4.2 issue. Since the S4 is on 4.2, there is no sd card or storage changing. There is a restore zip that had to be flashed if you were going back and forth between AOSP 4.2 and 4.1 roms. I assume you're talking about the 0 folder and moving of directories and all?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Palmguy:
Completely agree. I'm coming from the GNex and have been impressed with the display, battery life and all around performance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrjinglesusa:
Ditto. Coming from iphone5 and am loving my S4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] buzz1130:
Im coming from a Note 2 would you suggest the S4 or should I wait for something else
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
I like the s4 but you could wait I believe the note 3 is supposed to come out next month

Sent from my Bonestock S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamPro:
Def wait for Note 3

VZN prob won't have it at launch (1-2 months maybe? Never? *knock on wood* :laugh:)

Poor VZN HTC One :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joefrog1996:
Not really, gs4 wasn't delayed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aevans88:
I cant possibly be more pleased with this post. But in regards to the OP my s4 is perfect so far. I am actually impressed. I came from the att note and now im running bone stock vz s4 and I have zero complaints. Yes the sales gimmicks are just that, gimmicks. But I love this device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dacripe:
GS4 Delay

Actually, GS4 was released a month later on Verizon compared to everyone else. I think that is what he was referring to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dr_g_baby:
My S4 is pretty awesome, idk about you :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamPro:
With the Note 2 we had to wait 2-3 months, S4 1 month and HTC One only VZN and God know how long.. not the greatest track record :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iluciferi:
Htc one may be allegedly aug 20th or so. Didnt come from me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] radpp16:
I wasnt impressed with s4 until hyperdrive rls 7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gorillafist:
Yeah rls 8.1 has made my s4 a pretty cool experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
I would agree 100%. I think I need to put a edit in the op saying "until hyperdrive 8.1 came out" I tried 7 but for some reason liked another rom at the time. It's been running great sofar and I'm pretty sure this one's going to be my go to rom. If the newest CM gets a lot of the bugs worked out I may try that one but that would be the only other rom I would use. I believe 9.0 is in the works so I'm keeping my eye on that.