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[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Beefheart:
The SIII Mini always struck me as a bit pointless, having neither the spec to appeal to those that like phones with a bit of muscle or the price point for those that want a decent phone on a budget. It didn't really satisfy anyone and I have a sneaky feeling we're going to see more of the same with this.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fortunz:
Definitely not more of the same, but then the s3 mini was especially useless. Rumors/leaks have the ATT version of the s4 mini at 720p (presumably pentile, but no confirmation). But gsmarena just confirmed that the version announced for europe is NOT pentile. It's got the same RGB s stripe as the Note 2. At 4.25" with qHD, it has a very respectable 259ppi that is at least as sharp as a Galaxy S3, and maybe slightly sharper. I'd almost as soon have RGB qHD as 720p pentile, so at least I know for sure what I'm getting. It comes with air view and multiwindow, which is kinda surprising.

http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/05/gs4-mini-720p/

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_mini-review-932.php

If this is $300, I'm gonna be very happy. If $350, I'm gonna be a little happy. If $400, I'm gonna be not very happy, but might get it anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] hung2900:
I saw it in a video (closely), and it's not as sharp as S3.

I don't know but it's clueless to compare the number of subpixels to say which is sharper.

With the lower ppi, Note 2 is still a little bit sharper than S3 because they scale it the same as S3 (by adjusting ppi) and no pentile effect on Note 2. But they cannot do the same on a smaller screen like S4 mini-
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fortunz:
It's clueless to think you can make a screen sharper through scaling (presumably, you meant adjusting "dpi"). And to claim subpixels have nothing to do with sharpness but still hail the Note 2's lack of a pentile effect as responsible for it's sharpness. What do you think the pentile effect is? And to think you can divine screen sharpness through an encoded web video. Trust me, you can't.

You can pixelate software elements through improper scaling, but you can't sharpen a low density screen through software scaling. For example if you zoom in enough (a form of 'scaling') on a small image even viewing it on a super sharp screen, yeah, it'll look bad, but that's not the screen's problem. If you've got a low density screen, the sharpest of images will look crappy no matter how you scale them. The S4 mini is sharp for the same reason the Note 2 looks sharp: because they share the same complete RGB matrix and almost the same density.

Pentile is nothing more or less than false advertising, a way of artificially inflating the raw spec. It's not the worst thing in the world, it just requires a much higher purported ppi to reach the same sharpness as an RGB matrix screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] chickentuna:
Again like the S3 mini, Samsung is trying to milk more money out of the S4 series but now targeting the mid-range side. Average consumers will probably buy this as there is an "S4" tag on it and is much cheaper than it's big brother.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] hung2900:
I don't think you understand my opinion, maybe due to my bad English. To say clearer, what I mean is the Note 2's screen's scale is basically the same as Galaxy S3 with the same 320 dpi - zooming from 4.8 to 5.55 inch. This means, a same font of texts, a word with a length of 120 pixels on S3 (1/6 of the total length) is still 120 pixels on Note 2 (also 1/6 of the total length), but 15.625% bigger in real-size (what you actually see). So is the result is what you can see clear on S3, you can see it CLEARER on Note 2. That's is the technichque Samsung usually implements, like on Note 8.0 that make it much more sharper than iPad mini in browsing. If we compare a same line of texts with 5mm of "real size", the result from a screen like One X basically has 18% more pixels to illustrate the detail of the text, which results in being clearer than Note 2. And if you really have a Note 2 (i'm using it), when visiting some websites in desktop mode (like xda forum, lol), the text is very small and not crisp anymore.

But how about Galaxy S4 Mini? "The S4 mini is sharp for the same reason the Note 2 looks sharp"? OK, now we will consider the same thing as Note 2 above. For a line of texts equivalent to 1/6 total length of the screen, it takes only 93.33 pixels, which means noticeably less than S3 and Note 2 with smaller "real size" also, so it cannot be as sharp as S3. And in fact, Samsung did rescale from 320dpi to 240 dpi on Galaxy S4 Mini, which also means for a same font of texts, the number of pixels for displaying increases about 15.3%, so from 93.33 pixels I said above now it is appox. 108 pixels, which is not too far from Galaxy S3, and the payoff is the screen is cramped. So we cannot say "because Note 2 is sharp so Galaxy S4 Mini is also sharp"

About Pentile screen, it is not totally "nothing more or less than false advertising", but more like "false understanding of the major and the misleading criticisms". Why? Because most of people don't understand what is "Pentile". In fact, this "technology" can ONLY be used on OLED (AMOLED) technogy, which has the uneven luminance and lumious time of different color subpixels. Even experts cannot show the "exactly" ppi of an Pentile Amoled screen (because even with Pentile, different stripes layout leads to different result), while some people try to do an easier way that comparing the total number of subpixels, which is totally false. In fact, Galaxy S4 has 623 subpixels/inch, slightly higher than Blackberry Z10 (615) and iPhone 5 (565), but it is MUCH more sharper and not really different from the normal RGB 1080p screen like Xperia Z.

With Pentile screen, the main culprit of all criticism is not the lack of subpixels, but the uneven scale of pixels (because they're not real pixels) and uneven big-small gaps redundant. That's why they call the subpixels layout of S4 is innovative while still Pentile, because it is much much better than the traditional matrix on Galaxy S3 and together with the high ppi reduces most of Pentile problem (in fact, with traditional matrix, even with 441 ppi probably there will be something there)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] RootNightmareX:
Does or can S4 Mini have stock or by a custom rom have Air & Motion gestures ??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] tocirah1:
No, the sensor isn't there.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] infernalMan:
i wish this could be my next phone :D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] mpokwsths:
I'm considering this too as my next phone.

Compact, powerful, enough RAM and a non-pentile qHD display.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] metaxaos:
It was recently announced that CM10.1 is being prepared for i9195 version. Is there any info of whether it will also be supported for i9190 international version (without LTE and NFC)?

I also suppose we need a separate ROOT thread for it as nor 9192 neither 9195 procedures might fit.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] DeusEx80:
Me too :)

But only if i will find it around to 300€ in next months, and if there will be a good support on XDA
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] KaptanJack026:
Hi :) Is there usb otg on galaxy s4 mini ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
Not at the moment. MHL isn't supported either.

No info. There isn't a root for the 9190 yet - the 9192 and 9195 procedures do not work on the 9190 and will probably brick your device.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] bobwal70:
hello, does anyone know when this phone will be available in the usa? can not find any info on this

if this is in the wrong forum please move, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] soraxx:
Which phone should i buy? sIII or s4 mini
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
Get the S4 mini if you want to future-proof yourself.

The S3 mini specifications are quite outdated
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] soraxx:
No, i said between the normal s3 4.7" and s4mini. S3is cheaper here and has more ROMs and development
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
Hmm, you've mentioned the main benefit of getting the S3 I guess.

Also, the S3 has quad-core as opposed to the dual-core S4 mini. S3 has 1 GB of ram only though.

There are also more accessories for the S3 than for the S4 mini because the mini has a smaller market and is also a newer device.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] soraxx:
Yep, but i have not made a final decision. There are S4 mini, s4 mini dual SIM and s4 mini LTE. Will it be a problem for ROM developing? For example S III LTE hasn't got many custom ROMs than classic S3
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
S4 mini is the 9190 model, Dual Sim is the 9192 model and LTE is the 9195 model.

If you look at the S4 Mini Android Development subforum, the only one being worked on for custom ROMs at the moment is the 9195 (LTE) model.

And only the 9192 and 9195 have achieved root.

So if I were you, I'd go straight for the LTE model (as I did).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] metaxaos:
As I know, i9195 root toolkit was successfully applied to i9190 according to our local forum (4pda). So I suppose there is a chance that even 9195 firmware could work without modification on 9190. Of course it is not right but difference is quite small so maybe Arco could adopt 9190 ROMs as well?

At least I hope so.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
You should recommend whoever did it to create a thread here on xda-dev forums with the steps and maybe arco or any other developers here can help with creating a proper toolkit for the 9190 as arco doesn't have a 9190 device to mess with.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] volksieboi:
+1 yes please

I'll be getting my i9190 today and I'm definately looking at rooting and installing a Cmod ROM once one is available...

I'm uber noob so thanks to all the Devs out there for the hard work. Much appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] metaxaos:
Please see my comment in i9195 rooting thread of Anroid Development section.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] soraxx:
I finally decided to buy the Moto x phone
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] muhschaf:
Hi everyone,

exist a List of All Apps that on a Stock Rom installed?

I want to get rid off these annoying Samsung and Google tools and have a clean "Base" Rom with only the System itself, Camera, Phone and "maybe" a Calendar App and weather App. But i fear that a stock Rom contains all the Crap like WatchTV, ChatOn, all the Google things etc.

I think of it like a Desktop PC. Install a clean System with nothing then the Basic funktions. All other i have to install by myself. So i have a Clean System with nothing more than what i need.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
The stock rom contains all the Samsung bloatware which you wish to remove so flashing a stock rom will not help you.

You should look at what software the Nexus devices have to have an idea of what apps you are looking to keep.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Puzzlegal:
Do you want a smaller phone our a larger screen?

I really want the smaller phone and am hoping an unlocked s4 mini makes it to the usa.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] soraxx:
I want some Rom developing and otg support so i should choose the s iii
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] stilly1155:
Is everyone with this phone happy? And how easy to unlock and root? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Roguenova:
I certainly am. My priorities have always been:

1) Raw processor speed;

2) No acidic AMOLED craziness (S4 Mini has a setting to switch the palette to more attractive TFT LCD-like)

3) Battery life

It excels in everything: the Snapdragon 400 is a 600 with 2 less cores (and a simpler GPU), but I don't need them that badly - PPSSPP runs super-smooth, check the PPSSPP youtube videos for S4 - the Mini has the same performance; being generally disgusted by eye-hurting AMOLED colors made for space aliens - I like the screen with TFT-like setting very much: my favorite old games look the same as they were on any PC monitors of old, but with perfectly dark black color; the battery should come as no surprise to anyone that got used to, say, owning a phone with 1500 MAh and is now evaluating the added 400 = the effect is exactly that he would expect of 1900 MAh (especially after following 1-2 tutorials on reducing the stand-by battery drain, which is the fault of TouchWIZ).

With said subjective bonuses you're getting a perfectly modern piece of gadgetry that still has some S4's selling points like the infra-red thingy, Smart Stay and S-voice, dialing the contact when you move your phone up to your head, plus the wonders of generic Android 4.2.2 and LTE / NFC if you choose the i9195 model.

Oh, and the screen glass (which in itself is a true Gorilla Glass) has oleophobic coating. I, for one, will never use any touchscreen smartphone without one - it is amazingly good. And the screen reacts to the touch almost as fast as an iPhone, if not exactly as fast (this may be the Samsung's feature, I am not sure since this is my first device of the brand).

Bottom line - it is a joy to use as a mobile phone, and it has raw power for years to come, but I wish it had sliding-out gamepad like my previous phone :D

Oh, and today you can root any model without any problem - see this forum: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2380
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
Second everything the above poster said ^^

Playing PSP games through PPSSPP on a daily basis and am getting a constant 97-103% speed in-game.

Bought myself a Battery Kit (which comes with a battery) because of my constant use throughout the day.

And also the Bluetooth functionality here is very reliable. Using a Logitech bluetooth keyboard for Android and all the keys work including Tab and the special function media buttons. Am using it simultaenously with a Stereo Bluetooth headset and there are no stutters on the audio and there is almost no lag on the keyboard as well - making it suitable to play with PPSSPP (the software allows you to map keys on a physical gamepad/keyboard).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] GTNomad:
That's good info on the phone. I was just wondering what users thought about a couple of features the phone doesn't have that I wish it did, as I am considering getting this one.

No USB OTG, and

No Notification light

The lack of USB OTG wouldn't bother me as much if you didn't have to remove the battery to take out the sdcard, but I may overlook this anyway. My current phone doesn't have it either, but I know I would find it useful. I currently transfer files to another device (not a PC) using a micro sd card reader.

I rely on my notification light all the time, but perhaps I just need to alter my behaviour to check my phone more often. I don't always carry my phone with me, so I often just look over to it for 3 seconds to see if it blinks, I know if it's an email or a message or a message through a social app by the colour.

So if you miss a call or get a message with this phone, does anything happen after it initially rings? Do the soft buttons at the bottom flash for example?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
No the buttons don't have any form of notification
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Hazou:
There some apps on the market that gifs a notification on the screen and there is a let on the back of the phone that can blink like the iphone
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] iKlutz:
One of the galaxy s3 mini custom kernel devs created a BLN kernel (backlight notifications). It makes the menu and back keys light up when you get a notification etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] junkyde:
BLN is nothing new on Samsung Devices. Patiently waiting for a s4 mini BLN-Kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] bobwal70:
does anyone know why the s4mini is not available in the US?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] arco68:
Not officially released yet I think. There was one guy in here that has the AT&T version, but it's not listed on their website so I don't know how he got hold of it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fortunz:
Samsung doesn't want our money. I waited a looong time for this one. They lost me to the nexus 4 price cut.

Seriously though, the US market is more dominated by subsidies than a lot of markets, and I think the s4 mini is aimed at less subsidized markets. We'll get it, and quicker than we got the s3 mini (which just hit some us carriers this year), in part because the US market is changing with nearly 100 million prepaid users of which 1/3 are MVNO users, but we're not a big priority for this one.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] enveemon:
is there a 16gb version of s4 mini? what variant?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jean001luc:
i9195X

Not sure where to post this so will try here

Does anyone know what S4 Mini i9195X is? Saw this today for first time (althohg I have seen other variations before) in the UK. This is the exact model number from 'Settings > About'
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] mar10o:
I9195x is the demo version without radio hardware. Just to play with it. Everything else same as I9195

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9192
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Nil Einne:
Yes there is a 16gb variant of the i9195 (international LTE), at least for Telecom New Zealand (I have one), but I also see reports in India, UK and elsewhere. I don't know how common it is since there's little mention in GSM Arena or a number of other places but then again perhaps it came out after the launch and stuff tends to be biased in favour of what's announced at launch.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] ToothTooth:
Its available

It is available in the US. Just look on Amazon. You can get one that is factory unlocked for around $350.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] junkyde:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/23/samsung-announces-galaxy-s4-mini-for-us-releasing-in-november/
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] oneofthekaramosowbrothers:
Just to add my opinion to a few posts regarding the S4 mini. I think this phone has its place. For someone like me who had difficulties finding a phone with the 4.3" form factor it isn't so easy with the trend going to larger phones. So finally I settled for the S4 mini and I love it. It's fast,

weighs only 108 grams, has a removable battery, an additional sd card slot, enough RAM and a modern and fast CPU.

On vacation my wife (iPhone 4s) and I compared cameras just for fun shooting the same pictures for comparison and we realized both cameras are nearly on par with each other. One have the edge over the other alternately in certain situations.

Meanwhile I flashed CWM and have a nightly build from the 24th October on the phone which runs very well [thanks to the dev, here] and I'm looking forward to further builds from this side.

The CM build doesn't drain the battery like the stock Samsung 4.2.2 version did. The camera is able to save the pics to the external sd card (important for me) which I formatted as ext4 (no problems for the CM 10.2 here with ext4) for better compatibility with my Linux desktop.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] redphoenix2k:
i love this small phone

when i bought it i thought the S3 was faster, but i think now its the opposite, this S4 mini is faster than the S3 in all benchmarks i checked

software wise im disappointed in samsung as usual, random lags and lack of prompt updates

hardware wise, its pretty nice for a a small phone

thank god for the modding community :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190

hey guys :laugh:! I want to ask if after I rooted my phone and I want to unrooted it back, am I gonna lost my wifi mac address :confused:?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jamus28:
Nope. That's constant.

So after a few days, I'm liking the s4 mini more and more.

Unlike my 3 previous HTC phones, this guy has CLEAN headphone sound.

Beats or not, on every rom or sense, the One S and Aria had awful overamped hissing sound. The Motorola droid mini I tested also had it.

Maybe it's a samsung thing, but I can finally use my headphones comfortably.

As I'm typing this, I just heard a cough behind an orchestra performance...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
really? because I lost my wifi mac address on my sgy after flashing custom roms. I just bought this phone a few days ago and not rooted yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jamus28:
I have to register my mac address to my work wifi. I admit, I didn't quite compare, but its worked across Roms and stock roms on my old One S

Googling, it looks like the mac address won't change, but the way it's reported to the OS may change.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
have you try flashing any custom roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Whosat:
My MAC address remained the same as in stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
alright then. start downloading stock firmware first :D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] hansare:
How can you flash custom rom if you're not rooted?

Maybe there is your problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
that's why I'm asking first. I flashed many custom roms on my sgy, but when I revert back to stock rom, my wifi mac address is lost. I knew what is the purpose of rooting the phone before flashing any custom roms or kernels.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
hey guys! how to make a full backup for unrooted phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] btnetro:
try helium
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
is it a free app?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] ladislav.heller:
For unrooted phone the easyiest way is Samsung Kies. With the latest version you can do full backup, incuding your contacts, sms/mms messages, call log, photos, music, user applications.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ferdaus Mohd:
I already forgot about the kies! lol thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Jugnu Swarnkar:
Hey please tell me how to root my galaxy star fast fast.....
[General Questions and Answers] kerneldev:
even m waiting for it
[General Questions and Answers] drmjp93:
My dad got that low end device - if I get time I would port root files from my ace. hope I succeed!

but phone is very cheap- doesn't have proximity sensor nd 3g
[General Questions and Answers] drmjp93:
I found to root this device if luck works!

here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

OR

I Ported the root files here -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2320771

www.dadabhagwan.org
[General Questions and Answers] jpnazar08:
is this works??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Stevethemann:
My Xperia Sola is running original Sony 6.1.1.B.1.54, rooted, bootloader unlocked.

but I can't get the phone to boot into recovery mode no matter what I try...

Pls I need someone to help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akki19:
What kernel are you using? If on stock, did you install a recovery?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
cannot boot into cwm?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snap Shot:
maybe you dont have recovery

try this [CWM][ICS]CWM Recovery 6.0.1.2 for Locked Bootloader[v1.0][29/11/2012]

or flash a kernel with recovery :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Deleted member 5133333:
You need to Install Recovery Using Softwares Like RecoverX

That will fix your problem
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Stevethemann:
I am on the stock software, original Sony update
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akki19:
You need to install a recovery first... Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2020893
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Stevethemann:
Well actually, it's not working... I turned the device on and recovery popped out once, just that once...It didn't work, I tried again and again and failed...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akki19:
Well, since you have already unlocked your bootloader, I'd suggest you flash a custom kernel... There are plenty of good ones out there...