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[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Hey Guys,

As [MENTION=3101740]Towle[/MENTION] buddy already mentioned that this thread is meant for Discussion over Comparisons & Rumors for Samsung Galaxy S4 variants & upcoming News.:o

Please note that we can only discussed about the devices which are going to release/released or not in XDA device list.;)

For making it quite readable, I will paste the link for the threads, Direct link of News, comparisons & rumors. You can also take part for this thread while pasting links or news in your post.

Upcoming Rumored Devices / News: -​

Samsung Posts GT-i9505G Kernel Source Files – Is This The Google Edition Galaxy S4?

Announcements:​

Samsung officially announces Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 and LTE-A connectivity

Specifications:​

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Specification - Gsm Arena

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Specification - Gsm Arena

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9502 Specification - Gsm Arena

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9295 aka Active Specification - Gsm Arena

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Specification - Gsm Arena

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini Specification - Gsm Arena

Comparisons:
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Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 - Gsm Arena

Side by Side specifications comparison i9505 vs i9500 - Gsm Arena

SGS4 i9500 vs. i9505 different camera sensors - XDA

Korea vs. US - Samsung Galaxy S4 - Evertic

Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition vs HTC One - Android Geek

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One: Which One Is Better? - Android Geek

Samsung Galaxy S4 Vs Nokia 3310 ( The true and funny one ) - Phone Arena

Samsung galaxy S4 Vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra - Phone arena

Showdown: Nvidia Tegra 4 vs Samsung Exynos 5 Octa - Android Authority
[Galaxy S 4 General] Towle:
Device Comparisons / Discussions / Rumors

All new, released, rumored or announced devices should be discussed and compared here. Please keep it relevant to the Galaxy S4 with spec comparisons. All other threads that are created for this discussion will be closed. Thank you for your cooperation.
[Galaxy S 4 General] qazmed:
a big challenge is to compare i9500 with the i9505

i had both and tried both but sold my i9500 for an z10 to get BBM

however i think i9505 has its good aspects like

AUDIO(althought not noticeable)(plz dont trash talk abt wolfson chip i bet u all dnt know what is it just saying that )

4g LTE

and huge battery time

dev support

and last its gpu supports glse 3.0

HOwever the i9500 has ups also

like the preformance (not noticeable)

higher gpu(but stuck to glse 2.0)

better camera

well for now the exynos seems a bit unstable causing heat probs but am sure with updates it will be solved

also this is the first sammy-exynos device next devices will keep upgrading and the exynos will become more and more widespread (with other devices not this one)

i think it was a rushed move of samsung to go on with the exynos it needed more testing and development and plz cudnt samsung publish the development codes

for the i9500 its shameful as it aint getting any support by devs

for sure the double quad core is a great device but if u love 4g and developments and want ur device to last longer like for two years and still keep up the race take the i9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] MajorAly:
Isn't BBM coming to Android and iOS late this month?
[Galaxy S 4 General] qazmed:
Rlly idk

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Ya it is late this summer.
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
OP updated. Soon major rumors / news / announcements will be updated.
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Check the News & Rumor section. :good:

A new comparison added to OP. S4 vs Nokia 3310 & S4 Vs Sony X Z Ultra
[Galaxy S 4 General] spidar:
Correct. BBM is expected to be released end of this month.
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Android 4.3 update expected next month for "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S4

Android 4.3 update expected next month for "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S4​

The "Google Edition" of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to soon receive an update to Android 4.3; quick updates are one of the features of the phone, which is powered by stock Android. Leaked images of the software running on the phone show that the update is build number JWR66N; the phone is now available for pre-orders from the Google Play Store and will be shipped by July 9th with Android 4.2.2 on board...

Source & full story: read here
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Damn exynos version
[Galaxy S 4 General] skyhonor:
awesome thread!! definitely bookmarked for reference!
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Thanks for bringing ur discussions here. Hope all will understand the motto of this thread and stop making related threads.

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Wait for my Time, U gonna pay for what have U done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 General] rudeboy1991:
25899 antutu

Anygood
[Galaxy S 4 General] KStyles69:
helped a lot

Awesome thread.
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Linux kernel 3.10 gets big.LITTLE support, should help Ubuntu come to the Galaxy S4

Linux kernel 3.10 gets big.LITTLE support, should help Ubuntu come to the Galaxy S4​

Linux godfather Linus Torvalds has certified that the official Linux kernel 3.10 is now in its final state; and, as far as our audience is concerned, the big addition to the Linux kernel is with enhanced ARM processor support. Specifically, the Linux kernel 3.10 has added support for big.LITTLE processors, which should help developers port Ubuntu Touch to the Samsung Galaxy S4 and other devices.

Ubuntu 13.10 has been planned to run on the Linux kernel 3.10, and Ubuntu 13.10 is going to be the version number of the first set of Ubuntu Touch phones. This means that as soon as the final build of the 3.10 Linux kernel is folded into the Ubuntu dailies, work will be able to begin on finally bringing support for Ubuntu Touch to the international Samsung Galaxy S4, which runs on the Samsung Exynos Octa 5. As yet there hadn't been any work to bring Ubuntu Touch to Samsung's new flagship, because right now the daily builds of Ubuntu Touch are based on Ubuntu 13.04.

The addition of big.LITTLE support could also make it easier for future Android devices and even Chrome OS devices to run on big.LITTLE processors, because Android manufacturers won't have to build in support for the processors.

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Linux kernel 3.10 arrives with ARM big.LITTLE support​

Thanks to Linus Torvalds' figurative stroke of the pen, the Linux kernel 3.10 is now final -- paving the way for its inclusion in a bevy of Linux distributions, and even offshoots such as Android and Chrome OS. The fresh kernel brings a good number of changes, such as timerless multitasking, a new caching implementation and support for the ARM big.LITTLE architecture. In simplistic terms, the new multitasking method should help improve performance and latency by firing the system timer only once per second -- rather than 1,000 times -- when tasks are running. Meanwhile, users with both traditional hard drives and SSDs will find performance benefits from bcache, which brings writeback caching and a filesystem agnostic approach to leveraging the SSD for caching operations. Also of significance, Linux kernel 3.10 enhances ARM support by including the big.LITTLE architecture, which combines multiple cores of different types -- commonly the Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A15 -- that focus on either power savings or performance. The full list of improvements is rather lengthy, but if you feel like nerding out with the changelog, just grab a caffeinated beverage and get to it.

Source: Engadget
[Galaxy S 4 General] gdonanthony:
i dont know if i will be happy or feel nothing about this 3.10 Linux update ... i9500 is so far to be updated :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
3.10 Linux kernel is specially designed for supporting Big.Little CPU. For sure, it will be beneficial to i9500.:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] thekoRngear:
A newer linux kernel means somethings beneficial to kernels. But the stuff that you talked about is related to I9500's 5410's hardware. The 5410 silicon itself is lacking the interconnect hardware. In that case many is in doubt software cant do much. Lets see what the dev comes up about this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
Doubt will always be there until it get launched. Lets Hope for the best. Ubuntu Touch is like magic.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rbt001:
so....

Soo... it appears that as I'm assumed imbecile I must post 8-10 general posts before being allowed to post in the dev section (unless I misunderstood something in which case I am indeed imbecile). So here goes no#1.

But.. since I'm here anyway... any news on BBM for Android as mentioned above? As a year old BB user I would like to have BBM on my android.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] Jayadratha Mondal:
I know you will laugh after reading this post. But I have to ask this question

I have more 2months of warranty on my ace plus. Should I root my phone now or after warranty finished?? :p I'm in confusion. I have rooted my galaxy y after the warranty finished. Rooting means no warranty further, so little bit worry working on me. I can handle any type of problem related to software or by help of XDA-developpers. But if after some days of rooting my phone's hardware starts problematic then what..
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ShadowsDie:
i had the same situation... but when i did i had like 1.5 years of warranty :)

Well I would say you should root when you want because 3 months after rooting i had a battery problem.

I even had a custom rom in it that works perfectly (cm10.1 by TheWhisp) but i knew they would see this so i did the easiest thing: flashed my stock firmware.

sent to my local service and i got a new battery :)

i think they can see what i did but they will not spend their time testing our phones...

i have 5 more months of warranty and how i said if it starts being problematic just flash the stock firmware with odin and you will have the phone like you had when you bought it, i think they do the same thing if you send it to a service so just be careful what you do

if you only want to root it i bet you will have no problems, even it will work better.( that's why i did )

so my answer is Yes! you should do
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
yes u can...

well if u want to use custom roms & all other mods,

you have to root ur device which u may also know :rolleyes:

& yup root mean void warranty but if u face any problem just reflash stock rom which mean u r in warranty period not a single sign of rooting when u flash stock firmware ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] Jayadratha Mondal:
What about flash counter?? If i flash with stock firmware will it be erased or set to zero?? You know about custom flash counter which countes how many time you have flashed the nand memory.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] Jayadratha Mondal:
I think you will also want to answer the above question. Will the flash counter be removed or erased after flashing with stock firmware??
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
yup use triangle away app...(search it on xda)

it will remove binary counts which comes with rooting/ flashing cwm...

& it will work on stock rooted gb even on all other gb based roms...
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ShadowsDie:
Yea... I forgot to mention i used triangle away to reset the binary counter :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adithebratt:
hi guys,

my galaxy s2 is stuck on 0% battery.Now when i charge my phone it boots up,gives message of "battery critically low" shows me 0% charge[but i can see the charging sign on the battery icon] and dies then again starts after 5 minutes.

This is working in a loop for past an hour.

Any help appreciated.

P.S : Tried a solution on web which says power off device n let it charge so i can see the battery icon charging[screen that we see when we charge a switched off phone] but it doesnt work for me.The phone just starts automatically every 5 mins n dies
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Replace battery and/or usb board which is quick/cheap/easy to do yourself (and has been covered here a lot recently; search for similar threads - you need to order a specific part depending on which SGS2 variant you have, order the wrong part & you'll have problems).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hungryheart:
try changing you charger first.and then as said by senior member Mistah
[Windows Phone 8 General] j_tag:
anyone knows the product code to get the amber update for our lumia phones via NCS or datapackage manager? in my case for the lumia 820 but ofcourse if u know any for the other devices please share them with us..

i assume its already out there on some nokia servers lying dormant and waiting for the carriers like the 7.8 update for wp7 did for months before it was officially released..

and its definitely out somewhere for the lumia 920 cause as shown in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xNk4hL_MY he demonstrates the fm radio on the amber update for lumia 920
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kumar87:
Download attachment and follow the instructions............
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kumar87:
Please make stock rom backup guys I need it very urgently becoz i am not able to boot

Please make stock rom backup guys I need it very urgently becoz i am not able to boot my phone from last month. and zen servicing is very............bad.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defy403:
i have created a cwm backup... zen 701

i have created an CWM backup for ZEN 701HD..... will upload and put a link here soon....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defy403:
here you go......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43739087#post43739087

check out my post...

ZEN Ultrafone 701HD... Factory ROM... flash via firmware upgrade....

HI all... after going through a lot of issues... while playing arround with my phone... i took... factory rom... backup...

same i am in the process of uploading...... on http://d-h.st/bV3

hit thanks if it helps...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rishiud:
install factory rom

i downloded ur factory rom but how to install it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defy403:
use SP Flash tools

use sp flash tools....

please the attached documents for more info...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejae:
same here!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejae:
HELP!

I have the same problem but how do i use tha sp flash tools b'cuz usb drivers are not installed . and how do i update the usb drivers when my phone is not booting up?

Please help m in vain :crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defy403:
drivers....

drivers.. attached... also.. please note... for using sp flash tools with ... zen 701hd....

switch off the phone... remove battery... wait for a minute.... put battery back... then... start sp flash tools.... then connect the phone.... you will see.... VCOM port(xxx) connected via usb.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejae:
okay

but how do i install usb drivers when i cant see my phone at device manager.. please help :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defy403:
just install the drivers manually

just install the drivers manually

also try installing pda net desktop software.. that should work

also try.... press Power+VolUp+VolDown the device switches to diagnostic mode during which my PC went into driver hunting mode.. it worked for someone...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishwasnp:
My stupidity screwed up my 701 phone

I went to CWM and cleared all cache and data, dalvik cache etc...

But instead of selecting the ROM zip of my phone I stupidly selected ROM of some another phone and flashed it !

Now only the ZEN logo comes up.then screen goes blank and again ZEN logo comes up and the process just repeats

I connected to PC and by the time the PC detects it and maybe load driver for it and ADB commands work, the Phone reboots again and again

And the best part is Power+VOL up+Vol down keys dont work or to go to diagnostic mode . looks like stupidity and foolhardiness finally took its toll :mad:

is there a way to flash it back to stock rom, but I guess its hard as the phone is not even waiting till PC detects it in ADB mode

rant over :mad:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bharat701HD:
Anybody please give me the link for stock recovery of 701 HD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prathap Miras:
Encryption Unsuccesful

WHen it starts it shows encryption unsuccesful and the only option is "reset phone".

and it reboots to recovery. In recvery it shows error :"Mount /data error".

Please HELP Me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DLXII:
My phone was working well the entire day, but at one point it froze up and I had to reboot it.

It rebooted fine, but as soon as it got to the SD card media scan, the entire phone would freeze up for 10 minutes before shutting off. This happens every time I turn on the phone.

I pulled out the SD card and tried again, but it still does the same thing.

Help!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradman117:
What ROM u on?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DLXII:
I'm on the stock Rogers gingerbread rom.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradman117:
Weird. Try factory reset
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DLXII:
Very weird indeed.. Phone was running fine for 6 + months and then this happened. Oh well, I performed the factory reset and it seems to be working fine.

I did a hard reset just to see if the media scanning bug happens again, but it's competely fine. hm.... well thanks anyways for the suggestion!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradman117:
Go to jb bro!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DLXII:
.. wait.. nevermind, the damn bug is back. I really have no idea what's going on with this thing. It randomly froze up so I did a hard reset, and now it does the same thing - freezes up at the SD card media scan.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradman117:
I honestly don't know what a rogers version is. But if its same as any other infuse with a Sim try flashing one of these Roms. Do factory reset them flash the ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42292247

Zeus v6 is pretty dandy ;)

---edit---

These are all Gingerbread stuff
[Samsung Infuse 4G] electricpete1:
1- longshotshot...I had same symptom once....resolution was to uninstall my custom launcher (Holo launcher). Don't ask me why bit it always made it about to end of scanning and then rebooted right about then. Some info about my particular problem is posted in Zen's toolkit thread. Also maybe try uninstalling other programs that start at bout

Or

2- qkster's Heimdall gb 2.3.6 fixes most problems
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vince2709:
Hi .. i am just wondering whether Fun Run - Multiplayer Race can be played on our S5830I ace :confused::( ... i really want it compatible
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabs Zains:
I know why it is not compatible for you :(

Actually I think you have a little weak eyes or you have not read the forum rules :(

Actually the developer has only made that compatible to the people who post thier questions in the right section (question answer section) :(

Sorry no hope for you :(

Btw my all sympathies are with you :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
As requested I'm here with the ported themes.

I will port some themes that i like and the themes requested in this thread.

In this folder you can find all of them

Themes
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] Geekanto98:
Hello, can you port this theme "HTC.sense.5.FREE cm10/cm10.1" i can't link because i'm new user :( . tnx for your work! :)

P.S.= are you italian? xD
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
I will port it soon. Yes i'm italian :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] Geekanto98:
thanks :)

I am also Italian XD
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] ikaster17:
Screenshots???
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
I won't take Screenshots for every theme. I'm going to port minimum 40 themes
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Here is the theme ported https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37UHJnuZgYBMEc5eGUtWms3REE/edit
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] ikaster17:
i mean give only around 1-2 screenshots to give an example to the users of how would i it represent... dont give all the screenshots :)

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@KINGbabasula

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801752 check this out... the thread has enormous collection of themes u can pick any you like! ;D
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Ok i will post some screens and i know that thread it is full of themes (approx 920)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] ikaster17:
im goana be testing these all now will get back to you soon...!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] Geekanto98:
the theme does not work, xtheme engine says that you can not apply :(
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Ok I'm sorry I will try to fix it
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] techhahn:
can u port this windows 8 theme?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2078009

Does it need custom roms(PA, CM) to customize whole system UI(settings app, notification toggles) or will it work on stock rom just fine?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
This will work only in stock roms with xposed framework and xtheme engine and please can you give me the apk of that theme?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] dudik9910:
Hmmm is this only for me like that? I cannot download both htc themes... Something with link? Others don't download too :confused:
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] techhahn:
adfly is not working for me so i directly pasted the link..

http://adf .ly/HbzXr
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
Is it supposed to change only the scroll color and,eventually,the icons on the status bar?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
The apps too
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
The MIUI and the LunarUI don't,sorry.The Sense 5 theme isn't even working.:(
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Ehmmm have you seen that these themes aren't for cm???
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
Hmmmmm do you think I tried them on CM?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Yes but have you xtheme engine and xposed framework?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
Yes.;)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
This is weird cause i tried almost all of them and are working...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
What should it normally replace instead of colours?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Icons and png. These are themes
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
Means the phone app,for example,should have a changed layout?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Yes and status bar, notification, settings, etc
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] GeoVali99:
At me it doesn't.:( Maybe if I will disable Icon Themer it will work?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] :
This guy really hardworking, thx :good:
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] alychang:
Which rom do you use ?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Here is the windows 8 theme converted https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37UHJnuZgYBSm5TamFDVjN3Q28/edit?usp=sharing
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] techhahn:
thank u very much dude...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] techhahn:
windows 8 theme is getting installed but not showing in xthemeEngine list...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] imcoolsj:
Can you port status bar only This theme thanks
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
No i can't just the status bar
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] imcoolsj:
ohh kk so can you port it as normal port ? thanks
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Can you please give me the apk?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] imcoolsj:
Here it is Apk
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] KINGbabasula:
Your link gives an error
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps] inc188:
thanks for the hard/

any other links to find more?