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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] greystealth:
Lag!

Don't see why Android can't figure this out. I've tried all the tips and tricks. They help, but the phone is still choppy and studders. Mostly noticeable when attempting to scroll or go in and out of apps while data is being transmitted. Those 4 cores obviously aren't doing much.

Fix the lag Samsung!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 13lack13ox:
CONS, locked bootloader

Pros, EVERYTHING ELSE!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] haremmon:
Yea, I use textra as well and the devs are great at keeping it updated. Same developers from chompSMS :D

Agreed. I enjoyed this phone extensively while I was on loki'd MDL until I had to warranty it for manufacture defected screen. AKA they had my phone repairs & updated to MF3 :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I recommend rooting and changing Roms and overclocking works also. I've done both and it helps but stock smh your right its very laggy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wingsabr:
It's unfortunate that you have to do this to get a phone working "correctly". I ended up selling my AT&T GS4 and got a GPE GS4....love the speed!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Lodovik:
Here are the points that come in my mind:

Good:

-Speed: It's often faster than my Nexus 10 tablet!

-The screen: Very big for a phone of this size, very sharp.

-The form factor: This phone is just the right size for me, even inside an Otterbox Defender case

-The camera: astonishingly detailed pictures in well lit scenes, good color accuracy

-The MicroSD card slot: Removes most of the objections about low available storage on a 16 GB device

-Quick charging: I'm surprised at how fast it charges. For me, in less than an hour daily. (I rarely get below 50%)

-The hardware/tactile buttons: More screen estate available

-The touch peek feature: I tought it would be a gimmick but it has become very useful when checking emails

-Easily replaceable battery

-The multicolored status light: very handy when charging and for various other status purposes

-HDMI out via the appropriate cable

Not so good:

-Sammy's bloatware and induced lag

-The camera sucks in low light and even on well lit interior lighting; blurry photos that looks like my old point and shoot camera

-The screen is almost unsusable in direct sunlight

-Battery life is erratic; sometimes, the media server app will eat more than 50% of the battery when in standby mode

-Very low available storage out of the box; Listen, Samsung: 9GB is NOT enough in 2013! The base S4 should be at 32GB

-Slow updates compared to Nexus devices

-Flimsy back cover that looks and sounds cheap when you remove it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] big samm:
I love my S4 overall... One thing I don't like is the lag in the camera department... Press the shutter and half a sec later the picture is taken, I want it to be like my iPhone instantaneous

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sameer1807:
I have no problems with the phone besides touchwiz.I wish Samsung would focus more on making it more smoother and faster. I can tell its not fully utilizing the processor and ram. But since touchwiz Roms have all the features I use an need, can't change to Google or cm. If you look at sense or lg's overlay, they are much better in terms of performance.. They better chance it up for the s5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I agree when you say they need to change it for the s5 the main reason I'm not on a tw ROM now is because of the super lag that comes along with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
One more reason why I love my GS4

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S4, running kangbean, OC'd at 2GHZ.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HORiZUN:
I hate the physical home button. I hate the locked bootloader even more. I hate touchwiz more than that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I agree Touchwiz is poop, but I like the physical home button. I even think its a little stylish!

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Hawkinz:
What I Like:

It's android of course

The amazing 1080p screen

The feel of it in my hand, way better then my skyrocket

Battery is improved.

The small bezel and overall look of the phone

it's a powerful phone

What I don't like:

Back speaker, not a front one

I personally don't like the physical home button, but I'm sure I will get used to it

That's pretty much it, Samsung did a great job with this one, but keep it up and keep improving!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Delakit:
Like: hardware, build, screen.

Dislike: everything else. Lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I like that life proof is now supporting this phone.

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] greystealth:
Just switched to an HTC One from an S4 and all I can say is WOW! The whole UI is like butter. Really wish Samsung would have taken the lag issue serious. Much happier with the One. Any of you considering the same, I highly recommend it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I had to switch Roms from a tw one just to get the lag away!

Sent from my AT&T GS4 now Free
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] greystealth:
Yep I would have tried the same but was on MF3, unfortunately.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Wittyusernametaken:
I'm down to just the lag and tumblr issues ticking me off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] erstad:
Lag is an easy fix just turn of animations
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] atari800:
I do like the incredible battery life

I do not like that the brightness does not go up any higher when I am in direct sunlight. Apple 3gs screen handles the sunlight better believe it or not.

*Now if I spin around and cause a shadow I can resolve the issue. This is not a showstopper be any means
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Wittyusernametaken:
Is that the three animation options for scaling? I have them scaled to. 5 already
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
+1 the backlight could/should be brighter!

Sent from my AT&T GS4 now Free
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] erstad:
Yup turn them off and lag disappears
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Wittyusernametaken:
Wow much much better. Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] midas69:
I've only had the phone for a few days. Overall I like it. But there are a few things I don't like.

The biggest one is the fact that I got a i337Z and it can't be rooted. I've never owned an Android device for more than hour without having it rooted.

My only other real gripe is battery life. While it's acceptable, I'm spoiled coming from a Razr Maxx.

Beyond that, the difference is amazing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
No battery life is great. I could show you screen shots were I've had 13 hours on battery and still had 45% left. I saw one guy who had his phone on and had 1 day and 2 hours and had 31% left. Lol and why can't you root your phone all of them should have that ability from my knowledge. Your telling me something I've never heard of.

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] midas69:
First, battery life is good, but as I said, I'm spoiled. The S4 has a 2600 mAh battery. The Razr Maxx with a smaller, lower resolution screen as well as only a dual core slower processor has a 3300 mAh battery. With my Razr I could go 36 hours and still have 60+% left.

Second, I have the i337Z. The software version is MH1. nobody has posted instructions for rooting yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
Eventually you will get it hang in there :thumbup: but you can get bigger batteries on eBay!

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] midas69:
Hey, it's better than the first Samsung Nexus that I had. That thing would be down to 40% before noon. That one I did buy a bigger battery for.

I will say one good thing about it, it sure charges fast.

But really, the battery doesn't bother me too much. As long as I can get through a whole day, I'm OK. The lack of root is killing me though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
The one thing that has helped me with the lag issue is turning off the animation features in developer options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] swagmeister:
yeah, even at .5 it makes a huge difference
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I'm glad to hear that.

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LeKtRiCzzz:
Both my batteries are lasting 8 hours tops idk whats going on
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] foopy:
Pros:

Size/Quality of display

Removable Battery

Smart Screen, Motion Gestures

Built in Call blocking

Removable SD Card

Access to the storage section of the phone.

Cons:

Samsung's KNOX and the forced increase in security. This should be a choice for corporate customers and governments, but individuals should be able to turn it completely off or better yet not install it to begin with.

Having to remove the back cover to access SdCard.

The plastic back seems cheap and easy to break.

The speaker is on the back of the phone facing away from you.

The earphone plug should be on the bottom, not the top.

Too easy to accidentally press the Home button and wake the display. Need a way to disable that feature without root.

Customer should have the option to waive rights to a warranty and get the phone bootloader unlocked similar to what HTC has been doing. If Samsung doesn't change their ways this Galaxy S4 will be my first AND last Samsung product.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] i31us:
so far I do not like battery drainage. waiting for the new battery come in from samsung.

Form Factor is allright. Like the HTC ONE better comapred to S4

If it wasnt for the price I would have got HTC ONE or Moto X. Got the S4 for cheap with no contract
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cssacropolis:
Like: Back when I bought it earlier this year, it was the fastest phone with a removable battery and microsd card slot. Its at MDL baseband. The 5" display so I can watch my gopro videos and admire the video resolution.

Dislike: Locked bootloader no thanks to att.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oildale:
Like: No longer tied to itunes.

Dislike: Living in constant fear that someday my microSD card will be randomly corrupted by my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
That rarely happens don't worry about it.

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oildale:
Well since I've already had one 64GB card killed on reboot, I think I'll continue to eject my card before rebooting. Thanks though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aarond1004:
Well since I sold mine I can no longer hate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noremac258:
Had my device for about a month now for a fair evaluation.

*Good*

-Battery life 4.5 hours screen on time with TW 5+ hours screen on time LiquidSmooth

-never seen a dip below a more then acceptable 26fps (no oc, cpu gov ondemand)

-Camera is super crisp for a phone

-Honestly the speaker not being blocked by my hands like the htc one lol (tested htc in store)

-home button so cash :D (tactile feed back)

-Super crisp and clean screen colours

-Light and thin

-Compared to my old phone the flash on this baby can blind you

-lots of cases

-The GPU is at a higher clock then stock :D

-Call quality is very smooth and easy to hear + sensitive microphone

-SD card slot (literally saved me from not being able to use my phone cause i forgot to install or do something too many times to count lol...)

-doesn't cook your hand while playing games like the htc one

*Bad*

-headphones that came with phone suck... ( my 20 something dollar fit and sound better, panasonic or something like that)

-video can come out sorta shaky :(

-even though I don't use s voice it still is annoying and ****

all for now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
Thanks for all of your feedback! And I agree with you on the battery 4.5 is decent but you should consider kangbean rom! I get up to 13 hours use everyday!

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noremac258:
I like having the ability to auto-hide status bar in case it burns in or anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I understand! But on kangbean you have ton of add ons if you add something called gravitybox! And I mean tons!

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Braxton355:
I wanted to show you this also! This is currently on my phone!

Sent from my AT&T GS4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zorachus:
I really really like my S4. Surprised I'd like as much as I do. Coming from previous phones this year; LG G2, Nexus 4, Note 2, HTC One X.

The S4 gets best battery life of them all, even better than the LG G2 I returned after one week, which only gave me like 5h On Screen time, and the rear buttons were strange.

My S4 I get 6h to 6.5h On Screen Time. And overall battery life over 24 hours.

The screen is beautiful, I do love the deep blacks, and vibrant colors, looks like my Plasma hone theater TV.

Lightweight, and good size, I don't want anything bigger, this phone size is my max limit.

I have the white Spigen Neo Hybrid case, my phone is black = great combo :)

I am running Nova launcher + Axis icons + Wannam Xposed Framework, with all those can't even tell it's a Touchwiz device.

My only beef is being stuck on MF3 firmware, no custom ROM's, no chance of running the 4.4 GPE ROM. But hopefully some smart XDA peeps will crack MF3, I mean this phone is super popular, they MUST crack it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noremac258:
How much screen on time do you have?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] gi54321:
Hi. I've got a HTC One x with cyanogenmod 10.0.0-evita firmware. It's the US version so it's only 16 gig storage with 2 gig of that devoted to apps. I formatted the internal storage memory through bootloader - usb mass storage - laptop. Everything works correctly but it says the drive is only 10 gig instead of 14. I was wondering what happened to the missing 4 gig? .

Also i'm filling up the 2 gig of apps storage up fast. Will the phone start using 10 gig drive once the 2 gig of app space full or do i need to worry about allocating space?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] skinsfanbdh:
first wrong thread this is htc one thread

second that 4gb is for system you cant use it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirtiba:
So, I haven't been able to find it anywhere and thought it would be the first mod from iOS 7 to come to android. Anyone have it or willing to do the mod?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StormBlizzard:
WoW, what's that ??? the white dot on screen of IOS?????
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0.0:
instead of having signal bars, you have signal dots. that's what's on the iPhone

it looks nice...for iPhone. it'll look out of place for the N4, unless someone can make it blue when connected to google services and the same color when not connected :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the4ndy:
UPDATE: Version 1.3.5 is now out. it does NOT modify the xml and therefor the order and layout is the same, i have just adjusted the graphics to allow for a nicer fit....hopefully ;)

UPDATE: I made a mistake and zipped the whole folder instead of the two pieces seperately, this will cause ZipThemer to NOT be able to build it. I have updated the download link....Also I am including a link to v1.2 which is an attempt to fix the spacing issue. let me know how you like it, screens soon.

Ok, so while i agree, that this isnt a good idea, and that it doesnt exactly look very android like, i did have a go at making a zip for use with Zip themer

It goes from empty dots all the way to blue dots with teh gray shades being taken directly from the old set of signal strength images.

Always make a backup, im not responsible for my own foolish actions I cannot be for yours.

Instructions: install the app ZipThemer from the play store, update your edify (give it any working zip that you have flashed to your phone before, a rom or kernel or gapps for your device will work). Then build the theme from the zip i provide, then reboot to recovery, then install the update zip that zip themer made, then wipe cache and dalvik, then reboot.

This worked on my nexus 4, its the only device i own, i use Paranoid Android 3.6 and my device is rooted.....I am going to guess that any AOSP rom will take this theme just fine (stock, CM, etc) though i dont know how to do this without being rooted and having a custom recovery installed. So theres that.

Some other notes. I removed one of teh circles, the ios7 mockup showed 5 dots, and android only uses 4 bars. I also will release an update to this hopefully in the next hour or so, but maybe not until later tonight. Im working on some spacing issues. With WiFi off it looks flawless, with wifi on its a bit close to that icon. i plan to fix this by resizing the dots or rearranging the status bar so that the dots are farthest to the inside (while still right aligned, if that makes sense)

So then, without further adieu, (newest in bold)

ios7_dots_v1.3.5.zip sadly no xml modifications and thus no reordering of icons, theicon sizes have been adjusted to allow for a more snug fit.

Zip being flashed to phone as I type this, screenshot soon

ios7_dots_v1.2.zip Dots moved lower and to the right in an effort to remedy spacing issues with wifi icon

ios7_dots_v1.0.zip original version with fixed zip structure

Version 3 is coming soon, I will be fixing the spacing issue, as I am not happy with the way resizing the icons went.

**NOTE** Hey guys so im newer ish to some of these mods and im also a very impoverished student and so I can only test my work on my Nexus 4. Because of this limitation I have, I am asking anyone who downloads and tests this to send me a PM or reply here and let me know how it worked out, what device and rom youre using. Thanks, much appreciated.

ENJOY

-the4ndy
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the4ndy:
I wasnt aware that the blue was a result of being connected to "Google Services". The theme I posted just above this post here works the same exact way the stock android signal bars do, they go from dark gray to light gray to blue

-the4ndy
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirtiba:
Wow, actually works really nice. Thanks for this. Only thing I'd change is making the dots bigger.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the4ndy:
Made a mention of that a couple times I thought. Version 1 has the icons as big as i could get them within the constraints of the default or stock icon size, this lead to issues with spacing and the wifi icon as seen in my first screen. The cell signal bars only filled the bottom right half triangle of the square icon and so they could snuggle up next to the wifi icon nice and snug.

As a fix i moved the icons down and shrunk them minimally to avoid overlap. I am looking into modifying the systemUI.xml to allow for more spacing or a larger icon to make the dots more visually pleasing. Also if the demand is there I can investigate making the 5th dot work as well, and hopefully it will give a more detailed signal strength reading.

All to come. Enjoy for now or bookmark and wait it out.

-the4ndy

Also, what device and rom are you using? I'd love to know how my work fairs on the rest of the Android world.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirtiba:
Nexus 4 Rootbox
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blinde:
Is it possible to change those dots to left side?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zaihanzainal:
This mod is awesome! Only wish is that it could be used with themechooser themes... Had to manually change the dots to white but still can't change the "H+" logo
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp420:
Wow...I actually like something from iOS...who woulda thought? lol Looks classy :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
[QUOTE SIZE=4]**NOTE**[/SIZE] Hey guys so im newer ish to some of these mods and im also a very impoverished student and so I can only test my work on my Nexus 4. Because of this limitation I have, I am asking anyone who downloads and tests this to send me a PM or reply here and let me know how it worked out, what device and rom youre using. Thanks, much appreciated.

ENJOY

-the4ndy[/QUOTE]

Confirmed working on Galaxy Nexus running RasSaber ROM
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sergiowlx:
Wow Thanks for the work! I would like have it in the left side of the statusbar like in iOS, but i dont know if its going to have problems with the notifications icons.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gasparzim:
That's nice, but if I can say so, I think the second version - the one with the dots centered horizontally with the battery icon - looks better. The one with the lower dots somehow seems to be overlapping the wi-fi icon space. Like using imaginary blocks to limit each icon space, like in the attachment.

BTW, do you know how to swap the icons so wifi and signal are placed on the left, and notifications on the right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shalom06:
I try installing the zip using zipthemer doesn't seem to work... it fails when i flash it in recovery
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzero88:
Looks cool going to try it. Would like to actually see these dots for WiFi and battery!! Each dot being 25% for battery?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0warmy:
Awesome! I'll be waiting for V3. I also agree that the dot signal bars are just about the only thing that I liked after seeing IOS7.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilanderek:
My dots are still messing up the wifi logo :sad:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miku3191:
AWESOME !

Nice work man ! I am lovin' it... the only feature of iOS7 that is cool enuf ! It works on my PA 3.60
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snak3ater:
It failed while trying to flash in recovery :confused:

---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:13 PM ----------

Nm..It worked...Had to update the edify & Configured my Rom & bamm..It did the trick :p

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 PM ----------

Right now no need to go for the 5th dot..Currently as it is,making the 4 dots a little bigger would be more than enough..

Great job :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evoschecter:
Wow! This does look really nice! wifi, Battery included? Can't wait for an updated version. Will bookmark this!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andybfmv96:
Can we move them to the left?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the4ndy:
Im assuming you want the wifi and the battery icons from the new iOS7 style as well, is that what you mean by battery included?

The updated version is here in my original reply

It doesnt include those icons, ill have to take a look at them and see how they can be adapted if thats what you wanted. let me know. PM, mention or quote or something so i get a notification about it and ill take a look.

I am working on a method of getting them switched around or resized or something, but as of my first several tries my attempts either made no changes, or i ended up with a never ending crash of system ui...so right now im stuck but im going to look back into it at work....unfortunately i only have the one device and its my main device and so testing can be an issue (besides the chance i might brick it, which i doubt i will, it just renders my phone unusable for long periods of time).

As for now, check out the newest version which is here and has hopefully fits and looks a little nicer, i have adjusted the graphics to allow for some more space.

-the4ndy
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Could you please add the service dots for when data isn't enabled, when WiFi is on it uses stock icons.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gear.h34d.2012:
I'll tell you what I'd like to see. These service dots, but for the wifi signal a setup similar to the WiFi indicator for the JAMT Theme for CM7 but reversed. That way it would all flow really well. Possibly a horizontal battery icon too. Thoughts?

Wifi indicator screenshot below:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] napyaninja:
Not working on slimbean..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snak3ater:
No updates?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thfreedumb:
in that last update its too snug of a fit. the first indicator bar butts up against the wifi logo. and the '4g' blends with the bars.