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[Nokia Lumia 920] Laurentius26:
Hi,

I've made some test shots today after this discussion (I just bought my Lumia a couple of days ago) with the Pro cam on Amber and yes pictures are pretty sharp.

But to be honest I'm a bit dissapointed about the noise in the pictures.

I think the standard camera does make better quality pictures (after some later tests but I still need to test more) and you can set ISO there as well.

Light is sometimes correct but not always.

Attached a sample picture I took today On amber update and nokia Pro cam set to ISO 100 (f/2.0 and shutter 1/1600 sec are set automatic).

On original image size you see the noise, which shouldn't be there at all on bright daylight.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Solarenemy68:
I see we are still talking about the camera in a thread that is supposed to be about the battery and it expected daily use.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Laurentius26:
Yep you are right.

About the battery I can say it last easy a whole day on regular use but every day I need to charge. :)
[Nokia Lumia 920] Gnarfsan:
Same here. Basically it drains very little battery while it's not in use. Even on LTE.
[Nokia Lumia 920] randy_c:
Mine drop 25% just on stand by overnight from 10PM till 5:00AM. I reset, fresh install etc.. but still no help. Lucky if it last me for 8 hours when I start using it. Nagivation for 40 min and battery drop 12%.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Gnarfsan:
It sounds faulty :( For how have you had it?
[Nokia Lumia 920] Laurentius26:
Today I flashed again to have the official Amber update.

I think you need to give the device a couple of days right after a flash and the battery performance will increase.
[Nokia Lumia 920] randy_c:
Bought it new and been using it for several months. I haven't got the new Amber update yet
[Nokia Lumia 920] Gnarfsan:
Hmmm... I had now problem with battery life before the update, but there are probably big differences between the local ROM's. It could also be a problem with network coverage...
[Nokia Lumia 920] Solarenemy68:
I have found that once a week I have to run a battery killer app to completely discharge the battery. Once recharged it is back to it's normal performance for most of the week. The battery is lithium based but seems to be prone to getting a memory.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Laurentius26:
Like I suspected, the battery is getting better again. I don't have to worry about charging, it last easy a full day. I'm very happy with the 920.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Sunius1:
Lasts me 2-3 days when I don't connect it to PC for development. Of course, I'm not a very heavy phone user, so it's mostly idling :).
[Nokia Lumia 920] XxAndrexX:
I'm very disappointed too.

In photos, especially low light photos without flash,the lumia 920 is simply the best, there's no competition.

but, these days, we are moving more to video mode, and there seems not to exist night mode, so even the camera shines in the dark, videos are very bad.

Thats not a lack of the camera or the hardware of course, its a lack of widows phone camera software.

Because I have much better low-light videos with my VGA 640x480 webcam, then with my lumia 920, And what I said, these days, the youth, uses their camera especially at night, in a club or outside, in dark places, and want to capture videos. I don't really care about daylight quality and photo quality. I buy a good camera phone for the complicated situation, videos with low light.

so I must say, its really disappointing!!!! hope microsoft will find some solution to this, but I don't think, because WP7 was really really bad at low light, now the lumia is a little bit better, but not enough to get something out of it
[Nokia Lumia 920] Thresher:
Randy,

I have 990 charging cycles on my 920 In the last 8 months. My Lumia 920 is exhibiting the same issues other phones and devices with this type of rechargeable battery do after so many charging cycles. It discharges about 40% faster than it did between 0-300 charging cycles and it charges faster a well.

If anyone knows of the actual Genuine OEM manufacturer and distributor of the battery please let me know. My experience and knowledge on the topic has shown that 90% of batteries sold online as OEM are not Genuine and not from the same factory that Nokia purchases from. This is the same deal for many electronics and laptops. For instance my Lenovo tablet took 900 cycles and then the replacement battery was Guaranteed Genuine fro some 'major battery' website but when I spoke to Lenovo directly they said only two companies were had the actual Lenovo Quality Ensured batteries available for sale. The cost difference was large but so was the performance.

I have contacted Nokia and will see what they offer as advice on replacement.

Does anyone know of the manufacturer of the Genuie OEM Nokia Battery?
[Nokia Lumia 920] Gerixeon:
I get just about a day, is account sync the biggest draining factor?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bdv11:
For those of you who have had the phone for the full run since the Verizon release date, how have your opinions improved, worsened, or remained the same about the galaxy s4?

I have had the phone for almost a month now and been through a few roms and have been pleased for the most part. I have gripes with the keyboard and the way the camera is great sometimes and totally worse at others.

I'd say after this long, I am happy with my purchase, but not so happy to the point where I'm not looking at upcoming phones later this year as a possible replacement.

Thoughts after two months?

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] williamweaver:
I came from an S3 so I wasn't expecting a whole new experience but I love my S4. The screen is amazing and it's snappy as hell. No lag. I got the 32 GB one and the fastest 64 GB SD card I could find. Unfortunately I got the update so no rom flashing for me. Oh well, I love it the way it is. I was going to wait for the HTC One but I'm happy with my purchase. I also get way better signal too. When I had my S3 I would always get 3G at work but I always have 4G on my S4. My average battery life is 18H, 49M according to GSAM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
I love my GS4. its perfect for me. Does more then i need. If there was no root i would have been happy with it the way it was but with root and CleanROM installed, i basicly can't run it out of juice in a day, besides, charging is soooo fast anyway. I was also one that never had lag even on stock unrooted so with what i have now being rooted, its even snappier then it was originally. The phone is a beast. Signal is always strong screen is amazing and its the perfect screen size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] musicfreak190:
Honestly it is an amazing device.. I had it on clean rom for weeks and loved it.. just flashed CM10.1... I am blown away by the lightning fast speed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blwnv8:
I had the s3 as well before this. I've had mine since launch day and love it. I do have typing issues with the keyboard sometimes. Guess I sbould look for a good replacement. I wish it had more haptic feedback though. Doesnt hardly feel like im typing on a touch screen, it's too smooth to the touch. I had htc phones before this and rooting this s4 was 50 times easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] williamweaver:
I recommend SwiftKey keyboard. It's predicting is amazing and creepy at the same time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reybie:
Does swiftkey let you use the Google speech engine for voice to text? I have Swype+Dragon and I find the Google engine better in understanding my accent :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] s4noob:
I came from a droidx to the s4 so i am just amazed at what this phone can do. I am new to ROMs also so i am messing with this phone all day long.....:eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Proweedsmoker:
Coming from a locked down bionic, the lokid S4 is like a wet dream. ... Although, when comparing radios/signal reception, moto dominates Samsung. ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mpry1:
Also Came from a locked down Bionic. After the JB upgrade that phone turned into hot garbage. The S4 is light years better!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] williamweaver:
Yea it lets you use Google voice to text. SwiftKey also has SwiftKey Flow which is like Swype. SwiftKey has the best predictions of all keywords I've tried because it constantly learns what you type. It looks at your Facebook posts, Google posts and by past texts if you authorize it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chamberc:
I came from a 32gb S3 (white) to a 32gb S4 (black).

For me, it's slightly faster, the screen is noticeably better and the battery life (which was already excellent on my s3) is slightly better.

I actually like the "flat" feel of the edges compared to the S3. The camera is phenomenal.

Overall, it's a nice evolutionary step up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rmorris:
Love it

Download Jelly Bean Keyboard from the dev VLLWP. It fixed every issue I had with the keyboard and more. It's free and there is little to no reason to get the paid version.

After fixing the keyboard, I have zero complaints about the phone. My battery life suffered after the update a bit but now seems to be back to normal which for this phone means I can go two days of light use with my settings the way the are before I plug it in. The only thing I have noticed is that my battery gets eaten up if I am using runkeeper and listening to music. I think it is the combo of GPS and headphones. I'll find a fix eventually. REALLY looking forward to android 5.0 on it this Fall!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gotroot801:
I like it a lot more now that the GPS glitches in CM10.1 were resolved.

Disclaimer: I came from a Galaxy Nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
Waiting to see how solid the post bootloader lockdown ROMs are. The devs will eventually backport everything that does not require a firmware upgrade. But they will effectively be a port-rebase hybrid since we will not be able to run the stock ROM anymore. 4.3 will be the big test. If the moto x is unlocked like a sort of nexus device, swappa here I come.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] generalExpert:
Should I go S4?

Hey guys, it's been a while for me since I've last posted here. Pretty much I'm curious if I should buy the S4? I obviously want the latest and greatest but at the same token, i don't want TouchWiz. It would seem the answer is to just root and flash CyanogenMod but now I'm curious if Cyanogen allows for all features, like 4g & WiFi and full camera features like 1080p recording, to be used without problem. I remember, with my original EVO 4G, I mostly ran Cyanogen but 4g didn't work for a long time and there were a couple of other things that were a problem like 1080p video recording.

Hopefully you get a sense of my question: Can I buy the S4, flash CyanogenMod and use all features of the phone? (I know the eyeball and wave sensors most likely won't work...)

Side note: I got pretty turned off to Android with the purchase of the EVO 3D (my fault, I know). So turned off in fact that the EVO 3D no longer looks like a phone. I am soo tempted to just go iPhone so I don't have to worry about this stuff anymore... I just want ANDROID or bust!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] twiz0r:
I came from the gnex. Absolutely love this thing. Obviously battery life is 10 times better. I'm in casinos all the time and I almost always have 4g.

My biggest gripe is the lack of development, not that it's the phone's fault

---------- Post added at 02:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:18 PM ----------

I also got the 3d. I actually took my gnex back from the wife when I got iy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
I'm curious how you mean lack of development? You have CleanROM (stopped at 1.6.5) HyberDrive, Slim Beans, Carbon, CM10.1, Liquid Smooth, Synergy, Eclipse, Google Edition port, Chameleon, PAC-man and a few others im not thinking of im sure.

I can't see a lack of development.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] doctordroid:
I am coming from the bionic. I actually liked the bionic. I love my s4 except the new update puts a huge damper on things. I was fortunate to have root still and twrp. I am running brands me7 ota so I don't have wi-fi. Once that is fixed it will be perfect for me. I so miss Motorola skin. This is my first Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] generalExpert:
Anyone having a problem with screen burn in?

Hey, so I was at best buy the other day looking at the S4 and noticed they all had various degrees of screen burn in. Now, I know these devices are on all day long but I'm curious, do any of you, under normal use, have this problem? There were numbers burnt into the screen from the clock and the top info bar...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] holla420:
Im pretty happy with my purchase of this phone. Coming from the droid dna. I hated sense. Had the phone since released day pretty much I wouldn't trade it for any phone atm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cwbcpa:
I have had the S4 for about 6 weeks and have been very happy with it. I didn't root for about a month. Since then I have been going between Hyperdrive and CM 10.1. I like them both for different. If you want to be able to pick and choose the Touchwiz features then Hyperdrive is great. Runs smooth. I ran Nova over it to get the stock look and feel. CM 10.1 is running great as well. Obviously it's a more stock like experience. I can honestly say that the S4 is a great phone regardless of rooting or not. However, it does run more smoothly after getting rid of some of the bloat. Support seems to be very good with all the roms out there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kaiya_FL:
I came from a rooted stock Bionic. Loved it when it had ICS then JB hit and it went to pot. Never really had a chance to fooled around with roms. Upgraded to the S4 and it was a whole new ballgame! So much faster :victory: My one major gripe... the removal of BT MAP. It sucks the way it has to use S Drive/Voice now to read my texts and will not work if I am listening to the radio. I have to have it in BT Media move and listen to music off my phone.

Oh, and the gripe that the dang update installed on it when I didn't want it to. I was literally getting ready to start rooting so it wouldn't install. The popup about the update came up as I was typing and next thing I know, it's installing :mad:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crooke356:
I've had mine since release. I originally bought it to replace my Note 2. As much as I like the Note, I just needed something that fit my hand better. My only option was the soon to be released S4. At the time it was a compromise since the ONE wasn't available on VZW. I have unlimited data and VZW is a must. I love this phone. Can't put it down. I have a neglected Nexus family at the moment. Not even 4.3 for the Nexus 4 can pull me away from this thing. It really was a surprise. I'm quite happy with this phone, even though I'm looking forward to the release of several new additions to VZW.

Edit: If I'd somehow taken the update I would have been crushed. For whatever reason, I just do not like TW. GE or AOSP for me. I keep trying TW whenever I see an update to one of the TW ROMs but have yet to find one that works for me.

Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] generalExpert:
Hey, do you notice any screen burn in of your status bar at the top or perhaps the digits if you use yours as a clock that stays on for long periods of time? I'm about to go to Costco to pick one of these up and just doing some final research.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crooke356:
Yes. There is. One of the benefits of AOSP is that it's always hidden. At least it is now. I came across the thread that talks about this and since then I haven't been on anything other than beanstalk or pacman for longer than 30 min. I do watch GE very closely, waiting for something to draw me back.

Also, I keep my brightness at 100%. I don't know anyone else that does this. I've no doubt this plays a big part. And the burn in is very light and only noticeable in landscape with a light background. Don't let this stop you from purchasing.

Edit: I've used chronus since I got the phone and don't see the burn in there... If that's what you mean.

Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] generalExpert:
Welp... Got the black one.

Hey. If anyone cares. I'm now the proud owner of the GS4 Black on Verizon. Holding the phone in my hand is so much better than I thought. The screen is down right amazing! Really thin. Not super bugged by TouchWiz right now. Seems snappy as heck (not saying that good'ol root isn't in the near future).

Should I install the update it keeps annoyingly asking me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DrDandroid:
I run mine with the Samsung official with some mods and cwm and I love it.

☆☆Some People Just Watch The World Burn☆☆
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamPro:
NO DO NOT, Avoid at all costs

Root and freeze/remove that **** :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DrSadistic:
Having used both the Note 2 and the S4, I would have to say that the Note 2 is my go to device. The S4 is great, but in my opinion, the Note 2 just matches my lifestyle better and I use the Note 2 features more often the the S4. That said, I sure wish the Note would have had an IR Blaster...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] igacek:
Two months later and I still love my device. Every now and then I wonder what life would be like with a HTC One instead, but my S4 is much faster after flashing a different ROM. Picture quality is great too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Painterface:
I've had my s4 for almost two months now and I'm very happy with it still.

After about a week, I put Nova Launcher Pro on it and it made it awesome.

About a week ago I rooted it. I'm slowly learning about everything. Haven't flashed a rom, yet. Trying to backup my efs folder first. I wish there was a complete, full guide, but I do understand that there are so many devices and variants that it would be pretty hard for every one. So basically, it's a lot of searching, asking and learning.

But yeah, happy with the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anash5289:
I have had the S4 since release and still love it. I usually get bored with devices rather quickly but not with this phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] generalExpert:
Does Verizon know if we root our GS4? And if so, does it effect anything at all besides our warranty? I read somewhere about a rom that keeps Verizon from knowing we've rooted. Just curious why/if they would care...

I've not been in the root game since my OG EVO on sprint a few years ago. Dont think Sprint ever knew or cared.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gadget!:
I bought the 16gb version on June 4.

I liked the phone but was quickly worried about storage.

I have since got the 32gb version and I really love this phone.

Now instead of having 4gb of available space I have 22gb.

That is all on the phone, not including the sdcard!

I rooted and flashed a custom rom the day I got it and haven't looked back since.

Sent from a Galaxy S4... Far far away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] citronbull:
Came from the Galaxy Nexus. Mine has been stock rooted since day one. I haven't flashed any ROM yet because the device is great the way it is. The Google Edition ROM is tempting though. I might wait for the 4.3 update then I'll flash a ROM. No lag, I froze some apps thru Titanium backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DrSadistic:
I would assume that they wouldn't care, as long you don't try to use it as an excuse for a replacement if you mess it up. Kinda one of those you break it you buy it deals.

Sent from my super powered Note II!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] icebear8:
Love it I came from a galaxy nexus.... The battery life is so god like on this phone compared to the nexus
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] friedrich420:
Had it for almost 2 months and I LOVE it!!! I just now cant wait for the 4.3 eventual release. I have tje Note 2 as well and that phone is AMAZING as well, but they are quite different imo and serve different purposes, therefore you cant compare the 2... The NOTE2 battery is by far superior though...

If anyone is interested check out my 2 brand new custom Roms. They are both prerooted, meaning that you dont have to root your phone.. You just need to install a custom recovery. The one is a TW rom based on the latest Samsung Release and the other one is from the newest 4.3 Google Edition leak...

Echoe Romv1 (TW)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2372286

Android 4.3 Google Edition Prerooted Deodexed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2369922
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dansan382:
i came from a galaxy nexus that was pissing me off more and more each day. got my S4 about 2 days early thanks to verizon preorder and i am so happy. everyday im like damn i love this phone and i cant wait to start flashing ROMS when they become more and more stable everyday. still getting use to the TW UI but i kind of like it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
hey Gadget!

Hope all is well!

Will be joining you on this great device sometime this week :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gadget!:
You're going to love it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ozzzzysh:
My thoughts so far.

Bad

1. I'm getting screen burn-in, so I've been trying apps to replace the status bar and keyboard.

The screen looked great when I first got it, but now if I look closely I can see bluish bars on my screen in certain situations.

SAMOLED is wonderful excluding this.

2. My home button (or whatever you're supposed to call it) has been really crunchy/sticky/loud lately.

3. The YouTube app in the stock rom has an annoying graphical bug after rotating the device.

The title/search bar covers part of the video in portrait orientation.

4. A few apps don't fit/resize to the screen correctly.

The insanely high/awesome PPI of the screen makes some text in apps and games really small if they weren't programmed correctly.

I've also seen a game or two that ran slow on the GS4 because on the high resolution. (I forgot which ones sadly. If I remember I'll update.)

I know this isn't the phone's fault so take this with a grain of salt.

5. Verizon's bloat ('nuff said) Also the root blocking OTA..

6. A TON of frame rate drops on the stock rom after a month. The biggest disappointment is the notification dropdown. Sometimes it takes SECONDS to even register that I pulled it down, and while it's thinking about that, my phone is unresponsive until the dropdown finally renders fully.

Good

1. This is still the best phone I've ever owned. (Came from a Palm Pre...)

2. Rooting WAS super easy. (Thanks for the update Verizon... >_>)

3. A lot of 3rd party support.

4. Everything else... :)

I'm really not hating on the phone at all. I just know I'm in this for the long hall (2 years) and I would LOVE for these gripes to be worked out.

NOTE: I am on stock so a lot of the "Bad" things would be fixed with a new rom, but I'm stuck on stock until that bounty pays off. :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EvoRocker:
I was under the impression the latest OTA partially addressed the UI lag. Does performance seem the same as the MDK build?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ozzzzysh:
The update definitely helped, but it's still doesn't feel like this phone is quad core.

The notification drop down lag happens all the time. That's the biggest nuisance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BzBz:
two months in and not one regret. all the things that bothered me on the gnex don't exist on the gs4. rooted stock rom running nova launcher and it's perfect for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gadget!:
All of you that are having lag issues, go into Settings - More - Developer options and change all of the animation scale settings from 1.0 to 0.5

If you haven't done this already you might be surprised.

Sent from a Galaxy S4... Far far away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
That does not help with lag in any way. The animations still stutter. They just stutter faster.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ozzzzysh:
He's right. Dropped frames are dropped frames. I have a VERY high attention to detail with things like that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hondrongo:
Came from an HTC Rezound, so needless to say I am loving this speed demon.