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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
I also have both the SGS 2 and the SGS 4 and can confirm that the SGS 2 is much brighter than the SGS 4.

BUT I have to say the following::

The S2 of a friend of mine (bought much later than mine which instead was one of the first) is much dimmer than my S2...

My S4 is noticeably brighter than all the other S4 I have tested so far

The auto brightness of the S2 is set to show a much brighter display than that of the S4 in low light conditions, even when the relevant slider of the S4 is set to maximum (+5) - so "first sight" comparison is misleading.

Under direct sunlight, although my S4 is dimmer than my S2, it is better visible, probably due to a different coating and the thinner, newer gorilla glass 3 screen.

My S4 has a slight tendence to the yellow tint. All the S4 I have tested so far have a different tint from each other (some have more blue, some more magenta, a couple are even yellower than mine). In addition, the display of my S2 is a lot greener in comparison to that of my S4.

The left side of my S4 display is a tad (just a tad) lighter and yellower than the rest of the screen). Slightly annoying but consider that I have had my display replaced because it had an orrendous shift of colours over the keyboard area. So in comparison to the previous display, this is a huge improvement, thought it's still a bit imperfect. However, the display of my S2 is absolutely perfect in this regard.

Gamma of the S2 display must be slightly higher than that of the S4, since though it's true that S2 black is slightly visible, the image displayed by the screen of the S2 is noticeably punchier than that of the S4. Also, the S2 is slightly oversaturated in comparison (but I really don't dislike it). Overall for watching movies and videos in general, I honestly tend to prefer the picture of the S2, though I know perhaps the S4 is more "accurate", instrumentally speaking.

The SGS 2 does not suffer at all from the so-called "smearing" effect, perhaps due to the black being a tad less black than that of the s4.

For sake of clarity, when making any screen comparison I always set the brightness of both the devices to the max while disabling auto brightness, set the same ("standard") screen setting, and disable the "Power saving" screen function that automatically dims the screen according to the quantity of white present in the picture.

Overall, I'm not that satisfied of the SGS 4 display. Not because it's bad. It's a beautiful display indeed (and I bought the S4 mainly for it). But simply because I was expecting much more improvement over the display of the SGS 2, whereas it's clear that apart from the higher resolution and perhaps less rich colours (that one may like or dislike), not much have been done in such a long time.

GSM arena are not GOD. They just tested one sample of S4, and one sample of S2, and found out those results. They have probably simply tested a dim SGS 2 against a bright SGS 4. That's all.

I fully agree with the latest post of plasmastate.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
First of all m not a Samsung hater...neither a samsung advocate. And 2ndly there is no problem with my phone that I should have consulted help and troubleshooting. It's just what we wanted and what we didn't get from s4.if u want to start a quarrel go hit a wall:banghead:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
Everyone talking here either owns an S4 or owned it.so obviously there is no "samsung hater" here..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omias:
+1

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500

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But haters can read = feeding trolls

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500

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Keep feeding trolls.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
Pretty much. The only reason I'm selling my s4 is that it's not as good as my Note II.

When I say not as good I really mean it doesn't suit my needs as well as the Note II. It's an opinion not a fact, others are happy to have moved to the s4.

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marc_ecko28:
Lol.. Its different in every aspect...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Well said. Bottom line is everything is a matter of personal opinion.

I had the S4 2 months ago and really didnt like it cause of the lag but now the lag is gone and the phone is a beast.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna99:
lol why do you keep telling yourself i have a bad device? i find that quite pathetic. i really dont care what you say, i have my proof right next to me right now. one flashlight and one candlelight.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigiez:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberjm:
i'm pretty happy with my s4 at the moment :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
My only disappointment is that there isn't a separate forum for the Google Play Edition S4. Haven't touched my N4 since getting the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windozeanti:
If you are not happy with S4, sell it please. Other people will be willing to buy it. :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titus1:
If Samsung weren't releasing a "new S4" in a blink of an eye.:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raffigator:
Not really disappointed, but some 'weakness'

-Battery life : I would prefer a phone a little bit thicker and have 3-4 days autonomy

- Internal memory :taking into account the size of the rom, 16GB is not enough

- Camera: the quality is really good, but there are plenty of options missing, depending of the mode chosen (hdr for video, stabilisation for best photo, delay for hdr picture,...)

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9505 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayanan:
Battery life

The only thing I can think of is the battery life, since it runs out too fast on my phone. It might be the rom or the kernel I am using, but I am currently experimenting with different kernels.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darius254:
Only miss fm radio, everything else is perfect forma me

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnessQ:
The thing that i hate on s4, is the space i have 16GB S4 but have only 9.25 GB total -.-'

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranti2064:
Only battery life is a gripe for me.. i mean 2600 mah battery and only 1 day backup.. my S2 with 1650 mah would last the same..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
You all guys seem to forget this one little detail. Better hardware.

Of course it draws more battery as the battery has to power a four core processor clocked at 1900 MHz (and overclocked at that!), and a 5 inch 1080p screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranti2064:
^^ Agreed.. but still what is the point of all the goodies when your phones battery just doesnt long enough..

Wouldnt you trade all the excessive features (some nothing more than gimmicks as google has apps that do all of it better) for 1 day of extra battery life..?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
I don't care about the Sammy gimmicks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
Well I've seen many users complaining abiut battery life...see this is one of the main reason custom roms and kernels are there which in case of i9500 are pretty much scarce. That is the basic concept why I started this thread...on the other hand let me share my battery results with you guys.m pretty much satisfied as far as battery life is concerned.

P.S: wanam rom 1.8 with repacked stock kernel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
This will give a better idea.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pfeffernuss:
Had an SGS2 prior to the S4. Speed increase really is minimal. Running a nice and quick Rom on the SGS2 the phone was barely slower, if at all.

The camera of the S2 I prefer as well. On average a lot more pictures were okay (indoors/with low light) than on the S4. Using the latter it's hit and miss, usually a miss though. With lots of light the pictures come out really great.

All in all not the update I expected for a two years newer phone with much more powerful hardware. Might improve with a few firmware updates though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techfreakgag:
Totally agree with everything u said. My views are exactly the same.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chintz24:
S4 is amazing. Love the touchwiz UI.

Battery life is insane. Graphics are awesome. Every feature works for me.

Nothing to complain
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mashaal95:
Use perseus kernel bro :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4j1:
Can't help but feel some people are trying to troll in this thread. Hardly any difference between S2 and S4. Really? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
Guys m really confused. .please help me..should I downgrade to s3? Should I switch to One? Or should I stay? Positive comments plzzz.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UXELLR:
Yeah, downgrade if you want a slower phone, worse camera, to get rid of the i.r sensor, lower resolution smaller and dimmer screen, worse audio quality and a form that not should be in a flagship model (round).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _sebha:
Really?

I also switched from i9100, but i cant agree with any of your points.

Camera takes much better pictures than the old one, and speed is also greatly increased.

On the other hand charging time on i9100 was pure horror, love the <2h charging from 10% to 100% of the 9505. (S2 needed 3,5h)

Also the LED is a big plus for me.

But there are also a few negative points.

- The AMOLED is too dark in bright sunlight :(

- The Phone size is a big too large (but on the other side i love the 5 inch screen ;) )

Overall i´m happy with the device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
Would have appreciated if u could talk more politely.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proxuser:
After optimus g just display is little less sharper for me. But is absolute enough.

Battery life is amazing. I get min. 5 hours screen on time. Touch is also other great point. Is little more sensible than iPhone 5..

Rom support is rich and good.

I think if this device was 4.5 inch full HD display and 32gb then there was no other phone to compare. But I'm very happy with it. I can recommend...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnjuss:
I am a little disappointed with all the heat. My S3 didn't heat up nearly as much as the S4 does.

Aside from that, what an amazing phone it really is... The screen alone blows away everything I have at home,

and also anything I've seen in the TV stores...:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
So I made up my mind. Gonna stick to s4:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
If battery life is important then wait for the Note 3 and see what it has to offer.

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UXELLR:
You made a good choise :)

Seriously I think its the best phone out there now. The reviews were great. After reading a lot I made a decision to buy. There will always be something annoying things with every phone. One have ro weigh pros and cons to make a decision that is the best for oneself. For me camera and SQ was important.

My GF has a htc one, looks good but the camera is under par. The low light pictures was not that great on moving objects either. And in good light we know S4 is excellent.

Congratson your decision! Now you can start the quest for even more improvements on your already a great phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Good choice, for me the S4 is the second best phone out there after the Xperia Z

loving my s4 right now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
The ui and camera are not laggy?

Now the hard choice could be between s4 and butterfly s which is a One with 5"

I love my One but its camera is limited
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdbhalla:
Initially I was disappointed. After using Galaxy Nexus for almost a year, jump to S4 wasn't easy. TouchWiz, the choice of fonts, confusing settings menu, hideous colors in S-Planner, one million Samsung apps and services, I felt sick to the core. It was just like living in a cluttered room.

I went back to my Galaxy Nexus after a day until I read that 4.3 leaked for S4 GE has been posted for S4. I jumped the gun straightaway and couldn't be happier. :)

Its beast of a phone, crippled by touchwiz.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vazduh:
Plus one to the point made above. I9505 with the second 4.3 GE leak is the fastest and smoothest experience i had with an android device....even faster compared to my old nexus 4 which usually flies between tasks. ... So yeah...happy with my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaron_lwm:
Hi Guys,

I'm new here, personally, I'm quite disappointed with my S4, I get around 2 hours of screen time with my S4 on Data 3G/4G; which is disappointing.

I've swapped out the battery twice, yet I'm still seeing the same problem. surfing facebook or reading the news using 3G/4G drains my battery 1% every 2 - 3 minutes.

I hope it isn't a hardware problem but merely a software/firmware issue which could be fixed.

Personally, it's one beast of a phone, but if there's not going to be a fix, then I'm moving to another device. I've had the S, S2, and S3 - all of which were amazing devices; but moving to the S4 was disappointing, especially with the battery life it has to offer.

I was just wondering if anyone is facing the same issues with their S4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
Wait for note 3, it will fill all your disappointments
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windozeanti:
Note 3 will be a disapppintment. The same old crapwiz UI. The mod should close this thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
Then go buy nexus or cartonish htc ui.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Do you HONESTLY beleive the htc ui looks cartoonish? HTC? i cant beleive im reading this on a SAMSUNG thread
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skarma103:
+1 lol'ed hard at that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
Cheapest possible UI, sense makes no sense. And if you have so much hate for samsung, why do u even own one?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
If some of you whiny brats moved your asses and did something to improve the phone like debloating the rom from all the crap that is not needed you`d have a whole different phone which is not laggy and has good batterylife. Just my 2 cents ;) BTW Sense is a lighter and better UI than TW imo, had the HTC One and it was snappier than the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
But a debloated tw s4 or cm 10.1 based roms can't give you the same ui speed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Don`t fully understand what you mean. My point is that users can keep complaining to each other or do something about it to improve their phone :) I debloated the phone and i think responsiveness, opening apps and widgets, browser, youtube loading-time is increased greatly.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I meant when deleting bloatwares from tw,will it make it as fast and snappy as sense 5?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
i own one because i DONT hate samsung, you misunderstood what i said
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, Sense 5 is still a bit faster and snappier then TW (debloated) atm.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baroiic:
I love the phone, but I'm a little disappointed that my lumia 620 is less laggy than the samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazibasit:
Truth is people are now bored of flashing roms, compromising features and battery life with rhe custom firmware. They now want their android device to be as stable as an iphone. For this samsung gave u a solution. Out of the 20 million s4 sold. I can bet only 100k will be on a custom rom. So those crying about custom firmware should make themselves one. There is no complain in the stock phone.

With the compromising cyber security, noone is in a position to trust the custom roms 100% there is still a possibility that those custom roms have rootkits installed. Breaching all the phone security. So for the cool kids its ok to customize ur phone. But for real users who have their personal data on their phone should be cautious....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
do you really think that the devs in xda would do that? c'mon dude wake up
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BLueBLaze100:
I'm disappointed coz Sammy has released many models of GS4, thus dev's are splitted now as well as users.

Sent from my GT-I9500*powered by WanamLite 1.8
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GruberEXN:
To be honest the only thing I can possibly complain is the lack of attention of the drivers for external modules. Which is kinda too early to ask for.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windozeanti:
No worries, the Note 3 owners will be disappointed as well when Samsung releases Note 3 mini, Note 3 LTE-A, Note 3 Active, Note 3 Zoom etc.. :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BLueBLaze100:
This is really sad. I wonder how long should people wait for any upcoming flagship phone from Sam so they can deside what model might be in their best interest ! :(

Sent from my GT-I9500*powered by WanamLite 1.8
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazibasit:
I ak in no way accusing the devs. But the thing is i never expected microsoft, google and other to do that. But they compromised our data to NSA. Since then i limit the use of american servers and even changed the os on my laptop from windows to linux.

We have to be cautious.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Paranoia or terrorist much? I 100% disagree with NSA tactics but I am more worried about my phone getting stolen than NSA peeking around. Encrypt your device and turn it off when you goto sleep if it bothers you that much. And I am sure there are more than 100k people putting custom firmware and/or rooting their devices.

sent from my gt-i9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazibasit:
Whatever, i am least bothered because i dont live in US, who claim for free speech but indirectly is taking away all the liberty from the people. What terrorist ??? They started war kept it for 13 years and now negotiating with the terrorist to do bomb blast in Pakistan. Cowards.

I am happy samsung a south asian company is taking away technology from the most biased silicon valley.

No faith left in americans. Plus they are not spying for terrorism they are spying europe which they already knew. Thanks Edward

Way to go samsung...... down goes the liers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
While you make some valid points this is not the place for politics.

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazibasit:
Your right but global economy and even research and tech are driven by politics.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardalkuni66:
It.s cool
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
I have a bomb up my butt, worship satan and once carried a pair of scissors on a plane. There ... now I should be flagged by the NSA since they have a spy satellite to intercept radio and cell phone communications at the bottom of new Zealand.

Back in topic I'm almost a month into i9505 ownership and the battery is still disappointing. I did expect it to be worse than the GN2 but not this much worse. Last night I had 1h20min screen time with mobile data on. The S4 gives me about 30mins for similar usage. Debloated, underclocked and undervolted too. Do I have a freakishly good GN2 or an unusually bad s4? Or is it normal?

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeamznz:
Strange my gf has the note 2 and my s4 surpasses here SOT. Are you running a custom rom/kernel atm I am on foxhound 1.4 with Ausdim v11. As of writing this I have 52% battery left and my SOT is at 3hrs 13mins.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
I am, the lag that hasn't gone yet even after having the latest update. Also touchwiz. I thought I'd use some features I just haven't. The camera and it's UI are nice though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
your s4 surpassed the note? what kind of voodoo do you know? share
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeamznz:
Haha i am also guessing its because she has had your phone for quite a while now and all those charge cycles have effected her battery. Other than that i guess just a great rom/kernel combo. I have also turned off all google services, gps and what not. Thats also only using wifi and not mobile data.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
now thats right, mobile data sucks battery like crazy, my phone lasts ages on wifi too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungftw:
It has a cheap blueish PenTile screen which is uncomfortable to look at and is therefore utter crap. S4 Active is a better choice.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
3hrs sot at 50% isn't that good. She must have some crappy apps installed.

Edit: Not that good compared to Note 2. It's good by smartphone standards.

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeamznz:
knowing her she does. im constantly flashing roms trying to find the best for battery still searching. I find some are great but as soon as i play games with my moga controller its kills it want to find a rom/kernal combo that lets me game quite abit but also last the whole days.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
the only problem i have with the s4 is the smearing issue and samsung doesnt seem to have a fix for it they have little patches like making the background grey instead of black (settings app) :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibraloop:
The only thing that I can complain about is not just s4 but all new generation samsung phones.. And that would be the quality and performance of the battery. Nothing else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundping:
My only beef with my SHV-E300S is the missing voicemail notification. All voicemail settings where removed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Is it on all S4 or it was some bad units?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyranger:
i come from LG p920&p990, so i'm not disappointed by my new S4 B&W...for now!:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firevegeta:
Mhh i'm not disappointed, but who needs all. I mean AirView or Scrolling with the eys -.-*
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyranger:
for now, i like it:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firevegeta:
how do you use it ?!

Do you use it when you are outside?

I cant understand how people use it.

Its easier to use 1 finger :DD

And sorry guys for my bad english :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyranger:
outside, for now...no, but at home, in my car, in my truck...yes.

for me so easy:

white with left hand

black with right hand

NFC so nice, and why not, so cool.

stock camera is much better than lg(P920+P990) except 3D...but i can survive without :laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pfeffernuss:
All. Issue of the current Amoled screen in the SGS4. Either you have smear, or a non-black background. I prefer the first option :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zurko:
My opinion:

Display is not bright enough (outdoor)

Touchwiz is lagging

TW is not "stylish" - okay i knew that before.