yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypergamer1231:
I dont think you will need a reset or data loss go ahead with the OTA !!!! al should be ok!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuser1337:
Alright. But OTA got a limit for today. I'm going with Kies, pretty fast internet :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypergamer1231:
Yes thats a better oprion after the update I want a little info from you guys

1) All the details that u see in the bootloader

2) battery life

3) If any of you have installed russian or the leaked 4.3 how diff is the experience on this one!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moind:
Changelog by Samsung. I must say rom iz quite fast n responsive
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aukhan:
Rom is responsive, It looks like the Rom is trimmed and now the touch is very responsive look like Battery Drain is an issues i see battery dropping very soon ,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moind:
The new browser is fast, icons r changed a bit colors r sharper thsn ever.but some of the note 3 features such as touch to

Capture surround shot and golf shot are missing. ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Here is the update in India: Download & flash.

Sammobile.com confirms the same:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajaa_sekaran:
Can anyone please give me india 4.3 modem..?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamLange:
Here;s the download links to full rom for india:

Build Date: 14.10.2013 -> Region: INS (India) PDA: I9500XXUEMJ5 Changelist: 1875800 Android: 4.3 Download Link or Download Kernel

Build Date: 14.10.2013 -> Region: INU (India) PDA: I9500XXUEMJ5 Changelist: 1875800 Android: 4.3 Download Link or Download Kernel

You can also watch live updates for samsung ROM-s at : live.samsung-updates.com

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
russian firmware is as same as the one released today in ota, only csc is different, rest is same
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamps:
So knox implemented for 9500 as well??

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajaa_sekaran:
Hi Bala,

I installed Russian firmware yesterday,.... some times i am getting Roaming symbol now i am plan to install India version.... Do i need to install India modem separately to avoid roaming symbol..?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuser1337:
Updated to 4.3. Phone seems really snappy, and text looks good and sharp. Camera opens fast.

The only problem that I have (and had in 4.2.2) is that when I take photos in HDR mode, phone shuts down when it shows "Processing".

I thought update will solve this problem but damn. Anyone else having same problem? please report.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
Sadly due to all the crap Samsung is doing atm with it's smartphones I've decided to part ways with my S4 while it still worth something, & that will be my last Galaxy S i buy.

As from now on the only Android smartphone i will buy will be the Nexus range, as i want the freedom to do what i want with my Smartphone, without having to worry about warranty problems should something go wrong with the hardware, that is not the fault of a custom rom or kernel.

I'm using my trusty little Nokia 800 as backup now until the Nexus 5 32gb launches which i'll be ordering as soon as it shows up on the Play Store in the UK, I'm just hoping now the camera & video recording quality is at least on par with the Galaxy S3 this time around unlike the Nexus 4 which tbh had a terrible camera.

The S5 can be the best thing since slice bread, but with all the lockdown Samsung is currently doing it might aswell rename itself Apple.:(

Anybody else also plan on ditching Samsung due to the way they are going?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypergamer1231:
FOr me Yes and no I love the TW features and pure android is smooth and fast but again its boring as well....When i say TW features I aint talking about the gimmicky ones but the useful ones like the camera, and others I am tempted to buy the nexus 5 but as my s4 is just 2 months old and especially after the brilliant job samsung has done with the 4.3 update am not sure I will stick to the S4 atleast till the S5 arrives
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuser1337:
Updating my phone to 4.3. Heard that It is smooth and that's what I want. Sometimes I think to get Nexus 5 but then I realize how useful TW features are to me.

I've used Xperias (for a year or so) and even iPhone (for somedays) but none satisfied me as much as S4.

The most important thing that keeps me on Samsung is the Camera. Features + Quality. Yes, I'm sticking to Samsung :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulfinch:
Definitely. I've had the S2 for 1.5 years and then the S4 for six months. I'm thoroughly bored of the Galaxy S range now. Gonna switch to some other OEM for the next phone. Or a nexus maybe if it doesn't compromise on screen, battery life and camera.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamps:
100% no samsung for me in the future. With no sources for exynos and all the knox ****, I am fed up. I could live with TW but the fact its laggy even with 2 gb ram and an octa core processor, I think I will look at other options.

Cheers!!

sent from my S4 (9500 international)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsterFenix:
I hate Samsung and their current Knox implementation, turning them into Apple basically. Also I feel their AMOLED technology is nowhere near perfect (low brightness, unreadable under direct sunlight compares to LG screen or Iphones). However, no other phone in this current generation I can switch into. Newest releases contains so many flaws that are such a deal breaker for me: LG G2 without micro sd; Iphone 5s with terrible iOs 7; Xperia Z1, well, let's just say that it doesn't even ring any bells around. All and all, as much as I loathe my s4, I still have to stick with it because there is no other viable alternative that suit my needs currently. Probably won't be using s5 and try to avoid samsung like a plague next generation.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
I went with the S4 GPe, and didn't look back. I looked at the Nexus 4, and it lacked features that I needed; no LTE, no 1080p screen, not enough storage or MicroSD to make up for the lack of storage, and no removable battery. Even the Nexus 5 won't have a removable battery, and while 32GB is an improvement, i need at least 48GB for my usage (I have 80GB on mine).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zekurosu:
count me in.... i'm fedup with all samsung crapness... next will be a sony or a nexus for me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mzone1510:
I'm done with Samsung definitely my next is gonna be something else, not because I think they suck or I'm against their practices but cause I've been using Samsung exclusively since the Galaxy S up till my current S4 and I think I need a break from Sammy!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
iOS 7 isn't all that bad tbh from what I've seen of it, my sister just got herself an iPhone 5s, so like anything i had to have a good look at it & at one point i was actually tempted to get myself a 32Gb iPhone 5S, but the screen abit on the small side for my liking.

The camera on the otherhand is brilliant, really have to give Apple credit for this, the camera functions itself is very basic not many options to mess with, but soon as you take a picture 99% of the time the images are spot on & even stay looking decent in low light aswell, something i found impossible to do on the S4 was to get a decent image in low light as most of the time it came out as a blurry mess due to the camera lag, which the 5s doesn't have a problem with.

If the iPhone 6 has a bigger screen & iOS 8 allows widgets then i might be slightly tempted to switch next year & just have a Nexus 2014 tablet for my Android fix.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spencer_320:
I'm new to Samsung. Can somebody tell me what the knox implementation is?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toss3:
As long as they keep releasing phones with Google Edition roms available, I'll stay with Samsung. 1080p amoled + sdcard + switchable battery + decent camera + stock android = almost the perfect device for me (performance could still be better, but that is mostly an android problem (and don't give me **** about how your phone isn't lagging because it is, you just might not perceive it)).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
Yup Sony for me next time. I've had every Galaxy S since the S1 but Samsung have really put me off.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AMoosa:
Give me a nexus with an awesome camera, Bluetooth 4, beep n go, and a memory card slot and I'll give up Samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matheus_sc:
Maybe is my Last, i'm taking a Sony device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kesh9293:
I'll definitely stick to samsung, take note that this is just my personal opinion.

I like touchwiz, for me it's very simple, i've had the xperia z for a couple of months, s4 camera i would say is far better, and i don't like the way the sony launcher is. And definitely the screen on the sony ones has not impressed me at all, i even owned an xperia tx but on all sony is prone to quick scratches even the sony z1 has the same screen compared to samsung's screen, which are much better.

The only drawbacks i have against samsung is about the plastic body, and chinese manufacturers can easily make a copy of the phone!

well despite the fact that for the i9500 in terms of rom development is slow, i prefer stock rom! it's very stable!

so i will definitely stick to samsung unless s5 mess things up :P

i would then move to an htc phone maybe! :3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheiPhoneKiller:
People on about knox bootloader etc being implemented and that samsung have locked there bootloaders,yeah its a blow but then again we have to remember that Sony,Lg and HTC also lock there bootloaders so its nothing new,yeah Sony screens arnt that great anymore,they look a bit washed out now,T was nice device,I loved my T before it got beer damage,in my opinion the Hardware of the s4 isnt to bad,yeah it is plastic which is a let down but the software is the issue,its heavy due to all the bloatware,slim roms work really well but is it my last Samsung phone,we shall see,at the moment i think HTC one is best alternative,the only thing that gets my back up with Samsung isnt with the s4,thats surprising but with the Galaxy Camera,lovely device but its like theyve forgoten it already ,no updates for past 6 months :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The111:
Same here. Removable battery is priority #1 for me. SD card slot is a very close second. I also like the shape/profile of the GS4 over Nexus devices, but that is a minor concern compared to the previous points. LTE is also very nice, but not a necessity for me. If a Nexus device had removable battery and SD card, I'd probably choose it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harise100:
If there is another high end phone with removable battery, sd card slot, ir blaster and a Qualcomm SOC I will buy non Samsung.

But those things are more important than anything else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istampal:
Keep S4 for a while.

S4 is good choice. I have octa core version and with litlle work new jb 4.3 can be rooted and debloated. Knox applications should be removed ,possibly with aromafm in recovery before booting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteics:
for my not more samsung alwes hardware probleem and very bad waranty and repair serviec

my next phone LG or HTC

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Anderson:
Everyone is looking for a different feature set in their next device. For those with an alternative to Samsung then the option is open, but for some only Samsung produce a device that ticks enough of their boxes.

Sadly I'm in that camp right now. I was a real Samsung fanboy for a while, but they have turned very quickly and suddenly into another evil corporation like Sony and Apple. I really want to move to another manufacturer, but none tick my boxes the way Samsung does. My best choice I expect is a Google version of the next Galaxy that retains the open ethos but delivers expandable storage. This is all that is missing from the HTC One or the Google Nexus line, and were it not for that glaring omission I would jump ship in a heartbeat.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difyel:
After spending some time tweaking my phone by all the material developed by the great android community i must say that i m pretty satisfied with my android device but not with Samsung . As stated by others they have no respect for their consumers and think that they can do whatever they want with phones purchased by our money. Well guess what Samsung No Money for you :D my next phone is probably going to be a nexus 5 .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pigmachine:
I will go on buying their phones.. the hardware is great! The op-system really really sucks! one backup and I have 3 GB free on my phone .. come on!!

I'll stay stock, until someone makes a really GOOD and 'leave the camera alone!!' custom op!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssneoh:
Really got mad with the new Samsung Knox thing. I've moved from Apple to Android because of the freedom, bought a Samsung. First was really happy about it. I can root and tweak, make the phone to my liking. The suddenly an update for the phone, I blindly update the firmware because I guess an update will makes the phone better, instead I got a Knox thing for it. Very sad and disappointed. So, Samsung won't be my choice for the next phone. Can someone recommend me a phone where it is easy to root like samsung used to be without voiding the warranty ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Repulsa:
I think this is gonna be my last , and ill prolly try Sony or HTC on my next phone:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kof200440:
I ll go for nexus device's in the future :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
The only reason to buy samsung again would be if they removed the frickin' knox or if someone like chainfire hacked it...

In any other case no sammy for me anymore.

I loved their mobiles and I was a big fan since the i9000, but when I got my S4 I missed my S3 (for real).

Performance is not stable and games like jetpack joyride and rayman ffs have stutter if you notice it, where on the S3 were smooth as hell...

Sound (i9505) could have been better.

Battery life is not very good too and the device is hot.

Sony for me next year, htc dropped support for microsd cards and the newer devices in nexus line never had microsd support.

So sony babayyyy, yeah!

In your face samsung, lose customers because of your foolishness, I'm all fed up with you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syedej123:
Yes i am leaving samsung ... !!

S4 is my last phone from samsung !
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emart92:
Trying to send video from gallery by text, on my rooted galaxy skyrocket when recording video an options was given to limit size for mms.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] crazyg0od33:
are there any restictions on what font packs we can flash? I'm running AOSP illusionROM (CM-based) and I don't know if I am currently using it right now or not, but I love light fonts, specifically roboto. I was wondering if there was somewhere to get flashable font packs, or if we could even use them without messing up the phone?

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Chilidog:
I just downloaded Ifont from the play store expecting it not to work but It totally did. I'm s-off unlocked rooted running a custom rom and it works but I would do a nandroid before just in case.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] crazyg0od33:
does that have roboto light?

Thanks for the suggestion!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Chilidog:
No it doesn't.. But if you find the font you can import it into that app and then install it.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] red rage:
worked for me ! thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morbeious:
Gang,

I rooted the phone, but I thought I unlocked the bootloader, but apparently it didn't work, when I boot the phone I get the error with a Yellow Triangle! -“System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off phone and go to the nearest Verison Wireless Store for Help.

I've tried going into ODIN, with Down/Home and Power, but the phone only vibrates, when I press up, with blank screen.. If I wait for the "“System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off phone and go to the nearest Verison Wireless Store for Help." It just sits there no change..

Is there any other way to unbrick the phone, did something change? I've done this to many other S3's but this one is giving me the flucks..

in the top left hand corner with verizon message is error in red: Secure Fail: Kernal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lehocki:
You softbricked. Odin back to the vzw. Then root again and unlock bootloader this time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morbeious:
Thats the issue I can't get odin working,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Try to boot into download mode again, but hit down instead of up to see if you can bypass the check and get into the system. If you can all you have to do is use ez unlock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DubleJayJ:
Oh god, I got this message when I first did my phone. Literally had it for 10 minutes and just about died. Pull your battery, it'll boot into system. Then there's an app called EZ-Unlock. Use that and you'll be good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kmsck5:
Thats what I had done too while rooting my phone. EZ-Unlock fixed the the yellow triangle and unlocked my bootloader. No worries don't panic you just need to unlock your bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TotallyAnxious:
Are you using a usb 3.0 port on your computer? Odin only works like 10% when I use a 3.0 port. Otherwise I would just try redownloading odin and right click on it and run as administrator.

Idk which method you used to root and unlock your bootloader but this always works for http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332825 I only use odin for flashing back to stock, I've had occasional fails when rooting or unlocking the bootloader.

But you only soft bricked your phone so it's fixable. Verizon just puts that's message there to scare people so you have to go in, be told your warranty is void and have to buy a new phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morbeious:
I will try a 2.0 usb, but are you daying the device should be found via odin even if the up/done home key combonation doesn't work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jager420:
Does anyone have a link to a stock odin. There is a sticky under development section and when I flash the Odin file I still have root. Im hvaing issues with the same message and I've tried unlocking bootloader. When I odin using the .tar file the rom still has superuser on it. Am ibdoing somethinh wrong? Im looking forba stock odin with no superuser or anything so I can flash custom ROMS again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddog511:
I did this a few times as well. All you have to do is follow the steps here to flash the bootchain. -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 Easy as pie and you should be back up in no time.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Wyley87:
Baiscly on my first rom flash i used a GSM only rom. Phone won't boot so i restored. Once loaded it would show all of my apps but would show no service. then after about a min it would reboot. I took the latest OTA update which i can find no ruu's that work with this.

Any help Apreciated.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] OMJ:
there is no 4.3 RUU yet....

if you are s-on, flash the 4.3 full firmware http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933344

if you are s-off, flash the modified firmware http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933456
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Wyley87:
Im S On just tried to flash the full firmware. Says its corupt.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Wyley87:
Before I did anything I updated to the newest firmware. Then using twrp I created back ups and transfured them to my computer. I flash the Android Rev 4.3 not knowing it was GSM only. The phone never would go past the boot loader. So i restored from my twrp back up. All of my stuff came back but I had no service and after about a min the phone would reboot it self. So i did the factory wipe and have been trying to get a rom to flash since then. I was finally able to get one to load today but i still have the same no service/reboot issue, however now i can't access the menu. When i swipe up it just says HTC till it reboots it self.

I have resorted to using ADB to load roms I have even used super wipe with no changes. I'm out of ideas here.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Wyley87:
Well I just got done flashing the firmware and installing a rom. Before reboot twrp said there was no OS.

Problem still persists.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Wyley87:
I was able to fid a back up I did.

I restored it and everything seemed normal excecpt I was getting some system errors then the boot cycle started again.

The error was like "Qualcomm location servies" or something.

Still didn't have signal though.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Knixson:
I am having a similar problem. Can not load past bootloader. When I try to flash a file I get:

C:\android-sdk>fastboot flash boot viperROM_One_v1.1.0.zip

< waiting for device >

sending 'boot' (776879 KB)... OKAY [ 45.619s]

writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic

fail))

finished. total time: 45.641s

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] winordieracin:
OK so to start off I don't really see a thread that has touched on this. I'm wondering if anyone can verify that foxfi works with T-Mobile. I came from Verizon unlimited and moved our 3 lines to t-mobile unlimited due to the cost we were paying with Verizon. Using foxfi on my Razr Maxx Hd worked everytime. When activating foxfi it did start the internal Verizon hot spot as well. I'm noticing the same thing about t-mobile that when I turn on foxfi it also turns on t-mobile hot spot. Is this only to create a hot spot or is foxfi truly not working in the hot spot data is going to count against my t-mobile hot spot? Has anyone played around with foxfi yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kabuk1:
I haven't tested it on my N3 yet, but it worked fine on my N2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
In the general sub forum, and it's one of the recent threads, its called best wifi tethering app. Don't know how you missed it. but someone says they use it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] naripsta:
I use the paid version. USB Tethering + Level 1 Hide Tether Usage option = works fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] winordieracin:
I have tested it on the N3 and it seems to be fully functional. Just haven't tested it passed 2.5 GB to see if it's truly working or if it's really just activating my tmo hot spot on my plan.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] winordieracin:
Well guess that's why I missed it. Never thought to search general for a thread that should be in Q&A. Thanks for the reply though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kabuk1:
Well, if it sheds any light on the subject, I don't even HAVE a hot spot plan & it worked fine for me, so I assume it doesn't go off of that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] matrixter:
about foxfi with s4 t-mobile

I know this is an old thread but I can confirm this does work. Using USB tether and level 1 hide tether on pbanet 4.0

Can anyone tell me if this will hide data usage when I play online pc games such as Starcraft 2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] appan:
after install, reset your phone.

Use Option ( Hide Tether Level 1 ) USB connect, worked for me,