Samsung Galaxy S4 thread - See Mod Warning in Post #1

Kenno90

Mine has asked me a few times to do this, i think its everytime i turn the phone off.

I just ignore it as this stage and swipe it away doesn't seem to affect anything

balkieb2002

Bought my s4 as planned at lunchtime yesterday in CPW. I asked girl at counter what were the chances it was sim-free and she mentioned that only the s4 were sim-free. I remember reading different here but to her credit she did some checking and found out as mentioned here the latest batch they got in are not sim-free (and have bloatware)

Following advice I got her I logged into my vodafone this morning requested a nac by entering my IMEI and within two seconds I was presented with an unlock code. Put in my friends 3 sim card and entered the unlock code, phone said it was network unlocked and connected to the 3 network! Happy days

Jeffrey Lebowski

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Where would be the cheapest to get a decent sized memory card? 32 or 64 gig.

21 Euro on Ebay from Irish seller. Bought one myself.

80s Child

Looking at a fairly heavy duty case, maybe something along these lines:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Mate-military-Xtreme-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00BJ0K8CK/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_3_AE1H

Anyone got links to something similar in a rubber mould??

liamnojo92

Sandisk sd's have known issues with samsung devices mainly the S3 and some reports of problems with the S4 so try and pick a Samsung Micro SD.

Kenno90

80s Child wrote: »

Looking at a fairly heavy duty case, maybe something along these lines:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Mate-military-Xtreme-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00BJ0K8CK/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_3_AE1H

Anyone got links to something similar in a rubber mould rather??

Jesus that thing could withstand a nuclear bomb.

liamnojo92 wrote: »

Sandisk sd's have known issues with samsung devices mainly the S3 and some reports of problems with the S4 so try and pick a Samsung Micro SD.

I've had no problem with my Sandisk 32GB card. What kind of problems are you talking about, i got the class 10 and its lightning quick

liamnojo92

http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/273035-galaxy-s4-sd-card-issue.html

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268823

Plazaman

ED E wrote: »

Ah **** one man. This is why its always best to buy the case before you buy the phone.

Kenno90 wrote: »

Ah no way man I love the phone out of the case, but your comment just put it back in it.
Let us know where you get it fixed

Strangely enough I bought a case (another €39.99) but it's one of these ones that is actually part of the phone cover with a screen flap so not really heavy duty as the rubber mould in link above. I think it was pure bad luck it dropped onto its corner. Anyway O2 (Sligo) have quoted me €200 for repairs.

They mentioned it being sent to Dublin but not a specific place, wonder if it's the place on Abbey Street or would they have their own repair centre?

ED E

Plazaman wrote: »

Strangely enough I bought a case (another €39.99) but it's one of these ones that is actually part of the phone cover with a screen flap so not really heavy duty as the rubber mould in link above. I think it was pure bad luck it dropped onto its corner. Anyway O2 (Sligo) have quoted me €200 for repairs.

They mentioned it being sent to Dublin but not a specific place, wonder if it's the place on Abbey Street or would they have their own repair centre?

They all use fonmenders as far as I know.

evolutionqy7

liamnojo92 wrote: »

Sandisk sd's have known issues with samsung devices mainly the S3 and some reports of problems with the S4 so try and pick a Samsung Micro SD.

I had a 64GB SanDisk in my s3 and it worked great. Same one in my note 2 . Never had any problems.

Samsung ones are slightly faster, but the price is a little steeper too

beer enigma

I chanced my arm and bought one off of eBay - cost me about €15 including postage & works fine on my S4

ED E

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Samsung ones are slightly faster, but the price is a little steeper too

Neither are faster, just depends what class you get. Get a C10 and its all the same.

kave2

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Bought my s4 as planned at lunchtime yesterday in CPW. I asked girl at counter what were the chances it was sim-free and she mentioned that only the s4 were sim-free. I remember reading different here but to her credit she did some checking and found out as mentioned here the latest batch they got in are not sim-free (and have bloatware)

Following advice I got her I logged into my vodafone this morning requested a nac by entering my IMEI and within two seconds I was presented with an unlock code. Put in my friends 3 sim card and entered the unlock code, phone said it was network unlocked and connected to the 3 network! Happy days

How on earth did you manage to do it. It won't let me to pick model of the phone, only brand.

liamnojo92

I swear you needed to have topped up by at least a certain amount with the phone registered with that emei before they give you the nac.

Clareman

I've had no problem with the Sandisk card I have in it, have used it for downloads, books, movies and music, no problems at all, but memory cards are the same as hard disks for me, 2 types, those that have failed and those that will fail, so it doesn't bother me too much when they do fail.

balkieb2002

kave2 wrote: »

How on earth did you manage to do it. It won't let me to pick model of the phone, only brand.

No need for model or brand just IMEI for me.

I did it through the Unlock NAC section in My Vodafone

https://www.vodafone.ie/myv/mymobile/phoneanddevice/nac/mynac/

There is section on that page that allows you to enter in the IMEI of a phone you want to unlock (SG IV in this case) and then the code is emailed/text to you. It's also shown on the website incase you don't get the message.

Whole process took about a minute

Have also now flashed a pre-rooted stock rom that removed some of the bloatware and of course allowed to install some of application I use that require root access while still allowing KIES updates etc

evolutionqy7

ED E wrote: »

Neither are faster, just depends what class you get. Get a C10 and its all the same.

Samsung ones are faster. You can't get slow 64GB memory card from a mainstream brands. Their all UHSC 1 or class 10 in old terms. Which mine is. Don't forget the class describes the minimum speed class they qualify for. It's not a speed cap...

Pop over to XDA and you'll see some speed comparison. Samsung one is marginally faster

PrzemoF

I can't find what model is being sold on Irish market. Is it GT-i9505 (snapdragon)?
I want to be sure it'll get cyanogenmod in a next couple weeks and that doesn't seem to be the case for GT-i9500 (exynos)

Chet T16

Yep they're all i9505s

balkieb2002

I bought mine this week from CPW and the current batch they have in is the GT-i9505.

It seems most places are selling the GT-i9505 bar possibly one or two places (Tesco i think was mentioned).

beer enigma

liamnojo92 wrote: »

I swear you needed to have topped up by at least a certain amount with the phone registered with that emei before they give you the nac.

You do:

From Vodafone site "Looking to unlock a phone to use it on other networks? Then you'll need to use a Network Access code (NAC)."

PREPAY

"Below are the details of what make you eligible for an NAC:
You need to have topped up by at least €127 in the last 6 months to get an NAC code. See below for more info about more then one NAC.
€127 for first NAC.
€254 for second NAC.
€381 for third NAC.
Your phone needs to be bought from Vodafone retail outlet.
NACs are unavailable if you have been disconnected/ported from Vodafone for more than 6 months.
You can request no more than 3 NACs in a 12 month period. "

BILLPAY

"Below are the details of what make you eligible for an NAC:
Your Vodafone account must be paid up to date.
Your phone needs to be bought from Vodafone retail outlet.
You must be connected to Billpay for at least 12 months or have spent €200 on your Billpay account.
NACs are unavailable if you have been disconnected/ported from Vodafone for more than 6 months.
You can request no more than 3 NACs in a 12 month period."

brian ireland

Friend of mine works for Samsung care (phone shop) in the Czech Republic, he said none of the phones are network locked in Czech anymore.

kave2

balkieb2002 wrote: »

No need for model or brand just IMEI for me.

I did it through the Unlock NAC section in My Vodafone

https://www.vodafone.ie/myv/mymobile/phoneanddevice/nac/mynac/

There is section on that page that allows you to enter in the IMEI of a phone you want to unlock (SG IV in this case) and then the code is emailed/text to you. It's also shown on the website incase you don't get the message.

Whole process took about a minute

Have also now flashed a pre-rooted stock rom that removed some of the bloatware and of course allowed to install some of application I use that require root access while still allowing KIES updates etc

When I enter emei code I get following message:

You're eligible to receive the NAC code for your phone
However, we don't have your particular NAC available on our database right now. Please complete the request form below & we will email the NAC code to you as soon as possible

On the next screen is asking for make and model. However when I enter Samsung(or any brand) it won't let me pick model, there is no drop-down menu.
On Vodafone forums I got diff. link where you can fill all the details but need to wait for 7-11 working days.
I was just surprised that it worked for you; from what I found here or Voda forums most people have the same issue as me.

IncognitoMan

@kave2
Did you get that spigen case yet? How do you find it if you did?

kave2

IncognitoMan wrote: »

@kave2
Did you get that spigen case yet? How do you find it if you did?

Hi, not yet, still waiting. Hopefully I'll get it this week. It's coming directly from Spigen and US post is fairly slow.

Edit: Lol, just arrived.





It fits perfectly, button feedback is pretty good as well. Feels like a quality product.

MarkR

kave2 wrote: »

Hi, not yet, still waiting. Hopefully I'll get it this week. It's coming directly from Spigen and US post is fairly slow.

Edit: Lol, just arrived.





It fits perfectly, button feedback is pretty good as well. Feels like a quality product.

Nice. I was thinking that, or the red one.

evolutionqy7

kave2 wrote: »

Hi, not yet, still waiting. Hopefully I'll get it this week. It's coming directly from Spigen and US post is fairly slow.

Edit: Lol, just arrived.

It fits perfectly, button feedback is pretty good as well. Feels like a quality product.

Looks a lot like a more colorful version of the Ascend G300

Clareman

balkieb2002 wrote: »

I bought mine this week from CPW and the current batch they have in is the GT-i9505.

It seems most places are selling the GT-i9505 bar possibly one or two places (Tesco i think was mentioned).

I have a Tesco 1 and it's a i9505

fifth

I was able to unlock my S4 last week online, easy peasy. Does anyone know if / how it's possible to install stock android?

I want a 'nexus S4' for myself

evolutionqy7

funkyflea wrote: »

I was able to unlock my S4 last week online, easy peasy. Does anyone know if / how it's possible to install stock android?

I want a 'nexus S4' for myself

There's probably an unstable version of Stock Android on XDA somewhere.