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

markc1184

Anyone know how to stop the volume keys changing the size of the font in messaging?

cowlick

I want to use the stock email for one of my gmail accounts, I have set it up (pop3) which is done automatically and then it started to download my emails but stopped at 25 emails, I fiddled around with the settings to allow all sizes etc to down load and then set it to download all emails and not 25 but its still not working properly and has the same 23 mails from 2012!!! I have deleted the account and set it up again twice with no success, I'm not using the gmail app so I dont get confused between accounts and don't like the way the conversations come up altogether in gmail. I am getting the notifications but no emails when I go into it, I have 9gb free on the phone so its not a memory problem. Anyone encounter this or know how to solve it?

timetogo

cowlick wrote: »

Anyone encounter this or know how to solve it?

I can't help you with the stock email but have you tried K-9 Mail https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9

It'll only take a minute for you to download and enter your pop settings to see if it works any better. I use that for loads of email accounts on my device.

whitelightrider

Folks, anyone else having issues with the weather widget on the home screen not updating? When I hit the refresh icon it looks like its going to update, but then doesnt.

coldfire1x

^^ Just tried. Mine is updating just fine.

whitelightrider

coldfire1x wrote: »

^^ Just tried. Mine is updating just fine.

Might be time for a reboot me thinks.

leemaree

I dropped my S4 2day with a leather case on it, (don't know how it cracked). Now it won't turn on. Unfortunately, I had no insurance. Any ideas what to do?

MrVestek

leemaree wrote: »

I dropped my S4 2day with a leather case on it, (don't know how it cracked). Now it won't turn on. Unfortunately, I had no insurance. Any ideas what to do?

Time to buy a new phone!

*edit* Cases don't make phones invincible to GForce!

CHLuke

Hi,
This could be a stupid question, but just got the S4 and despite reading manual and a fair bit of online research, I can't seem to be able to download or save images from net or documents. (I don't mean the Snag It or screen shot function).
When I tap the left context button, I just get a Share option, no option for save to Gallery or Downloads or anything that like that.
I must be doing something basic wrong, any tips greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
CH Luke

techdiver

CHLuke wrote: »

Hi,
This could be a stupid question, but just got the S4 and despite reading manual and a fair bit of online research, I can't seem to be able to download or save images from net or documents. (I don't mean the Snag It or screen shot function).
When I tap the left context button, I just get a Share option, no option for save to Gallery or Downloads or anything that like that.
I must be doing something basic wrong, any tips greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
CH Luke

For downloading images through the browser just press and hold the image and a pop-up menu should present the option.

CHLuke

Thanks very much, it seems to work fine when I select Chrome as browser, but when I was using the Google search bar that appears on the 'home screen', I was unable to download.
Thanks for the help techdiver.
CH Luke

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

So I bought a 32gig micro sd card a while ago to put my music on so I can listen on my S4, was working great, but now its no longer appearing to recognize the card? A google of this issue seems to show that is not exclusive to just me. Anyone else get this problem?? Seems a bit ridiculous to me.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/736617-sd-card-not-recognized-galaxy-s4.html

techdiver

Hey,

Has anyone had any issues connection the S4 to your cars Bluetooth?

I had an S2 previously and it connects fine to my cars Bluetooth. But since getting the S4 I cannot connect it to the Bluetooth.

I reset the Bluetooth on the car, but still no joy.

I have read on some online forums that Samsung have not made the Bluetooth backward compatible with older devices as the specification defines.

If that is the case that's ridiculous!

Anyway, has anyone had similar issues?

numorouno

techdiver wrote: »

Hey,

Has anyone had any issues connection the S4 to your cars Bluetooth?

I had an S2 previously and it connects fine to my cars Bluetooth. But since getting the S4 I cannot connect it to the Bluetooth.

I reset the Bluetooth on the car, but still no joy.

I have read on some online forums that Samsung have not made the Bluetooth backward compatible with older devices as the specification defines.

If that is the case that's ridiculous!

Anyway, has anyone had similar issues?

No working fine for my parrot

pah

techdiver wrote: »

Hey,

Has anyone had any issues connection the S4 to your cars Bluetooth?

I had an S2 previously and it connects fine to my cars Bluetooth. But since getting the S4 I cannot connect it to the Bluetooth.

I reset the Bluetooth on the car, but still no joy.

I have read on some online forums that Samsung have not made the Bluetooth backward compatible with older devices as the specification defines.

If that is the case that's ridiculous!

Anyway, has anyone had similar issues?

Works fine with both my sd10 headphones and my 2006 smax Ford Bluetooth

evolutionqy7

I have a parrot kit in my car and it works fine. Though I have seen S4s not working with older parrot kits

evolutionqy7

Got a call today from CPW to pick up my phone. Not too shaby, they returned it to me in 6 days

(Gladly puts the HTC one x back in the corner)

timetogo

pah wrote: »

Works fine with both my sd10 headphones and my 2006 smax Ford Bluetooth

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I have a parrot kit in my car and it works fine. Though I have seen S4s not working with older parrot kits

Me three. Works fine with Ford Sync.

Kenno90

Had an interesting glitch last night, Charged my Phone like i do every night but this morning it was at 3%.

I checked the battery info and it was going down despite it saying Charging. Its working now. Hopefully a once off

whitelightrider

Folks, Im seeing an issue with my S4 today in that it doesnt seem to have any Data functionality. I cant get emails, etc on it. Mobile Data is on but its still not working. Have tried a reboot and a full boot with battery taken out and put back in.

Quazzie

whitelightrider wrote: »

Folks, Im seeing an issue with my S4 today in that it doesnt seem to have any Data functionality. I cant get emails, etc on it. Mobile Data is on but its still not working. Have tried a reboot and a full boot with battery taken out and put back in.

On meteor? I had the same problem yesterday. Full reception. 3G but wouldn't load anything. Later on in the day my phone restarted itself and was fine.

themacdaddy

Quazzie wrote: »

On meteor? I had the same problem yesterday. Full reception. 3G but wouldn't load anything. Later on in the day my phone restarted itself and was fine.

I noticed this happens if you don't restart your phone every 2 days or so. I am on Meteor also

MarkR

Mobile data and wifi, or just mobile data?

whitelightrider

Tried the restart and still no joy.
Wifi seems fine. Just mobile data. Might have to get on to Vodafone

Quazzie

themacdaddy wrote: »

I noticed this happens if you don't restart your phone every 2 days or so. I am on Meteor also

A manual restart didn't fix my issue though which I thought was weird. It was only when I looked at my phone as I walked out from work that I noticed that I needed to input my pin, so presumably sometime between lunch and the end of work it restarted itself.

I only noticed it on Mobile Data as I wasn't connected to Wifi

whitelightrider

Ill have to give the good folks in VF a call about it I think

themacdaddy

MarkR wrote: »

Mobile data and wifi, or just mobile data?

texts, mobile data, and calls. Sometimes when I restart my phone I will get a few missed call notifications even though at the time my phone was on and in full reception.

projectgtr

Meteor have been testing their 4g network lately seems to have a sporadic effect on data, so it's not just you or your s4

apope8

Just got a notification that an update is available for my s4 anyone know whats new?

brian ireland

apope8 wrote: »

Just got a notification that an update is available for my s4 anyone know whats new?

My phone is rooted, are updates impossible now?