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

balkieb2002 · 27-05-2013 01:27PM

themacdaddy wrote: »

Cool, Will you report back and let us know if it works ok?

Unfortunately I've tested it for last half hour and its still the same. Only had phone off for a couple of minutes but when it came back on, it flashed the time I switched it off at for a few seconds like before.

More research required.

PrzemoF · 27-05-2013 01:40PM

Is it possible to change "recommended shortcuts" that are showing up after plugging in headphones?

madmoe · 27-05-2013 01:44PM

PrzemoF wrote: »

Is it possible to change "recommended shortcuts" that are showing up after plugging in headphones?

I would like to know that as well!!

Cherry_Cola · 27-05-2013 02:08PM

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Unfortunately I've tested it for last half hour and its still the same. Only had phone off for a couple of minutes but when it came back on, it flashed the time I switched it off at for a few seconds like before.

More research required.

Yeah same here. Will definitely look into it a bit more as it's fairly annoying, especially with such an expensive device.

balkieb2002 · 27-05-2013 02:14PM

Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible to change the shortcuts. I think it was the same on S3 as well.

The reason random apps are showing is because I think shows you the apps you used the most on WHILE wearing headphones on your last session. So, if when you plugged your headphones on you used Facebook and GMail more than the music app, those two are gonna show up first.

I have found a way to disable it though so will leave it disabled until there is a way to manually change the shortcuts.

PrzemoF · 27-05-2013 02:25PM

madmoe wrote: »

I would like to know that as well!!

I know how to switch it off (a workaround, there might be an easier way):
1. Use app that allows to create a shortcut, I used QuickShortcutMaker
2. Make shortcut to Page Buddy
3. Open the shortcut and clear the tick next to "Earphones page"

Looks like samsung decided to hide this menu - google tells me it shoud be under settings->display->pagebuddy (at least it was there in S3)

balkieb2002 · 27-05-2013 02:38PM

Yeah according to Samsung it should appear under the Display menu.

I disabled mine by doing the following:

to remove these "recommendations", you can disable the "PageBuddyNotiSvc" from the application manager...

just go to Settings>More>Application manager>ALL>PageBuddyNotiSvc>Disable....

Plugged in my earphones to test and the menu is now gone. It seems that Page Buddy was also used for other things but nothing useful in my eyes.

madmoe · 27-05-2013 02:51PM

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Yeah according to Samsung it should appear under the Display menu.

I disabled mine by doing the following:

to remove these "recommendations", you can disable the "PageBuddyNotiSvc" from the application manager...

just go to Settings>More>Application manager>ALL>PageBuddyNotiSvc>Disable....

Plugged in my earphones to test and the menu is now gone. It seems that Page Buddy was also used for other things but nothing useful in my eyes.

Great but will this service start up the next time the phone is rebooted mate?

Cheers,
M

balkieb2002 · 27-05-2013 03:00PM

madmoe wrote: »

Great but will this service start up the next time the phone is rebooted mate?

Cheers,
M

Just tested it there and it didn't start up. As long as you disable it, it won't start up again till you enable it again.

If you want to enable it, it moves to the very bottom of the application list after disabling it.

madmoe · 27-05-2013 03:16PM

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Just tested it there and it didn't start up. As long as you disable it, it won't start up again till you enable it again.

If you want to enable it, it moves to the very bottom of the application list after disabling it.

Great mate, thanks!

leemaree · 27-05-2013 03:28PM

anyone know why is there no UPC when u set up ur set top box on the Whats on app?

Cossax · 27-05-2013 05:24PM

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Yeah same here. Will definitely look into it a bit more as it's fairly annoying, especially with such an expensive device.

Putting it on manual rather than network time seems to have sped up the time change once you turn the screen on - I've always noticed a fraction of a second of lag when the time updates on my old SGS2.

darg · 27-05-2013 06:04PM

kave2 wrote: »

I have Case-Mate Barely There transparent case, used it only 2 days. If anyone is interested let me know.

Are these cases any good? Im awaiting delivery from amazon any day now. Currently have a spigen neo hybrid but fancy a change

kave2 · 27-05-2013 08:30PM

darg wrote: »

Are these cases any good? Im awaiting delivery from amazon any day now. Currently have a spigen neo hybrid but fancy a change

Yes,it's quite good. Very slim. Here it is on adverts:
http://www.adverts.ie/accessories/samsung-galaxy-s4-transparent-case/3157304

Sephiroth_dude · 27-05-2013 10:57PM

My battery was at 40% when I was going to bed the other night and when I woke up it was completely dead :eek:.

Cherry_Cola · 27-05-2013 11:19PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

My battery was at 40% when I was going to bed the other night and when I woke up it was completely dead :eek:.

Mine dropped 25% over night and that was with killing all apps etc before going to sleep. Not sure what could be causing such a drain when it's not in use.

Cossax · 28-05-2013 12:47AM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

My battery was at 40% when I was going to bed the other night and when I woke up it was completely dead :eek:.

Dunno what apps you have running/settings on but my phone has been on for 17 hours: a 7 hour chunk of that on a poor data signal, wifi for a bit, decent signal for a bit and screen on for an hour and it's lost 34% battery - no idea how you lost 40% in half that time with no interaction?

Turtwig · 28-05-2013 01:09AM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

My battery was at 40% when I was going to bed the other night and when I woke up it was completely dead :eek:.

It could be that you had your phone at wrong temperature or you're running too many apps or that you battery is faulty. Go into setting > more> battery and start looking at the stats. If they're not detailed enough there's probably an app you could get (I used to use BatteryBot) that may show more, but you'd have to run it for a few days.

I haven't really been using my phone at all today. Received one or two calls and watched an episode of Archer on Netflix, that's about it. It's been 16 hours+ since I last charged it. There's still apparently 64% remaining. Something definitely sounds amiss if you're leaving your phone idle and it's draining like that.

Wifi/4G, Air view, smart pause and data sync have been on all day.

Also, I'd highly recommend the automateIt app. You can set up customs rules for when you're phone is idle. So battery may be conserved.

DARK-KNIGHT · 28-05-2013 02:17AM

i am joining the galaxy s 4 owners club on june 17th

markc91 · 28-05-2013 02:41AM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

i am joining the galaxy s 4 owners club on june 17th

Im joining on the 11th :P

Kenno90 · 28-05-2013 07:54AM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

i am joining the galaxy s 4 owners club on june 17th

markc91 wrote: »

Im joining on the 11th :P

Welcome to the family :P

Clareman · 28-05-2013 07:57AM

I charged my phone Saturday night, didn't use the phone much on Sunday, used it all day yesterday (calls and 3G), was at 17% going to bed last night, I find the battery life great in it. I've also installed the Cerebus security app, oh my am I impressed with that, I now have a reason to root my phone so I can hide the app to stop would-be theives from disabling it.

Quazzie · 28-05-2013 08:16AM

For people complaining of bad battery usage. Here is something I discovered. I posted this on another forum so apologies for the poor layout.

My original complaint.

My S4 battery has declined dramatically over the last day and a half. For some bizarre reason from about 2pm yesterday my battery life started dropping dramatically. I haven't been using it any more than normal and I never downloaded an app that could be doing it. Today my battery life is 22% currently which is usually up over 60% with the same usage. I have my screen lit to the maximum, but it's been like that since I bought it but its only affecting it now.

Then I remembered one thing I changed.

Actually I thought of one thing I did change. I put on a wallpaper from zedge. It's mostly black so I thought it would actually help. I've changed it back so we'll see how that works out

Then the result.

I done some research and it turns out that this is the problem. The wallpaper I was using was stored on my SD Card and my phone was constantly trying to access it, even when not in use, thus draining the battery. This has been confirmed by the fact that when I changed back to the original pics my battery usage has improved dramatically. I also downsized the file size which also benefited.

I found this online and I can back up the theory.

Look at the attached photo and notice how even when on charge earlier it was still draining more than the phone could charge, and this still going down. All because my wallpaper was on my external memory card and on the large size.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/157957/255110.png

Hopefully this helps some people.

themacdaddy · 28-05-2013 12:56PM

Well All,

I successfully rooted my phone.

Now what the hell do I do next?

What apps, roms etc should I go for? I know CyanodenMod seems to be everyones favourite?
I am trying to find info on Roms, Kernels (whatever they are).

I am searching for info on all this online, and I either cannot find it or the language is too complicated for a novice like me.

Apologies as I am sure this has been asked to death.

Chet T16 · 28-05-2013 12:59PM

themacdaddy wrote: »

Well All,

I successfully rooted my phone.

Now what the hell do I do next?

What apps, roms etc should I go for? I know CyanodenMod seems to be everyones favourite?
I am trying to find info on Roms, Kernels (whatever they are).

I am searching for info on all this online, and I either cannot find it or the language is too complicated for a novice like me.

Apologies as I am sure this has been asked to death.

I would be of the opinion that it's too early to be flashing to full custom roms. Go with the latest stock samsung and remove the stuff you don't want. There should be some nice stable roms in a few months

28-05-2013 12:59PM

themacdaddy wrote: »

Well All,

I successfully rooted my phone.

Now what the hell do I do next?

What apps, roms etc should I go for? I know CyanodenMod seems to be everyones favourite?
I am trying to find info on Roms, Kernels (whatever they are).

I am searching for info on all this online, and I either cannot find it or the language is too complicated for a novice like me.

Apologies as I am sure this has been asked to death.

I would have researched all of this and then decided what I was rooting for and whether I needed it before I actually went for it....

Cyanogen is only good if you don't want any S-features, otherwise something like Omega is the way to go (I assume they have something on the S4)

themacdaddy · 28-05-2013 01:09PM

Basil3 wrote: »

I would have researched all of this and then decided what I was rooting for and whether I needed it before I actually went for it....

Fair point, I used to jailbreak and mod my old iphone and wanted to do the same with the S4

waynegalway · 28-05-2013 01:25PM

themacdaddy wrote: »

Well All,

I successfully rooted my phone.

Now what the hell do I do next?

What apps, roms etc should I go for? I know CyanodenMod seems to be everyones favourite?
I am trying to find info on Roms, Kernels (whatever they are).

I am searching for info on all this online, and I either cannot find it or the language is too complicated for a novice like me.

Apologies as I am sure this has been asked to death.

They've all got their pros and cons. I'm speaking from experience on S3, so the availability/compatibility with S4 might not be there yet.

I found that CyanogenMod and Slimbean were my two favourite ones. They're both lightweight ROMs, with plenty of features. Neither can run the "S" apps, though, so if you're a fan of S Planner, S Voice, etc, steer clear, as mentioned above.

I found that Omega was fairly clunky on my S3, so if you want a Samsung-based ROM, try Hyperdrive. I haven't tried it myself, but it's supposed to be decent enough.

Currently I'm using the phone with stock samsung firmware (leaked version of 4.2.2) while rooted. I find that it's working really well and the battery life is better than with any of the custom ROMs that I tried (I know there will be some who will say that custom ROMS give better battery, but not in my experience).

Main reason I went back to stock was because Juice Defender started to act up on the custom ROMs, and I was depending on it for battery saving. Since going back to stock rooted, I use AutomateIt instead and it controls all the stuff that JD did, and more. Battery is going better than ever.

My advice: just try out a few of the ROMs that are stated to be compatible with the S4. You'll only know for yourself by trial and error which one you like. Don't count out the idea of running a rooted stock ROM with a different launcher, though....it might actually do exactly what you're after and be more stable.

Fiddlex · 28-05-2013 02:11PM

Just noticed on my s4 my home screen doesn't rotate into landscape mode. I have auto rotate on and it works fine in every app but not on the home screen. Is this an issue ?

Kenno90 · 28-05-2013 02:12PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Post

I've barely used my phone today (busy day in work)

Its at 79% after 9 hours, that Google services is p1ssing me off though, how can that use more power than the f-ing screen

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