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

donkey balls · 17-04-2014 08:07AM

I was talking to Samsung customer care yesterday regarding the 4.3 update I installed a few weeks ago, About how my phone lasts about 5/6 hours and that's with making 1/2calls along with checking e-mail.
They told me that a fix has been released to sort out the issues that I have at present, Will this fix be kit kat ? and any idea how long before 3 will release it.

rogieop · 17-04-2014 08:13AM

donkey balls wrote: »

I was talking to Samsung customer care yesterday regarding the 4.3 update I installed a few weeks ago, About how my phone lasts about 5/6 hours and that's with making 1/2calls along with checking e-mail.
They told me that a fix has been released to sort out the issues that I have at present, Will this fix be kit kat ? and any idea how long before 3 will release it.

i got an update to kitkat on 3 last night..... im having a few problems with it though! iv just powered the phone off taken out the battery left it for a few min and booted it up again and all seems good for now.........

Dozen Wicked Words · 17-04-2014 08:18AM

Don't think I'll bother updating for now then, on three. I would lose root if I did anyway, so doesn't seem worth the effort.

hardCopy · 17-04-2014 08:30AM

Sully wrote: »

Anyone having issues since the KitKat roll out?

Yup, problems unlocking he screen and had to send the same message three times this morning.

rogieop wrote: »

yep, phone crashes a lot, sometimes unable to unlock which results in having to reboot....

Mine usually comes back to life after bashing the home button like mad.

It's very slow now though.

I also don't like the white battery notification.

donkey balls · 17-04-2014 08:31AM

Thanks for the info will try and see if there is an update available for myself later, Now I know this sounds like some mad conspiracy theory but last year just around the time of the launch of the S4 ,I got an update for my S3 which more or less brickef the phone as it kept freezing all the time.
Then with the launch of the S5 the update to my S4 makes the battery drain at 10% an hour while on standby.

whitelightrider · 17-04-2014 01:52PM

Well it looks like my S4 has decided not to read any SIM cards installed onto it. Have to bring it back into a VF store. Did Factory reset and all that jazz but it just wont register the network

Sully · 17-04-2014 05:45PM

rogieop wrote: »

yep, phone crashes a lot, sometimes unable to unlock which results in having to reboot....

hardCopy wrote: »

Yup, problems unlocking he screen and had to send the same message three times this morning.

Mine usually comes back to life after bashing the home button like mad.

It's very slow now though.

I also don't like the white battery notification.

whitelightrider wrote: »

Well it looks like my S4 has decided not to read any SIM cards installed onto it. Have to bring it back into a VF store. Did Factory reset and all that jazz but it just wont register the network

It seems to have settled down over the past day or so but I updated it Saturday afternoon I think it was, and it was an absolute disaster. A lot of my apps were uninstalled, the home screen set-up I had was pretty much gone as the apps were removed or the shortcuts were removed. Then the phone would often refuse to unlock when I tried entering my PIN, it frequently couldn't connect to the o2 Network, it would often completely lock up and have to be re-booted, it became unresponsive after a call I got on Tuesday in particular and no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to register that I hung up.

Seems okay though at the moment, bloody nightmare after the upgrade. I thought these updates were well tested by the developers and the networks?

deadanonymau5 · 24-04-2014 12:32AM

What version Android (4.?) did you all get with the S4?

Thinking of getting it and not upgrading to the latest Android to avoid these issues. But then again I might not be able to get certain apps having an old version of Android

Im confused

Dozen Wicked Words · 24-04-2014 12:46AM

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

What version Android (4.?) did you all get with the S4?

Thinking of getting it and not upgrading to the latest Android to avoid these issues. But then again I might not be able to get certain apps having an old version of Android Im confused

I think, though might be misremembering that mine was on 4.2 when I got it, it's now on 4.3, I am avoiding updating to 4.4 because of all the reasons listed in various posts and also I don't want to lose root access. With regards to apps, I have all the same ones on my s4 as on my nexus 7 which is running latest kitkat. There probably are a few apps that are kitkat only, but none that I'm aware of. Have stock ICS on my old s2 and that still runs all the apps I have on other phones with not much bother.

iggy · 24-04-2014 09:25AM

I'm on Vodafone with my S4 but haven't received update OTA.
Some of my friends on VF have received the update.
Do I need to use Kies to update or will I eventually receive the update OTA?

rogieop · 26-04-2014 08:11PM

For what its worth, after the first day or so i havent had any problems whatsoever with the update...

Banjo String · 26-04-2014 08:31PM

Anyone any experience replacing a broken screen?

Broke mine back in sept or Oct and just upgraded to the note3 rather than pay the price for a new screen at the time.

Is it still mad stupid Money?

deadanonymau5 · 27-04-2014 12:01AM

rogieop wrote: »

yep, phone crashes a lot, sometimes unable to unlock which results in having to reboot....

rogieop wrote: »

i got an update to kitkat on 3 last night..... im having a few problems with it though! iv just powered the phone off taken out the battery left it for a few min and booted it up again and all seems good for now.........

rogieop wrote: »

For what its worth, after the first day or so i havent had any problems whatsoever with the update...

Wha?

brian ireland · 27-04-2014 07:54AM

rogieop wrote: »

i got an update to kitkat on 3 last night..... im having a few problems with it though! iv just powered the phone off taken out the battery left it for a few min and booted it up again and all seems good for now.........

rogieop wrote: »

For what its worth, after the first day or so i havent had any problems whatsoever with the update...

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Wha?

Whats your point? The poster says they had some problems but after the first few days things have settled.

Copper_pipe · 27-04-2014 06:31PM

Hi, I bought an s4 off a friend and it was locked to Vodafone. Got the unlock code off eBay and put in my Three sim. I can't get the option to connect to 4g. Its running 4.3 if that makes a difference.

brian ireland · 27-04-2014 07:26PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Hi, I bought an s4 off a friend and it was locked to Vodafone. Got the unlock code off eBay and put in my Three sim. I can't get the option to connect to 4g. Its running 4.3 if that makes a difference.

I am only suggesting this as I am not an expert. Are your APN setting correct?

APN Details:
Name: 3
APN: 3ireland.ie
Proxy: Not Set
Port: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mms.um.3ireland.ie:10021/mmsc
MMS Proxy: mms.3ireland.ie or 217.171.129.2 please change if one does not work
MMS Port: 8799
MCC: 272
MNC: 05
Anthentication Type: None
APN Type: Internet & MMS
Three Homepage: http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/singleurl
Three Homepage: http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/HutchKey

Copper_pipe · 27-04-2014 07:39PM

brian ireland wrote: »

I am only suggesting this as I am not an expert. Are your APN setting correct?

APN Details:
Name: 3
APN: 3ireland.ie
Proxy: Not Set
Port: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mms.um.3ireland.ie:10021/mmsc
MMS Proxy: mms.3ireland.ie or 217.171.129.2 please change if one does not work
MMS Port: 8799
MCC: 272
MNC: 05
Anthentication Type: None
APN Type: Internet & MMS
Three Homepage: http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/singleurl
Three Homepage: http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/HutchKey

I can connect to the H+ no option to connect to the 4g network

deadanonymau5 · 27-04-2014 07:56PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

I can connect to the H+ no option to connect to the 4g network

http://www.three.ie/explore/4G/
Read the how do I get 4G bit

Kimbot · 28-04-2014 03:10PM

Banjo String wrote: »

Anyone any experience replacing a broken screen?

Broke mine back in sept or Oct and just upgraded to the note3 rather than pay the price for a new screen at the time.

Is it still mad stupid Money?

Banjo,

I went to www.fonfix.ie to get mine replaced. It cost me €141 and was a top job done on it. That was the cheapest around i found.

Copper_pipe · 29-04-2014 05:25PM

I connected the phone to kies and theres a 4.4.2 update. The phone was bought from vodafone and unlocked to use my three sim, is it the vodafone or the three update ill be getting?

YellowFeather · 04-05-2014 10:13AM

My S4 broke there a while ago (it wasn't the actual screen but the display after a fall). I got it fixed in one of the shops on Talbot Street for €80 which was great. The new screen is second hand and has a small bit of damage but is grand for the price! I could have got a brand new screen for €140 but, there are some issues with the phone anyway and I can see it dying entirely in the not too distant. The best thing is, they did it straight away and didn't wipe it. I was in a fair hurry to get it done.

I had tried Fonefix and they said they'd have to wipe it as they needed to install new software. Same with my insurance crowd Geeksquad. Does anyone know what the story with wiping it is??

Also, when something else happens it (and I have more time) I'll probably go through my insurance to get it fixed up fully. Would there be any issue in my having the entire front replaced already?

akaSol · 04-05-2014 11:09PM

YellowFeather wrote: »

I had tried Fonefix and they said they'd have to wipe it as they needed to install new software. Same with my insurance crowd Geeksquad. Does anyone know what the story with wiping it is??

Also, when something else happens it (and I have more time) I'll probably go through my insurance to get it fixed up fully. Would there be any issue in my having the entire front replaced already?

Likely it is to do with newer or spurious screens requiring a firmware update. They wipe the phone to "make sure" it works. Although a simple boot to the test mode would confirm that.
Also it's a higher probably they send out a " refurbished" model as a replacement rather than repair it. Also hence "the wipe "

>Sol

Sephiroth_dude · 05-05-2014 10:22AM

My s4 has begun dieing when the battery reaches 5%,it will just completely shut down,also after charging it and if I leave it idle for say30 mins the battery will gone down to 80% :eek:

Simi · 05-05-2014 04:07PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

I connected the phone to kies and theres a 4.4.2 update. The phone was bought from vodafone and unlocked to use my three sim, is it the vodafone or the three update ill be getting?

The Vodafone one, if you haven't flashed a different firmware manually. I had to do the exact same thing a few days ago, as it showed no sign of being pushed to my device any time soon. Probably due to being on a different network.

It won't affect the sim unlock, but you should manually flash the three firmware now before you update to kitkat if that's the route you want to go down.

Sephiroth_dude · 07-05-2014 09:16PM

Took out my battery tonight and its very swollen

Copper_pipe · 14-05-2014 04:11PM

Simi wrote: »

The Vodafone one, if you haven't flashed a different firmware manually. I had to do the exact same thing a few days ago, as it showed no sign of being pushed to my device any time soon. Probably due to being on a different network.

It won't affect the sim unlock, but you should manually flash the three firmware now before you update to kitkat if that's the route you want to go down.

Any custom roms that ye'd recommend? Will the 4g option be included in a custom ROM?

Simi · 14-05-2014 05:54PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Any custom roms that ye'd recommend? Will the 4g option be included in a custom ROM?

Fraid not. I haven't even bothered rooting mine, let alone flashing it. Probably won't get round to it now that I've got my eyes set on a oneplus one. Cyanogenmod was always my favourite back in the day. Worth it for the 'hold volume key to skip track' feature alone. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Mc Love · 07-06-2014 06:47PM

Anyone have any idea how to make the sd card the preferred choice for saving to instead of using internal memory?

Morrisseeee · 08-06-2014 03:42PM

Got the S4 'black edition' there recently and I have to say I'm pretty impressed by it.

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quad_red · 17-06-2014 11:02AM

I got an S4 a few months ago and I have to say, I found touch wiz and all the non functional Samsung bloat increasingly wearying.

So I rooted and flashed it with the S4 play edition ROM (basically turning it into a nexus) and it's a different phone. Absolutely superb. Really happy with it now. So much snappier, really prefer the UI.

Can't recommend it highly enough.

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