Samsung Galaxy S4

[DominionZA]

yeah Im just exaggerating but I seriously wanna load that wanam ROM but this download is taking looooooong

first one MD5 check failed... weird?

I figured you were exaggerating just a little bit

I downloaded it last night on my cell when I went to bed. Woke up and all ready to go.

 

[FlashSA]

Only lag I noticed was in the gallery - it would hang for a good few seconds when first opening. The reason? Dropbox had pulled every single image I have stored into the gallery and this was causing the phone to grind.

Disabled the dropbox gallery feature and things are flying again. I can totally understand all those images and folders (THOUSANDS of pics) swamping the CPU's.....

 

[CodeMaster]

Only lag I noticed was in the gallery - it would hang for a good few seconds when first opening. The reason? Dropbox had pulled every single image I have stored into the gallery and this was causing the phone to grind.

Disabled the dropbox gallery feature and things are flying again. I can totally understand all those images and folders (THOUSANDS of pics) swamping the CPU's.....

I had it as well, but in my case Google was syncing my Picasa albums. I don't have enough albums to grind it to a halt, was definitely a big slow-down though.

 

[rph72]

Someone in our office has the S4 and somehow the screen is displaying negative colours. We cannot find the widget on any of his home screens or the widget menu. He is using TouchWiz. How do we turn negative colours off on the S4??

 

[Nimz]

Someone in our office has the S4 and somehow the screen is displaying negative colours. We cannot find the widget on any of his home screens or the widget menu. He is using TouchWiz. How do we turn negative colours off on the S4??

Settings>My Device>Accessibility>Negative Colours

 

[Maverick Jester]

Settings>My Device>Accessibility>Negative Colours

Does the normal "pressing the Home button four times in succession" not work?

 

[Nimz]

Does the normal "pressing the Home button four times in succession" not work?

Not that I know of

 

[rph72]

Settings>My Device>Accessibility>Negative Colours

Fantastic, thank you. All sorted.

 

[mercurial]

For anyone interested in checking out different cases/covers etc, there is a guy on YouTube that has a playlist of 30 videos of different Galaxy S4 cases - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHAsOP6ZY4w&list=PLHaE4iUwMjntbW-SnAFxzw2T_8zQAtjbB

 

[TrueTenacity]

So, any recommendations for a car cradle for this phone?

 

[FlashSA]

So, any recommendations for a car cradle for this phone?

+1

Doesn't fit in my cupholders!!! Having to keep on the seat between my legs when I drive!

 

[Necropolis]

Flash WanamLite this morning - and so far so good

 

[mercurial]

Guys, in anticipation of me getting the phone, could you just confirm what needs to be done to get root and recovery? I found these two links - http://wanamlite.com/2013/05/04/adam-kernel-gs4-v1-0/ and https://hotfile.com/dl/210615373/9b32fc1/SamsungI9500_cwm_Recovery_by_cofface_0503.zip.html

 

[mercurial]

I see there is also a simpler way - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255652

 

[d7e7r7]

Which is nicer? White or Black?

 

[mercurial]

NVM, found this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262110

I want the White one.

 

[Aquadyne]

So, any recommendations for a car cradle for this phone?

The CAPDASE one works very well, fully adjustable and padded. Should find them in most Vodacom or MTN retail outlets.

 

[Necropolis]

NVM, found this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262110

I want the White one.

That roots the device, ish.

The Ad blocking app I use and Titanium backup were adamant that my device was not rooted after using the cofface method.

 

[techead]

NVM, found this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262110

I want the White one.

Load this using Odin

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262110

Then you can flash till your hearts content from Recovery. I went with the Wanam Lite ROM, which has root and Adam Kernel in it.

It's quite easy, I did it

edit : Cofface method worked 100% for me. Root check and Titanium ws 100%. But you dont need to root within Cofface if you flash Wanam, that has the root already.

 

[Noock]

So I don't even have my S4 yet. I'm due for upgrade with Cell C, but waiting out the remaining months to port over to someone else, looking like MTN is best here in durban.

Anyway was ordering a few things online, so I decided to order myself a case for the s4 as well. Ended up after much research going for the Spigen SGP Neo-Hybrid in the satin silver colour.
Only negative thing I've read about it, is that it doesn't like to accept non Samsung micro-usb chargers etc, but it's fine with me since I've got 4 samsung chargers!