*** The Official Samsung Galaxy S4 Thread ***

[kayomani]

I bought my S4 on this plan...

£375 for phone & £26 per month for 18months...
200minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited data (max 500mb per day fair-usage policy )

I thought the ASA were moving to stop adverts for 'unlimited' data these days when its far from.

 

[DELETED_83755]

Andy, how is the multitasking and app switching on the Galaxy s3 vs HTC one? My hypothesis is that the Samsung will be reloading apps more as its reserve of ram is reduced by the bloat Samsung have put in. Any major performance difference between the apps?

 

[Cosimo]

No sign of an update for unbranded S4s.

 

[dasyad]

No sign of an update for unbranded S4s.

Not surprised

 

[AndyCr15]

Andy, how is the multitasking and app switching on the Galaxy s3 vs HTC one?

I have to be honest, I only recently found out how to get to the HTC One app switcher (why HTC have to change things, like screenshot, I don't know) so it's hard for me to comment.

 

[james.miller]

I got the update this morning and has since completely ruined my swiftkey when writing emails it randomly jumps across the screen anyone else been having issues? I've reinstalled it etc...

Saw that mentioned on xda so its a known issue, yeah.

 

[dasyad]

I have to be honest, I only recently found out how to get to the HTC One app switcher (why HTC have to change things, like screenshot, I don't know) so it's hard for me to comment.

Did you not find double pressing home a bit obvious? Other devices use that same method and I personally tend to press the buttons in all manner of combinations to see what happens

 

[AndyCr15]

Nope. Never had a device that does it that way. Long press on Home is the standard as far as I'm aware.

 

[sarge78]

why HTC have to change things, like screenshot, I don't know

Don't worry, for Sense 6 they've removed all buttons and replaced them with head nodding gestures. One nod for menu, two nods for back, three for multi tasking, four for search, five for a screen shot and six nods for home.

Their new slogan is... HTC: Like banging your head on a brink wall.

 

[tidusjar]

Anyone know what the update was about?

 

[Nexus18]

Don't worry, for Sense 6 they've removed all buttons and replaced them with head nodding gestures. One nod for menu, two nods for back, three for multi tasking, four for search, five for a screen shot and six nods for home.

Their new slogan is... HTC: Like banging your head on a brink wall.

Haha

 

[doodah]

Been away for the weekend. Left my GS4 at home (uninsured phone + stag do = trouble). Missed much? What's this about an update? I see HTC are due to release 4.2 for the One in the coming weeks and Samsung release 4.2 for the GS3 in June. Did you hear that Sony!?

64GB memory card just arrived

 

[dbmzk1]

Got an update on T-Mobile this morning too, not installed it yet though. Is there a change log somewhere? Just says stability.

 

[gizmoy2k]

Disappointed to see dash clock widgets disabled on the s4 if you use a pattern or pin. Can anyone rooted on wanamlite confirm if it is ok on that?

 

[tom_e]

Does anyone know how to removed recommended shortcuts in the notification panel when you've got earphones plugged in?
I'm sure there was a simple yes/no in the settings of my S3 but I can't see anything on the S4

 

[toString]

Wasn't it the 'page buddy' setting? Not sure though.. just an idea..

 

[tom_e]

I had a look for that but can't see it anywhere

 

[chaparral]

My S4 says

1day 17hours on battery and 49% battery left...
That seems pretty good so far...





(I bet it eats the battery far far faster after I installed some apps)

 

[tom_e]

You're obviously not using it enough

 

[kona786]

Updated from MDD to the latest ME2.

Not noticed anything so far.