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Confused · 6 May 2014 at 13:04

Had some issues with mine over last few days, with it just powering off for no reason.

Tried various things, including putting a new ROM on it, still doing it.

I then came across a thread on XDA Developers regarding battery issues with batteries whose serial number starts with BD.

The symptoms are poor battery life, switching off for no reason, and finally - a swollen battery.

Looked closer at my battery, and it was indeed swollen. Samsung provide free replacements in any Samsung approved service centre - so I've just popped to my local one and within 2 minutes I had a brand new battery.

Drake5 · 6 May 2014 at 16:04

I'm really considering just going back to full stock, can't be bothered with all ROM updates.

Is it difficult to revert back to stock?

james.miller · 6 May 2014 at 16:05

its easier to just...not update, lol.

exhashdotdot · 7 May 2014 at 15:54

I just got a new S4 today. Am I right in saying, if I want to be free to install custom ROMs without worrying too much about my Warranty, I should not install the OTA Official update because this will install the Knox bootloader onto my phone?

kona786 · 7 May 2014 at 18:16

exhashdotdot said:
I just got a new S4 today. Am I right in saying, if I want to be free to install custom ROMs without worrying too much about my Warranty, I should not install the OTA Official update because this will install the Knox bootloader onto my phone?

depends what version SW your on now.

can you tell us your last 3 letters of your build number.

exhashdotdot · 7 May 2014 at 21:58

kona786 said:
depends what version SW your on now.

can you tell us your last 3 letters of your build number.

Last 3 letters are MDM

andy_mk3 · 7 May 2014 at 23:28

So yesterday was my first day with the Anker extended battery. I am very impressed, I hammered it all day long. Screen full brightness and power saving switched off.

Not bad at all! Today was a bit more normal on the use, I'm now sitting on 62% which is great, the standard battery would normally be on 5-20% at this time of night. An average day I get about 2 hours of screen on time.

Drake5 · 9 May 2014 at 19:44

andy_mk3 said:
I'm on Echoe and really liking it. Very rarely have any issues and I think this is the longest I've ever been without having to wipe my phone and start again due to issues.

I've got an anker extended battery now, first day using it today so we'll see how well it lasts

Which version do you use? On the XDA forum I see 2 different ones.

kona786 · 9 May 2014 at 19:47

exhashdotdot said:
Last 3 letters are MDM

sounds good - I believe MGA was the last pre KNOX FW.

andy_mk3 · 9 May 2014 at 23:04

Tom_D said:
Which version do you use? On the XDA forum I see 2 different ones.

I don't know which, hope this helps:

Phone has been off charge since yesterday morning, just hit 15% now, so 2 days use, not bad at all. 4 hours screen on time.

sicknote · 11 May 2014 at 18:12

Is it possible to upgrade from a custom 4.2.2 to 4.4?

I have an old custom rom installed and thought I had downloaded the required files to update to 4.4. I flashed a new bootloader and modem but can't get a custom 4.4 rom to flash. It seems to be going through the update process but I end up with a clean 4.2.2 installed and no working modem.

Any help would be great......

Raumarik · 18 May 2014 at 01:15

Any recommendations for a decent case lads?

Cyclone · 18 May 2014 at 14:35

Echoe Rom v21 is up.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52745478&postcount=20551

Cyclone · 20 May 2014 at 07:51

^ I was about to install this but just read a newer ROM, based on GNE5, should be up by the weekend.

Gavin · 20 May 2014 at 11:13

andy_mk3 said:
So yesterday was my first day with the Anker extended battery. I am very impressed, I hammered it all day long. Screen full brightness and power saving switched off.

Not bad at all! Today was a bit more normal on the use, I'm now sitting on 62% which is great, the standard battery would normally be on 5-20% at this time of night. An average day I get about 2 hours of screen on time.

Do you have a link to your one? thanks

Mr_Moose · 20 May 2014 at 17:48

Halfmad said:
Any recommendations for a decent case lads?

I've got the Spigen Slim Armor case and while it's a nice case it has a very polished back and is a bit slippery....
I'm actually looking at the non-slip Spaigen from Amazon.. only £7.99

Mr_Moose · 20 May 2014 at 17:50

I gotta say anyone looking for a nice basic AOSP ROM should have a look at SlimKat. Been using it since the weekend and loving it so far.

HouR · 21 May 2014 at 17:58

Mr_Moose said:
I've got the Spigen Slim Armor case and while it's a nice case it has a very polished back and is a bit slippery....
I'm actually looking at the non-slip Spaigen from Amazon.. only £7.99

I have the slim armor view which is good:
http://www.spigen.co.uk/galaxy-s4-case-slim-armor-view.html#.U3zaJvldXVU

Retains the window view of the official samsung case with more protection.
Since the 4.4.2 update the physical button at the bottom no longer wakes the screen up for some reason but I am hoping this will be fixed in an update - not the cases fault (I am running stock so may not be an issue on different roms)

Unlike the one above mine is a nice matte finish (I think the white version is gloss) so if you touch it with oily fingers it shows up but can be wiped clean.

Beans on toast Dave · 22 May 2014 at 12:08

Mr_Moose said:
I've got the Spigen Slim Armor case and while it's a nice case it has a very polished back and is a bit slippery....
I'm actually looking at the non-slip Spaigen from Amazon.. only £7.99

got the official case, great case has saved the phones screen on at least on occasion

RichIbizaSport · 22 May 2014 at 22:56

My S4 screen packed in a couple of weeks back 29/04/14. Called Samsung straight away, finally got a jiffy bag in the post, sent off on 07/05/14. Heard nothing, checked the online status several times, just said "Acknologed" - left for the 10 working days they require. Checked status online again - "Cancelled". Call them.....

Samsung: I'm sorry we don't have a postcode on your account, so we need to put it through the service system all over again......

What? I gave you my postcode when you delivered the jiffy bag....

Samsung: Nope, we don't have your post code.

Can you at least tell me anything about my phone? Where is it? What's wrong with it?

Samsung: Nope, I can't tell you, it'll be 7-10 working days....

Do you have my contact number and email address?

Samsung: Yes.

Why did no-one tell me about the postcode problem?

Samsung: I don't know.

Great.

Joy.

I've about had my fill of Samsung. They can stuff me buying another phone off them!

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