Samsung Galaxy S IV Discussion and Owners Thread

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#873416 7-Aug-2013 19:22

timmmay: How do you back up text messages on the S4? An app like this one?

Been using this app for a few years now. Easy to backup and restore or view archives

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#873417 7-Aug-2013 19:23

Disrespective: Has anyone got their 4.3 rom to be rooted? I've just spent a few days trying the new 4.3 stable google edition roms and have settled on this one but can't get root to apply. All CF-Auto Root does is revert my recovery back to stock. Thoughts?

There's a few pre-rooted GE ROMS on XDA... that's probably the easiest way. I'm still running GE 4.2.2 until I find one that's not too custom.

I tried that devs ROM when 4.2.2 came out and found it horrible... I won't use his stuff again. (unless I wanted to update nearly daily).

I would use the Google one halfway down this post as I'm using his 4.2.2 since release (leak) and haven't had one issue!

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#873419 7-Aug-2013 19:25

Damager:
timmmay: How do you back up text messages on the S4? An app like this one?

Been using this app for a few years now. Easy to backup and restore or view archives

+1 I'm also a fan of this one.

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#873465 7-Aug-2013 20:02

What are you all gaining by using custom roms?

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#873473 7-Aug-2013 20:09

timmmay: What are you all gaining by using custom roms?

Mine isn't really custom, It's the Google Edition ROM they released on the Play Store in the US. Basically a nexus but with all the grunt of the S4.. I'm not a huge fan of touchwiz and the bloat it comes with. The GE ROM makes this phone so fast it's not funny!

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#873484 7-Aug-2013 20:17

I read about that. Upside, and downsides. I turned off the touchwiz animations like one of the guides said and it's plenty fast for me :) Too much hassle even after a couple of days to lose all my customisations.

Playing with tasker tonight, it's an interesting program. May take a while to really get the hang of it. Needs a better guide I think, or maybe I should try a youtube tutorial... generally don't like them but may be practical for this program.

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#873487 7-Aug-2013 20:19

custom depends on the dev the kernel and whether its designed for battery life, under/overvolting etc or themed. Basically its about getting what you want out of your phone not what samsung think you should have.

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#873489 7-Aug-2013 20:23

timmmay: I read about that. Upside, and downsides. I turned off the touchwiz animations like one of the guides said and it's plenty fast for me :) Too much hassle even after a couple of days to lose all my customisations.

Only downsides I've found are the SMS app has no line return/enter key and the camera doesn't save to SD. Fixed SMS with an app, and all my photos auto-upload to Google+, where I have 125Gb of storage, and I delete them from the phone every couple of weeks. I can still see them in the gallery from G+ anyway.

Oh, I also installed "widgetsoid" (on the recommendation of NZTechFreak) to get my toggles in the menu back.

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#873567 7-Aug-2013 22:57

networkn: I really want a custom rom, but I really don't want to have to reinstate everything after a wipe.

When I went from fully stock to one of these rooted stock roms I thought I'd lose everything, but it was a no wipe install. Nothing was lost, and I had no problems.

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#873638 8-Aug-2013 07:39

blakamin:
Disrespective: Has anyone got their 4.3 rom to be rooted? I've just spent a few days trying the new 4.3 stable google edition roms and have settled on this one but can't get root to apply. All CF-Auto Root does is revert my recovery back to stock. Thoughts?

There's a few pre-rooted GE ROMS on XDA... that's probably the easiest way. I'm still running GE 4.2.2 until I find one that's not too custom.

I tried that devs ROM when 4.2.2 came out and found it horrible... I won't use his stuff again. (unless I wanted to update nearly daily).

I would use the Google one halfway down this post as I'm using his 4.2.2 since release (leak) and haven't had one issue!

Yeah, see i've tried a few of those that say they're rooted but really they aren't... I was using that 4.2.2 rom but like 4.3 now that i've had a taste so don't want to go back, heh.

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#873651 8-Aug-2013 08:10

Is there any way to get your downloaded apps into alphabetical order? That's a huge oversight.

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#873665 8-Aug-2013 08:32

timmmay: Is there any way to get your downloaded apps into alphabetical order? That's a huge oversight.

When in apps click the options Key (soft key bottom left hand side) ' view type ' then you have 3 options

2 of those is ' alphabetical grid or list '

I did not know about this option until I did a Google search after reading your question

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#873678 8-Aug-2013 08:51

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timmmay: Is there any way to get your downloaded apps into alphabetical order? That's a huge oversight.

When in apps click the options Key (soft key bottom left hand side) ' view type ' then you have 3 options

2 of those is ' alphabetical grid or list '

I did not know about this option until I did a Google search after reading your question

That's a nice way of saying "google it dummy" ;)

That works in apps, but not in downloaded apps. Since all apps are downloaded I'm not really sure what the distinction is anyway.

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#873683 8-Aug-2013 08:59

No not all apps are download some are factory installed

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#873684 8-Aug-2013 09:02

I have heaps that I downloaded in the apps section that can't have been factory installed. Wellington Transit, Snapseed, Sprinkle (a game I bought), Swype, Stuff app, etc. If I could move apps from downloaded into apps that'd be a good workaround.

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