S4 main complaint - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

The only real problem I seem to have is that my s4 has a much dimmer "flashlight" than my nexus did. Does anyone feel this way as well?
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It seems that the led is far less bright than even the galaxy s3. If you have torch you can turn on super bright and it's a ton brighter.

its still brighter than my DNA... lol
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I don't have an issue with the led flashlight... but my biggest complaint... the speaker isn't as loud as my s3...
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tbgreen89 said:
I don't have an issue with the led flashlight... but my biggest complaint... the speaker isn't as loud as my s3...
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Damn S3 must've been pretty loud. My S4 is plenty loud
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Get a flashlight. How you expect your phones camera flash to be a functional flashlight is beyond nit picking. Why am I commenting on this? Im drunk. Should have minded my own business. What do I do now? Good luck with your torch sir. This phone sucks without it.
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Mine seems very bright...for a cell phone light. My phone could work as a hammering device, but it wasn't really designed to replace a hammer. If you find yourself needing a lot of bright light constantly, you might invest in a real flashlight.

HD Widgets camera light is much brighter than the stock "Assistive Light" widget.

Yup, one of the disappointments coming from galaxy s3 to s4 was the led was weaker. Also notice the audio is lower compared to my s3. Even though on paper s4 was suppose to be louder, I can tell the difference when my phone goes off.
Edit: trying out HD widgets camera was a lot better than the assistant light as mention above me.. Interesting how samsung turn down the output for the assistant light.

Lack of FM RADIO... would be perfect with it!
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jscarano said:
Damn S3 must've been pretty loud. My S4 is plenty loud
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yea i dont know what kind of crack hes smoking but my speaker is loud as hell. makes the **** speaker on the galaxy nexus look like nothing. my gnex speaker came through like crack, im amazed at the one on my S4

dansan382 said:
yea i dont know what kind of crack hes smoking but my speaker is loud as hell. makes the **** speaker on the galaxy nexus look like nothing. my gnex speaker came through like crack, im amazed at the one on my S4
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Seriously lol . I had a Rezound prior and the GS4 is much louder in-call speaker and when on external speakerphone.

mugenfa5 said:
Yup, one of the disappointments coming from galaxy s3 to s4 was the led was weaker. Also notice the audio is lower compared to my s3. Even though on paper s4 was suppose to be louder, I can tell the difference when my phone goes off.
Edit: trying out HD widgets camera was a lot better than the assistant light as mention above me.. Interesting how samsung turn down the output for the assistant light.
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ugh ew, that assistant light widget is awful. it's huge and is the lowest LED setting. get tiny flashlight. it's bright as hell. i think it's the same brightness as my S3.

trolu
The lack of storage space is what bugs me. Once we get Apps to SD working, it wont be so bad. I have a 64GB SD card that has next to nothing on it while my phone is sending me constant low storage messages

Vampyre111 said:
The lack of storage space is what bugs me. Once we get Apps to SD working, it wont be so bad. I have a 64GB SD card that has next to nothing on it while my phone is sending me constant low storage messages
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Agreed
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Vampyre111 said:
The lack of storage space is what bugs me. Once we get Apps to SD working, it wont be so bad. I have a 64GB SD card that has next to nothing on it while my phone is sending me constant low storage messages
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I haven't had any issues with space. What could you possibly be filling up on your phone? Applications don't use that much space...

My issue is that the speaker is on the back. Had the same issue with sammy droid charge. Why can't samsung put the speakers on the front or on the bottom end? Doesn't that make more sense? Who would listen to music with their screen facing down?

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My issue is that the speaker is on the back. Had the same issue with sammy droid charge. Why can't samsung put the speakers on the front or on the bottom end? Doesn't that make more sense? Who would listen to music with their screen facing down?
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I have the samsung protective case and I can listen to my speakers with the screen facing up
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Hmm, mine is pretty bright. Maybe because my older phone wasn't as bright.

I usually also listen with the screen facing up but isn't the sound better when the screen is facing down because the speakers are facing you?

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[Q] Rattle?

Anyone else hear something rattling around when you tap on the back around the camera and micro SIM???
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Not me, mine's extremely solid (except for the fact that my charging port cover likes to stick out a bit..). Maybe the SIM tray isn't in all the way? Try pushing on that a bit and see if it helps.
If you tap the phone and feel a slight vibration in the phone (and may hear it), that is probably the vibrate motor.
Otherwise, my phone is extremely solid, probably the most solid phone I've had.
Hmm I'm go Verizon and compare with their display its really driving me nutz
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well i went to verizon to show them the rattling and they claim that its the camera bezel and they all do that. I said bs and wanted to exchange and they said no it doesn't hinder the performance of the phone.. lol so i said ok i want to return it. mind you after paying full retail. SO they go back and open 3 new dna's and sure enough all of them rattled when you tap on the top ??... wtf i thought i had owned them but they owned me. are you sure yours doesn't rattle?
I checked mine and there is a slight rattle and from what I can tell its the power button on top.
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Its just the way the phone is made it doesn't bug me because I don't tap on my phone 24/7. Other then that its a solid phone way better then my S3.
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Yeah, I guess there is a slight rattle. I honestly never noticed it and probably never will. Who bangs their phone that much? It sounds to me like it's the power button. I'm not too concerned.
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Its the camera that is making that noise... I hear it on all my devices... I believe its the piece of the lense that moves for the auto focus because the camera makes the same noise when focusing in and out
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[Q] Call Quality Sound Issue

My girlfriend and I both have Rezounds she however likes to talk with hers between her face and shoulder while busy doing other things. When she does so she sounds very distant and barely audible. Is there anyway to anyway to get around this? She is rooted running CleanRom DE 1.4 if that helps.
I've had multiple cln rezounds and everyone of them I've had, ive gotten complaints about my voice going in and out, unfortunately i think it's just how the rezound was made.
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I think you should try updating to either OTA or global firmware and trying some different roms based on those. If it only gets halfway better that would probably still be a big difference. It won't fix a hardware issue but just software may make some difference.
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The problem is that the rezound uses two mics and a proximity sensor to tell when your face is right up against it. Too much movement of the phone and it switches between modes...causing the audio to sound super compressed for a couple seconds.
Get her a Bluetooth she can hide under her hair
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I had the same problem with the mic and Bluetooth. I found turning off voice privacy worked for me.
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dottat said:
The problem is that the rezound uses two mics and a proximity sensor to tell when your face is right up against it. Too much movement of the phone and it switches between modes...causing the audio to sound super compressed for a couple seconds.
Get her a Bluetooth she can hide under her hair
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As soon as I have the chance I am AT LEAST going to get her onto the global update. I think while I am at it I might as well s-off her phone before that maybe get her on a decent new rom.
I wonder if using one of the asop roms where you need to tweak the proximity sensor anyway if there is something in doing that which could help? *shrug*
When it comes to using a Bluetooth she has one but she never thinks about it so she rarely wears hers.
czach5932 said:
I had the same problem with the mic and Bluetooth. I found turning off voice privacy worked for me.
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I tried the voice privacy and haven't noticed a big difference maybe a little bit but a little bit is better than nothing I suppose. Thanks for the suggestion.

low incall?

All volumes are great other than incall volume. I tried xloud and it helped a tad but its still pretty low. Is this something that can be tweaked with a custom kernel? Big difference coming from my note 2.
Mines had very low sound, from the speaker on top,, it turned out ,it was not working like the lower one,, took it back, they me a new one
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Mines had very low sound, from the speaker on top,, it turned out ,it was not working like the lower one,, took it back, they me a new one
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So the new one is much better then?
i don't think its a defective device as every htc ive ever owned had this issue. i cant take mine back anyways as i unlocked the bootloader. people in the international one forums are reporting it to, its not super low, but low enough while in a crowded room or whatever.

Active display on SGS4?

Running my mind ragged whether I should get the S4, the HTC One or the Moto X (or Droid Maxxx) (I know I know, camera. I know.)
What I was wondering was, since the S4 is Super AMOLED, does it have the ability to incorporate the active display that the Moto X has or is Super AMOLED a totally different beast?
Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Agreed, I do like the s4 more than I figured I would tho, signal reception is just as good as the razr hd it replaced, (was worried as every sammy I had before had horrible reception), Battery life really isnt bad and I regularly get 24 hrs with normal use, the screen is absolutely beautiful, performance is great, and the camera just blows the razr hd's away. I miss being unlocked sometimes, but I thought id be returning this and ended up keeping it.
I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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Check to make sure you get a non updated phone if you wanna do that, mine came pre updated so I couldn't do roms.
Good tip
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Good tip
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It hasn't mattered to me that much since usually when I get to flashing roms on a phone it's because the stock rom is god awful slow, but this phone is so fast it doesn't bother me. I can imagine a nice rom on this runs pretty sweet though.
I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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drtchocky said:
I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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Really don't think you can go wrong between the two, I had actually picked this up because I sold my Razr HD, and could not stand using the LG Ally backup phone I had any longer, knowing I had 14 days to decide I grabbed the S4, and its what im gonna keep. Good luck with whatever you choose!

Satisfaction Level

Hi guys, currently i'm doing research on your satisfaction level about the G2.
Please vote & comment.
Cheers.
Now i have cm With LG câmera, my lvl is 95% because of no sd card.
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matheus_sc said:
Now i have cm With LG câmera, my lvl is 95% because of no sd card.
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95%? thats mean u are very satisfied with the phone right?
Love the phone. I'd say 9.2/10
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Love the phone 8/10 if it was more developer friendly and wasn't a fingerprint magnet it'd be a 10
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95%? thats mean u are very satisfied with the phone right?
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Very happy, before i have gs4 9500 and z1,this is better.
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matheus_sc said:
Very happy, before i have gs4 9500 and z1,this is better.
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what is the advantages of g2 over s4?
Percent? Phone gets a 90% for overall greatness. Loses the 10%for directly lying about the camera lens!
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syzwn9 said:
what is the advantages of g2 over s4?
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Screen,camera and battery.
I am also very satisfied 9.5/10
Bigger screen without having a bigger body. Newer more future proof SoC. Better screen.
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the best mobile with 9.8 / 10
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what is the advantages of g2 over s4?
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Better screen, camera, battery life and software
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Now i have cm With LG câmera, my lvl is 95% because of no sd card.
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Problem solved
Hard to say. I loved my G2 for the first few days:
- Unitl the touchscreen became unpredictable, making it impossible to reliably pick from lists, scroll, enter text, or even pull down the notification shade.
- Until I found out that ths touchscreen issue is far-reaching, affecting many G2 users,and so far LG has not recognized this as an issue
- Until I had to exchange my G2 - not an easy process via WireFly.com
I have another on the way. If this second one does not have this issue, I'll rate my G2 experience a 9/10. If I can enter text, scroll, pick, otherwise "USE" my phone, it'll be a great thing.
If it also exhibits this touchscreen issue, I'll rate it a 0/10 and I'll return it for another phone.
If you had to rate my satisfaction as of this moment, I'd have to say 5/10, as it could go either way.
want: unlocked bootloader, and kitkat.
bad: speaker placement. I know the IPhone and proably some other phones have speakers on the bottom like the LG G2. well it turns out tha thats the most stupid place to put the speaker. In landscape mode its pretty hard to hold it in a way to not cover the speaker entirely. but i guess, i am just holding it wrong.
I've never ever saw or heard anyone on Iphone complain about that. (they are used to holding it wrong i guess)
Very satisfied... The nav buttons can be a little annoying at times but the G2 Xposed app helps.
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I'm satisfied with it, meaning that it meets my expectations plus a little.The G2 has some cool things about it for sure. The big battery, back buttons, knock on-off, the UI is good, and latest processor. I wish it had temp and humidity sensors though, the speaker and nav buttons in a different place, and a SD Card slot. The camera on mine is great as long as I'm in bright light, but indoors I have a hard time getting a good picture. I do like the display but I have to keep the brightness cranked way up to appreciate it which burns a lot of juice. If I keep the brightness down around 50 to 60% it's pretty bland looking.
I happen to like the S4's display and camera better than the G2 but that's just personal preference. The temp and humidity sensors come in handy at work and that's probably why I end up carrying the S4 more often than the G2.
I am very happy with the G2. Battery is fantastic and i love the interface. I came from an HTC One and this phone is a beast compared to that. Does lose 5% b/c of no sd card slot but i can use my HTC one as my music player now!
9/10 Just because I never give a 10. There are quirks with every phone. Overall very satisfied.
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voted Very Satisfied
Overall great phone and I have few complaints.
I wish the phone had:
MicroSD
2nd Sim Slot
Camera Mute
Flat Screen (I don't like how screen protectors can't cover all the class because of the phone's curved edges)

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