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Another way to check is call up Samsung customer service
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Give them IMEI no, they can check SME unit or not
I bought my 2nd hand Note2 this way.
1) Get IMEI no from seller 2) Call CS to confirm SME set 3) Once confirm, during COD double check the IMEI is correct
for new phones, i assume can do similar things but never tried
- thanks to brotan
how to register your e-warranty 1. assist from garage sales tha pinned thread .. 2.follow the step from SGS3 thread
NO SPAMS AT THIS THREAD, IF NOT ; U'LL GET BANNED BY STAFF!
This post has been edited by mudkipryan94: May 27 2013, 03:45 PM
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1.Photography: Instagram, Plixir, Line Camera , Adobe PS4 2.Games: Zenonia Series., NFS series, Temple Run Series, and etc 3.Social... u guys know it 4.Tweak-a-lot [Some of them need roots ] Titanium * Backup, Kernel Controller, PIMP MY ROM[Custom Rom NEEDED!!] etc... 5.Themes and Widgets: Beautiful Widgets, Apex [more, S4 apex stuff ] , GO , Next , Nova .. and more 6:Kuwo (chinese apps) ,Spotify , SoundHound and etc if u guys got anything wanna added, u can drop a PM for me
-thanks to wkkm007 2. S4 have 2 models variants , so need u guys read it
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The Exynos octacore is actually 2 quadcore processors : four high-performance ARM Cortex-A15 cores running at 1.60GHz, four low-power ARM Cortex-A7 cores with 1.20 GHz clock-speed as well as PowerVR SGX 544 graphics adapter. However, the Exynos 5410, though having eight cores but the phone will use only four at a time.
The technology used is called big.LITTLE and Samsung has taken a licence for it from ARM. In actual use, Galaxy S IV will use A7 cores while handling light work. For example, if you are making a call, the phone is likely to be powered by A7 cores. But if you are playing a demanding 3D game, it will switch off A7 cores and use A15 cores. At no point of time, the phone will use all eight cores simultaneously.
Samsung claims that this technology provides users best balance of performance as well as battery life. An important detail to note is that A15 cores are very powerful and even if only four of them are used in Exynos 5410, it is enough to make the device one of the most powerful smartphones in the market.
I am only looking forward to the Snapdragon model mainly due to LTE being enabled on it
-Thanks to uncle benny888 for explain
3.Battrey Endurance
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Iphones seem to be more efficient processor wise when surfing. Thats why if iphone and like a flagship samsung device go head to head battery test both pure surfing, they actually last similarly. Because iphone dont eat that much juice while samsung eats a lot. But if a mix of uses then iphone would lose. Also I do get iphone heating up when I play extensive gaming. Surfing yea not so much. Its processor.
I dont think its much to worry about.
I recommend 1. Underclocking (I dont) 2. Undervolting (I do) 3. Both (youll see epic battery savings too)
Thanks to our staff, Baronic 5.HOW TO SCREENSHOT? JayceeOoi
Battery? Thanks to -hikari0307
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Battery Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) First of all, it should be noted that most myths about mobile phone battery care originated from the days where nickel-cadmium (NiCad) based batteries were common years ago but the overwhelming majority of smartphone batteries used nowadays are lithium ion based smart batteries which doesn’t require these treatments. I’ve seen these questions asked again and again multiple times over multiple threads and I’ve decided to compile some information all over the internet to answer these questions.
Q: I heard that you need to do an initial charge of 8 hours before first use of the battery, is this true? A: There is no need to charge a Lithium ion battery to 100% or charge for long hours (priming), this doesn't work for li-ion chemistry, before using your device. It will not affect battery life in anyway. In fact, you can start using most modern smartphone batteries immediately right out of the box and it won’t cause any problems to the long term life of your battery.
Q: I heard that it’s good for the battery if you often charge it to 100% and use it until it’s almost out of power before recharging again to combat battery memory effects. In other words, I heard it’s good to do full discharges of the battery before recharging. Is this true? A: Batteries have a finite limited number of charge cycles and similar to a mechanical device that wears out faster with heavy use, so also does the depth of discharge (DoD) determine the cycle count. The shorter the discharge (low DoD), the longer the battery will last. If at all possible, avoid full discharges and charge the battery more often between uses. Partial discharge on Li-ion is fine; there is no memory and the battery does not need periodic full discharge cycles to prolong life, other than to calibrate the fuel gauge on a smart battery once in a while between a few months. In other words, do not discharge lithium-ion too deeply. Instead, charge it frequently. Lithium-ion does not have memory problems like nickel-cadmium batteries. No deep discharges are needed for conditioning. Running a Lithium battery low all the time actually does harm it more than topping it off whenever possible. Using only 20% or 30% of the battery capacity before recharging will extend cycle life considerably. As a general rule, 5 to 10 shallow discharge cycles are equal to one full discharge cycle
Q: Somebody told me to not leave the phone connected to a charger for a long time to avoid overcharging and damaging the battery. Would that be correct? A: In most cases of modern lithium ion batteries, this is not a problem as these smart batteries are designed to cut the current when they reach a certain charge level and will use a bit of their own power before they start charging again and since lithium ion batteries have no memory effects, this is not a problem. There is no danger of the battery being overcharged. People seem to misunderstand about this point because a lack of knowledge and also advices with other batteries for example with laptops where people are usually advised to take the lithium batteries out if it’s not going to be used for a long time. People don’t realise in that case that the risk is actually the heat coming from operation of the computer instead of overcharging.
Q: How should I store my battery if I’m not going to be using it for a while? eg. storing phone away or spare battery. A: The worst way to store a battery is to store it fully charged in places with high temperatures. The best common way to store your smartphone battery is to store it away with power levels of between 40%-60% and in places where it’s likely to stay at a comfortable temperature.
How to Root? 1.beginner flashing method- by Benny888
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Just rooted and installed clockworkmod recovery: whole process took less than a minute
Use Odin in PC to flash the root tar file. After reboot, boot back to recovery and select root phone. Restart - clockwork mod and supersu working fine. Tested and work fine with Titanium Backup. Now testing backup rom using recovery mode
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So, as we had the Octa-Core (GT-I9500) variant of the Galaxy S4, we decided to do some benchmarks. We are just BLOWN away from the results we got. The Galaxy S4 crushed every other device, even the HTC One and the Sony XPERIA Z. We used Antutu and Quadrant as our benchmark tools. The device received a score of 27417 on Antutu and 12726 on Quadrant.
Our full review of the Galaxy S4 will come at the end of April, so stay tuned for that!
COMPARISON MODEL! (SORRY FOR LATE ADDING)
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Previous version just 'debating'
about why no LTE model... and blah blah blah...'
and HOPE GUYS CAN PATIENTLY Wait...
1st. NO iOS and WINDOW PHONE OPERATION SYSTEM COMPARSION
2nd. NO CLONE MARKETED model TO MAKE A COMPARSION/CRAP arounnd....!
CODE
xxx vs xxx / xxx clone of S4 rrp:RMxx / etc
3rd. NO ASKING LAME QUESTION
CODE
Good idea, I will prefer 4G version but SME only bring 3G version now. No choice! I can't wait anymore.
Could imagine Samsung will produce S4 with dual simcard, LTE, bigger memory & other color variant later? Why not it intro/sell all version at same time? :cry:
4.NO TROLLING POST!... [HOPE MODS TO CONCERN THIS CASE... ]
5.Don't post about not related international model (US carrier is accepted, ) eg:i9502/9508... Rejected so mind u read it 1st
Advices from other web
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Drunk driving has been replaced and texting while driving is now the leading cause of teen death in the U.S. A study conducted by the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York shows that more than 3,000 teens die each year as a result of sending SMS messages while operating a vehicle. That figures compares to the 2,700 teens that are killed each year as a result of drunk driving, a figure reported Thursday by CBS News. ...... 'The reality is kids aren’t drinking seven days per week — they are carrying their phones and texting seven days per week, so you intuitively know this a more common occurrence."-Dr Andrew Adesman, Chief Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
"With both texting and hand-held use of mobile phones at the wheel causing more impairment than being at the drink-drive limit or under the influence of cannabis, the police need to target the large number of motorists continuing to flout the law."-Professor Stephen Glaister, director,RAC Foundation ...... =========
Since a number of users here seem to fall into the "teen" category, please don't text and drive. Same actually applies to EVERYONE.
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Joytest for giving advice , PeeEL haha...also giving support to me, XeactorZ aka Hyuna n YoonA and teaching me, Benny888 and JoyceOoi aka Gadget GURU waveweaver droid and iOS friendly user Baronic da' DOOM BRINGER in LYN staff!! teckyang97 one kind of gadget freak madman20 monitoring the thread thanks to him
Ignored User!
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KuLi- Flamers I_am_stupid- f*cking bastards to flame and trolling Similian troller at LYN android
This post has been edited by mudkipryan94: May 18 2013, 05:47 PM
Benny, any custom ROM you would recommend for now? I assume the S4 features will not be available in custom rom (such as Air view, gesture view , etc.)
I don't think Quad Core Snapdragon will be available in malaysia. If available the price may be different coz Quadcore with 4GLTE.
My 2 days S4 still 50+% of the battery coz my new line 3G still not active. Bought at Celcom branch. Already call service center but still cannot settle. They asked me to go back at that branch.
Iphones seem to be more efficient processor wise when surfing. Thats why if iphone and like a flagship samsung device go head to head battery test both pure surfing, they actually last similarly. Because iphone dont eat that much juice while samsung eats a lot. But if a mix of uses then iphone would lose. Also I do get iphone heating up when I play extensive gaming. Surfing yea not so much. Its processor.
I dont think its much to worry about.
I recommend 1. Underclocking (I dont) 2. Undervolting (I do) 3. Both (youll see epic battery savings too)
okay, Thanks Baron... i'll pinned this at 1st page.. !
QUOTE(waveweaver @ May 2 2013, 03:49 PM)
So far only got two ways for rooting GT-I9500 1) by flashing cofface CWM-root 2) by flashing pre-root Chinese ROM (only a few user manage to root this way)
Better use the first one while we wait for Chainfire auto-root.
u mean i just now give azul that wan link (i means Cofface)
This post has been edited by mudkipryan94: May 2 2013, 03:51 PM
The s4 has a lot of stuff running in background also. Nfc. That eye scanning thingy. Smart stay. Whatever stuff. If u dun use I recommend switching off. Also as usual make sure u close unused apps properly. And off gps if not using too.
For underclocking and undervolting recommend setcpu. On playstore. However the ability to do noth would depend on whether u are rooted and whether your kernel supports it. If it does u will wanna tread carefully as it can cause your device to crash and the only way to fix would be a factory reset. Uncle benny can shed more light on how much u can reduce the voltage to a minimum of 800mv. I generally reduce all by 75mv for my note 2 to a minimum of 800mv (or if by default already lower I dont touch)
May 2 2013, 10:13 AM, updated 13y ago
Samsung GALAXY S4 OFFICIAL THREAD Ver.2 
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