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My wife's S4 having blank screen problem..the phone seems working..the buttons lights up..but the screen is blank..already sent to samsung for warranty..this is the second time it happen..first time happen after 1 month she bought the phone and took 2 weeks to repair the phone..The phone still new..bought on july 2014..i search on the internet and found out that quite a lot user having this problem..anyone having this problem before?

I did asked her to try hard reset but still same..not sure she did it correctly or not..she live in johor and i live in terengganu so i can't do it for her..but when she try remove the battery, insert back and power on, the problem still exist..when power on the phone, can still see samsung logo but after that became blank..luckily still under warranty..but just 4 month use already 2 times happen..hope no more problem after this or will decide to sell the phone..

After the screen became blank, when press the home button, the capacitive button below lights up..but the screen still blank..i'm not sure what firmware version it has..but not the latest version coz i didn't update when the phone found an update in september..S4 i9500..should i update after collect from service centre? any problem after update to latest firmware?

Thanks..my wife's S4 firmware maybe 4.2.2..maybe i should try update to 4.3 first..who knows maybe the problem can be solve after update firmware..before this i'm afraid to update in case got problem after update to 4.3..i read on the internet some user having problem such as battery drain after update to 4.3..

What do you mean by cant? Still can use ODIN what

got guide, quite simple, just like normal custom rom, flash and go.

someone installed it also last time, for kitkat.

now just patiently waiting for L.

  grats haha...

be parted of google android develop team and be the first who have the updates..

L most probably next year already la. earliest also end of February.

Hi

New S4 black edition user here. Happy with it so far.
I have extra Original S-view cover. Pm me if keen cz letting go cheap

Welcome to the S4 world..

why so down.... FW is not entire... from surface no one can tell you are in 4.4.2, 4.4.4 or L... cheer up

Yes..my wife bought the phone at Foto Charlie BP Mall Batu Pahat..still under warranty so she send it to that shop..they send to service centre..shop called said service centre already check and screen broken..user fault so not cover warranty..Rm700 to repair..this is second time happen..first time happen just 1 month after bought the phone..phone still new..bought on july 2014..

Lag and battery drain?  So far in term of launching apps is in acceptable speed 1 to 1.5 sec.. and battery is round SOT 4Hrs plus, for me this is consider good for a virgin phone 

4.4.4 claim to be faster and use less battery but my point of view is not too high hope cause still Dalvik, wait till ART arrive then S4 will be a beast...

SME set..and the shop seems like a reputable one..starting bussiness from 1975..they have 6 branch around batu pahat..thats why i bought at their shop..my wife said maybe got drop once around  40cm height..but after that the phone seems ok and still can use about 1 month..no symptom of screen problem until it suddenly became blank during charging..

I know this because i have some friends working at Lowyat Plaza, they are the one who told me this.

Usually replacement of LCD will only use normal tempered glass LCD, not Corning Gorilla Glass 3 like what we have now on our S4. And also you can notice the color vibrance is differ from original, as its not Super Amoled anymore

Ya, I heard this kind of case too but I thought that we can order exact same glass from Ebay etc. I rather pay extra RM100 to 200 for a good screen instead of pay less and get lower quality which might easily damaged again.

Mine is 4hours+, check is GPSD is running.. my wife S4 affecting badly by this culprit, to be the truth some apps triggering GPSD to run.

I did few things but not sure which is the real culprit, at least now her phone back to normal when GPSD is not running...

I solved my wife S4 9500 battery drain by disable remote services and remove FB Messenger