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Galaxy S4
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I had the same problem with my S4. Had to do this exact same thing to fix my battery life. It also happened to me about the same time you first posted your problem. Also I have the HTC One and have been using that for about 5 weeks with no problem until 2 days ago. Same thing had to use this same fix on it also. My guess is that it has something to do on Googles end. Sorry I would have posted earlier and save you some trouble but I just read your posts now.
Plenty of choices there. Upload to Google Music if it is available for you, otherwise try Amazon music. If cloud isn't your cup of tea, use DoubleTwist with AirSync or WinAmp to sync from your desktop. If all else fails you can always get a Micro SD card, put it in a USB adapter and copy over your music from your desktop and then put it back in the phone.
I saw an online retailer in my country selling the octa-core I9500 S4 $30 cheaper off contract than the I9505 Snapdragon LTE model.
Why would anyone sell the more powerful model at a cheaper price besides the lack of LTE support for the I9500 model?
Why would anyone sell the more powerful model at a cheaper price besides the lack of LTE support for the I9500 model?
Ok... Im 90% convinced in selling my iphone 5 and get the S4... The only thing holding me is the upcoming S4 Google Edition...
Then wait till June 26th and decide then... Simples
After the GE has been released you will know if the standard version can be flashed with the GE rom. You might be able to save a few $
I have a 4S and about to come off my contract (two months). I'm having a tough time deciding between s4 and one; however, I think I've decided on the s4 after using one today. On the other hand, however, I'd be more then happy to stay with iOS if the next iPhone was gunna be awesome, which, according to leaks, isn't happening; I'm changing because the iPhone is becoming boring for me. I would wait for the 5S to be announced, however, it seems its a good 5-6 months away, and going down the waiting game path is a dangerous one (e.g "oh no i don't like the 5s, gonna get a s4, oh no but wait the s5 is only a few months away") Anyone got any advice?
I got an S4 because I was bored of iOS as well. Grass is not always greener on the other side just different, as MRU says. Which I think is true. Having said that I'm loving the S4 but missing somethings with the iphone. I would order from amazon if possible as I believe they have a 30 day return policy still. If you don't like it you can wait until the 5S comes. I'll probably end up grabbing one of those too.. unless they stick with the same screen size and iOS7 os terrible.
Short version. Go for it. Expandable storage and interchangeable battery is a total win
Anyone else having android system take up most of there battery life? I downloaded a bunch of live wallpapers and I think one of them might be causing it.
I disabled a bunch of stuff I don't use and my battery is very good but the system is showing high drain.
I got about 3 hours screen time and I'm at 40%
I disabled a bunch of stuff I don't use and my battery is very good but the system is showing high drain.
I got about 3 hours screen time and I'm at 40%
What's showing up in the app management as running ? If there is stuff showing up in there that you are not using but it's running away anyway - then thats the stuff to look at disabling or uninstalling.
a bunch of stuff that has to do with touchwiz and the os.I think I disabled something it needs and is trying to keep restarting something else that is caused by another process that I shut down.
I found a process called elm agent and it said restarting but was not and just sitting there.I think I found it and shut that down so I will see if that works
It's slightly more powerful only.
The octa-core marketing term is misleading . At any given time, you are either using the A7 cores, or the A15, depending on app. The phone can not run on all eight cores at once (and good luck getting a dev to do it too, Samsung never releases their exynos sources so not going to happen).
Basically, its a quad core phone with core switching ability in real terms. Not an eight core one which run at the same time.
But those quad cores are next gen a15 monsters and clock for clock are 30% more powerful
30% is not shown in real life performance, which is easily seen once you actually compare a One and S4. It is great for benchmarks though.
Also the krait 300 is no slouch either. Both exynos and s600 are 28nm based too btw.
We never have this problem with ios
Being able to disable processes you don't use is a problem?
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It's actually closer to 40% clock for clock and krait is a a9
Hybrid design. Even krait 800 won't match true a15 performance.
And both being on the same node size have nothing to do with each other. That's like saying amds 32nm is as power efficient as intels 32nm
Visiting the folks for the weekend and I get LTE up here for once. I heard it was bad on the battery, but wow I wasn't expecting it to just kill it. Luckily this thing will charge in a snap.
Krait 300 is closer to a15 than a9.
And it shows once you swipe around on one and s4, with s4 getting bogged out crazy by its bloat despite a screaming a15 while the krait keeps the optimized sense flying.
Anyone who buys phones with paper specs as first priority is in for a big shock once real life results kick in.
No it's not close to a15 at all and every report I read said the exynos s4 did not have the lag the snap dragon does
Taken from this review and this is the slower clocked exynos version not the full 1.8 clocked she version
Real-life usage seemed to reflect the benchmarks in this sense, as well, although we felt that the Exynos version held a slight advantage over the Snapdragon. If you recall, we noted in our GS4 review that the T-Mobile unit we used suffered from some visible lagging and stuttering when Samsung's smart features and motion gestures were activated, although it was smooth sailing as soon as we turned them off. Fortunately, we couldn't replicate the same problems on the I9500
So much for real world usage huh? the features of the gs4 were developed with the horsepower that the a15 from the get go.
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