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Galaxy S4
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I'm sure that there are, but I don't believe the S4 has been rooted. Also, the bootloder is locked down which will make it that much harder.
I believe the HTC One has already been rooted.
I could be wrong though.
As far as ive seen yes, does not seem to work on Chrome.
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It is already rooted yes. Xda has tutorials on it. Also early versions of Custom recoveries are out but by the time you would get yours they will be working perfectly. but many many people are already rooted.
What exactly is the difference from rooting it and having the bootloader unlocked?
Some people are just more sensitive to laggyness than others. I remember back with froyo people would swear up and down that there was no lag, yet I would look at my atrix and see it lag and just get
Here's how much RAM my S4 currently sits at. I have Spotify and Audible open right now. If I hit the clear memory button it drops to 700mb. But then it slowly craps back up to 1.1GB.
On my Nexus 4 its always 600-800mb. Also compared to my Nexus, I do see small amounts of lag sometimes. I've disabled all the fancy gestures etc.
The one on the left is my Nexus 4, sat comfortably at 600MB used. My GS4 only has 2 apps open and it's at 1.1GB.
On my Nexus 4 its always 600-800mb. Also compared to my Nexus, I do see small amounts of lag sometimes. I've disabled all the fancy gestures etc.
The one on the left is my Nexus 4, sat comfortably at 600MB used. My GS4 only has 2 apps open and it's at 1.1GB.
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Dash clock Widget, UCCW, G+ and Facebook love to continually add to their cache file, filling available RAM. Android will automatically take care of when that cache needs to be active or hibernate though. You can simply close recent apps if it helps though.
That's a new feature? Does it basically nag you all day until you take a walk?
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Exactly same. Takes very little to get that ram used up. Compared to the HTC One which sounds like same as your N4, hovers 800mb with upto 9 multiple apps open in background.
My usage hasn't changed with this phone and yet somehow doing it on the S4 takes up over 5-600mb more than on the HTC One. I mean something is array there and can only be Samsung's software bloating (and I mean the stuff baked into the OS not necesserily the independent S-Apps).
Yeah I ate that about android how it can seemingly launch other apps & services that have no correlation or necessity simply because one poorly coded app gives it permission to do so without the users knowledge.
Do you have google now enabled?
Do you have any widgets that may use location data? Also you can try disabling location history. Go into the maps app, then settings, location settings and disable it.
It may be enabled, not sure why Maps took do much more battery today vs other days
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Done. We will see what its like tomorrow :O
I'm on a custom ROM with zero Samsung bloat ware. I do use a lot of Google services, but my maps and other Google software barely uses any RAM. I have 232 apps in total and don't think I have ever gone above 1.1GB of RAM used. Below pics are my average.
I also just remembered that Picassa uploader used to constantly try to make a connection to the server, causing phones to lag, due to constant caching. That was early ICS days though. I never use it, so don't know how it is now. Is that something you have looked at?
Hello Guys! Long time silent lurker here, surfacing for a little while
Came across this comparison as I was browsing DPreview and I thought that you might find this interesting.
http://connect.dpreview.com/post/92...sunggalaxys4-vs-htcone-vs-iphone5-vs-lumia920
A good comparison of the cameras of the iPhone 5, Lumia 920, HTC One and SGS4. Apologies in advance if this link has already been posted previously.
I played with an SGS4 yesterday at the local Starhub shop and it's an impressive device; but personally I am on the fence with regard to an SGS3->SGS4 upgrade since the SGS3 pretty much does whatever I need it to do on a non-stylus phone. I might wait for the Note 3 instead especially if there is a possibility that it will come with a 1080p screen too.
Came across this comparison as I was browsing DPreview and I thought that you might find this interesting.
http://connect.dpreview.com/post/92...sunggalaxys4-vs-htcone-vs-iphone5-vs-lumia920
A good comparison of the cameras of the iPhone 5, Lumia 920, HTC One and SGS4. Apologies in advance if this link has already been posted previously.
I played with an SGS4 yesterday at the local Starhub shop and it's an impressive device; but personally I am on the fence with regard to an SGS3->SGS4 upgrade since the SGS3 pretty much does whatever I need it to do on a non-stylus phone. I might wait for the Note 3 instead especially if there is a possibility that it will come with a 1080p screen too.
That's a new feature? Does it basically nag you all day until you take a walk?
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Exactly same. Takes very little to get that ram used up. Compared to the HTC One which sounds like same as your N4, hovers 800mb with upto 9 multiple apps open in background.
My usage hasn't changed with this phone and yet somehow doing it on the S4 takes up over 5-600mb more than on the HTC One. I mean something is array there and can only be Samsung's software bloating (and I mean the stuff baked into the OS not necesserily the independent S-Apps).
Lol
Damn this iphone auto correct lol
I got good news about my s4 order
Dear Customer
Great news, the Samsung Galaxy S4 id due in today, Thursday and Friday in separate deliveries.
Orders will be shipping from today in date order and we will notify you of dispatch when your order goes out.
We will fulfil orders as quickly as possible.
Please await your dispatch confirmation.
Yours sincerely
The Unlocked Mobiles.com Team
Selling my S4 and keeping my iPhone 5.
Laggy OS, worse screen than my iPhone 5, IOS is smarter than Android 4.2.2.
And the S4 is slippery as hell even when using the Samsung Flip-Cover....
and keeping my iPhone 5.Laggy OS, worse screen than my iPhone 5, IOS is smarter than Android 4.2.2.
And the S4 is slippery as hell even when using the Samsung Flip-Cover....