You are a star
thanks
VERY new to all of this...just a different world coming from the iphone.
Guessing you can save things like that to the SD card? guessing thats easy to do? do you just go to the settings and put it in the storage for SD section?
Yeah or just use the file manager that comes installed on your device (my s4 came with one) and move it to wherever you want
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So I just (as in 30min ago) went to play with the GS4 at both my local AT&T and T-mobile store.
My feelings about this phone have been on a roller-coster ride from initial disappointment, to growing desire, to minor annoyance...yeah you get the idea.
Anyway I figured I owed it to myself to try one out in person. I actually really like how the GS4 looks, especially the white version. The HTC one was more visually striking but the GS4 looked more comfortable with the plus that it wasn't that much bigger than my current Galaxy Nexus.
I was very concerned about the lag some people have been reporting here. The biggest "lag" issue I encountered was the time it takes to get to the homescreen when you press the home button. At each store I shut off all the special features using the extended notification toggles because this is how I plan to use the phone if I do buy it. I also disabled the "launch S-voice with the home button" option which helped a little. I also changed all the transitions in the developer options from 1x to 0.5x. This made the biggest difference at least in the delay of getting back to the homescreen. I also made sure to clear all recent apps. I have to say that the phone felt pretty speedy (and there wasn't too much of a difference before and after making those changes with the exception of the transition speed).
The screen looked great even when it wasn't at max brightness.
Touchwiz is a bit in your face but I feel like I could ignore it especially with Nova launcher. I actually don't mind the stock launcher either. It still feels like Android (with a lot of extras piled on top), whereas the HTC One with sense felt like some third hybrid operating system which I didn't like at all.
To be honest after seeing the phone in person I don't think the lag issue would be a problem for me. The one thing that I am concerned about is the durability of the physical home button. At the AT&T store it felt horrible, presumably from hundreds of people pushing that button all day long. But perhaps that is a good predictor of how the button would feel after a 1-2 years of use? At the T-mobile store which clearly had a newer less handled unit the button felt fine but I think I would still have preferred a capacitive button. Anyone else transitioned from capacitative or on screen buttons to a GS3 or GS4?
Yep turning off home button launching s-voice, and putting the animations to off or .5x (and turning off smart scroll, stay and air gestures) make it speedy. You will get smallest litte micro stutters where you'll notice a scroll not quite as smooth as you'd expect but they aren't breaking.
I said in my hands on experience of the s4 that I didn't want to overplay the lag, it was more little stutters. For most folks they wouldn't even notice them, and they can be eradicated if you use another launcher.
My own decision was more based on the memory usage of the device, and the fact I still had to deal with touchwiz's dialler, contacts, calculator, calendar, music player, messaging applications even if I did change launcher, and aesthetically to me I didn't like them but I'm über sensitive to design as its my profession and I couldn't look at something that was contrary to my own design ethos every time I looked at the phone. This would make no difference to 99.99% of its users I understand, but for me the GUI is almost more important to me than the look of the device.
The camera on the s4 is fantastic, and I actually liked the hardware and did not think it felt cheap or 'too plasticky' at all.
Enjoy the phone when you get it
its a great device.
