Thank goodness for that,
I thought it was just me, I have googled it but cant find an answer, I just use Google Beta now. 
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Galaxy S4
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Thank goodness for that,
I thought it was just me, I have googled it but cant find an answer, I just use Google Beta now. OMG I'm loving my galaxy S4
GOT IT TODAY
One question though guys everytime I go onto the stock browser the womans voice says
"page loaded" all the time...how do I change this in the settings? it's so annoying..what have I pressed by mistake?
Same Great device just got mine two days ago.
Still going to purchase an iPhone 5s in september.
Thank goodness for that,
I thought I did something and switched something on while going through all the settings...seems odd.
not sure which browser to use...i searched for chrome beta and couldn't find anything..what is it down under as?
Oh and I'm amazed how quick S voice is compared to siri.
Also when I go to e-mail...i've added an account which is my yahoo account but it doesnt show the message when I hover over it? is it just for outlook?
great stuff thanks mate
When you click on s voice why do you need to push the bottom left button to get her to speak?
Cheers for posting this.
Do Google not list Chrome Beta in the Play Store? Is it only available when you have a direct link? Because I couldn't find it on my Nexus 7 either.
Not sure about Pandora specifically but if you want an ad blocker you can use AdAway as long as you're rooted.
Yep. Settings/My Device/Lock Screen/Lock Screen Widgets/Edit Personal Information. You can have it say anything you want
Thanks! That looked a little corny!
I'm really trying to like the S4 I picked up today but this thing is just way to laggy for a new top of the line smartphone in 2013! The HTC One I had was buttery smooth and even thought the processor was less than that of the the S4 it is much more fluid.
Anyone downloaded the Vudu app? It says that it's not compatible with this device...
I have quite a few movies on Vudu and never had issues on the i5.
I have quite a few movies on Vudu and never had issues on the i5.
This is my exact situation right now. I have to two heavyweight champions sitting on my lap and I'm freaking torn in two. I have to return one and I have no idea which one to return! I love everything about the one except for the camera or
OS - Draw (4.1 or 4.2 don't seem to drastically different to me)
Storage - One
Camera - S4
Form factor - One
Battery - S4
Sound - One
Overall fluidity - One
Intangibles (software) - S4
Decisions... decisions
Been rocking with the s4 for two weeks now. Great update from 4S. would never change b back although I did change the launcher to nova prime. That got rid of the lag and much better launcher than touchwiz anyway.
I got to say that after changing the launcher there's nothing I don't like about this phone. The build quality rocks, feels much better than s3 and looks better too. Now that I changed launcher I can keep my phone constantly on power saving mode since it increases the already good battery life. I just checked of the screen dimming on power setting options. Doesn't lag even on need for Speed most wanted with power saving on.
It's funny I haven't sold my iPhone 4S yet, now that I pick it up it feels like a toy. So small and unusable screen size. I can use my galaxy s4 as easily as the iPhone one handed cuz the design is less blocky and slimmer and lighter. I can even type one handed with the switkeys flow function. :O Overall I'm really happy I upgraded to this instead of iPhone 5
although I did change the launcher to nova prime. That got rid of the lag and much better launcher than touchwiz anyway. I got to say that after changing the launcher there's nothing I don't like about this phone. The build quality rocks, feels much better than s3 and looks better too. Now that I changed launcher I can keep my phone constantly on power saving mode since it increases the already good battery life. I just checked of the screen dimming on power setting options. Doesn't lag even on need for Speed most wanted with power saving on.
It's funny I haven't sold my iPhone 4S yet, now that I pick it up it feels like a toy. So small and unusable screen size. I can use my galaxy s4 as easily as the iPhone one handed cuz the design is less blocky and slimmer and lighter. I can even type one handed with the switkeys flow function. :O Overall I'm really happy I upgraded to this instead of iPhone 5
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Its a really tough decision in the end it was the stock elements of Touchwiz that made me go for the One. (The elements I couldn't change with a launcher - or without rooting and rom'in) The dialler is in your face tacky, the people / contacts app is less refined, calculator with its rounded buttons is 10 years out of date aesthetically, and the music app is just not a patch on HTC's tbh, no artist / album gracenote features, no virtualiser, no lyrics option etc... S-calendar is nice alright but gets very cluttered. But worst for me was that each of all these elements had no overall aesthetic coherence with each other, it is like each element of Touchwiz is designed by a different design team so it doesn't flow or feel natural or as one as it should be.
Sound quality listening to the two devices via headphones the One with beats does ave tangible better sound. As I like to listen to music whilst I'm walking that was another consideration too. But not a major one, just one I noticed when the two were side by side playing same music through same headphones. The HTC One produced more detail in the track.
[I am meant to be in charge not my phone] I also felt like the S4 was making me be a slave to memory management, to constantly strive and make my device as smooth as I want it to be (as it should be) and I did not want android OCD. The one is so smooth out of the box and memory management just isn't a concern on the one either.
For me personally battery life was actually poorer on the S4. I could still get through a day before it was put on charge however - but it did seem heavier on the old juice and I'm only in a 3G area (no LTE).
When I added all those things up - for me the tangible benefit of the camera was just not enough compensation for all the other elements that I would use everyday and simply took for granted on the htc one. Things that I did not have to think about such as micro stutters on the S4 only were an issue because I had used the htc one which didn't suffer from them at all.
I want a phone to work for me, not me work for my phone, and the S4 was making me work for it....
I thought to myself, look yes I love the S4's camera - but a camera is maybe 5-10% of a phones usage for me. 3rd party other apps maybe 20-30% of what I use the phone for, but the biggest share is the phones core - the phones GUI and other stock apps make up the lion share 60-65% and therefore they had to be more important for me overall, and for that reason I choose the device that had a better overall design aesthetic and coherency running through its core applications. HTC Note, task, music, calculator, dialler, people, weather, TV, clock etc.. The keyboard on the One is also lovely and as good as swiftkey / Swype alternatives and it keeps the same GUI consistency.
So that's what swung it for me. I am a graphic designer and illustrator by profession, so design coherence is important to me, and looking at a phones basic stock elements that all had an opposite design ethos to everything I was thought and practice for the last 18 years was just too much to ask of me with the Galaxy S4. So for that reason Touchwiz for me is simply a no-go zone, and likely something I won't be revisiting again in the conceivable future.
I don't envy your decision, but at least you can rest assured you have perhaps the best two android smartphones to choose from whichever you opt for in the end.
The S4 is a fab phone, just not the right one for me. But I'm sure for millions it'll be a great fit. As it stands and with the camera improvements on the one - je ne regrette rien.
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widgets only "run" when the phone is on. Maybe you're just using the phone a lot?
OMG I'm loving my galaxy S4
GOT IT TODAY
One question though guys everytime I go onto the stock browser the womans voice says
"page loaded" all the time...how do I change this in the settings? it's so annoying..what have I pressed by mistake?
Have you got TalkBack enabled under Settings>My Device>Accessibility?