[Updated] List of major problems in S4 - Galaxy S 4 General

Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
2b. New crash issue: open camera, go to settings, press the mic (sound) button and the camera crashes.
3.Phone turns off all by itself.
(Hapenned twice in two weeks)
4.When the phone is turned on again, the battery levels jumps down to 10-15 percent less of what it was before. It is also displayed in the settings battery status graph.
5.When the volume is set to max during a call through earpiece, the slight vibration made because of the sound emission is felt on the back of the device (in a cheap way) every s4 has this issue.
6.Launcher redraw (Even after updated ME1 firmware but its improved and only seen when doing heavy muktitasking)
7. Screen smearing issue.
8. Slight pinkinsh/purple tone on the lower right half of the screen when the brightness is set to lowest.
9. Flash light less bright than other phones eg nexus or s3
10. Camera Lag when opening
10a. Shutter lag when taking photos
11. Gallery lag when opening
12. Dialer lag
13. Contact app lag
14. When the keyboard is popped out on say a white web page, the screen does a slight brightness adjustment that it almost feels like a screen flicker on low brightness. Then it changes colour tone from reddish to greenish.
15. Notification bar ocassionally stutters when pulled down or pushed back up.
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.

Erm, I have come across any of these. Try this to reduce 'lag'
- Open S voice and go in to the S Voice settings and untick 'open via home button'
- Go to developer options and change all the animation/window/transition scales to 0.5x
See how that works. Also exchange it for a different S4 if you have those problems. Are you rooted? If so try stock rooted and see if that was a software issue
~ Taylor_Swift
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Shouldn't this thread be called "problems with my s4" I have none of these issues to date.
Oops sorry just realised you are talking about the i9500, if that makes any difference.
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The only problem i have so far is camera crash sometimes. Try to update your firmware to ME1.

Vadrieldur said:
The only problem i have so far is camera crash sometimes. Try to update your firmware to ME1.
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Cant wait too do that but dont wanna root ME1 has resolved these issues for good.
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jim1h said:
Shouldn't this thread be called "problems with my s4" I have none of these issues to date.
Oops sorry just realised you are talking about the i9500, if that makes any difference.
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Yes, problems numbered 1,2,3,6,7,8,10,11,12 and 13 are very common here on xda. I wanted to summarize everything in a single thread.
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On my i9505 is only 6 and 7.
I'm on the fw which the phone came with (MDM).
Waiting for the next BTU release to flash.

plasmastate said:
Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
7. Screen smearing issue
10. Camera Lag when opening
11. Gallery lag when opening
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.
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In the quote section is the list of the issues I'm encountering on my S4 9500 vers. I have to mention that my phone reboots when the camera crashes. Another issue would be the battery life (10-12 hrs with 2 hrs screen time on).
I believe all of these issues are easily solvable via a firmware update. Hurry up Sammy.

G-XtremE said:
In the quote section is the list of the issues I'm encountering on my S4 9500 vers. I have to mention that my phone reboots when the camera crashes. Another issue would be the battery life (10-12 hrs with 2 hrs screen time on).
I believe all of these issues are easily solvable via a firmware update. Hurry up Sammy.
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Camera crash temporary solution - android booster works for me till now nt a single crash
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Biggest problem of them all http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258831
Custom Stock Rom 5.0
Brilliantly Stock

And there's this new problem I'm experiencing. ....it's like...whenever the keyboard is on and when I pull down the notification bar. .it feels a bit laggy.
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plasmastate said:
Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
3.Phone turns off all by itself.
(Hapenned twice in two weeks)
4.When I turn the phone on again, the battery levels jumps down to 10-15 percent less of what it was before. It is also displayed in the settings battery status graph.
5.When the volume is set to max during a call through earpiece, the slight vibration made because of the sound emission is felt on the back of the device (in a cheap way) every s4 has this issue.
6.Launcher redraw (Even after updated ME1 firmware but its improved)
7. Screen smearing issue
8. Slight pinkinsh/purple tone on the lower right half of the screen when the brightness is set to lowest.
9. Flash light less bright than other phones eg nexus or s3
10. Camera Lag when opening
10a. Shutter lag when taking photos
11. Gallery lag when opening
12. Dialer lag
13. Contact app lag
14. When the keyboard is popped out on say a white web page, the screen does a slight brightness adjustment that it almost feels like a screen flicker on low brightness. Then it changes colour tone from reddish to greenish.
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.
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I have every issue you stated and alot of ppl do and then just dont pay attention to it. Then they deny the fact that it exists.... if I'm on a youtube vid aswell and I decide to search for a video while I'm already watching one, you can see the video change from a red to green tint
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10 million handsets already sold guyzz I feel we r the only unlucky ones wid these issues :banghead:
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Another issue
Hi,
I have a prooblem where my sd card keep unmounting itself... dont know if its the sd card... going to buy a new one to try with.
but meanwhile, anyone else see this?
BR

I can confirm all issues I'm thinking of returning galaxy s4 for a refund

jithendra194 said:
And there's this new problem I'm experiencing. ....it's like...whenever the keyboard is on and when I pull down the notification bar. .it feels a bit laggy.
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+1. I can confirm. This is exactly what happens. Running stock ME1 firmware.
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EuroPK said:
Hi,
I have a prooblem where my sd card keep unmounting itself... dont know if its the sd card... going to buy a new one to try with.
but meanwhile, anyone else see this?
BR
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I have no issues whatso ever with sd card unmounting. Running i9500.
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plasmastate said:
+1. I can confirm. This is exactly what happens. Running stock ME1 firmware.
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No matter what firmware I flash...this bug exists.
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probably update is just around the corner
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chris_marsh said:
probably update is just around the corner
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Especially since the last update was about two weeks ago.

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[Q] How can I definitively remove this tiresome bug ??

Hi, I am new on forum and on Nexus S, but not with ROMS
I love this phone, but since I bought it, I have a strange bug. Maybe it appears because I did with "rom toolbox pro" a full backup of apps on another smartphone (acer liquid metal) and now I restored all apps on Nexus S.
this is the bug: sometimes (normally when I'm writing a message, or simply using virtual keyboard) it appear the "open as..." window, where I can choose to open it with gosms pro or gmail.
I tried to open it with both programs, and after this window, on gosmspro the text message is about the bug report, with 2 attached files: 1 .txt files with description of bug (but it's too long, approx 4 mb of .txt!!!) and 2 a .jpg screenshot of bug (but in the image there is simply the lock screen).
In gmail it appears the same thing. But I can't understand where is the problem or where the bug starts, so I ask you how can I find it.
I tried also to uninstall some apps (like gosms, also deleting app data) but without progresses.
If you like it, i can post the screenshot of the bug, or also the .txt or .jpg files in the bug report.
Now I'm using the CM10 , and I had the same problem with Skank ROM.
Please help me, I never found an answer on the web to this tiresome bug. : /
thanks guys and thanks for your BIG work !!!
Post the .txt from gmail on here
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Wipe data and start fresh. That's what you get for backing up apps. Bugs.
AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
Post the .txt from gmail on here
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I can't upload them here because the max file size is 500kb....
I also tried to upload them to another site but, cause I'm new here and I didn't write 10 messages, I can' t post those url !!!
how can I do ??
It' s a problem for you if I write 8 new empty messages here, so after finally I' ll be able to put url?!
For now, I put the screenshot that I done. :silly:
polobunny said:
Wipe data and start fresh. That's what you get for backing up apps. Bugs.
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Yes good idea but I would found another road first to do that: I' ll lose at least 2 hours re-installing everything.....
oh, another problem doing manual installations: all saves will be lost! so I prefer to show you .txt files for now....I think you ' ll understand
Pm sent
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Pm sent
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pm replied.
thanks so much for support
met4ller said:
Yes good idea but I would found another road first to do that: I' ll lose at least 2 hours re-installing everything.....
oh, another problem doing manual installations: all saves will be lost! so I prefer to show you .txt files for now....I think you ' ll understand
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Absolutely. But from experience, it's a good idea to wipe clean once in a while. I usually do it every few months to keep the problems at bay. Sometimes you'll spend more time trying to fix an issue than it would take you to restart from anew, and even if you end up fixing it that's only an issue you see. You aren't fixing udnerlying problems...
So does anything actually crash or is it just this that pops up?
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So does anything actually crash or is it just this that pops up?
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uhm, at the beginning i had 5-6 crashes, but I'm sure that it was linked to the overclock. In fact, when I put 1200 mhz, I was a noobie in that (because I came from smartphones that NEED overclock to have a fluid and rapid system), and when I reset it to 1000 mhz, it never did me another crash no more.
So yes, the bug is only this popup. I know isn't a little bug, but with the passing of times, it appears more and more times, so it's tiresome.
ah, few seconds before bug, the phone vibrate 3 times (everytime).
I'm using a plastic gel cover.
ah, another little thing that I hear yesterday for the first time: the front speaker at the top, sometimes (also 2-3 times in a minute, don' t know if it do that always, as in lock screen) do a very low sound repeated for few seconds (it's hard to explain this, it seems a radio frequency as "toctoctoctoctoc")...sorry for this onomatopea but maybe its' helpful for understanding what I mean
...any news from the .txt that I sent you ?
Take off your case for a whole day, don't put it on your phone. Tell me if it still happens during that day.
I can nearly assure you, up to 99.9%, that your problem will stop.
I know it sounds crazy, but do it. You can thank me later.
polobunny said:
Take off your case for a whole day, don't put it on your phone. Tell me if it still happens during that day.
I can nearly assure you, up to 99.9%, that your problem will stop.
I know it sounds crazy, but do it. You can thank me later.
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OMG that was the problem !??!?
Incredible!!
my last smartphone had similar problem (microphone of acer liquid metal won' t work well with case)!!
but now the case seems to create a worst problem!! I can' t believe that this simple accessories can made theese problems ( considering that technology should give us better phones in every kind of way)....
NEWS : today, for the first time, telephone crashes 2 times: it never happens since my last OC (2 weeks ago) !!
I hope that case was problem for bug and also crashes!!
met4ller said:
OMG that was the problem !??!?
Incredible!!
my last smartphone had similar problem (microphone of acer liquid metal won' t work well with case)!!
NEWS : today, for the first time, telephone crashes 2 times: it never happens since my last OC (2 weeks ago) !!
I hope that case was problem for bug and also crashes!!
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Tell me if the bugmailer problem seems fixed after using it for a while.
Edit: I don't believe the crashes are related however. I'll tell you the magic behind the bug mailer after you tell me if it's fixed!
ok I'll say you in 2 days!
however, for crashes, I think I did a bull**** using a bad app called "cache fixer", because I used to free memory with my old phone.
If I see crashes again, I' ll wipe the phone.
OMG!!! you seems to have reason (fortunately) !!!
I'm nearly sure to have fixed this, now I wanna know the magic trick!!
How a technologic phone can be shocked by a simple plastic gel ?!?!
I guess that answer it's or the semi-pressure of volume/on-off buttons, or somethink linked to the temprature (with cover it increases). Right ?
Other things: for now, no other crashes, but the strange silent rumor on the top of the headspeaker sometimes appears. Can the phone record this low sound on the top? So you ' ll understand what I mean...
for now... thanks!!
met4ller said:
OMG!!! you seems to have reason (fortunately) !!!
I'm nearly sure to have fixed this, now I wanna know the magic trick!!
How a technologic phone can be shocked by a simple plastic gel ?!?!
I guess that answer it's or the semi-pressure of volume/on-off buttons, or somethink linked to the temprature (with cover it increases). Right ?
Other things: for now, no other crashes, but the strange silent rumor on the top of the headspeaker sometimes appears. Can the phone record this low sound on the top? So you ' ll understand what I mean...
for now... thanks!!
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Your phone case presses on VOL +, VOL - and POWER all at the same time. That's a developper feature.
You can "disable" it by turning off USB debug but I highly suggest either fixing your case if possible or getting another one that doesn't press those buttons for no reason.
Edit: I have no idea what you are talking about for the other issue though.
polobunny said:
Your phone case presses on VOL +, VOL - and POWER all at the same time. That's a developper feature.
You can "disable" it by turning off USB debug but I highly suggest either fixing your case if possible or getting another one that doesn't press those buttons for no reason.
Edit: I have no idea what you are talking about for the other issue though.
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oook!
in fact first I tried that and it happened!
do you have any idea for fixing cover, without cut it??

[Q] is anyone getting bug report notifications?

i've been getting bug reports about once per day. i haven't sent them in or tried to see what's inside yet- it's been pretty busy lately.
i'm unlocked, rooted, and have developer options enabled.
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gee one said:
i've been getting bug reports about once per day. i haven't sent them in or tried to see what's inside yet - unlocked, rooted, and have developer options enabled....
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Yes, I saw that too - only unlocked bootloader, haven't root or install custom recovery yet - developer option enabled. And, I only installed 2 dozen or so apps from the Store. Using a T-mo p/p micro-Sim with PAYG so it's running on WiFi for data, Talkatone & Google Voice setup to make a few calls - while seeing the battery life improved with some minor tweaks. The only crashes or freezes were from Boat Browser & Dolphin Browser so it might be related to Flash player ?
With an extended weekend coming up, I will drill it down to see what's up.
The bug reports come from the shell.apk, anyone knows how to disable them? I get about 3 per day.
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totom96 said:
The bug reports come from the shell.apk, anyone knows how to disable them? I get about 3 per day.
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Anyone have more info on this? I'm getting them and the report suggests its from Hangouts. I have a suspicion it's from group SMS threads.
I get this randomly too. Sometimes never in a day and other times a few times a day. Since this morning, I have gotten 3 of them. Anyone find a way to stop it yet?
dominican2589 said:
I get this randomly too. Sometimes never in a day and other times a few times a day. Since this morning, I have gotten 3 of them. Anyone find a way to stop it yet?
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I am stock/rooted and I get them as well. Sometimes several a day. Don't really know what's causing them but they don't seem to be indicative of any sort of major problem that I can detect so I am just assuming it's a weird KitKat glitch.
Landara said:
I am stock/rooted and I get them as well. Sometimes several a day. Don't really know what's causing them but they don't seem to be indicative of any sort of major problem that I can detect so I am just assuming it's a weird KitKat glitch.
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I just remembered that I had the same issue with my nexus 7 before 4.3 came but then it just stopped so it's just just a kitkat thing.
I got a few bug notifications the first week out. But haven't seen one in the past few days.
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I got a few bug notifications the first week out. But haven't seen one in the past few days.
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I'm pretty sure these are generated by holding down the power button + volume down + volume up. A snug case could inadvertently be pushing the buttons and causing a report to be made. I've had a few of these bug reports myself and I've found it to be true. Perhaps you're accidentally pushing the buttons, or a case is?
bailyc said:
I'm pretty sure these are generated by holding down the power button + volume down + volume up. A snug case could inadvertently be pushing the buttons and causing a report to be made. I've had a few of these bug reports myself and I've found it to be true. Perhaps you're accidentally pushing the buttons, or a case is?
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I just tried it and got a bug report. So that could be it. I have a neo hybrid case in my belt holster so it's possible.
Bug Report Storage
bailyc said:
I'm pretty sure these are generated by holding down the power button + volume down + volume up. A snug case could inadvertently be pushing the buttons and causing a report to be made. I've had a few of these bug reports myself and I've found it to be true. Perhaps you're accidentally pushing the buttons, or a case is?
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I probably fat finger my phone at least twice a week and see one of these. My question is this; do these things take up storage space on the
phone? If so, where can I find them so I can delete them?
My problem is that I can't take bug report no matter what I do
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Help! Google Play Newsstand and Google Now crash after launching

I'm running stock Android 4.1.2 on an international version GT-P6800 (purchased in Thailand).
I've been subscribed to a magazine for months now. But with today's replacement (Play Magazines => Play Newsstand), the Google Play Newsstand app crashes immediately on launch. Same story for the updated version of Google Now (released over the past week).
Due to increased sluggishness of my tablet, I decided to backup data and do a factory reset. So all these problems are occurring on a "fresh" OS install. (So no significant app caches, etc.)
Newsstand and Google Now/Search are both working fine on my ASUS tablet, so these problems are definitely specific to this hardware/OS version.
Is anyone else having either or both problems? Ideas?
P.S. This is really making me more inclined to finally root my tablet and install the most stable custom ROM available.
Just tried Newsstand an I too am having issues, also been having issues with Google Now . I started a thread regarding that issue as well. Really getting frustrated
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adinis78 said:
Just tried Newsstand an I too am having issues, also been having issues with Google Now . I started a thread regarding that issue as well. Really getting frustrated
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I am having the same issue on my tab 7.7 4.1 also.
hmm..
so far have no idea how to fix it ...
one more
+1, senda report to Google, maybe help
****mesta said:
+1, senda report to Google, maybe help
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The problem is almost certainly caused by Samsung modifications to Jelly Bean. My other Android devices don't have any such problems.
I posted a message about my solution in another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529929
Finally found easy fix!
Uninstall the update & revert back to factory app. Stupid updates just screw everything up! It was ridiculous!
What I don't understand is that my wife's Note I I was able to update both apps with no issues, her phone is running JB 4.1.2
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Were is the widget? This seems to be a flipboard take over so google needs widget.
I know I'm not the only one with this issue, anybody have an any ideas as to why Google search no longer works, even after new updates. On My wife's Note II she gets all the updates with no issue, she is also running 4.1.2. This is really pissing me off.
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It's happend to my tab 7.7 also..
Google Search And Newstand just crash when ever i lunch it
hopefully can get the fix soon ..
lnxcat said:
It's happend to my tab 7.7 also..
Google Search And Newstand just crash when ever i lunch it
hopefully can get the fix soon ..
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It's been about 4 updates since problem started, I don't think Google is aware of it otherwise it would have been solved
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Another update released today and still same issue, what seems to be the problem?
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The power to solve the problem is available. But you'd rather complain.
adinis78 said:
Another update released today and still same issue, what seems to be the problem?
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The problem is almost certainly Samsung 's work in modifying Android for our tablet model. There are no widespread complaints for other Android devices. And as I said when you started this thread: once I rooted the tablet and flashed Cyanogenmod, the problem became a far-off memory. That's the beauty of the Android community. My tablet can do more things now. And I don't have to think about whether Samsung cares about me.
What did I learn?That if I wanted a 7"tablet today, I would get the Nexus 7. I got a Nexus 4 phone when Google dropped the price. I rooted it in 15 minutes. And Kit Kat is available for it already.
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The problem is almost certainly Samsung 's work in modifying Android for our tablet model. There are no widespread complaints for other Android devices. And as I said when you started this thread: once I rooted the tablet and flashed Cyanogenmod, the problem became a far-off memory. That's the beauty of the Android community. My tablet can do more things now. And I don't have to think about whether Samsung cares about me.
What did I learn?That if I wanted a 7"tablet today, I would get the Nexus 7. I got a Nexus 4 phone when Google dropped the price. I rooted it in 15 minutes. And Kit Kat is available for it already.
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How can you recommend using Cyonogen when all of these issues are present?
1. Inherent from CM10.1
  - Wifi-tethering, hdmi, Incall screen landscape, etc.
2. Bluetooh not working
  - Need to see if the mojo in cm10.1 works here. (Lots of works...)
3. Camera not working yet
  - Both camera can preview, Autio focus is OK for back camera. Can't save the photo...
   (Seems bugs in framework_av cause it)
4. The default orientation of lockscreen is lanscape.
  - not respond to rotation lock. Workaround: set only one angle in settings and enable rotation.
5. Screen rotation or rapid refresh cause transient noices. (Seems the new opengl issue, will try the new r3p2 mali driver later)
Unless you have a different version where everything works as it should.
Don't get mad, just pointing out the flaws of your suggestion.
Also my wife's Note II does not have this issue so I don't think it is a Samsung issue, then again I might be wrong.
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First off, I want you to know I am not angry; I am just realistic. Samsung released the GT-P6800 as part of their typical tactic: they offered tablets in every possible size:
7", 7.7 with AMOLED, 8.9, 10.1.
Then they waited to see what the market wanted. Our model's AMOLED display was an expensive (but excellent) component. When the smoke cleared, Samsung followed the market's signal. They never released a follow-up and decided on the Note series as a better product family. We are never going to get Samsung's attention. Between your experience, your wife's and mine, we know that the crashing apps only happen on the 7.7. So there is a combination of Samsung OS and hardware that causes the problem. For the reasons I just cited, Samsung IS NOT GOING TO OFFER FIXES OR PATCHES.
You've done a great job listing possible reasons why someone would not do what I did. (To root and flash a new ROM.)
So let me respond directly to your points.
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How can you recommend using Cyonogen when all of these issues are present?
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It's because of my priorities: I care deeply about reading on my tablet. That includes my subscription to The New Yorker magazine (via Newsstand) and PressReader for a variety of global newspapers. If I can't read what I want, I have to find a solution. You complained about Newsstand, so I told you how to get Newsstand working.
Another fringe benefit: I can get rid of the crap Samsung put in the firmware: Social Hub, Readers Hub, widgets, old PressReader, old Pulse, etc.
adinis78 said:
1. Inherent from CM10.1
- Wifi-tethering
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I can confirm this does not work. If Samsung would release their WiFi drivers to the development community this problem could be fixed. (If Samsung is too busy with more profitable products, they should let the customers fix the problem, no?)
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hdmi, Incall screen landscape, etc.
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I have not tested these things.
HDMI
A direct physical HDMI connection is a pretty clumsy way of communicating with a TV. I'd rather use XBMC, DLNA, or one of the streaming boxes and "cast" the content to the TV across my network. Who needs to run a cable across the living room or bedroom between TV and tablet?
adinis78 said:
2. Bluetooh not working
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Bluetooth is working. I use it.
adinis78 said:
- Need to see if the mojo in cm10.1 works here. (Lots of works...)
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Sorry, I don't know what mojo is.
adinis78 said:
3. Camera not working yet
- Both camera can preview, Autio focus is OK for back camera. Can't save the photo...
(Seems bugs in framework_av cause it)
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I did not spend a lot of time testing this. But I was able to save pictures from the back camera. I did not test the front camera. A quick test of Skype was not successful connecting even though wifi is working.
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4. The default orientation of lockscreen is landscape.
- not respond to rotation lock. Workaround: set only one angle in settings and enable rotation.
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I am not having this problem. I don't remember if this happened on my tablet after flashing CM. But now I am using Xposed framework + App Settings. So almost everything can be forced to auto-rotate.
adinis78 said:
5. Screen rotation or rapid refresh cause transient noices. (Seems the new opengl issue, will try the new r3p2 mali driver later)
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I am not experiencing any unusual noises. I've never built a ROM so I have no idea about the underlying drivers.
adinis78 said:
Unless you have a different version where everything works as it should.
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Unfortunately if Samsung won't release all the drivers to the development community, it's unlikely that there will ever be a fully functional alternative ROM for the GT-P6800.
adinis78 said:
How can you recommend using Cyonogen when all of these issues are present?
1. Inherent from CM10.1
  - Wifi-tethering, hdmi, Incall screen landscape, etc.
2. Bluetooh not working
  - Need to see if the mojo in cm10.1 works here. (Lots of works...)
3. Camera not working yet
  - Both camera can preview, Autio focus is OK for back camera. Can't save the photo...
   (Seems bugs in framework_av cause it)
4. The default orientation of lockscreen is lanscape.
  - not respond to rotation lock. Workaround: set only one angle in settings and enable rotation.
5. Screen rotation or rapid refresh cause transient noices. (Seems the new opengl issue, will try the new r3p2 mali driver later)
Unless you have a different version where everything works as it should.
Don't get mad, just pointing out the flaws of your suggestion.
Also my wife's Note II does not have this issue so I don't think it is a Samsung issue, then again I might be wrong.
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I think you listed the issues of CM 11 , and he's using CM 10.X
By the way I got same problem after updating those two apps. So I just uninstalled updates.
I'm still giving the stock ROM some time , as I own this tablet from only 2 months..but I think I'm gonna move to Cyanogenmod in time, its not only Samsung thing, all stock Roms from all brands I've tested get laggy after few months..:| , even with pure android on nexues 7 , this thing I've never seen with Apple tho they still power their flagship devices with Dual Core, and 1 GB Ram.!
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Silver-7 said:
I think you listed the issues of CM 11 , and he's using CM 10.X
By the way I got same problem after updating those two apps. So I just uninstalled updates.
I'm still giving the stock ROM some time , as I own this tablet from only 2 months..but I think I'm gonna move to Cyanogenmod in time, its not only Samsung thing, all stock Roms from all brands I've tested get laggy after few months..:| , even with pure android on nexues 7 , this thing I've never seen with Apple tho they still power their flagship devices with Dual Core, and 1 GB Ram.!
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Don't fill up the whole of your internal sdcard and fstrim (JB only) your partitions once a week or on boot. Also, improve android LMK & min frees with V6SuperCharger, or CrossBreeder etc. This may help, but involves some reading on your part.
Apple don't fill their device with as many useful features (or bloatware), which would require greater hardware capacity. There's no comparison.
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I tried and tested http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535734 latest Cyonoge romantic version and boy or boy was it buggy, issues with screen rotation (known factor) and bluetooth not working (known issue, and I really used this feature) so decided to go back to 4.1.2 stock and just get used to not having latest version of Google Now. At least I know I have a fully functioning rom and tab. I guess no more need to complain.
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These apps with updates working great with PAK 4.2.2 , so its a stock 4.1.2 issue.
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Silver-7 said:
These apps with updates working great with PAK 4.2.2 , so its a stock 4.1.2 issue.
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Could you please provide link to thread, thanks.
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Camera dark!

Hello,
I received a nexus5 few days ago but I just noticed that the camera application is very dark whereas the photo app works great.
I am on CM11 but i restored to 4.4.2 stock and it's still the same.
Please help!
whats your phone brightness set at?
simms22 said:
whats your phone brightness set at?
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On auto, I tried with a fixed value, it's still the same. It's seems to have like a grey veil.. Very weird.. :/
Screenshot examples on this thread : http://www.nexus5forum.com/nexus-5-...t-a-nexus-5-for-christmas/?prev_next=prev#new
do you have root or a custom recovery running?
That's known issue, and there is one quite lengthy thread on official Google groups (if you are talking about when shooting in low light, right?).
Google is aware of it. They even contacted few of use to recreate this issue and send a bug report to them, and that was like 2 months ago.
This happened after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update affecting all users (as far as I know).
Edit: Here's the link for that thread: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/fxsT5LxuXJU/wsUpKaxQ05EJ
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Yeah I was confused. I thought he walking about pictures that are too dark then I read your link and it's about the video that's dark whereas the camera has the same lighting which is normal
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Yeah I was confused. I thought he walking about pictures that are too dark then I read your link and it's about the video that's dark whereas the camera has the same lighting which is normal
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Yeah, I was also a bit confused, but he is talking about camera and photo mode (app), so I guess he meant video mode .
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I'm not sure if this is really a bug though. All phones I've used have darker videos than photos. Most likely because the camera isn't capable of longer exposures while taking video. I might be wrong though.
well, if you are running a custom recovery, heres a flashable 4.4.1 full camera/libs. video camera works perfectly for me, its not dark http://goo.gl/orWkC0
But the strange thing is that it was not like that before the update. Maybe they just decreased exposure gain to remove noise.
There is one more weird thing happening withing camera app that I came across trying to "fix" this underexposure issue.
I pointed camera to some dark area and then I was toggling between modes there (eg. From camera mode to PhotoSphere, and then to video mode). Exposure issue fixed itself (in video mode), but picture was unbelievably wide and stretched. And as soon as you start recording, it reverts back to original underexposed video mode. So I guess that is just some weird glitch.
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I have CWM touch with CM11-M3 on my phone.
I will try the 4.4.1 app this evening, I keep you in touch.
Thank you for your help guys :]
Yea its a known bug with android 4.4.2 and also the static noise while recording video.
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My nexus 7 2013 has also been effected with these bugs.....hope google fixes it soon.
I just flashed the the camera but nothing changed :/
Fata7 said:
I just flashed the the camera but nothing changed :/
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odd. its fine here. i guess the issue isnt with the cam or its libs
Are you sure that you are talking about the same issue? As far as I know, every phone has this issue after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update...
Here are my screenshots of camera app while pointing it to spot with poor lighting condition s...
Note that difference is even more noticeable in darker scenes...
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Tenhi said:
Are you sure that you are talking about the same issue? As far as I know, every phone has this issue after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update...
Here are my screenshots of camera app while pointing it to spot with poor lighting condition s...
Note that difference is even more noticeable in darker scenes...
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So you are saying that it's normal for the nexus 5 to have an app camera less brighter than the photo app since 4.4.2? I received my phone a week ago so I didn't noticed it, it was already installed in 4.4.2
Fata7 said:
So you are saying that it's normal for the nexus 5 to have an app camera less brighter than the photo app since 4.4.2? I received my phone a week ago so I didn't noticed it, it was already installed in 4.4.2
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No, I am not saying that. Read my previous posts in this thread. It is known "bug". Google is aware of it (bug reports have been sent), and it is up to then to fix it or not.
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Galaxy S7 Touchscreen Problem

Galaxy S7 screen not responding to touch sometimes. The bottom portion of the display is affected. I tried 6 different S7 and all of them have the same problem, test yours like this and tap gently not hard, when you press hard you press 3mm on the screen and that is a lot ! The problem is worse when the phone is cold (20C) This is annoying because the place where its not working is the same place where the space bar is and the "." Does anyone else have that exact problem? Here is a video of the problem : https://youtu.be/OW_FQBMcuOE
IMPORTANT !
Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!
There are two threads already open with this situation.
I have this problem at the same location you demonstrate. The right side has this problem too. From bottom right to the top 1 cm and 2 or 3 cm up you are going to reproduce the same thing.
I get used to it but it is very annoying. Never liked Samsung because of this things. They use low quality material all around. I will never trust them.
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goTouch said:
There are two threads already open with this situation.
I have this problem at the same location you demonstrate. The right side has this problem too. From bottom right to the top 1 cm and 2 or 3 cm up you are going to reproduce the same thing.
I get used to it but it is very annoying. Never liked Samsung because of this things. They use low quality material all around. I will never trust them.
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I cant seem to find the other threads will you be nice enough to paste a link. btw should i ask for a replacement ? or all of them are like this because ive tested 10 phones by now but all 930X showroom phones and all are the same...i dont have much days left for my replacement deal so i dont know what to do, everything else is perfect only the front camera i feel like its not focusing good enough compared to the s6..
brane871 said:
I cant seem to find the other threads will you be nice enough to paste a link. btw should i ask for a replacement ? or all of them are like this because ive tested 10 phones by now but all 930X showroom phones and all are the same...i dont have much days left for my replacement deal so i dont know what to do, everything else is perfect only the front camera i feel like its not focusing good enough compared to the s6..
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Found one, some post an answer recently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3343175
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IMPORTANT !
Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!
brane871 said:
IMPORTANT !
Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!
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Mine was manufactured 2016.03.04 (yyyy.mm.dd)
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Mine was 2016/04/08
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go to samsung store
Just received H9 update and the release notes did not mention anything about LCD, touch screen or anything related to it.
But since the update, I've been trying to reproduce the problem trying to find the blind spots and for my surprise I did not find anything. The touchscreen is perfect and I can feel it is more sensitive.
Before the update I could reproduce the problem very easy! Now it is perfect.
The update here in my region (Brazil - ZTO) was about 170MB. Samsung Cloud was introduced.
Wow, mine was manufactured 2 weeks ago (2016.08.16) and I've owned it since about the 24th too, so it was 8 days old when I received it

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