Get GS4 or wait? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wondering what everyone's opinion is.. i'm looking to upgrade soon, but i'm not sure if I should go ahead and get the GS4 or wait.
I'm on Verizon, and there are rumors about the Verizon HTC One, Moto X, Nexus 5, Note 3...

Just do it, it's an amazing phone you could be forever waiting for the next model if you did that my friend
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Note 3 would probably be worth the wait
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I would say go for the GS4 it's a really good buy. Waiting for something better is like waiting for tomorrow to come... Because when the new one do comes,:fingers-crossed: you would want to wait once again. And it goes on.
You just have to make your mind up and go for it

Thanks for the advice everyone, I think i'll be picking up my GS4 over the weekend. Is it easy to root the Verizon GS4? Could someone link me to a root guide by any chance? I rooted my HTC Rezound but i'm new to the Samsung root method.

gleggie said:
Thanks for the advice everyone, I think i'll be picking up my GS4 over the weekend. Is it easy to root the Verizon GS4? Could someone link me to a root guide by any chance? I rooted my HTC Rezound but i'm new to the Samsung root method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325
^^That link should help you.^^ AND make sure you read the NOTES concerning the build.
:fingers-crossed:
Enjoy.

acboy555 said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325
^^That link should help you.^^ AND make sure you read the NOTES concerning the build.
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Enjoy.
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Thanks! I guess we just wait until they find a way to unlock the bootloader..

gleggie said:
Thanks for the advice everyone, I think i'll be picking up my GS4 over the weekend. Is it easy to root the Verizon GS4? Could someone link me to a root guide by any chance? I rooted my HTC Rezound but i'm new to the Samsung root method.
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Don't be silly , SIV+ (aka i9506) is coming out in like a month Get that since it literally mops the floor with the current S4 variants

RTudoRR said:
Don't be silly , SIV+ (aka i9506) is coming out in like a month Get that since it literally mops the floor with the current S4 variants
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I'm in the US so I don't think Verizon would support the International version

no need on waiting its the best phone verizon currently has.

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Rooting and unlocking

Have pre ordered s3, lets get rooting
Reserved
A master piece again, will keep eye on this!!!
briandevlin said:
Have pre ordered s3, lets get rooting
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That will push me for the S3 if your working on it.
Looking forward to s3 pre-ordering mine this weekend.
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preordered right now ^^
cant wait to get it
greetz benji
I want one
Wish I could preorder one for VERIZON....
waiting for sim free SGIII
Yeah, got one in the ordering box to, I'll get it on 28/5 maybe on 29th, depending on the post service they are really slow were i live.
I had no other choice,either send my bricked gs2 to service and pay a million or buy me a gs3.
Really existed to get a first glance at it...
zodiaxe66 said:
Yeah, got one in the ordering box to, I'll get it on 28/5 maybe on 29th, depending on the post service they are really slow were i live.
I had no other choice,either send my bricked gs2 to service and pay a million or buy me a gs3.
Really existed to get a first glance at it...
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Do you mean excited ?
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ceo.mtcl said:
Do you mean excited ?
Sent from my HTC One X on BinDroid's ROM.
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Hahaha, were all exited
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My head is done in over the S3 been waiting since March last year when i first heard about it and nfc etc.
Also preordered it right now hoping for a lot of custom roms
Came here to find out something about rooting SIII but nothing. Bought white SIII few hours back.
just got mine tonight,in white 16GB,waiting for root.
cturbos said:
just got mine tonight,in white 16GB,waiting for root.
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We have root for the sgs3 look in the development section.
Yep don't have my phone yet, but the great Chainfire has got root, on dev thread.
I will now be looking at running backtrack on s3, got it working on the Arc, drivers for the s3 might be forthcoming due to the popularity of the s3.
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ceo.mtcl said:
Do you mean excited ?
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LoL. Damn.. Yeah excited and I don't even use t9.
But the release has been postponed some days were I live.
But it's okay.I just got a free voucher(80€) to Samsung navigator for the inconvenience.
nice
Try asking chainfire he managed to root it.
yesss.... got mine also... time to rest my galaxy s2 now... really excited with this new fone, and how to unleash its awesome power!!

Any MiUi News

Any one seen any news on Miui roms for S4 Galaxy 3
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I don't remember my source unfortunately, but I was last under the impression that private beta went our last Friday to the testers. However, that could easily be false. Regardless, SOMEONE will bring it to our phone. The One X (AT&T) has it, so it isn't a processor issue. We have CM so it isn't really a software issue either. Just need the developer to deliver and maintain it
Did anyone see a post where anybody could take a CM9 Rom and convert it to MIUI?
Guys at MIUIAndroid are working on MIUI for the US version of GS3.
http://miuiandroid.com/community/goto/post?id=130333#post-130333
I think fergie has the Sprint SGS3. I have the AT&T SGS3.
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I can't wait because I have been itching for MIUI since I got my GS3
woshiweili said:
Guys at MIUIAndroid are working on MIUI for the US version of GS3.
http://miuiandroid.com/community/goto/post?id=130333#post-130333
I can't wait because I have been itching for MIUI since I got my GS3
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The Sprint version is definitely being worked on right now (by me and and anyone who'll listen lol) and I'm almost positive iBot is (or will be very shortly) working on the AT&T variant.
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fergie716 said:
The Sprint version is definitely being worked on right now (by me and and anyone who'll listen lol) and I'm almost positive iBot is (or will be very shortly) working on the AT&T variant.
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Lol, I'll help if you need it. Only thing is I don't want to root until they figure out how to stop the flash counter (unless I didn't get the memo).
|Trolling with a smile|
Jamin13 said:
Lol, I'll help if you need it. Only thing is I don't want to root until they figure out how to stop the flash counter (unless I didn't get the memo).
|Trolling with a smile|
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You got Sprint still?
If so yea it's right here
I have to exchange my SGSIII later in the afternoon today. Got some weird issues popping up from time to time and I'm still within my 14 days so I might get a new through an exchange at Best Buy
But yea I got a build almost done now actually lol. Used the international build as a base. Gotta get a hold of galent and see if I can distribute when it's donezo
fergie716 said:
You got Sprint still?
If so yea it's right here
I have to exchange my SGSIII later in the afternoon today. Got some weird issues popping up from time to time and I'm still within my 14 days so I might get a new through an exchange at Best Buy
But yea I got a build almost done now actually lol. Used the international build as a base. Gotta get a hold of galent and see if I can distribute when it's donezo
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Thanks for the link.
I'll check it out in the morning.
|Trolling with a smile|
Excited!!!
Sent from my Sprint GS3
fergie716 said:
The Sprint version is definitely being worked on right now (by me and and anyone who'll listen lol) and I'm almost positive iBot is (or will be very shortly) working on the AT&T variant.
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drooling, and throwing my Verizon GS3 onto the floor.
Jamin13 said:
Lol, I'll help if you need it. Only thing is I don't want to root until they figure out how to stop the flash counter (unless I didn't get the memo).
|Trolling with a smile|
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Hate to go off topic but what is the "flash counter"? I rooted my GS3 a few days ago and although I haven't encountered any problems but I'd hate to find out I did it wrong down the road later
woshiweili said:
Hate to go off topic but what is the "flash counter"? I rooted my GS3 a few days ago and although I haven't encountered any problems but I'd hate to find out I did it wrong down the road later
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The flash counter is a counter that goes up every time a custom software is flashed to the phone through ODIN (someone correct me if I'm wrong). It can be used by carrier techs to see whether you have rooted your phone and voided your warranty.
|Trolling with a smile|
Glad to hear MIUI is being worked on! I Cannot wait!!!

Asus MeMO 7 (me176cx)

I just bought another tablet Asus MeMO 7 (me176cx) I guess it's the 2014 version!? I wanted to know is there a section on this site for this tablet? Or is there a rooting method, roms, recovery?
shawnsac2000 said:
I just bought another tablet Asus MeMO 7 (me176cx) I guess it's the 2014 version!? I wanted to know is there a section on this site for this tablet? Or is there a rooting method, roms, recovery?
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Plus one to this. I just bought this today as well.
mindmajick said:
Plus one to this. I just bought this today as well.
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I really like it! I can't wait to root & install a custom rom on this bad boy.
shawnsac2000 said:
I just bought another tablet Asus MeMO 7 (me176cx) I guess it's the 2014 version!? I wanted to know is there a section on this site for this tablet? Or is there a rooting method, roms, recovery?
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I bought one too. It's pretty nice. Bugs me not to have root. I'll keep an eye on this thread and let you guys know if I get it done. Been looking for a couple days already. One big problem is no drivers for ADB. None of the published ones work. Tablets only been out a couple weeks so.....
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pjim said:
I bought one too. It's pretty nice. Bugs me not to have root. I'll keep an eye on this thread and let you guys know if I get it done. Been looking for a couple days already. One big problem is no drivers for ADB. None of the published ones work. Tablets only been out a couple weeks so.....
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Couple of weeks!? Didn't know that, That's probably why! I hope there is going to be lot of support for this tablet. Hopefully sooner then later
shawnsac2000 said:
Couple of weeks!? Didn't know that, That's probably why! I hope there is going to be lot of support for this tablet. Hopefully sooner then later
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We share a love for the same stuff. I have an HTC one M8 on Clean ROM, we'll get this done!
pjim said:
We share a love for the same stuff. I have an HTC one M8 on Clean ROM, we'll get this done!
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I thought about upgrading to the m8, I will wait for the m9. My family only run Android so, I root every thing. I'm lost when I can't root and install a rom. I hope we get it done
pjim said:
We share a love for the same stuff. I have an HTC one M8 on Clean ROM, we'll get this done!
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I've got an m8 also on insertcoin Rom. Hoping to do whatever I can to help here. I'm a recent Samsung dropout.. much happier with the competition so far.
shawnsac2000 said:
I thought about upgrading to the m8, I will wait for the m9. My family only run Android so, I root every thing. I'm lost when I can't root and install a rom. I hope we get it done
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Cool.....new buds!
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Just got the memo 8..I wonder if we will share
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Just tried towelroot and framaroot with no success.
Edit: I have to say that this thing is really really fast and solid. I can't believe this was a $150 tablet. Once we figure out root and hopefully a custom recovery it'll be even better. I haven't hooked it up to my pc yet to try adb.... we shall see
Fyi- adb works using the generic google usb driver. I installed manually and picked adb composite. Working a ok. Time to fiddle.
If I have time, I'm going to make some wallpapers.
Well.. None of the root methods that work on the me173 seem to work on this rom. I'm blindly trying to find root but what i have no idea about is custom recovery.
I really hope they open a thread for this device.
mindmajick said:
Well.. None of the root methods that work on the me173 seem to work on this rom. I'm blindly trying to find root but what i have no idea about is custom recovery.
I really hope they open a thread for this device.
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I guess we have to sit and wait. Hopefully soon Asus releases the source code for this tablet.
shawnsac2000 said:
I guess we have to sit and wait. Hopefully soon Asus releases the source code for this tablet.
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Wait? That's not what xda is for. Me and a few others are at least TRYING to figure things out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54109736
mindmajick said:
Wait? That's not what xda is for. Me and a few others are at least TRYING to figure things out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54109736
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We are going to have to get one of the high powered guys to help us. This is going to be a fastboot flash. Somebody will want a system dump to find an exploit. Trouble is this isn't going to be a hugely popular device so getting help with this might be tough. I have a couple good places to ask.
I'll let you know what I get.
pjim said:
We are going to have to get one of the high powered guys to help us. This is going to be a fastboot flash. Somebody will want a system dump to find an exploit. Trouble is this isn't going to be a hugely popular device so getting help with this might be tough. I have a couple good places to ask.
I'll let you know what I get.
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:crossing fingers:
Well.. sorry guys. I just returned the device and paid the extra $50 for a nexus 7 16gb
mindmajick said:
Well.. sorry guys. I just returned the device and paid the extra $50 for a nexus 7 16gb
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I almost did the same thing the other day, first I bought a HP 7 Plus $99. I thought that would never get a rooted/rom. I gave it to my mom, and bought this Asus.

Who's your developer of choice

I've been ouuta the custom rom/root game for awhile. Who are the developers to keep an eye out for for of the Tmo N4?
I had one for years across several phones . He was ran off or lost interest depending on who you ask. Found another equally as good but he all of a sudden quit and closed up shop. So, I am looking forward to the responses to this thread as well.
I have used Jedi Roms for my Note II. I know he had a Note 3. I hope he gets a Note IV.
@dwitherell
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deeznutz1977 said:
@dwitherell
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3
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Indubitably
Is Revolutionary HD going to make one for the Note 4?
I wonder if someone will just make a internation version of the ROM and T-mobile can use it too. Thats the dilemma I will be in.
Hi guys I'm getting excited about this upcoming release not to hijack this thread, but as a tmobile specific device I'm assuming all these roms are wifi calling compatible?
Sooo.... I thought knox and the efuse thing was preventing rom flashing on these new devices? Is there a reliable work around? I need to be able to both root and unroot with no trace so I can continue to JUMP without paying a deductible...
Good to see chainfire already posted autoroot for a few of the unlocked variants in Asia over in the Note 4 forum.
yep, as long as we get a stock boot .img to Chainfire ASAP, there will be root for this phone within a day or 2 of release. IMO..
iB4STiD...Amazing Roms for the S4 and now he's supposed to be coming to the note 4. Can't wait.
Hoping Jamison makes his way here with infamous style roms he did on the s4. Stable, customizable, retains touchwiz features and removed bloat.
note 4 in vietnam so expensive @@
ev1lart can't wait for his ROM...
deeznutz1977 said:
@dwitherell
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3
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This guy!
deeznutz1977 said:
@dwitherell
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3
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4shizzle
Wanam's Xposed module, but I doubt he'll get a Note 4.
I remember Jedi ROM for T-mobile 3.
I am hoping for a clean ROM for T-mobile. Anyone will make one for the Note 4?
Has anyone with T-mobile use the International cook ROM and it will work for T-mobile also? (Thats what happened to me as I now have a T-mobile HTC One M7 and I end up getting the ROM from a International HTC One M7 forum.
Pmtr jedi rom
Ktoonez good kernels and roms
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at&t rolling out note 4 lollipop

Seen it on twitter people are recieving at&t lolipop for note 4 come on t mobile you have to be joking.. At&t gets out before you, you kno you suck!!!!! But i know sprints variant is not the same as ours the at&t version might be another story, this might be good for us
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on AT&T finally receiving its Lollipop update
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-att-finally-receiving-its-lollipop-update
that means our tmobile will get it soon.... dont even get sad.. att phone cant be root.
neofreek01 said:
Seen it on twitter people are recieving at&t lolipop for note 4 come on t mobile you have to be joking.. At&t gets out before you, you kno you suck!!!!! But i know sprints variant is not the same as ours the at&t version might be another story, this might be good for us
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We need the att update for real, it will work for us, I need to check, I have to, but no one has come forward yet with the files....
AxAtAx said:
We need the att update for real, it will work for us, I need to check, I have to, but no one has come forward yet with the files....
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It's not on sammobile? ? ?
philliman said:
It's not on sammobile? ? ?
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nope! no where to be found.
I am excite.
I'm in no rush for LP. Take your time T-Mobile.
This is horse****.
Every device I own gets the shift with updates, no matter what carrier.
ATT Moto backflip, moto Atrix, LG Optimus G, and sgs4...
Now this crap. How in the hell is att rolling it out before us?
gregk232 said:
This is horse****.
Every device I own gets the shift with updates, no matter what carrier.
ATT Moto backflip, moto Atrix, LG Optimus G, and sgs4...
Now this crap. How in the hell is att rolling it out before us?
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I knew it, we had a jinx on us....YOU! lol, just messing around. I know it's crazy..
philliman said:
It's not on sammobile?
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Sammobile doesn't have any firmwares for the At&t note 4. Probably because they don't have root yet.
karmandk said:
Sammobile doesn't have any firmwares for the At&t note 4. Probably because they don't have root yet.
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You don't need root to flash official factory images.
T-mobile note 4 has an unlocked bootloader. That's greater than android Z on a locked bootloader device.
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all we need is their update, we are not going to run that pathetic rom, I am going to pull some files out of the update, and we will run the intl bob4 rom, that I have ready....I will flash those files, and see if we have data, and if we do, I will post us some lollipop 5.0....I am getting no help from anyone in the att area that will give us these files....
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all we need is their update, we are not going to run that pathetic rom, I am going to pull some files out of the update, and we will run the intl bob4 rom, that I have ready....I will flash those files, and see if we have data, and if we do, I will post us some lollipop 5.0....I am getting no help from anyone in the att area that will give us these files....
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Sad to see this community the way it is now, I remember when I 1st got here back in the HTC Evo days and it was custom everything thing galore and help out the wazoo, now it's just mess and a few left here that still help, so I appreciate you
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I put my Note 4 up for sale. Nothing but short of miserable with it for the past few weeks. s6 or iPhone 6+ here I come?
nviz22 said:
I put my Note 4 up for sale. Nothing but short of miserable with it for the past few weeks. s6 or iPhone 6+ here I come?
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Ok bye [emoji2]
nviz22 said:
I put my Note 4 up for sale. Nothing but short of miserable with it for the past few weeks. s6 or iPhone 6+ here I come?
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Thanks for sharing.
nviz22 said:
I put my Note 4 up for sale. Nothing but short of miserable with it for the past few weeks. s6 or iPhone 6+ here I come?
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Yeah, the N4 w/ KK is so miserable right....LOL!
nviz22 said:
I put my Note 4 up for sale. Nothing but short of miserable with it for the past few weeks. s6 or iPhone 6+ here I come?
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