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Oyeve said:
What?
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It was a problem with the previous Galaxies.

If the USB port came into contact with moisture then the phone would randomly sense that there is something connected to the USB port and at a certain battery % would display the battery temperature as critically low.

Thank goodness that doesn't happen on the Galaxy S4.
 
Germanic said:
It was a problem with the previous Galaxies.

If the USB port came into contact with moisture then the phone would randomly sense that there is something connected to the USB port and at a certain battery % would display the battery temperature as critically low.

Thank goodness that doesn't happen on the Galaxy S4.
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I've not come across either of those.

Can you describe how to replicate the low temperature warning one? I'm not dripping water into my USB port to test the other one. 😛
 
My friend needs a solution. When he sends pictures from the gallery via email (I assume he's using Gmail), he is getting .png files. Ordinarily .png is a superior format but he is using some web app that only takes .jpg for business and it's a hassle to convert (even a batch convert) every time he wants to upload pictures.

I thought that was strange that there isn't an option to choose. Perhaps there is but I don't own the S4 so I can't check. Can anyone help him out?
 
lopri said:
My friend needs a solution. When he sends pictures from the gallery via email (I assume he's using Gmail), he is getting .png files. Ordinarily .png is a superior format but he is using some web app that only takes .jpg for business and it's a hassle to convert (even a batch convert) every time he wants to upload pictures.

I thought that was strange that there isn't an option to choose. Perhaps there is but I don't own the S4 so I can't check. Can anyone help him out?
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According to Google you should be able to set whether they are png or jpg, most likely in the camera app settings.
 
There is no such option according to him. It lets you select the size and aspect ratio of photo before taking pictures but he doesn't see any option as to how it should share via emails. I told him to check both the camera app and the gallery app.
 
lopri said:
There is no such option according to him. It lets you select the size and aspect ratio of photo before taking pictures but he doesn't see any option as to how it should share via emails. I told him to check both the camera app and the gallery app.
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It's not an option for emails, pretty sure it's an option within the settings of the camera app (tell him to look for the 3 dot menu button) to take photos in either png or jpeg. Email has nothing to do with it.

When I get home I can look at my brother's S4 and find where it is exactly.
 
lopri said:
There is no such option according to him. It lets you select the size and aspect ratio of photo before taking pictures but he doesn't see any option as to how it should share via emails. I told him to check both the camera app and the gallery app.
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Type "png converter" into the play store. The first result looks good and is free.

This is new. My S3 only does jpg's. :-(
 
lopri said:
My friend needs a solution. When he sends pictures from the gallery via email (I assume he's using Gmail), he is getting .png files. Ordinarily .png is a superior format but he is using some web app that only takes .jpg for business and it's a hassle to convert (even a batch convert) every time he wants to upload pictures.

I thought that was strange that there isn't an option to choose. Perhaps there is but I don't own the S4 so I can't check. Can anyone help him out?
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That's odd. The phone takes jpegs no doubt. Something else is going on there.
 
Just got an S4 today off of swappa. very nice phone. the screen is incredible. It's like my galaxy s2, but better!

one thing i noticed is that it's wider so harder to type with one hand. also seems a little bit more fragile than my s2, but i will be getting a case for it in a few days. any recommendations? I was happy with my otterbox commuter on my s2.

on a side note, the seller on swappa sent the phone and it's in good condition, but the battery is bent as hell. it even creates a dent in my backplate. is this thing going to explode ?
IMG_1536-M.jpg

http://davetrinh.smugmug.com/Other/sgs4/i-Z53Pj2K/0/M/IMG_1536-M.jpg
 
evident said:
Just got an S4 today off of swappa. very nice phone. the screen is incredible. It's like my galaxy s2, but better!

one thing i noticed is that it's wider so harder to type with one hand. also seems a little bit more fragile than my s2, but i will be getting a case for it in a few days. any recommendations? I was happy with my otterbox commuter on my s2.

on a side note, the seller on swappa sent the phone and it's in good condition, but the battery is bent as hell. it even creates a dent in my backplate. is this thing going to explode ?
IMG_1536-M.jpg
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I would get a new battery. The chances of it exploding are probably higher than of a normal battery.
 
evident said:
Just got an S4 today off of swappa. very nice phone. the screen is incredible. It's like my galaxy s2, but better!

one thing i noticed is that it's wider so harder to type with one hand. also seems a little bit more fragile than my s2, but i will be getting a case for it in a few days. any recommendations? I was happy with my otterbox commuter on my s2.

on a side note, the seller on swappa sent the phone and it's in good condition, but the battery is bent as hell. it even creates a dent in my backplate. is this thing going to explode ?
IMG_1536-M.jpg

http://davetrinh.smugmug.com/Other/sgs4/i-Z53Pj2K/0/M/IMG_1536-M.jpg
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Oooo. I wouldn't not use that battery. Personally I would get a new one with a charger:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Batter.../dp/B00BW0XZO0

But welcome to the S4 club! I agree, its like a much better S2!

I have LOVED mine. Gaming is awesome, web browsing is awesome, the screen is awesome, external charger is awesome. 64GB sd card is awesome.

Favorite toy ever.
 
trying to get the seller to give me a $30 partial refund. we'll see what happens. hopefully swappa staff can step in and help a brotha out.
 
btw FYI for anyone who's wondering, i got the TMobile version, the M919, paid $15 to unlock it, and i'm using AT&T with full LTE and no issues. it's very very nice. I tried XDA's menu unlock option but it just didn't work on my phone.

here's hoping when i switch to tmo in a few months their service will be just as good here as ATT.
 
evident said:
btw FYI for anyone who's wondering, i got the TMobile version, the M919, paid $15 to unlock it, and i'm using AT&T with full LTE and no issues. it's very very nice. I tried XDA's menu unlock option but it just didn't work on my phone.

here's hoping when i switch to tmo in a few months their service will be just as good here as ATT.
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Does it work with hsdpa?
 
Is it ok to use the Samsung Galaxy S charger to charge S4? The voltage rating is the same but the S charger has less amps than the S4 charger.
 
Sui I notice that it's harder to take good pictures with this phone than with my sgs2. Sure, image quality is better but Most of my shots are out of focus. Am I doing something wrong here?
 
How does one set an alarm from the calender app? In the reminder section, there is only option for notification, which is not an alarm. Thanks in advance
 
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