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samsung galaxy sii application crash, is it normal?

hey guys its me again, ive tried playing the following apps:
Air Attack HD on galaxy s2, nearly all the times at checkpoints my application freezes and it closes, the same freeze happens sometimes with turbofly3d, can anyone experience the same issues? i tried updating but it says 2.3.3 is the latest update and i already have it.
Thanks in advance!
On the a different topic, for those who were interested in the veridict about galaxy s2 blueish screen from diff angles, it also happens with the one ive tested at the store, but the blueish is noticed alot harder than on mine, probably because ive i said before mine is brand new and t he one at store was there for almost a month turned on.
Sorry i didnt post this in the proper thread, i just cant find it anymore

can anyone test any of those apps with their samsung galaxy s2 and see if they crash please? that could rly help me alot

bump, cmon guys all i need is a small test or report playing those 2 games

Same Here
I have the same Problem here so you are not alone.

Me too
I just recently got the full version of the game and it freezes while the free one worked fine

Crashes mostly are due to the app, check the app's comment on market
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Games not working as they are supposed to...

Hi friends, this is my first thread in this forum and i'm a complete noob in android.
i got my note 2 on 7 dec and it has been running nicely but i got a problem from some 1 to 2 days ago, i have some games in my phone and have been playing since i got the phone but now there's a problem, when i play each game it gets stuck for few milliseconds then running with more than normal speed and this process is going on continuously(i.e. stopping for some ms and running with more than normal speed again and again, so we can say in general that the games are running with more than normal speed)
Please help me on this one and provide some solution, thanks in advance
[extra details: i tried uninstalling some games when i thought it might be their problem, but it didn't fix the problem.]
(i can add a video if you want)

Stock rom or custom. .. kernel? ... what games is this happening on. ..etc are the details that are needed
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pakure said:
Stock rom or custom. .. kernel? ... what games is this happening on. ..etc are the details that are needed
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the rom i have is the one i got originally with my phone(android 4.1.1), i haven't updated it, kernel version is 3.0.31, and this is happening on all of the games.

Power saver mode on?... switch it off if you want to play graphics intense games. ....
Else try factory reset
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iamalien said:
Hi friends, this is my first thread in this forum and i'm a complete noob in android.
i got my note 2 on 7 dec and it has been running nicely but i got a problem from some 1 to 2 days ago, i have some games in my phone and have been playing since i got the phone but now there's a problem, when i play each game it gets stuck for few milliseconds then running with more than normal speed and this process is going on continuously(i.e. stopping for some ms and running with more than normal speed again and again, so we can say in general that the games are running with more than normal speed)
Please help me on this one and provide some solution, thanks in advance
[extra details: i tried uninstalling some games when i thought it might be their problem, but it didn't fix the problem.]
(i can add a video if you want)
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Add a video. Looks placebo to me to be honest. A video will be helpful
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pakure said:
Power saver mode on?... switch it off if you want to play graphics intense games. ....
Else try factory reset
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nope power saver mode is not on, tried switching off but even small games were not working normally, i'll try factory reset when there's no option available(i've downloaded more than 2gb in there so i think it'd take time to download that again on a 2g connection lol), anyway thanks for your help but please do try to think of any other option thats left
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Add a video. Looks placebo to me to be honest. A video will be helpful
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nope not a placebo bro, i tried playing same games on another note 2, one of my friend and they were working in normal speed, still i can add a video some time later if you want(i'm kinda on a slow connection so it'll take a long time to upload)

iamalien said:
nope power saver mode is not on, tried switching off but even small games were not working normally, i'll try factory reset when there's no option available(i've downloaded more than 2gb in there so i think it'd take time to download that again on a 2g connection lol), anyway thanks for your help but please do try to think of any other option thats left
nope not a placebo bro, i tried playing same games on another note 2, one of my friend and they were working in normal speed, still i can add a video some time later if you want(i'm kinda on a slow connection so it'll take a long time to upload)
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I think I might be having this same problem, though not with the same gravity as you do. For instance, sometimes while playing something like Temple Run, the game will get stuck for a few milliseconds and then as soon as it starts again the game would run on super speed for a few milliseconds, thus essentially resulting in the death of my character as I wouldn't be able to control it. It's almost as if the system is compensating for being sruck fir those few milli seconds. But this happens once in maybe 10 games, and I haven't yet seen it in any other game. This never used to happen when I was playing the same game on any other android devices I had. Maybe it's a bug in some note 2 decices, or maybe a bug in the game itself?
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Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.

can this be because of some app i installed?
and @SacGuru in my phone it is happening the same but really fast and continuously so you know there's continuity but because of constantly getting stuck it does not make the game look good and also this happening all of the games, and when i tried uninstalling and installing again it didnt solve my problem but what it did was delete all my savegames

oh hey guys i just figured out the problem, sorry for your time lol, it was an app which used to start power saving mode on its own i turned it off a few times and then i got suspicious and found the app and changed its settings and now everything is working fine
BTW thanks for your help

I told you so ...lol. ....anyways good to be of help
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Slow or reboot when opening camera apps

My I9500 running latest firmware and having this problem, whenever I open camera (either stock app or 3rd party app) it either start up normally about 2 seconds or much slower than normal (5 seconds or more) or completely reboot the device.
Anyone experiencing the same? I don't know whether this is software or hardware issue?
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same to me. after reboot i can open camera app. but next day reboot again.
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Do I9505 users have this same issue? Any expert can have a look and help us know whether this is software or hardware issue? Or is there any fix to this?
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I'm having the same camera issue too and now when i open gallery it will freeze for 3sec then reboot.

jasonjkl said:
I'm having the same camera issue too and now when i open gallery it will freeze for 3sec then reboot.
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What is your version and firmware? Did you notice this problem with the old firmware?
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Bump to see if anyone can help.
I'm currently reverting back to MDE firmware to see if this problem persists.

kennytung said:
My I9500 running latest firmware and having this problem, whenever I open camera (either stock app or 3rd party app) it either start up normally about 2 seconds or much slower than normal (5 seconds or more) or completely reboot the device.
Anyone experiencing the same? I don't know whether this is software or hardware issue?
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I have same problem , my s4 get freeze for few sec and reboot......

I have restored back to MDE firmware using odin and camera still get hanged/rebooted. I'm clueless now as this problem cannot always be reproduced hence I'm really afraid if they would agree to replace my phone... And this issue seems to be on many other people S4, it's just that they haven't encountered it yet.

Has happened to me in a couple of occasions as well!!
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Same here! It tends to happen when I use one of the animated gif modes or the Drama shot. But its irritating. Cuz I was kinda showing off my phone to an iPhoner friend when it happened for the first time. And I was like, WTF! It had to happen just now??

Mine just happen without reasons, several times a day and it tend to happen when I want to use it most lol, and when I want to replicate it in order to make a video about the issue the damn phone just keep working fine!!! Really hope any expert can have an insight about this

Trying to find a solution here using ideas. Is your sd card full of photos?

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Trying to find a solution here using ideas. Is your sd card full of photos?
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My sd card is a class 10 32gb with barely 300 photos, but I even tried saving to internal storage, same issue. I try turn off location when taking picture, same. Try revert back to factory firmware which is MDE, same.
This issue won't happen very often but the fact that it has appeared many times when I going out and want to take a picture piss me off greatly, what is the point of a phone camera if it cannot capture the moment that I want?

My old phone (not a samsung but it does not really matter) had this reaction when reaching a bad sector on memory. Before getting sad ideas try a reset. Then if it persists head over to the customer care.

hope samsung will look seriously about this issue!!!i didnt pay premium price for this problem!

Same here tried 3 difrend firmwares

No issue on I9505 here.
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The camera firmware should be independent form the ROM firmware.
Therefore reverting to previous ROM firmware doesn't restore also previous camera firmware.
AFAIK this was the common experience with Galaxy S2 (that I had too), so it's should be the same with S4: it's not possible for the final user to separately flash a specific camera firmware.
Maybe a future ROM upgrade (which could include a new camera firmware) will solve the problems.

No problems here. Can you reproduce the problem?
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I cannot reproduce the issue every time I open the camera, but I would say if I let the phone idle for a while then open the camera then very highly it can hang and reboot, but of course this is not the only case.
But almost everyone can see that S4 camera take too long to start up, and then 1 to 2 seconds to take first focus which is very annoying and you can miss the moment, other phones are not this slow. I really hope this is firmware issue and Samsung can fix it soon, because if it is hardware related then well...
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Galaxy S4 Dialer slow

Hi,
Any help most appreciated as I am struggling to solve this bizarre issue. Both my wife and I picked up Galaxy S4s in the last 30 days. Over time as you use the phone the dialer seems to slow down considerably. When you click the green phone icon to call a contact it will take upwards of 10-15 seconds to get to the caller screen and actually place the call. It's so slow that you would think the call was not even happening sometimes!
Now. The weird thing is that at first I thought it was a handset thing, but exactly the same thing happens on my wifes phone now! (I re installed and fixed mine twice now)
The dirty solution is to backup, factory reset and restore everything (logs, contacts etc.). This works fine, so I know that the issue it is not the size of the call logs, number of contacts etc.
I honestly don't think we are running any strange apps, pretty mainstream stuff.... Otherwise phone is awesome. Have scoured the net but not found specific threads on this issue with the S4.
I have tried disabling all syncing to extendable address books ( face book. Linkedin , etc)
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and or comments.
Jamie
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Unfortunately the S4 will clean the phone and contacts app from background and foreground (cache) ram when the system needs extra ram for another app like facebook or netflix.
When this happens the phone and contacts apps need to be reloaded from scratch.... which takes a little longer than if they were not removed from memory in the first place.
These first versions of the samsung s4 software needs some polish to reduce its ram demands. It is a bit bloated at the moment.
Imo... it will significantly improve next few updates.
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I agree its early days with the s4 and im having problems with the qwerty keyboard and the predictive text not keeping up and the purple haze issue on the settings screen, its just a case of waiting for the updates to arrive ive heard its been released in germany and Malaysia.
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Do I need to report this type of thing to Samsung direct? Or just patiently await the updates?
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So this is supposed to be normal? How come more people are not complaining about it.? It is ridiculously slow, after pressing the send button you shouldn't have to wait a few seconds to even see the dialer let alone wait for it to initiate a call. I would like to know how many people are experiencing the same thing. I've owned a galaxy nexus, galaxy s3, Samsung focus, galaxy s4 and galaxy note 2 amongst numerous other non Samsung phones and it's really annoying. I own a ROGERS s4, wonder if it's a specific model issue.

This is ridiculus! This issue has progressively gotten worse over time, and it has come to the point where it takes about 20 seconds from the time I press the phone number until it actually makes the call. Phone is unresponsive in the meantime. Shame on Samsung...

It's completely normal with sangsuga phones ....I've got Samsung from gs1 nexus, note and now s4 and s4 active. .... my opinion is....I just don't care. If you clean dalvik cache it will work better you need to do this sometimes unfortunately
But hey guess what.....Samsung knows that and finally and maybe they will give us a fresh ui based in ART
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Is there any mod/hack to put the damn dialer in Memory so that it don't delay when phone icon pressed ? I searched on Google and all galaxy phone from first to the recent have all this stupid lag/delay and It is crazy that the main core function of a so powerful phone is till not fixed after so many years :S

Hi can you give any advice please

Hi Guys,
Just recently got my shiny new S4 in arctic blue great, I know a bit about rooting and installing custom roms as I've done it to a fair few phones in the past but with my S3 I know there were a few issues with the bug and the older phones dying also with the samsungs there is the flash counter and modified issue so here's my question/s.
Currently what is the easiest method of rooting and installing philz recovery, I'm looking at installing the omega or foxhound rom/s.
Once done will this increase my flash counter and also place my phone in modified?, if so can I set this back after doing the above, so if I do have a problem its just basically installing a stock rom again.
Thanks guys
BTW I did first purchase the black mist and noticed that it had a heating problem I even sent it back to samsung but they said that it was fine, then sold and bought the blue version this is exactly the same if not worse and on antutu stability test the phone went upto almost 40 degrees, is this normal?.

maverick7777 said:
Hi Guys,
Just recently got my shiny new S4 in arctic blue great, I know a bit about rooting and installing custom roms as I've done it to a fair few phones in the past but with my S3 I know there were a few issues with the bug and the older phones dying also with the samsungs there is the flash counter and modified issue so here's my question/s.
Currently what is the easiest method of rooting and installing philz recovery, I'm looking at installing the omega or foxhound rom/s.
Once done will this increase my flash counter and also place my phone in modified?, if so can I set this back after doing the above, so if I do have a problem its just basically installing a stock rom again.
Thanks guys
BTW I did first purchase the black mist and noticed that it had a heating problem I even sent it back to samsung but they said that it was fine, then sold and bought the blue version this is exactly the same if not worse and on antutu stability test the phone went upto almost 40 degrees, is this normal?.
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Do you have the I9500? That has an issue with overheating. However 40 degrees is not an unreasonable for a processor / GPU being pushed hard. It may seem hot, and it's not great for the battery but it is not out of any reasonable bounds. Mine is I9505 and playing vice city etc. it gets damn warm!
Flash counter can be countered with Triangle Away.
Easiest: just search.
Actually all of your questions are answered several times on here, use the search function!
At the top of the forum you just posted on is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419762 start there.

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Do you have the I9500? That has an issue with overheating. However 40 degrees is not an unreasonable for a processor / GPU being pushed hard. It may seem hot, and it's not great for the battery but it is not out of any reasonable bounds. Mine is I9505 and playing vice city etc. it gets damn warm!
Flash counter can be countered with Triangle Away.
Easiest: just search.
Actually all of your questions are answered several times on here, use the search function!
At the top of the forum you just posted on is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419762 start there.
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Hi,
I have the UK i9505 version, had it in black mist thought there was an overheating problem, also had battery drain and it seemed laggy, so I sent off to Samsung, they basically said it was fine and the S4 gets warm from time to time which is normal. I ended up selling it and buying an Arctic Blue i9505 but it basically is the same. I cant believe a flagship phone with a 2gb ram and quadcore is laggy at times and I would honestly say slower than some dualcore phones i've had.
I love the S4's screen the camera is good quality but again takes an age to open and shoot, hence I'm hoping that a custom rom may fix a lot of these problems?.
I've had S3 & S4, HTC one and Iphone 5, all have their good and bad points shame there isnt a phone out there with, S4's camera quality (iphones speed), Iphone's speed and fluidity UI, HTC's speakers and style (superb) and S4's screen with iphones brightness, and S4's removable back with SD slot.
Someone please bring out .
With triangle away, if I root and install a recovery does this increase the flash counter and change the phone to modified?.
I will use search I always do just find asking the question easier, things like one click rooting and recovery are sometimes hard to find and you end up rooting manually and installing recovery etc when there are newer and easier tools out.
Thanks
Mav

maverick7777 said:
Hi,
I have the UK i9505 version, had it in black mist thought there was an overheating problem, also had battery drain and it seemed laggy, so I sent off to Samsung, they basically said it was fine and the S4 gets warm from time to time which is normal. I ended up selling it and buying an Arctic Blue i9505 but it basically is the same. I cant believe a flagship phone with a 2gb ram and quadcore is laggy at times and I would honestly say slower than some dualcore phones i've had.
I love the S4's screen the camera is good quality but again takes an age to open and shoot, hence I'm hoping that a custom rom may fix a lot of these problems?.
I've had S3 & S4, HTC one and Iphone 5, all have their good and bad points shame there isnt a phone out there with, S4's camera quality (iphones speed), Iphone's speed and fluidity UI, HTC's speakers and style (superb) and S4's screen with iphones brightness, and S4's removable back with SD slot.
Someone please bring out .
With triangle away, if I root and install a recovery does this increase the flash counter and change the phone to modified?.
I will use search I always do just find asking the question easier, things like one click rooting and recovery are sometimes hard to find and you end up rooting manually and installing recovery etc when there are newer and easier tools out.
Thanks
Mav
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The FAQ at the top has root instructions, probably the easiest way to do it. The i9505 shouldn't overheat, but defects do happen.
What exactly is slow, I've found this blazingly fast compared to my nexus 4 and comparable to HTC one? iOS is optimised and always looks and feels smoother to me.
A few things I found speeded things up:
1) Turn off the unlock animation. That is just laggy.
2) Enable developer options and change all windows animations to 0.5. Feels snappier to me.
3) Do not use task killers at all.
4) Factory reset after update
5) Turn off smart stay etc if not in use, same for multi window.
Triangle away should set you back on the counter and there is a post on how to unroot and return to 'original' status. I just don't have the link to hand (in work and BUSY!)
Best of luck!

Thanks Ross,
Well i've had 2 now both from phones4u new and its definitely hot at times both got warm with things like using camera and youtube, running videos etc. Surely I cant be unlucky enough to have had 2 defective units?.
I've also had the nexus 4 and that was fluid compared to this, i've tried using nova launcher but still not smooth, I don't use any samsung gimmicks and have heard about the animation will try that now, my wifes GS3 is smoother in my opinion.
I really didnt want to root and custom flash tbh just because if it is faulty and was to die on me and don't want to have the problem with possibly not being able to reset counter, hence the reason for asking peps out there to make double sure that its pretty easy to do. Samsung were absolutely crap when I contacted them about my first black mist S4, I used it on GPS satnav for 3 hours to get to airport for hols I had it charging in car also at the end it was boiling, as such the metal surround slightly moved and the phone had gaps on the side Samsung said this was fine and the heating was fine!!, the phone was only 5 weeks old, and it even had intermittent restarting problems and battery drain which I mentioned I couldnt believe their CS.

maverick7777 said:
Thanks Ross,
Well i've had 2 now both from phones4u new and its definitely hot at times both got warm with things like using camera and youtube, running videos etc. Surely I cant be unlucky enough to have had 2 defective units?.
I've also had the nexus 4 and that was fluid compared to this, i've tried using nova launcher but still not smooth, I don't use any samsung gimmicks and have heard about the animation will try that now, my wifes GS3 is smoother in my opinion.
I really didnt want to root and custom flash tbh just because if it is faulty and was to die on me and don't want to have the problem with possibly not being able to reset counter, hence the reason for asking peps out there to make double sure that its pretty easy to do. Samsung were absolutely crap when I contacted them about my first black mist S4, I used it on GPS satnav for 3 hours to get to airport for hols I had it charging in car also at the end it was boiling, as such the metal surround slightly moved and the phone had gaps on the side Samsung said this was fine and the heating was fine!!, the phone was only 5 weeks old, and it even had intermittent restarting problems and battery drain which I mentioned I couldnt believe their CS.
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I think it may be 'technically' ok, but if you are getting a poor user experience you are completely right to return it. I do find it very warm but not overly so compared to other devices.
Where are you getting the slowdown / lag on the device? It's possible I'm just accustomed to it, but after the last update I found things a lot better. (I'm in Ireland so I'd say were using the same device, mine's black too!) There's a difference between lag/choppy frame rate/ slow down and it's not clear where your issue is. I've seen a lot of mention of lag but compared to my other devices I find this pretty nippy. Perception of it is what it comes down to. Some iPhones are slower but appear far faster due to smooth animations etc. The 0.5x did help me and it 'feels' faster loading apps etc. I do agree the HTC One feels smoother and more fluid, that seems to be down to Sense 5 more than anything, rather than actual loading times in milliseconds as it were.
I found nove VERY slow upon boot up but it 'settled' after a few minutes running.

I basically found tw to be jerky especially when you first put the screen on, things like widgets take a bit to load app drawer sometimes also lags a bit. Also internet browsing and scrolling is def jerky.
Ive got the arctic blue version now and love the look and feel of the phone. Just ran antutu benchmark again and its weird I keep getting different benchmark scores last one was 21500 prior to that almost 26000 why? My other s4 was the same inconsistent benchmarks. Also stability test showed heat started at 30 degrees and again just kept on rising to almost 40, plus worryingly it dipped from 140 to 70 in stability a few times.
Could you do me a massive favour and run antutu on your s4 and let me know what results you get out of curiosity. Im running latest stock firmware.
Thanks
Mav
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2425 but it varies. The benchmarks are not reliable at all. And there's the whole Samsung benchmark debacle, it gets very hot as there's no thermal limiting. 48 Celsius!!
That doesn't sound right at all with the lag and widgets. Sounds like task manager is killing everything out something is pulling resources.
Factory reset? Are you running a rom or stock? Rooted?
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Many thanks for doing that ross, 48 degrees! mine is cool then at 40, im running latest stock, I have factory reset although the animation at 0.5 has made it a bit smoother, thanks for the tip.
I havent installed any task killer or anything like that and just a few apps that dont run in background.
Hence was really hoping a custom rom would help with heating and speed, weird thing is with my black one it ran more smoothly in power saving mode almost like when on full power the processor gets hot and throttles??.
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I'm a bit out of ideas. I'll have a think. Have a look at how you use it, in direct sunlight all day, in a case that traps heat etc. Weird to get two that are like that, but not unheard of.
Get a battery app or widget and screen shot every now and then as proof if you need to return it.
Sorry can't do more.
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Thanks ross, np yes im going to test more ive still got few days left on 28 day return so will make my mind up then unsure how good phones 4u are on replacements though. With regards to the heat if your is 48 then they must all run hot on antutu?.
Thanks again ross
Mav
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Hi,
I use the omega personally, great rom.
maverick7777 said:
Hi Guys,
Currently what is the easiest method of rooting and installing philz recovery, I'm looking at installing the omega or foxhound rom/s.
Thanks guys
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All variants of the S4 run hot ... the gt i9500 a bit more especially with the first firmware ... updates made things considerably better ...
I don't think that u have a defective phone ... it's just the way S4 works since u also return one and they said it's fine, chance is it was actually fine according to the S4 standards ... antutu runs at max freq so it's normal to get hot ... also battery drainage can occur from many different things ... the most common one is apps sync in the background especially when this is done with 3G/LTE ...
If u are a heavy user and u don't like the heat maybe u should consider another phone ... or buy a case ...

Hi
I dont mind it running hot as long as I know that everyones s4 is doing the same. If I know everyones is roughly reaching 40 degrees on antutu stability test then fine, but if others are say 32 degrees then thats a big difference and over time my phone would run the risk of damage.
I will post a thread asking for people to post screens and see.
Thanks fir the reply
Mav
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