I just picked up my s4 the other day. I traded my iPhone 5 for it. So far the battery life has been atrocious. I'm running on the stock rom with root and regionlockaway so I can have my phone unlocked for tmobile. I'm running the mf3 update. Here's a screenshot of my battery usage. My brightness is generally all the way down or on auto.
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
I just picked up my s4 the other day. I traded my iPhone 5 for it. So far the battery life has been atrocious. I'm running on the stock rom with root and regionlockaway so I can have my phone unlocked for tmobile. I'm running the mf3 update. Here's a screenshot of my battery usage. My brightness is generally all the way down or on auto.
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Try using greenify
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Try using greenify and use safestrap and flash a custom ROM, they usually get great battery life
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
I just picked up my s4 the other day. I traded my iPhone 5 for it. So far the battery life has been atrocious. I'm running on the stock rom with root and regionlockaway so I can have my phone unlocked for tmobile. I'm running the mf3 update. Here's a screenshot of my battery usage. My brightness is generally all the way down or on auto.
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If you can try out "wakelock detector" it can tell you why your phone isn't going to sleep. Perhaps you gave a rogue app?
Edit: betterbatterystats might be able to help too. It's fee for xda members I believe.
Also, you mentioned that your phone is new? Give it a couple more charge/discharge cycles to even out.
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If you can try out "wakelock detector" it can tell you why your phone isn't going to sleep. Perhaps you gave a rogue app?
Edit: betterbatterystats might be able to help too. It's fee for xda members I believe.
Also, you mentioned that your phone is new? Give it a couple more charge/discharge cycles to even out.
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My phone wasn't brand new. Just a few weeks old. I traded it to someone on Craigslist for my iPhone 5. And I'll try those apps and report back. Thanks!
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when i first got the phone, i ran stock TW but rooted with few xposed tweaks for a few weeks, battery life was... meh.. unplug at 7am and NEEDED to plug back in by 8 or 9PM.
when i went to a custom kernel, battery life improved greatly with stock speeds, and undervolting all steps.
Here's what wakelock detector says
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TRusselo said:
when i first got the phone, i ran stock TW but rooted with few xposed tweaks for a few weeks, battery life was... meh.. unplug at 7am and NEEDED to plug back in by 8 or 9PM.
when i went to a custom kernel, battery life improved greatly with stock speeds, and undervolting all steps.
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This is a great tip OP. Custom kernel all the way
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This is a great tip OP. Custom kernel all the way
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Not terribly familiar with safestrap and the s4. (Had a tmobile s4 which doesn't require it). I'm extremely familiar with android however. What's the process to install safestrap? My phone is already rooted. Also what's the kernel with the best battery life.
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
Not terribly familiar with safestrap and the s4. (Had a tmobile s4 which doesn't require it). I'm extremely familiar with android however. What's the process to install safestrap? My phone is already rooted. Also what's the kernel with the best battery life.
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Not sure about safestrap since I have an I337M.
The best answer I can give you about a kernel is to try them all. The best kernel is almost always subjective.
Got safestrap installed. I'm somewhat familiar with it as I used it on my Droid RAZR. How do I install a kernel on my s4 with it?
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Not sure about safestrap since I have an I337M.
The best answer I can give you about a kernel is to try them all. The best kernel is almost always subjective.
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You can't install a custom kernel because you're on MF3 no exploit has been found to be able to bypass the bootloader or unlock it.
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You can't install a custom kernel because you're on MF3 no exploit has been found to be able to bypass the bootloader or unlock it.
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So I have no options then?
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
So I have no options then?
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Flash a custom ROM that best suits you. You can only flash 4.2.2 Roms and TW based roms
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Flash a custom ROM that best suits you. You can only flash 4.2.2 Roms and TW based roms
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So I couldn't flash a 4.3 tw rom then?
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
So I couldn't flash a 4.3 tw rom then?
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No only 4.2.2 do some reading on safestrap
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I did the AWS mod on my phone and seem to have somewhat better battery life. Could it be from using my att phone on tmobile?
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My friends s4 is stuck on mf3..is it possible to downgrade? Tried to odin an older stock and it failed.
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My friends s4 is stuck on mf3..is it possible to downgrade? Tried to odin an older stock and it failed.
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Sorry, once you update to MF3 there's no going back. Cannot downgrade.
Welcome too the Bermuda triangle tech goes in but it dnt cme out
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Sorry, once you update to MF3 there's no going back. Cannot downgrade.
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This is gotta be at&t's fault no? lol I have t-mobile, it's for a friends s4. he's stuck on mf3
AT&T and Verizon have locked down bootloaders. When the OTA install starts, it blows a Qfuse making it impossible 'at this time' to downgrade back to a previous build.
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So I couldn't use Odin to flash an earlier version of the baseband to also root, and stop myself from upgrading to mf3 again?
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So I couldn't use Odin to flash an earlier version of the baseband to also root, and stop myself from upgrading to mf3 again?
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No. The bootloader is locked, and does not allow downgrade. Once you are on mf3, there is no going back.
No. It is impossible to downgrade anything. Read up on it. There is more in depth stuff than what I said. As of now, there is no way to downgrade, install a custom recovery, flash a rom, use Odin, etc. Only root is possible.
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So I couldn't use Odin to flash an earlier version of the baseband to also root, and stop myself from upgrading to mf3 again?
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Nope
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I was really thinking about rooting because i wanted to install this audio mod for music. That's really the only thing I wanna do. Also, to get rid of some bloat ware. But I still have very good battery
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Root is possible, but if you mess something up, you may not be able to fix it until we get an Odin flushable MF3.be very careful with it.
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I was really thinking about rooting because i wanted to install this audio mod for music. That's really the only thing I wanna do. Also, to get rid of some bloat ware. But I still have very good battery
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If anything goes wrong with installing the mod you may be screwed. Also, saying you want to "get rid" of bloatware leads me to believe you want to delete. Don't, just freeze them.
I would wait--
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If anything goes wrong with installing the mod you may be screwed. Also, saying you want to "get rid" of bloatware leads me to believe you want to delete. Don't, just freeze them.
I would wait--
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Probably will. I just hope someone comes up with something quick. I love my s4
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Probably will. I just hope someone comes up with something quick. I love my s4
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Probably the best decision for now. There are some threads in General that are tracking this--
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Probably the best decision for now. There are some threads in General that are tracking this--
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What do you mean " tracking" ?
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What do you mean " tracking" ?
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just discussing and keeping up on any progress, it is being worked on
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just discussing and keeping up on any progress, it is being worked on
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Sounds good. Yea, I've been looking at it often
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Sounds good. Yea, I've been looking at it often
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Sounds good. Yea, I've been looking at it often
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Keep your eye on this app called Safestrap by Hashcode. It's being developed for Verizon S4 but most likely will work on AT&T's as well. Read more on what it is and other cool things about it here, be sure to read thoroughly so you fully understand what it does haha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
I'm on MF3 as well and I know how you feel. At least we can root.
Good things come to those who wait
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Keep your eye on this app called Safestrap by Hashcode. It's being developed for Verizon S4 but most likely will work on AT&T's as well. Read more on what it is and other cool things about it here, be sure to read thoroughly so you fully understand what it does haha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
I'm on MF3 as well and I know how you feel. At least we can root.
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Hey I appreciate the advice, and the help man. I will keep an eye on the topic.
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Are the leaked 4.3 builds over at sammobile any good for those of us on MF3?
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not sure????
Duh!
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It's obvious that u cannot read, dligon.
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I'm guess that you should wait until we get a leak ourselves or possibly the bootloader gets totally unlocked or by passed. or just flash one of the leaks back everything up and see what works or not.
Not quite the answer I'm lookin' for, but since u wanna be heard... Thank you for ur response!
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one you probably should state if your rooted or not. are you using this bootloader hack http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292157
and other things might be helpful. I've flashed most of the 9505 tw ROM 4.2 and had no problems with them have not tried any of the leaks or build off the leaks read that a few where having issues with wifi. I would probably just ask in the 9505 for if anyone has tried the leak.
There are a couple custom recovery (cwm, twrp...) flashable roms for the 4.3 leak.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467693 from T-Mobile section based on the first leak and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2372286 in the international section based on the second leak
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I see. First, let me apologize for being rude.. Sensed a little sarcasm in ur first response and felt a need to fire back
At any rate, thanks for the information. I'll def look into it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467098 this should be fixed soon for our device. Fingers crossed.
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Currently mf3 folks can only flash TW pre 4.3 roms
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Currently mf3 folks can only flash TW pre 4.3 roms
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Now tht's the answer I was looking and hoping not to hear! lol. Thanks bud!
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jerrychasta said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467098 this should be fixed soon for our device. Fingers crossed.
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Yeah, fingers crossed!
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Now tht's the answer I was looking and hoping not to hear! lol. Thanks bud!
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Sorry--
But, there is always hope--great devs here--
Truth!
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Sorry--
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Are you planning to update your device to 4.3 once it's rolled out?
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Are you planning to update your device to 4.3 once it's rolled out?
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I am not mf3 so already running Jamison's 4.3 from TMO forum--running great--I love it
well maybe in a few weeks for the US variants. but I would not hold my breath with att and verizon they have to make sure the bootloader lockdown will be enforced and they can put all of their bloat. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_...g-galaxy-s4-gets-official-android-4.3-update/
We need the source posted so that devs can mod the stock kernel. Not anticipating an Att release this month for 4.3
Still more interested to see 4.4 drop for the 9505g. Looks like that was really what key lime pie was going to be.
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Been out of the game for a little bit due to a broken s4 but my question tonight is should I just stay at Rooted MDL or update to MF3?
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Don't do it
I STRONGLY recommend for you to stay at MDL, because as of this moment, there is no bootloader unlock for MF3, so that means no custom ROMS or kernels, unless you want to use SafeStrap. If custom ROMS don't matter to you, update. But remember, if you get TWRP, you can always flash an MF3 ROM and get it, while keeping your bootloader unlock. Try it. If you don't need custom ROMS and other cool stuff, update.
Lol just read about it and I defiantly do not want to update thanks for the help. So I'm safe to use any rom in the development section
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Lol just read about it and I defiantly do not want to update thanks for the help. So I'm safe to use any rom in the development section
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Yep! You are safe to try any rom you want!
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
Been out of the game for a little bit due to a broken s4 but my question tonight is should I just stay at Rooted MDL or update to MF3?
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if you want to update to mf3. i'll trade my phone to get urs
You could flash the unadultered MF3 rom that somebody made and if I'm not mistaken that will allow you to revert
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Would anyone move up to the note 3 if you had to trade your s4?
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Would anyone move up to the note 3 if you had to trade your s4?
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A little big for my taste, but if I had to trade I'd take it.
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Would anyone move up to the note 3 if you had to trade your s4?
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Id trade my s4 for a note 3 any day
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Would anyone move up to the note 3 if you had to trade your s4?
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Id trade my s4 for a note 3 any day
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its bigger, brighter, faster technology. we all may say we love our current devices...but we'd trade for the next one up in a heart beat. even if that's only a few months later. haha.
i swear this S4 is the best device i've had so far and yet i'm simply waiting on the Nexus 5 to drop so i can make my way up that street. what can i say...
note 3
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its bigger, brighter, faster technology. we all may say we love our current devices...but we'd trade for the next one up in a heart beat. even if that's only a few months later. haha.
i swear this S4 is the best device i've had so far and yet i'm simply waiting on the Nexus 5 to drop so i can make my way up that street. what can i say...
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hi.
I'm picking up a t mobie note 3 today. I want to reset my s4. I've safestrap and twrp o it.
can I just take my stuff off and use the factory reset on the phone? I'm not at home to use kies.
I was curious if there was a really good kernel for my ROM that I could flash over. That's all!
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Franco Kernel and it's companion app is great. So is Faux Kernel and it's companion app.
It's still too early to say, all the kernels are still just taking baby steps with 4.4.
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It's still too early to say, all the kernels are still just taking baby steps with 4.4.
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I was curious if there was a really good kernel for my ROM that I could flash over. That's all!
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All the above suggested kernels plus AK.207.KK and hells-Core-b42-t4. Each of all the above is a GREAT kernel.
Flash any of them, configure it to your own preferences. Try it for a few days or longer. From the assessment (performance/battery life/smoothness/etc) you'll determine which kernel works BEST for you.
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It's still too early to say, all the kernels are still just taking baby steps with 4.4.
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I have. And I still think it's going to take a few iterations until the kernel makers really start optimizing their product.
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Anyone know what happened to ricks rom? Last night I posted on it and now it's gone.
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Anyone know what happened to ricks rom? Last night I posted on it and now it's gone.
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I had it taken down because it's not something I want to maintain at this time in my life.
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I had it taken down because it's not something I want to maintain at this time in my life.
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Ah well thank you for a great rom. I love it and will continue to use it
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Ah well thank you for a great rom. I love it and will continue to use it
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I'm glad you like it, there are a few quirks with using a s-cover but it's pretty decent. Enjoy.
Well thanks for making it. I am glad I grabbed it up while it was there. This is the best ROM I have used on an Android phone.
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Rick, thanks for making this ROM, I really enjoy it and since I don't use an S-cover I have almost no issues with it. I did have to restart my phone today when the auto brightness wasn't working, but I like to restart once a day regardless and it had been a few days since my last one.
Thanks again for your work and I can understand and appreciate the time it would take to maintain a ROM.
Yea it's my daily rom thanks for sharing your rom with the community
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Anyone know where I can get an s5 flashlight toggle right now I have this eye sore
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The thread is back
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