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Swarfega · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:07

I've lost data at times. Twice now I think. Each time I rebooted to fix it.

Orange

azibux1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:22

Swarfega said:
I've lost data at times. Twice now I think. Each time I rebooted to fix it.

Orange

Hmmm did you have the same issues with your previous phone in the same locations? I'm assuming your old phone was on orange too

meh? · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:24

Having some loss of data too with orange and S4 where with my old iphone 5 and o2 never did it.

Swarfega · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:39

Was on giffgaff before on an iPhone.
Drop in data is purely down to the S4 by the looks of it.

azibux1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:39

I was on O2 with both phones

And sorry just to confirm, I'm not losing data (mobile internet) ... I'm completely losing mobile signal ... Can't even make phone calls

GreenMint · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:42

What was the app people are using the check battery charge rates again?

tom_e · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:45

Galaxy charging current search that on the play store

GreenMint · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:55

tom_e said:
Galaxy charging current search that on the play store

Much obliged, thankyou

Mobius 1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:01

Bought a white one

McMav · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:06

meh? said:
Having some loss of data too with orange and S4 where with my old iphone 5 and o2 never did it.

Same but only since last update.

azibux1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:34

McMav said:
Same but only since last update.

Software or firmware? Or have you got a version number please?

McMav · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:37

Me2 was the 70 mb over the air update.

azibux1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:43

McMav said:
Me2 was the 70 mb over the air update.

Not sure if I have that, which one is it under the 'About device' section?

Also I think you issue is slightly different to mine anyway as I presume you can still make calls? Just can't access mobile internet?

dbmzk1 · 5 Jun 2013 at 07:48

Mine too has completely lost connection a couple of times since the last update on T-Mobile (XXUAME2) though it was fine before so it's the update not the phone. I just put it in airplane mode and back and it was fine. No big deal

Probably related to EEs crappy network sharing which is... crappy!

azibux1 · 5 Jun 2013 at 08:54

Think I might just speak to carphone warehouse and see if they can maybe extend the 28 day exchange period as I've made them aware of the issue... Then maybe next month if it gets worse or I decide to exchange it then I can

Will see what they say... Don't want to swap out my otherwise perfect phone if it is just an issue that can be sorted with an update

Thing is I don't remember having any big update yet, or any updates... I'm on O2

mattyg · 5 Jun 2013 at 08:59

azibux1 said:
I was on O2 with both phones

And sorry just to confirm, I'm not losing data (mobile internet) ... I'm completely losing mobile signal ... Can't even make phone calls

I had the same thing flashed a new modem an its been fine ever since

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

RaidenGB · 5 Jun 2013 at 09:47

Just ordered the s4 from smartfonestore grade A hopeful a good upgrade from me s2

Swarfega · 5 Jun 2013 at 10:13

One thing that's annoying me. Many applications backup themselves or at least have a manual backup feature. These state they backup to your SD card. Sadly they are backing up to the internal SD card. Trying to make sure backups are on the correct external SD card is a pain in the ass!

Jay_t · 5 Jun 2013 at 10:31

matt100 said:
rooting is super super easy so I don't see why you wouldn't, especially seeing as you can both cover your tracks for warranty easily enough and OEMs often don't seem to mind if you've done that sort of thing.

However, in answer to your question... I'd expect almost 0 chance of a decent wide supply of higher capacity versions, why would they? It's pretty niche and when generally speaking people are looking for the phone "free" this just means the networks make less money per connection.

Either way if you use the Apple scale (as apple are pretty much the only company still that has consumers prepared to a) pay and b) pay more per capacity and finally c) have a customer base who expect the choice) you'd likely be paying £100 more for a 32gb version and £200 for a 64gb.

given the fact you can root and trim your OS and use micro SD cards I'd see those costs, any costs frankly as a non starter.

EDIT: not sure if it matters but on my 16gb version running wanamlite (mildly modified stock rom so you retain all the useful touchwiz stuff) and a reduced apps apk I currently have just over 9gb available to me, I think thats entirely acceptable for a 16gb phone and I could easily get more by removing some bloat manually as I have root access.

Worth considering!

Thanks for the advice. I've gone with the 16gb S4 with a Samsung UHS1 64gb card.

I was all set to root it and then noticed that the update that had automatically gone on, had changed the kernel and baseband. Apparently the new baseband version (ending in MDM) is not rootable. Anyone know anything about this. :confused:

edit. Things are moving quickly - LINK

tom_e · 5 Jun 2013 at 10:34

Swarfega said:
One thing that's annoying me. Many applications backup themselves or at least have a manual backup feature. These state they backup to your SD card. Sadly they are backing up to the internal SD card. Trying to make sure backups are on the correct external SD card is a pain in the ass!

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