Galaxy S4 Video Tips Series

[DaveSyd]

Hey vgjfelix... what is the app you have running that shows in your notifications page - looks like a graph of battery drain or something. At least it's in the first few videos I have got through as yet. Coincidently I am looking for a better battery monitor app.

Great work on the videos.

 

[vgjfelix]

Protect your mobile data and don't update apps with it:

Spoiler

 

[OstrichSaK]

Personally, I HATE auto-update for apps. Too many times updates break apps and lots of times reverting is a PITA. I manually update after reading the first few newest reviews on the app as this should tell you if it's broken or not. It saved me lots of grief with the recent transition from Talk to Hangouts. For months the online/offline feature and friends list was broken to the point I would have hated my life since I use it a lot. Fortunately they fixed what MANY users had been complaining about for months and I was finally able to upgrade. Had I had auto-update enabled it would have been a terrible inconvenience for months. There's been a few others that were broken for some time due to updates but that's the first & most recent one that comes to mind. I generally sit down to check my apps for updates when on WiFi and that was a habit I got into when I had unlimited data.

 

[beowulf7]

^ Same here, I disable auto-updates. Let others beta test them and if reviews are good, then I'll manually update to them. That said, with an app like Titanium Backup, one can uninstall a bad update and revert back to the previous version.

 

[grandadjimmy]

Hi vgjfelix, videos are great. I am a fairly new owner of a Samsung Galaxy S4 compared to the user manual your videos have shown me things that I did not know existed.

Thanks and kind regards
Jimmy

 

[beowulf7]

Protect your mobile data and don't update apps with it:

Spoiler

I didn't see your tip #21 mentioned here, so for the benefit of others, here it is, also related to mobile data usage:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #21: How to Cap Internet Data Usage - YouTube

 

[ArleenJohnson]

I'm always running out of battery on my phone, whether I monitor it or not. I found this emergency cell phone charger that seems to be pretty good though.

 

[TheAtheistReverend]

Anybody can let me know please that how can i get the emergency cell phone charger for my samsung s4 please?

Order it?<----link

 

[ArleenJohnson]

Thanks Buddy I really appreciate your help. It will work fine? Do u have your own experience?

 

[TheAtheistReverend]

Thanks Buddy I really appreciate your help. It will work fine? Do u have your own experience?

I've never used one, but the reviews look pretty good.

 

[ArleenJohnson]

Thanks. I will try it.

 

[vettegofast]

Just got an S4 Active. This thread is cool!

 

[beowulf7]

We haven't heard from vgjfelix in over a month. Is he still making S4 videos?

 

[vgjfelix]

It's been a while but

It's been a while but... Restrict data usage by disabling background data!

 

[vgjfelix]

Hey vgjfelix... what is the app you have running that shows in your notifications page - looks like a graph of battery drain or something. At least it's in the first few videos I have got through as yet. Coincidently I am looking for a better battery monitor app.

Great work on the videos.

The app is battery widget reborn

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's how to remove the silly little lockscreen message:

 

[vettegofast]

Sweet! But i have a pattern to unlock my phone. :-/

 

[vgjfelix]

Sweet! But i have a pattern to unlock my phone. :-/

Then you're snookered

 

[vgjfelix]

Change your device name in less than a minute:

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's an early Christmas Present. 25 Samsung Galaxy S2 tips!

 

[vgjfelix]

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a few secrets up its sleeve. Here are the codes you need to get to them:

 

[vgjfelix]

Activate/Deactivate and use multitasking:

[Youtube]Ngs-oXzfjWo[/media]

 

[OstrichSaK]

I knew about all of that save for right at the end with the long press on the back button. That's awesome! You can also enable/disable in the quick toggles in the notification pull-down which is how I've been doing it but this is much easier. Thanks for sharing!

 

[vgjfelix]

Can you use the SG4 with gloves on?

[Youtube]8-h8DL2zKaU[/media]

 

[Mr. Lucky]

I knew about all of that save for right at the end with the long press on the back button. That's awesome! You can also enable/disable in the quick toggles in the notification pull-down which is how I've been doing it but this is much easier.

Ditto! I learned something new here also. And here's another tip