Cellbine Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I got the Galaxy S4 today. Really amazing phone, so many capabilities. I am most excited about the wifi and bluetooth working properly. My Note's wifi and BT functionality has be really disappointing after the last update several months ago. It couldn't stay connected to Sync or stay more than 20ft away from my router without disconnecting. To place a call in my car and be able to hold a conversation, I had to put the phone in the secret cubby underneath the head unit. When I connected the S4 to MFT, it connected great and stay connected! I haven't called anyone through it yet, but I have high hopes. I also have an unbelievably strong wifi connection in my home now. I figure this is a place where we can talk about the S4 and address any concerns people might have with it. I have only had the phone for a few hours, so I am still learning all it can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmacd27 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 My Note 2 works perfectly with both the MFT and my home Wifi. Good luck with your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted May 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Yeah, I have the original Note. I think I just saw it got an update, but with the Note 2 out Im pretty sure Samsung put the original on the back burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have an S3 and it works fine for phone but tends to be a little funny with Bluetooth Audio (Playing music from the cell phone). Sometimes, it will drop on me or take a long time to connect. If the S4 solves those problems, I am heading to the nearest T-Mobile Store and picking up a black one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingMike Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 The S4 looks like an AMAZING phone. I switched last year from my iPhone5 (trash). It was between the S3 and the Droid DNA (S4 wasn't even announced yet). Even the S3 looked like a REALLY cool phone and the features it has on it is amazing, the S4 is above and beyond that. I went with the DNA though. What sold it for me was the Beats by Dre audio system in it. When I hook that bad boy up to my car it's like doing a speaker upgrade. The sound is amazing. You can definitely tell a difference when you turn the Beats system off and on. There are so many great phones out now, it's amazing the crap they come up with lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3vst8r96gt Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Im probably gonna be picking up an S4 later this month. My S2 is crapping out, it was by far the worst phone I have ever had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabang Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I love my S3 and I know S4 owners that love it. The new features they added into I can imagine would be cool to show-off, but not use in regular application (scroll-with-eyes, facial-recognition unlock, pause-when-glancing away). I know it has a longer battery life, which I wish my S3 had, but the one thing I wish I could do, is use the AppRadio on my HU, but it only suppports the S2 and only in the newer model HUs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonEdge Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Got a new S4 last weekend. So far, it works great with the MFT system. For those wondering, the MFT system and the phone generally interface well. It shows pictures of people from your phonebook and reads incoming text messages. However, you can't reply through the phone through voice commands. Overall, I'm much happier with this phone that I was my previous one (Samsung Charge). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted June 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 To piggy-back on what Houston said, I have had the S4 for nearly a month now. It has worked flawlessly with MFT. Connected every time, phone calls are perfectly clear, and never had to reboot MFT or the phone to make something work properly. I accidently turned of BT on the phone once, but after turning it back on there was nothing to do when I stepped foot in the Edge. It just connected. Couldn't be happier with the phone and above all Im happy to be able to call my wife hands free when I need to. Got one of these now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShopVac Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I just got the S4 a week ago, after breaking my S3. My droidX never had issues with Sync, but the S3 would never sync up my contact list (and I never got around to downloading the app to make it work correctly). I'm hoping to have better luck with the S4 in this regards...but just asking, you got all your contacts to go in and everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 All my contacts downloaded normally and every time I have used voice command to call one, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 The only side effect of upgrading phones is that if I upgrade, the wife MUST be upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 The only side effect of upgrading phones is that if I upgrade, the wife MUST be upgraded. That ALMOST invites comment In our house, I am the dinosaur, haven't upgraded in 6 years or so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShopVac Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 All my contacts downloaded normally and every time I have used voice command to call one, it works. Actually sinc'd it up the other day. Happy to state that it did bring all my contacts in...and it's reading text messages again like it did with my DriodX. I'm not sure why the Galaxy S3 was such a misfit...but the S4 does work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 My S4 has no problems with the sync and MFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 How is playing music/media on MFT with the S4? My S3 tends to cut out now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I haven't tried that yet. I have a dedicated MP3 player in the car, so I only use my phone for calls when driving. Ill try to check it out this weekend after my folks leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Well, I can give you all feedback on it since I now have an S4. The skipping with the S3 whilst listening to music and the command issues pushed me to the breaking point. So far, the S4 has not skipped or dropped a song when playing. Cellbine: I also have an 80GB iPod Classic in mine that I use for tunes as well. I can also drop a 120 GB HD or my wife's 8 GB iPod Nano in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Oh, and it's working fine with my LG BT headset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Finally was able to test this today. It took a few times pushing the BT media button for it to connect, but it did. For those of you wondering, that is a 12hr mp3 of vacuum noise to keep the newborn happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Did you have an OTA update with yours? Mine had to be updated right out the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingMike Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Hey Cellbine! Yeah, I got the S4, great phone and the best phone I've ever had. It plays very nicely with MFT, no problems yet! I don't miss my iPhone5 one bit. But I must admit, the boost my Droid DNA gave my speaker system with the BeatsByDre in them, I miss sooooo much! lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeBT Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm also rocking an S4 and loving it. Finally was able to test this today. It took a few times pushing the BT media button for it to connect, but it did. For those of you wondering, that is a 12hr mp3 of vacuum noise to keep the newborn happy Aww, that's cute. lol. If you didn't know about it, there's an app called Relax and Sleep. You can mix different types of relaxing sounds (fire crackling, ocean, etc.), including white noise. I have to use it when staying away from my house, where I have a stand-up fan running all the time. I know it wouldn't integrate with the MFT to start it up, but it should still stream the audio through A2DP. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mizusoft.relaxandsleep&hl=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hey Cellbine! Yeah, I got the S4, great phone and the best phone I've ever had. It plays very nicely with MFT, no problems yet! I don't miss my iPhone5 one bit. But I must admit, the boost my Droid DNA gave my speaker system with the BeatsByDre in them, I miss sooooo much! lol. Did you try the equalizer settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellbine Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Aww, that's cute. lol. If you didn't know about it, there's an app called Relax and Sleep. You can mix different types of relaxing sounds (fire crackling, ocean, etc.), including white noise. I have to use it when staying away from my house, where I have a stand-up fan running all the time. I know it wouldn't integrate with the MFT to start it up, but it should still stream the audio through A2DP. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mizusoft.relaxandsleep&hl=en Thanks, I downloaded the app just-in-case. We are pretty much past the "use white noise to quite the baby" stage, but having it for trips and such will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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