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  • Samsung Galaxy S4 S-View Cover Review

    Samsung has developed a ton of accessories for it’s latest flagship smartphone the Galaxy S4, we review the Galaxy S4 Smart Dock a few weeks ago and today we have with us the official Samsung Galaxy S4 S-View Cover.

    The Samsung Galaxy S4 S-View Cover instead of functioning as just a plain cover for your expensive smartphone includes a touch capable front windows and a sensor making it one of the first of it’s kind. The front touch window is a great idea and reminds me of the old Motorola RAZR flip phone and how it displayed information on the front screen.

    Similar to previous flip covers for older Samsung phones, the S-View cover for the Galaxy S4 also replaces your phone’s battery door which is attached to a cover at the front. The front cover though is special as it has a cut out area at the top used to display selected information. The idea here is to enable users to view simple information like the time without flipping open the cover. The overall design of the cover is similar the iPad’s smart covers.

    The front window is also touch responsive so you can use some the touchscreen to some extent. Some of the functions include answering calls by sliding to the right.

    Overall it’s a much welcomed innovation for smartphone covers that we would love to see in the future. TechDeville gives the Samsung Galaxy S4 S-View Cover 4/5 stars and you can grab one from here.

  • Install Samsung Galaxy S4 XenonHD JB 4.2.2 Custom ROM

    The Samsung Galaxy S4 is Samsung’s latest and greatest flagship phone yet and luckily for it’s owners it has excellent developer support. This excellent development support resulted in a brand new Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROM called XenonHD.

    XenonHD is a great custom ROM that brings many features from the stock firmware along with many third party features enhancing the capabilities of an already great phone.

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    Installing the XenonHD JB 4.2.2 Custom ROM is really easy, make sure you have a custom recovery installed and just follow the steps outlined below:

    Step 1- Download the XenonHD JB 4.2.2 Custom ROM and Google Apps.

    Step 2- Connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 to a computer using mass storage mode.

    Step 3- Copy and paste the ROM and Google Apps zips downloaded in step 1, into the root folder of the mass storage device. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the root, but putting it in the root helps finding it easier.

    Step 4- Turn off your Samsung Galaxy S4 and reboot into the bootloader. Do this by pressing and holding the Volume Up + Volume Down and Power buttons.

    Step 5. Use volume rocker to navigate and power button to click. Perform a data wipe + cache wipe

    Step 6. Navigate to flash ZIP from SD card and choose ZIP from SD card

    Step 7. Select the XenonHD JB 4.2.2 Custom ROM’s zip downloaded in step 1 first. Select it using the power button and confirm installation.

    Step 8. Now do the same things with the Google Apps zip file.

    Step 9. When installation is done, go back to the main menu of CWM and perform a reboot.

    That’s it, if you have any questions feel free to ask us in the comments below.

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 Smart Dock Review

    A charging dock is quickly becoming one of the most popular accessories users wants to buy for their smartphones, now as phones are getting smarter than ever these simple charging docks are quickly evolving into what Samsung calls a Smart Dock. Samsung recently launched a Smart Dock compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 which allowing users to turn their smartphones into mini desktop computers.

    This particular dock that we’re reviewing includes an HDMI port, three USB 2.0 ports, a 3.5mm stereo audio jack and a microUSB port to charge the phone of course. These connectivity options will allow you to connect your phone to a TV or monitor via the HDMI port, connect an external keyboard, mouse and even external storage via the USB ports, connect external speakers via the 3.5mm audio jack while the phone is being charged by the microUSB port.

    Instead of the dock you could get separate MHL, OTG, AUX and other cables to fulfill the purpose but the dock makes everything so simpler. It’s so small and easy to carry, has a beautiful design and is very simple to use. In short the extra price gets you a much better product. Also as far as compatibility with devices is concerned the dock will work seamlessly with the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S4 but with the Galaxy S3 it won’t be able to power a USB drive.

    The Smart Dock also has a full software overlay displayed on the device connected that displays the weather and other details similar to what we get on Motorola’s docks. I’ve been using the dock to mirror my Galaxy S4 on my TV for a few days now and the display quality is splendid, there is little to no lag while browsing and movies and other media played have exceptional quality.

    The Smart Dock isn’t for everyone though, most casual users will be put off by somewhat low app compatibility and the fact that most if not all Android apps work better with the touchscreen than a keyboard or mouse. I consider the Smart Dock a niche item which will be very useful to those who need a tiny computer in their pockets that has the ability t0 turn into a proper desktop.

    A short note though, if you’re planning to use the Smart Dock with a cover make sure you use the official Samsung ones, I tried using it with my third party leather cover on my Galaxy S4 and it was a pretty tight fit so I took the cover off.

    The Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 Smart Dock is now available for purchase for just $83 which is excellent value in my opinion.

    TechDeville gives the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 Smart Dock 4/5 stars.

  • Galaxy S4 Event, Samsung Unpacked 2013 Streaming Links And Live Blogs

    Samsung’s latest and greatest smartphone yet – the Samsung Galaxy S4 is almost here and Samsung is all ready to stream the announcement worldwide. The Samsung Unpacked 2013 event like last year will be covered by major tech sites so live blogs are a given, but having a live stream directly from the source is much better right?

    The Samsung Galaxy S4 leaks have been almost iPhone like with new parts and pictures leaking every few days. Just last week some pictures were leaked of the phone from a Chinese forum showing off the phone’s design which looks a lot like the Samsung Note 2.

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    We’ll be updating the page with more live blogs and stream links so make sure you bookmark it, you will want to have as many sources to watch the event as streams tend to go down very often.

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    Although the event will be streamed on Samsung’s own website along with their Facebook page, we prefer to watch it live on YouTube, the link to the Samsung Unpacked 2013 stream is embedded below:

    Links to the live blogs which we’ve compiled are below:

    Only a few hours ago so get ready!

  • 32GB Galaxy S4 Release Date Confirmed

    The much awaited wait for 32 GB Samsung Galaxy S4 is over now as it would be available in the U.S from Friday, May 10th with a two year AT&T contract. Previously, the Galaxy S4 was available in 16 GB memory which kept advanced users uncomfortable as the Samsung bundled apps including touchWiz and extras wiped around 8 GB of memory.

    Although the 32 GB micro SD card is not a costly thing to buy but most of the apps cannot be installed on external memory card which in turn requires the internal memory of phone and 32 GB version would easily suffice the user needs in all aspects till date. Considering the difference of just $50 from 16GB version, grabbing the 32GB version S4 would always be a smart choice for all the advanced users and even with common users who are not in gaming or high tech apps.

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    Availability for extra spaces in android phone always keep it fast and smart and this version would surely be a good investment. The company would also launch 64 GB version in near future but 32 GB model is still a smart trade off with the old 16 GB version model.

    So which version are you getting?

  • Samsung Finally Reveals The Galaxy S4, All Details Here

    As rumored, teased and even confirmed Samsung did reveal their latest flagship – the Galaxy S4 at their Samsung Unpacked 2013 event yesterday. At a glance, the Samsung Galaxy S4 looks just like a bigger Galaxy S3, but internally the Galaxy S4 is something brand new.

    Hardware wise the Galaxy S4 is no doubt the highest spec’d phone on the market. It’s powered by an Octacore (yup 8 cores) Exynos 5 processor running at 1.6GHz or a Qualcomm S4 Quad processor, the one you’ll get depends on the region you buy the phone in. Although Android isn’t optimized for 8 cores yet, having the extra cores will sure come in useful when the next version of Android comes out.

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    The huge 5-inch display on the Galaxy S4 is a Super AMOLED panel running at 1920×1080, unfortunately the screen has a Pentile pixel arrangement but with the high pixel density you shouldn’t notice it often. The pixel density for the display comes in around at 441 ppi and is protected by Corning Gorilla Class 3.

    On the memory side, the Galaxy S4 runs on 2GB of RAM which is standard with flagships nowadays. The smartphone will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavors and the memory will be expandable by microSD cards.

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    On the camera size the front is a 2MP sensor while the one in the back in a 13MP shooter. Major software features for the camera include Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization and HDR. Both front and back cameras are able to record video in Full 1080p HD at 30fps.

    The Galaxy S4 will launch with Android 4.2.2 with Samsung’s Nature UX on top. Samsung has been working hard on adding extra features to it’s phone and this time they’ve come up with a ton. S Translator translates texts and emails from other languages, Air Gestures changes or scrolls pages by swiping your hand in the air, Air View gives you an S Pen like functionality by allowing you see information by hovering your finger over emails or calender entries. There are also other albeit more gimmicky features like Smart Pause and Smart Scroll which pause videos and scroll pages by sensing eye movements respectively.

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    The Galaxy S4 will be available in the US Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, US Cellular, and Cricket and Deutsche Telecom, EE, H3G, Orange, Telenor, Telia Sonera, Telefonica, and Vodafone in Europe. The Samsung Galaxy S4 hits stores on April 26th and will be available in Black and White.

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  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Screenshots Leaked From American Variant (I337)

    Great news for Samsung fanboys everywhere, some new Galaxy S4 screenshots (via GSM Israel)have been leaked and these are from the American variant codenamed I337. There’s not much to deduct from these screens but they do confirm some of the Galaxy S4′s specs like the 1080p display, new UI likely named the TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0, 13MP camera and the series of Smart features like Smart Rotation, Smart Stay, Smart Pause and Smart Scroll.

    All the leaked Galaxy S4 screenshots are below:

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    Samsung is will be officially revealing the Galaxy S4 to the public on the 14th of March in an event taking place in New York city.

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