Sprints Galaxy S4 gets a hefty 357mb update that brings the much needed apps to SD option.

I would have to say the biggest complaint about the Galaxy S4 is the “actual” internal storage out of the box as apposed to what is advertised.  Let’s be honest here, its a completely valid gripe. There’s also the plastic-ky feel and to some the gimicky features. But, some people like that plastic-ky feel and features. They don’t like almost half of their 16 gigs getting eaten up by them features and no where to put some bigger sized games, like Gameloft apps.

Well, good news for you Sprint Galaxy S4 owners out there. There’s an OTA update being pushed out as we speak that brings some pretty cool features on top of the apps to SD option.

Just to name a few of the main features -

* allows apps to your SD card in the same fashion as the European Galaxy S4

* smart pause toggle in the notification panel

* transparent status bar with custom wallpapers

* the addition of Samsung Knox

* legibility setting for the display

The above mentioned update features and addons are a few that may have you Sprint Galaxy S4 owners licking your chops.

Keep in mind that this OTA update will most likely lock that boot loader back up!

If you’re in to rooting, hacking, flashing custom recoveries and Roms, I suggest you hold off on this update. This phone is popular enough that I can almost guarantee there will be a stock deodexed version of this ROM with in hours of one of your favorite devs getting their paws on it.

If hacking isn’t your thing, then get in to your settings and start mashing that update button, as its an OTA update and nothing to do with Kies.  Once you’ve installed that update start moving them apps where they belong, on your SD card.

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Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 US variants just got official builds of PACMan rom. Below are the features of PACMan ROM:-

* PhoneUI, TabletUI, PhabletUI
* Latest Version 22.4.0
* Some Features from AOKP
* All Feautures from PA
* All Features from CM
* Of course JellyBean 4.2.2

Hit the links below for download and instructions:-

T-Mobile Galaxy S4

AT&T Galaxy S4

Sprint Galaxy S4

US Cellular Galaxy S4

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Going from an a top on the line Android phone (HTC EVO) back in the day before the Samsung S Series phone to the Samsung GS4 was a big leap for me.  This was an upgrade to a 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor, which is very fast, to the size of the screen.  Samsung manages to make use of the entire 5” display which I think is smart thinking.  The web pages load up very fast, clear and full of detail and all the images took no time at all to view.  The battery on this phone keeps up with each and every task.  I can go all day on a full charge.  I can keep up with e-mails, social networking, and entertainment apps.  I also like the texting interface it is very cool.  When it comes to PC vs. MAC, I am a MAC person.  When it comes to phones, I am all about the Android and its powerful open source OS that continually gets improved.  The GS4 made it extremely easy to stick by the Android over the iPhone.  I am overwhelmed with the differences that this GS4 has over the iPhone.  I even had an iPhone user comment on the GS4 and how nice it is over the iPhone.  I have yet to scratch the surface with all the tweaking that you can do with the GS4.  I am very much looking forward to exploring more and more and taking the GS4 to the limit.

In summary, if you decide to get the GS4 over an iPhone you will not be disappointed.  This GS4 is truly the next best thing.  When I am on the go, this is the phone that I want by my side.  The only thing I would recommend would be a SD card to keep your photos, video, and apps on as the GS4 only leaves you with 8GB of free space on the 16GB model.  And you don’t even have to remove the battery to get to the micro SD slot which is upgradable (up to 64GB.  I am not going to go on and on about the phones features as that is readily available online.  The appeal of Android to many, though, is the ability to customize nearly everything the phone can do. If that’s you, you’ll find the GS4 fun to operate and it’ll cater well to your tinkering tendencies.  The first hour that I had the GS4, I did just that, loading it with my favorite apps.  I barely scratched the surface of what this beast of a phone can do.  I would just like to say that the GS4 would make anyone an Android phone user.  I am proud to be one of the few, soon to be many, Samsung Galaxy S4 owners.

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