Recent content by Fototaker Sf

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    Android updates on UNactivated SSG S4?

    hello everyone! i have an unactivated ATT SSG S4 that i picked up only for wifi-use and its (outstanding) camera. BUT with all this talk about KitKat coming out i wonder IF my unactivated S4 will get the KitKat upgrade (via ATT) when it becomes available. right now i am getting the idea that...
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    [Galaxy S4] Camera Pictures: Let's see what you got!

    Re: [Galaxy S4] Camera Pictures: Lets see what you got! thanks!! i do shoot in auto mode since i cant find an aperture-priority mode. am thinking of DLing a camera app offering more camera/exposure control options ;)
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    Weekly Photo Contest: Water

    here's my water pix. i was at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. i got bored and pulled out my SSG S4 along with using the DSLR for the REAL pixs. handheld pix SOOC except that it's been resized. isn't that reflection of the golden lights on the water just gorgeeeeous? untouched by virtual or...
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    I'm locked out of GT-5570 (S3 Mini)

    i have an older SSG GT-5570 that has basically dropped in my attention since I picked up my tab3 a few months ago, then more recently got my S4. the other day i decided to start deleting the unused apps on the mini, and discover i've locked myself out. i use a pattern lock and cannot remember...
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    Kit Kat?

    i wonder IF my unactivated S4 will get the KitKat upgrade when it becomes available. right now i am getting the idea that only activated cells are eligible for any updates. but i'll soon be using my (soon-to-be) unlocked S4 in spain most likely with Vodafone and wonder if it will update my S4 in...
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    NFC and SBeam

    have the same problem... cant find anyone who has a S4 also so i can check out if my S4 S-beam and NFC works :(
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    Update problem with unlocked Galaxy S4

    Re: update problem with unlocked galaxy s4 when i picked up my S4 about a month ago, it already had 4.3 on it. though i have auto software updates turned on, i check now and get and get the usual wait 24hrs msg. BUT i wonder since I have an UNactivated (no SIM) if i would get the kitKat...
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    Weekly Photo Contest: Metal

    love the color. i would love to see the original pix!!
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    Galaxy Tab 3 - Won't Charge

    I've had an original tab 7" with NO problems. i even rooted it meself w/o problems. graduated to a tab2 7" and hated it because it has a cam with zero autofocus. picked up a tab3 8" mainly due to no ability on the 7" versions to DL pixs from external camera to the tab3 7", thence picking up the...
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    Weekly Photo Contest: Metal

    unactivated SSG S4 - i love looking down and in San Francisco there's a LOT of things to look at on the streets/sidewalks. lots of plaques, etc along with all the trash! ;)
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    [Galaxy S4] Camera Pictures: Let's see what you got!

    Re: [Galaxy S4] Camera Pictures: Lets see what you got! snapped a few days agoo when the frost in central Northern California was a bit more "intense". hahahaa NO snow in this area - just sun, sun and more sun!! am leaning over and snapping it about a foot away. am disappointed S4 has NO macro...
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    Use smartphone without SIM?

    weeks ago i DID buy a SSG S4 UNactivated for that same purpose: wifi and camera use. i am a photographer and often i am out shooting with a cam + long lens combo that weighs more than i do. i hate changing lens in open spaces due to sensor dirt, so having the S4 along enables me to shoot some...