M91-30 wrote:
why does no one understand this. the reason noone at verizon or samsung wants to tell you a date is because THINGS HAPPEN THAT CAUSE UPDATES TO BE DELAYED. this whole complaining thing started because they promised it would be out in a few months. you complain when they tell you, you complain when they don't. STOP COMPLAINING!!
Dude... I assume you are male.. anyway we have valid reasons to complain.There seems to be a lot of white knighting for Verizon and unless a person is being paid by VZW it is not warranted.
I got my fascinate the week it launched after hunting all over for a Droid X. I actually did my homework and knew about the GPS issue and was told by a VZW sales rep " the fascinate is the last of these Galaxy S phones to be released so Samsung has had time to fix the issue". Of course the demo in the Verizon store (Tigard, OR) worked fine. I told him I was leaning toward the X and he said he wasn't sure when they would be getting more, probably 2 weeks away because people were gobbling them up fast.. I didn't like the droid 2 keyboard or screen size and the Incredible had been out for quite a while so it didnt make sense to buy outdated equipment, so I looked at the fascinate.
The fascinate fit better in my pocket and the screen was pretty nice so I began to consider it. I was days away from the end of my contract with AT&T so it was either go for the fascinate or renew with AT&T, Unlike many others i never had issues with AT&T, I wanted an android phone and VZW had a better selection and supposedly better network (which I have not found to be true in Oregon & SW Washington state). I asked about Froyo and just like many, many others posting in these threads was told it would be coming " very soon". I soon had major problems with the gps, sometimes never getting a lock ( wouldn't lock when moving, would lock in 4-7 minutes when not moving. Not acceptable and I called customer service. Was told GPS fix was coming, Froyo in the works. In my 30 day return period Droid X's were restocked but I had apps, contacts, pictures etc that I didn't want to hassle with putting on a new phone but was told help was coming "soon". 30 days passed, no gps fix, no froyo, bad email support and the phone shutting off randomly....
Finally, the gps was fixed, then slightly broken by the EA28 update (random jerking or the arrow icon going in circles), still no froyo. Flash would be ok, but app to sd (I use some big aps like slingplayer).
It is frustrating and people have good reason to voice their frustration. People should NOT have to take their phone to the dentist to make it run the way it should. Samsung and Verizon share at least equally in this and both don't care once they get your money. Like everyone else here I pay my bill on time and expect to receive the service I pay for including a fully functioning piece of equipment.
Wow.. I got on a roll there. M91-30, I'm glad your phone worked great out of the box, mine and many others didn't.
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