Samsung Fascinate Android 2.2

[TomT]

Will the Samsung Fascinate every get Android 2.2?  I am patient and can wait, but it is not clear that this smartphone wil every be updated.

[nickjr]

I would guess sometime this year, if you want to wait but since Samsung has not realeased the update to Verizon, I would just forget it for now, its sometime off I now think.

[gsp10]

it should be pretty clear by now that we will never get an official froyo or anything anymore verizon and samsung just dont care anymore

[wardcst24]

O I think they care just not about us.

They Care about selling new phones and Contracts that is all

I think they want us to be unhappy that = New phone sale at full Price or ETF $$$$$

[nickjr]

I finally gave up and went and got it like others and it is running perfect.. I don't understand what the hold up is..

[Gonzo313]

Yea, first time with verizon and will absolutely be the last. Have had phone since september and still no update. Samsung can go to hell too, bought a 60" sharp tv over samsung for thi reason. NEVER AGAIN!!!

[gsp10]

there is absolutely no reason for the hold up

[mdram4x4]

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gsp10 wrote:
there is absolutely no reason for the hold up

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oh so your the developer and know its 100% ready to release with zero bugs?

nice, so what took ya so long?

[SFObrien]

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mdram4x4 wrote:

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gsp10 wrote:
there is absolutely no reason for the hold up

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oh so your the developer and know its 100% ready to release with zero bugs?

nice, so what took ya so long?

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Zero bugs?  There is no such device.  I came from BlackBerry, they have bugs.  My friends with Iphones have bugs, and my friends with Androids have bugs.  Does Froyo have a few, yes.  Does Eclair have them, yes.  And will Gingerbread,Honeycomb, and future OS's have them?  YES THEY WILL...............

I agree with other posters.  Froyo runs well enough on the Fascinate for release.  The best testers in the world are the users. As problems occur patches can be developed.

I think they are more underlying reasons it hasn't been released.

[DonM]

SFObrien has a point. The numbers of requests for help to deal with bugs in any single version of custom ROM really doesn't really seem higher than the requests here dealing with bugs in the corporate ROM.

The only real difference is at xda often you can actually communicate with the dev who wrote the ROM.

[mdram4x4]

maybe, but the actual problem is just lack of communication. vzw is never forthcoming on anything, never has been, never will be.

heck they only gave 2 days notice for the thunderbolt release.  almost as if they are setting that up for failure, but it still should sell well, just may not sell out unless they have low stock

[M91-30]

how can they put a date on the update when they don't know how long it's going to take to fix?

[Dad-Bill]

This isn't the first time that they have done an update. They may not know exactly when it will be ready but they surely should know about when it will be ready. It didn't take long for the devs at xda to come out with a good working update. Another problem with samsuck and verizon is that they refuse to communicate with their customers! They know about when it will be ready, tell us! Personally I think it is ready but is being held back for business purposes.

[sputnik998]

my biggest gripe with samsung is that they are making new hardware, the galaxy s 2, yet haven't even solved the software issues with the fascinate. i made a thread below this one about flooding samsung with calls all at the same time, but im doubtful ill be able to mobilize people to do anything except complain on forums like this. if we can just get enough people to flood them at the same time, we can put some serious pressure on them. like i said in another post, vibrant owners did this and had their update the next day! it may have been a coincidence, but we certainly have nothing to loose

[warddman]

They only care about money. You and I are stuck with a crappy OS...

[M91-30]

no, you choose to be stuck. there are plenty of options out there.

[SFObrien]

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M91-30 wrote:

no, you choose to be stuck. there are plenty of options out there.

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Again I agree with Mr. Canadian.

[PJNC284]

I have one that already has 2.2 [Edited to comply with Terms of Service].  Looks like I may be Thunderbolt bound to get that unlimited LTE while it lasts. 

[SFObrien]

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warddman wrote:
They only care about money. You and I are stuck with a crappy OS...

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2.1 is not a crappy OS.  It needs to be updated in order to be compatible with some websites, and newer apps in the market. 

[mdram4x4]

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warddman wrote:
They only care about money. You and I are stuck with a crappy OS...

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2.1 is a fine os, the fascinate runs 2.1 as well as others run 2.2

while an update would be nice, its not a life altering event

2.1 can do flash just as well as ios

[gsp10]

We Didn't choose to be stuck verizon and samsung lied to us about an update which samsung promised. So get your facts straight