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I have a Samsung Fascinate and I would like to turn off the Voice Caller ID, so that my phone would just RING!! When I have my phone in its case and in my pocket, many times I can't hear the voice announcement of the caller and would like to turn it off so my phone would just ring! Help! Verizon techs have been no help! Thanks!!
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Hi Phrohr,
There is an additional step to the previous posting that I would like to share with the community regarding the Caller ID Announcement setting. Please perform the following steps to turn off the feature:
Menu, Settings, Voice Input and Output, Text-to-speech settings. Make sure that Driving Mode is unchecked and that "Always use my settings" is checked.
Thank you,
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viking1683 wrote:I have a Samsung Fascinate and I would like to turn off the Voice Caller ID, so that my phone would just RING!! When I have my phone in its case and in my pocket, many times I can't hear the voice announcement of the caller and would like to turn it off so my phone would just ring! Help! Verizon techs have been no help! Thanks!!
To stop the read out of your incoming calls and set it to ring only please follow the instructions below:
From your home screen: Applications>Voice Commands>Menu>Settings>Prompts>Mode>Tones Only.
You can find the above information on page 107 of your Samsung Fascinate User Manual.
You can find additional helpful information at the above link.
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ANTONIO! YOU ARE THE MAN!!! YOU HAVE SAVED MY SANITY! I HAD BEEN TO TWO VERIZON STORES WHO DID NOT HAVE A CLUE! I THOUGHT I HAD READ THE MANUAL, BUT SURE MISSED THIS. I AM A VIETNAM COMBAT VET WITH A OVER 40% HEARING LOSS AND THAT VOICE THING JUST DIDN'T CUT IT FOR ME. I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE HAVE THERE COULD BE SO MANY RINGTONES AND NO WAY TO USE THEM! THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN! THIS HAS BEEN AWESOME!!
BRIAN J REISS
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ANTONIO, SORRY TO SAY THE DIRECTIONS DO NOT WORK!!! I STILL HAVE THE DARN VOICE ID WITH NO RING!!! I FOLLOWED THE INFO EXACTLY AND SET IT TO TONE ONLY, BUT NOTHING! STILL VOICE AND NO RING!! I HATE THIS!!!
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Hello viking21,
To turn off the voice caller id, you can follow these simple steps below.
Go to Settings > text-to-speech > Speak incoming callerID.
Simply uncheck thisbox & it will turned off. Keep in mind that these instructions are for the fascinate with firmware version 2.1-update1
Hope this helps...
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I have been trying to figure this out too and I still can't figure it out. There is no option for prompt. It allows me to get to the settings option then that's it. HELP MEEE LOL This is insane! Do you have any other ideas?
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Hi! Sorry to hear you are having the same problem. I have been to two Verizon stores and they both just scratched their heads! I have had two Verizon techs send me instructions that I followed to the letter and neither one worked! I am beginning to think it is a bug in their phone and it can't be tuned off! Check back because I am still after them!!
Viking 21
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I followed these instructions exactly many times over and it still made absolutely no difference, the thing still talks and won't ring!!! It is to the point I am ready to return this thing and find a phone that rings!!! For the price of this phone it should perform a lot better than what it does! This was my first Samsung and probably MY LAST!! I hate this **bleep** voice ID and want a ring only! Now what is so darn difficult about that??? Is this thing defective??? I have been to two Verizon stores and at both places all they could do was scratch their heads! Now I have had two Verizon employees give me directions and neither one has worked!I know for a fact the phoneis set to TONES ONLY but it still is the very same. I think this phone has to be defective and should be replaced!
Brian J Reiss
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Hello Viking21,
I see you are still having the same problem with your Fascinate, and I can understand your frustration. I have the same phone with the 2.2.1 software version, and would like to make another suggestion.
Try this: Go to Settings > Voice input & output > (In Voice output section) Text-to-speech settings > "Uncheck" Driving mode.
Really hope this works for you this time!
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Novaue wrote:
I'm sorry for those of you who dislike caller id readout, however I'm the oddity and love it. I just switched from a Droid 2 which had option for caller id readout and VERY much want it on the Samsung Fascinate but cant figure out how to get it. I've been to settngs > voice input & output > text-to-speech settings and clicked on the driving mode. When I call my mobile, it reads out the name or nmber once, then rings. Foo, do not like this at all. Please help! Thanks in advance
IF YOU WANT YOUR PHONE TO ANNOUNCE EVERY CALL,ugh!, GO TO SETTINGS, SOUND SETTINGS,SCROLL DOWN TO FEEDBACK AND UNCHECK AUDIBLE SELECTION, AUDIBLE TOUCH TONES, AND THAT NOISY I.D. SHOULD START AGAIN.
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Got news for you! That worked on the old fimware version, but has no effect on the updated version!!! You have a bug with no solution except let us rollback to the old version firmware 2.1.1! Version 2.2.1 does not respond to these old instructions! let us rollback to the older version, or fix the bug!!
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Running Firmware version 2.2.2, ED05, Settings, Voice input & output, Text-to-speach settings, Driving mode (incoming call read out automatically) is unchecked and I am still getting voice readouts of Contact name or phone number if not in Contact. How can this be turned off so I get default or Contact specfic ringtones?
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Hi Phrohr,
There is an additional step to the previous posting that I would like to share with the community regarding the Caller ID Announcement setting. Please perform the following steps to turn off the feature:
Menu, Settings, Voice Input and Output, Text-to-speech settings. Make sure that Driving Mode is unchecked and that "Always use my settings" is checked.
Thank you,
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