JasonSCarter wrote:I know the technical side.....I was asking about that app specifically.
9%-10% an hour seems really bad. Even as a temporary fix, you culdn't spend an afternoon away from a charger doing anything.
Hopefully the fix comes soon, I'll try to get Verizon to get me a different phone.
Just remember, you may or may not have the issues, it seems to depend on the phone, coverage, etc.
OK, just got the phone. It came with 2.1 Update 1 on it. So....should I stay with this...or do the update it's asking me to do to 2.2? I heard the phone currently works better under 2.1, and we should hold off on 2.2 until the battery and call issue is fixed. I know the call issue happens sometimes on 2.1 (and it has happned from time to time on all cell phones I have had), but I heard it is 20 times worse on 2.2.
thoughts?
im still on 2.1, and no issues
im not planning on updating until i see a good reason to
Well this my wifes phone...she isn't home from work yet...so I'll let her run it through the tests the next few days and see if it works for what she wants to do. We may keep it if it has no problems, or exchange it before our 14 days are up.
I'll watch out on here for people saying 2.2 is completely safe. I am assuming once the call fix and the battery drain fix is done, 2.2 should be pretty safe.
I didn't have any 2.2 update problems on my HTC Incrediable. Same the Samsung is having so much problem because I really like the hardware on the Fascinate slightly better than mine with the exception that the camera isn't as good on the Samsung.
Got this phone for my wife end of May...not receiving calls or lost call message and not receiving text messages or receiving them late. Disappointing.
The only reason for most of us wanted the update is to have Flash and able to move our apps to the SD card
mdram4x4 wrote:im still on 2.1, and no issues
im not planning on updating until i see a good reason to
Just wanted to give everyone an update on my new Fascinate. So far I have had 2 problems with the phone.
1. Battery life bad!
2. Missed calls
I was able to fix the missed calls by downloading an app called Soft Locker from the market. It keeps the phone from going into sleep mode. Good for a temp fix for now. No more missed calls!!!
I adjusted some settings to help get more battery life.
1. Turn off WiFi (when out of range from my home the phones battery drained in two hours from fully charged)
2. Turn down brightness of the screen (this helps alot)
3. Battery reset talked about on the forum! (Phone takes alot longer to charge now and lasts 8hrs or so!)
4. Turn off backround data, auto sync! I didn't do this but it will help!
5. Turn off GPS when not in use!
Other than those two problems the phone is great running on build # ED03. I refused the update when it popped up by hitting the back soft key, that cancelled the update! It has not popped up since!
Come on Verizon and Samsung, come up with a software fix soon or give your customers having problems with their phones a chance to change to a different phone! You will loose customers!
geomimi89 wrote:Just wanted to give everyone an update on my new Fascinate. So far I have had 2 problems with the phone.
1. Battery life bad!
2. Missed calls
I was able to fix the missed calls by downloading an app called Soft Locker from the market. It keeps the phone from going into sleep mode. Good for a temp fix for now. No more missed calls!!!
I adjusted some settings to help get more battery life.
1. Turn off WiFi (when out of range from my home the phones battery drained in two hours from fully charged)
2. Turn down brightness of the screen (this helps alot)
3. Battery reset talked about on the forum! (Phone takes alot longer to charge now and lasts 8hrs or so!)
4. Turn off backround data, auto sync! I didn't do this but it will help!
5. Turn off GPS when not in use!
Other than those two problems the phone is great running on build # ED03. I refused the update when it popped up by hitting the back soft key, that cancelled the update! It has not popped up since!
Come on Verizon and Samsung, come up with a software fix soon or give your customers having problems with their phones a chance to change to a different phone! You will loose customers!
I have had my phone since November, and I did the 2.2 update, but refused the ED04 update. My build shows SCH-I500.ED01 . What is the differences between ED01 and ED03, is there an update or something else that I missed?
geomimi89 wrote:Just wanted to give everyone an update on my new Fascinate. So far I have had 2 problems with the phone.
1. Battery life bad!
2. Missed calls
I was able to fix the missed calls by downloading an app called Soft Locker from the market. It keeps the phone from going into sleep mode. Good for a temp fix for now. No more missed calls!!!
I adjusted some settings to help get more battery life.
1. Turn off WiFi (when out of range from my home the phones battery drained in two hours from fully charged)
2. Turn down brightness of the screen (this helps alot)
3. Battery reset talked about on the forum! (Phone takes alot longer to charge now and lasts 8hrs or so!)
4. Turn off backround data, auto sync! I didn't do this but it will help!
5. Turn off GPS when not in use!
Other than those two problems the phone is great running on build # ED03. I refused the update when it popped up by hitting the back soft key, that cancelled the update! It has not popped up since!
Come on Verizon and Samsung, come up with a software fix soon or give your customers having problems with their phones a chance to change to a different phone! You will loose customers!
Regarding #1 (Turn off WiFi), since I have an unlimited data plan, what good is WiFi anyway (unless I'm in a remote location that has WiFi, but doesn't have a Verizon signal). Looks like this is simple enough to do for most of us. But newbies with the 2G monthly data limit may want to use WiFi when it is available.
I plug into the cigarette lighter when using the GPS, but on a recent trip the GPS stopped and I got a message that the battery was too hot. Someone suggested that the GPS overheated the battery. Is this true, even though I was running off of the car adapter? (This also happened shortly before reaching our destination, and we got lost and had to stop at a service station for directions. Not sure I want to rely on this GPS. I think I still need the Magellan for backup.)
I have a Garmin GPS and that is all I will ever use when it comes to GPS
jmaxwell92264 wrote:
geomimi89 wrote:Just wanted to give everyone an update on my new Fascinate. So far I have had 2 problems with the phone.
1. Battery life bad!
2. Missed calls
I was able to fix the missed calls by downloading an app called Soft Locker from the market. It keeps the phone from going into sleep mode. Good for a temp fix for now. No more missed calls!!!
I adjusted some settings to help get more battery life.
1. Turn off WiFi (when out of range from my home the phones battery drained in two hours from fully charged)
2. Turn down brightness of the screen (this helps alot)
3. Battery reset talked about on the forum! (Phone takes alot longer to charge now and lasts 8hrs or so!)
4. Turn off backround data, auto sync! I didn't do this but it will help!
5. Turn off GPS when not in use!
Other than those two problems the phone is great running on build # ED03. I refused the update when it popped up by hitting the back soft key, that cancelled the update! It has not popped up since!
Come on Verizon and Samsung, come up with a software fix soon or give your customers having problems with their phones a chance to change to a different phone! You will loose customers!
Regarding #1 (Turn off WiFi), since I have an unlimited data plan, what good is WiFi anyway (unless I'm in a remote location that has WiFi, but doesn't have a Verizon signal). Looks like this is simple enough to do for most of us. But newbies with the 2G monthly data limit may want to use WiFi when it is available.
I plug into the cigarette lighter when using the GPS, but on a recent trip the GPS stopped and I got a message that the battery was too hot. Someone suggested that the GPS overheated the battery. Is this true, even though I was running off of the car adapter? (This also happened shortly before reaching our destination, and we got lost and had to stop at a service station for directions. Not sure I want to rely on this GPS. I think I still need the Magellan for backup.)
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