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[Continuum General] TraMaI:
Don't think that's going to happen. I went into Verizon today and they basically told me to go to hell. They said there's nothing I can do except for wait or buy a new phone/use their CPO program...

BTW, Eris is $169, Droid X is $219. You get $119 for trade-in credit for the continuum, in case anyone is interested (really contemplating the X >_>)

Care to share what you've found? I'm really curious and if this is in any way true I'd rather not drop another $100+ on a phone...
[Continuum General] imnuts:
https://twitter.com/#!/imnuts07/status/81455106758934528 Be sure to answer and include both @VerizonWireless and @VZWSupport in the response ;)
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
I've about had it. This phone is ludicrously buggy. I'm pretty sure that user loaded RSS feeds are what stops the ticker. I had my ticker working for about 2 weeks last time. Finally decided to add some user feeds as I don't use anything on the preloaded other than reuters. Ticker's stopped completely.

This update needs to come out now. I'm totally sick of this phone and I feel like an idiot for even buying it. Especially after about 2 weeks after I bought it Verizon was selling Fascinates for $99 -.- Not only that but I went into Verizon the other day to talk to them about the update, possibly getting a new phone because I WAS LIED TO and the phone's main selling point does not work for crap (the ticker). At the time my ticker was working fine... next day it craps out and the nearest Verizon store is like 30 minutes and I don't have a car right now.

I've settled on calling Verizon monday if the update isn't out and badgering them until I get a new, different phone. At this point I don't care if it's a citrus. I'm that angry about this. At least with the Citrus I know I'm getting a crap phone, not being sold a bill of lies.
[Continuum General] jodakiel:
Its really pathetic. Verizon the nations largest network...and samsungs first debut into android. Well they sure suck together! Makes me wonder if I have the right provided. Perhaps verizons head is too big to pull out of its own butt. Hope resolution comes soon. ...but verizon seems good at making excuses these days.
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
You guys are all whiners xP lol

I am not saying your complaining isn't understandable, I just think instead of beaching, everyone should try and contribute to the small community xD
[Continuum General] circa881:
BOOM. Roasted.
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
I have been. What do you think me starting this thread is? I've tried to message all those people on facebook. I say something about this on Verizon and Samsung's facebook pages daily. I went to the store and complained to them for 2 hours trying to get this solved. I've called both of their hotlines multiple times. I can't program for crap and even if I COULD it won't solve the problem we have of not having 2.2. I'm trying to help by trying to rally the community behind this. That's the biggest contribution I can possibly make, as well as contributing to the cause I'm helping promote :P
[Continuum General] spursrchamps2007:
so here's my question. I own a tbolt buy my wife has the continuum. Now for the tbolt and my og droid before that builds got leaked left and right. Can no one find someone to get a leaked build and we find someone willing to help build off of it. There are developers out there who would try to help us.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
No... no one has come up with a leak... we have devs. we just don't have a 2.2 build to go from. the ticker is what makes it more difficult than other devices.

so, here's MY question. if it's so easy, why haven't you gotten us that leak yet?
[Continuum General] imnuts:
Samsung leaks are hard to come by to start with, at least for Verizon. Add to that the popularity of the Continuum, and you get the picture as to why Verizon is sandbagging and finding a "leak" is so hard to do.
[Continuum General] spursrchamps2007:
I wasn't saying it's easy. I just find it odd in this day and age no one has leaked it lol. Anyway if I had a wand I could wave I would. My wife loves the phone as it is and just uses my tbolt for flash. I would love to see you guys get an update though.
[Continuum General] jimyugbob:
I called verizon, then they told me to call samsung. I just got off the phone with samsung and in a round about way she did say that the update is going to be released soon to their web site and verizon will also have an over the air update available. This is the best information that I could pull out of her.

I tried asking about a time frame and then she just clamed up. Sooo whatever soon means.... thats up to you to determine.
[Continuum General] imnuts:
The update has been done by Samsung (AFAIK) for at least a month, and Verizon has just been sitting on it and not doing anything with it.
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
"Soon" is essentially what I've been hearing since I bought the phone in February... I don't take much stock in "soon" any more. I'll wait until we have a time frame to actually believe anything these people are saying.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
"Weudel: @GalaxySsupport Just a reminder... If I don't have Froyo on my Continuum before next Friday I will never buy anything made by Samsung again"

--http://twitter.com/Weudel/status/83889510890479616

Just thought I'd share. :D

-Sent from my Space-Time Continuum using the XDA Premium App
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
..................................

Quote from Sportsinger75 on AndroidCentral, " I talked to a Verizon rep who said that its not getting Froyo anymore due to a lack of consumer interest in the device......."

We need to investigate this guys...
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I400ZKAVZW

Mother......... "Page Not Found"

The Continuum has officially disappeared from the Samsung Website....
[Continuum General] an-dru:
PORQUE!?!?!? that is definitely a bummer... :( but I definitely would like to thank all you guys for what you have done development wise and sharing your knowledge and helping us noobs!

And a very special thanks to you blazer... you're the shizz! :D

Sent from my Continuum Transfunctioner
[Continuum General] circa881:
Definitely, thanks. Alright phone for being my first Android though
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
Wow. I'm seriously raging right now. This is horse ****. Screw Samsung. I'm never buying another device from them and I'm going to make it my personal mission that no one I know buys one either.
[Continuum General] dfgged:
Well... looks like I will be going to a verizon store and raging till they give me an up to date phone then...

Sent from my space time Continuum using the XDA App.
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
Won't work. I've been trying for the last week.
[Continuum General] an-dru:
So I just totally had a thought... if what blazer was quoting is true, do you guys think Samsung would at least release one of their froyo builds? Would seem keep kinda pointless for them to just throw it away because verizon isn't making any money off of it don't have think? And isn't android open source anyways? :)

Sent from my Continuum Transfunctioner
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
I doubt an update was ever ready made. We never had solid proof that it was and Samsung has no reason to make an update if Verizon isn't going to pay for it.
[Continuum General] Woodum01:
Yeah I just got tired of waiting. It may have been a bad move, but I just bought a used Fascinate on Ebay for $160.00. I feel so cheated by Verizon. I got my continuum this past December and the sales man said that Froyo would be out in January. Hearing that and the ticker were selling point for me. Six months later ticker sucks and Froyo may not be coming out, I'm just done. With the Fascinate at least a Gingerbread source code has been leaked according to one article I saw. Big thanks for all the Devs that did their best to try and make this phone a little bit better then what it was. I wish everyone good luck in their next smartphone endeavors.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
I'm currently pursuing the "your ota broke my ticker"angle on twitter with @vzwsupport. If any one wants to come in' with an "I'm having the same issue." It couldn't hurt.

-Sent from my Space-Time Continuum using the XDA Premium App
[Continuum General] an-dru:
So I just found this... not sure how legit it is but a possibility as to why they ditched out on us

http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/06/...id-qwerty-slider-leaks-on-its-way-to-verizon/

Sent from my Continuum Transfunctioner
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
Permalink me to the twitter post and I will happily ablidge. Samsung or Verizon are getting me a new phone, one way or another.

@Weudel
[Continuum General] Weudel:
DM from @GalaxySsupport:

We can't speculate on a Froyo release at the moment. 1-888-987-4357 may be able to. ^JB

Anyone where they can call this... I'm not really in a place where I can.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Can't figure out how to permalink from my Chromebook.... but you should be able to find it at http://www.twitter.com/weudel
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Reply from @VZWSupport:

@Weudel New software is in the works to fix this. As a suggestion, you can look at Market apps for RSS feeds as a temporary workaround. ^MS

So, um, they are planning at least one more update.
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
:D Thank you for the an-dru :) Glad i could be of service :)

And everyone else, i called Samsung and Verizon.. The Verizon women was not helpful at all, but the Samsung guy was a little :P

I came out and asked him, "alright guy, no bullshi*, if there was not going to be an update, would you tell me?" and he said yeah... I asked him before this, and he said yeah they created the update, Verizon just didn't release it.. and such... soooo, i don't know what this means :P
[Continuum General] jodakiel:
means verizon sucks. promises promises promises with no results. typical big business screwing over the little guy. well no update will probably get me to leave verizon. wonder how walmart phones and plans are...
[Continuum General] Penguinrocker:
I'm about to go back to my eris
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
1st, calling BS on the update. Probably more lies.

2nd, I just sent both Verizon and Samsung a pretty intense e-mail... so we'll see where that gets me. Told Verizon their employees lied to me (they told me 2.2 would be out in weeks, now it isn't coming out period) so I either want that update out or a new phone for free, though I conceded to Verizon I would pay the 2 year contract price (without the contract). Basically told them that I've been a loyal customer for years and it's ridiculous that they would treat loyal customers like **** like that.
[Continuum General] imnuts:
There is an update and Verizon does have it for those that are wondering. Not sure why they don't just release it, despite the poor sales figures.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Yeh, they might sell more if those of us that have it weren't complaining about how the last ota broke it. :D It's in their best interests to get a ticker fix out asap.

-Sent from my Space-Time Continuum using the XDA Premium App
[Continuum General] logan302:
a$$h0les

I'm on the phone with my fourth verizon rep tonight.
[Continuum General] logan302:
poop

Although no real help all of the Verizon people were nice and at least tried to be helpful. They understood my plight at least. No one would give me the phone number of galaxy s development.
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
I've read everything out there and have found nothing that convinces me without a doubt that an update exists. I have seen no conclusive proof.
[Continuum General] imnuts:
I promise you that it is real ;) And I believe they've had it nearly as long as the Froyo update for the Fascinate, just that one was released, and the other disappeared into the depths of VZW's server storage.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Just got the Multimedia Desktop Dock (like $5 from VZW).. Anyway there's a sticker next to the 3.5mm jack that says:

"The 3.5mm audio out port will be fully functional upon the release of Android 2.2 for Galaxy S phones."

-Sent from my Space-Time Continuum using the XDA Premium App
[Continuum General] logan302:
3.5mm

Weudel,

I just posted the exact same thing on the accessories thread.
[Continuum General] imnuts:
Wait until the phone is EOL'd from VZW, and if 2.2 isn't released, find a lawyer willing to start a class action suit against VZW/Samsung for failure to release an update and selling accessories under the false pretense that the phone would get updated to bring full functionality.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Yeh... I want my five bucks back! :D
[Continuum General] torque240:
hmmm....*thinking* :D
[Continuum General] TraMaI:
SOMEONE CALL ANON!!!

Seriously though... anyone know anyone who works in that department of VZW? I'm sure some of you have some contacts lol
[Continuum General] VZWSupport:
Greetings community members! I see a lot of enthusiasm over software updates. I also see that many attempts have been made to get release dates from both VZW and the manufacturer. But, above all, I see a lot of frustration that (so far) no one has been able to obtain a reliable date of release. Allow me to try to save you all from any more frustration. The fact is no one in VZW’s customer service or technical support teams have been given information on software update release dates. No one in VZW’s customer service or technical support teams can advise you if there are even going to be software updates. Why? Because things change, and it would not be a good idea for anyone who is not actively involved in any pending product release to commit to a release date. The easist way to look at this is that if we can't answer with a date its because we just don't know yet. That's not to say we won't! Now, the best way to stay on top of what’s coming is to keep checking verizonwireless.com or sign up to get emails with the latest info. Since I'm prevented from posting links at this time, you can send me a personal message to get it!

Thanks for your interest. Have a great day!

DionM_VZW

Please follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport
[Continuum General] an-dru:
I'm not sure how to feel about this.... is this a good thing?

Sent from my Continuum Transfunctioner
[Continuum General] Penguinrocker:
Ha ha not really it's a polite way of telling us all to stop bothering them
[Continuum General] Weudel:
No... That's not good enough. It's that plain and that simple.

We are now two generations behind on upgrades and you're telling us there's a chance we might not get the upgrade at all?

Verizon salespeople have been promising this update since December, and many of us have purchased accessories that require the software update to function properly.

I don't care that this phone is not selling as well as you hoped and I don't care that you might be losing money on developing this update. If you hadn't pushed out that last OTA and broken our tickers then we might be saying good things about your device and your company in general and maybe you'd be selling more of them.

As it stands this phone is broken. Verizon needs to do everything it can to push out an update to us as soon as possible or offer us ALL replacement devices free of charge.
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
and I was just about to post this:

"VZWSupport: @Tthorntone The Continuum is scheduled to receive the update. There is no ETA on it. http://bit.ly/m5pZaZ is where info will be updated.^MS

This (the Verizon guy) kinda makes me feel a little less hopeful :|
[Continuum General] logan302:
Hmm

Well, I guess its time to ramp up our displease.
[Continuum General] logan302:
This one?

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/vie...en=sqsA&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore
[Continuum General] logan302:
Nope

http://vzw.lithium.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1175704

In Illinois...
[Continuum General] logan302:
maybe

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dion-morrow/b/20b/252
[Continuum General] forcifer:
why cant you give us a release date? almost every other phone you have updated to froyo/gingerbread had a set release date. the continuum has had several supposed release dates, but you never followed through. also, why has the ticker SDK not been released yet? the primary reason i bought this phone was for the ticker, but since we cant develop for it, it is all but useless

also, its not just release dates. we want releases. period.
[Continuum General] logan302:
Dion Morrow FaceBook

https://www.facebook.com/people/Dion-Morrow/1523412917

For what its worth...

Hello Dion,

I see that you have posted to XDA. I understand that your team cannot help us. However, we fail to believe that there is not at least an update somewhere in the process. Obviously, we would like Verizon to push the update, but we feel that will never happen as this phone was a flop. The previous statement is an assumption as I cannot find anyone that will give me sales figures.

I also understand that there is a process within Verizon for releasing updates. Since customer support cannot be of any help we would like to speak to the software engineers working or not working on this update. Maybe we can help. You have a base willing to try updates and also work on the software. I feel that Verizon is going at this all wrong. I understand that is a business decision as well. Many of us are at the point of never buying another Samsung product again.

This group is the group that recommends products to their less tech savvy friends, the group that works on our friends computers just to learn. While we may be small in numbers our influence is greater. All we ask for is definitive answers. Is there an update sitting on your servers somewhere that just needs to be tested? If it is at the bottom of the list I understand. Will we ever get an update? If we get the truth I may buy another Samsung product. I cannot speak for others. Have a nice weekend and I look forward to your reply.

My message to Dion.
[Continuum General] Weudel:
Now I feel like bad cop... :D
[Continuum General] trailblazer101:
Gosh Logan, you are sick at creeping! Lmao

very cool! Haha

And very well written, both of you :) haha maybe this will invoke some progress xD
[Continuum General] computerwiz908:
Although I have an Incredible now, I did originally have a Continuum during the two-week return period, so I am definitely rooting for you guys. Verizon and Samsung will have to cave in at some point and release the update.
[Continuum General] logan302:
Twitter

I just multiple posted the same to Dion on his Twitter. @dion_morrow
[Continuum General] jodakiel:
No reply yet? I sure hope Dion didn't join xda just to try to calm us down. ..that might backfire into more of the other user groups.
[Continuum General] an-dru:
Just got a pm from Dion saying they are working towards a release date... literally all that it said

Sent from my Continuum Transfunctioner
[Continuum General] taylerrose:
I just called Verizon for a separate issue. After that was resolved I asked if there were any updates scheduled for my Continuum. She said she'd check for me. She told me that there is an update and that the update appears to be Froyo, but that there isn't a date just yet. She did say, though, that it should be coming "soon" siting that the Motorola Defy just recently was updated and that the Continuum should be next in line.

So at LEAST this means that Verizon has the update in their system, as she was able to see that the upgrade exists for the Continuum, but has no scheduled release. I'll take it as good news.

I also stressed to her that I want to make sure my phone will be receiving the update, because the last update destroyed my ticker, and that I was promised the update when purchasing the phone and do not want my money wasted (I am a just a college kid, after all.) She assured me that the update WILL be made available. It is just a matter of when. She also advised me to call both Samsung and Android. Hope this gives a little hope to everyone!
[Continuum General] NarcolepticJoker:
I really hope this happens....

This is a bummer... I am a newer continuum owner, and im new to the android os in general. I really like the phone, but without this update it is at best second rate. I have been with verizon for a long time now, and ive made a pretty big investment in my new phone, it is a shame th at this is such an issue. We are paying customers, and many of you bought the phone or accesories with the promise of an update that has yet to be released. Thats bad business . if verizon really is pushing out the update then they need to give us a rough release window A.S.A.P.

Keep up the fight guys, they cant put us on the back burner any longer!!! Ill be checking back daily to keep pushing!
[Continuum General] logan302:
Dion

Dion replied via twitter that I was tweeting to his personal account and I should use vzwireless.
[Continuum General] NarcolepticJoker:
Yeah, I tweeted @VZWsupport and they said that " samsung has not yet communicated an update to verizon" They also said that when they recieve.the update they will make it available as soon as they can.

So WTF is going on, is the ball still on samsungs court... Or is verizon just sitting on this thing
[Continuum General] Weudel:
If Verizon is waiting on Samsung then they kicked back the last build after testing.... Which I don't think has happened.

Yeh, Dion sent me a PM and tried to throw the blame on Samsung and even Google..... Verizon's just trying to keep from being the one to blame here.
[Continuum General] logan302:
DION

Dion says I will not get my answers through his personal twitter.
[Continuum General] forcifer:
edit: never mind, this is definitely on verizon.
[Continuum General] jodakiel:
Well perhaps verizon falls prey to the big business. .."left doesn't know what right is doing" typical. However don't make promises to paying customers you don't intend to keep...could be worse than saying nothing at all. Dion better hope this all pulls through or job might be on the line. Verizon quit playing the blame game. The update comes to us from you so lets see results not more talk...or my next talking will be with another provider.
[Continuum General] sgtwebb1:
Well, I for one will never, EVER buy another Samsung product if they don't come thru with Froyo.

My wife and I both bought this phone a couple months ago, after a lot of research, and promises from Verizon reps in store and online that the Continuum was close to getting the 2.2 update.

So we got it, and waited patiently for an update.

NO update.

I get online to research this, only to land here, and find out the jackwagons are stalling the update. :mad:

I've emailed and called repeatedly, and sincerely hope you all have as well.

Maybe if we hack them off enough, they'll send it out just to shut us up.

(climbs down from soapbox)
[Continuum General] logan302:
satan

I called and chatted with samhung and verizone last night with nothing of circumstance. I can creep with the best of them and have yet to find a verizone engineer to talk to. I think I need to do more work during normal business hours. 24 hour services have nothing. I have the FB, Twitter, and Linkedin of Dion Morrow, the guy that posted here. It seems his phone numbers are available if you creep during work hours or are willing to pay. I have talked to the enemy more than 20 separate times. Apparently there is no one to blame but us for choosing a failed product. How dare you be an early adopter??? I for one will never buy another Samsong product.