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[Fascinate General] bomber889:
1. My gps is fine, I think it might be defective for most phones?

2. Download cVolume light and turn you system sound to 0 and you won't hear it anymore

3. Tell the pandora devs about that problem and they might fix it

4. I don't think any dock does that?

5. Why don't you just wake up when your alarm sounds

6. The phone doesn't come with google maps? I don't remember

7. it is easily fixed if you are rooted, or if you want to get launcher pro

8. it's not hard to delete bookmarks and all phones come with bookmarks that are already there

9. Handcent doesn't tie in with the lockscreen

10. how long have you been charging it? it might not be fully charged

11. it takes maybe half of a second for the screen to lock.
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
I've been hesitating posting this, because I was afraid of a list of "you're holding it wrong" type of responses. No disrespect, I appreciate your comments and suggestions. I am aware of some of the applications available to work around some issues and other issues we shouldn't have to deal with by rooting the phone. I figured it would be nice if Verizon & Samsung had a list of bugs by a GOOD user community as well as others from this forum who may not be aware of all the issues currently present.

That being said...

1. My GPS works as well, but acquiring a lock isn't as fast as it should be.

2. I use the app Quick Settings. This sound isn't set to the system sounds - it's set to the notifications (same as text messages). Give it a try.

3. Thanks.

4. Still annoying.

5. Thanks I'll give that a try.

6. Google Maps is not installed by default, but the option to change should be there.

7. I like TouchWiz. Rooting should not be a solution.

8. There are 2 Verizon bookmarks which you can not delete without a workaround. They are possible to delete, but not like the others. Give it a try.

9. It would be a nice feature enhancement.

10. Long enough for it to be fully charged. There's a post on it if you search.

11. It's not as fast as it was before the update. To me, it's a bug.

Thanks for your comments, but I think we could all benefit more from contributions. Your #2 was close to a contribution as it's always helpful to learn about new apps - but your solution is incorrect.
[Fascinate General] sangwich:
Headphone jack needs to be fixed. Its definitely a software issue. The phone should be able to distinguish the type of headphones that are connected cuz other android phones does that.

This is more of android os flaw but I want to be able to select any texts aside from text boxes such as websites and received email just by multi-touch.and I want to be able to drag the cursor along the words I made a typo on rather than continuously attempting to land my fingers between the letters I want to edit.
[Fascinate General] pollsizer:
Phone call lock screen

I've been looking for someone with a similar issue to mine but couldn't find a solution.

If I make an outgoing call for a duration longer than the time my display is set to lock after being idle (1min), I can hang up straight after the call ends. In other words, the display does not lock during an outgoing call. However, when I receive an INCOMING call and speak for a few minutes (e.g. longer than the 1 min display lock timer) at the end of the call I have to unlock the display to get back to the dialer and then end the call.

I would prefer the screen to not be locked after a phone call. Any suggestions?
[Fascinate General] inJustus:
GPS is an issue as I was stuck in traffic and trying to find another way home and just gave up and relied on my instinct.

The battery has been great for me and it takes an hr or 2 depending on my usage for the battery to move once off the charger.

Everything else has been stated.

Does anyone know how to get into the menu where recovery etc is????? Up+menu+ power ain't working.
[Fascinate General] Computergeek737:
I have noticed a pattern of charging to full and then draining while still plugged into power. Attached is a screenshot of Juice Plotter showing what happens while my phone is plugged in at night.
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
This is something someone else on the forum noticed and posted here. I noticed it when I'm looking for it, but it's not something you'd know about unless you were tracking your battery usage with a percentage (as some people have done by replacing the stock battery icon in the taskbar with the circle battery icon that shows the percentage). The issue is that immediately taking it off the charger after a full charge, the battery drops a few percentage... which is just weird.
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
I've read in the Developer forum that some people (including me so far) have had some success with un-checking VZW location services in the Location & Security menu. I've only had this option set for a day so far, but it seemed to work the one time I used GPS - tracking was instant.

To get to recovery, power down, then hold both volume buttons and power on. I'd suggest checking the Developer forum for more information related to recovery. The current Clockwork button scheme is wacky (once you get to that point - which I haven't).
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
You can try using Screebl? That keeps your screen on when it's at an angle, but I believe it has some in-call options as well. I've been trying to test this to confirm the bug, and I can only get the screen to lock if I navigate away from the in-call screen.

Screebl Lite:
[Fascinate General] iifuzz:
i switched from a Nexus one to a Fascinate....

What i have noticed is that there is a wierd momentary freezing from time to time...

loading an app or switching screens, or trying to load app list, etc.... it will freeze up for a second or so before doing anything... and at times just freezes completely for about 5-10 seconds without me being able to touch anything or use the back buttons etc.... anyone else having this problem?
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
This sounds like the infamous "lag" that plagues all of the Galaxy S phones. Most people will root the phone and implement the lag fix to resolve this issue.

Most people ask for an explanation as to why this is. The short of it is Samsung decided to use a file system that couldn't handle multiple read/writes as good as a Linux native file system. Our phones have 2 GB of internal storage for Market apps (located in /data/app). The lag fix creates a 1 GB file formatted as EXT2 (Linux native) within the 2 GB partition. The result is that the phone runs like a bat out of hell, but you only get half as much storage for your apps. For some, 1 GB is enough for their apps. For some, they won't push the phone hard enough to notice the lag.

Pay attention to how Samsung treats the other Galaxy S models (particularly outside the US). It's likely that what they change on those phones will be what'll happen to our phones. If they don't fix it post 2.2, we'll have to keep an eye on the Development area for ROMs which fix this for us.
[Fascinate General] BTownTKD:
Yes, this is a very annoying bug; incoming calls do not keep the screen from locking, but outgoing calls do.

Along the same lines; if you use the Music Player at any point during normal use, and exit when you are done, the application exits like it should. But then if you place or receive a phone-call, the music app reappears in your notification bar for no reason.

Very annoying.
[Fascinate General] nuclearmusician:
How about better copy and paste like the dx? I also can't seem to use the copy and paste inside the email or gmail app.

I would also like it if they could add bluetooth keyboard support and video out through the headphone jack like the galaxy s international version.

That's my wishlist, hope it might be able to come in an update, 2.2?
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
The copy/paste feature request has been posted on the Android code website, which I doubt everyone knows about. We have to go there and mark each feature request with a star to get it to rank higher in the results list. Hopefully Google will do something about it. HTC and Motorola both implemented their own copy/paste bubble, but I agree that we need one for the Samsung (or for Android in general)!

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3190&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
[Fascinate General] shl615:
Does anyone else also have a problem with the handset speaker?

When I'm on a call I get a very annoying reverb of my own voice,

and I can hear A LOT of my own wind noise or extraneous noise that's

being fed to my mic. This is really annoying... I bought a brand new fascinate

but not from verizon.... so I can't get a replacement T~T....
[Fascinate General] anks86:
I have this issue as well. Sounds like the speaker is clipping when the volume is higher than 1/2.
[Fascinate General] sangwich:
There is no simple way to copy paste contact information.

I also hate how android changes the ui when u use the keyboard in landscape mode.
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
I don't like the call quality at all and it might be a deal breaker. I hear myself like I'm talking through a kazoo. There is a microphone in the ear piece that seems way to sensitive. And you don't believe me open voice recorder and blow by the mic on the bottom an then blow in the ear piece. See. Is there some sort of canceling thing going on during calls with this over sensitive mic? Voice recording from 3 feet away with normal voice renders distortion. Recording a video in a room with people talking leaves audio garbled all to hell.

My omnia i910 sounded like a land line and I miss it. And I work outside and never had any complaints. But with the fascinate after 4 days I been asked. Are you skydiving? You in a hurricane? How windy is it by you? (just a mild breeze). Even walking generates wind noise that is audible on both ends. Will the update fix this? My 30 will be well over before the update. I might just take it back and leave money on credit until update and see if it was fixed. I absolutely love this device. But hate the phone. And the phone is a major part of what I need.

25 days left.

good day.
[Fascinate General] egg_head:
My only complaint is the call audio quality could be a little better.

Thankfully, I don't talk on the phone often.

When I do, it's usually on a wired headset.

That works just fine.
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
Updated....
[Fascinate General] pollsizer:
few more irritations

I've noticed that I am unable to receive picture messages from another Verizon phone. As such, they are probably in jpeg format which according to VZW is not a supported image format. That's pretty unbelievable that jpeg support isn't present.

And, I'm having some serious issues getting a bluetooth connection to the phone. I've paired it with my laptop but cannot connect to the device.
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
My call quality was solved.

Had issue as well. But it was resolved and I wasn't crazy.

My story.

good day.
[Fascinate General] psypher69:
I'm currently testing a Fascinate on Verizon (current phone is an iPhone 3G).

The power button placement is horrible in my opinion and requires some awkward maneuvering to press it, but I'm still trying to get used to it. I hate to say it, but placement of a button that wakes it up in the front/bottom of the phone is still the easiest as moving your thumb is much easier than forefinger. I imagine the forefinger would be easier to use if the button was on top.

I've also run into the GPS issue. My 3G, as slow as it is, is able to get my location on the GPS considerably faster than the Fascinate. I've read a post about a fix I can apply after I root the phone so I'm hoping that fixes it.

Another problem I have is with the Email client not displaying attached images. I have to Save them, then open the gallery to view them which is ridiculous. A friend tested on his Dell Streak and the client there (running on 1.6) is able to display them. I just started going through XDA, so hopefully I can find a solution. Maybe a better email client? If I don't get this to work, it will be a showstopper and I may have to just return the phone. I really hope I get this fixed, I want to avoid sticking with Apple if I can.

The other day I was trying to send a text message and it kept failing to send. I then tried to place a call and it froze on the call. I tried to end the call, but it wouldn't kill it. I even went through the task manager and tried to kill it. Nothing. I ended up having to reboot the phone.
[Fascinate General] shauder:
I have this issue aswell
[Fascinate General] kamakazman:
Bing, this is a bug right?

Sent from my crippled with Bing, Galaxy S phone.
[Fascinate General] Njzkrish:
My only complaint still is the Signal issue. Its horrible compared to other phones on the vzw droid lineup.
[Fascinate General] ksizzle9:
Here is my main complaint. WHERE THE **** IS FROYO?
[Fascinate General] saps:
Not at all. Very easy to de-bing. Need to root first. If give you links but I'm on my phone and its too much. But I assure you many of us have done it

Sent from my 1.2Ghz voodoo fascinate
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
I've tried all the GPS fixes, and I'm convinced the fix must come from Samsung. I get different results with different settings, but nothing consistently get me fast GPS except when I'm using apps that periodically query GPS every now and then.
[Fascinate General] kamakazman:
It was a joke I know this garbage is supposed to be here.

Sent from my crippled with Bing, Galaxy S phone.
[Fascinate General] BrooklynResident:
Overall Satisfied with the potential of the Fascinate But...

My main issue with this phone is the signal strength and quality.

Before getting the fascinate i had the Blackberry Curve 8530 with VZW.

That phone had EVDO Rev 0 ( i think REV A is the faster one)

I never had people call me and the call go straight to voicemail when in a service area with the curve. With this facinate it seems the baseband or antenna is not as good or has some problems.

What is everyones experience with this? (also what do you think of the first software update they pushed out DI01 ? )

Also- i do have the gps problem as well where it might take 5-10 minutes for google maps to be able to locate the gps signal.

____________

Hardware version : SCH-I500

Baseband: S:i500.04 V.DI01

Kernal Version: 2.6.29

Build number: SCH-I500.DI01
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
I have never had issues with voice calls, texts or gps lock & I live in the forest of northern MI. My problem from day 1 has been "network connection error" msgs with both the stock email & gmail, also sometimes with the market. Notification bar typically shows 3-4 bars & 3gD when it happens. After 3 trips to the verizon store & 3 sets of PRL'S , with no result, verizon tech support is sending out a new phone. Very unusual to get better support over the phone than in person.
[Fascinate General] BrooklynResident:
I should have noted that I live in Brooklyn, NY and work in Manhattan NY, which should have some of the best coverage in the nation (assuming based on amount of customers here)
[Fascinate General] crookedmarc:
. My problem from day 1 has been "network connection error" msgs with both the stock email & gmail, also sometimes with the market. Notification bar typically shows 3-4 bars & 3gD when it happens. After 3 trips to the verizon store & 3 sets of PRL'S , with no result, verizon tech support is sending out a new phone. Very unusual to get better support over the phone than in person.

I'm having that same issue. Please let me know if getting another phone fixes that issue for you. I have multiple gmail addresses I need to link to my phone and I'm missing my incredible for this reason!
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
Are you a former alltel customer or do you live in what had been an alltel area? I recently found out it makes a difference in how the phone can be set up.
[Fascinate General] burn1010:
My biggest gripes are:

1. The back button dropping an incoming phone call when ringing...have done that way too many times.

2. When using the music player hooked up to my vehicle's aux via cable, and then I receive a call using my vehicles BT, it will not feed through the BT unless I take out the cable.
[Fascinate General] DeezNotes:
Updated the list.
[Fascinate General] jrobinsky:
Does anyone else have this problem? My phone doesnt vibrate when I get a text msg, only when I get a phone call. I am trying to put my phone back to stock and see if a kernel or a rom caused it.
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
In the SMS app settings do you have vibrate ticked. Open SMS app and hit menu and check it.

good day. From the Fascinate sporting the XDA app.
[Fascinate General] jrobinsky:
no i didnt thx lol
[Fascinate General] BingoDanny:
honestly i just regret buying it. no need to go into details. i give the phone a 4 out 100
[Fascinate General] benb1974:
I charge at night while sleeping. Ive watched it a few times charge to say 95 percent,then I fall asleep. When I wake up,theres a popup saying battery charged. I press ok, and its below 90 percent. Shouldn't it keep battery charged until its unplugged?
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
Once it hits 100%, the charger shuts off.
[Fascinate General] benb1974:
Thats what I said. My droid didn't do that and I was hoping for maybe a way to change it, or sorry there's nothing you can do about it. Thanks
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
Your Droid did do it, or you would have an overcharged battery.

Now once it falls under a certain threshold, it may kick back in, but I've never tested it.
[Fascinate General] Redwing:
I suggest you try JuiceDefender or a similar app.

Several of the kernals here also boast lower energy consumption.
[Fascinate General] trock79:
No mention about the Calendar events with addresses not having the option to link to maps? I am about to root my wifes phone but not sure what Rom would offer this. Any help?
[Fascinate General] trock79:
Anyone??? I would like an answer to this, I'm assuming no one is concerned with it.
[Fascinate General] dricacho:
This doesn't happen all the time. But while texting and I decide to rotate the phone from portrait to landscape, the words that I had already typed disappears from the text box. But when I rotate back to portrait it reappears. At times, again after rotating from portrait to landscape, I jump a few words back to correct a mistyped word, the letter is not inserted into where the cursor bar is. It appends it at the end of the text line no matter how I try to insert the letters in between. I haven't been able to make this reoccur consistently, but it does happen sporadically and usually during a long texting session. I thought that maybe using another SMS app like Handcent SMS would make this issue go away but it doesn't. It happens on both the stock SMS app and Handcent.

Also I've been noticing lately that while texting, and I suddenly get a phone call, my Fascinate locks up to the point where I have to do a battery pull.
[Fascinate General] ksizzle9:
I can think of an annoyance that owns a fascinate that's it.
[Fascinate General] seaglass:
Sometimes mid-conversation, the microphone stops working. The mute button is NOT lit, and even after turning mute on and off, the other person still can't hear me. The service rep blamed my not having ATK on but it still happens periodically now that I do use ATK. I saw this problem pop up on another site, though that user thought it was inadvertent mute button activation. I've had the phone about seven weeks.

Can anyone help with this, or do I need to exchange the phone?

I also have the problem with calls going straight to voice mail, even when I seem to have good signal strength, and not even right away. Hours later, after I've chewed out the sender for not having called.
[Fascinate General] Accused187:
Didn't see it mentioned in the main post, but whenever you open the maps in google navigation, your system volume gets set to maximum and remains at maximum until you manually change it.
[Fascinate General] DaPitt84:
I am definately having battery trouble. Need some help. I have been getting maybe 9-10 hours of use. My batter will say full and the widget for my clock and battery diviner will say i have like 80 percent and so on. it never shows the correct amount.

And i want just a full day out of it. Thats it.

I love the phone but this is crazy. I downloaded juicedefender but haven't started using it yet.
[Fascinate General] soba49:
I think the stock battery monitor only ticks at 25% increments.

So when it looks to me visually like there is 90% left, there is really only 51-75% left. So yeah, it is misleading.

I use this thing quite a lot and have done a few things (kernel, battery conditioning, bloat) to mitigate battery loss. Replacing the stock battery icon with something that gives exact percentage makes it that much easier to watch (many themes patch this).

Still, I am pretty pleased to get 12-14 hours of use before I feel the urge to plug it back in. I would imagine I could get an awful lot more if I minimized synching & browsing, got rid of live wallpaper, etc. Maybe a bit more still with an undervolt kernel, but my main enemy is this beautiful display!

Swyped from my i500.04 (bh &1129) using XDA App
[Fascinate General] soba49:
In brief:

1. Custom ring tones for all contacts

2. Alarms and timers should use the same sub system

3. Touch should work a bit more reliably near edge of screen (already listed).

4. Selectable text in more places, especially gmail.

5. Navigation (arrow keys) on the keyboard (fixed, never mind)

6. Better swypo management.

Samsung's fault:

The phone SHOULD display gmail contacts by default, not #MIN, not everyone I have emailed in my life, just phone numbers! But you can fix it in display settings, so fine. Acceptable.

What isn't acceptable is that you cannot do custom ring tones on gmail contacts, which is where I think my contacts should live, not on my sd card. You go to edit contact, and there is no option to change the ring tone. This is a basic feature. Not acceptable.

(It can be hacked with ring2droid, but not well... Then it does show a ringtone, but just for the one contact and you can't change it in the interface)

The clock app is great. It includes a stopwatch and a timer. Wonderful. I set an alarm for a doctor's appointment. You set a timer for the turkey to be done in two hours. Reboot the phone. Turkey burns. Alarm rings for doctor. Don't they have ovens in south korea?

Things that drive me crazy that I can't really blame samsung for:

There is no way to select text from gmail, except when you are writing it. Why can't I at least copy a link out address? I have to open it in a browser then copy from the addresses bar. Google's fault, not Samsung's, but it is still bs.

Also it would be nice to have a pair of arrow keys accessible. Sometimes long posts overload a text window and I can no longer scroll. There is no hard keyboard in this phone, but it should be full featured.

Swype includes an english dictionary and a spanish one. Great! I don't live in california. Why do I have so many spanish swypos popping up from my 'english' dictionary. Swype learns words as it goes... That should handle the bilingual. Keep my english dictionary english... or make a third one, or let me delete the words in your dictionary that I never use. Ducking Swype! Jeesh!

Cheers.

EDIT: Thanks aloa64 for the post about swyping from swype key to SYM! I must have missed it in the manual.

Swyped from my i500.04 (bh &1129) using XDA App
[Fascinate General] Kalnel:
I'd add/second:

-- More Google Nav volume, especially through Bluetooth

-- Ability to change the default calendar and contacts permanently

-- More accurate GPS. (I'm using VZ Nav, because I can't hear Google, and it's consistently off by 50 feet to 1/4 mile, even with 9-10 satellites.)

-- Don't turn off/lock screen during calls over Bluetooth

General complaints about laggy-ness, slow GPS, echo-y phone.

(And apologies if I've posted something there's a fix for -- please point me to it, if that's the case!)
[Fascinate General] aloa64:
if you're using swype, you can swype from the swype option button to the sym button next to it and it will give you arrow keys and other options