Samsung Fascinate :: Way To Replace Bing On Phone

Sep 13, 2010

I'm super bummed. I'm currently evaluating Android phones and have looked at a lot of them (basically all of the decent HTC phones and the Samsung Epic). The Fascinate is a real stand out and I'd love to keep it. But, as per my thoughts on Bing, I'm going to cash this and go with Sprint. Before I walk away though, I wanted to check here. Anyone heard of a decent approach to getting this phone back to using Google, as God intended it? Specifically, I want to use the dedicated search button to pull up Google text and voice search. Adding Google as a bookmark to the browser isn't really a solution, IMO.

Samsung Fascinate :: Way to Replace Bing on Phone


Samsung Fascinate :: Bing Not Replaceable / How To Fix?

Aug 27, 2010

According to the VZW documents, you cannot replace Bing on the Fascinate! Verizon Wireless Samsung Fascinate training documents leaked Boy Genius Report Looks like I might have to pass on this phone, or at least wait till root and a nice rom is cooked up. VZW must hate samsung to sabotage the phone so badly.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Way Get Rid Of All That Bing Stuff Without Rooting?

Oct 13, 2010

I was gonna by a Fascinate when i get my new every 2 but the /forced Bing is a huge turn off. I'd like my Google Android phone to be exactly that, a Google Android phone.

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Samsung Fascinate :: How To Replace Phone

Oct 21, 2010

How would I return my fascinate to get the droid x? My 30 days is coming up soon. should I just go to verizon, and ask for a replacement? What should I tell them? And should I switch to Droid X or Incredible or stay with SF?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Point To Google Nav Instead Of Bing Maps?

Sep 11, 2010

Is anyone working on a fix to adjust the default navigation link to point to Google Nav instead of Bing Maps?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Bing Voice Search Does Not Work / Way To Fix?

Nov 22, 2010

When I use Bing voice search, I always get the following message "due to a temporary connection or service issue, we can't get results. Please try again later." This has been an issue over the last 10 days or so. Anyone else have this problem? I brought it to Verizon tech and they couldn't figure it out. Google voice search works fine. I speak loudly and clearly in a quiet environment, using different search terms.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Make Search Key Default To Google Instead Of Bing?

Oct 25, 2010

Is there a way to make the search key default to Google instead of Bing?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Deleted Bing APK - Restoring Older Nandroid Backup

Oct 16, 2010

So I was getting rid of Bing and I was really tired and accidentally deleted the I500_BingSearchAndroid_07152010.apk instead of renaming it. Is there any way or restoring this short of restoring from an older Nandroid backup I have?

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Samsung Fascinate :: De-bing - Make Google Primary Search Engine / It Corrected When 2.2 Update Available?

Nov 17, 2010

How to do I de-bing and make google my primary search engine? Also will this be corrected when the 2.2 update is available?

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Motorola Droid : Looking To Replace BB Curve / X Vs Fascinate For Streaming?

Sep 26, 2010

I am looking to replace my BB curve soon and have been debating for weeks on the Incredible, Droid X, and now the Fascinate. One concern of mine is the ability to stream live video (flash) from sites like atdhe.

I watch a lot of hockey and the ability to stream from a site like that would be excellent. I have been hearing mixed stuff about the video quality streaming wise from the X, and I know the Fascinate has the better GPU, so do you think that would make it the better option for streaming flash video (when it gets 2.2)?

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Samsung Moment :: Easy Way To Replace / Warranty Phone?

Jun 1, 2010

Is there an easy way to get sprint to exhange my phone? Ive got the insurance. The phone tends to freeze up when the battery gets low, the screen will glitch and my battery life is no where near the amount of time you people get out of it.Anything i could do to it so like break it and get away with getting a new phone?

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Samsung Captivate :: AT&T Replace Bricked Phone They Are Outside Of 30 Day Zone?

Sep 27, 2010

Will AT&T replace bricked Captivates if they are outside of the 30 day zone?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Will 2.2 Come To Phone?

Sep 2, 2010

All I hope Samsung will no do what they did to the Behold II. They said they would update Android 1.5 to 2.0. They backed out and said they will only upgrade to 1.6 or 1.7.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone During Call Phone Blacks Out

Nov 27, 2010

This also happened on my Droid, so I'm not sure what the deal is. When I'm in a call sometimes my phone will black in and out, if I tilt the phone it will kick on for a half second and then kick off. The phone is still working and I'm still in the call, but I'm unable to do anything on the phone. Alternatively, if the phone does stay on and I try to touch a keypad the screen goes black again. Also, sometimes I won't be able to touch the number pad. The only way to get the keypad to work is if I drag the top down, click the little phone icon, and then the keypad again and it will work. It's driving me CRAZY.

Lastly, I have my phone with the pattern unlock because I like to know only I can open it. However, I don't want the timeout delay to long and drain my battery, but if I need to touch anything my phone needs to be unlocked during calls. Is there an app that keeps your phone on JUST during phone calls?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone Freeze

Oct 12, 2010

Today, I made a call and the party on the other end was not answering. So, I tapped the red "end call" and nothing happened. There was not feedback from the phone at all. Other end kept ringing. No response anywhere on the phone. Soft keys would not respond--Nothing. Had to press power key and power off, then reboot.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone Take 2 To 3 Tries To Turn It On

Nov 3, 2010

This is my first smartphone and I don't know if it's my phone or not, but It takes 2 or 3 tries to turn it on? Is it my phone were do most of the new Samsungs have that problem?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone Would Not Hang Up

Oct 29, 2010

I have had two samsung fascinate for about 2 months now. Yesterday my wife complained that after calling someone she wanted to hangup without leaving a VM and the phone was just frozen. This is not the black screen. This is she could see all the buttons etc and the hangup button was just not doing anything.She said she powered off and on to fix it.Well, this morning the same issue happened to my phone as well !! I wanted to hangup after a call and the phone was just frozen. I could not hangup. I kept hitting the red hangup button and nothing happened. Not to mention the other person got a long and blank VM.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Can't Use Phone While It Is Charging

Nov 25, 2010

When the phone is charging, the "alarm clock plus" app page comes up. When I try to click out to perform any function, it goes back to that page. I am sometimes able to complete another operation, but usually the phone goes back to the "alarm clock plus" page before I can complete it. Any ideas?

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Samsung Fascinate :: FM Tuner For Phone?

Oct 9, 2010

is there a FM Turner for the Samsung Fascinate?

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Samsung Fascinate :: MIUI Rom For Phone?

Sep 28, 2010

MIUI Rom for Fascinate? - xda-developers

It appears things are moving along wrt to the MIUI ROM.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Best Keyboard For Phone?

Sep 26, 2010

I am curious what you think the best keyboard is. I am currently using smart keyboard pro and wondering what else is out there.

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Samsung Fascinate : How I Can Upgrade Phone?

Sep 29, 2010

My dad's phone was due for upgrade this past Monday. He has a flip phone, and wouldn't be able to handle a smart phone. The phone he has has big buttons and a screen that displays big numbers and that kind of thing. He needs to stay with it. I was trying however to figure out if I could upgrade him to a Fascinate, but put my number on it, and give him back his flip. I have an Eris,and my contract with it is due for upgrade 11-1-10. I don't think this would work because I'm still obligated to one more month of data plan on my Eris. I'm desperate to get rid of this thing though.

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Samsung Fascinate : New Themes For Phone?

Sep 26, 2010

I've searched around with no luck. Are there any themes available for the Fascinate?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Testing GPS Satellite Usage On Fascinate - Use Wireless Networks - Off

Sep 8, 2010

First of all congratulations everybody. I am soooo excited for each and every one of you. Seriously, I have a big smile on my face because I know that excitement, that joy you all are feeling. You won't be putting your phone down for days, I GUARANTEE IT! You guys seriously just purchased the most kick ass Android device, along with the rest of the Galaxy S phones!

The Vibrant and Captivate users are watching closely. Samsung has promised us a GPS optimization, and presumably your Epic and now Fascinate already has it. So you guys are our life line right now.

For those of you who will be testing out your GPS in the next few days, I'd like to make a few comments, so that we can get accurate GPS testing, to determine if the phone is actually using satellites like it should, or depends instead heavily on less accurate cell phone towers to determine your location, which means the GPS is still busted on these phones.

Okay, so here it goes. When testing your GPS, "Use Wireless Locations" should be turned off. Settings>location & security>Use wireless networks...make sure its UNCHECKED.

Read the note right under it, it says "See location in applications(such as Maps) using wireless networks."

If you put a check mark next to this, and turn this ON, then how will you ever know if the phone is functionally using the satellites. This is the big question with the phone, can it use and lock onto satellites or is Samsung hoping we use less accurate cell towers. Samsung hopes you have this on. I ask that you keep this unchecked, this is the only way to truly test the Satellite usage.

Further, by checking this, you are allowing Google to collect location data, even when no applications are running, they say its anonymous, but you never know.

So uncheck "Use Wireless Networks," restart your phone, make sure this is still unchecked, power up Google Maps, and go for a good long drive. Then please share your real world results. Including, how quickly it located you, was the location correct, how wide of a blue circle is there around your location, did the phone ever drop the GPS signal, etc. No 2 min drives, you really need to drive around a lot to dependably test this.

You can also download "GPS Test" from the Android Market, it will show you how many satellites your phone views, versus how many satellites are locked in. You need 4 LOCKED on satellites to get a true 3D positional lock that includes x,y,z,t. GPS test also shows your accuracy in ft, up in the upper right corner. Good accuracy is anything less than 10 ft. I have phones that get 5ft accuracy, the best accuracy I can get with my Vibrant is 40ft. Please report this number also. If you have time, upload a screen shot of your GPS test, or just take a pic of your phone running the GPS test, upload it and share your results.

You can also use the built in native GPS test. It is virtually the same as the GPS TEST program above, it's just not a pretty visual interface.

Go to your phones dialer, as if you are making a phone call, and dial in *#1472365# or if that doesn't work try *#*#1472365#*#*Then click on "get position test."

This test will show you your longitude and latitude, you can then enter this into Google maps to see how accurately it located you. It gives you accuracy in meters, convert to feet by multiplying the number given in meters by 3.28, you will now have your accuracy in ft.

The native built in test will show you have many satellites it has in view, the satellites that it actually locks onto will have an asterisk next to it. Please report both these numbers. Remember you need 4 locked on satellites for true precise 3D positioning.

I'm really interested to hear from prior smart-phone Android users, because these users will be able to make a direct comparison of the GPS to prior phones.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Fascinate - System Dump - Includes Bloat APKs

Oct 20, 2010

Just found the stock /System dump, which includes all the apps/APKs that come with a stock Samsung Fascinate.

*This is useful for those who accidently deleted bloatware, but still want a backup for future use (i.e. for updates).

Thread:
Fascinate system dump - Android Forums

Direct Download to the /System dump (Copy and paste the links):

Code:

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone Ringing On Start Up

Nov 21, 2010

When I power up my phone I get the standard start up and then the phone starts ringing very loudly. It's almost like the old phone ringing sound we remember from years ago. It rings 5 or 6 times and then stops. This is not my ring tone and it's louder than any other system sounds. This has been an issue for only the past week, I've had the phone for just over a month. The only other thing I've noticed is that my battery has drained more quickly than normal the past couple days. I thought it might be Lookout security but I deleted that app and it continues.

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Samsung Fascinate :: How Do I Get Default Phone # To Pop Up On Dialer?

Sep 23, 2010

If I want to call "Work," which I have 3 #s programmed for, and I press 9675, the # that pops up is the the first # that shows up for in the contact details, but it is not the one that I have programmed as the default. Are we stuck with this, there a way to change it and I'm overlooking it?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Can Sync Calendar With Another Phone?

Sep 12, 2010

I am new to android as I just went from a Blackberry to the Fascinate. I am wondering is there a way to sync events that I put on my calendar with my husband's Fascinate. We us to do this all the time with our Blackberries and it was a life saver. I just created a gmail account to that is all new to me as well. So I am not sure if it somehow has to go through my google calendar or is there an app of a different calendar that we both can download?

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Samsung Fascinate :: Phone Factory Resetting Itself

Oct 4, 2010

Fascinate is factory resetting itself at random times, seems to be occurring only when corporate outlook account is added to the phone. started happening last night, the phone reboot itself and reformatted the drives, so upon reboot everything was erased. I re setup the phone and it did it again like an hour later. I re setup the phone a second time, only I did not add the work outlook email and it went all day long today without resetting. I'm worried if I add the work email account the phone will reset again. BTW the work email account was on the phone before with zero issues.

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Samsung Fascinate :: Contacts Gmail To Phone

Oct 29, 2010

I initially had all of my contacts switched over to my new phone via backup assistant. Now I know most people don't like this because they can do this via google. However, the reason that I like backup assistant so much is because it puts the numbers on my phone and then I can give a person their own ring tone.My problem occurred on 10/23, when in the morning, I turned my phone on and all of my contacts were gone. I tried to resync with backup assistant but the stupid program is messed up and long story short, Verizon knows about it and they have no clue when it will be fixed.

Now to my question. I have managed to get all of my contacts from Verizon saved to my computer and uploaded to gmail. However, it is a pain because I have to go through each one and move the phone number from the notes section to the actual phone number section and gmail lags something bad for me for some reason.I want to know how I can get my gmail contacts saved back to the phone without having them all duplicated. http://androidforums.com/fascinate-support-troubleshooting/198843-cant-associate-ringtones-contacts.html I used this technique and I ended up with 270 contacts that were linked instead of the 135. I don't want them duplicated because I don't want them taking up more room than they have too. Is that just weird of me to be concerned about how much room the contacts are taking up? Should I just be happy with this or is there any way to change the gmail contacts to phone contacts?

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