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Sunday, August 1st, 2010 1:54 PM

Samsung Captivate Problems

Trying Captivate after being Iphone user. Have done two factory resets. Besides the GPS not locking, slow to lock, and lossing lock, my biggest complaints are: 1) Slow screen scrolling 2) Yahoo mail app freezes or won't load at all. Yes have tried uninstall and reinstall. I wish email app on bottom bar would let you put in multiple email accounts. I have 2 Bellsouth.net and 1 gmail. 3) When holding phone in 1 hand and turning on or off, I have trouble NOT hitting the volume buttons. 4) When phone is in pocket, and slightest pressure is on any external buttons, the phone won't ring. It's the same as if you pressed button on incomming call to mute ringtone. 5) Sometimes if phone is off and want to turn on, holding power button does nothing. Will repeat several times until it finally turns on. 6) Settings, About Phone, System Tutorial, Begin button went to program once. Now nothing. This is even after factory reset. 7) Touch screen calibration seems to be off. Maybe only a few mm. But that enough to hit wrong icon. or url. There are more, but I will keep post short.

 

This complaint is petty, but it drives me nuts. Time on Splash screen. 24hr ( Military ) or 12 hr. I have set to 12 hr. Instead of saying 1:37pm, the clock will say 01:37pm. Come on Samsung. Get rid of the zero before the 1. Military would be 13:37.

 

 

 

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3 Messages

14 years ago

Average user shouldn't have to spend endless hours trying to fix a brand new smartphone. Mine is going back. Samsung clearly did little or no testing on this phone. Back to my Blackberry.

 

Is the iphone 3gs really better than the iphone 4--despite all the 4's bad press?

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7 Messages

14 years ago

It would seem that users are having to spend hours fixing the brand new iPhone 4 as well.  And Apple had their own set of issues when their iPhone first arrived on the market a few years ago (and users paid over $500 each for the phone).  Apple crippled my 3GS when iOS4 came out because the battery suddently needed to be charged multiple times a day, and they don't support reverting back to an earlier software version. So I turned it into an iPod (or iPhod) by removing the sim card and putting it in airplane mode, and now the battery is back to normal.

 

To replace my phone, I decided to vote with my dollar and support a company I can trust. I have had Samsung dumbphones in the past, and have a Samsung monitor, and a Samsung HDTV (yeah, I have Samsung screens on my desk, on my wall and in my pocket).  And besides having another locked-down iDevice, I chose the similar, yet so much more freeing Captivate on launch day. 

 

I find myself going in and out of GPS coverage.  It doesn't lock on in my house, but that's ok, because 1) Google shows my location based on the wireless networks, and 2) My house is the last place that I need GPS to work.  It worked fine on the interstate last week on a trip I was on, much to my delight.  It was a hurdle to get past wanting to use and being used to my iPhod, but I had the same feeling when I left my Windows Mobile phone of 4 years for the iPhone.  Now when I do use the iPhod, I find myself trying to use the menu and back buttons at the bottom of the screen, only to realize there aren't any on it.

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4 Messages

14 years ago

You can have multiple email addresses in the mail Email folder on the captivate.

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14 Messages

14 years ago

Yes you can, and the GPS works just fine too. I've used google maps, the navigator portion of google maps, golf gps apps, I have 3 pop emails syncing flawlessly, my battery lasts way longer than the 3gs...I can keep going  on and on and on about how great this phone is. If you have problems with the phone, you will have problems with any phone you get. It amazes me how people can say Samsung didn't test the product, maybe you people just aren't smart enough to use a smart phone.

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14 Messages

14 years ago

I'm not sure if you are being critical or not so i'll just say...you do realize that for gps to work your phone actually has to be able to see the sky right? (therefore the gps wouldn't work inside your house unless you're missing a roof)

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14 Messages

14 years ago

It's been my observation that people who actually think the iphone is a superior device also think that defragging your 500gb hard drive which only has 2 gb used up will actually make their computer faster too.

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14 Messages

14 years ago

Only the inept have these issues. Move your fingers if you hit the volume buttons, and how tight are your pants that it mutes your phone? The 80's were over 20 years ago, buy some loser pants.

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14 Messages

14 years ago

Cause the people at Samsung and AT&T really care about your email right?

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14 Messages

14 years ago

Have you ever started a blackberry? Have some patience, Just because the Samsung opted to load the main screen while the phone is still starting doesn't mean it should just skip its start up. Have you ever tried hitting the start button on windows while your still waiting for all the startup programs to load? Hmm, I guess you computer should be trashed too? Oh yeah you're the one who's worried about your email...enough said.

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14 Messages

14 years ago

If you think the solstice takes better pictures you are...well you're just not very smart are you? (or you are visually impaired)

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