Samsung Instinct

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105. Oct 15, 2009 Posted in response to: nilknarf78
Re: Attention: Instinct HD Owners - Feedback Request

Re: RSS reader

I've noticed that if you go to a page that supports feeds, click the arrow at the lower right corner of the browser, then click the page with the 'right arrow' in it to open up the side options. Scroll down to the bottom of that list and there is an option to "Open RSS" that appears to work. I've only tested it on Engadget.com, but it worked for me.

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106. Oct 15, 2009 Posted in response to: Thunder18
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But that can be linked into a RSS Feed like on the M800 I think is what was being asked. I don't believe it can. That is a lot of bookmarks to maintain if not.

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107. Oct 16, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
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Looks like the NFL Mobile Live problem is wide spread.  see attached link

 

http://www.instinct-samsung.com/index.php?topic=12342.0

 

 

This is really dissappointing in that Sprint Advertises this as being a feature of the phone by in reality it doesn't work.  Almost false advertising.  Teammate and Sara keep pushing the vendor to fix quickly.  Is their anyway you can hold them accountable?  I don't want to miss another week.

 

Thanks

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108. Oct 16, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
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1)     Stick with me guys, this might take a while. If you change the Web menu from"icon" to "list", the Cnn and the Bloombereg app have this wipe across function where you can swipe through CNN news headlines and your saved stocks (Note: You only see this in list mode and NOT in icon mode!).

Anyway untill the end of last week these apps (meaning the news headlines and stock prices) automatically updated. However since last week, nothing has changed! My stock quotes have stayed the same as well as all the news headlines! Whats really weird is that even if I open the app and hit the refresh button (upper left-hand corner) and get new headlines and quotes, when I close the app I still see the headlines and prices from last week! I dont know why this is happening. The weather app updates fine. I never had to press anything to update the info before, it always went automaticaly! Anyone else notice this? Can this please be fixed?

 

2)     Another thing I have noticed is that even after the update my phone still restarts. However, I have discovered  that the reseting IS NOT random! My phone only resets (as it did before the update) when I have WIFI enabled! It seems to me that the update did not repair this.

 

3)     I'd just like to add to the pile of people reporting that Auto-Correction doesn't stay on.

 

4)     And lastly I am also experiancing problems with NFL Live GameDay audio. When I select a game the player will start and go from "loading--> buffering--> playing (no sound comes out at this time) --> stopped." This has happened every week that I've tried it with this phone. I'd just like to add that I had this same exact problem on my old A900, and I never got audio to work on that phone either.

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109. Oct 16, 2009 Posted in response to: sgold11
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Web app: since the update the weather.com is not returning updated information. The current temp updates but when it is pressed the extended forecast is still from last week.

 

Edit: The weather app now is working normally. Either fixed or coincidence

 

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110. Oct 16, 2009 Posted in response to: sgold11
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Sgold11,

Now that you mention it, my CNN app has not updated my news for the last few days...I know something was missing.

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111. Oct 17, 2009 Posted in response to: jalann
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Ok the weather app is working now, but Bloomberg and CNN are still not updating.

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112. Oct 19, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
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I have noticed that the Instinct HD when you have voice notification on and receive a picture message it does not state the name of the sender. It instead reads the name of the last incoming text message you recieved.

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113. Oct 22, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
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Re-occurring issue where the web browser kicks out to the home screen when switching between or closing a tab when 2 or more tabbed browser windows are present.

Also, wi-fi reception seems extremely poor. For Example, one blue dot and no actual bars when ín the same room as the router when laptops show full strength in the same general vicinity.

 

Update regarding wi-fi:

I actually went into a Sprint store to ask if they could test it. The tech behind the glass said there was an unsecured wireless router 2 ft. from him. He asked me to enable my wi-fi and see what happens. When I did so, I got 1 dot and 1 bar on the signal strength meter. He then took the phone an got within 1 foot of the router and still could not get more signal. Unfortunately, they also see to know so little about the phone that I was directed to visit Samsung's website to troubleshoot on my own. By the way, this is a pretty big corporate store and the sales reps had no idea the InstinctHD has wi-fi. I love Sprint and want them to do well, but not knowing MAJOR selling point of a phone that arguably costs more than the majority of your bigger name smartphones is just bad business.

 

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114. Oct 27, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
Re: Attention: Instinct HD Owners - Feedback Request

Hi Sarah!

   I just wanted to say that I bought the instinct HD right about when it first came out so I've had about a month to use it and I absolutely love it so far! But I am having a few glitches that need to be fixed that are on my fone. Here's the few I've noticed.

1. I've had a prompt to UPGRADE on my email for almost the whole month and everytime I've clicked on it, I get "An error has occured. Please try again later" Though today when I CHECKED for an upgrade on my email app, it said that my email is up to date even tho I never was able to download it, so I'm not sure if it upgraded itself on it's own or not? And now I'm getting a prompt that there's an UPGRADE on my Spring Navigation and everytime I try and do THAT upgrade, it STILL gives me the same error message as above?

2. Anytime I try and play my radio stations now, they KEEP REPEATING THE SAME 8 BARS or so OVER AND OVER AGAIN, until I just GIVE UP and turn it off. The radio is UNUSEABLE at this point!

3. When you try and open the TV/VIDEO app, it says "This favorite has been removed because the content is no longer available"! But you CAN enter the app by pushing the RIGHT HAND SIDE of the link and you can enter the TV/VIDEO app and get to everything. Another problem is, on my old Instinct M800, when I would be watching a video and have to exit it in the middle of watching something, I could open the app later and RESUME where I left off. This NO LONGER HAPPENS with the instinct HD! For some reason it doesn't bookmark where you left off? I'm wondering if I WASN'T getting the error message when I press the left side of the app to open it, if THAT would be where I could CONTINUE ON where I LEFT OFF with the videos that I had to exit out of early?

4. On SOME webpages, I'm getting a SPLIT SCREEN, that divides the webpage right down the middle, and HALF of it goes ONE WAY and HALF goes ANOTHER?! I have NO IDEA WHY that happens SOME OF THE TIME, but when it does the webpage is OBVIOUSLY UNREADABLE! This doesn't happen ALL THE TIME but it DOES happen! I'm also getting messages that "memory is full" QUITE OFTEN while browsing the web, although I STILL am able to continue browsing.

5. There has been SEVERAL times when my phone has REBOOTED for NO APPARENT REASON?! Again, I have NO IDEA why that's been happening, but it DOES seem like it happens when the phone gets OVERWHELMED with different commands ALL AT ONCE, like a text message coming in as I'm getting ready to SEND a text message and a phonecall ALSO comes in at that exact same time?

6. And lastly, I've tried to download and save A FEW documents on my Opera Mobile and I've SEEN where they've DOWNLOADED on Opera Mobile, but I'm NOT able to OPEN them and then once I exit and come back, they've COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED?!

Anyway, I really hope these things can be fixed in the next upgrade! Thank you Sarah!    

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115. Oct 28, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
Re: Attention: Instinct HD Owners - Feedback Request

Thanks for allowing us a place to post feedback.

I use both the first Instinct and the Instinct HD on a daily basis.

I have had my Instinct HD a couple of weeks now and here is my list of desired fix’s/improvements so far for the Instinct HD.

1.       Phone randomly re-boots – this is a big problem mentioned in many other posts

2.       When uploading a picture from the photo album directly to FaceBook you get a prompt “If your account is changed, please change your password and upload a media after configuration again” Continue or Skip:  Could this step be eliminated? Instead just provide an option to update password/account if the upload fails. 

3.       Reduce Lag & freezing between screens

4.       Add a ringer option for callers not in contact list

5.       Add a sleep mode /priority caller mode – this filter all other calls to v-mail and only allow calls from this contact to ring the phone.

6.       Add an option to allow the alarm to sound even if volume is turned off on phone

7.       Improve touch accuracy on the keyboard functions mine seems to be off some I have to touch on the right side of the letters to get the correct letter.

That’s it for now.  I had a few others but they have slipped my mind at the moment. 

Great job with the Camera/Video quality, that was the deciding factor for me on purchasing this phone.

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116. Oct 28, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
Re: Attention: Instinct HD Owners - Feedback Request

Hi Sarah!

   I just remembered a few more glitches that I forgot to mention.

1. While browsing the web, scrolling can tend to be jumpy and skippy alot of the time.

2. My phone reboots or COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN while browsing the web off and on and I can't determine why?

3. EACH TIME you click on the broken TV/VIDEO link, you lose 1 FAVORITE on your homepage EVERY TIME you TOUCH IT.

4. The gestures on my phone do not work! They don't mute either incoming calls OR my alarm!

Anyway, there's a few more for you guys to try and fix. Thank you Sarah!

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117. Oct 28, 2009 Posted in response to: drumlover
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Drumlover, Nice catch on the gestures. Mine do not work either. Come to think of it, the Product guide over at Samsung says there should be gesture that activates the speakerphone when you place the phone face up while in a call. That one seems to have been ommitted.

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118. Oct 30, 2009 Posted in response to: SarahKS
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More info on the NFL Mobile Live Radio issue.  Look like if you set the display backlight to never dim the radio plays without stopping.  I have not verified this myself.  Like the link says this work around would drain your battery.  Hopefully this will help either sprint or the vendor fix the problem

 

 

 

http://www.instinct-samsung.com/index.php?topic=12342.0

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119. Nov 4, 2009 Posted in response to: kansas-steve
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Well guys. I hate to say it but I won't be posting too much on here any longer. Good luck getting these issues resolved. Upgraded to the Moment...

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