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I have an i500 Showcase / Straight Talk. Am I in the right place?

xrae

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Mar 17, 2011
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I have the Samsung i500 Showcase from StraightTalk (Verizon towers). Am I in the right place? I can't seem to find a forum dedicated to this phone anywhere and I would love to talk (grumble, haha) about it!

From what I've been able to find out this device is similar to the Fascinate and Mesmerize.
 
Ooh thank you, I am glad to find a "home"!

I "upgraded" from the LG Optimus V on Virgin Mobile, which I had rooted (more like a lateral move, I think). While my coverage is a LOT better, the jury is still out on whether I actually like this device better. It reboots itself 1-2x a day, and has so much lag time when trying to perform most tasks, even texting. Or maybe I'm just spoiled by my Nexus tablet?

I've had SwitftKey keyboard installed, and just tonight deactivated it to see if it makes any difference in how it runs. I guess I'll just start eliminating things one-by-one to try and isolate the issue.
 
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Brand new, but quickly loaded it up with almost everything I had on my V and several things from the Nexus tablet as well. I've had it about 6 weeks now. The phone will lock up randomly and then I'll have to pull the battery (which is a pain because I have a Trident case) or just wait for it to reboot. Or sometimes it will just reboot out of the blue. Today it did it at the end of a phone call, then again when I received a text message.
 
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