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    Help text messages come over as downloads

    when i get text messages that have absolutely no attachments, sometimes it comes over as a download. if you DL, which i know i dont have to, it just sits there. seems to be happening a lot from iphones. usually i send back to the person to resend and it comes over fine. happening enuff now...
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    Help Phone Keeps Locking Up

    I've seen people have had problems with the Droid X locking up before, but mine is a Samsung Fascinate. It locks up way to often for my liking. It could be in the middle of a phone call or anything else I'm doing on it. But when I does lock up, I have no other option but to pull the battery and...
  3. D-U-R-X

    Samsung Fascinate FAQ's

    This is a work in progress and, as such, if you feel that there is anything that needs adding, please PM a guide or start a thread in Private Chat With Staff with your suggestions. Many thanks :) 1. General Android phone FAQ's? 2. How can I improve my battery life? 3. Are there any Fascinate...
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    Help I Can't Find My Videos on Fascinate

    When I first got my Fascinate and downloaded pictures and videos they all went to the same folder. Now I can't even see the videos on the phone and when I do a download the only thing I get are my pictures. The video recorder seems to be working fine but I can't see the videos anywhere on the...
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    samsung fascinate ringtone folder

    does anyone know where it is? I have some mp3's id like to get in the lineup...unable to do so. Ive heard it is possible however.
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    Help How to activate an unserviced Fascinate

    I had Verizon about a year ago and I still have my Samsung Fascinate. Since it doesn't have service, I would still be able to use the games on there along with my WiFi. It's been months since I have used it so I charged it so I could download Angry Birds so my son could use that instead of my...
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    Help Menu, Home, Back, Search Keys, & Power Button Fail in Browser

    I'm trying to curb my anger over this, but here is the issue. The Menu, Home, Back, Search Keys of my Fascinate become unresponsive when web browsing, usually once per day or every other day. Usually when I'm working with a client or associates at work. Very embarrassing as I hear about all...
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    Help Phone wont hard reset, and after wiping data is still giving me issues

    This is my first post, so thank you to whoever replies. Anyways, today while sitting in my pocket my phone decided to try to enter the lock code over 20 times, and I cannot for the life of me remember the gmail account i registered with the phone. I wiped the data on my phone but it is still...
  9. Karoger87

    Help Phone keeps cutting off when I get a call...

    The phone rings for like 1 seconds, then stops, and when i answer the call, it just cuts off!! A Nurse from my doctors office is trying to call me. This is really aggravating, and i'm sure she is tired of calling -_- Also, if i don't answer it, it will automatically answer itself. :/ This...
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    Root Market not working, sound dock not working...too many things :(

    my market isn't connecting. I"ve tried 2 different wifi hotspots I have CM9 (ICS) and Icy Glitch (so that Voodoo sound would work). But now the docked line out sound won't work.... volume up doesn't work. what do you recommend? I kinda want to go back to Gingerbread.... thanks
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    Help Updating Fascinate

    So my cousin's fascinate has not been getting over the air updates from Verizon for sometime, i want to say since she got the phone new. I was wondering how to update it to a more current firmware without rooting and if i do will i have to install each previous one? or if i can do just the...
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    Help Going back to stock without USB

    Hey all, I'm having an issue with my phone. My USB port on my phone is bad. It will charge via the USB cable, but my computer does not recognize my device and will not let me access my phone. Can't access Odin either. I was on the phone with Verizon rep, they are sending me a new replacement...
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    Root Phone won't scan for media...

    I recently rooted my fascinate with Clockworkmod recovery and after a while my phone wouldn't detect any media (pics, music, vids) on my sd card. If an app required images or wallpapers, those would work fine. Reformatted the card twice and tried it on my pc and another phone, its not the card...
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    Complete phone idiot. Questions about Gingerbread / ICS?

    Alright, so I just want to start off by saying, while I may be most capable on a computer, I'm a total idiot when it comes to phones. I live in Maine, and my options here have been limited until recently lol. Anyway. I have a Fascinate, which is running on Straight Talk. I bought it this...
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    App to view hidden files on non-rooted phone?

    Can anyone recommend an app that will let me view and access hidden files on my phone? Ed
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    Help Battery charging issues

    I couldn't find anything exactly like what I'm experiencing, so I'll lay it out. I was recently out of town using my stock phone charger in a hotel lamp outlet when this problem suddenly started. No idea if the outlet had anything to do with it, or if it's just a coincidence - just giving a...
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    Root bricked facinate, odin wont recognize

    I recently flashed of teamhacksungs ics port build 9, i flashed a custom kernel and the cmw recovery changed to a different one. I attempted a restore from a saved backup on the new recovery since it recognized the recovery files. Now it will just show the Samsung boot logo. i can boot into...
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    Root installing ICS confusion??

    Ok so I am a complete newb to using roms, rooting phoines etc..I have been building computers since I was 8 (im 29) so Im sure once I do it, it will be easy. I just cant find a good how-to that walks through all the steps of taking a STOCK non rooted verizon samsung fascinate and getting ICS on...
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    Can't use front cam on skype with android 2.3??

    My wife has a Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, originally a Telus one, but now unlocked and on another network. At any rate, I recently upgraded to Android 2.3 so that she could use the front camera on the phone for skype video calls. Even with the 2.3 upgrade I cannot get skype to recognize that...
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    Help Indefinitely Frozen

    This morning, my Samsung Fascinate, that I've had for about a year, randomly froze while I tried to send a text. This has happened multiple times before so I assumed that taking out my battery and replacing would fix the problem. Once it turned back on, it worked for about a minute until it got...
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    Help Smart Alarm...not so "smart"

    For sometime now I can't seem to get my smart alarm to work correctly. I have it checked but when my alarm goes off the next morning the smart alarm does not activate first, just the regular alarm goes off. I have it set for 5 minutes before the alarm. This morning when it didn't work again...
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    Making Go Locker my default

    I have a double lockscreen, I'm trying to figure out how to take out my original lock screen and make go locker my default ANY TIPS?
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    Root low quadrant scores on cm9 build 8?

    My quadrant scores after flashing cm9 build 8 to my fascinate are only around 1200 to 1250. I was scoring 1200 when my phone was completely stock and read someone else was hotting 1500s. Did I do something wrong? What kind of quadrant scores is everyone else getting? Also, is anybody...
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    Help memory full pop up

    This is a screenshot from my Samsung Fascinate. It has been popping up multiple times, especially when i play games. Can anyone tell me what this is about? Do I have to "clear my memory" and if so, how do I do it? System storage is 370 MB used and 1.2 GB free. USB storage is 3.1 GB used...
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    Multiple Recipient messaging on Facinate

    Does anyone know if the "group" feature can be turned off? I do not like when sending a picture to multiple people any replies go to everyone on the contact list BUT me. Then I get a bunch of messages from friends asking who I am because MY replies went to THEM instead of ME. I hate to...
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