Nov

2011

Verizon Begins Testing Gingerbread On The Samsung Fascinate? (Build EH03)

by Joe Sirianni
tagged android 2.3, build EH03, EH03, Fascinate, Gingerbread, Samsung, update, Verizon

Pic courtesy of Droid Life Well, Samsung and Verizon might be a tad late to the party as it’s just been leaked that field testing Gingerbread for the Samsung Fascinate is in the works. News travels on the heels long after Ice Cream Sandwich has been introduced. But then again, what did you expect? The [...]

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Sep

2011

Telus Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G – Gingerbread update available

by Jim Farmer
tagged 2.3, 4G, Fascinate, Gingerbread, Samsung, telus

Those of you with a Telus Samsung Fascinate, here’s a little something to help you combat your case of the Mondays. The official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update is available, bringing with it all those ginger goodies plus better battery life. If you’ve already started spamming your update button, stop, the update is only available for [...]

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Aug

2011

Today’s Deal of the Day at Best Buy, free smartphones

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, Atrix, Best Buy, Fascinate, Nexus S 4G

It’s now Wednesday the 17th and Best Buy has kicked off their Deal of the day. Todays deal is free smartphones. Which ones you ask.? Lets see there’s the Verizon branded Samsung Fascinate, the AT&T branded Motorola Atrix, and the Sprint branded Nexus S 4G. Yesterday we mentioned that Best Buy was increasing their staff in preparation for the [...]

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Jul

2011

CyanogenMod Nightlies come to the Samsung Fascinate

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, cm, cm7, cyanogen, CyanogenMod, Fascinate, mod, nightlies, Samsung

Tired of all the issues that seem to come along with the Samsung Fascinate? Frustrated with the frequency of the updates? Well, rooters and modders rejoice, because CM7 is officially coming to the Fascinate. While custom ROMs have been on the device for awhile now, CM7 has been unsupported for a long time. Be sure [...]

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Jul

2011

Samsung Fascinate ED05 update for incoming call bug is now available

by Robert Nazarian
tagged bugs, Calling, ED05, Fascinate, incoming calls, replacement, Samsung, update, Verizon, verizon wireless

The Fascinate has been suffering from a bug in which you cannot receive calls, but some of you might not have noticed because you forgot you can actually use your phone for calls. For the ones that did notice, some were able to get replacements devices from Verizon with constant complaining. That route might be [...]

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May

2011

Will the AT&T Attain, Verizon Function, and Sprint Within be the US versions of the Galaxy S II?

by Robert Nazarian
tagged AT&T, Attain, Captivate, Fascinate, Function, galaxy s, Galaxy S II, Samsung, Sprint, Verizon, Vibrant, Within

When the original Samsung Galaxy S phone came to the U.S., it was branded as the Verizon Fascinate, AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant, U.S. Cellular Mesmerize and the Cellular South Showcase. Is it any surprise that the same thing is going to happen all over again for the new Galaxy S II. For some reason the [...]

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Apr

2011

Samsung Fascinate for Verizon Bringing In the Froyo Love

by Mitch Wright
tagged Fascinate, froyo, Samsung, Verizon

We had written yesterday about the Verizon Samsung Fascinate finally receiving 2.2 Froyo today and it seems like Big Red has delivered. Engadget has been receiving reports from Fascinate users today that their phones have been receiving some Froyo love, bringing them the extra features that other Galaxy S users have already been enjoying. With [...]

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Apr

2011

Samsung Fascinate to receive Froyo tomorrow

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, Fascinate, froyo, Samsung, update, upgrade

According to an email from a PR rep at Verizon, Android 2.2 Froyo will be rolling out to Samsung Fascinate devices tomorrow. Among the many enhancements comes the ability to support Adobe Flash. So rejoice, Fascinate users! You can check manually for the updates starting 4/21/11 by going to Settings > About Phone > Update [...]

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Apr

2011

Froyo source code released for Samsung Fascinate

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, code, Fascinate, froyo, Samsung, source

Could it be? Could it possibly BE!? Yes folks, you read right – Samsung has released the source code for the Fascinate. This means some killer development in the 2.2.1 world, and pretty soon, thanks to sites like xda-developers. The released version is ED01, and it has tons of Fascinate users bouncing with joy. We [...]

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Mar

2011

Samsung Galaxy S can now use modified Xperia Arc Launcher

by Jesse Bauer
tagged applications, Captivate, ericsson, Fascinate, galaxy s, launcher, modified, Samsung, sony, stock, tweaked, Vibrant, XDA, xda-developers, Xperia Arc

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc launcher was something that many of us wanted for our own handsets since we saw it demo’d here. If you own a Samsung Galaxy S device however, you can now get that same launcher working on your device, without any of the lag seen in other launchers. XDA member Syn [...]

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