Comments on: Sprint’s Samsung Instinct rife with problems http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: shir http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-226382 shir Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:48 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-226382 i have a instinct and in one day it froze up and i cant use it. i have a instinct and in one day it froze up and i cant use it.

]]> By: chad http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-219530 chad Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:00:10 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-219530 just like every one else, my instinc is a piece of crap. i got mine when it first came out. bought it from best buy. i've had every problem listed above , and then some. i'm going back to best buy todayto try and get it replaced for the fourth time. the worst thing is that i bought phone insurance from best buy. i told them after the second replacement that i didnt want another instinct, but they said i have to replace it with the same phone. i think we should start a class action suit against sprint and samsung. oh yaeh, when the first phone went bad it lost all my contacts that were supposed to be backed up on mobilsync. what a piece of crap! funny thing is my wife got hers at the same time i did and hers works perfect from the begining! i guess its one good apple in the bunch of rotten ones. just like every one else, my instinc is a piece of crap. i got mine when it first came out. bought it from best buy. i’ve had every problem listed above , and then some. i’m going back to best buy todayto try and get it replaced for the fourth time. the worst thing is that i bought phone insurance from best buy. i told them after the second replacement that i didnt want another instinct, but they said i have to replace it with the same phone. i think we should start a class action suit against sprint and samsung. oh yaeh, when the first phone went bad it lost all my contacts that were supposed to be backed up on mobilsync. what a piece of crap! funny thing is my wife got hers at the same time i did and hers works perfect from the begining! i guess its one good apple in the bunch of rotten ones.

]]> By: Matt http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-218090 Matt Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:30:28 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-218090 um im sorry to say u all must be having some serious user errors.. ive had my instinct for roughly 5 months now, not a single problem, no freezing no turning itself off no unresponsive screen, absolutely NOTHING. Perfect phone by far the best ive had. i love the phone and every1 i know who has it hasnt had a single problem with theirs.. u all must be equally retarded. be patient and stay calm everything works out eventually, if u dont like the phone get an effing new one and stop complaining :D um im sorry to say u all must be having some serious user errors.. ive had my instinct for roughly 5 months now, not a single problem, no freezing no turning itself off no unresponsive screen, absolutely NOTHING. Perfect phone by far the best ive had. i love the phone and every1 i know who has it hasnt had a single problem with theirs.. u all must be equally retarded. be patient and stay calm everything works out eventually, if u dont like the phone get an effing new one and stop complaining :D

]]> By: carol http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-210876 carol Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:34:37 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-210876 I thought I was insane until I came across this forum. I have had my instinct for about three months and the problems are mounting. My son played a game on my phone and now I cant access the add games/apps feature. When I try it looks like its loading, and then I get an error message. I was able to access my facebook, but all of a sudden when I try from my phone, it tells me that it doesnt recognize the location and then doesnt allow me to put in my security info. If I try to use the phone while its charging, it gets super hot. This sometimes happens if I am just talking for a while. I get notifications late, sometimes almost 24 hrs later! I delete things from my email and see them again. It freezes time and again. I have difficulty toggling. I am so miserable. I am due for an upgrade now and Im going with a Blackberry. I want apps that work. I want games. I want functionality. I hate the Instinct SO MUCH(can you tell?). I thought I was insane until I came across this forum. I have had my instinct for about three months and the problems are mounting. My son played a game on my phone and now I cant access the add games/apps feature. When I try it looks like its loading, and then I get an error message. I was able to access my facebook, but all of a sudden when I try from my phone, it tells me that it doesnt recognize the location and then doesnt allow me to put in my security info. If I try to use the phone while its charging, it gets super hot. This sometimes happens if I am just talking for a while. I get notifications late, sometimes almost 24 hrs later! I delete things from my email and see them again. It freezes time and again. I have difficulty toggling. I am so miserable. I am due for an upgrade now and Im going with a Blackberry. I want apps that work. I want games. I want functionality. I hate the Instinct SO MUCH(can you tell?).

]]> By: nik http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-209721 nik Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:44:03 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-209721 just like most of you, i'm very unhappy with my instinct. i got it in january and it was ok until about a month ago. the slide up to answer calls doesn't work. i can barely access my music because when i touch that key, i get the battery life screen. this happens all the time. i can't text, or go on facebook (the web is too slow and I lack the patience to wait for it). I can't slide to hang up on someone if I want to. i'm fed up. i don't think I want another one. i'm terminatingmy contract and getting an iphone (which is what I should have done in the first place). for those of you reading this trying to get a feel for the phone before you buy it....DON'T DO IT!!! just like most of you, i’m very unhappy with my instinct. i got it in january and it was ok until about a month ago. the slide up to answer calls doesn’t work. i can barely access my music because when i touch that key, i get the battery life screen. this happens all the time. i can’t text, or go on facebook (the web is too slow and I lack the patience to wait for it). I can’t slide to hang up on someone if I want to. i’m fed up. i don’t think I want another one. i’m terminatingmy contract and getting an iphone (which is what I should have done in the first place). for those of you reading this trying to get a feel for the phone before you buy it….DON’T DO IT!!!

]]> By: T.Gill http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-208779 T.Gill Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:56:54 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-208779 Well I might as well add to the rest of the people here. I am taking my instinct back to the store to have it replaced for a second time. The first time the touch screen went zonkers and they immediately mailed me a replacement. Everything was fine until the other day when I noticed a spot develop under the screen getting bigger and bigger. Then all of a sudden everything stopped working. The phone cuts on but no other functions are available. I'm waiting for the sprint store to call me so that I can exchange this for for another one. This will be the last time. Three strikes and I'm out!!! Well I might as well add to the rest of the people here. I am taking my instinct back to the store to have it replaced for a second time. The first time the touch screen went zonkers and they immediately mailed me a replacement. Everything was fine until the other day when I noticed a spot develop under the screen getting bigger and bigger. Then all of a sudden everything stopped working. The phone cuts on but no other functions are available. I’m waiting for the sprint store to call me so that I can exchange this for for another one. This will be the last time. Three strikes and I’m out!!!

]]> By: instinct hater! http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-207701 instinct hater! Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:26:38 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-207701 we upgraded our phones, went through several, and finally tried the instinct. oh wow, it was cool at first - looks trendy, all touch screen. i've got a pink one, my hubby's is black. well...that's the ONLY good thing about it, lol... we've had the phones since the end of january - and they are NOTHING but a HASSLE! do NOT buy this piece of crap! they have NO battery life - that's why you get two apparently! they have awful service! (my parents have had sprint for 8 years...cancelled it this week actually - and they have perfect service in our home area with their simple phones, ours is lucky to have 1 bar!)...the touch screen SUCKS! i can NOT text without making MULTIPLE mistakes - and calibrate my screen daily. the auto-correct feature locks my phone up completely. we do NOT have EVDO service in our area, which sucks...but when we enter evdo service, the phones lock up and need to be turned off, then back on in order to work. the built-in browser is a joke, honestly. dial-up is faster than it is! i personally use opera mini, and half the time i get network errors. i have to power-cycle the phone several times a day due to the fact that it will NOT connect to the internet after being on a few hours. the call quality SUCKS! echoing doesn't even begin to describe what you hear! everyone that i talk to while on this phone can't hear me. so, unless you want a pretty paperweight, don't get this phone...i can't WAIT 'til my contract's up... we upgraded our phones, went through several, and finally tried the instinct. oh wow, it was cool at first – looks trendy, all touch screen. i’ve got a pink one, my hubby’s is black. well…that’s the ONLY good thing about it, lol…

we’ve had the phones since the end of january – and they are NOTHING but a HASSLE! do NOT buy this piece of crap! they have NO battery life – that’s why you get two apparently! they have awful service! (my parents have had sprint for 8 years…cancelled it this week actually – and they have perfect service in our home area with their simple phones, ours is lucky to have 1 bar!)…the touch screen SUCKS! i can NOT text without making MULTIPLE mistakes – and calibrate my screen daily. the auto-correct feature locks my phone up completely. we do NOT have EVDO service in our area, which sucks…but when we enter evdo service, the phones lock up and need to be turned off, then back on in order to work. the built-in browser is a joke, honestly. dial-up is faster than it is! i personally use opera mini, and half the time i get network errors. i have to power-cycle the phone several times a day due to the fact that it will NOT connect to the internet after being on a few hours. the call quality SUCKS! echoing doesn’t even begin to describe what you hear! everyone that i talk to while on this phone can’t hear me.

so, unless you want a pretty paperweight, don’t get this phone…i can’t WAIT ’til my contract’s up…

]]> By: Tom Sullivan http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-201260 Tom Sullivan Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:07:33 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-201260 I read carefully the items above. It is clear that most of the complaints are from folks that don't know how to use the phone. Most people should stick with simple phones. If you have a lot of features, and options, then you will have lot options to screw up.- Thats physics. Tom I read carefully the items above. It is clear that most of the complaints are from folks that don’t know how to use the phone. Most people should stick with simple phones. If you have a lot of features, and options, then you will have lot options to screw up.- Thats physics.

Tom

]]> By: Tom Sullivan http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-201258 Tom Sullivan Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:01:05 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-201258 Sprint Instinct S30 - Aug 2009 - Use EVERY single feature (to the hilt) on my Instinct. Have every single option. Works flawlessly. Instinct has a collection of features not avaliable on ANY other phone. Lots of cool downloaded Apps. GREAT PHONE Tom Sprint Instinct S30 – Aug 2009 -

Use EVERY single feature (to the hilt) on my Instinct. Have every single option. Works flawlessly. Instinct has a collection of features not avaliable on ANY other phone. Lots of cool downloaded Apps. GREAT PHONE

Tom

]]> By: Frustrated in IL http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/13/sprints-samsung-instinct-rife-with-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-195126 Frustrated in IL Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:38:19 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=6083#comment-195126 I am now on my third Instinct. The first one just completely froze up, the second one wouldn't let me answer any of my calls or view my contacts (the screen was jacked) and now with this third phone the gps is not working keeps saying 'weak signal' and my web options such as news and entertainment stop working to the point that I have to re-download an app. tech. support sent me months ago just to make it work again. Now the good thing is I live in IL and there was a bill passed in 2007 which I believe is called the Handset Lemon Law or the Cell Phone Lemon Law. If you've had to have 3 or more repairs or replacements for the same handset, by law you can opt out of your contract with no penalties. Or you can request an upgrade and pay the difference even if the replacement is on promotional. I'm headed back up to the store on Monday, wish me luck! I am now on my third Instinct. The first one just completely froze up, the second one wouldn’t let me answer any of my calls or view my contacts (the screen was jacked) and now with this third phone the gps is not working keeps saying ‘weak signal’ and my web options such as news and entertainment stop working to the point that I have to re-download an app. tech. support sent me months ago just to make it work again.
Now the good thing is I live in IL and there was a bill passed in 2007 which I believe is called the Handset Lemon Law or the Cell Phone Lemon Law. If you’ve had to have 3 or more repairs or replacements for the same handset, by law you can opt out of your contract with no penalties. Or you can request an upgrade and pay the difference even if the replacement is on promotional. I’m headed back up to the store on Monday, wish me luck!

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