Major Samsung Instinct Software Updates Available!

by on 15. Aug, 2008

Just as what the previous little software updates stated, another software update is available this month with major fixes. According to the official info, Samsung Instinct users will start to receive the new updates over the air, you will be notified for the upgrade when you run the applications. In summary, the updates will fix issues on the Picture Mail, the web browser, Sprint TV and Radio, Sprint Navigation, Sprint Email, Sprint Music Store, Visual Voicemail and Mobile Sync application.

The push update over the air roll out plan is not clear though, it is up to the service provider to turn on the update notification batch by batch. Some users reported to have received the full updates, but some users reported a partial updates. See the change log below:

  • Picture Mail
    • Reduce system busy errors for large picturemails
    • Reduction of “408″ timeout errors when sending large picturemails
  • Browser
    • Optimized vending machine shopping experience
    • More robust and user friendly access to Yahoo, Hotmail, Best Buy, YouTube
    • Remove feature that sent browser back one page with camera button
  • Sprint TV/Radio
    • Optimizations to resolutions for streaming video playback
    • Reductions of pausing. freezing and “flashing” during streaming video playback
    • Greatly increased start up and channel change speed
  • Sprint Navigation
    • Session will no longer run in background, preserving battery life
  • Sprint E-Mail
    • Ability to save email address from favorites menu
  • Sprint Music Store
    • Eliminates skips when listening via Bluetooth headset
    • Eliminates periodic timeouts for Websync of music
    • Eliminates changing of tracks when turning on screen from sleep mode
    • Eliminates periodic failure of skip button
    • Eliminates play/pause stopping after 30 – 35 minutes of music play
  • Push Info Services/Pocket Express
    • Increased ability to play video clips
    • Content for movie listing displays correctly
    • Eliminates periodic error for movie details/review
  • Visual Voicemail/Mobil Sync
    • Handle and present voicemail notification when out of data service
    • Eliminates “choppy” playback when dragging progress bar
    • Contact picture/image now shown correctly in playback form
Source [instinctinsight] via [engadgetmobile]

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  • MeAndMe

    My Instinct also FREEZES all the time. I try to delete a message, and have to wait at least 45 seconds before it stops the freeze and does the job.

    Or, there are times when pressing delete does NOTHING.

    Or, there are times when it says I have a new message, need to slide it up to listen to it, and it WON’T slide.

    Or when it takes HOURS for voice messages to show up.

    THE INSTINCT SUCKS.

  • InStInCtLoVeR

    I love my instinct, but all of a sudden, it stopped vibrating…

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  • rantrue

    go to “my account” then select “my content manager” then dowloads then messaging then im and email then select instant messagin

  • KDUB500

    There is not a flash player for any cellphones other than phones that use windows. If you want porn that bad download some and put them on the instinct to watch

  • Roy

    as I sit here looking for help .. and push the phone across me desk…. hoping it will fall in the garbage …its frozen again…..this time I think its for good….. as I have tried to re-boot it about a dozen times.. in an hour.. I give up back to the phone company I go tomorrow… dont know what to expect.. not much the biggest phone mistake I have ever made.

  • eeesh

    it’s not about the porn… it’s about Hulu.com and family guy. You cant view it without a flash player.

  • Frustrated

    Instand messaging isnt working…AGAIN!!!! telus naturally sucks but 75 bucks to get a loner phone because samsung instinct sucks shouldnt be my burden! I cant even get INTO my messaging to delete my messages to make more room…P.O.S

  • Chin

    My media player on my instinct s30 doesn’t detect any mp3 songs on the memory card, even though I’ve checked the memory card on my computer and my files are still there. But at least it still detects my pictures.

  • InstinctUser

    I love my instinct. I’m with Bell Mobility.

  • biginstinct

    how can u fix the touch screen….do i need a new pc brain for the phone i change the screen already nothing still works i got the phone second hand never again

  • INoLikey

    I’ve had my Instinct for over 2 years and I hate it!!! They promised me that there was going to be an app store, they scratched that plan. They also said it would rival the iPhone. Yeah right! Rival it in what? Looks? It freezes, the browser sucks so bad I’m paying good money for unlimited data and don’t even use it. I pretty much have a fancy phone that I can check sports scores on (when the network isn’t busy which is rare). I hate it, hate it, hate it!!!

    My contract with Sprint ends in 2 months and I’m going to switch to another carrier that offers the iPhone. Then I’m going to take the brick that is the Instinct and throw it at the first Sprint store I pass.

    What an astronomical waste of technology!!!

  • http://youtube.com/lydzerella lydzerella

    Yeah. I’m sick of instinct from sprint too. I will change to iphone or tmobile when contract runs out. javascript is enabled in my settings but i can’t even view my pictures on sprint.com because it stops and says i don’t have it enabled. how ironic. people are so dishonest these days. they’ll promise u anything to get u to sign the contract and get u locked in to paying for what u don’t really want. no more comtracts for me. even if it costs more, i am not signing one.

  • Matt J

    I have had the instinct for over 2 years and I really hate it. There is some bug that when I push my first contact in my quick call list, that instead of calling them, it takes me to my complete contact list and whichever contact gets pushed, replaces my contact on my quick call list. I have given up trying to keep the first caller in my contact list.

    When you are talking on the phone and it is time to hang up, you normally slide the hangup button. If the user on the other end hangs up first, your hangup button gets replaced with the redial button, and so you accidentally redial the person instead.

    If someone calls and leaves a message while you are using your phone for other purposes, perhaps making a call out, your phone freezes for about 45 seconds before you can do anything like finish making the call.

    The GPS doesn’t work out of the Sprint network. and when you are in the Sprint network, it takes forever for the map to show up. If you enter an address to go to, and you hit submit, if the GPS doesn’t work because of some error, you have to enter the address all over again and it is not saved.

    I could go on and on with the freezing, accidental dialing, and apps that don’t work properly, but I will let my money to the talking and buy something else next time.

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  • Jstevens688

    You forgot to mention the text’s like to randomly put the word you are typing in like 2 different spots, as well as cut off other words that start with the same letter! God this phone is PISSING ME OFF!! HAHA!

  • Jstevens688

    When I was reading your post, I started laughing so hard. Sad but true, everything you said about this phone…

  • http://www.facebook.com/JStevens688 Justin Stevens

    My screen stopped working too like a year ago. I scoured the internet and found that its because the plastic is pushing in one specific spot ALL the time. Do you see what seems to be gel under the screen? I found a great fix, but USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

    Grab a razor blade and gently go around the entire screen (between the phone and the clear plastic screen). You will hear the screen pop up kinda, and hopefully will be able to use your touch screen again! Now, I wouldn’t go balls to the wall first time. Gently try it, and do it over and over that way until it starts working. 

    If its not acting like one spot on the screen is being pushed all the time, you may just have a bad screen. HOPE THIS HELPS!

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