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Do NOT forget all of the times when you recieve a text message and it doesn't vibrate.

Has Happened to me.

-Jack

long_dongsilver said:

no matching of contacts or recent calls as you punch in a number to call, it only matches the name

no way to tell if your BT headset is connected without going to the phone screen

clicking on voicemail icon in top bar does nothing

Matchign contacts to typed numbers works for me. It doesn't highlight, but it does narrow the list down.

Lack of a headset indicator is a WM issue I think, because my last phone was the same way.

actually, when i use my JABRA BT8010 on my Epix, i get an indicator at the title-bar, it looks like a headset with a music-note inbetween the speakers. Mind you that my JabraBT8010 can do both, handsfree and stereo-music. Sometimes though it 'misses' to link up via stereo-music and is then just connected as/in handsfree mode. I've to go then into the Bluetooth Manager and click on “Connect Headset via Stereo Mode”.

I noticed that, If you have WIFI enabled & connected to your local LAN-WIFI, and have your ActiveSync set to “tunnel through all internet services/traffic” through your desktop PC, ActiveSync cannot start/link-up to your Epix via USB-cable. I presume there's a HW address/access conflict somewhere on the physical Layer in the NIC chip.

I personally do not use the vibrate feature, as it has a detrimental effect on the battery's lifecycle as a small electromotor has to throw-around a small weight

as for the delay in the call-timer or delay in the call closing. I think that's an issue that WM 6.1 is not really part of the phone-module SOC, which is rather independent. It happened to me once that my WM6.1 crashed but i was still able to talk and hang-up afterwards. I think that the phone-module SOC (System On a Chip) has an API which is queried by WM 6.1 for “status updates”, but since WM6.1 is “sleeping” when the screen turns dark while on a call, it cant do it. Which also explains the delay/lag/sluggishness in initiating/closing calls. This HW independence allows you to use your Epix as a PDA/handheldPC while on a call. I personally prefer the HW independence

As for the number/name contact matching, it does it only when the number is part of the name. I tried to find out of the PocketOutlook looks into the contacts and compares numbers with the ones you entered (even with locked FN-key) but it doesnt. It just compares what you've entered in the “primary name” fields. I think looking into each field within an Outlook Contact would overwhelm the small CPU, especially when you start having multiple hundreds of Contacts with names, adresses, several phone #'s, company info's/adresses and small notes attached to/in them.

I'd imagine its the lockup feature that we all ran into initially.  I haven't had a single problem with the phone except when i mess it up myself.  Question though does anyone know how to keep the phone from going into “sleep mode” while using it.  When i'm using GPS or trying to text after a minute or so if i haven't touched the phone it will go into “sleep mode” then I have to input my password to unlock it, etc…….

Wuruz, interesting … ive gotten that error a couple times, but I can hit the “OK” button and continue using my Epix.

david said:

I thought i'd try to compile a list of known issues the Samsung Epix has. Please feel free to add/discuss these issues. If you know of any more issues the Epix has, post them in the thread and ill try to move them into this post.

NOTE: Samsung has released an official notfication patch that allows e-mail notifications to occur when the phone is in sleep more. Download the patch here.

1. Ring-tone is always ascending/increasing making it easy to not hear an incoming call until the phone has rang several times, at which point it can be too late to pick-up. This was a design choice by Samsung.
2. Blinking LED light notifications stop when the Samsung Epix enters sleep mode (even when set to blink “forever”)
3. No e-mail notfication in sleep mode.
4. Vibration seems weak (atleast compared to the Samsung Blackjack II) making it easy to miss notifications.
5. Some Epixes (this may not effect all Epix phones and those that are effected can very in severity) have a tendancy to lockup when in sleep mode. This has happened to me a handful of times.

The ascending ring issue can be partially solved by a registry edit.  I am going by memory here but if you search at xda-developers website you will find the details.

HKCU\Control Panel\Sounds\RingTone0

You will find a field called “script” ( I think).  It will be set to something like apw2r

Which stands for

a – activate

p – play ringtone

w2 – wait 2 seconds

r – repeat

I changed mined to ac100pw2r

c100 says to change the ring volume to 100% of the volume.

Keep in mind I said that this was a partial fix.  The first ring is still soft but then it goes immediately to full volume.  Not perfect but better than before.

I know that the ringer issue will be fixed in the romupdate along with the SLOG DUMP problem

deniska said:

• The phone wakes up for no reason at times…

Mine does the same except it is accompanied by sound. beeps. Usually beep – beep,beep. No message on screen, nothing but the wake and the sound.

Also, sometimes my notification options (text) revert back to the default of showing the message on screen. Annoying, but doesn't do it too often and not sure what triggers it. Soft reboot maybe…

I have the hard to wake up problem on my Epix….but I also have another that I have not seen mentioned here.  

Every 2-3 days on average it will get into a state after a wake up where it does not have any sound (including phone calls..I cannot here ring tone or the person on the other end and applications) the unit also does not respond to the touch screen…I can still navigate and click using the mouse but the touch screen is inactive.    Have any of you experienced this?  For full disclosure it may be a 3rd party app causing the issue but I do not have many (spb backup, opera, live search, pocket mechanic and skyfire…I have others but they were added after I started to experience the problem.  I loaded the listed apps on the first or second day of owning the phone…ignoring one of my normal week long break ins prior to loading 3rd party apps…doh).

The other day my Samsung “bricked” itself.  I was listening to music, and monitoring my battery usage as I went.  I should have had at least 50% left.  I had gotten one of those SLOG DUMP messages, but had blissfully ignored it, since TodayPlayer was continuing to work, and I didn't need to make any calls.  About a half hour after the SLOG DUMP message, the phone went “Beep!”, vibrated 3 times (do I even have it set to vibrate?), and displayed the shutdown video.

Nothing I could do would turn it on.  Plugging it into USB to charge it didn't help. Taking the battery out did nothing (even left it out for a half hour).  Hard reset didn't work.  Even tried Fn-B and Fn-Enter during turn on, which is supposed to put into Emergency for Flash mode (though this may only work for European 780s (or 760s or whatever).

Plugging it into my car charger finally woke it up.  (Guess USB wasn't providing enough charge, though it does charge it up during the day…)  Battery said it had 60%.