I purchased the Rant yesterday and it will not allow transfer of phonebook to my car (Lexus GS-300). When checking trusted devices, other phones give a transfer option, it only recognizes my car as a hands-free, with no transfer option... I checked my car's info options and all list as ...hands-free. It does recognize my old phone's phonebook in the car, but that means whenever I add a new contact, I will have to transfer to my old phone (sanyo), then transfer from that phone to the car. Any fixes you know about?
Thanks
0 vote Try to bring it to sprint
Try to bring it to sprint and have them do it.
0 vote rant phones
my phone keeps comeing up with error w302 unable to retrive licens infromation phone will try again later and sprint dont know can any one help me.
1 vote rant phone problem
my rant wont allow the assined ringer or not assined ringer to play when someone calls it just says a you are recieving a call from so and so.
0 vote use windows movie
use windows movie maker.
open windows movie maker.
open the audio file you want to use for the contact
then open the photo you want to use for contact
then drag and drop both into timeline.
make sure the are only around 20-25 seconds long. the file must be under 512kb
after you chose you pic/rngr
go to file then publish movie after that just save and save until it say its finish.
now download quick converter from (download.com) open it up after install click the cell phone icon and go to the second option it must be in a .3g2 fomat
open up the movie project you just did and convert it.
connect to your phone and drag and drop that converted file into the dcim and the drag and drop it into the 100'''' file whatever thats called.
disconnect from your phone and go to your album. click on that and assign that file to the contact its made for and now you'll have a custom ringer and phone.
youre welcome
=)
0 vote Rant lockup using bluetooth
I have had my Rant for a week now and considering sending it back. I have bluetooth enabled so it works with my car radio. Problem is once I leave the car I get a message asking if I want to reconnect. This in itself is not a problem. the problem is unless you answer this question the question does not go away. IF you get a call there is a better then 70% chance if you try answering it the phone will lock up. There is nothing you can do it will just ring until the person hangs up. You can not stop it short of pulling out your battery. My son accidently called me, he who also has a rant. Since the auto screen locking on the rant sucks he did not know the phone had dialed. Since he did not know it dialed he just stay connected. even though I could not pick up. I finally had to pull the battery out since everyone one was looking at me and you could tell they were wondering why doesn't the guy answer his phone.
I then tested this theroy and I would say about 70% of the time if you do not clear this question the next call you get will lock up your phone. I called Samsung and they were useless. In a nut shell they told me I have to answer the question each time and they have no plans to change it so deal with it. THis is a royal pain since I should not ahve to anser a stupid message each time I get out of my car. I'm starting to think maybe my LG rumor was a better phone. I always disconnected and reconnected to my bluetooth car radio with out any inout from me Sprint has no other options to get a qwerty key board so the options are limited. Anyone else have this problem? Maybe if others do and Samsung is called by everyone they will address what should be a simple problem.
0 vote i have the rant right now
i have the rant right now and it like freezes and goes blue when i turn it on. I didn't drop it or anything and it still does it.
0 vote that happened to me! and
that happened to me! and what i did was just keep the battery off the phone for a span of 1-3 days.. i dont know if it will work but it did with mines.
0 vote phone freezes up
my phone freezes up when i ulock it and when it seems like i really need to make a call. why is this im in my 30 day warranty period and im thinking about returning it for another phone like the blasck berry.
1 vote rant freezing
if your rant phone is continuelly freeze,do firmware update by going to Menu>Tools>Phone Update>Update Firmware...then the phone will download new firmware..that takes about 2-3 mins...that should fix freezing issues
0 vote if your phone freezes up
if your phone freezes up when you ty to unlock from the blue screen, press the camera button on the side of the phone until it comes up as the list of options for the camera. after that just hit end and you should get the normal screen.
0 vote RAntt hELP!!
I need some help with my samgsung rant. I turn it on like normal and the main screen(homepage) is white with a little grey box in it. It still recieves texts and calls but you cant go anywhere from that screen other then to the camera application. Occoasionaly the calling # buttons work but it is very laggy...can anyone please help me with this problem??
0 vote I have the same problem with
I have the same problem with my phone after the Sprint people tried to clean under the keypad to fix the # and End buttons. I got the grey/white screen, and after pressing a key on the keyboard the screen went black. When I turned it on, the graphics were distorted (like I was looking at them in a mirror at an angle). I took mine back today and they were able to fix the distortion problem (due to a loose cable), but they're replacing my phone for the white screen issue. Now, my phone restarts whenever I try to access my text messages Try taking it back to Sprint and see what they say.
0 vote I need some help with my
I need some help with my samgsung rant. I turn it on like normal and the main screen(homepage) is white with a little grey box in it. It still recieves texts and calls but you cant go anywhere from that screen other then to the camera application. Occoasionaly the calling # buttons work but it is very laggy...can anyone please help me with this problem??
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me to some 1 help
0 vote phone freezes up
The rant freezes, turns white on the display screen and bars run across horizontally when it wants and the only way to remove this problem is to remove the battery. Turns back on sometimes but i am annoyed so i am going to a back up phone from sprint that has bugs in it as well. Thank you Sprint. All phones are junk and i think it may be the viruses in the computers when people send photos or my pc has a virus thus transfers it to the memory card then the worm slowly makes its way into the phone for total destruction. Just a theory but i had two ic502 and three ic902 phones so my point being is they all have bugs and i am sick and tired of replacing em to find out that nothing ever works like it should.
0 vote My Rant and Powersource Review
The rant freezes, turns white on the display screen and bars run across horizontally when it wants and the only way to remove this problem is to remove the battery. Turns back on sometimes but i am annoyed so i am going to a back up phone from sprint that has bugs in it as well. Thank you Sprint. All phones are junk and i think it may be the viruses in the computers when people send photos or my pc has a virus thus transfers it to the memory card then the worm slowly makes its way into the phone for total destruction. Just a theory but i had two ic502 and three ic902 phones so my point being is they all have bugs and i am sick and tired of replacing em to find out that nothing ever works like it should.
1 vote One way to fix lockup
I too have a rant and regret getting it. In fact the stuck up attitude of Samsung when you call them is really annoying. I have a bluetooth issue but in my efforts to get taht resolved I found the fix for your problems (turns white on the display screen and bars run across horizontally) What happens for some unknown reason the display showing the battery signal strengh etc, which is across the top of the screen will also appear down the side. When this happens at first the only way to recover was remove the battery. However, I found if you hit *, then the back button, then end call (hang up) it will clear the problem. I asked Samsung and they told me all the known issues can be found on their web site for the phone. Funny thing is if you go there it states no problems. Strange how with all the issues posted on the internet about this phone none appear on their web site. Even Sprint will tell you there have been some software issues which were reparied with new software releases. Good luck trying to find it on the Samsung site.
0 vote Contacts list
all texts and contacts in the address books deleted themselves... i went into the mass storage memory folder and there is nothing... well, pictures and music were still there but nothing else... anyone have any ideas???
1 vote Technical difficulties?
I've just started noticing that most of the time I do not recieve calls or texts until HOURS after their sent time. It pisses my friends & such off because they'll think that I'm just not responding to them, but it's just that I don't get the text messages until hours after. x.x Several of them have told me that they've tried to call me several times in a row, yet my phone will show none. x.x IS this a common problem?
0 vote I have the same problem with
I have the same problem with my phone. I called tech support and they had me do a hard reset of my phone it fixes the problem for a week or so then start having same problem.
0 vote mine has had the same
mine has had the same problem.
first i was sending text messages and people wouldnt get them.
now i get everyones text messages 10 min - 2 hours after they send them.
like it says the time they sent it.
and everything.
but my phone also has a few other problems.
almost everytime i close it, it shuts off.
the screen will get extra bright even if my phone was dying, then wait a minute or two then vibrate and go back to the home screen. i believe it is turning off then back on. it only happens when i hang up on the phone with someone, or just go to a certain area on my phone. (its different all the time. once it was in my contact list on my friend jessica)
anyone know how to fix this problem ??
and also when it shows the lock page (press * then back to unlock) it freezes sometimes, and ive found that if you press end 3 times it unlocks. but i still dont want to have to do that ALL THE TIME.
please help.
-becky.
(becky.joy514@yahoo.com)
0 vote My rant works fine exept the
My rant works fine exept the camera. The camera shows up but when I push the capture button it doesn't take it. It just pauses a second. Please help :)
0 vote The camera doesn't work
hi, i read your comment about the camera on your Rant. Did you ever fix it? Because I also have that problem and I can't seem to take any pictures.
0 vote yeah my phone did the same
yeah my phone did the same exact thing. it wouldnt take any pictures but then i waited and a week later i guess it decided to start taking pictures again.
0 vote Thanks
I just wanted to say thanks to JoJo my Rant kept freezing up on me when I tried to to anything online with it for either 30 seconds or over a minute. The firmware update did the trick now it's all fix. Thank You..
0 vote turnign off
ok well my rant has been freezing..it is fixed now thnx to ur help..but now it just turns off randomly..and its very annoying when ur trying to text someone and it just turns off.. does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it..thnx :)
0 vote mine does the same exact
mine does the same exact thing. It will turn off randomly. Like today it turned off when I was in Wal-Mart.
0 vote internet
my rant freezes at the home screen everytime i try to connect to the internet. i have tried the updates and everything but it still freezes. . .any ideas on how to fix this problem?
0 vote that happened to me after
that happened to me after about 3 weeks it went away there was no solution acording to sprint
0 vote everytime i try to text it freezes
everytime i type in a word and then try to send it or just press the space button my phone freezes and stays that way for a minute and then the screen lights up bright and it goes back to my regular screen, like i never pressed a button....can anyone help me? or should i just take it back? i havent had it long and it hasnt been dropped or damaged. ...oh and it sometimes freezes when i try to answer a call??
0 vote Take it back when you are still allowed to do so
I suggest you to take it back, as many users complaint about Samsung Rant phone.
0 vote thanks
thats prolly what im gonna do. bc it hasnt gotten any better and i have updated it and deleted anything that was extra and could be slowing it down...so i am going to have to just take it back. *thank you
0 vote holyyy crap mine is doing
holyyy crap mine is doing the EXACT same thing
when i hit the space buttin os send, it freezes thw whole thing up
i cant text, please help.
0 vote My rant is not uploading
My rant is not uploading pictures!
It won't update either!
I go to tools>mass storage> connect to pc
and it wont upload help!
0 vote POS
The rant is a piece of junk. Don't buy it!
0 vote DONT BUY THE RANT piece of
DONT BUY THE RANT piece of shyt this is the third replacement phone still doesn't work right... internet is constantly giving me errors.. phone freezes but i have noticed that if you open the qwerty keypad and dial numbers it usually goes to your contacts and you can get it out of the freeze without takin out the battery... everytime i call sprint its the same deal we will update your phone update data clear cookies clear cache but still doesnt work i wish i could get a new phone everytime they replace it it works for a couple weeks then messes up
0 vote That is actually part of the software.
When you open to the keyboard, they expect that you're going to message someone you know. It's not hard to understand. Like I twitter from time to time, and I like the fact that when I open the keyboard it allows me to contact the people in order I contacted them last.
Enter your application of choice THEN switch to widescreen/qwerty mode. Being hasten helps little when it comes to "almost smart phone" technologies.
0 vote My rank turns white
M y whole screen turns white. It satrated at irst wered it would only turn whitre sometimes now It won't be normal!
0 vote I now know why it's called a Rant
I've had my Samsung Rant for a few months(I know...I like pain). With in the first thirty days, my phone would loose my contact list and kindly prompt me to "sign-up" for wireless back-up. This happened twice and should have been a sign and my conspiracy theory at the time was that this was intentional to get me to pay for additional services. I've just put my contacts back into the phone for the first time in a while and so far...no crashes. My current situation is with Sprint TV. When I select the function, I get a nifty message stating "A handler is needed to use this content type". If I click handler, I get forwarded to Sprints online store (don't figure) with no direction on how to get a handler. My other option is to hit the cancel button and try to find something else wrong with my phone. Good times. Good luck people and do forget your Rant.
0 vote
Same problem, HELP
0 vote the off button is broken
my friend threw my phone on the ground and now the send button and the off button is broken...... i cant turn it on. the button wont work anymore. HELP!
0 vote Rant dies, turns off on its own
This POS is nothing but pain. Sprint is milking all of us by selling this POS and raking in money. They will also not do anything to replace phone. I am now going to Verison. Hell with Sprint POS.
0 vote fone freezed!!!
my stupid samsung rant frose whyll i was trying to add tiles. now the screen is just grayish black!!!!!!!!!!!!!! help!!!!! what shood i do??????????
0 vote thats weird...
ehh my rant has been good compared to yours...but it freezes from time to time and ive had it for 5 or so months now nothing major has happened! the thing i really really really hate though is when i get texts from my friends HOURS after they've sent them. its just annoying. either that, or the texts are delayed about 15 minutes or so.
0 vote pictures!!!
when i try to take a picture it just pauses for a couple seconds then doesnt take a picture. anyone know why?
0 vote omgg !
my phone just randomly turned black. and i can only see it a little bit if i put it in the sunlight. i tried to go to brightness and it wouldnt work. i dont no whats goin on. i tired turning it off and on but its still black. anyone no what to do?
0 vote Yeah accually. I dont know
Yeah accually. I dont know if it will help but... go to Menu> Display> Brightness.
It should help.
0 vote I received replacement Rant
I received replacement Rant today and it won't connect to internet. Says username/password for PCS vision might not be correct. What do I do?
0 vote my phone turns white and its
my phone turns white and its ridiculious i dnt know what to do i have to push on it to make it work and turn the reguler color i also went to menu the settings and display then i went to power save and it still didnt work any 1 no how to fix the problem yea i no y the call it a rant its kinda crappy
0 vote My rant wont turn on. the
My rant wont turn on. the samsung logo flashes on and off the screen but that it! Any ideas?
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