LG Volt
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- AnonD-364192
- 0Y4
- 16 Feb 2015
Worst phone i have ever had!!! At first i loved this phone everything was awsome and the fact it could b used as a remote was cool...and then it went to shits not even a week after i got it!! Got it for xmas 2014 by jan the phone was acting up. Keyboard dissapears..cant play pandora while being on facebook...i have tried resetting and almost any other thing to fix this phone!! I would only recommended this phone to my worst enemy!!!
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- Anonymous
- jBu
- 11 Feb 2015
Lg Volt is ok. Browser randomly closes. I have also had this problem with my apps. Keyboard disappears randomly. Touch screen stops working randomly. Cheap phone but you definitely don't get your moneys worth.
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- AnonD-361954
- rHe
- 10 Feb 2015
The LG Volt is a pretty good phone for its price. Yeah, the browser sucks, so I disabled it and installed Google Chrome, which is much better than the stock browser. Couple features I really like that you won't find on others is a universal TV remote app, and a couple multitasking supportive apps. It does get slow at times, or might be slow at connecting to WiFi, but keep in mind that this isn't the most spectacular phone in the world. The camera takes great photos, but really horrible videos. There is no way to focus the video when it gets blurry (and it happens a lot!), but it's great other than that. Overall, it's a good phone for the cost.
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- AnonD-359151
- rMb
- 02 Feb 2015
All of these overly negative comments are a little overly done and the phone isn't as bad as people keep claiming. These people just don't know how to use and keep an Android working properly because they are most likely doing things they shouldn't be doing, like rooting it. First time I did that with a previous Android, my phone got hacked. The LG Volt has very few and very minor issues. If something is acting weird, turn it off and pull the battery for a bit. If that does work, factory reset it. If that still somehow doesn't work, contact LG themselves and send it in to be fixed. It's better to send it in than get a completely new phone for more money than getting it fixed. I have had this phone for almost a year and love it. It has some quirks here and there but I've dealt with it if not fixes it. The only issue it still seems to have is the vibrating mechanism stops working for a few seconds but it's whatever, I deal with it. And for the record, Virgin Mobile is the worst carrier to have and expect anything helpful from them. I have my phone through Boost Mobile.
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- AnonD-358540
- q58
- 31 Jan 2015
The phone has 8gb of on board storage 4gb which is used up by the phone the rest is available to you for storage. This is why you are getting the numbers you have. Make sure you have any apps set up to store in your ad card like photos ect... also themes take up huge amounts of space so get rid of one's you're not using. Clean out the caches often as well This will free up internal memory. People you need to remember that these are phones not mini pcs. Even the top of the line can only do so much.
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- lulu
- j@%
- 31 Jan 2015
Going nuts without group messaging function...we use it a lot for work purposes. Can anyone PLEASE help?! That is my only complaint right now about this phone I just purchased. Is the only option to switch to hangouts...hope not! Seems like group texts should be a simple function...so why doesn't phone provide it? Thanks in advance for your help...I'm definitely that as tech savvy as others on this forum.
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- lulu
- j@%
- 31 Jan 2015
marshie, 26 Jan 2015I just want to say with all these negative comments ive had... moreI love the phone too but going nuts without group messaging function! Any suggestions. I can send out to multiple recipients but then replies come back all individual 😞
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- Sheldon
- jBu
- 29 Jan 2015
The phone was amazing at first. I thought it would be the best phone I've ever owned. About a month later it sucked. Browser will close randomly. Keyboard randomly going away. Running slow as hell after deleting all of my junk files, big apps, etc... I do not reply recommend this phone under any circumstances. A chunk of shit that costed $150.
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- jBv
- 26 Jan 2015
Got this lg volt fri 1-23-15 its not 1-26-15 and i think if i could get my vacuum to suck like this phone, id only clean once a month. I was sold on it being a great phone, only had knowledge of 3LG volt users who all 3 hated this phone. Lesson learnef 3 strikes...., i will stay with HTC... just bought 816HTC must wait for arrival then peace will resume.
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- marshie
- kkA
- 26 Jan 2015
I just want to say with all these negative comments ive had my phone over 6 months n i love It, ive had zero problems!! Advice to those having trouble treat your phone better n it might do u better
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- disgruntled
- jBu
- 23 Jan 2015
I had issues with my first Volt. Took it back to Radio Shack before 30 days. Wanted a refund but I let them talk me into exchanging it for a brand new Volt. THIS one was even worse! Pure garbage!
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- linustorvalds
- kiy
- 14 Jan 2015
Concordium, 24 Dec 2014You need to learn the difference between "memory"... moreTechnically speaking, if you rooted the device, you could install an app that can expand the swap file of the KitKat kernal into an additional memory medium such as an SD card. While this isn't exactly memory per se, it will speed things up and allow more to happen simultaneously.
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- qDq
- 13 Jan 2015
The LG Volt is absolute garbage. I've had mine about a month and the camera has stopped working, it is now slower than molasses, I cannot type in contacts without the screen returning to point one. DO NOT purchase one of these things, you'll regret it....I do. Also, do not use Virgin. They do not support you, only lie to you to passify you.
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- AnonD-25120
- 6vv
- 12 Jan 2015
pizzazz , 06 Jan 2015Ive had my phone for a few months, perfect at first. Now th... moreu said browser shut off and keyboard disappear because you're using a stupid Android OS =) trust me...
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- pizzazz
- q5I
- 06 Jan 2015
Ive had my phone for a few months, perfect at first. Now the keyboard doesnt always come up or itll just disappear while im typing something. Also, my browsers will close in the middle of surfing the web. :( Wouldn't recommend.
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- jBu
- 28 Dec 2014
The battery life on the LG Volt is unrivaled, you can probably go about 1day and half without charge when using moderately. The phone is very user friendly, love the camera especially that tap focus thing it does. I previously had the HTC EVO design for Boost mobile and then upgraded to the Volt and i believe it is a huge technical upgrade.However i had this phone for about three weeks and i'm starting to notice the browser in the middle of a session it will reset to the home page i tried switching browsers but the same thing keeps happing, also when i tap the address bar the keyboard will pop up or it will pop up about 30 seconds late. One thing i tried to correct the browser issues wad deleting some of the most recent apps piror the the issue, I also moved some to the SD card. I did this about 2 hours piror to posting this and so far it has been working fine.
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- Concordium
- 0aZ
- 24 Dec 2014
AnonD-331959, 17 Nov 2014My mom has the Boost Mobile Edition of this phone and it ru... moreYou need to learn the difference between "memory" and "storage." If a phone runs slow it is because it lacks sufficient MEMORY to execute commands. A phone's memory is fixed. You cannot, I repeat, CANNOT, add memory to ANY mobile device. Adding an SD card adds storage space, not memory. Storage is where things like pictures, movies, music, etc. are stored. You can add a 64 GB SD card to a phone and it will still run very slow because you merely increased the storage....not the memory required to execute user based commands. The only speed difference you will notice using an SD card is the read/write speed of a class 4 vs class 10 SD card. However, if you do not have an SD card installed then the phone is writing to its onboard flash storage at a speed similar, or sometimes faster, to a class 6 SD card. At which point, the read/write speed is not a bottleneck and your accusation of not having an SD card installed, as a culprit for slow functionality, is completely wrong.
Please stop being condescending of others in your review by defending a device using your "tech" information that is so far from being correct that it hurts me to read.
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- Anonymous
- k9R
- 12 Dec 2014
I had one lg volt and it froze constantly. It locked by itself while texting and calling. Got a new one and it does the same.
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- AnonD-335825
- 7F5
- 27 Nov 2014
This phone was great at first, but then it started acting up. I have had it less than six months and I am getting a new phone. The screen locks up randomly, won't let you unlock the screen, the menu and back buttons won't work, randomly restarts, sometimes the touchscreen won't work and you have to hold your finger on whatever you are trying to open for several seconds and then it finally opens, when calling somewhere that you have to enter an account number the screen will go blank after each number you press, very annoying. I did a hard reset and also backed up my apps and info and did a factory reset, still won't work right. Save your money and get a different phone, this one isn't worth the headache!
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- Anonymous
- jnt
- 26 Nov 2014
I had the LG Volt through Virgin Mobile ever since it come out. Mine works fine. I did switch it to use ART but then my photo Gallery app would crash every once in a while so I switched it back. Everything works great again. Comes with most of the apps I just have to have(Notepad,Quick memo for Screen shots, Voice recorder for memos, Flashlight app, File manager, and Calculator with % button. Also comes with other standard apps on most other phones. The camera is awesome, I take pictures of part numbers so small, I can't read them with my bare eyes, so I take pictures of them and read them off phone. I like the size of the phone, not too big and easy to handle, but big enough screen to see things better. The home button is nice. I like having a physical home button to wake phone. I was worried about getting this phone at first cause some said the screen density was low. As far as screen density, It looks super to me. I even brought out my magnifying glass to see what other folks were talking about and couldn't see anything, the picture looked good to me, even under a magnifying glass. Someone must have really good eye sight. Oh, you can move some apps to SD card. And you can also remove a lot of the Apps that came with it. I have this phone LG Volt and my old favorite, LG F3 on Virgin Mobile. I switch back and forth using Virgin Mobile site under my accounts. The only thing I wish was better- I wish they were GSM phones that took a sim card and was unlocked so I may change carriers if I choose to. I guess I should have bought unlocked GSM phones to start with. Anyway, I'm happy with both phones, just wish they were GSM phones.