Comments on: The Perfect Valentine: $149 Android + $25 Virgin Mobile Plan

By: Jim Unroe

Jim Unroe — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:15:01 +0000

My 3G quit working March 19. It took VM 18 days to finally fix it (I can remove the battery in my sleep now). At least I love my Optimus V again. I recommend following [at]VMUcare if you are on Twitter and emailing vmusocialcare[at]sprint.com directly for support. Support on the Virgin Mobile website is a waste of time.

By: Russell ptc Benk

Russell ptc Benk — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:55:12 +0000

I have long been a fan of LG, looks like my next phone will be LG as well… Oh and thanks for the comments on the battery life. Was concerned about what I have heard so far.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:21:36 +0000

Nice article. In Canada we recently had the Optimus One on sale for $150 with a $100 Visa gift card. So the net cost is $50 with no contract term required.
I got one, unlocked it, and installed custom rom cyanogenmod 7 based on android 2.3. It has built-in SIP support – no need for csipsimple.

However, I’m still looking for a GV app like Talkatone on the iPhone, that lets you log into gtalk and make GV calls without mobile minutes or additional hardware like obitalk.

By: Garth

Garth — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:12:31 +0000

An extra note on the Optimus T prepaid ordering online…it works if you use Internet Explorer. I tried 2 days with Firefox. It would go in the cart, but clicking on the next step to complete the order would generate an error every time. By ordering online thru Chase reward’s link to T-mobile earns me 500 points…worth $5. so effective price of $95 + tax!

By: Garth

Garth — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:11:01 +0000

The Optimus T is available at the T-mobile website for $99.99 refurbished. Got one for my wife as she can make $100 worth of minutes last a year! You have to call to get the deal, the website was not completing the check out yesterday and gives a different error today. For anyone needing very few minutes or a WiFi only phone ($0 per month), its the best deal so far.

By: Greg Vaughan

Greg Vaughan — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:04:08 +0000

$130 AND a free $20 gift card at Target beginning this Sunday!

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:31:18 +0000

I got much better battery performance from the Optimus V by momentarily turning on Airplane Mode for about 12-15 seconds once after the phone boots. This workaround cures some kind of bug for this model (talked about in Howardforums) that burns up the battery faster when the phone is on 3g. I also use JuiceDefender and leave the phone on wifi all the while I am at home. Ward, thank you very much for writing about this phone. My first smartphone & I really like this phone a lot!

By: Jim Unroe

Jim Unroe — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:06:38 +0000

I was suffering with bad battery performance with my Optimus V. I’d have to charge every 4 to 5 hours. I installed the JuiceDefender app and have been very careful to turn of the wi-fi when not needed. I unplugged from the computer 14 hours ago and the battery is still above 70%!

By: ward

ward — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:51:58 +0000

LG Optimus V for Virgin Mobile is on sale for $129.99 at Best Buy today.

By: Greg Vaughan

Greg Vaughan — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:02:37 +0000

Does the camera serve as a video camera? Is YouTube and other video playback good? I damaged my iPhone 3G and am wondering if this is a big step down.

[WM: The camera can do video. It’s about the same quality as an iPhone. Whether that’s good enough is obviously your call. If you buy the phone from Radio Shack or Best Buy and it doesn’t meet your needs, just return it. Check with your local store for their return policy.]

By: warraich

warraich — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:01:41 +0000

Thanks ward for great article, I was not sure if i should go for the phone and dump At&T that I am paying $125.00 per month with 25% off every month.

I went and bought the phone butt I notice that the battery does not keep up for 5 hrs. In my case it is going only for 3 hrs with CSipSimple running but not in call. Any hint how to improve battery life.

[WM: We’re not seeing that kind of battery problem. Try turning off Wi-Fi if you’re not using it.]

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:39:17 +0000

Read your article last week and picked up the phone at Target Thursday evening.

Friday morning my Mediacom Cable internet connection goes down. Being the customer-friendly organization that they are they told me they can’t get a technician to my house until Tuesday. Four days with no internet.

Got tethering working last night. Works great! I didn’t use barnacle wifi because I haven’t rooted the phone yet. I used the Quick Settings app to turn on the existing tethering support in the phone. Latency is a little high, but right now I’m seeing 1Mb down and 300Kb up.

Haven’t tried rooting or SipSimple yet, but after this brief experience with the phone I’d say I like it much better than my Nokia E71. The Nokia, while functional, turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:08:08 +0000

One good news I want share. Now you can tether (means, use your phone Data plan to share with your other devices such as your laptop)without voiding the warranty and rooting hassle by down loading a simple App from Android Market called "Quick Settings". Download the App, scroll down, and find "wi-fi hotspot. Make sure that you are looking in the "hidden" section of quick settings. In Quick Settings go to customize, then scroll down and select wi-fi hotspot towards the bottom under hidden settings then move it up to the top. This App works like a charm. Enjoy!!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:51:44 +0000

@Ward. Excellent effort. It is really helpful. I have a quick question, can I use Sipdroid plus GV combination to make free calls over their data plan? If "NO" can I make it after rooting my phone, because someone told me that VM have blocked some functions of GV? Thanks in Advance. [WM: With a $49 OBi device, you can do it indirectly using OBiTalk for Android.]

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:28:30 +0000

This link explains the Flash 10

http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/carriers/prepaid-mnvo-rsa-others/topics/lg-p500-optimus-one-flash-support

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:19:53 +0000

I notice that Google Earth and Flash will not install from App store – not compatible with this phone…Earth ok I can live with, Flash maybe not.

By: zev

zev — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:51:30 +0000

Great article! immediate after reading, i got up went to radioshack and bought it.
If ward tells me to get it, i dont even hesitate 🙂

By: Greg Vaugahn

Greg Vaugahn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:14:08 +0000

These things have WiFi… is this potentially a poor man’s iPod Touch, no service necessary?

[WM: Great idea! Added an 8GB microSD for under $20. That’ll store 2,500+ songs easily.]

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:42:59 +0000

I am running a slightly older version of PBXInAFlash * Running Asterisk Version : Asterisk 1.4.21.2 * Asterisk Source Version : 1.4.21.2 * Zaptel Source Version : 1.4.12.1 * Libpri Source Version : 1.4.10 * Addons Source Version : 1.4.7 also ports are of course forwarded to the PBX [WM: Better head to the forum. Too hard to diagnose on blog comments.]

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:13:42 +0000

great… now they all showed up…geeezzzzzz

sorry

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:04:22 +0000

for some reason my comments are not showing up from me posting from my phone..hmm…

anyhow, is there any trick to get C SipSimple to work with this phone. I mean really all u should need is ip address, username and pass… but it keeps timing out.. just thought I’d see if anyone else has been having this issue as well and figured out what to do…

btw… I did also try the advance and expery mode as well and tried a more indepth config, still no go.

[WM: Be sure the ports are open in your firewall and IPTables. Better yet, use the WhiteList with Travelin’ Man.]

By: guillermo

guillermo — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:34:24 +0000

Does rooting it, unlock it to use it as i travel with GSM to other countries?

[WM: This is not a GSM phone. It only works on Virgin Mobile/Sprint 3G network.]

By: ward

ward — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:27:12 +0000

These new phones paid off the first week. Comcast has crapped out, and the Little Mrs. and I are both surfing away tethered to Virgin Mobile. Nice!

By: xmafro

xmafro — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:40:47 +0000

Thanks for the heads up.. looks pretty sweet, aside from not having any coverage when we go on vacation down in the Outer Banks. [WM: Keep driving to Pawleys Island. Works fine here. :wink: ]