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    Do you find the Avant to have comparatively poor reception ?

    Compared my LG Motion to my friend's Avant, and my Motion gets better reception in fringe areas. Has anyone else had this experience (another model gets better reception than the Avant).
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    Accessories Extended battery for the Avant ?

    Cannot find my other post. Sorry if this is a duplicate. Would like to get an extended battery for the Avant. Mugen does not make one.
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    How to tell if one is getting 4G or 4G LTE speeds ?

    Can a 4G LTE phone get just 4G speeds ? When throttled, is one still on a 4G network ? If using SpeedTest app, what down speed should one expect on 4G ? 4G LTE ?
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    Help Why do two 2.75GB thumbnail files form in internal DCIM folder ?

    This is strange. I take pictures with the LG Motion and they get saved to an external card. Scanning the internal memory on startup becomes quite lengthy, sometimes 10 minutes ! Examined the internal storage contents and found that TWO thumbnail files of 2.75 GB each form in the DCIM folder...
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    Help Why is Pho.to Lab in Accounts & Sync ?

    Happen to go to "Accounts & Sync" on this LG Motion and saw that Pho.to Lab is listed and actively synching. Why is this App in Accounts & Sync ? To where is it synching? Pho.to Lab is just an editing program and the app is "Internet based". SEE HERE...
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    Help How to turn off loud Amber alerts (Acclaim)

    My girlfriend's Acclaim just scared us. Very loud Amber Alert. How may we turn off the sound of the alert and still get the alert ? Second best = stop receiving these alerts. I was able to turn of the audio alert on the LG Motion, but not the Acclaim.
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    Battery life on Avant poor. How to improve ?

    Read some threads here on improving battery life, and followed what could be understood. There's chatter about excessive bloatware, but could not find a list of apps which are safe to delete using Root App Del. 1. Which apps are safe to delete on this MetroPCS phone ? 2. What can be done...
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    Your favorite battery saving & maintenance apps ?

    On my LG Motion using few programs like "Clean Master", it found that 33 apps were consuming power, and then ran Battery Doctor and it found more problems. Which are your favorite programs for: 1. Battery conservation ? 2. Limiting unnecessary apps running in the background ? 3. Cleaning...
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    Help Pictures backed up to Google Plus ? How to do it ?

    The recent iCloud security breach made some Android users worry. Are LG Motion cell phone pictures automatically sent to the "cloud" or Google plus ? Doesn't seem so. When I click on the Google Plus app it shows a license agreement. When I sign onto the G+ website, one has to set up getting...
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    Help How to save all text messages to my SD card of Samsung Exhibit 4G ?

    On the LG Motion there's a program called Backup. It backs up all the text messages to the internal SD card. Cannot find backup for this Samsung 4G Exhibit. Someone please tell me how to do this. Thank you.
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    Help How does one stop the home button vibration ?

    This will seem trivial, but "little things mean a lot". My GF has this phone and she is bothered by the HOME button vibrating if it's held down for longer than 0.5 seconds. I've gone through the menus and cannot find where this vibration is disabled. Anyone know ?
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    Help Every message is multimedia. Why ? Why txt attachment ?

    I was trying out a Samsung Exhibit on MetroPCS, and each and every plain text e-mail received from gmail accounts are "multimedia messages". How can this be stopped ? When sending to gmail account, each e-mail has an attached text file (.txt). How can that attachment be stopped ?
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    Why are there so few threads here ?

    Is this a very new phone ? Are people rooting it so that posts are in a different forum ? Are members putting posts in the MetroPCS forum ? Do few people own an F6 ? MetroPCS said the F6 is excellent.
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    Extended internal battery for the LG F6 ?

    Can't seem to find an extended (greater than 3000 mAH) for the LG Optimus F6. Anyone have a link to the larger battery and back cover ?
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    Is this LG F6 better than an LG Motion

    Hi. I have an LG Motion on MetroPCS and it's been working fine, but the screen is damaged. To replace this Motion is $100, and the LG F6 is $200. Has anyone here tried both of these models ? If so please compare and contrast them so a decision can be made between these two models. The...
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    Help URGENT-- need to back up my Motion

    Just cracked the screen on my LG Motion. The phone still works. I'd like to back up EVERYTHING except photos. Data Pilot seems to back up only contacts. Then there's this: Helium (formerly Carbon Desktop) Free Download and Super Backup...
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    Help How to turn OFF Amber Alerts on the MOTION

    Last night my Motion made a loud unusual sound. It was an Amber Alert. After dismissing it, the flag asked if I wanted to receive them in the future. I tapped YES. The iPhone has a setting to block these messages. On this LG Motion, cannot find a system preference blocking this type of...
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    Help "Into Now" consumed half the LG Motion battery

    My LG Motion became warm, and the low battery warning area indicated that "Into Now" consumed over 50% of the battery power. I don't use this App. I tried stopping it from running by the STOP command in Apps, but when going back to the "Running" list, it still shows there. From where did...
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    Help 3500 mAh Battery Did Not Improve On Time

    Purchased two extended batteries (3500 mAh) for the LG Motion. After the usual a daily use the battery gauge emblem looks less than 25%, and when plugging in the USB charger, indeed it shows 23% charge. Are the emblems and % charge text correct ? Why didn't the extended battery...
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    Help 4g Tethering Painfully Slow on MetroPCS Motion

    Tried LG Motion 4g hotspot to tether my iPad and a friend's iPhone and it was miserably slow and timed out on either device.:confused: Each Apple device was registered on the Motion, and a valid IP was obtained. Has anyone had success with tethering ? Is tethering an extra monthly fee ?
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    Help Further on connecting Mac to the Motion

    INSTALLED & FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS: Joshua Wise's domain - HoRNDIS: USB tethering driver for Mac OS X BUT I still cannot get it to direct connect. Cannot get Wi-Fi direct to connect either. Has anyone been successful with either method ?
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    LG Motion: Can one make the mic emblem useful ?

    On the Admire, when dictating speech to text, the microphone emblem responds to and corresponds with the voice volume. On the Motion, the emblem simply sends out regular flares irrespective of whether or not one is speaking. Can this part of the Motion be made to behave as does the Admire ?
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    Help No restart on updating the PRL on the Motion ?

    With my Samsung Admire (MetroPCS), after dialing *228 and updating the PRL, the phone automatically restarts. When updating the PRL on the LG Motion (MetroPCS), it announces and reads the phone has been "activated" (which is not correct, since the phone is already activated), but it does not...
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    Help Two minutes with a new LG Motion--- one thumb down

    I've been using a Samsung Admire and it's been very good. MetroPCS has a special now, so I took a Motion on a test drive. Remember, this is a brief use. What a few minutes with the Motion has shown: GOOD 1. Screen has better whites and contrast. 2. Much faster surfing 3. Dialpad...
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    I have a Samsung Admire. Will I like the LG Motion better ?

    On MetroPCS. I'd get the Galaxy S3, but it's only available in white. I'd like black. So have decided on the LG Motion and will deactivate my Admire. Would enjoy comparing and contrasting the Motion and Admire. What's better ? What's worse ? Is the 4G much better than the 3G ...
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