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  1. erician

    Help Backup to "drive"?

    I need to do a factory reset but haven't access to a computer for backup Can one use Drive or Dropbox (or some such online storage) to back up, then reinstall? Thanks
  2. erician

    Help crashing browsers

    Now all four of my browsers - the Virgin browser, chrome, dolphin, firefox - are crashing and grinding themselves to a near hault, no matter that i should have ample free space and have uninstalled/reinstalled apps or updates Mosf everything else is running fine Short of throwing the phone...
  3. erician

    Help BT dropout a browser problem?

    Since getting my volt back from having warranty work performed, it's working well enough to seemingly pinpoint (to a small degree) the problem with its bluetooth dropping out: it seems to occur exclusively when running a browser...chrome, dolphin, the native browser, doesn't matter which Better...
  4. erician

    Help LG Volt: loosin' my religion

    The warranty work LG done on my Volt addressed some of the numerous problems it had but a problem persists with highly irregular charging/discharging (e.g. one minute it shows 75 percent; next minute, 100%. and many minutes of use before it budges down from 100% Unless you've a better idea, I...
  5. erician

    Help Smart launcher 309 new gestures

    I'm trying to figure out smart launcher pro 3's new features: customizable shortcuts for BACK (long press) and HOME (double tap) button...how to set and use them...anyone?
  6. erician

    Help LG tech's diagnosis: "language error"

    I recently got my volt back from warranty service after I (we) couldn't resolve a number of problems the phone had been displaying On the return paperwork was stated, "symptom/cause: language error. Repair/replacement: download new software" Two questions: anyone care to interpret what was...
  7. erician

    Help what will be lost? volt

    With no remedies found to correct multiple weirdnesses on my volt, I'm sending it to LG for repair/replacement Though I can't now find the source, I could swear that i read that data saved to my external card will be unretrievable when mounting it to the replacement BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME MODEL...
  8. erician

    Help volt battery drain, part 2

    LG Volt 4.4.2 - replace battery with new, check - remove "battery dr" and anti-virus-type apps, check Still, my battery's hemorrhaging power What to do?
  9. erician

    Help CM Security and battery drain

    LG Volt, 4.4.2, not rooted Replacing my not even one year old battery seems to have remedied the few problems I'd been having, though there are times where it seems to be draining faster than it should CM Security sometimes puts up notifications that I have (n) applications open (41, last time...
  10. erician

    Help Charging: "battery removed, phone turning off"

    Charging: "battery removed, phone turning off" LG Volt 4.4.2 When I plug into AC to charge, I get warning "battery removed, phone turning off". Repeatable results with different chargers. Removed and replaced same battery, same results Charging had been slow the last couple of weeks and...
  11. erician

    Help login

    Sometimes - even for days on end - when I try to log in, I get a panel that read something like, "can't load this page try again later" anyone else experiencing this difficulty?
  12. erician

    Help quick note/voicemate/search tool

    Is there some way to disable the quick note/voicemate/search menu on an unrooted volt 4.4.2? It's in my way
  13. erician

    Help status bar over-activity

    My LG Volt v.442 often goes into this cycling thing (for lack of a better word...duh) where the status bar's icons roll down into the bar, then up, then down again, ad nauseam) Any clues what's going on?
  14. erician

    Help LG Volt inconsistent 3G/LTE service

    On a Virgin LG Volt, 4.4.2 - running in a residential neighborhood (ie a house), I sometimes get service, sometimes not, with no apparent pattern, when running it in the very same room(s) My two questions are, why is that, and, can there be a way to improve my service (other than switching...
  15. erician

    Help LG HBS 730 3-mode eq not working

    just replaced my worn out lg hbs-700 headset with 730s problem is that the 3-mode eq is not working...which would be expected if the volt were equipped with apt-x but I have confirmed it is not the set does respond with an audible beep to my depressing of the controls - -but the EQ definitely...
  16. erician

    Help universally deselect auto-update

    I want to universally deselect Auto-update for all my apps but the only method I can find is play store>my apps>tap app name>menu>deselect auto...ONE AT A TIME!!! hardly efficient!
  17. erician

    Help apt-x: yes or no?

    Can someone confirm that the volt doesn't use apt-x technology? My new LG HBS 730 headset's tone control "beeps" when depressed but I can't detect changes in tonal quality; according to the 730's manual, there will be no change if the (volt) uses apt-x; according to the link below, volt doesn't...
  18. erician

    Help dictation gone mad

    My speech to text has steadily been going downhill but today has gone totally haywire; my autocorrect is bad, too unrooted 4.4.2
  19. erician

    Help apex Laucher, moving icons

    Apex v301 (free), android 442: can't move icons directly from home screen to adjacent screens Please help...thanks
  20. erician

    Android OS and ES File Explorer docs needed

    I need a solid foundation in Android architecture and management for my lg volt phone. I was a total Android newbie several months ago - a Mac OS user of a few decades - so I have some experience under my belt but there are still some basic and critical things I don't yet understand I've been...
  21. erician

    volt have usb host?

    Does anyone out there know whether the Volt comes with a USB host, meaning, is the mini-USB port (charging port) capable of sending power?
  22. erician

    sporatic album art transfer from os x.8.5 to volt 4.4.2

    having pulled down the album art for some library cd rips to my macbook pro, i wanted to get it onto my volt 4.4.2 running virgin's stock "music" app running os x.8.5 -- which, in turn, is running 'android file transfer' v1.0 -- i customarily drag 'n' drop the album's file folder from a finder...
  23. erician

    choosing a launcher for volt

    i'm accessing a few different launchers for my volt - running 4.4.2 - in the hope that i'll land on and stick with one that i most prefer (and can thus quit having to confirm each time with the "just once" button (more on that in a bit). i also suspect (or am i being paranoid? ;-) ) that having...
  24. erician

    "meet the composer" on podcast republic

    hey, can someone please do me "a skinny" (oldschool, east coast term for "a favor" - for you young whippersnapperz)?: i'm running the "podcast republic" app on my volt (4.4.2) and would like to download the new podcast series, "meet the composer" but none of the episodes that appear in...
  25. erician

    hbs700 bluetooth/volt inconsistencies

    i'm experiencing inconsistencies between my lg hbs700 bluetooth headset and lg volt (running 4.4.2 kitkat) that i hadn't had between my crappy kyocera rise nor now with my macbook pro running osx.8.5 the hbs's transport buttons work only on-and-off again on the volt and - strangely enough...
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