Hi Debra and welcome - I, too, am new to this forum and have a Tribute 5 from LG (Sprint) and I dislike this phone IMMENSELY! There are several issues that, if possible, someone could help - after some research, I am 'told' that there is only 8/B] GB of 'space' and it has some 'system files' called MISCELLANEOUS and takes up 4GB of the 8 - bottom line whenever I want to add apps or phone tries app updates - I get 'error message' saying that there is not enough storage delete any unwanted apps. I do that but I noticed that when I deleted the files in the 'DOWNLOAD' folder even though I deleted everything it still shows the same space before and after - I have very few apps, no games, etc. and deleted the Cache data. I have moved what is possible, have minimal audio and photos. And oddly enough the SD storage barely increases.
this is an LG TRIBUTE 5 Android version 5.1.1 and it had a security patch in `12-10-2016'.
My other issue is that recently I can not hear all incoming/outgoing calls -I end up having to use the 'speaker' which at time is not always 'politically correct. I have tried every possible option that could affect the volume - so any thoughts/suggestions definitely appreciated.! And lastly - I have not 'rooted' the phone.
Thank for response -