Recent content by fastobe

I messed up the rooting procedure on a prior phone and managed to lose access to the Play Store. Things went from bad to un-fixable WITHOUT access to the Play Store. Hopefully someone else with better experience than me will chime in on this thread. Until then... BE CAREFUL. Good luck!

In addition to my post above, you may be able to free up some space by de-fragmenting the phone's internal memory and the SD card, like you would with your computer. This can be done by connecting the phone to your PC and de-fragmenting the phone's memory as you would the computer hard drive, or...

I am not sure that rooting will will fix your issues on the Optimus Elite. I still have not rooted mine. This device is near obsolete in the rooting community and the developers have moved onto other projects, so support is not readily available. I consider myself fairly technical, and even I...

If the phone is still under warranty, or just recently out of warranty, Virgin Mobile has been generous lately about replacing defective devices. Call or email them detailing the problem. You do not have to have purchased the phone from them. They are trying to retain customers. Good Luck!

The only time I had a problem with it was last May when VM was rolling their accounts into Sprint. A VERY long story short, the issue resolved itself when the following month's payment posted and my data usage reset. Keep on 'em and good luck!

Are you trying to load over the 3G network and NOT wifi? For whatever reason, the downloads ONLY happen over the 3G network. I do not know what ID packs you are looking for, but I have found nothing useful that cannot otherwise be downloaded through Google Play Store. Please post if this...

The stock Elite is running Gingerbread 2.3.7.

If you are not rooted (as I am not), apps can only be stored on the "internal storage," not on the external (removable) micro SD card. The micro SD can only store music, photos, and vids. There is no option around this. You can move any apps that do not have to boot on phone start-up into...

I use GrooveIP, the paid app. I am not rooted. A friend uses the free app, which is probably designed for tablets, on his Galaxy IIs. It works okay and does not cost minutes. You will need to have a Google Voice number/account, also free.

Are there cell phone service providers that build VOIP into their phones?

On the Elite, a short press of the power button on the top right of the phone will wake it up and light up the screen, like the physical selection buttons do on the Optimus V. I do not think there is a way to make the selection indicator lights wake the phone. The way to keep the selection...

Do not cancel your old account until the number gets ported to VM, or you risk losing the number. Sometimes porting a number can take up to 24 hours. The customer service number for Virgin Mobile is 1-888-322-1122. Follow the prompts and press O when you come to a dead end. Eventually you...

If the screen is off and the phone is powered up and plugged into a charger, press the top power button (quickly) to light up the unlock screen. The charging and battery status should be displayed there. If the phone is off and plugged into the charger, do the same thing, and a battery...

I am not rooted, so I am no expert on what can or cannot be done with the external SD card after rooting. From what I have picked up from other threads, you can access the external SD card for whatever storage after rooting, however, there may be additional processes needed to get you there. A...

I just downloaded App 2 SD Free app. It is only showing the internal SD (Internal Memory) as the SD card. It is not recognizing the external 32gb SD card I have mounted in the phone. I do not see any options with the app to for it to recognize the 32gb SD card. It MAY be moving your games to...