LG Optimus Slider internet problems. Virgin mobile.

I bought this phone from radio shack and they said it will be exactly like an ipod besides the apple market place and slide out keyboard. But each time i unlock the phone, the internet screws up and takes several minutes just to connect. Took it back and got a new one, and here you have a certain amount of days to use it without a plan, so it is not like an ipod, and i have to pay 35 bucks now just to use the phone. so i called virgin mobile customer service, and they are in inida, and dont speak any English. Plan on returning the second phone for my money back. Unless you plan on using this phone with a plan its whole life, then it is a great phone.

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• Mobile Phone Form Factors
• virgin
• mobile
• lg
• optimus
• slider

[femmseekinstud1]

Cn u do another review on fav apps, games,opera mobile.thks

[prtsparta]

@femmseekinstud1 sorry returned this phone because i had these issues.

[Blimp117]

@prtsparta That is very strange then...have you tried hitting the Menu key when at the screen to check airplane mode, wifi etc? That is the problem here though, the wifi sleep policy. It needs to be set to never. When you are at the screen with the available networks, what happens when you click the menu button? Also what version of gingerbread is your phone running?

[prtsparta]

@Blimp117 Its running the most current version, but i can't test the phone no more cause the people at radio shack said it was an issue with the device, and they said I can't do nothing about it so i sent it back.

[Blimp117]

@prtsparta Sorry to hear that then. That's strange the Advanced option didn't come up. Are you getting another Slider or another phone?

[prtsparta]

@Blimp117 Im not getting another phone right now. I only got this one cause of the specs and slide out keyboard.

[popcicleshooter]

I have the same phone and have yet to have this problem; then again i don't put it on airplane mode. i just connect to internet and it works just fine.

[Codethat]

well first of all, why turn on airplane mode. That there begins a whole heap of trouble. SOme phones cant even use wifi when airplane mode is on

[52bpollak]

Same problem with an Optimus Slider. I (think) that I fixed the problem by changing the encryption on the router. I had it set to WPA2-PSK, and the phone would connect, but the wifi icon was white (as described in the video), and I couldn't do any data activities.

I changed my wifi router's encryption to WPA "any," and the phone connects, wifi icon is green, and data activity is normal.

[Blimp117]

@TheWojnarowskia You're welcome!

[TheWojnarowskia]

@Blimp117 thanks, that advanced settings thing helped with my problem. my old lg optimus didnt have the sleep option. Thank you! almost took this phone back because of this.

[EBouch25]

I think I figured it out. When you go into wifi settings hit the menu button and select advanced. Then under wifi sleep, change it to never. I did it and it never happened again.