I got 3g on my lg optimus m.... Yea

matthewdixon13 · Aug 14, 2011

I live in Dallas Texas too. It seems everyone has 3G on there Lg Optimus M but me. How do i get it? Also Is there an upgraded to Android 2.2.2? I dont have that either

teh_dude · Aug 14, 2011

i only see it for seconds at a time, never long enough to really try it. I somehow got a speed test on it but only once and I don't know how I caught it, because I think the network switched to 1x in the middle of the test lol. meh.

2.2.2 is available if you want through the upgrading software that LG has available on their website, but nobody's figured out how to root it yet.

FLGrl87 · Aug 14, 2011

new optimus said:
Ok I got great news, here at my house in jax, near merril rd. I have 3g symbol and even better then that I get 700kb/s download speed.

That's totally not fair!! I live in Middleburg, where's my 3G symbol at on my phone???

GRrrrrrrrr!!!!! LOL What the crap??? Did I miss something? Update something wrong?? I updated the phone's software and so far I haven't had any reboot/freezes but where can I get the 3G???
Don't forget, I live in the Middle-ofeffin'-nowhere-burg!!! We don't have 4G service out here but shouldn't we have 3G??

FLGrl87 · Aug 14, 2011

Okay i am totally lost with this 3g thing, how do i get 3g on my phone?? I live in middleburg, okay it's kinda in the middle of nowhwere but we have cell towers, just don't know which belongs to what company but can someone please show me the steps or walk me through it so i don't mess up something on my phone?? I already upgraded the software on my phone to 2.2.2 but i keep seeing all these 3g posts popping up and i want 3g on my phone!!!

this is soo not fair!! Lol

FLGrl87 · Aug 14, 2011

It would be nice if someone can do this for me instead of me doing this, i would soooooo pay you : ) lol

cafonez · Aug 14, 2011

I am getting 3g after I saw my wife get it. Metro updated her prl I had to update mine manually. Must say was excited but it is capped can't break 200 k a second. May end up switching to v mobile for faster 3g not interested in spending money on a 4g handset

teh_dude · Aug 14, 2011

Only thing is, I read (but didn't verify elsewhere) that virgin mobile won't accept outside phones on to their network, so if that's true, you may be forced to buy another handset anyway.

I'm thinking in the future, I wanna go to GSM whenever I decide to switch carriers (not anytime soon). At least I'll have the freedom to switch carriers while keeping the same handset, and I think still get all the data/etc. *shrugs*

alfick3 · Aug 14, 2011

teh_dude said:
Only thing is, I read (but didn't verify elsewhere) that virgin mobile won't accept outside phones on to their network, so if that's true, you may be forced to buy another handset anyway.

I'm thinking in the future, I wanna go to GSM whenever I decide to switch carriers (not anytime soon). At least I'll have the freedom to switch carriers while keeping the same handset, and I think still get all the data/etc. *shrugs*

GSM phones are also locked to the carrier. However, you can find out on the internet how to unlock the phone so it can be used on other carriers.

teh_dude · Aug 14, 2011

alfick3 said:
GSM phones are also locked to the carrier. However, you can find out on the internet how to unlock the phone so it can be used on other carriers.

That's what I understood--that all you need is an unlock code for the phone, and you can put any sim card in there you want, or put your sim card in any other phone you want, and so on.

Beyond that, is it true that with GSM, since that's all that's required, that when you switch a phone to another carrier, there are no problems with getting full functionality with data and what not?

Conversely, is it true that with CDMA, if you flash the phone to another carrier, you have a high likelihood of NOT having full functionality, i.e. just maybe 1x if at all, and just calls and maybe texts otherwise?

Deleted User · Aug 14, 2011

I have oh so many questions:

Anyone got any 3G in NYC, specifically Manhattan or Brooklyn?

Do you need 3020 PRL to get 3G?

How to SAFELY update to 3020, and what are the consequences?

alfick3 · Aug 14, 2011

teh_dude said:
That's what I understood--that all you need is an unlock code for the phone, and you can put any sim card in there you want, or put your sim card in any other phone you want, and so on.

Beyond that, is it true that with GSM, since that's all that's required, that when you switch a phone to another carrier, there are no problems with getting full functionality with data and what not?

Conversely, is it true that with CDMA, if you flash the phone to another carrier, you have a high likelihood of NOT having full functionality, i.e. just maybe 1x if at all, and just calls and maybe texts otherwise?

I do know that you can put your sim card into any phone. As an example;
I took my AT&T phone swimming one time and my sister in law gave me an old T-Mobile phone. I found the unlock code and then put my sim card in and had service. However, I have only done this with older dumb phones, so I don't know if the smart phones would retain their smartness.

teh_dude · Aug 14, 2011

Seems to me that as long as the phone can do wifi, you'd still be able to do anything that needed data, but you'd perhaps need a wifi network. but in terms of data service...i wonder who i could ask that would be an authority on the subject. Teenagers selling cell phones are not authorities on much. lol

atl809 · Aug 14, 2011

FLGrl87 said:
Okay i am totally lost with this 3g thing, how do i get 3g on my phone?? I live in middleburg, okay it's kinda in the middle of nowhwere but we have cell towers, just don't know which belongs to what company but can someone please show me the steps or walk me through it so i don't mess up something on my phone?? I already upgraded the software on my phone to 2.2.2 but i keep seeing all these 3g posts popping up and i want 3g on my phone!!! this is soo not fair!! Lol

if it's "kinda in the middle of nowhere" and you dont have 4G coverage you are pretty much screwed just like me (for now) other posts have said metro is only giving 3G to those areas that had data service interruption but not all areas will get 3G. I live in Miami (huge city with a huge amount of metropcs customers) and havent gotten 3G! :mad:

im am actually frustrated because central Florida does have 3G but not south Florida. you can try *228, option 5 on your phone and see if you get updated to PRL 3020 which is not guaranteed you 3G but you have nothing to lose!

new optimus · Aug 14, 2011

FallOutNerd said:
I have oh so many questions:

Anyone got any 3G in NYC, specifically Manhattan or Brooklyn?

Do you need 3020 PRL to get 3G?

How to SAFELY update to 3020, and what are the consequences?

ok first, nyc no evdo update. that may change in the future. Second yes only prl 3020 will get you evdo at this time. if you want to put it on you have a couple of methods available, using lgnpst or qpst.
if you follow instructions exactly the consequences are evdo if you go to a evdo market. If you mess up really bad you will have to do lots of steps to fix the phone. however following the instructions is easy. no need to worry about messin up.

atl809 said:
if it's "kinda in the middle of nowhere" and you dont have 4G coverage you are pretty much screwed just like me (for now) other posts have said metro is only giving 3G to those areas that had data service interruption but not all areas will get 3G. I live in Miami (huge city with a huge amount of metropcs customers) and havent gotten 3G! im am actually frustrated because central Florida does have 3G but not south Florida. you can try *228, option 5 on your phone and see if you get updated to PRL 3020 which is not guaranteed you 3G but you have nothing to lose!

once you have prl 3020 do NOT *228 option 5. that will replace the 3020 with 3019.

atl809 · Aug 14, 2011

new optimus said:
ok first, nyc no evdo update. that may change in the future. Second yes only prl 3020 will get you evdo at this time. if you want to put it on you have a couple of methods available, using lgnpst or qpst.
if you follow instructions exactly the consequences are evdo if you go to a evdo market. If you mess up really bad you will have to do lots of steps to fix the phone. however following the instructions is easy. no need to worry about messin up.

once you have prl 3020 do NOT *228 option 5. that will replace the 3020 with 3019.

yes what he said!!

Deleted User · Aug 15, 2011

I've searched around a lot and from what I hear it is widely speculated that Metro is soon going to completely abandon 3G in order to focus on 4G. It seems suspicious to me that they would begin to roll out 3G only to abandon it, but hey what do I know

new optimus · Aug 15, 2011

FallOutNerd said:
I've searched around a lot and from what I hear it is widely speculated that Metro is soon going to completely abandon 3G in order to focus on 4G. It seems suspicious to me that they would begin to roll out 3G only to abandon it, but hey what do I know

They have always said, for at least a yr. They are focusing on 4g they want 4g coverage everywhere.

the only reason they decided to rollout any 3g is to clear up the congestion caused by the huge influx of android smartphones since the ascend and optimus came out.

teh_dude · Aug 15, 2011

I would think that everyone would say "1x sucks" and just use wifi. Lol guess not. But then again there's all the background data that has probably skyrocketed too.

new optimus · Aug 15, 2011

teh_dude said:
I would think that everyone would say "1x sucks" and just use wifi. Lol guess not. But then again there's all the background data that has probably skyrocketed too.

even with evdo I use wifi when available, but where you going to find wifi that travels around with you

saber85 · Aug 15, 2011

teh_dude said:
I would think that everyone would say "1x sucks" and just use wifi. Lol guess not.

I do use wifi whenever I'm somewhere that has wifi. Unfortunately, most of my day is spent at work and I don't have access to the wifi.

When I get home tonight I'm going to try to manually update my PRL to see if I can get my 3G back. I had it once and then updated my roaming list and it put me back at 3019. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can get this to work! It was one thing to never have had 3G and not know what I'm missing. To have had it for a few hours and realize the huge difference in speeds, I now know my phone is capable of being much faster when not connected to wifi. It's just really unfortunate that Metro has such horrible customer service.

new optimus · Aug 15, 2011

saber85 said:
I do use wifi whenever I'm somewhere that has wifi. Unfortunately, most of my day is spent at work and I don't have access to the wifi.

When I get home tonight I'm going to try to manually update my PRL to see if I can get my 3G back. I had it once and then updated my roaming list and it put me back at 3019. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can get this to work! It was one thing to never have had 3G and not know what I'm missing. To have had it for a few hours and realize the huge difference in speeds, I now know my phone is capable of being much faster when not connected to wifi. It's just really unfortunate that Metro has such horrible customer service.

where do you live?
I am trying to keep a count of areas that receive evdo

mike28 · Aug 15, 2011

I live in tampa only seen 3g icon 3 times by the airport, however drove to Lakeland an Orlando had 3g all the way speeds were a little under 200 but websites came up faster than 1x

bwestover · Aug 15, 2011

Just wanted to add my experience with my Optimus M. In Lodi, CA I still see 1x, but everyday I drive to Stockton, CA and for the last couple of weeks, my phone consistently switches to 3G.

I have the 3020 PRL, though I don't really know what that is, and I didn't do anything to get it. I'm on 2.2 (not 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 like some others have been talking about).

I use the speedtest.net app, and get less than 200kbps whether it says '3G' or '1X' up top, so it looks like they're capping it here.

saber85 · Aug 16, 2011

new optimus said:
where do you live?
I am trying to keep a count of areas that receive evdo

I live in Lakeland. Seeing all these people in Lakeland who are saying that they have 3G hurts my feelings lol. I wish I hadn't ever dialed *228.

new optimus · Aug 16, 2011

saber85 said:
I live in Lakeland. Seeing all these people in Lakeland who are saying that they have 3G hurts my feelings lol. I wish I hadn't ever dialed *228.

put prl 3020 back on, it really isnt very difficult. if you would like help pm

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