Review: LG Chocolate 3

I want to get this phone, but I wonder from reading some reviews, that you have to unlock
this phone, each time you have to make a call,
is it true? Please let me know.
Thanks!

I had the Chocolate 2 and now the Chocolate 3 and I liked the camera better on the 2. Yes the camera is a bit faster on the 3 but no matter how still I hold the camera the picture still comes out a bit fuzzy/blurry. ☹️ Now what I was thinking, the camera on the old Chocolate is at the top further away from the take button, on the Chocolate 3 when you flip it open the camera is closer to the take button and I bet that makes it a bit more sensitive when taking a picture.

Is anyone else having an issue? I see where a lot of people like the camera, well for those who do please tell what your doing to get a good snap.

...has anyone else had this problem? The first time I just figured the battery had just died, then it shut off several times while charging it. Right after the battery fully charged, it would still do that. I just pulled the battery and for some reason, it's not repeating the shut-off. Weird. This one will be going back if this happens any more, I've only had it a month.

Is there a way that I can drag and drop photos to my LG C3? I have plenty of space with the 8G MicroSD.

Thanks

I've added a bunch of songs to my phone's internal memory, and ever since, I'm not able to access the music portion of the phone..

Whenever I tried to load my song list, it would show the "Loading Music" pop-up for an infinite amount of time, and I can't even escape it. I can go back to the main menu, I can close my phone, and the pop-up will still show. The only way I can get rid of it is by literally taking off the battery and putting it back in. I can't even turn my phone off manually because of it.

Has anyone experienced this problem? I love this phone, but a bug like this is starting to make me hate it.

Just wondering if there are any opinions out there. I'm hesitant to buy a Motorola phone b/d I've had buggy ones before. However, I had an LG 8700 and that phone has had a lot of problems...

I'm going to uprgade. Any advice out there to help me choose b/w the two phones?

a hard plastic snap-on case for the choc3? ive been waiting since it came out and still havent found anything online yet....

maybe i am just looking in the wrong place....?

any help would be appreciated.

thanks 🙂

Since August 7th, I have owned two new chocolate 3s one black one blue both with version 4 firmware and they both have had the same four identical issues.

1) During a call the phone will restart, soft reboot, power cycle; by this I mean the phone will actually power down to the black screen with the Verizon trademark logo and then power back up, of course dropping the call. This can happen within 30 seconds of the call being connected or it may happen 20 minutes into the call. It has happened while on the go or stationary, in town or out of town, it may not happen for two days then can happen for three calls back to back. So far I have been unable to find the cause or trigger for this and is happening now usually 3 to 4 times a day. BTW I...
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I would like someone's opinion on the 8560's speakerphone. Is it a true full-duplex, office quality, both can speak at the same time speakerhone?...thx, Bill

Does anyone know how to access the phone's internal/external memory simultaneously? At least for now, when the SD card is in the phone, I can only access the external memory (SD card). If I take out the SD card, then I'm able to access the phone's internal memory. This is true whether I'm using Rhapsody or Window's Media Player.

It's a bit of pain taking out the SD card every time I want to access the internal memory. Does anyone know of an easier way? Thanks. 😳

At least half the time when I try to look at my photos with my VX8560 Choc 3 the thing won't display them. Instead it will display some sort of placeholder for the photo. These photos were mostly taken with my previous phone, the LG VX8300 and are on my 2G MicroSD card, but even newly-taken photos with the Choc 3 itself can do this. Furthermore, the phone seems to crash and reboot itself on occasion. This happened once in a great while with the 8300 but only after using VZ-Navigator; the Choc 3 does it frequently and it happens after trying to look at photos as well as after or during my use of Navigator. My impression is that the firmware on this phone just isn't quite ready for prime time. However, I've not see similar claims of trouble li...
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Just wondering if there are any new colors in the pipeline?

Just a warning to others. If you sync with Windows media player and have a 4 GB or larger card it will automatically sync ALL your music into the phone. you have to uncheck the automatic button under the sync tab to prevent this.
Hope this prevents anyone else from the hours of frustration that I experienced. Its not the phones fault, I am enjoying this phone so far. The FM transmitter is a must have!!!!!

Thanks

I have an old local plan with VZ and I was told I have to change my plan to use this phone. I thought the excuse I usually heard was "HTML browser requires Nationwide plan" so what's up?

Can this phone be set to ring AND vibrate at the same time? Currently have the 8300 (great phone) and the ring and vibrate feature is great on it. Also, is the lock and unlock feature with the phone closed a big pain for someone who uses the phone a lot during the day?

Thanks.

I've been able to get the Chocolate 3 to receive music files from another phone. The music file gets recieved though the file name is usually a bit corrupted. Is it possible to make the Chocolate 3 send music files to another phone?

Just got my C3 and TRIED to sync it using Windows Media Player (Vista, 64b). I'm very computer proficient, but I've never bothered with this type of stuff since I prefer to do things manually.

I was trying to get mp3's loaded on the internal memory. Computer recognized the phone and it was displayed at the bottom of the player. But I am unable to press the "Start Sync" button at the bottom. I gave up and disconnected it. Now the phone won't recognize any of the music on the SD card. The same music files are on there that I used before, and the phone is recognizing pictures just fine. It's acting as if there is no music on the card.

I've tried going through the WMP help and it's useless. I hope someone has suggestions on fixin...
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I was considering buying the Chocolate 3 but I had a couple of questions regarding the speakerphone.

Does this phone have a dedicated speakerphone that can remain turned on at all times and is the speakerphone auible enough to hear?

I had a VX8600 and the speakerphone was a huge disappointment. Which could only be activated while in a call and wasnt loud enough to hear when activated.

thanks.

New to Verizon and new LG Chocolate 3 user. Transferred ringtones from my old phone to the new LG Chocolate 3. They landed in My Music. How do I use those to personalize ringtones for people in my contact list?