LG LX-5550 / VX-5550

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I was in access web, Trying to download vemail.
It allows you to view gmail and such. Then all of a sudden the phone powered off. Now it's in a endless loop. I take the battery out, Plug it back in and it powers on says alltell then powers off, It will repeat this for ever. I've tried holding the End button down nothing works.
It's just an endless loop. Any suggestions here?
Or a way to force a reset? I tried plugging it into the charger, Leaving it unpluged for 5 hours.
Nothing works. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thankyou 🙂

Can the LX5550 force digital towers only? My last cell phone, you had to go into programming mode to make it force the digital only towers. I live on the fringe area of analog and it takes up too much battery switching back and forth. I can't seem to find how to change it to digital only. Any help appreciated...

ok...so ive had my 5550 since christmas(this christmas, so its still in the one year thing) and ive already replaced it once. but now...my screen is really starting to mess up. before it was a black/white screen here and there, but now i cant even turn on my phone w/o seeing the black screen of death. ive tried restarting it...calling it...nothing works. we've only got mayb 3-5 months left of alltel...do u think i should get a different phone...or just go with another 5550 to last the remaining months?

😲 I heard that this phone is being discontinued. This phone is really nice, Minus the Screen Problems and speaker problems.
Get one b4 they are gone for good.

Is there a way to change the number of rings before the phone goes to voice mail? Have one that seems to vary at times from 1 ring to 3 rings.

My outside display stopped coming on when i close the phone and i don't know why or how to fix it. Anyone have an answer.

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Hi!

I just picked up my first cell phone, and so far I'm enjoying myself!

However, today I decided to call my home and leave myself a message so that I could see how well my voice comes through the phone and goes across the network. Considering there's plenty of coverage in my area, I didn't bother to check and see if I was roaming. Well I was, and I logged a 22 second roam call. 😢

Not a big deal. But I was just curious as to if anyone has figured out how to force towers with the 5550. From now on I'll be more careful, but it would be nice to be able to keep it from roaming, period.

I've looked through the manual diligently, but with no luck. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

anyone know where to get good ringtones for LX5550? i have alltel and supposedly i can get real sounds ones too but ill settle for polyphonic. i just need something!

My device stopped saying "vibrate on" when i cahnge the ringer to "high and vibrate". It now only says this when i have the device on vibrate only. Is there a setting so that i can change to say "vibrate on", as it used to say this??

This may be a weird question, but what is the small LED light in the upper right hand corner of the phone for? I assumed it should periodically blink green, or something, to show that the phone is on, but it only lights up when I receive an incoming call. Is this normal? It just seems odd that the outer display looks the same whether the phone is on or off. Thanks for any help or insight on this.

I just got 10 new faceplates for my LX5450 but i can not figure out how to put the new ones on?? please help
~~Megan

Im about to get my first alltel phone and I cant get a camera phone...I was considering this one what do you guys think as owners of the phone great buy??? 😳

My old phone had a feature which could beep periodically if there were an unacknowledged missed call or voicemail message. I have not figured out how to do this with my LG phone; if I get a call when I step out of the room for awhile (with the phone on my desk) I consequently may not notice it for awhile.

My old phone also had a handy vibrate-then-ring setting. The new LG phone doesn't seem to.

I also miss the ability to create my own ringtones; sure the old monophonic ringtones were 'bleepy', but I was able to do a lot of stuff programming from the keypad. Too many new ringtones don't sound like ringtones anymore.

I like the speakerphone, and the fact that reception is better than my old phone, but I find myself 'annoyed' at the...
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😕 Im not to sure but I think the LG has a GPS system feature the book says something about one but I just cant seem to find out how to work it. Or even get to it. I wont to get the most out of my phone, and finding this out would help a-lot. HELP !!!!!!! 😢

Is there a way to turn off the sounds that occur when you first turn on the LG 5550?
I am often in places they request that cell phones be turned off and have to go to another area to check by messages -- but it's still a quiet area and the noise from turning on the phone disturbs people. Is there anyway to turn this off so the phone doesnt make any noises when I turn it on? Does this affect any other features? (when I have it on, I need it to ring since it's in my bag most of the time)

thank for the help 🙂

I’m impressed with this phone but I can’t believe how bad the manual is. This is my first serious cell phone so maybe I haven’t been “schooled” in the art of reading cell phone manuals but here are some examples of common things you need to do that are never mentioned anywhere in the manual (and I even searched the electronic version):
- how to turn speakerphone on or off
- how to turn vibrate mode on or off

I would love a "real" manual that tells me about the things I actually want to do with this phone and explains the features in detail (instead of one liners).

That said, what I really want to do with this phone is to make and receive calls with the clamshell closed and just use the speakerphone. I get the impression from other...
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Anyone know which software version on the LX-5550 allows you to enter a pause when editing the voicemail number stored in speed dial location 1?

Anybody know how to insert a hard pause and access codes into the Voice Mail access number stored in Speed Dial register No.1? It doesn't give that option when editing it. Not like editing regular speed dial numbers.

I've been using Bitpim to download wallpapers from my computer to the LG 5550. However, bitpim converts everything to .BMP so I'm unable to use any animated .GIF. Is there a way to bypass this conversion or another program to use?

Does anyone know if I would be able to purchase this phone and use it with Verizon? I currently have a VX4500 I am trying out under their 15-day trial period. Looks like the LX5550 is very similar only it has analog as well which the VX4500 does not. I had to compromise with the VX4500 - I wanted analog but this was the only phone Verizon had that met my other requirements - so I got it.
Thanks!