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LG Glimmer

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  • "A definite Alltel upgrade"
    4.0 stars
    on by okgoget

    Pros: touch screen, user friendly, quite a few features

    Cons: ascending ringer(no option), unable to use own custom ringtones

    Summary: I have owned this phone for a week now and have pretty much figured out the ins and outs of it.

    GOOD
    It is well built and sturdy and comes with a screen protector. It seems a lot of people don't like the locking of the phone but I actually think it is very useful and not that big of a deal to unlock it if need be. Pictures and video look great. You can set your own custom wallpaper(but not ringers). Font style and size are adjustable. It has a unit converter in the tools menu and also a world clock. You can watch streaming tv and has a GPS feature(both for a price of course). Overall, the phone is a really great toy, and even better if you can afford to pay for all the extra apps that the phone was made for.

    BAD
    The ringer settings give you no option for ascending or not, so regardless, your ringer will be ascending and is not loud enough to hear. I made my own ringtones on my computer and transferred them to my phone with the microSD card but they don't show up when I try to set them as ringers. I believe this is Alltel's doing since they are making so much money on their Axcess services. Does anyone else think it is crazy to buy a tiny piece of a song for $3 when a whole song on iTunes costs only 99cents??!! Other than those two(which are major for me!) it's a great phone.

  • 3 replies to this review
  • reply on February 27, 2009 by war3ag13

    There is a way to use custom ringtones. Just create them on your computer in .mp3 format and go to the "access my pics" website and upload them and send them to your phone. Once you get them in text for you can download them on your phone and they will show up in the my sounds section and will be useable for a ringtone. All free.

  • reply on December 5, 2008 by alvamona

    "To add your own ringtones etc you need the memory card & just plug the USB cord into comp & browse to the audio folder (for tones) or images (for walls)- drag & drop-done! BUT-you need to copy tones from the card to the "phone" itself to use them as ringtones (this is NOT done on the computer)."

    NOT TRUE! You can add music to your SD card from your computer all day long, but the phone WILL NOT let you set your music as a ringtone. EVEN IF you transfer the song from the card to the phone. IT DOES NOT WORK...

  • reply on June 26, 2008 by zombigrrl

    I agree with the ascending ringtone prob - but the rest is totally do-able!<br><br> To add your own ringtones etc you need the memory card &#38; just plug the USB cord into comp &#38; browse to the audio folder (for tones) or images (for walls)- drag &#38; drop-done! BUT-you need to copy tones from the card to the "phone" itself to use them as ringtones (this is NOT done on the computer).<br><br>Otherwise the phone rocks!

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date03/12/08
  • Service provider Alltel Wireless
  • Cellular technology CDMA2000 1X
  • Weight 4.5 oz
  • Sensor resolution 2.0 megapixels
  • Diagonal screen size 2.8 in
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