No roaming with the lg306g.
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"Feature Phones: TracFone airtime is issued in unit increments. All calls are charged at a rate of one (1) unit per minute. With some older TRACFONE models, roaming calls (refer to the Roaming Section of these Terms) are charged at the rate of two (2) units per minute. There is no additional charge for nationwide long distance or for international long distance to countries designated at tracfone.com. The rate to send or receive a text message varies by TRACFONE model and is disclosed on your TRACFONE package. For most feature phones, the rate to send or open a text message is 0.3 units."
I receive text messages that appear in my inbox as "New Message". When I view the message and have minutes deducted, I am only shown the number of the sender. After I close the viewer the inbox finally shows the sender's name.
According to a Net10 tech chat - The lg306g is programmed to never identify incoming text messages. Anyone with an axe to grind can send you endless streams of spam to burn your minutes because there is no way for you to know who is sending the messages.
Although I like almost all aspects of this phone - I will have to consider returning it for another. I asked the NET10 tech guy if there is a database that identifies this shortcoming with other phones they offer, but I guess there is no way to know until you buy and try the phone.
Jings and crivvens, help ma boah.
Is there software to sync my PC & lg306G like PC Studio for my older Samsung 390G I just switched to the lg306g. I need to transfer my address book; too many entries to manually add! I loved the 390G only one problem it was sometimes hard to connect to wi-fi (yes good signal as my tablet no problem) and I never could get it to connect to my secure network at home as my password was toooo long to enter & my hubby refused to shorten the password :(.
The LG306G is advertised as having 5 different screens, and the LG840G I have now has 3 different screens. Can someone tell me what's on the other 2 on the lg306g ??
Also on another forum, I read that the data rate is cheaper on the lg306g than on the lg840g which eats up your time when used for data...
You could download the music via Bluetooth. There are place on the web that will explain how its done. However, if I wanted to put music on my lg306g I would remove the 4gb SD card that comes with the LG306g, and put the SD card in the PC, copy the music to the SD card then put the SD card back into the LG306g.
The lg306g is not a true smartphone. It uses java software unlike a true smartphone which uses android software. I do not believe there is real GPS java software available. For several years now all US cell phones must be GPS capable. There is a chip inside the cell phone can determine within a few feet where the cell phone is. If you happen to call 911 and pass-out responders can locate you. BTW....if you do a no-no the police,FBI..etc.......can find you
Edit...
OK just activated the thing and transferred my time and number to it, I had 94min till Nov 15th, after transferring I ended up with 120, till Jan 15th 2015 So I guess they added a small amount.
Although the 840g is now showing inactive sim, everything else still works, and is still setup with all my contacts, music and pictures, I just copied what I could (pics and music only) to the 306g and spent all night re entering my contacts and setting up each pic on screen for each one. Also after transferring my music, I still had to re make all my custom play lists again, the folders transferred OK, but no playlists were picked up containing the tunes I had setup.
Other than all that, its back to the usual. Its mainly just a "phone", MP3 player. and occasional text message for which it works as advertised :). Email accounts also had to be re entered.
Seems strange to see new posts on this phone, but good to see people are still using it, while everybody ran to the 34c, and now going nuts over the 41c (ult2) LOL
I actually got this one 306g cause it was on sale one time on ebay for 7.99, I had the 840g which was OK for me, but figured what the hell, 8 bucks.....
I found that even though this has the same screen size, and pretty much the same features as the 840g has, it still looks like a bigger screen for some reason. I also got used to the way its setup with the 3 sceens that are now alltogether, it actually works better as I can now list a lot more contacts on screen.
I now have my 840g sitting in a box unused, and since I hardly use a cell at all this 306G isn't getting much use either, but its at least looked at daily lol, as I do use the MP3 player. I have been trying to edumacate myself on the "smartphones" and have pretty much narrowed things down now as to what one should be looking for, one day I may decide to go Android, and by than I should know what I want/need. I like that 41c, but will hold up on the frenzy, will see if the Volt makes it to TF.
Other than that I have no real issues with this 306G, it works.... WIFI BT, email, and all. :)