Not a Rumor, the LG Rumor has Issues
Sprint has halted shipping new LG LX260 Rumor units to stores. The LG Rumor has a known issue where certain sets of key presses during startup can trigger a complete erasure of the phone’s firmware. Sprint has isolated the issue to a specific debugging menu, intended for LG engineers to work on the device during […]
Sprint Responds, Says LG LX160 is Not Under Formal Recall
Sprint has responded to our report that the LG LX160 was under a silent recall for several issues. We noted that approximately two percent of devices were known to have failures with the external display, vibrate, and speakerphone functions. Sprint has informed stores to swap these phones out on-the-spot when exhibiting symptoms, and waive standard […]
Sprint Silently Recalls LG LX160
Sprint has initiated a silent recall of the LG LX160. Sprint has identified a significant number of failed units, and has prompted LG to fix the problem before resuming shipments of the phone. Silent recalls are common in the wireless industry, generally due to the low failure rate of even the most chronic of issues. […]