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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 20, 2012
The LG Optimus One line will never die. I have a feeling that one day, far into the future where apes control the planet and man is farmed like livestock, The little Optimus that could wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 11, 2012
LG's original Optimus One series of devices turned out to be one of last year's surprises. It ran as well as the big dogs when it first came out, and as long as you were comfortable ha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 02, 2012
Last September, Sprint began rolling out the Gingerbread update for the LG Optimus S. It was quickly pulled as users were experiencing bugs with the data connection, charging, the keyboard, and wors...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 14, 2011
Remember the end of last month when we saw the source code for the LG Optimus S Gingerbread update appear, but no word of the update? Well the update has finally been detailed for us, and it wil...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 29, 2011
LG has released the Kernel source and assorted GPL bits for the Gingerbread build on their Optimus S device. No reports of anything showing in the LG updater tool just yet, and rumor says mid-Se...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
If you're rocking an Optimus S on Sprint, and we know a lot of you are, here's one more reason to hack the daylights out of it -- the Theme Team. Android Central developers jstntp and jondevere ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 22, 2011
Once again our resident LG Optimus S expert has cooked up some goodness for the little powerhouse from LG and Sprint. Using parts of his previous work, and a mind-melding technique with a few ot...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 08, 2011
What's better than a $50 LG Optimus S on Sprint? How about a $20 LG Optimus S on Sprint. Hard to argue with that for what is an above average mid-level Android smartphone. Our only thi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 01, 2011
Man, I love these little Optimus One phones. When you put Android on great entry-level hardware and price it accordingly, a couple things happen. They get pretty damn popular, and develope...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 22, 2011
If you're rocking an LG Optimus S on Sprint, you MUST check out the LG Optimus S Control Center from Android Central Forums member drewwalton19216801. Behind the long name is an easy-to-use...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2011
Gingerbread has been ported over to the LG Optimus S. Using the CyanogenMod 7 codebase, users have been able to get a pretty darn functional version of Gingerbread up and running, long before an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 08, 2011
It's no secret that I'm really digging what LG has done with the Optimus One series phones, and Sprint's Optimus S is no exception. High performance Android phones for the budget-minded con...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 30, 2010
It's always fun to find little extras the programmers have left behind, and a treasure hunt through the LG Optimus S file system turned up a wild one. We're not exactly sure what the heck this ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2010
LG quietly announced that the Optimus One line (see our review) has breached the two million sales mark, with sales in North America leading the way. In mid-November, LG announced that the Optim...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 03, 2010
The fellows behind the ThundeROM for the LG Optimus have cranked things up a notch, and have the benchmarks to prove it. They have edited, tweaked, and monkeyed the system and taken the Optimus ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2010
Sprint's latest Android device, the LG Optimus S, now has its own custom ROM from our very own forum moderators KSmithInNy and Beezy. You might be familiar with their excellent work on the Evo 4...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 18, 2010
Redefining entry-level Android phones, one carrier at a timeLet's not mince words: The LG Optimus One is not a top-end phone, nor was it designed to be. If you're expecting some sort of dua...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 15, 2010
LG has announced that the sales of its Optimus One (check out our hands-on) line has hit the 1 million mark -- in just 40 days. That's a huge milestone, and it's worth noting the phone hasn...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 09, 2010
LG has released the required source code for the Optimus S, a mere two days after the handset was released for sale. In the era where getting source code for open-source, GPL products sometimes ...
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by Menno
Nov 06, 2010
Before the Internet and YouTube, nobody had any interest in watching someone else open boxes. Now, it's practically a rite of passage.
Our very own KSmithInNY scored the Sprint ve...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
Sprint just dropped three new (OK, some more new than others) Android phones on us at CTIA. They are the Samsung Transform, the Sanyo Zio and LG Optimus S. The Transform we saw through the user manua...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT AND PERSONALIZATIONSprint ID, a user-friendly new means of customizing Android content on mobile phones. Allows users to instantly download ID packs that deliver a predefined exper...
