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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does this phone have call block?

February 14, 2018 at 2:49 PM

Blogger krautdog said...

Will service time xfer from a Tracfone to a new replacement Tracfone?

February 15, 2018 at 3:42 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Rebel 2 has call blocking. I assume Rebel 3 does too.
If you buy airtime with airtime cards it should always transfer to a new Tracfone. If
you buy a phone from hsn or qvc with an airtime bundle this is promotional airtime that
Tracfone does not have to transfer to a new phone (it says this in the terms and
conditions), but sometimes promotional airtime will transfer when you transfer your
service to a new Tracfone. You just have to try it and see if it works. If you buy a
phone from hsn you can return it wihin 30 days even if you have activated it.

February 16, 2018 at 6:19 AM

Blogger krautdog said...

Thanks!

February 22, 2018 at 5:36 PM

Blogger danielc said...

I received this phone yesterday from HSN as a replacement for a Rebel 1. I love the textured back for less slippage.TF makes things easy and cheap.

March 1, 2018 at 6:58 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is the LG Rebel 3 battery the same as the LG Rebel 2?

thanks!

March 2, 2018 at 8:37 AM

Blogger maryk_tracy said...

I really miss the feature on my old lgl62v that allowed me to have incoming texts read out loud..i did find an app Read Text to me but it does not read them automatically as they come in. This app just announces who the text is from.

However other than that i enjoy the increased gb.

Sure wish there was a simple app that would read incoming texts as well as announce phone callers name

March 3, 2018 at 8:31 PM

Blogger Unknown said...

Is the rebel 3 the exact same size & layout as the rebel 2? I'm looking for a case for my rebel 3 & all I can find are rebel 2 cases.

March 4, 2018 at 6:20 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just activated Rebel 3 from HSN, replaced Tracfone byop sim phone. Interesting that the minutes tripled even though they aren't supposed to, $60 for 4500 min with year of service is a no brainer, several others have also reported getting triple minutes with activation of this phone.

March 6, 2018 at 7:15 PM

Blogger Larry S. said...

I also got this phone from HSN and when I transferred my service from current Tracfone to this one I also got everything in the bundle tripled. A very nice surprise indeed. I upgraded from a Rebel 2 which was working fine but with the deal from HSN it was a no-brainer to upgrade! Getting everything tripled was just the cherry on top.

March 22, 2018 at 8:32 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does the rebel 3 have a built in hotspot like the rebel 2 does

March 25, 2018 at 5:33 PM

Blogger danielc said...

I received 4500 minutes and 5 GB of data when I turned on my new Rebel3 from HSN is this common? What a deal!

March 26, 2018 at 11:42 PM

Blogger Larry S. said...

The Rebel 3 does have hot spot capabilities. It is also exactly the same size as a rebel 2. Seems like the triple thing may be a glitch and who knows how many got it, I'm just glad I did!

March 28, 2018 at 10:42 PM

Blogger Larry S. said...

I may have figured out why some purchasers got triple minutes. I read on QVC website(answer to a question posted) that if you had a tracfone with triple minutes for life and transferred that number and service to a new tracfone then it would continue the TMFL feature. I'm sure that is probably what happened in my case, my wife's old phone was a Motorola from a few years ago and I think it did have the TMFL feature. For what it's worth, mystery solved(maybe).

March 29, 2018 at 3:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I got the Rebel 3 because the store manager told me that I could now longer get the type of phone that I had. He told me that the Rebel 3 was the best of the phone I was looking at. The problem with my phone is that I got it on March 9 of this year and in three weeks I am on my third sim card and it has taken 10 days for my replacement to get here. This is by far the worst phone I have gotten from Tracphone. Can tell we why the card goes bad just send me a new card. This is B.S.

April 9, 2018 at 11:55 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does it have compass/accelerometer/LED notification light?

May 4, 2018 at 8:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Update your review. Tracfone does offer this in a GSM version.
It's model LGL157BL, and I'm holding one in my hand. And Tracfone also uses your zip code location to filter out models, even though they may work in your area. When the page loads to view phones they sell, kill the page loading after the phones load but before the zip code verification window pops up. This may take a few times to get right, but you'll see phones you wouldn't otherwise. It's how I got a Rebel 3. They don't offer it to me if I entered a zip code in that first pop-up window, but once I clicked on the Rebel 3 model link, and chose to enter a zip code from there it allowed me to purchase it. Also, my existing phone was a Tracfone GSM model(AT&T line/carrier), and tyhat may be why they sent out a LGL157BL instead of the CDMA model LGL158VL.

May 12, 2018 at 8:27 PM

Anonymous Jabber Yakker said...

YES, it does list a call & text blocking feature in the settings menu.�� But I don't use them so I can't say how well it works.��

May 24, 2018 at 12:58 PM

Anonymous Jabber Yakker said...

YES it should. I was able to transfer my number, minutes, text and data all from the Rebel3 set up system and didn't have to deal with TracFones less than desirable Customer Service.

May 24, 2018 at 1:07 PM

Blogger rjejr said...

Thanks for the review. Had been planning on getting a 3rd J3 Luna Pro for my son, my wife and I each have one, but this one looks nice as well. Only thing holding me back is the low SD screen resolution, J3 is 720p. Everything else about the phone is so nice and new - 16GB storage, 2GB RAM, Android 7.0 - not sure why they would cheap out on the screen, guess it's a big cost saver.

May 29, 2018 at 7:28 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This may be a dumb question, but since I'm somewhat technically challenged, I'll ask. Can I use the wall charger from my old LG440G flip phone on my new Rebel 3 smart phone? Thanks.

June 15, 2018 at 8:37 AM

Blogger Larry S. said...

If the little plug fits into your phone jack it should be fine.

June 21, 2018 at 5:03 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Confirmed battery from the LG Rebel 2 is the same for the LG Rebel 3. I had to buy the L157 GSM version after not having even a bar of signal with my LG Rebel 2 L58VL CDMA Verizon. I thought LTE would have covered my area but not so. Verizon's maps are a flat lie of coverage of their phones so get a friend's phone before buying to test your area. Purchased many of the low cost LG Rebel 2 L58VL units from HSN when they had real low prices with the first time buyer discount so while not getting Triple Minutes option, i can use this LG Rebel 3 L157 as long as it lasts and have a total of 4 batteries to use in it! Thanks HSN and Tracfone! Now hope Tracfone doesn't leave the USA when we smack the big tariff on their goods!

June 24, 2018 at 9:31 AM

Blogger Unknown said...

Does this phone have a mobile hot spot

June 29, 2018 at 11:28 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did you activate online or by phone? Thanks.

July 4, 2018 at 9:19 PM

Blogger Unknown said...

I do no know how to get Google assistant to work. Phone will not speak to me.

July 15, 2018 at 1:49 PM

Anonymous A.J. said...

My old phone was a LG L41C Ultimate 2. After using my Rebel 3 for a week it has proven to be a big step up as far as 4G LTE, screen size, RAM, internal memory, and Android 7.0.1. But, I was very disappointed to find that several apps that worked on my old phone will not work on the Rebel 3.

There is no compass function on this phone. Apps that require azimuth/elevation orientation will not function. One example is Smart Tools, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.aboy.tools . This app contains an inclinometer, plus the ability to measure height of an object by pointing the camera, etc. The Google Play store confirms that Smart Tools isn't appropriate for download on a Rebel 3. Several other apps downloaded but failed to work correctly because of no compass mode in the Rebel 3.

August 17, 2018 at 10:56 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are good features about the LG Rebel 3, but Tracfone does not back it up with accurate information about the compatibility for reception in my area. I cannot make or receive calls in my home area even though the phone is advertised as getting reception in this area. Very unhappy with the phone service and Tracfone's lack of tech support and problem resolution.

September 3, 2018 at 11:04 AM

Blogger Unknown said...

Yes

October 10, 2018 at 5:27 AM

Blogger J.Jeno said...

When lgl 158vl wants to free up space where to my pictures go and how to access them I have card I purchased for it too

July 24, 2019 at 10:43 AM

Blogger J.Jeno said...

How to find my pictures when not in photos or gallery

July 24, 2019 at 10:45 AM

Anonymous Jabber Yakker said...

If you have a SD card, you can install it in a slot that should be near the battery and quite possibly adjacent to the SIM card. (Please refer to your owners manual for more details. If you don't have a manual you can download it at "www.lg.com") Once installed, reassemble your phone and boot it up. If you don't get prompted at that time about what to do with the SD card, then you will need to go into your settings and select Storage. Depending on the version of the phone and the software, you should just see Internal Storage/Memory, and below it External Storage/SD Card. Near the SD Cards volume you should see a symbol. Before You Do Anything Else With The Card, you must tap this symbol and Format the card. After that, you will need to go to your file manager, which is an app with an icon that looks like a file folder. In the file manager you will be able to see the internal storage and the external storage and as you tap on them you will be able to see the breakdown of how the files are set. You will need to enter the SD card and create a master file for the card and then another one to put the pictures in. If it is possible you will want to name that file the same name as the file you are taking the pictures from. You can now use a file manager to transfer your pictures onto the SD card. After this you will need to consult your owner's manual ask you what procedure you need to take in order to switch your pictures from being stored in the phone to being stored in the SD card. Other than that you can also create a Google drive that you can occasionally upload your pictures into. It used to be automatic for them to be backed up in the Google drive but for some reason they have just recently changed that. But if you get the SD card properly installed and set up and switch the storage from the phone to the card it will automatically store them there and you will be set up until your storage is full.

July 24, 2019 at 10:56 PM

Anonymous Jabber Yakker said...

To my knowledge your best bet what be to use the file manager app. The icon for it looks like a file folder on the phone. Once you enter that app you will need to tap the folders to open them one by one until you find your your pictures. However, there will be a file called thumbs or thumbnails that has something that looks like your pictures in it, but they are not the correct size. You may find what you are looking for and I file that is titled DCM. It will be in the file marked camera. If it is not there you will have to carefully open h file one by one, and it is possible that you will not see the picture when you get to the file. But the square representing that file will have the size at the bottom and in the middle it will have the little mountains on the square that represents gallery. This is how you are dinifi some of the pictures that don't immediately show when you open them. Good luck.

July 24, 2019 at 11:02 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Other sites list it a volte but you do not. Is this not volte capable?

November 6, 2019 at 1:29 PM

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