The new LG KG800 ‘Chocolate’ phone showed up today, and while I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, I thought I would take some pictures of the incredible unboxing experience LG has provided. The black box with the pattern is made of very hard cardboard, and fastens shut with magnets. It is all very Apple like, and really makes you feel like you have something special on your hands.
The LG KG800 ships with a charger, USB cable, stereo headset with in-line music remote, a lanyard, software CD, and two batteries (standard and extended capacity) in the box.
All the photos after the jump. If anyone has any questions about the device, don’t be afraid to ask.
[...] Brad Kellett went through the unboxing ceremony with the new LG KG800 Chocolate phone. This phone is classy and oozes sex appeal; with that being said that box is pretty sweet looking as well. The box is made of very hard cardboard with the lid held shut by magnetic fastens. Seems like LG took a lesson from Apple by making the box as nice as the product, which it holds. [...]
So is tehre any news on which carrier is going to snag the KG800 here in the states? I know that I’m willing to cancel my contract for one!
Just simply looking at the phone screams GSM. That means it’ll end up being a Cingular phone. But…I could be wrong.
Yep, it’s GSM, but don’t expect it in the US for a while yet. I haven’t even heard any whisperings of a release yet.
Hmm, that’s strange because it’s been available in Australia for around two weeks now!
p.s. my friend got this phone last week and it’s one of the best phones ive seen… especially the touch sensitive pad *drool*
it makes me squishy inside.
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Bonjour
j’ai acheté un téléphone chocolate LG en Greece et je suis de retour au Canada au Québec et a ma grande surprise je ne trouve pas de compagnie de célulaire qui veule activé mon téléphone, j’aimerais avoir votre soutient pour l’activé au Canada, car j’ai payé quand même assez chère pour ce modèle et il ont vérifié comme quoi il était activable au Canada (3-band).
Merci et j’attent de vos nouvelles.
Tu dois le unlocker ton cellulaire par quelqu’un qui vend des telephones importer . Car si tu ne le unlock pas , aucune compagnie sauf celle qui a fournie ton cellulaire le peux .
PAr example : La compagnie X en Grece qui vend ce cellulaire peux seulement activer ton cell .
Si tu unlock —>fido , rogers ,telus et bell pourront te le faire sans probleme .
Si ta deja un cellulaire avant ton Kg800
Enleve la battrie et enleve ton “sim card” et met le a ton Kg800 .
Bonne chance !
Et comment tu le trouves a date ? Beau ? Ya tu des problemes ?
WHERE OR HOW CAN I DO FOR GET THE CHARGER FOR THE CHOCOLATE BLACK LABEL? COULD YOU SEND ME THE ANSWER PLEASE. THANKS.
It would have come in the box, if you have lost it, either ring LG in your area or head to a local phone shop, they should be able to order you one in.
I recently purchased this phone while in europe and loved it so much that i brought it back to the U.S with me. Of course i am the only person around who has ever seen one, and i am trying to figure out how to set up this phone for internet and mms with cingular. after inserting my cingular sim card, txt and phone calls works fine, but need help setting up internet and network functions.
thanks
Dave, your best bet would be to post in the MobileBurn Forums - http://forums.mobileburn.com, not being in America, I don’t want to give you misinformation.
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I think that the phon is killa.. i luks great & ppl luv it
Hey, how much smaller is it than the Verizon version? It seems like its about the same size, but some other people dont believe so. I’m glad LG made some improvments, but they should have kept the external features the same. . . .
confirmed, coming to telus in Canada, October 2006
(CDMA)
who can unlock the LG MG800c phone for use on other networks?
Can anyone help me figure out how to unlock LG MG800C running on a TelCel network please!!!
my 2 help how to unlock LG MG800C from telcel network
FELIPE… HAVE U BEEN ABLE TO UNLOCK THE LG MG800C FROM TELCEL??? I GOT THE SAME ONE AND I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CODE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW… KARMITA_GONZALEZ@YAHOO.COM
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS THE CODE, I NEED IT SOOOOOOOO BAD!!!
THANKS
i really need to knwo how to get music on to my new lg choclate KG800
i bought it in france and all i have is a french usuers manual i can read it but i don’t understand it so if any one can send me a e-mail on how to put music on it i would appreciate it at alot! thanks, My e-mail: urafrigginidi0t@yahoo.com
Have anyone figure out how to set up the internet for this phone? I have Cingular wireless. the phone keeps on saying “invalid settings”. and i have tried changing every network settings already…
how do i put music on my phone???
Hey,
To put music on the phone just go to ur background, connect your usb cable. then click the music folder drag and drop songs in their.
But to get on the internet u have to call you phone carrier company, they walk you through it and tell you what to type and stuff like that it only takes 5 minutes.
I can’t get the LG KG800 chocolate unlocked from TELCEL Mexico…many people seem to have the same problem…can anyone help us?!
What an amazing phone this is…I must say. I will definitely go for a try.
Fan of Don Lapre
larisa@larisajoyreilly.com
ummm can you buy me one
yahhh how do u put music on it??? plzz answer backk!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone is in need of this phone still in the US, Cingular does carry it and I have purchased one. I moved and cannot get service in my area, I have all of the accessories and original box, willing to part with it if anyone still is interested in purchasing one, feel free to email me an offer, as I will need ot get a diffeferent phone now.
yoo i need help how do i put music in my chocolate off the windows media player
So everyone asking qustions how to unlock the LG KG800 MG800c, so does anyone figure it out? please!
Hey, I just got a Chocolate and it was bought in Dubai. I need it unlocked. does anybody know a website i can go to in order to get mail-in unlocking?
Hi.
I just got the LG chcolate but i dont know to put songs on it. I ive tried the CD that came with it but it didnt work. CAn you please help. Thanks.
Hey I really hope some one out there has got the code for the MG800c from TELCEL. if you got it please let me know, I sold my old phone already so I have nothing to talk on.
I just got the new LG KG800 in mail today. I have cingular service, And the phone shows good reception. But It wont make any calls in or out. Just displays “For Emergency Only” I really Love this new phone and ALL its features! Can anyone help Please!
Pamela -
With my phone,(LG KG800) when it says “for emergency only” but shows 3 to 4 bars still, it means I am in an area that does not get service. I have cingular as well, I posted here in Jan. 18th about this issue). That is the major downfall with my phone in the NY area where I live, I get that “emergency only” message every day in about 5 to 6 different spots on my drive to and from work. if you figure out how to fix this, please post so I can use my phone on a differnt band or figure out how to use a stronger cignal. It sucks b/c my wife has cingular as well and has no dead spots in a ll the places I do, so it is defintely the phone.
@Jim and Pamela - When a phone shows emergency calls only, it means it has service from a network carrier, but it isn’t yours. In this case, it would be T-Mobile, as it is the only other GSM carrier in the US. The KG800 lacks support for the 850MHz GSM frequency band, which is used quite a lot in the US, which may explain why you are losing signal with it but not other handsets. There is no way to add support for a frequency band to a handset that doesn’t have it in the first place.
i keep on trying to sync the chocolate with my PC, but my phone keeps on shutting off! HELP PLEASE!!
hey guys i have the same problem with my chocolate mg800c i cant unlock for work with cingular any body hel ups??? if any body can please email me at notthy-theboss@hotmail.com c ya
Jim,
Brad Kellett was right I live in the US and have cingular. My chocolate will work everywhere in my area EXCEPT my actual home where I live unless I get up and walk around or walk to the end of my drive way! Either they just happened to have a 850MHz GSM frequency band tower closer to me than the higher mhz freq band towers or its the fact that I live right on the lake. But so far every where else in my area it works great including my internet, pix, and text messageing!
For those asking how to put pics, walls, and songs on your phone.
1> Plug in your USB cable (chocolate phn will now display USB connected)-don’t disconnect without clicking on “safely remove hardware” icon down at bottom of screen by clock.
2> Open your window explorer and scroll down to the new drive created (mine is E:/ USB mass storage drive)
3> Click on the sign and you should see the four or five folders named: photos, videos, sounds, ect…..
4> Just drage and drop into corresponding folder. ( make sure the correct files go into matching folders or you’ll phone won’t be able to find them! If you do just reconnect USB cable and move them.)
5> Whe your done transfering files just click on “remove hardware icon” THATS IT!
IMPORTANT : DO NOT create new sub folders on that drive. Your phone will never locate those files!
Go here to order CHARGER, USB CABLE, AND DATA DISC
http://stores.ebay.com/eCity-Wireless
Hops this was a help to any of you out there!
Pamela (USA)
how do i get mp3 music from my laptop tranferd to my lg chocolate or all my photos and vedeo please help
i understand the whole plugging in your usb cord and looking at the 5 folders with music, photos, others, etc and all, but how come when i drag and drop a song into the folder it says “cannot copy - the path is too deep.” what does that mean by path is too deep? and how do i change it so that it works?
I very Interest for how to setting this LG KG800 to acess the internet for cingular ,
Thanks
i have a kg800 and i gotta say it is one hell of a phone!
so i just got an unlocked chocolate phone (kg800) and it came with no charge in the battery so i charged it and now it wont turn on, what am i doing wrong? please help me.
a couple of months ago i bought the LG chocolate phone from bell company and i cant put any music in my phone! everyone i know with a chocolate phone says just plug in your usb cable and just follow the steps its easy, well for me it wont work?….. i went on this website and said that bell company locked the phones with adding music so that you can download music from the phone ? but there has to be a way if anyone knows please let me know!
hi i was wondering wat r the 4 colors of the skin black looks kinda ordinary
Thomas - Black, pink, red, and green
Ive Had this phone 4 about 1 week now and i still cannot figure out how to put musiic on it can you help me out??????? Pleeze
I bought the LG Chocolate online at cellular-blowout dot com. It is supposed to be unlocked. I noticed on the box that it has Eng. printed on it… I have service with Cingular now AT&T. AT&T says the phone should work. So far it does not even work half way! Most of the time I get an emergency only notice when I try to dial out. Some text messages and calls come through and/or can be placed. I would say maybe 1 out of ever 15 to 20 attempts… Every outgoing call placed generates the “Emergency” message…
I have called cellular-blowout.com several times. I have sent them several emails and can not get a response one from them. I paid a small fortune for this phone and it appears I am stuck with it. Any solutions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I can not afford to go purchase another cell phone. Thanks.
Dawn - Do you have the KG800 model Chocolate? If so, it is likely that you are in an area where AT&T uses the 850MHz frequency band (the radio frequency the phone uses to connect to the network), which the KG800 doesn’t support. If you call AT&T and tell them where you are, they should be able to tell you what frequency is used in your area. The KG800 supports 900/1800/1900MHz frequencies.
Brad, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have the KG800 model Chocolate (white) phone. I took the phone to my local AT&T store where they checked it out. They even game me a new SIM card. According to the service man at the store the phone should be working. The only thing I can figure out is it was manufactured for use in England. On the web site that I purchased the phone it indicated the phone was unlocked and after checking with AT&T the bandwidths are correct. So I am really at a loss at this point since I can not get any support from cellular-blowout where I purchased the phone. From readying the above comments I noticed others were having similar problems. I am not tech savy and have been searching the web relentlessly to see if I could find a place that could make any adjustments to get the phone to work! I love the feel and style of the phone and is the reason I bought it. I would hate to think I have thrown $243.00 down the drain! Oh - the phone came with the power adapter to change the charger for use in the USA . Thanks again. Dawn
If you are SURE that the frequency band in your area is compatible with the KG800, and that you actually do have signal where you are, then it is a waranty issue with the phone. If you had received a locked phone, it would display ‘Invalid SIM’ on startup, not the behavior you are saying. Your options are to continue trying to get on to your retailer, or to contact LG Europe directly for a waranty call.
@emily: you can transfer music from your PC with the Music Backup program provided by bell. Un fortunately, uploading music is the only thing you can do with this phone because Bell “played” a little with it.
http://www.bell.ca/support/PrsCSrvWls_Ftrs_MusicTransfer.page
Mine is completely white and i really really like it. The only thing is, no extension memory. 128 mb is fine but … :). Not yet arrived in Mauritius but it works perfectly well with the local network.
hi does anyone know how to unlock a LG MG800C RUNNING ON TELCEL NETWORK…PLEASE HELP……PLEASE
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hi, can u tell me …how to disable the feature of display of network area on the home screen …
heyy.. im having similar problems as a few others on here.. i have the lg kg800 , and i cant send/recieve multimedia messages, or use any of my mp3 stuf, basicaly anything like that that has to acces the internet somehow, will NOT work.. soo.. does anyone know how to unlock all of that with : cellular one ?? thankkkks
Rushabh .. if its the kg800 just go to menu,settings,display,network name, then choose off … thats it
hey u can use this for tmobile to right….and does te usb cable go in the headphone socket
HELP PLEZZZ!!! I recently bought the Choclate KG800 and it has just developed a fault. Everytime I try to make a call, I get the message “failure to authorize”, and I do not get connected. I have put the sim card in another phone and it works fine, so the fault must be with the phone itself … any ideas ? I would really appreciate any help on this subject.
I have LG KG800 and I can not recieve and send multimedia messages my carrier is AT&T please help?
Great! I should have done more research before purchasing this phone through ebay. I also have ATT and I hope most the areas are not using 850MHz frequency. Arggh! Well… my brother-in-law have T-mobile.. maybe I can just sell it to him. I really like the phone!!!
someone know how to remove a clock from the screen ?
i cant find any option to do that :/
just got this phone 2 weeks ago but the message tone is very quite i can`t hear it even when the phone is on loud.
i too have the error message
failure to authorise when i try and make a call.. its not the sim as have tried 4 working sims and all give same error msg!!
what a complete waste of money on this phone.. anyone got any ideas what is causing this.. ive no barrings or anything on! Thanks x