Virgin Mobile Ttriumph $119.88 +tax with free shipping at Walmart.com

Quote from lassie : I had Optimus but I prefer the Triumph because of the bigger screen and camera although it leaves much desired (GPS,ICS, bluetooth, etc). I use MIUI on mine

As a phone, the Optimus is far superior. I know, I'm and old fart, expecting a phone to perform as one.........

Again, I'll reiterate what I clearly stated: this phone is nearly unusable UNTIL you root. Once a custom ROM is installed, this thing is a beast.

Bought this phone last year on BF for similar price. When the HTC EVO 4G came out, I bought it, never looked back. (I didn't have the $25 plan, so that didn't matter). The Triumph is a little sluggish, the camera is kind of crappy, for me the GPS never locked on unless I stood on a wide open field and waited thirty minutes. Reception was horrible, no signal where my old Optimus V had two bars. Data speeds were terribly slow. Battery life was pretty bad, didn't make it one day before it died.
I debated on rooting it but never went through with it. Luckily I did one thing, and that was to swap the PRL file for a Sprint one. This made a huge difference. Reception was as good as Optimus V if not better. Data speeds doubled at least, and the battery lasted through a whole day or more. So if you get this, do the PRL swap. It's a real pain, but it's worth it. And you can't break it if you do it wrong, it either works or it doesn't, so it's worth a try. Here is the link to the thread that I went by:

http://www.howardforums.com/showt...h-PRL-Swap

You have to read the instructions thirty times, download a few programs, and try then hole thing a few times, but it does work, and it's really really worth it.

Quote from cpcollector : Again, I'll reiterate what I clearly stated: this phone is nearly unusable UNTIL you root. Once a custom ROM is installed, this thing is a beast.

Any links you recommend for rooting it/install a custom ROM? Thanks.

Quote from gooddeal99 : Any links you recommend for rooting it/install a custom ROM? Thanks.

http://androidforums.com/triumph-...ings-root/

and

http://androidforums.com/triumph-...012-a.html

and

http://forum.xda-developers.com/f...php?f=1234

Quote from KPizzle314 : http://androidforums.com/triumph-...ings-root/ and http://androidforums.com/triumph-...012-a.html and http://forum.xda-developers.com/f...php?f=1234

Thanks for the links!