LG L342i

  • Released 2005, Q2
    90g, 24.7mm thickness
    Feature phone
    3.5MB storage, no card slot
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    128x160 pixels
  • 0.3MP
    No video recorder
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  • 1000mAh
    Li-Ion

LG L342i - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2005, Q2
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 91 x 44 x 24.7 mm (3.58 x 1.73 x 0.97 in)
Weight 90 g (3.17 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type STN, 65K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels
 Second external STN mono display (96 x 64 pixels)
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 200 fields
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
Internal 3.5MB
Main Camera Single VGA
Video No
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser iMode
Games Yes
Java Yes
 Predictive text input
Organizer
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 100 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
Misc Colors Blue

LG L342i - User Reviews

  • My phones sstuck on i mode and i cant read my messages wat do i do????

  • this is very good fon... m kng ////

  • How do I power on the LG L342i ?

  • i think this is a very simple phone. it's only useful for making calls, nothing else

  • how do u download photos from this mobile to your pc? lg isn't much help and i'm desperate?

  • this phone is my first mobile phone.this is good phone but hs got nothing

  • you chet!!!

  • vicki please can you tell me about ebay

  • please does anyone know how to download photos

  • hi. where did u get your software from, i have usb data cable driver, do need software

  • this phone is a white elephant.it has no games and that i mode something does not work in ghana. its a junk. the manufacturers need to be ashamed.

  • does someone know where the driver or software for the LG L342i mobile phone is ?... to read/write to the phone from pc ? and get pictures and sounds onto/off pc/phone, via usb cable direct connect.

  • I purchased a data cable & usb data cable driver from ebay, for some reason i still can't download photos off camera, what else do i have to do. please please let me know

  • please can anyone help me. i need to get my photos of my phone LG L342i. what do i need & where do i buy the gadget. thanks Anne

  • Hi there, I've read lots of negative comments about this phone but I knew what I was buying - price point, no blue tooth etc and I love it. I've had mine since August 2005 and have only had to buy a new battery last Christams. But I do need some help - I have lost the manuel and I cannot remember how to change my voicemail - can anyone help??? I would appreciate it. Thanks Grace.

  • just to add to my last comment the ebay seller just told me the data cable comes with the soft ware what a bargin you should check out this seller ,has lots more as well great prices vicki

  • i just brought a cable to fit this phone on ebay from sydney australia seller named;ebuyphone 99.7 positive $12.95 hope this helps ,i have not found software yet ? vicki

  • when my mum first got the phone i thought it was good, but it's worthless it does nothing really, now i have to have it for a year cause we don't have enough money to get two new phones. This phone is useless

  • hello i found this L G l342i a very good and grace full set but its usb cable not found and also its software please inform me thanks

  • hi, i've had this phone for quite a while now, just that i cant seem to find a usb cable so that i can download my photos to my pc....anyone can help pls?

  • I inherited this phone from my wife handing her my new Vodaphone It is without a doubt a piece of junk that I intend to replace as soon as practicable.

  • I bought this phone thinking it would be good. I was sooo wrong. After having it for 4 months it reset itself. Took 3 weeks for them to repair it, and then I had to send it back another 2 times anyways. Finally got it back and working and 10 months later the new battery is shot! I only get 5 mins of talk time before it dies on me! And to make it even worse I am stuck on contract with it for another 9 months! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!! You will regret it!

  • this phone is crap! i got it when it first come out and it was fine, but now its just crap. it has bad battery life, no infrared bluetooth video anything with worth. takes average photos, is really only good for making calls and texting but recently it goes out of reception easily and i have to turn it off and on again to make it worth. it also sometimes when i receive a message keep vibrating and when i open it it goes blank. i dont recommend this phone

  • so if anyone can help me with softwear to download my photos on PC i will greatfull

  • Seems like everybody has right.worst phone of 3rd generation. by 1 year searching for a program to download some photos from phone.don't find them yet

  • i cant wait for my contract to end. like a couple of posts below it was a present. now my provider is ripping around $500 outta my dad for the most basic, boring, pathetic phone. the camera is bad, battery life is bad, its has NO features no connectivity, except that stupid imode thing, which is also a rip off. i mate the way you can record audio clips etc, but not use as ringtones or anything. what a waste of resources (and my fathers money) for a exspensive rip off.

  • i got this phone in sept 2005, since then i have sent it off under warrenty because it kept freezing and coming up with a black screen, after that it was fine for a few months, then it started doing that again intimitantly... however just a week ago the silly thing did it and deleted EVERYTHING, my tones, pictures, messages. I was furious! This phone is a hunk of useless crap, it doesnt have speaker phone, infared, bluetooth, the dictionary cant recognise simple words, it doesnt have games either. I did however find the camera was ok.. not best nor worst. There are 2 options in sending photos; ones write in multimedia message the other one is write mail, both send, however not always reliable. All in all dont get it!

  • plz iam from egypt ...tell me if the LG l342i could be arabbic?.it'snot have the arabic language in the setting of the phone..plz if it have send to me the software of it and how can i do it.....thank you

  • plz send to me the program of LG l342i all the picture of me and my college wanna adding it to my computer but i cant without the program ..sorry about my english..thanks alot

  • i had this phone for a year before i dropped it it the sea and it stopped working. i now have a new phone but i loved it and even though it didn't have a very good camera, it is still very cute!

  • Has anyone figured out how to fix the "cant open message" problem yet regarding txt's? Please email me and let me know if you do. [email protected]. Cheers.

  • i got this phone about 2 years ago for my birthday and i ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! this is srsly the worst phone ever! I used ir for like 4 months then it stopped recieving things! i cant recieve texts or calls! i tried to call it from my home fone and they go "sorry, the phone u have called is not accpeting any incoming calls" I have recharged, asked the telstra people and they dont seem to care! THIS IS THE WORST PHOEN THAT U CAN EVER GET AND GUESS HOW MUCH I GOT IT FOR 200? NO 300? NO $460!!!! THAT MUCH WITH A PHONE THAT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A VIDEO, BLUETOOTH, MP3 OR GOOD NETWORK SERVICE!

  • battery back up of this phone is worst when ever i use this phone i keep it on charging mode otherwise this works only 10 minutes god help me

  • I can't open messge.

  • the worst telephone ever made :| it's software is instabile... a good advice for those that want to buy it : DON'T

  • pls sir, i like the lg mobile phone becouse is very powerfully phone, and i need the important information about the manual , operating of instrument of controls of key , and tne operating system of sofware and the make model, thank u

  • after 10 months my opinion about this phone has changed. its crap. the battery who used to last for 4 days...now after 2 days is gone.....is so borring...the i-mode is unavailible and that SUCKS. BORRING.BORRING.BORRING. THIS PHONE ITS MADE ONLY FOR CALLING AND SMS-ING...if only could be used for a 2-3 years...but no. i am planing to buy a moto l6....is a cute phone but is borring

  • cute phone.just want have game,screensaver and sounds.

  • 13 months old, motherboard crashed. No reason.

  • you cant connect to internet on wap because this phone browser is i-mode, and if you live in a country where i-mode technology isnt available ( i am from romania and isnt available ) you cant connect to internet and even worse neither the mms wouldnt work....so it sucks.

  • Hy! How can i connect a LG L342i on internet from wap? Please....thanks

  • I have two LG L324i which I bought on 15 October 2005.The other one drops to i mode on 29-12-06. The second one drops to i mode on 2-01-07. Both could not be used .If you have a contract for two years this model of LG phone will not last. It's not under warranty because both last for 14 months. I should read some of your comments before I bought these mobile phones.

  • the desing of this phon4e is nice,but at the performance it sucks

  • Ron... au.lgmobile.com download manual from there it will be in .pdf format

  • I think you should stop complaining.i see all kinds off regrets( that it doesent have irda, or bluetooth, ore that the memory is too small), but when you bought it you knew the specifications.and i see a lot of people saying that it freezes , and i dont know what bad things, that they cant open it. i have this phone for 6 months now, and i want to tell you that for its money is perfect. it works very good without all that buggs you guys are saying.the battery life is good, the camera is also good, good display, good design, its very functional.in comparation with my last phone philips 350 this is great. i wil advise you not to buy philips but i tell you that this phone is very good.is true that it doesent have irda , or i dont know what but its cheap.the only thing that bothers me is that the browser is imode and not wap. and in romania and other countryes this technology isnt available yet, so you cant send mms or navigate on the internet. that is the only bad thing. but in rest buy this phone. this is my advise.

  • Hi has someone got instrution manual a frend gave me this lg l342i with no book ..help-help

  • stop complaining about this fone! its like $250, is nuthins rong with it!!! its awesome! i recommend u buy it! the carema's great aswell. if your u=nsure about buying this fone cuz of the ppl who said it was rubbish, dont listen 2 them, ok so there's about 21 ppl complaining about this fone IN THE HOLE WORLD!!! there the rubbish, not the fone! x

  • Same problem as others, 8 months old with occasional use. The phone drops out to i mode and requires restarting. Unreliable piece of junk!

  • i bought this fone a couple of months ago and i regret it. i need to buy another one because this loses reception easy, mms doesnt work, it is continuously freezing and going onto that little screen with the egg timer and i have to turn it off to get it to work again. i think it looks really nice and it takes awesom pictures but altogether i could buy an older phone that works better and i wouldnt complain soo much. dont waste your money. get something that will last you for a while unless you have to patitents to turn your fone off and on ever 20 minutes to see if you have recieved any messages or anything.

  • I bought this phone about 3 weeks ago, I took it home and it was great and just yesterday the server went down on it. I think dont but this phone. It is not reliable and it doesnt have any good features such as Bluetooth or Infared. But if u like it go 4 it and b ut it but I am telling u it is not a great fone.

  • i bought this phone about 5 months ago and a i am pretty happy. the camera is very good. the battery life is in average 4 days wich is good.if you want to listen music this is not a good phone. if you want a reliable phone this is it.

  • If u really want an enoing phone just buy it. Lots of service problems, i got in service manny phnose with the same problem - CRASHED SOFTWARE

  • i love the phone its great, i called it Timothy. Ive got the same problem as that guy though, how do you send a photo in a normal message without it using imode???! please help.

  • THe only reason i have not had to repair this one is because i try to avoid this excuse of a communication device. Yes, it works, but that is all that I can say beout it.. Almost any added function sucks.. Up to and including the ways of storing contacts... On more then one occation i have been tempted to use the L342i as a hammering device, even if there were more suitable objects near... But since the insurance will only give me the same device back, breaking it just means anohter one of those crap devices. Since I can hardly think of some one inhis sane mind would actually buy this device on purpose I fear the phone companies have a lot of those personal trinklets of hell in storage to give as replacement devices (I got it as my contract with my provider was about to end, in excahnge for 2 more years.. yeah i should have looked at the device first)

  • can not figure out how to send mms without going onto imode? does anyone know how to send photos in normal messaging mode? would be much appreciated

  • i have hade this phone for 6 months and there have been no problems but ther is no bluetooth which sucks and the camera is dodgy. I cant seem to find the games. Besides that it is an ok phone but i wouldn't buy it again.

  • I have had this phone for 5 months. It is terrible. I cannot see anything i like about it. I have had it in to be repaired 3 times since i bought it. When i got the phone the handsfree was already buggered and they basically said theres nothign wrong with it.Now that i am trying to get out of the contract and everything, they are telling me i need to have the "box" that it came in. How many people keep the box? This phone does not take good pictures, you cannot download songs as ring tones. You cannot take pictures and send them to a friends phone unless you are emailing them. There are continuous faults with this phone and the fact that LG and Telstra are making it hard toget out of the contract is a poor effort on their behalves. I would not recommend this phone to anyone. I have always been a nokia person until this phone..... Well guess what im going back too?

  • I've had this phone for 4 months. I'd not buy it again. First the internal screen stopped working almost immediately and I waited two months to get it repaired. The software is buggy, The internal game doens't work so I'm not sure if it is good or not. The external display gets stuck on the "call in progress" graphic if you close phone without disconnecting a call. The "Please Wait" message appears fairly frequently and it takes ages to startup. But, the most annoying thing is that LG seem to have forgotten the phone's primary uses. To call and sms. For some reason, they decided to put two buttons to access the camera (thats fairly useless), one button to read the Email (ie. spend money) one button to enter in I-Mode (also fairly useless) and no button to read sms...??!! But a good point about the phone is that while the photos are crappy and you have to pay to get them out of the phone the flash light is very bright and makes a handy torch. My friend advised me to buy a Nokia before I bought this phone, but it was cheap. Next time I'm going to listen to him.

  • This phone serves the purpose but other wise isnt too great. my friend has it and the camera isnt too great. it doesnt take videos, doesnt have bluetooth and becomes boring after a while. don't get me wrong its a pretty little phone but i suggest getting the LG KG245. its slightly better and looks it too. oh and the external screen of this phone isnt colour so just keep those things in mind when purchasing this phone. if u are buying you first phone this ones is great for a start but if you are looking for something with style and better features then stay clear from this one.

  • please send softwear lg l342i

  • i aint bout it yet so ill just say its fkn awsome ( cough cough ) im not sure if it got the internet though and if it dont im getting a damn refund !!!!!

  • I do not recommand this phone to anyone as it has a problem of re-charging the battery. It will start giving problems after six months or so...

  • First, I think that it's on perpuse to dont let you transfer any files from pc to mobile and backwords cause they want you to use i-mode and give them money. Second to take photos for your contacts you must reduce the srceen resolution to 48x48 and then automatically will save it to "Phonebook Pictures". And last but not list I contact with LG support and they told me that the alarm clock works only when the phone is switched on for all LG models.HA HA.And that is not a Bug E?

  • this phone is so sexual Lol it is awesome but i wish you could get it in BLACK because im a total EMO... on this phone can you save pics of ppl in there contacts so wen they ring there pics come up? thanks abunch piece out homedogs (going to die)

  • This Phone is ugly...HAHA

  • its a great phone but there is no composer adn the games are really bad and there is only 1 game.

  • does anybody knows where I can download software for this phone.accept wowlg beacuse there is NOT on that site and any site of LG !Thanks

  • please send softwear lg l342i

  • don't know if there's an appz that allow u to send the pics from the mobile to the pc.. there are some unofficial appz like MYMobile but i don't know if its compatible with L342i. Anyway i use to send my pics via Mail from the mobile to the pc..here in italy every mail costs 1�cent/kb it's not so expensive.

  • I have cable for LG L342i but I can't save the pictures from phone on computer!I need software for my phone!If anybody can help me, please, send my an email with this software! Thanks!

  • hey pplz, i have this fone and recently connected it to i-mode, but now i want to save the pictures that ppl have sent me! and it wont let me, n1 no how too? plz help

  • I have cable for LG L342i but I can't save the pictures from phone on computer!I need software for my phone!!!If anybody can help me, please, send my an email with this software!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

  • hello, i was wondering if there was anything that i cud get or already have to transfer pics from the phone to the computer, please let me know thanks. sarah

  • Hi, I have the cable, I have the software from the Italian site, but all it does is synchronise calendar and email, etc. Has anyone ever got photos off this phone using a cable? Regards, Richard.

  • Hi there, i have downloaded soft from but i cant take the photos from this phone. I was trying to use 'Contents Bank' from earlier versions of this LG phone and it still doenst work.. plz mail me and if i do something wrong or dont do this what i should or whatever - just mail,.. thx 4 reading.. So i need Contents Bank for L342i to download the photos. cYa =]

  • Hello! I just bought LG L342i and i like it a lot, thought i have a problem. I want to have the alert but it doesn't work when the cell is closed. What can i do? Please if anyone knows, help..........

  • After several weeks of use, the LG L342i is not the good handset I was excpected. It go back tu support service after two weeks : software locked when I switch on the phone. A few annoying bugs : You cant extract pictures from the cellphone with a serial data cable : the LG software crash with an error if you try. There is a bug in the serial protocol of the cellphone. When you siwtch on the phone, there is a long delay (about a minute) before you can use it. If you want to got the SMS message box, you get a "please wait" error message. Sometime, the handset ask me the pin code by itself. Sometime, the handset loose the GSM signal when i'm not moving. I have to switch off and on the phone.

  • I am not able to send any pictures or emails from my mobile. Please advice further. I would apprecaite your advice. Thanks Kamla Mudliar.

  • I have a lg l342i and i cannot link it to a PC:( does anyone have the software for it or anything? plz contact me at my mail

  • I also have the charging problem. My L342i cannot be charged while be switched off. However, the charging is working after I switch the handset on.

  • i cant seem to recharge my mobile anymore, the red light shows and nothing happens. the light use to turn green straight away but not now. any one have any suggestions as to why or what i should do please mail me, THANKS

  • I got a better question! what if i change the firwire of the L342i into a 3300 or 3310 with wap and "normal" java. will that work?? anyone did that??? just asking... it is unusable with i-mode!!!! thanx

  • hi, i recently got this phone and i think it is pretty good. i was wondering if anyone knows is it possible to change the background color of the menu and such?? like a theme?

  • Software for LG L342i:

  • does the C3300, 3310, 3320 software works on this particular phone coz i don't find any software for it across europe or americas. i'm from Europe!!! No i-mode here!!! need answer quick... and some doja games free og course wgere might i find them??? If not, np!!! Thanx...

  • I would like to know if there is a manual in english for this phone (on the Internet, obviously ), because I need it very much. Please tell me if you know where I can find it. Thanks a lot.

  • How do I clean up my inbox at one go ?? Is there any way I can save contact's home address (not just phone numbers ?)

  • Dear sir, i bought a new LG L342i in Europe. it works in good manner. But yesterday i charged the cell but after 2 hrs it dost not work(feautures) when I remove the Sim it shows insert sim. so i take to consult the technicians.he said the software is courrupted. he said to search in the internet , but for this model flash is not in the net. i dont know how to remove the old courrpted software. will you please send me a mail for this very soon. cyber(Rock)

  • i'm having trouble transfering photos from my phone to my computer. i have the cable but not the software. does anyone know where to download it.

  • menu/tools/voice recorder.....for voice recorder :D has anybody found a data cable for this phone? because rs232 doesn't work

  • Hey does this phone have any recording devices? A voice recorder plz tell me

  • i like this cell.i got this cell.is cool.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • i like this phone.. the person from romania - i have a question- what is the price for this telephone? because i did'nt saw any models of this lg models... my cell phone is from italy, i boght at an offert-100 euro

  • i found the cable to connect the LG L342i to the pc.. it is a LG RS232 cable.. you can search on google with the string: L342i RS232 cable

  • hello i'm from romania so my english will not be very well :P ... i'm thinking ti bui this phone for 60$ ... that's the price ... but i heard more bad opinions that good...so i'm not sure to buy him ... the problem is that i want to talk with somebody more informed than me so i can decide ;) ... my e-mail is [email protected]

  • Hello, with this phone you can download without problems (from your ftp site for ex.) midi files and images 120x160 (but remember the limit of 10Kbyte!). Have fun!

  • Q: Is the memory 3.5 MB coz my says that is 500k free from 1024!??????????????? Q2: Where canI get a manual in english???? coz LG's site sucks big time... You can't even find this phone there... and I don.t know koreean to search on the main site... LG has absolutely no customer care!!! Please learn fron Siemens and Nokia or you'll die. PS: SIEMENS forever!!!

  • madalina, same problem here... I'm from Bucharest, and I found out u can find the cable in Bucur Obor... good luck... by the way, the connex salesman told me the phone supports mms... and he was so wrong... I was offended by *222, they said my phone was 'simple'...

  • hello... i bought this phone in romania from ultra pro computers, a connex dealer. it looks great and it was very cheap..but the only thing is that i cannot use it here, in romania, because its browser is iMode..so i can't send mms, nor use wap :( can anyone tell me where from can i buy a data cable? cause thats the only way i can dwnload the pictures.. pls contact me at [email protected] thanks!

  • i like to buy a phone like this one but ... the battery seems to last rather a small amount of time . can anyone who bought it tell me about the battery ???

  • It is a great phone! A found it on subscription for only 50Euro! It works perfect and it looks really great!

  • hey, i got this fone for my bday, and mine only has 20 ringtones aswell!!

  • Not much of development over the C 3400. I think the C 3400 is a better buy.

  • A friend of me and i wanted a new mobile, he went too the shop en bought one: the LG L342i for �119.00. with 3.5 mb memory no MP3 ringtones and no bluetooth(for i Know). Just two months later i saw in the shop of kruidvat a motorola v525 for �70,00! with 5 MB memory, MP3 ringtones, bluetooth sharper pictures and more. now this friend isn't happu:((sorry my english isn't very good)

  • i have recently purchased the lg342i and it only appears to have 20 polyponic ringtones instead of 40 can any one help me

  • i brought the lg l342i on a 24 month plan last week thank u TELSTRA i love it.

  • i need a lg l342i file manager? please help me finding it. thenks

  • Had phone for about a week, went dead, took out battery and resterted but will not function correctly, keeps "searching!!!!!! Looks like it,s true what they say about LG

  • i do not own the l342i, but i am looking for a new phone, i was trying to decide between this and the nokia 3230, i hav decided on the nokia because i have always found them reliable, and it has all the features i need inc. bluetooth. the L342i seems to be a good phone, but i have a moterola at the moment and it gives me nothing but trouble, im going with the safer option.

  • To display a picture with a phone number select the camera. Normally the resolution is 160 x 120. turn that one down so it is 48 x 48. Above the picture is text saying "phonebook". Take a picture of anyone and save it. Then go to your organiser - telephonebook and you can put the photo with the number.

  • yoooow.. people... I haven't got the LG L342i yet.. but i am going to buy it this evening with a good deal... if i take a contract for 2 years.. (30 euro's a month) and i'll get a tv with it... A SamSung !! you got to see it... it's the Samsung WS 28 m 206.. so.. ill get that change at the mediamarkt shop :D

  • I bought my LG L342i mobile yesterday and I can't match a photo and a ringtone with a specifique number in order to display my husband's photo when he calls me!Does anyone know how can i get it?

  • I bought this phone for my wife a few days ago... To get more ringtones for free without a cable : 1 - copy your ringtones files to your website, 2 - use the internal browser to download them into the phone This phone seems to support only midi files, not smaf (.MMF) or mp3. You can setup different ringtones for different contacts using the "Group" feature : affect up to 20 contacts to 1 group (7 groups available) and select 1 ringtone for that group.

  • I bought the phone today. Does anyone know how to get more ringtones on it other than the standard ones that are already on the phone. I don't want to pay or join some club to get them. Also, can I dedicate a different ring to specific phone numbers.I need help!

  • Today I bought a LG L342i mobile. It appears only to have 2 ringtones on it. I am using a prepaid Sim (Telstra) and I also want to get Crazy Frog on it. Does anyone know how to do this please.

  • yes mms help would be good. does it say it in the instruction book- even if it did, that wouldnt help me. i lost it.. if any1 knows how to work mms thingy please email me.. thanks a bunch

  • does anyone no how to set up mms?

  • This phone needs the same USB-cable as another LG-phone. Does anyone knopw what phone that is?

  • in holland it cost 119,- EURO

  • Is this phone worth the australian $289 that it costs because it looks awesome and also doesn't have the worst features ever

  • I love it, it's a beautifull phone and the camera isn't terrible at all!

  • Samsung Look-A-Like with terrible camera

  • I smell Samsung!!