I recently bought a new phone. For the sake of me not forgetting how to do this i wanted to post directions on how to enable/disable the EVDO functionality on it. Disabling EVDO and Blue tooth, while not in use, will save battery as these services aren’t constantly searching for devices or pinging back to the mother ship.

Phone LG VX8550 Chocolate

dial ##PROGRAM8550
Passcode = 000000
Select “Network Select”
Select “Mode Preference”
Switch to 1x only
Press end (phone may power cycle)

Phone