My LG Ultimate 2 recently fell upon some hard times (A.K.A. I managed to drop it on a metal corner, on the screen, bam, dead). I purchased the LG Access LTE, thinking it was just the better version of the Ultimate 2, and while its a good phone, its missing some stuff... pretty important stuff. The home button notification light doesn't work (even though I can see its actually a LED, just like the Ultimate 2, hell, it doesn't even HAVE a notification light), and the IR blaster doesn't function. Is this stuff a custom ROM could fix, is the phone a dud (in which case I'll return it), or is there something I'm missing? I love the phone, other than the few things i mentioned previously.

I rechecked the settings just a little bit ago, and where they were on the Ultimate (Settings > Display > Home Button LED) doesn't even exist. I tried a few 3rd party apps, like Light Flow, and Light Manager, and those didn't work either. As for the IR blaster, the phone comes factory installed with "QuickRemote" which uses the supposed IR blaster. I installed AnyMote, which reports the phone has a "LG Internal IR Blaster" as well. Not to mention, I can see the blaster next to the headphone jack. I'm just really confused as to why any of this is.

Yeah, I've tried it on a Sony, Magnavox, Insigina, and Sansui TV, all with no success. AnyMote gives indication that its sent the IR pulses correctly, but no code works on any of the TV's I've tried. I set up my Wii in the Sensor Bar test mode (the one that lets you see IR lights) and the phone doesn't appear to be emitting any IR at all, even with the app that LG installed from the factory. I'm flummoxed.

I'm not really concerned about the IR blaster, though the notification LED is pretty important. I've read that a few people have had this problem, and it seems to have stemmed from the fact that LG just ported over another phone's ROM without really setting it up for the Access' hardware. I suppose I'll have to wait for some dev to come up with a nice new ROM for the Access. Thank you for all your help though.