What happens when you use a different browser? Are you using desktop or mobile view? I don't care for chrome and prefer dolphin or puffin browser and I ike to use desktop view.. Getting ready though to switch to edge as it will sync with my new computers. Some apps won't run unless you do the update to the latest version. Never have trouble with all the app updates myself. Currently using the LG G6 on Verizon. I just had a software update on the 13th and everything is running smooth. Mary

My favorite browser on my Android phone is Opera Mini.

Have you tried a hard reboot? I know it sounds stupid and trivial, but it works more often than you think. Also, if sometimes takes awhile for Android devices to optimize after an update.

It could also be a case of the newest version of Chrome not playing well with your older version of iOS on your LG. I seem to remember it's a tracfone that never updates.

Also in the application manager try clearing the cache in the chrome app. I used to clear the cache files all at one time by holding a series of buttons when staring the phone and it would go to the cache partition screen? I have forgotten how to do that. Mary

Thank you all- I usually use Chrome but it is taken hostage so often with bs 'you have won a free xxx' or 'you phone is infected with a virus and will shut down in 4 minites'.... I/we cannot exit from those 'hostsge' garbage.i did clesr the cache- it is 'settings/apps/storage', craftylady! I guess I need to use the alresdy installed Firefox... I used to use Oprs Mini on iPad but did not like the actual color/placement/ad format- somehow it disturbed my eyes/brain even more than normal. Thx for help.

Install one of the highly rated free ad block apps and it should cut out most of those ads with little effort.

I've never once experienced any of what you're calling "garbage" or BS with Chrome or any other browser on my phone. What kind of websites are you going to? That can be part of the problem, as mainstream sites are rarely/never guilty of conduct like that. I don't use an ad-blocker or anti-virus software.

On my phone with Android 7.0, the best way to clear Chrome is from within Chrome. Touch the three dots in the upper right corner, then History, then Clear Browsing History. Make sure all the boxes are ticked, then Clear Data.

I have never experienced that on my phone period let alone in chrome. Never needed add blocker or virus software either. Maybe its coming from some app you installed. There is a way to clear the system cache. I think for my phone I turn the phone off then hold the power and the down button to boot and the system recovery loads with the cache partition and from there I select to clear the system cache. You can Google to find out how its done on your phone but I don't think that's your problem. Sounds like something nasty got in the device. You can get malewarbytes in the Google store and run a scan. Also you can most likely find an android forum for your model and they may be helpful. Mary

Thanks all. I have not downloaded any apps forcmany months. The 'freezing' happens when sesrching for items on Amazon, trying to read science articles on 'Daily Mail' , and when searching for results at 'Crufts' dog show. I don't have any problems with texting orcphone calls. I don't use the phone for much other internet. Stormy in Florida last two days do will go to local phone/computer store thst solves problems later this week. Thx for suggestions though.

Texting and calling are very undemanding of resources. What kind of phone is this, what mobile service is this connected to, how many GB of RAM does it have?

LG fiesta is probably on Trac phone or some such. The poster has another thread going with problems about this phone. I think this is not the best of phones to expect high performance from apps and web surfing. You might try searching here to see if someone has similar problems. If the phone is not performing right I would complain to LG and your carrier. If it's under a year old they should fix it. Mary

Fiesta android forums

Thx everyone- yes, this is 1. The first 'trac?' phone I have ever had- actually did not realize Walmsrt phones were condidered so. I had such awful connections with both Verizon and worse yet T-Mobile that I went with 'Family something or other' at Wally world becsuse that system uses three different companirs/towers. We are in a 'shallow dip geographically'. With current service have great connection. This is my first and probably last LG phone. I have always had Samsung which I know now I greatly prefer. Maybe tomorrow will bring some info at computer place... And yes- I have extended warranty on phone. Again thank you.

If you are going to be using the phone a lot for apps and internet then might want to consider a better one that is not so glitchy. If you prefer Samsung I see the galaxy S7 on the Trac phone site as an option. I much prefer LG over Samsung phones. Had the Samsung galaxy S5 and had nothing but trouble with it so went back to LG and didn't regret it. Hopefully the carrier or LG will do something. Have you tried resetting the phone to out of the box state? That sometimes clears things up. Mary

I think your experience is not because of having an LG phone but because of having an inexpensive LG phone. Less expensive phones can be slow and don't perform as well as more expensive ones, everything else being equal, because of having slower processors and less memory. Spend more next time if you can afford to, to get better performance.

Tracfone is a mobile virtual network operator. It doesn't have its own towers and networks. Instead it pays the big guys - Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, etc. - for connections for Tracfone users. Each individual handset model is preset to use one particular network as among the choices. There are many other sellers of mobile services that operate the same way. If your reception is better now than with your previous phone, it's because the major network your new phone is connecting to has a stronger signal where you use it than the previous one did. It has nothing to do with Tracfone.

If you want to know what major network your non-major-carrier phone uses, go to the website in the link below and type in your mobile phone number:

Carrier lookup by phone number

For those in a poor reception area who use their mobile phones a lot, consideration should be given to getting better phones from the major carriers. Many have a function called Phone Over Wifi. Meaning, when your phone is connected to Wifi, telephone calls (and text messages) in and out will be routed over Wifi and not the mobile band. Tracfone disables that function because it makes money selling phone calls by the minute. This feature is also disabled on some unlocked phones bought from third parties (not from the carrier). Alternatively, users with this function disabled can get a Google phone number and use that to make "cell phone" calls over wifi.

I have always wondered who Trac phone uses. If you get a low end Samsung you will probably experience the same thing. The Samsung S7 looks like it's $22 a month for 2yrs on Trac phone. Mary

Here's a list of which networks each virtual carrier uses. You'll note that Tracfone owns and operates using several different brand names.

Host networks used by virtual mobile carriers

I see that, thanks. If I am reading that right only feature phones on trac phone use Verizon, what ever a feature phone is. Mary

I think you're reading it wrong. There's a comma between the words "feature phones" and the word Verizon, so the feature phone reference is to US Cellular that precedes it. Click on the words feature phone (blue, so it's a link) to see what that means. It's something that applies to few users and at that only those with particular devices.

This is Wikipedia, an amateur effort (but usually a useful and accurate one because errors are caught and fixed by readers). Read the words from 5000 feet and not a microscope.

How can you tell if a virtual mobile carrier is as good as their parent? At the location of my vacation house, Verizon is the only carrier. One of my friends went hiking with me, using his "Verizon Compatible" phone (I think his carrier was Credo), and he could not get calls while I could, standing right next to him.

Ok I see now. Most carriers have a coverage map don't they? I wondered about these cheap companies that claim they are using major carrier towers. I don't understand how they can use Verizon towers but charge half the price. Mary

"How can you tell if a virtual mobile carrier is as good as their parent?"

mtvhike, virtual mobile carriers are neither good nor bad. They sell phones and usage plans and have others provide the signal and the connection. Good or bad: price only. They do nothing else. Two phones on the same system at the same location with different signal strengths? The only difference is the phone hardware. The same could happen with two Verizon sourced (in this example) phones. Take two copies of the same model from the same source, their performances can easily be different when side by side. Keep in mind, the low priced virtual companies like Tracfone tend to offer mostly lower quality phone models and that alone can account for lower quality connections on a major network.

crafty, forget the coverage maps other than, again, looking at them from 5000 feet, not with a microscope. I have Verizon, the coverage is awesome and reliable (and has been for a long time, I'm a customer of it and its local predecessors for >30 years) but it can vary from block to block and structure to structure.

Why can plans from Tracfone et al be cheaper than the name brand? It's a form of what's called marginal pricing. The big guys need to charge enough with their main business to pay to build and maintain their infrastructure and the anticipated capacity plus a factor for wiggle room. That leaves extra capacity that would go otherwise unused. Their cost for carrying the added traffic sold the the virtual carriers is zero so any revenue is better than none.

Ever buy a same day ticket for a Broadway play from the booth on Times Square in NY? Or sign up to be notified for a last minute cruise opening? There are lots of examples of heavily discounted prices when what's being sold would be otherwise unused. In the Broadway case, getting $25 for an unsold $125 seat is better than getting $0.

Before I switched to Verizon, I had AT&T. I wanted to switch to Verizon, but for several reasons, I didn't want to leave AT&T just yet, so I bought a "pay as you go" Verizon phone. It had the same problem as my friend's Credo-serviced phone; it worked but not too well. When I finally abandoned AT&T and got an iPhone 4, it worked much better. All of the stores I have been to (Verizon, AT&T, Best Buy, Apple) say that the difference in the phones is only features, they all perform as well as each other with respect to reception of calls.

So, Elmer, are you saying that the difference in performance between my pay-as-you-go phone, my friend's Credo phone, and my iPhones are all the phone and not the cellular service?

We had Verizon prepaid for many years before we went to a contract service and never had a problem with signal. Was just as goods being on contract. This was going back years ago so,maybe things have changed. Mary

mtvhike, Yes, I believe reception varies from phone to phone and cheaper phones sometimes have poor reception.

My wife and I have the same model Motorola phone on Verizon, purchased about 3 months apart. Verizon offers great coverage and reception where we live and everywhere we go (and we travel a fair amount throughout the US). If you hold the two phones side by side, mine will usually have one more bar of reception strength than hers. Both work well and calls are almost never dropped (though we live in a hilly area and there are reception shadows here and there when driving). Is that truly mean the reception strength differs or is there something wrong with the measurement software/hardware or display circuitry? I'll never know.

I have a second cell phone, a cheap Tracfone I bought to use for a particular purpose (which for this comment doesn't matter). The boot-up is painfully slow, it takes awhile to connect to the cell signal (ATT in this case), and it's very sluggish when starting and using basic apps. Reception is fair, not up to normal ATT standards (I used to have a different second phone but on ATT). When it dies, I'm going to pay more to get a better phone to use on the Tracfone system. I've learned my lesson.

folks re-read after an update it stopped working regardless of phone.

try a different browser, my fav is Dolphin, which has desktop view too

BTW you can turn Off updates, go to settings at left hand side . https://www.mangoapps.com/help/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-of-apps-on-mobile  this way to can select when you choose to update.

also update only on wifi this way it goes fast and don't time out