Fix: LG IMS keeps stopping with “LG IMS has stopped” error

LG IMS error mainly occurs due to issues with the phone’s IMS app or corrupt network settings of your phone. The IMS app issues might range from outdated apps to having corrupt cache or storage. The error is generally reported after an OS update.

The error starts popping up randomly (up to 10 to 20 times a minute), making it nearly impossible to use. The error is not carrier or country-specific, but most belonged to T-Mobile or Boost. This error is nearly reported on all types/models of LG smartphones.

An LG phone might show IMS error due to many factors:

1. Enable and Disable Airplane Mode of the LG Phone

Enabling and disabling the airplane mode of your LG phone may re-establish the phone’s Internet connection, thus solving the problem.

Remember that this error message may frequently be bombarded on your screen and make the troubleshooting process impossible. In such a case, you may put your phone into Airplane Mode to proceed further, and if the steps require an Internet connection, you may enable Wi-Fi while keeping the Airplane Mode enabled during the troubleshooting process.

1. Launch the Settings of your LG phone and enable Airplane Mode by toggling its switch.

   

2. Now remove the SIM card (if supported in power on condition by your LG phone) from your phone and wait for a minute.
3. Then put back the SIM and disable the phone’s Airplane Mode to check if the LG IMS error is cleared.
4. If not, enable the LG phone’s Airplane Mode again and while remaining in the Airplane Mode, enable the phone’s Wi-Fi (make sure the phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network).
5. Now disable the phone’s Airplane Mode and check if the IMS issue is resolved. Make sure you update when asked. 

2. Restart or Force Restart Your LG Phone

A temporary glitch in the LG phone’s OS could also result in the IMS error at hand, and performing a restart may clear the error.

1. Press and hold the power button of your LG phone till the power menu is shown.
2. Now tap on Power off and wait for 5 minutes.

   

3. Then press and hold the phone’s power button (around 4 seconds) till the phone powers on.
4. Once powered on, check if the LG phone is clear of the IMS error.
5. If that does not work, press/hold the power and volume down button of the LG phone till the LG logo is shown (to force a restart of the phone).
6. Once the LG logo is shown, release the keys and when the phone is properly powered on, check if it is operating fine.
7. If that does not work, power off your phone and put it on charging till it is fully charged.
8. Once fully charged, power on your phone and check if it is clear of the issue at hand.
9. If the issue persists, check if disabling the Location of your LG phone resolves the issue.

   

10. If not, check if disabling Bluetooth, Data Connection, sync, and Wi-Fi clears the error. If so, you may enable back these options one by one to find out which type of connection is triggering the issue.

3. Update the LG IMS App to the Latest Build

LG IMS error might occur if the IMS app is missing the latest patches from LG and due to these missing patches, the LG IMS app may become incompatible with the phone’s carrier, leading to the LG IMS stopped error. In this case, updating the LG IMS app to the latest build may resolve the issue.

1. Launch the LG phone Settings and select General or System.
2. Now head to Update Center and open App Updates.
3. Then tap on Download for LG IMS Improved and wait till the update installs.

   

4. Now restart your device and check if your LG phone is clear of the LG IMS stopped error upon restarting.
5. If that did not work, install the LG Smart World app and check if updating the LG IMS app through the Smart world app resolves the issue.

4. Upgrade the OS of the LG Phone to the Latest Build

If the OS of your LG TV is not updated to its latest build, then its incompatibility with other OS modules (especially LG IMS) could result in the IMS error at hand. Here, updating the OS of the LG phone to the latest build may clear the IMS stopping error.

1. Launch the LG phone Settings and expand System or General.

   

2. Now tap on System Updates or Software Updates.

   

3. Then tap on Check for New System Update and if an update is available, let the update install.
4. Once done, restart your LG phone and check if the LG IMS error is cleared upon restart.

5. Update and Reset LTE in the Phone’s Provisioning Menu

The LG IMS error might also occur if the phone’s LTE connection is failing to properly communicate with the carrier towers and causing a stoppage of the IMS modules. In such a case, updating and resetting the LTE in the phone’s provisioning menu may clear the LG error under discussion.

1. Launch the phone’s dialer and dial the following to open the Phone’s Testing Menu:

   *#*#4636#*#*

   

2. Now head to Phone Info and refresh/update the connection/PRL. If an error occurs, keep retrying till no error is shown.
3. Then make sure the toggles of all your connection types or provisions are enabled and close the menu.
4. Now put your LG phone into Airplane Mode and wait for a minute.
5. Then exit the phone’s Airplane Mode, and afterwards, check if the IMS issue is resolved.
6. If not, redial the code in step 1 in your phone’s dialer and manually reset LTE.
7. Now put your phone into Airplane mode and wait for a minute.
8. Then exit out of the phone’s Airplane Mode and once the phone properly captures the carrier signal, check if the LG IMS stopped error is cleared.

6. Change the Network Type of Your Phone

You may encounter an LG IMS stopped error if the network type of your phone is not optimal for the operation of the IMS modules and the IMS app is constantly crashing as it cannot handle the response from the carrier. Here, changing the network type of your phone may solve the IMS problem.

1. Open your phone’s dialer and dial the following code:

   *#*#4636#*#*

2. Now open Preferred Network Type in Wi-Fi Information and set it to LTE/TDSCDMA/GSM/WCDMA.

   

3. Then close the menu and put your LG phone into Airplane Mode.
4. Now wait for a minute and then disable the phone’s Airplane mode.
5. Once the phone properly gets the carrier signals, check if it is clear of the IMS error.

7. Change the Default Messaging App of Your Phone

If the messaging app you are using on your phone is continuously pinging the phone’s IMS modules in the wrong manner, then that could stop the execution of LG IMS and cause the error. Here, changing the default messaging app of your phone may resolve the issue. Before proceeding, download and install another messaging app (like Google Messages) or calling app (like Google Voice) on your phone.

1. Go to your LG phone Settings and open Apps & Notifications.
2. Now select Default Apps and open SMS App.

   

3. Then select another messaging app like Google Messages and hit the back button.
4. Now open Call App or Phone App and select another calling app like Google Voice.
5. Then check if the LG IMS error is cleared from your phone.

8. Disable/Enable VoLTE and Set RAT Selection to LTE Only

A temporary glitch in the phone VoLTE modules or improper configuration of RAT selection may also cause this issue. In such a case, disabling/enabling VoLTE and setting RAT selection to LTE only may solve the problem.

1. Launch your phone’s dialer and dial the following code to open its service menu (you may try it under Airplane Mode if the IMS error crashes the dialer). If this code does not work for you, try to find your service menu code on the LG website as per your phone model. 

   *#546368#*915#
   
   or
   
   *#546368#*918#

2. Now open Modem and disable VoLTE.
3. Then enable VoLTE, and afterwards, check if it is working fine.
4. If not, put your phone into Airplane Mode and then dial the following code in your phone’s dialer (last # may not be shown in the dialer):

   277634#*#

   

5. Now set the RAT_Selection to LTE Only and then exit the phone’s Airplane Mode.

   

6. Afterwards, check if the phone is clear of the IMS error.

9. Reset APN Settings of the LG Phone to the Defaults

If any customization to your phone’s APN settings is incompatible with the carrier requirements, then the carrier’s refusal to connect by using that APN may also cause the LG IMS error as the IMS is used to configure an Internet connection on a client device. In this context, resetting the APN Settings of your LG phone may solve the problem.

1. Launch your LG phone’s Settings and open Network & Internet.
2. Then open Mobile Network and select Access Points Names.
3. Now tap on the three dots and select Reset to Defaults or Restore Default Settings.

   

4. Then confirm to reset the APNs to the defaults and afterward, check if the LG IMS issue on your LG phone is cleared.
5. If that did not work, check if adding another APN with an IPV4 and then selecting that APN resolves the issue. For T-Mobile, you may use the following configuration:

   Mmsc: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
   
   Mms proto: wap 2.0
   
   Mcc: 310
   
   Mnc: 260
   
   Apn proto: ipv4

10. Reset the App Preferences of the LG Phone to the Defaults

If any customizations to any of the installed apps on your LG phone are making an app consistently ping the IMS process in a non-proper way, then that could cause the LG IMS has stopped error. Here, resetting the app preferences to the defaults may clear the IMS error under discussion.

1. Go to the Settings of your LG phone and open Apps & Notifications.

   

2. Now select App Info and tap on three dots near the top right.

   

3. Then choose Reset App Preferences and afterward, confirm to reset the LG phone’s App Preferences.

   

4. Once done, check if the phone is clear of the LG IMS error.

11. Uninstall the Conflicting Application

If an application on your LG phone is constantly pinging the LG IMS module but not as per the module’s requirements, then that may continuously break the LMS operation and cause its stoppage. Thus the LG IMS stopped the error.

In this scenario, uninstalling the conflicting application may resolve the issue. Honeycomb shell app is a known app to cause the issue. If you have the Honeycomb or any similar app, you may uninstall it to clear the error.

If not, follow the steps below; make sure to back up the info/data of any app you can uninstall during the process. Before proceeding, check if the LG phone works fine if booted in safe mode.

1. Check if uninstalling the 5 to 6 apps installed lastly clears the error.
2. If not, launch Google Play Store and tap on your user icon.
3. Now head to Manage Apps & Device and steer to the Manage tab.

   

4. Then filter the list of installed apps as Recently Updated, and afterward, uninstall the last 5 to 6 updated apps (one by one).

   

5. Once done, restart your phone and check if the LG phone is cleared of the IMS error upon restart.
6. If that does not work, download and install an antivirus application (like Avast).
7. Then launch the Antivirus app and scan your phone with the antivirus app.
8. Once done, check if that clears the IMS error from your LG phone.

12. Clear Cache/Storage of the LG IMS App and Force Stop it

The LM IMS stopped error might occur if the cache or storage of the LG IMS app is corrupt and due to this corruption, the app is failing to perform the designated task, hence the error. In this case, clearing the cache/storage of the LG IMS app and force-stopping it may resolve the issue.

1. Put your LG phone onto the Airplane mode (to stop the bombardment of the error message during the process) and then open your LG phone’s Settings.
2. Now head to Apps & Notifications and open App Info.
3. Then tap on the three vertical ellipses in the top right, and in the sub-menu shown, select Show System.

   

4. Now tap on com.lge.ims.rcsprovider (for some models you may tap on com.qualcomm.qti.ims) and open Storage.

   

5. Then quickly tap on Clear Cache and afterwards, on the Clear Data button.

   

6. Now quickly confirm to clear the IMS data and then hit the back button.

   

7. Then press the Force Stop button, and afterwards, confirm to Force Stop the LG IMS app.

   

8. Keep repeating (clear cache, data, and force stop, especially if you encountered the IMS error when clearing cache, data, and force stopping it) until the Force Stop button greys out (you may have to try around 5 to 8 times). If the LG IMS stopped error pops out during the process, ignore it and continue with the above steps.

   

9. Now disable the phone’s Airplane Mode and then check if it is clear of the LG IMS error.
10. If that did not work, enable Airplane Mode on the phone, and afterwards, enable Wi-Fi (keep Airplane Mode enabled).
11. Ensure that the Wi-Fi calling is enabled (under Settings>> Call) and repeat steps 2 to 9 to check if the IMS problem is solved.
12. If not, then put your phone in Airplane Mode and remove the SIM card from the phone.
13. Repeat steps 2 to 9 to check if that clears the IMS error.
14. If the issue persists, check if clearing the cache/data of the Messages app clears the LG IMS error.

13. Disable RCS Messaging of the LG Phone

RCS (Rich Communication Services) is the communication protocol mobile carriers use to support their customers in sending pictures and videos with normal text (unlike SMS, where only text can be sent). If the RCS module of your phone or carrier is glitched out, then their continuous attempt to access the IMS modules could cause a stoppage of IMS. In this scenario, disabling the RCS Messaging of the LG phone may clear the error.

1. Launch your Messaging app and open its Settings.
2. Now head to its Chat Settings and disable RCS or Chat Features by toggling its switch off.

   

3. Then relaunch the Messaging app and afterward, check if the phone is cleared of the LG IMS error.

14. Change the Phone’s IP Version to IPv4

The IMS module of an LG phone is used to connect it to the Internet. If a carrier (like T-Mobile) is having compatibility issues with the phone’s IPv6 protocol, that may break the IMS operation and cause the error under discussion. In this context, changing the phone’s connection mode to IPv4 may resolve the problem. 

1. Put your phone into Airplane Mode and then open the phone’s dialer.
2. Now dial the following code to enter your phone’s hidden menu (if this code does not work for you, then search the LG website to find the code to access the hidden menu of your LG phone):

   277634#*#

   

3. Then head to IMS Settings (you may find it under Modem Settings). The IMS Settings menu will be where you have the option to enable/disable VoLTE.
4. Once in the IMS Settings, scroll down till the IP Version setting is shown and then change the setting to IPV4v6 (the default value is IPV6V4).
    
5. Now close the menu and check if the phone’s IMS error is cleared.
6. If not, check if changing the IP Version to IPV4 resolves the issue.
7. If the issue persists, check if repeating the above steps after removing the SIM card from the phone solves the problem.

15. Reset the Phone’s Network Settings and All Settings to Defaults

An LG phone might show the IMS error at hand if your phone’s network or settings are corrupt or not configured as per the IMS requirements. In this context, resetting the phone’s network and all default settings may clarify the issue under discussion of the LG phone issue. Before proceeding, note down the info like APNs, Wi-Fi credentials, etc., that may be required later to set up network/Wi-Fi on your LG phone.

1. Launch your LG phone’s Settings and open Restart and Reset.

   

2. Now tap on Network Settings Reset and then confirm to reset the network settings of your LG phone.

   

3. Then set up network/Wi-Fi on your LG phone, and afterwards, check if the IMS stopped problem is solved.
4. If not, again repeat step 1 to open the LG phone’s Restart and Reset Settings.
5. Now tap on Reset All Settings and then confirm to reset all the settings of your LG phone.
6. Then set up network/Wi-Fi on your LG phone, and afterwards, check if its IMS error is cleared.

16. Reset Your LG Phone to the Factory Defaults

If none of the above worked for you, then the corrupt OS of your LG phone could be the root cause of the IMS error as the IMS app failed to communicate with the modules essential for its operation. Resetting your LG phone to the factory defaults may clear the error.

1. Firstly, back up data on your LG phone and charge it fully.
2. Now, head to the LG phone Settings and open Backup & Reset.
3. Then select Factory Data Reset and tap on Reset Phone.

   

4. Now confirm to reset your LG phone to its defaults and wait till the process completes.
5. Once done, re-set up your LG phone as per your requirements, and hopefully, it will be clear of the IMS error.

If none of the above worked, you either disable the execution of the IMS app by using a disabler app or contact LG/T-Mobile support to resolve the issue.