Official ThunderBolt thread

[Thegonagle]

I experienced an un-notified voice mail on Saturday, and I had a hard freeze-up last night right as the other party ended the call. Battery-pull-and-reboot time. I've never needed to do that before in relation to a phone call (the only other time I remember pulling the battery was because of a bad app).

I hope they fix this soon.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I installed the radios last night, hope they're an improvement.

 

[xBiffx]

FYI there is a new update out today. This one is a 2.3.4 Gingerbread update that includes fixes for the flawed Gingerbread update that was pulled nearly a month ago during the last OTA.

It took a couple of tries for me to pull the update through the Software Update tool but eventually I got it.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-fixes-several-issues-from-the-previous-leak/

Link is not the OTA but the update is identical to what is in the link.

Here is the info sheet from Verizon.

http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/thunderbolt.pdf

 

[Thegonagle]

Thank you for the heads up.

I can confirm that this fixes the AWOL voicemail notification.

 

[stag3]

sweet will need to update today

 

[_Aurel_]

The Gingerbread update really fixed a lot of the gripes I had with this phone, and caused me to unroot and go back to using 'stock'. For starters, the inconsistent lag is gone - I have 5 home screens full of widgets and shortcuts, and navigation is silky-smooth with no stuttering. I've also noticed an improvement in battery life, earning me what it feels like an extra hour of life over Froyo. I also don't notice the hiss as much when I'm making calls.

Had this phone launched with Gingerbread much, much earlier in it's life, it would not have gotten such a tarnished reputation. I don't think the Thunderbolt was ever a bad phone, but it was obvious that HTC stumbled out the gate when it came to getting things right with this phone. The Gingerbread update is enough for me to forgive HTC for some of it's mistakes. As it stands, if the Galaxy Nexus would have never been announced for Verizon, the Rezound would have been my next upgrade after the Thunderbolt.

Sorry HTC.

 

[stag3]

yea it feels much snappier now, charging my phone now, we'll see how battery life is on this charge

 

[Bateluer]

So, its getting closer to what Source built roms have been at since June? Kinda sad, in a month, its EOL.

No radio updates with the new build though, FYI.

 

[RockinZ28]

Finally got around to updating to a new GB ROM. Liking it so far, felt I needed to spruce it up a little to alleviate the desire for a new phone.

My upgrade date is in January, and my contract expires in March or April. Anyone know what happens if the 2-year contract expires in regards to the unlimited 4G data? Will I lose it if I go month to month? Want to upgrade when I feel the TB is no longer meeting my needs, but primary concern is locking in unlimited for another 2 years minimum.

 

[Zargon]

thats something only verizon can tell you sadly

 

[Bateluer]

Finally got around to updating to a new GB ROM. Liking it so far, felt I needed to spruce it up a little to alleviate the desire for a new phone.

My upgrade date is in January, and my contract expires in March or April. Anyone know what happens if the 2-year contract expires in regards to the unlimited 4G data? Will I lose it if I go month to month? Want to upgrade when I feel the TB is no longer meeting my needs, but primary concern is locking in unlimited for another 2 years minimum.

Verizon's the only one who can tell you for certain. My logic is that they'll want to take away the unlimited data plans from as many people as possible. They make more money when their customers pay more and get less.

 

[RockinZ28]

thats something only verizon can tell you sadly

Verizon's the only one who can tell you for certain. My logic is that they'll want to take away the unlimited data plans from as many people as possible. They make more money when their customers pay more and get less.

Damn. Well I may just play it safe and grab a new phone to extend my contract before it expires. People have renewed their 2 year and kept the unlimited right?

 

[stag3]

yea as long as you don't change your plan (renew is fine, new phone is fine) you keep the unlimited

 

[rcpratt]

Oh, cool, my phone upgraded to GB last night. Guess I've been out of the loop.

Is there a comprehensive detailed change list somewhere?

edit: And does anybody know if 2.3 fixes the issues with Swype not autospacing so I can use the most current version...?

 

[Orionsbelt]

Owned one for a bit over a month now, rooted it this weekend.

Looking for rom suggestions...

Am very happy with the community tethering app over the supplied one, the OEM tether seems to drop the network and turn on & off intermittently, using andriod wifi tether 3.0 for a day now, and it's trouble free thus far.

Was reading today how the LTE implementation is a kludge in the ThundBolt, and what they did was to put in a wireless hot spot chip in addition to the CDMA chip to get the LTE and voice on the same device.

Pros for me:

Speed, dear god this thing is blistering fast, we're talking 20+MPS up. I tether exclusively for internet at home, so it's a major plus.

Cons:

Battery life is similar to the EVO in factory form. You can almost watch the battery meter drain. I added the OEM extended battery so the thing is functional for a whole day.

'Son of a Bliss' by bamf is sense 3.5 and sweet.

 

[BagOfWalnuts]

Oh, cool, my phone upgraded to GB last night. Guess I've been out of the loop.

Is there a comprehensive detailed change list somewhere?

edit: And does anybody know if 2.3 fixes the issues with Swype not autospacing so I can use the most current version...?

Haha I was just going to come here and ask if this is the gingerbread we've been waiting for. Looks good so far, sleeker. Anyone have a comprehensive change list?

from that link with a few of the fixes posted earlier: Weather syncing fixes FINALLY.

 

[BagOfWalnuts]

also, what new things have you noticed with GB so far? I like the quick settings tab from the pulldown menu

 

[gsaldivar]

And does anybody know if 2.3 fixes the issues with Swype not autospacing so I can use the most current version...?

Yes that appears to be fixed thank God

 

[Thegonagle]

yea as long as you don't change your plan (renew is fine, new phone is fine) you keep the unlimited

^ This. ^
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I've noticed much better standby battery life since Gingerbread. I use a tool called SystemPanel Lite to look at the CPU speed, and I've noticed that the CPU generally idles much lower than Froyo ever did. I'm thinking that makes a huge difference.

The other nice feature since the update is in the notification bar, which gives you quick access to the phone's settings from any screen.

 

[fluffmonster]

latest update has easily tripled bootup and shutdown times for me.

 

[BagOfWalnuts]

latest update has easily tripled bootup and shutdown times for me.

I've got an odd quirk happening; when I go to turn on mobile network sometimes it just gets stuck on the 'turning on' part without ever actually turning on the data service.

 

[BagOfWalnuts]

Not sure I like this update entirely. First, occasionally my camera freezes up when I'm using it. That's only happened a couple times. What DOES happen CONSTANTLY is that I can't turn off my mobile network. When I go to Wireless & Networks, even whn I'm connected to the mobile network the checkbox is blank. So if I touch the box to turn it on (even though it's on already) it takes several minutes but does nothing, and the box does not become checked off. I have to enable airplane mode to turn of all networks. Then I disable it to turn networks back on. At this point the mobile network comes back on, and the checkbox fills in, and I can press it to disable the mobile network, which takes several minutes. Enormous pain in the ass.

 

[KentState]

My battery has gone to hell with the Gingerbread update. Hopefully this latest patch does something, otherwise I'm about ready to jump ship. Less than 4 hours on a charge is not acceptable.

 

[gsaldivar]

My battery has gone to hell with the Gingerbread update. Hopefully this latest patch does something, otherwise I'm about ready to jump ship. Less than 4 hours on a charge is not acceptable.

if you're getting less than 4 hours on a charge you're clearly doing it wrong. Have you tried a factory reset?

 

[Bateluer]

if you're getting less than 4 hours on a charge you're clearly doing it wrong. Have you tried a factory reset?

When you go to Settings>About Phone>Battery Use, what's using the most power?