It looks like March 3rd/4th is the next rumored drop date for the TB. BGR is reporting an insider at VZW was at an event held last night with TB launch details etc.
http://www.bgr.com/2011/02/24/htc-thunderbolt-may-launch-on-march-3rd-or-4th-4g-lte/
-Lil'
I saw that in the Android Central forums, it's quite possible. If the date holds I can hold on another week. Of course it'd be nice for Verizon to say something.
I actually beleive this may really be the date, Im kind of relieved..
My local Verizon corp. store took down all their TB signs. They are only flying the iP4 signs now. There for a while the walls were plastered with TB ads and signs.
Which "MARCH MADNESS" are we going to watch the NCAA BASKETBALL or the VERIZON /HTC Thunderbolt madness ???????
It might be even later if they can't get the FW more stable. It looks like they are going to just release the device and then push a couple OTA after release.
I've had the Incredible since May of 2010(one of the lucky ones) and am amazed at the recent rom development for this phone. I am also eligible for an upgrade as I am the primary line account.
That being said, I am excited for the Thunderbolt; but I can wait for the release. Chances are Verizon may lower the price after 30 days or so, depending on how well its received.
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Yeah , having my Inc and a good rom makes the wait easier. Still want the Tbolt soon.
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It might be even later if they can't get the FW more stable.
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I must have missed that info. Has anyone with credibility actually stated that, or is that just another rumor being thrown around? I would assume if they already shipped out plenty of units, the FW would be plenty stable.
Would you please post a link to the source of that concern.
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I must have missed that info. Has anyone with credibility actually stated that, or is that just another rumor being thrown around? I would assume if they already shipped out plenty of units, the FW would be plenty stable.
Would you please post a link to the source of that concern.
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I work for Qualcomm, and the device went gold since January. The Network is being fine tuned to handle the LTE devices, and iPhone traffic, but the firmware is not the reason. There were numerous tentative release dates, but Verizon publically stated 1Q. Iphone 4 was the first priority, but that's my opinion.
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Well, I ran across this little tibit in my relentless search for more information on the timeline for Froyo on this line...
Earlier, I posted a thread about another rumor I found on the net indicating AT&T & T-Mobile would get Froyo by mid-October. Reading between the lines of these two tibits, and considering the impending loss of exclusivity of the iPhone for AT&T, we might just get Froyo even before the I9000. I know, that doesn't make sense when you consider how many builds ahead the I9000 appears to be over Cappy, but who knows if that really is the case. Moreover, AT&T really needs this phone to work right as it is, at the present time, their best Android offering. Sure would be nice if this ends up being the case.
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/06/samsung-galaxy-s-update-on-android-2-2-froyo-release-date/
P.S. 5 minutes remaining on my download of Cog 2.2 Beta 4!!!
This is release in the UK how does that indicate that it will be around the same time in the US. There is no mention of US companies in that article.
It looks like the vibrant is getting it this morning according to samsungs twitter
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It looks like the vibrant is getting it this morning according to samsungs twitter
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NO! Vibrant JI6 is a 2.1 (confirmed in forum posts) - always has been. A version number for one phone means nothing to another phone. It is really just a date stamp.
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This is release in the UK how does that indicate that it will be around the same time in the US. There is no mention of US companies in that article.
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Amen, we get it when we get it. No need to start rumors all over again.
Just read this article:
http://androidandme.com/2010/11/pho...-s-phones-will-not-see-android-2-2-till-2011/
The Captivate is seriously the best phone I have ever owned and I purchased it the first day it became available. Now I think I should have waited a few months before shelling out $499.99. But I am getting really disappointed with Samsung and just want to sell it soon. If this is JUST 2.2, imagine Gingerbread or Honeycomb? I know that I don't have to wait for the official releases, as I'm running DG's 9.1.3 ROM, but just this lack of support from Samsung AGAIN is annoying. On top of the lack of timely software support we still have the GPS issue. I did almost all of the tricks in these forums and the GPS works when it wants to. I have to have it work all the time. I'm thinking of when these new dual-core phones come out in the coming months of just selling my beloved Captivate and getting something else that's not made by Samsung-- as the only thing I will truly miss will be the screen. At this point Samsung might as well just skip 2.2 and go straight to 2.3 but we know they won't do that. Hopefully the Nexus S turns out to have fewer issues. /rant
Who is the "we" you are referring too? I guess you are a canadian fascinate owner as that is the only model that was stated for a 2011 update to 2.2.
Seriously, you are speculating on an article that is all speculation itself and creating FUD for others.
Just out of curiosity, what froyo features are you waiting for that you want so badly?
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Just read this article:
http://androidandme.com/2010/11/pho...-s-phones-will-not-see-android-2-2-till-2011/
The Captivate is seriously the best phone I have ever owned and I purchased it the first day it became available. Now I think I should have waited a few months before shelling out $499.99. But I am getting really disappointed with Samsung and just want to sell it soon. If this is JUST 2.2, imagine Gingerbread or Honeycomb? I know that I don't have to wait for the official releases, as I'm running DG's 9.1.3 ROM, but just this lack of support from Samsung AGAIN is annoying. On top of the lack of timely software support we still have the GPS issue. I did almost all of the tricks in these forums and the GPS works when it wants to. I have to have it work all the time. I'm thinking of when these new dual-core phones come out in the coming months of just selling my beloved Captivate and getting something else that's not made by Samsung-- as the only thing I will truly miss will be the screen. At this point Samsung might as well just skip 2.2 and go straight to 2.3 but we know they won't do that. Hopefully the Nexus S turns out to have fewer issues. /rant
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Go to Twitter.com/GalaxySSupport and look at how many times they specifically say the Captivate will have Froyo by the end of the year.
From what I understand, it's ATT, not Samsung causing any delay. In any event, I'm fine with 2.1...I don't see the huge features brought by 2.2 anyway
At this point we may as well just wait for someone to cook some gingerbread.
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According to Samsung Galaxy S Support, we should have 2.2 by the end of this year.
My friend that works for AT&T says that's supposedly they are supposed to update on November 26th but like everyone else I hear dates alot and have stopped holding my breath... Im looking forward to the flash 10.1 in froyo see what more I can do with my phone online its already taken the place of my laptop for reading my morning tech blogs so I can get up and go.
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My friend that works for AT&T says that's supposedly they are supposed to update on November 26th but like everyone else I hear dates alot and have stopped holding my breath... Im looking forward to the flash 10.1 in froyo see what more I can do with my phone online its already taken the place of my laptop for reading my morning tech blogs so I can get up and go.
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Tbh I rarely use flash for anything except maybe a few engadget videos. But I do use my phone more than anything now.
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I don't understand why you're so butt-hurt. Just flash one of the 2.2 ROMs, there are plenty to choose from and they all make the phone experience 100x better.
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angry birds...
well isnt this just dandy.... :/
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angry birds...
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You can play angry birds now on 2.1.
take this with a load of salt..
from samsungmobileus twitter on Nov 11th...."we are working on Froyo update for our US Galaxy S phones. It will be available this year. "
here is the post http://twitter.com/SamsungMobileUS/status/2818439500533760
Seriously? Another thread speculating on the froyo release date? You said it yourself... there's a whole development section that has plenty of froyo for you. If you just wanted to use the software your carrier provides, you should have gotten an iphone.
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My friend that works for AT&T says that's supposedly they are supposed to update on November 26th but like everyone else I hear dates alot and have stopped holding my breath... Im looking forward to the flash 10.1 in froyo see what more I can do with my phone online its already taken the place of my laptop for reading my morning tech blogs so I can get up and go.
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I also work at AT&T and i've heard no such date as to when the official 2.2 roll out is going to happen.
yeah if you here a date it is unofficial and subject to change at any moment, usually it will get delayed not pushed up. the att reps i have talked to are kept in the dark until the release day in most cases. the truth is that att is quite lazy.
back in september when we all thought a froyo release was coming soon i spoke to a samsung engineer who quoted "we are working on the froyo update around the clock" and "the wait should not be unusually long" well the lanuage hes used of "working around the clock" put my expectations around november. now who knows.
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Bluetooth voice dialing. Bluetooth sound quality is bad on i9000 kernels used on the captivate.
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Even when the official 2.2 update comes out, I honestly don't see myself, or a lot of the xda community switching over to it. With DG doing great work on the Cog builds and a lot of people following in his footsteps to provide us new roms, the official Samsung and ATT approved updates will always be just mediocre at best.
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Bluetooth voice dialing. Bluetooth sound quality is bad on i9000 kernels used on the captivate.
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Same here...which is why I am seriously looking at this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836243..If for some reason the official version doesn't come out by Thanksgiving...I'll most likely root it and flash the latest Cog rom out at that time.
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WTF? lol
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/24/add-march-10th-to-the-list-of-htc-thunderbolt-release-dates/
I wouldnt worry to much about this recent news. As someone else noticed as well. They have phones listed in that screen shot that show they come out in november of 2010 as well. This paper could be as old as october of 2010. If im not mistaken, TB was a march release to begin with originally
Im not believing it..
Notice, that screenshot is not about upcoming devices. It is about their "current lineup". Which is accurate. And shows when the device was launched.
How is that misleading? It is showing Verizon's current lineup...
I wouldnt touch that with a 10ft stick, so many ads rumors and all that hype for these phone you can't possibly know for sure which is real so at these point if it releases good if not il just wait..
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This is just my opinion but I can see it coming out after 3/12. Since BB gives you a 30 day return, they don't want to get all the I-Phones back to get a better phone. That only my opinion.
I wonder if Verizon will give current customers the option to extend their current contract for another 2 years and upgrade early like they did with the iPhone...one can only hope.
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I wonder if Verizon will give current customers the option to extend their current contract for another 2 years and upgrade early like they did with the iPhone...one can only hope.
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doubt it. they only did this cuz apple told them to. like how apple told at&t to
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doubt it. they only did this cuz apple told them to. like how apple told at&t to
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Not true, I was told i'm good for a early upgrade now till my upgrade date thats in july.
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Not true, I was told i'm good for a early upgrade now till my upgrade date thats in july.
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You're grandfathered in for one last early upgrade. After that you're done.
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You're grandfathered in for one last early upgrade. After that you're done.
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What about if you have a family plan? I received an email confirming my early upgrade eligibility on my main phone (a Droid 1) but I have two more phones that will be coming up on their anniversary dates in late Summer/early Fall. Will Verizon allow early upgrades on those phones too?
-Mike
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What about if you have a family plan? I received an email confirming my early upgrade eligibility on my main phone (a Droid 1) but I have two more phones that will be coming up on their anniversary dates in late Summer/early Fall. Will Verizon allow early upgrades on those phones too?
-Mike
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I got a text telling me I could upgrade my primary line, and then about two weeks later that my other line had been approved for an upgrade also. I think it might have been that I waited and didn't upgrade my primary line.
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Not true, I was told i'm good for a early upgrade now till my upgrade date thats in july.
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as long as you upgraded BEFORE January 16th you can upgrade within a year. after jan 16th your SOL
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This is just my opinion but I can see it coming out after 3/12. Since BB gives you a 30 day return, they don't want to get all the I-Phones back to get a better phone. That only my opinion.
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Last time I checked, the return policy stated 14 days. That would put the buffer to, well, this past Thursday.
Someone at a verizon kiosk told me that it will be out on Monday for a secret release. They don't want to make it to public tor whatever reason, but its apparently coming out on the 28th
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Im sorry, but that may be the most retarded thing i have ever heard. LOL. Not a shot at you, but if someone at VZW really said that, that is funny. Why "secretly" release one of your most anticipated phones ever?!
After i say that and think there is no way it will happen, it probably will be a "secret" release. LOL
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Im sorry, but that may be the most retarded thing i have ever heard. LOL. Not a shot at you, but if someone at VZW really said that, that is funny. Why "secretly" release one of your most anticipated phones ever?!
After i say that and think there is no way it will happen, it probably will be a "secret" release. LOL
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He mentioned that Verizon is worried about mass people abruptly entering 4g at once so they want to have people entering it slowly to make sure that the system functions properly before adding a ton of stress to it.
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Only problem with that idea is, after about 2 or 3 hours everyone will know and within a day or two, they will have a ton of users on the system..
Secret Release......I thought I had seen it all...sorry but that is priceless...
I think this phone has lost all of its momentum since MWC and CES. There's barely any buzz about it anymore. What a waste of all that free publicity...
you people is this what fragmentation is?
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check tmo news.com right now.....unable to post link!
LG has continued to stick to it’s message of working fast and furious to push out a T-Mobile G2x Gingerbread update that contains various bug fixes. The problem is right now their message is something along the lines of “we know you are frustrated and we’re understanding so we hope to have some information to tell you soon.” What’s soon? Is it two days or two weeks as it’s already been a month that the G2x has been gone from T-Mobile.com. The time to tell us something has come and gone, now we’re moving into impatience.
Tonight’s information shows that LG hopes to deliver some information about the update in the next few days but not necessarily the update itself. As you can see in the Tweet above there is no indication that the “next few days” means an actual software release. So G2x owners are stuck playing the waiting game yet again. While I understand that neither T-Mobile nor LG wants to give a target date and miss it, perhaps it’s better than not saying anything at all.
@theLGgirl
Maybe a light at the end of the tunnel? I won't hold my breath, but still...
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That message does not sound good to me. I believe they are working hard on it but it almost sound as if there having some problems with it. Doesn't look good. Glad I have a bug free G2X because I don't think there fixing anything.
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That message does not sound good to me. I believe they are working hard on it but it almost sound as if there having some problems with it. Doesn't look good. Glad I have a bug free G2X because I don't think there fixing anything.
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If they weren't having issues with it then I assume it would be out by now...? I think this was just sent out tonight to help ease the minds of those like us in the forums. Not that I feel better or worse but at least it's some form of "Yes, we know" -Just my opinion of course.
Yeah I posted that info over an hour ago on another thread
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i'll believe it when i see it.
come on guys and or gals
they said its a strong focus and expeect news in a few days give them a breadk its not like its been 2 months already or something. you should believe them its not like they have been misleading you since prior to launch of the phone.
lg and tmobile are upstanding and wouldnt never lie about stock or anything.
oh hey by the way i have a great deal for the first lucky person to contact me.
i have this bridge i am selling real cheap. its not made by lg or on tmobile its a good deal.
While I love my g2x, I can honestly say that I have never seen such a high end phone get pulled so quickly. LG borked it bog time and now the consumers pay. So T-Mobile exchanges the phone for a lower specification phone and expects us to pay MORE money for the so called "upgrade" to the Sensation. Personally I am pissed how this has been handled!
No one has seen a high end phone get pulled this quickly .....it didn't get pulled....
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No one has seen a high end phone get pulled this quickly .....it didn't get pulled....
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Really? They stopped selling it. I have never seen that happen so quickly. Hell even the Evo, which should have been pulled was instead quickly upgraded by HTC. You are foolish if you think that T-Mobile just went out of stock.
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Really? They stopped selling it. I have never seen that happen so quickly. Hell even the Evo, which should have been pulled was instead quickly upgraded by HTC. You are foolish if you think that T-Mobile just went out of stock.
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I think they're out of stock or waiting to ship phones with updates pre-installed. I upgraded from the Nexus One and this phone is far superior (except the GPS)
My buddy bought one today...if they pulled it or recalled it they wouldn't be able to sell it in stores....that is where a lawsuit could realistically happen
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My buddy bought one today...if they pulled it or recalled it they wouldn't be able to sell it in stores....that is where a lawsuit could realistically happen
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A lot of the stores are selling them when they have been asked not to. Why? Stores have to meet sales metrics. If you have a new customer signing up and they want the G2x, would you really tell them no?
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A lot of the stores are selling them when they have been asked not to. Why? Stores have to meet sales metrics. If you have a new customer signing up and they want the G2x, would you really tell them no?
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lol no stores have been "asked not to sell" g2x's.
I dont know where you guys get all this crazy info from.
I have not seen one official email telling myself, or any other store in my region to not sell G2X's. (although we havent been getting our stock replenished for about 3 weeks now. we still have 2-3 in stock, but due to the recent price hike no one is really interested in the phone)
Bro think logically here...if it was recalled and they continue to sell them, and someone with a buggy phone found that out and could prove it, don't you think T-Mobile would end up losing alot more money with all the legit lawsuits then they would eating the cost of the recalled and discontinued g2x? Once again it hasn't been recalled?
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'LG delays Optimus 2X Gingerbread update for Brits' article up on reghardware.com.
Would post the link but not yet able to :/
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'LG delays Optimus 2X Gingerbread update for Brits' article up on reghardware.com.
Would post the link but not yet able to :/
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Lawl. This means that T-mobile customers will only see it by late October or early November.
Hopefully by then, the SGS2 will be released on T-Mobile. This is ridiculous. They must have hired just one person PART-TIME working on this.
Uh, did any of you actually read the article?
"LG will be making the Android 2.3 upgrade available for all priority LG Optimus smartphones starting in June in specific markets and gradually rolling out the upgrade across all regions"
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It happens that the UK is one of the last markets it gets rolled out to, not that they aren't going to have it completed until September. Other markets will being receiving the update this month.
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A lot of the stores are selling them when they have been asked not to. Why? Stores have to meet sales metrics. If you have a new customer signing up and they want the G2x, would you really tell them no?
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Nearly a thousand posts and 91 thanks and this is what you come up with?
People are getting bored. I hope the update hits soon. At least we would have something meaningful to post about.
Oh I really hope this is accurate...
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HTC ThunderBolt ICS Update Testing in Final Stages, Roll Out by End of October?
Adam Mills — 10/11/2012
The HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update that has been delayed since the end of August, might finally roll out to ThunderBolt owners by the end of October.
We received a tip today from a reader who says that Verizon informed them, through a phone call, that the HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update is in the final stages of testing and that Verizon currently plans to roll it out by the end of October.
The person is a HTC ThunderBolt owner who sent Verizon an email venting frustration over the Ice Cream Sandwich delay. And much to their surprise, Verizon called them and relayed the above information. It’s unclear at this point whether Verizon has begun telling other inquiring HTC ThunderBolt owners something similar or if this person just so happened to get information they weren’t supposed to.
So at this point, while this seems to be pretty credible, HTC ThunderBolt owners will still want to circle the month of October in pencil but we wouldn’t get excited just yet.
Read: HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich Update: Time for a Decision.
It appears that the HTC ThunderBolt ICS update might roll out this month.
That’s because there is always a possibility that something might go wrong in testing, delaying the software even further than it already has been delayed. We know HTC and Verizon have been working on this update since the delay back in August and it appears that we could be closer than ever to a decision on the update.
As of now, HTC and Verizon remain mum on the whereabouts of the update, only saying that the software is being worked on and that they would provide more information as it becomes available. We assume that this is because the update is still in testing, again possibly in the final stages, and because they haven’t yet determined an official roll out date.
Read: List of Broken Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Promises Could Grow.
Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything in regards to the Droid Incredible 2 Ice Cream Sandwich update, an update that was delayed alongside the HTC ThunderBolt ICS update, though we imagine that HTC and Verizon are currently working on that one as well.
At the very least, the silence means that they still haven’t cancelled the update and if today’s rumor proves fruitful, it may actually roll out to ThunderBolt owners at some point this month.
We’ll keep digging and update you on what we find.
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I suppose we will see.
I don't even care for the OTA... I only care for the sources to make our development easier and working properly.
There's always that possibility... it could roll out tomorrow even. I don't think anyone really knows. But I, as well, hope it is released very soon.
I believe Verizon is the hold up, so I can see where this article could be true.
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At this point they can take their update and such and put 'em where the sun don't shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Period!
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Verizon called a customer to tell them this?
Uhmmmmmmmmmm.
Unless that customer was the CEO of some major fortune 500 company, I have my doubts.
But we shall see.
TBH, this is all based on an unnamed user's claim that VZW called him (really?) to tell him about the update... sounds like BS to me. oh well though, i hope it's true.
total bull.
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total bull.
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+1 lol
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I bet someone made all that crap up just to see if people would post it on the internet. I might have believed it if they said they received an email stating that they were almost finished testing but even that would probably be bull coming from Verizon. It doesn't make sense that they delayed the update and haven't said one word about it unless they intend on not pushing it out.
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This just takes advantage of TB owners who are salivating for our rightful upgrade. We're running on fumes; that's why articles like this get published.
I only care about the OTA insofar as the camera and other functionality is concerned. I have a 4 month old son -- my first. I need my camera!
Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.
yeah....
I just had the fight of my life with Verizon, trying to make them give me the money they mistakenly charged on my credit card. Based on my experience and those of other people I know, I can't imagine that Verizon would do anything so customer-centered as this. As much as I would love to believe this, this has to be a fairy tale...and one that isn't likely to have a happy ending.
~Slim
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I just had the fight of my life with Verizon, trying to make them give me the money they mistakenly charged on my credit card. Based on my experience and those of other people I know, I can't imagine that Verizon would do anything so customer-centered as this. As much as I would love to believe this, this has to be a fairy tale...and one that isn't likely to have a happy ending.
~Slim
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You too? I just finished a 2 day war with them over changing the devices on my plan and keeping unlimited. I'm an 11 year customer, but lost that war. They are @#$*&%$. This topic is the biggest BS that I've seen in the bolt section for awhile, and yes, doesn't look like this will end well, I agree.
Did it annoy anyone else when they say ThunderBolt? Maybe it's just me being OCD, lol
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Did it annoy anyone else when they say ThunderBolt? Maybe it's just me being OCD, lol
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Yes. In official (VZW or HTC) print, the bolt is either a capital "T" followed by lowercase letters, or all uppercase. The name of the phone is intended to be a single word, not two. Whoever started doing or perpetuates the "ThunderBolt" iteration of the name, because I've seen it that way on numerous android related websites, needs to stop it, it's unnecessary and visually annoying. If you were being OCD, that makes two of us.
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You too? I just finished a 2 day war with them over changing the devices on my plan and keeping unlimited. I'm an 11 year customer, but lost that war. They are @#$*&%$. This topic is the biggest BS that I've seen in the bolt section for awhile, and yes, doesn't look like this will end well, I agree.
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Dang, now I'm scared. I'm about to buy a Rezound off craigslist. Been about a 6 or 7 year customer. On unlimited data right now, Do you think I should try and get this phone and try to switch devices on my contract?
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Dang, now I'm scared. I'm about to buy a Rezound off craigslist. Been about a 6 or 7 year customer. On unlimited data right now, Do you think I should try and get this phone and try to switch devices on my contract?
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If you obtain your own device, VZW has absolutely no issue switching your device on your plan and letting you keep unlimited, I asked several store reps. And a phone Rep. About that very issue when I was thinking of getting an S3. If you supply/obtain your own equipment (VZW smartphone, not bought through VZW at a subsidized/renewal price) there's no problem. My issue is that I wanted to remove a dumbphone from my plan and it's the primary line. I can't do that and keep unlimited data on my smartphone line, so I'm stuck paying for a dumbphone I don't use to keep unlimited... Grrr
That makes two of us. They are such trolls!!!!
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quickdraw86 said:
If you obtain your own device, VZW has absolutely no issue switching your device on your plan and letting you keep unlimited, I asked several store reps. And a phone Rep. About that very issue when I was thinking of getting an S3. If you supply/obtain your own equipment (VZW smartphone, not bought through VZW at a subsidized/renewal price) there's no problem. My issue is that I wanted to remove a dumbphone from my plan and it's the primary line. I can't do that and keep unlimited data on my smartphone line, so I'm stuck paying for a dumbphone I don't use to keep unlimited... Grrr
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Wow!! You'd think that they would work to keep long-time customers happy. There are people there that can bend and/or break their so called "rules". I've actually had them do so before. However, most of the the people you'll speak to have no authority and/or have no idea what they are talking about. That's why when I encounter a problem requiring a call to Verizon, I immediately ask for a manager and refuse to speak to anyone else until I get someone who can actually make decisions. They do exist but are few and far between...
This is all really disappointing. I sincerely hope that one of the other carriers gives me a compelling reason to switch (ie expanded coverage area & better valued plans). If so, I'm jumping ship just as soon as I possibly can.
~Slim
If that is true that would make a lot of people in the Bolt community happy. I am running Liquids ICS, but having all the right coding would make his rom run even better.
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There should be a "30 minutes or less" type situation with carriers and ETA's on updates so they stop straight up lying, and if they get caught we get some sort of incentive. Seriously how many times have we heard "end of this month for sure" and then another two months go by with no word, and not just with the Thunderbolt. I've learned a long time ago not to trust them with dates anymore since they've lost all credibility in giving accurate ETA's, but this needs to stop, it's just getting annoying.
VigilanteM2 said:
Dang, now I'm scared. I'm about to buy a Rezound off craigslist. Been about a 6 or 7 year customer. On unlimited data right now, Do you think I should try and get this phone and try to switch devices on my contract?
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HTC Rezound is an wonderful device!! It has been on ICS OTA since August. You'll love it!