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I just listed mine on Craigslist in anticipation of the SGSII coming to VZW.
I'm really really hoping it'll have 4G because I don't want to come back to the tbolt or have to deal with the bionic (unless the bionic is unlockable).
What about you guys? Anybody else selling to get top dollar before the new phones are officially announced?
Edit: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...according-to-the-vzw-support-twitter-account/ woot, sgs2 will have 4g!
Lol, what if it's delayed I may sell mines eventually as well, I hate Samsung but this phone is a beast.
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Lol, what if it's delayed I may sell mines eventually as well, I hate Samsung but this phone is a beast.
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Yeah, I'm worried about it being delayed too :\
Fortunately, I have an old Incredible laying around that I can use in the meantime. I really hope VZW doesn't drop the ball here and delay it past early September. As far as I can tell, that tweet is VZW's first admission that the sgs2 for VZW even exists.
I'm not a fan of Apple....errr Samsung so I think I'm sticking with the Bolt!!
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Yeah, I'm worried about it being delayed too :\
Fortunately, I have an old Incredible laying around that I can use in the meantime. I really hope VZW doesn't drop the ball here and delay it past early September. As far as I can tell, that tweet is VZW's first admission that the sgs2 for VZW even exists.
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Yeah, I hear ya, atleast we know it's actually real. This phone will be hard to resist but I wouldn't sell my phone just yet, you may be waiting a while. Unless you a spare laying around somewhere.
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After hearing that it will have 4G, I might be tempted to sell my TBolt once it launches. I also am not a fan of samsung phones, but this thing really makes me drool.
i'll probably wait until next march(when my 1st year is up) as ill get my $400 deposit back then.
As a previous owner of the fascinate, I am definitely with you guys on the anti-Samsung bandwagon. The thing that has changed my mind is that Samsung has said that the sgs2 is practically made for Ice Cream Sandwich. That gives me hope that they will be updating it relatively quickly once ICS is released.
Also, the fact that they gave the sgs2 to some of the CM devs makes me think they are more consumer focused than they were the first go 'round.
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As a previous owner of the fascinate, I am definitely with you guys on the anti-Samsung bandwagon. The thing that has changed my mind is that Samsung has said that the sgs2 is practically made for Ice Cream Sandwich. That gives me hope that they will be updating it relatively quickly once ICS is released.
Also, the fact that they gave the sgs2 to some of the CM devs makes me think they are more consumer focused than they were the first go 'round.
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All good points, I forgot they hooked up some devs with phones. I still have nightmares about my Captivate. This phone is in a completely different league though.
To be honest with you I want my next phone to be great out of the box. I never thought I would reach a point that I would be tired of rom flashing, lol. I could slap lpp on top of touchwiz and would be good to go.
Still love my bolt though, we'll see.
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It's also the first and only android phone with a completely open sourced linux kernel (no linked binary blobs for drivers in it).
Selling your phone off for this right now is silly though. Who knows when it'll be out for CDMA/LTE. It could be another 5-6 months at the earliest.
The Galaxy S2 having 4G is still unconfirmed.
http://twitter.com/#!/VZWSupport/status/96264762802970626
That tweet was sent out shortly afterwards.
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All good points, I forgot they hooked up some devs with phones. I still have nightmares about my Captivate. This phone is in a completely different league though.
To be honest with you I want my next phone to be great out of the box. I never thought I would reach a point that I would be tired of rom flashing, lol. I could slap lpp on top of touchwiz and would be good to go.
Still love my bolt though, we'll see.
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I hear ya on that! I'm kind of glad CM7 for the TBolt isn't on Nightlies and I am enjoying flashing once every few weeks instead of nightly. I will say I enjoy the added capabilities root and CM7 brings though so I couldn't go unrooted that's for sure.
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The Galaxy S2 having 4G is still unconfirmed.
http://twitter.com/#!/VZWSupport/status/96264762802970626
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There goes that, lol.
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I hear ya on that! I'm kind of glad CM7 for the TBolt isn't on Nightlies and I am enjoying flashing once every few weeks instead of nightly. I will say I enjoy the added capabilities root and CM7 brings though so I couldn't go unrooted that's for sure.
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Selling your phone off for this right now is silly though. Who knows when it'll be out for CDMA/LTE. It could be another 5-6 months at the earliest.
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No one knows for sure if SGS2 will have LTE, although Samsung would be pretty stupid to not support it. If it does, I will be first in line....but my Tbolt will do just fine until then.
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Yeah, I would have to atleast root it, lol.
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Yes, even if it were great out of the box, I would root it to get rid of all the bloatware you know will be crammed on it!
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this thread made me come up with a plan I am soon going to be trading my thunderbolt for a charge and my dad just got one off verizon as his upgrade if the sgs 2 comes out august 12th then I will give him my charge and make him return his for the sgs 2
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Galaxy S II or Droid Bionic for me please
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By the way, I hope we can easily swap SIM cards between out TBolts and the SGS2 (if it does have LTE) cuz I really do love my TBolt but the SGS2 is a BEAST
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I must be the only one who loves my thunderbolt.
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Could've sworn Gingerbread would have come out today.... Needless to say, I'm very disappointed.
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Could've sworn Gingerbread would have come out today.... Needless to say, I'm very disappointed.
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How do you know? I though the GS2 was coming out today from reports but i guess tomorrow...
I thought the gs2 came out today? I've seen commercials every time I turned the Tv on. Hmm.... I'm confused now.
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The gs ii is out. Its on the website and being sold stores. Went by today.
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The gs ii is out. Its on the website and being sold stores. Went by today.
So I was right. It did come out today. I'm just confused why no Gingerbread....
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Kies Mini
Kies mini recognizes my infuse now but says its unregistered.
we know that the infuse and sgs4g are getting 2.3.5 and the t-mobile gs2 supposedly ships with 2.3.5 but the gs2 att version ships with 2.3.4. give it atleast a couple weeks since they will likely update both (and the captivate) together. i doubt they will give us 2.3.5 before the gs2 but who knows. even if they do i dont think they'd release the infuse update till after the frenzy is over for the gs2
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we know that the infuse and sgs4g are getting 2.3.5 and the t-mobile gs2 supposedly ships with 2.3.5 but the gs2 att version ships with 2.3.4. give it atleast a couple weeks since they will likely update both (and the captivate) together. i doubt they will give us 2.3.5 before the gs2 but who knows. even if they do i dont think they'd release the infuse update till after the frenzy is over for the gs2
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The crazy part is that if you go on the AT&T website right now and look at the specs for the GS2, it doesn't' even list what operating system it comes with.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...xy+S(TM)+II&q_sku=sku5370319#fbid=KFJ-t3Aj21s
Unlike the Infuse which shows 2.2
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...se+(TM)+4G*&q_sku=sku5190290#fbid=KFJ-t3Aj21s
Dude I noticed that as well. Something smells...........
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Also at the bottom of the page (its kind of covered up by other words) but where it says '4g' it shows "HSPA+/LTE".... hmmmmmmm....
man this is why att sucks
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man this is why att sucks
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did anyone really expect gb on launch day of the gs2? i didnt expect it before launch day but i never said i thought it would be here launch week. get over it. infused 1.6 is an awesome rom and if you are a flash junkie there are a bazillion i9000 roms to play with.
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man this is why att sucks
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If you need to get your flash high, use hellraiser and flash a ****ton of ROM's.
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Dani897 said:
did anyone really expect gb on launch day of the gs2? i didnt expect it before launch day but i never said i thought it would be here launch week. get over it. infused 1.6 is an awesome rom and if you are a flash junkie there are a bazillion i9000 roms to play with.
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It's not that I don't want to flash or anything and I'm not gonna say things like Att sucks. But I want to wait for official Gingerbread so we can see some really good ROMs based on official.
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It's not that I don't want to flash or anything and I'm not gonna say things like Att sucks. But I want to wait for official Gingerbread so we can see some really good ROMs based on official.
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The 2.3.5 leaks are pretty good but I get it. Lack of sources is a *****. Entropy fixed wifi on his kernel but no HDMI is annoying. I am on the fence with what to spend my time with. I might abandon simply honey as there are bug I have no hope of fixing and my even after disabling the battery full notification it still causes a bug where I need to reboot the phone to mount the SD after a full charge.
Its either work on that or work on ucki3/4 and I'm leaning towards ucki3 over simply honey right now.
Yeah it's a joke that official gingerbread isn't out yet. Guess we are really lucky to have the roms we do. Infused 1.6 is excellent. Will be sad when all the devs leave for gs2!!
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It is a joke. It's not something I'm mad about. I'm just impatient as hell, haha. And what's gonna happen with icecream? Guess we won't even get that, but who knows.
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It is a joke. It's not something I'm mad about. I'm just impatient as hell, haha. And what's gonna happen with icecream? Guess we won't even get that, but who knows.
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Only one phones getting that anytime soon right??
the2rrell said:
Only one phones getting that anytime soon right??
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More than likely, yes. And it's a Nexus.
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Kinda want to get something new now. I just upgraded but development is looking semi-bleak :/ After I rank up in a few months I may grab something new.
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AT&T announced five new Gingerbread phones today.
Question is: so where's the love for our Infuse Gingerbread?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/att-android-smartphones.html
Those are new phone releases...not updates to existing phones
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I think I may need to get me some Ginger ale to go with all this ginger spreading around
hmmm that samsung captivate glyde.... i want... but i will wait out the prime.
It would be awesome if i got the gs2 or prime, my dad got my infuse, and my mom gets the glide, then we could switch off devices that would be so cool.
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Those are new phone releases...not updates to existing phones
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Eh... I think we are aware of that. The point is, ATT is busy porting GB over to the new phones where new sales are. But there's no or less money in doing so for the existing phones aside from new Infuse sales.
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hmmm that samsung captivate glyde.... i want... but i will wait out the prime.
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Optimus Prime wants the Prime. Lol
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jesi.james said:
Optimus Prime wants the Prime. Lol
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Haha, I noticed that too.
I just bought a infuse and it is still froyo so no ginger love for new infuses either
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jvanlew said:
Haha, I noticed that too.
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Yeah! It will go nice with my Asus transformer
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Is it just me or the Atrix 2 in the pic looks way big.
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Eh... I think we are aware of that. The point is, ATT is busy porting GB over to the new phones where new sales are. But there's no or less money in doing so for the existing phones aside from new Infuse sales.
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AT&T doesn't do the porting - Samsung does and AT&T delays the updates.
It was barely acceptable to release a Froyo phone when the Infuse was released - a Froyo-on-release phone would be dead in the market now.
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AT&T doesn't do the porting - Samsung does and AT&T delays the updates.
It was barely acceptable to release a Froyo phone when the Infuse was released - a Froyo-on-release phone would be dead in the market now.
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What do you think would be the motivation for AT&T to delay the updates; especially for their just-released SGS2? The only thing I can think of is needing to beef up support needs. But then again, versus the lost sales.
I had just finally convinced a buddy to go with the Android o/s and especially the Infuse or the SGS2. Then he came around citing his research that both phones are really behind the curve and that he minimally wants a GB phone now.
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What do you think would be the motivation for AT&T to delay the updates; especially for their just-released SGS2? The only thing I can think of is needing to beef up support needs. But then again, versus the lost sales.
I had just finally convinced a buddy to go with the Android o/s and especially the Infuse or the SGS2. Then he came around citing his research that both phones are really behind the curve and that he minimally wants a GB phone now.
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People buy new phones to get the latest and greatest...there is your motivation by att
(Sgs2 has gb btw)
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Ooo yay a phone with a physical keyboard its tempting
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Well just keep in mind that... gingers have no souls..
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scyld said:
Well just keep in mind that... gingers have no souls..
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Should explain why my phones felt so soulless when I put gingerbread on it....
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still waiting and waiting for samsung or att to release the GB update... oh did i say im still waiting !!
snooter71 said:
still waiting and waiting for samsung or att to release the GB update... oh did i say im still waiting !!
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Sounds like your waiting for gingerbread to be released? I get this feeling I don't know I might be wrong
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I've been waiting to get ROM-happy until the official GB releases, but this is killing me! I feel as trapped as when I had an iPhone! Let me out of this cage AT&T, and give me my dessert with some GB!
Don't know if anyone was aware of this yet or not.. Hoping for a port soon.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar-and-google-now-available-to-download-now/
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Sweet.I'm one of the few who actually likes the new touchwiz and the features have really grown on me.
I agree. I came from sense and touchwiz is much nicer imo
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Don't know if anyone was aware of this yet or not.. Hoping for a port soon.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar-and-google-now-available-to-download-now/
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This I'm interested in!
I personally like the TouchWiz interface but also really like Jellybean and a smooth functioning Google Now
Keep hearing end of August so this looks promising. Also no one who's using the beta build mentions a speed increase. We all can assume its going to have a huge speed increase like on the Nexus.
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Keep hearing end of August so this looks promising. Also no one who's using the beta build mentions a speed increase. We all can assume its going to have a huge speed increase like on the Nexus.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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:laugh: Yea, hopefully Samsung can tell Verizon to move it with this. I'll be surprised if a update doesn't come out before to fix any issues or if the JB update will include them. This phone is great but, their are a few issues I hate. One being the music popping.
Wait so if this comes out for the INT varient is it really that hard for developers to just transition it over to our verizon model?
I was hoping they'd add a couple unified widgets to it with the update.
I love this phone (features, screen, battery), and Touchwiz isn't as bad as people make it out to be..... but..... Is it too much to ask that they add a contacts widget (so that I don't have to use a different syncing app) and a social feed widget that go along with the email and calendar widgets? I miss having a unified feel across the board like on sense. It seems that no matter what widgets I download and install from the market, they look horrible next to Samsung's calendar widget which I've grown to like a lot.
That's really my only gripe on an otherwise great phone. Still looking forward to seeing what JB brings.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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Ha that sound's about right. But I think that since we have the unlocked bootloader , devs might be able to get it to us before verizon. IDK.
I'm looking forward to this. I'm also one of those people that like TouchWiz. Way better than the motoblur I had one my droidx.
Ive become dependant of the smart alert feature, somi definitly wouldnt mind a port haha
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Wait so if this comes out for the INT varient is it really that hard for developers to just transition it over to our verizon model?
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Probably not hard at all, especially since we can unlock our boot loaders now.
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I don't mind TW either but at the same time I loved the pure OS feel of ICS on my GNex.
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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JB isn't even out officially for the Verizon. I wouldn't hold my breathe on it.
is anyone working on a port?
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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Probably not hard at all, especially since we can unlock our boot loaders now.
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There international GS3 runs Exinos 4412. The use variants run MSM8960. Could be decently hard to get full hardware support.
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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I agree, the direct call was great. I also liked that you can take a screenshot by swiping your hand over the screen. And the little notification that there's a missed notification when picking up (causing a short vibrate). The missed notification one allowed me to turn off the LED all together and use that to let me know there was something on the phone
http://www.technobloom.com/htc-thun...mation-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich/2220603/
Kinda figured this would happen. Now if HTC was a decent company they would still release their source...but we all know they wont.
Im not all expecting to see an official release but that site is about the most vague pile of crap ever. I cant help but doubt the validity of anything posted there.
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Wow that read like the old I heard from my brother sisters cousin twice removed. If there was an email why not post it in the article?
So you needed an unknown site to tell you this? You couldn't take the hints over the months with delay after delay?
Hey I heard from a friend London bridge just fell down lol.
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Yeah, that site is not reliable by any means...
Though I personally doubt to see an official ICS launch for the Thunderbolt.
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RBarnett09 said:
Yeah, that site is not reliable by any means...
Though I personally doubt to see an official ICS launch for the Thunderbolt.
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If we do get it then it will be on Christmas morning from Santa. So be good all you little bolt owners lol.
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Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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You mean it probably ran fine until they bloated it.
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Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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Ummm sense is from HTC not Verizon lol.
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Someone doesn't know what the word "official" means. Hint: an official statement regarding the HTC Thunderbolt won't be written by a Jr. High School kid.
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Ummm sense is from HTC not Verizon lol.
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Doh! Shows how much I know.
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Isn't technobloom the site that told us all Amazon was going to sell the Thunderbolt for free starting at 3AM one day?
Anyway, the Galaxy Nexus is cheap as ever now, go for it, I mean the Nexus one just got a 4.2 custom ROM, imagine how far along the GalNex will get!
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I never really expected this to happen after observing all the work from the devs on it. ICS has always ran kinda wishy washy for me. I mean it works and all, but there are definitely some performance issues and bugs no matter which rom you use. Verizon nor HTC intends to release a shoddy product. It either has to work 100% or not at all. If ICS cant run as well as GB did, then it aint gonna happen.
I wish I had a dollar for all the false rumors that have been posted about ICS, I'd buy Verizon and have enough left over to keep me in booze and hookers for the rest of my life!
I think this is one more dollar in my stash....
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I never really expected this to happen after observing all the work from the devs on it. ICS has always ran kinda wishy washy for me. I mean it works and all, but there are definitely some performance issues and bugs no matter which rom you use. Verizon nor HTC intends to release a shoddy product. It either has to work 100% or not at all. If ICS cant run as well as GB did, then it aint gonna happen.
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If that were the case though, the thunderbolt would've ran well from launch day, which anyone who had one since then will say that it didn't. Originally the battery life was horrendous and had to be fixed by an OTA.
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NO ICS
just called HTC ,,, and they told me , that we are not getting ics,,, htc thunderbolt is discontinued,,,, :crying:
We could call and email different reps at HTC and we would get a slew of different responses from them all. Stuff like this no one will know the correct answer as tech support as we all know is the last to know.
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So let's see if I understand this... the OFFICIAL WORD from Verizon AND from HTC is that the Thunderbolt will or will not get ICS and will get it within the next two days or later than that or never.
Does that about cover it? <G>
Honestly, I don't see what all the flap is about? ICS doesn't offer anything I need or want other than (I HOPE!) a better kernel for the Devs to work with.
Meanwhile, NuSense works for me and the BAMF leak works for me if I want ICS and, if I want Gingerbread, Infected ROM works for me and Thunderstick BB works for me along with a bunch of other ROMs I've tried.
Was at Verizon today, Reps informed me there will be no ICS for our phones...Cant say I'm surprised...my upgrade is in January, not going to worry about it .. Can't believe they state we would get the upgrade, then renege ..
If Apple can upgrade their older model Iphones for several years , why can' t our Android phones do the same.. and no I'm not switching..
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