Just called VZW tech support to complain about my phone's incessant rebooting. After some fairly vocal complaining I got booted up to a Tier 2 or whatever they call them over there, and she told me she personally spoke with an HTC rep today who assured her that there will be a reboot-fixing update pushed out before the end of the week.
When I said "yeah right, whatever you say" she offered up her email address and said if they don't push it out by then, to call her this monday and she'll just get me a new phone (i.e a Charge or Revolution, not a new T-Bolt, already tried that).
So, finger crossed? I'm not sure it'll help me too much, I'm assuming it's simply MR2, which when I rooted and tried using it also gave me rebooting problems up the wazoo. But still, might be interesting news to some of the rest of ya'll.
I'm starting to miss the "Where's Chingy" threads...
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I'm starting to miss the "Where's Chingy" threads...
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Lol. An update is coming. When is anyone's guess.
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Bah. I searched first, there's nothing I'm immediately seeing mentioning an OTA update before July 8th for rebooting issues, just people talking about the July 7th update to remove from Hotspot. If I missed it then I apologize, your highness. I'm only going to spend so long search to spare anyone the horror of reading a three sentence thread I started that MAY be redundant.
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Bah. I searched first, there's nothing I'm immediately seeing mentioning an OTA update before July 8th for rebooting issues, just people talking about the July 7th update to remove from Hotspot. If I missed it then I apologize, your highness. I'm only going to spend so long search to spare anyone the horror of reading a three sentence thread I started that MAY be redundant.
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Yeah there's been about 3 or 4 update threads lately. A few saying they spoke to reps, etc. Your "Highness", cool, thanks for the new nickname
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Threads like this leave me scratching my head. You have a Bolt. You have ease of rooting. You have a plethora of ROMs, radios, and kernels. But.... you're talking to Verizon about a problem that you could permanently resolved in a lazy afternoon. Don't get me wrong! A new OTA would be groovy... fresh meat for the devs. Just not sure Verizon are the problem-solving folks.
then be happy, if there isn't a update
So I literally just got off the phone with a VZW rep & he went through his bulletin notes & saw TBolt DOES have an update on the way. When? Mid July, no specific dates. Only one can hope...
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Threads like this leave me scratching my head. You have a Bolt. You have ease of rooting. You have a plethora of ROMs, radios, and kernels. But.... you're talking to Verizon about a problem that you could permanently resolved in a lazy afternoon. Don't get me wrong! A new OTA would be groovy... fresh meat for the devs. Just not sure Verizon are the problem-solving folks.
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Like I said, I don't think this OTA is going to help me. I've already tried MR2 (worse than MR1 in terms of rebooting) and MR2.5 (racing grade ultra leaded nightmare fuel levels of rebooting) so unless there's some magical un-leaked code in the OTA I doubt my T-Bolt is ever going to be stable. I was more posting this for the few who prefer to keep their 'bolts stock and want a rebooting issue fix.
Get a charge
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OP, why won't they give you another Thunderbolt if after doing the update you are still having problems?
That would be crap customer service.
I promise you there is an OTA coming, eventually. Maybe even two.
100% fact.
I always lmao when i hear "the verizon rep told me" they don't know $#@t. You may as well ask the Guy behind the Mc Donalds counter. He might even know more than the csr's...
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No the update that will be out will be the "free tethering" ending update, that's it.
/thread
I promise you there is an OTA coming, eventually. Maybe even two.
100% fact.
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Yep
Thunderbolt!
I'll believe it when I see it...
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No the update that will be out will be the "free tethering" ending update, that's it.
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There doesn't need to be any ota for this. Verizon will auto add a block dun feature on your account like the iPhone...there is no device side software needed for this.
The mr2 was pushed till second half of July, and even that is subject to change since there isn't any set date. Just like they said second half of June, so really who knows at this point. Thanks to Bamf and company I haven't had a single issue since day one on the device.
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OP, why won't they give you another Thunderbolt if after doing the update you are still having problems?
That would be crap customer service.
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I don't know...maybe because it is a known software issue at this point with an update coming and no assurance a replacement won't have the update...
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BAMF RC5 and BAMF RC6 are the only updates i believe in! Great ROM!
how but this
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until update happens!!!!!
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If they havent announced it today....theres no way its coming the 10th atleast thats what i think!! Im giving it till the 10th then im gonna wait for something else.
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If they havent announced it today....theres no way its coming the 10th atleast thats what i think!! Im giving it till the 10th then im gonna wait for something else.
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this is what i was told today
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983828
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If they havent announced it today....theres no way its coming the 10th atleast thats what i think!! Im giving it till the 10th then im gonna wait for something else.
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While this may be true
tazzpatriot said:
this is what i was told today
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983828
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This is nothing but another hourly BB employee talking out of his ass or repeating what someone else pulled out of their collective asses.
At this point, asking a store rep, BB/Verizon/Amazon/Wirefly/etc..., about a phone that hasn't been announced yet and believing the information you get is foolish.
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While this may be true
This is nothing but another hourly BB employee talking out of his ass or repeating what someone else pulled out of their collective asses.
At this point, asking a store rep, BB/Verizon/Amazon/Wirefly/etc..., about a phone that hasn't been announced yet and believing the information you get is foolish.
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i said take it with a grain of salt lol never said i believed it lol and for the record i went to a verizon store asking about the data plan ,,, when he said froyo was newer than gingerbread, and had to look it up ,, i was near bb so i went into there to ask them about it,, and we just talked from there
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nice value add! (not that i really have one either) but... i can add something
I am stuck with my company being generous to give me whatever device I want, but has to be verizon, so this is what i need to wait for.... glad my boss isnt being a **** about it taking so long to release....
fingers crossed for Thursday!
It looks like it'll be out on the 16th or 17th of March according to their TV ads, and this newspaper ad that's been out for at least two weeks right in front of our eyes.
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No wonder it was delayed if the left side of the phones came out all dented like that from manufacturing!
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No wonder it was delayed if the left side of the phones came out all dented like that from manufacturing!
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Haha I took that pic of the magazine ad. Sorry about it. It's also visible in the tv commercials.
here is a better shot:
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If they havent announced it today....theres no way its coming the 10th atleast thats what i think!! Im giving it till the 10th then im gonna wait for something else.
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+1
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If they havent announced it today....theres no way its coming the 10th atleast thats what i think!! Im giving it till the 10th then im gonna wait for something else.
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I agree 100%. Between the fact that there was no announcement today and the IPad2 dropping the 11th, I don't think there's any way we'll see it this week.
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I agree 100%. Between the fact that there was no announcement today and the IPad2 dropping the 11th, I don't think there's any way we'll see it this week.
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i got flamed for posting this but this is what a guy who works in the phone department said at bb today ,, they will know after 12 on wednesday if it will be released on thursday ,, he said that is the time that ups shows up ,,, said the normal shipment comes on a truck on wednesday ,, said if it comes then it would be released on a tuesday ,, hope i dont get flamed again lol ,,not sayin this week but days to look for he says the phone would come out on
I hope you're right, but I would be very suprised to see it this week.
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VZW promises an LTE phone by the first half of the year. I won't mention what phone(s) will be first.
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VZW promises an LTE phone by the first half of the year. I won't mention what phone(s) will be first.
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knowing HTC they like to be the "first" with everything so it will be the Thunderbolt
There was another ad out that showed the phone w/another date on it ... but it didn't come out on that date either
~ah patience = winning~
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It looks like it'll be out on the 16th or 17th of March according to their TV ads, and this newspaper ad that's been out for at least two weeks right in front of our eyes.
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There was another ad out that showed the phone w/another date on it ... but it didn't come out on that date either
~ah patience = winning~
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That other ad was "Tuesday, November 16". I'm pretty sure no one expects the phone out in 10 months.
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That other ad was "Tuesday, November 16". I'm pretty sure no one expects the phone out in 10 months.
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Tuesday, November 16 was back in 2010, so the phone has secretly been out since November but verizon is hiding it from everyone
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That other ad was "Tuesday, November 16". I'm pretty sure no one expects the phone out in 10 months.
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No it was a Jan or Feb date, I think it may have been 2/14 .... will look for it and see if I can find it to link to.
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No it was a Jan or Feb date, I think it may have been 2/14 .... will look for it and see if I can find it to link to.
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just got word chimp ,, verizon is waiting til my bday for the tb release ,, to bad it isnt til july lmfao j/k
So, I got 2 TBolts off ebay with cracked screens for $245 (total, for the pair). Figured it was a good buy since I could replace the screens myself for fairly cheap, then sell one and keep one. I get them, and I notice that there's no VZW branding anywhere on one of the phones. I boot it into bootloader and it says "S-Off", whereas the VZW branded on says "S-On". Did some quick googling for "unbranded thunderbolt" and read this
(damn, ca't post links. Google for "unbranded thunderbolt" and click the first link to see pictures of the bootloader and phone that I'm referencing)
The bootloader screen pretty much matches what it says there.
So, here's my question...is this phone an extra-special one that I shouldn't mess with? Should I not replace the digitizer/screen with one that has a VZW brand on it? Should I resell it? I'm not a developer, so perhaps it better served in the hands of a developer? I'm really not sure what I should do with it, but I figure that you guys might have an idea.
(looooong time lurker [since WM 6.1] first time poster)
what is the hboot number? if it is 1.04.2000 eng s-off then prolly it is a device that someone has previously rooted. if the hboot is the 0.95.0000 the it prolly is an unbrnaded test phone.
its kinda neat to have foound such a thing,maybe worth some searching to see if all 0.95s were s-off,or just some. if only some came that way,id try and find a way to pull the hboot image off the phone so youd have it to put back if you ever wanted to.
if all 0.95s were s-off,maybe its not such a big deal.
at any rate,theres really not much special about it other than that,and its not worth any extra $$. id fix it and take advantage of the s-off to flash shadomites permanent patched hboot,wich is all around better.
the 0.95 is not an engineering hboot,just an unlocked phone used by pr-release testers.
The only other thing I could think of is it has some cool development/debugging apps on it if it is in fact a pre-release phone. Although I think a few of our devs already had their hands on some pre production test units before the phone was released. So it might be a kinda moot point now but don't take my word for it LOL.
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Damn scotty your full of knowledge...
To the OP I think that was a cool score getting an unbranded developers phone
Here at xda u need to show proof. I'm curious about this
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Or someone rooted them and replaced the digitizer/screen with an unbranded one.
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I'll put up some pics when I get back in town on Sunday. Everything looked different about it, even theone MEID didn't match a 'normal' vzw one...although trying to make a call let to a vzw message saying that the call could not be completed.
More info in a few days! This thing has me very curious....
Interesting find if true
curious if verizon will give you a 4g sim for it. Though not sure why they wouldn't.
Not back to my place yet, but I did pull out the SIM tray when I was looking at it on friday....and there was a SIM already in there. Completely unbranded. No VZW or other markings on it.
xXJay_RXx said:
Here at xda u need to show proof. I'm curious about this
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how do you figure,he doesn't have to show you anything, you could ask if he would bur you ain't entitled to anything!
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HERE BE PICS!
Here are a few embedded pics.
(no VZW branding, and the MEID is 1 short of a normal VZW MEID)
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(Weird solid white SIM)
And the whole album
http://imgur.com/a/HbC2F
Any ideas what I have here? I'm probably just going to ebay it, but I want to know what it is that I'm selling before I sell it.
I would be curious to know about that sim card but I don't think I can be of much help.
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thats weird it says with htc sense, mine says google.
Ya, it's just kinda weird. The branding is all different.
I also noticed a "Tell HTC" options under the "About Phone" part of the settings. Here's a pic
(unbranded on left, VZW one on right)
(sorry about the sideways-ness)
Also, neither one of them have active accounts, yet the unbranded one still shows a 1X connection and can (slowly) browse the web. Weird...
tell htc something lol
Didn't the phone have "with htcsense" on the info pages on best buy's old online advertisement and ces? Then changed to "with google"?
satseaker said:
how do you figure,he doesn't have to show you anything, you could ask if he would bur you ain't entitled to anything!
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Lmao u mad bro? Don't be getting all mad at me when you're on your period homie. I was saying it in a polite way. No way did I mean it rude. Now mind ya business n keep moving
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Haha that's cool. Wow you're lucky I'll trade u phones
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I am going to write your telephone number all over public restroom walls across new york "For a good time call mooglepimp, he'll do what she wont and then some"
so i'v read there is an official gingerbread OTA rolling out now or about to be rolling out. any truths to this? or is this just more speculation?
Wouldn't count on it. All the rumours ever regarding this phone have been wayyyy off. Don't get your hopes up...why don't you root and get gingerbread? And sense 3.0
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Wouldn't count on it. All the rumours ever regarding this phone have been wayyyy off. Don't get your hopes up...why don't you root and get gingerbread? And sense 3.0
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i am rooted and running shiftsense.
but it would be nice for gingerbread officially be on thunderbolt
Today huh? That would be nice, but I wouldnt get my hopes up.
Dr Jeff 281 said:
i am rooted and running shiftsense.
but it would be nice for gingerbread officially be on thunderbolt
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Move off shiftsense and go to synergy, I did and never looked back. Don't know why but it just a total feel of sense 3.0 almost a 3D feel with the menu and all the extra they include in the ROM. I am staying here since they could be the first to port sense 3.5 come in the water in fine.
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Move off shiftsense and go to synergy, I did and never looked back. Don't know why but it just a total feel of sense 3.0 almost a 3D feel with the menu and all the extra they include in the ROM. I am staying here since they could be the first to port sense 3.5 come in the water in fine.
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i hope some one does come up with a 3.5 soon, iv been itching to try it out
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i hope some one does come up with a 3.5 soon, iv been itching to try it out
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I just played with it. I like it, but I'm not drooling to get it. I think it's more just eye candy than a real upgrade to 3.0.
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I just played with it. I like it, but I'm not drooling to get it. I think it's more just eye candy than a real upgrade to 3.0.
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On your Droid Incredible huh? Saw that over there was tempted to root my daughters play phone to load it up but i will wait. I wish I had a Droid as a play phone when I was 5 LOL kids these days.
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so i'v read there is an official gingerbread OTA rolling out now or about to be rolling out. any truths to this? or is this just more speculation?
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Well, I have the leaked gb and am not rooted... *and* the "download more HTC widgets" is working now in sense. (Whatever the fck that means ... I just know it wasn't working a week or two ago)
I was told "mid sep" from a good pal on the vzw side abt a month ago after he dbl checked w HTC. It *should* be in the next cpl of days.
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I'm not sure if this means anything but Last Tue I had a Reb send me out a new TB.. Told 2 days. Well it didn't show up by Fri I texted him and he said that my order had errored out and he wasn't in the next day to see it. Ok fine he set it up and told me now 5 days???? My first thought is that they are holding it back for a reason. My first thought was they want to wait till gingerbread rolls out before I get it? Maybe it will come with GB already installed wich would suck because I want to root it again right away. Just seemed weird that all of a sudden it takes 5 days to get a replacement.
do want.HTC has GOT to deliver...
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I'm not sure if this means anything but Last Tue I had a Reb send me out a new TB.. Told 2 days. Well it didn't show up by Fri I texted him and he said that my order had errored out and he wasn't in the next day to see it. Ok fine he set it up and told me now 5 days???? My first thought is that they are holding it back for a reason. My first thought was they want to wait till gingerbread rolls out before I get it? Maybe it will come with GB already installed wich would suck because I want to root it again right away. Just seemed weird that all of a sudden it takes 5 days to get a replacement.
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I just got a replacement TB, and it took 5 days as well. Not because of any upgrade coming to the phone though. VZW is now using USPS to ship stuff. I'm about done with HTC and this phone. I've had about 5 now and all seem to come up with a serious issue. I'm not thinking GB is going to save this phone...
Dan
rooting etc
I have a thunderbolt and was totally lied to- I was not informed about the random txing to people you didnt mean to- sent a message to my daughter and it went to my boss while I was working! It also constantly reboots since the july update. I am afraid to root as I want to know I can get updates later on. If I root to get GB will that also update my htc sense? I know I sound like a moron..I am just frustrated and don't know where to go..I want what I paid for any anyone who will help me will be rewarded or supported if you have a site I can contribute to! Right now I have everything stock and july "update" ha..what a laugh!
Thanks!!
Julie
To fix your random texts download handcent texting from the market. Probably spelled wrong but it corrects the randoms texting. Been using it for months now with no problems
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Dr Jeff 281 said:
so i'v read there is an official gingerbread OTA rolling out now or about to be rolling out. any truths to this?
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I haven't checked too closely but until users here or other sites actually receive the update notification (someone will take a picture of the screen !), don't believe it 'til you see it.
The only even-close-to-official announcement was on HTC's Facebook and Twitter accounts stating that the GB update for the TB was due in September.
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I'm not sure if this means anything but Last Tue I had a Reb send me out a new TB.. Told 2 days. Well it didn't show up by Fri I texted him and he said that my order had errored out and he wasn't in the next day to see it. Ok fine he set it up and told me now 5 days???? My first thought is that they are holding it back for a reason. My first thought was they want to wait till gingerbread rolls out before I get it? Maybe it will come with GB already installed wich would suck because I want to root it again right away. Just seemed weird that all of a sudden it takes 5 days to get a replacement.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, a possible update is NOT the reason for your delayed shipment. Your replacement phone is sitting packaged up in a sealed box with whatever s/w release it has and that ain't changing. What about the thousands of TBolts sitting in VZW's warehouse or the thousands sitting in VZW stores all across the country ? Are they going to update those ? Nope.... If an update comes out, those phones with "old" s/w will update shortly after they're activated (could be hours or days or ??).
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To fix your random texts download handcent texting from the market. Probably spelled wrong but it corrects the randoms texting. Been using it for months now with no problems
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I use Go SMS. Both that and handcent work really well. Must be a bug with htc messaging.
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I have a thunderbolt and was totally lied to- I was not informed about the random txing to people you didnt mean to- sent a message to my daughter and it went to my boss while I was working! It also constantly reboots since the july update. I am afraid to root as I want to know I can get updates later on. If I root to get GB will that also update my htc sense? I know I sound like a moron..I am just frustrated and don't know where to go..I want what I paid for any anyone who will help me will be rewarded or supported if you have a site I can contribute to! Right now I have everything stock and july "update" ha..what a laugh!
Thanks!!
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Rooting and install custom Rom fixed my reboot problem has not happened once since root. Don't be scared it will fix it. Also yes it will update your sense I am at 3.0 which thunderbolt will not see ota. Soon we will see 3.5 port : )
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Seen it this morning on the Moto blog! I know its not gonna be anytime soon but that we know officially we arent being left to oblivion is nice.
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Do you have a link?
Nevermind, found it.
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https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c
haha googled it and found it.WOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!! Heres the link
http://www.motorola.com/blog/2012/02/15/update-motorola-ice-cream-sandwich-news/
Q3 rollout though? It might as well not be coming out at all. I feel certain that sometime between now and Q3 I will not be able to resist picking up some stupidly powerful quadcore tegra3 (or similar) device which will have launched with ICS, and probably for a decent price.
It all leaves me imagining that Motorola only have a single solitary developer with a shoestring budget tasked with putting out the software upgrades for their existing range of phones. Why else would it take so long?
Anyway, looks like our own wonderful development community is the place to pin our hopes for some kind of ICS goodness, within a reasonable time frame.
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Q3 rollout though? It might as well not be coming out at all.
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Q3 starts around July so it's really not that far off. At least the phone isn't dead in the water.
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{sad trombone playing just for you}
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Not a big fan of the trombone. I mean, I respect it as an instrument, and the people who play it as musicians, but it would have been much more helpful if you had picked something like a cello (which I also like much more than the violin).
You know, just FYI.
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Q3 rollout though? It might as well not be coming out at all.
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We'll get ICS WAYYYYYY before Q3. The dev are working on it as we speak the only thing stopping them is that they're missing the telephony.apk which we need in order to connect to a GSM network. Without it we have a really small tablet with ICS.
Since we know that there is ATLEAST 1 dev in Motorola working on it that means that there will be a working APK with any betas/alphas that get out into the wild. As soon as that happens you can bet jim or lfaber will jump on it and fisnish their ICS masterpiece and maybe make CM7 or CM9 with it.
eL_MeXiCaNo said:
We'll get ICS WAYYYYYY before Q3. The dev are working on it as we speak the only thing stopping them is that they're missing the telephony.apk which we need in order to connect to a GSM network. Without it we have a really small tablet with ICS.
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Hence my comment:
"Anyway, looks like our own wonderful development community is the place to pin our hopes for some kind of ICS goodness, within a reasonable time frame."
Looking forward to it
eL_MeXiCaNo said:
We'll get ICS WAYYYYYY before Q3. The dev are working on it as we speak the only thing stopping them is that they're missing the telephony.apk which we need in order to connect to a GSM network. Without it we have a really small tablet with ICS.
Since we know that there is ATLEAST 1 dev in Motorola working on it that means that there will be a working APK with any betas/alphas that get out into the wild. As soon as that happens you can bet jim or lfaber will jump on it and fisnish their ICS masterpiece and maybe make CM7 or CM9 with it.
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That is exactly correct!!!
So everyone keep checking cheesecake, ALL servers at least once a day, that is how we will find an early version, as we did with 2.3.6 months before it was out officially. If we get that, then yes we can get CM9 working.
I might have CM7 out here by the weekend, at least that is what I am hoping, but it is still not ICS, it is the 2.3.6 version.
I know its not as fast as we'd prefer, but isnt it nice to hear SOMETHING official from Moto about this phone? We all have been in limbo, heard assumptions, conflicting rumors/"inside" info, so I like that we at least know the future of our device, officially.
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I know its not as fast as we'd prefer, but isnt it nice to hear SOMETHING official from Moto about this phone? We all have been in limbo, heard assumptions, conflicting rumors/"inside" info, so I like that we at least know the future of our device, officially.
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See, sometimes inside info is a good thing... I was right on with the time frame I was given. Not showing anyone up or rubbing it in or anything, so don't take it that way.
great news! we do have a newer phone and the hardware is capable... glad to see moto planning ICS for Artix 2. I will probably never flash it cos I'll be on some custom rom built by the devs here!
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Great news. We own one of the most underrated phones out. 2.3.6 made the phone better, ics will hopefully put it over the top.
Thanks a lot for the info. I was reading the bootloader unlock thread when the news came out. That just made my day.
eL_MeXiCaNo said:
We'll get ICS WAYYYYYY before Q3. The dev are working on it as we speak the only thing stopping them is that they're missing the telephony.apk which we need in order to connect to a GSM network. Without it we have a really small tablet with ICS.
Since we know that there is ATLEAST 1 dev in Motorola working on it that means that there will be a working APK with any betas/alphas that get out into the wild. As soon as that happens you can bet jim or lfaber will jump on it and fisnish their ICS masterpiece and maybe make CM7 or CM9 with it.
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Well that and the locked bootloader. Doesn't that still hinder us a bit?
Can't wait hopefully we can find a bootloader unlock during the run up to ics
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Well, after trying every phone out there (including a brand new unlocked Galaxy Nexus (returned), SGSII, HTC Vivid, etc.) I can say without a doubt the A2 is the all-around best android phone out there for AT&T. I have come back to it everytime after finding the other phones were either cheaply built, couldn't hold a signal, couldn't obtain gps lock, or took crappy pics. While the A2 doesn't do any one thing extraordinarily better than other devices, the phone does everything well with good battery life and great screen to boot.
ICS will definitely make the A2 a keeper, especially if can finally unlock the bootloader for some custom kernel goodness
Q3 is July - September, when September comes expect an announcement about delays and when 2013 come expect your atrix 2 on ebay.
Idk... I'm thinking of jumping ship in another 2 weeks.
Gonna jump from my G2X to a Sensation.. Idk... Maybe :|
Cool story bro, you have anything else to say? I'm not being a **** though why cause it has ICS now? Cause your g2x is a lemon?
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I've been thinking about this for a while now. I'm keeping my g2x until the new nexus phones come out, and then sticking to pure nexus phones from Google. I'm sick of waiting for venders and carriers to work together for releases, and I'm sick of crap that carriers add to phones which is useless and slows them down. I normally root my phone and install CM on it anyway, but with the g2x even that isn't a 100% working solution anymore.
By the way, I read that Google is releasing up to 5 different nexus phones from different vendors around Thanksgiving this year. I'd wait for that!
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Cool story bro, you have anything else to say? I'm not being a **** though why cause it has ICS now? Cause your g2x is a lemon?
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No, in fact if you search up my previous post, my G2X, is one of the few that has zero flaws.
I'm jumping ship because the Sensation has more Dev support. (Really a lot of dev) They recently got official CM9.
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I've been thinking about this for a while now. I'm keeping my g2x until the new nexus phones come out, and then sticking to pure nexus phones from Google. I'm sick of waiting for venders and carriers to work together for releases, and I'm sick of crap that carriers add to phones which is useless and slows them down. I normally root my phone and install CM on it anyway, but with the g2x even that isn't a 100% working solution anymore.
By the way, I read that Google is releasing up to 5 different nexus phones from different vendors around Thanksgiving this year. I'd wait for that!
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When the new Nexus phones come out, I'll watch for a price break on the Galaxy Nexus and probably pick one up.
You are being a ****. In every thread I read you got some smart-ass remark. I bet you never eff-up,huh? gtfo;-)
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You are being a ****. In every thread I read you got some smart-ass remark. I bet you never eff-up,huh? gtfo;-)
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I'm almost positive this was towards me, and well... ok. Maybe if people actually searched or didn't make retarded threads I wouldn't be, I help when help is needed (as in if someone searches and posts in an already created thread like these ones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449382
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342085
I searched for 10 seconds and found both of these. It's pointless to make a thread like this, especially with the OP's statement, does he want a cookie for wanting a sensation? Lastly OP my interest is not to stock what you have said in other threads, if you make a new thread make it worthwhile to read for the community, not something useless and informative.
Hey XDA I just had Chipotle, and added way too much Cholula to it.
If you're gonna jump ship, just do it.
The community for the G2x has been flawless, but I have seen the future, and I left it for the GS II. Man, they're a live one over there. Everyone's awesome and welcoming; a bit impatient at times when they ask for ROM updates (lol smh), but generally nice people.
Now all the devs here are a capable bunch, and they've managed to do what LG/T-Mobile/Nvidia couldn't do. I've said this time and time again. But without those 3 giving this phone even half of the effort, we suffer ultimately. In Driver support, Camera support, ICS support, annoying bugs going unfixed. The devs have to pick up all the slack, and that sucks. I left because of the circumstances that those 3 have put us in, and I'd say it's a fair assessment.
But if you're gonna jump ship, I suggest you don't do it for whoever gets ICS first. There's no way I would have gone to the Sensation, too many hoops to jump through, S-OFF, bootloader, etc. That phone's pretty thick too, not enough internal memory either (Nice camera though). Jump when you decide your time here has come to an end, when you have felt like you can enjoy this phone no longer, or if you feel you just need an upgrade/better spec'd phone. I believe those are valid reasons, as well as explanations that don't tick off the rest of the community. x) Cheers on your future smartphone endeavors!
ya i was on the same boat when the phone came out but meh there is a lot of things that i love about this brick lol but mind you the galaxy S3 is coming out so i might go out and buy one of those this summer
Just jump already
It all depends on what you want the phone to do for you... and what you are willing to do for the phone!
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previously owned the sensation and I believe that the g2x is way smoother and feels better in the hands, though the dev community over there is rocking
Really? G2X feels better in the hand? I got to try it out at the store, been looking to get my hands on a sensation off craigslist for a good price, probably trade for my GS2.
I'm sentimental with my devices, also, have lots of back NANDROIDS of the G2X and need to get my data out of them before selling it. Actually thats the only reason I still hang on to my G2X. Too lazy to move my stuff out of it. I can, just don't feel like it.