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Any chance Verizon going get a Pure Google phone?

Just wondering if anybody knows if Verizon gonig get a nexus phone? if so that will be next phone..sick of waiting for updates man

mbrown3460 said:
Just wondering if anybody knows if Verizon gonig get a nexus phone? if so that will be next phone..sick of waiting for updates man
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Don't think anyone knows but i hope they get it.

Don't know either but my fingers are crossed. My guess is that aosp is a little too "open" for Verizon's likes.
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lrs421 said:
Don't know either but my fingers are crossed. My guess is that aosp is a little too "open" for Verizon's likes.
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what do you mean? sorry if its a dumb question.

Yeah its hard to say. I Verizon doesn't really like openness... But who knows. We can always hope right?
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mbrown3460 said:
what do you mean? sorry if its a dumb question.
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Verizon likes to junk up their phones with all kinds of bloatware.

verizon LTE + nexus would be a smash hit...

wiredmonkey said:
Verizon likes to junk up their phones with all kinds of bloatware.
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Agreed. Verizon won't pass up a chance for extra revenue that Blockbuster & similar crapware can generate.
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sublimaze said:
Agreed. Verizon won't pass up a chance for extra revenue that Blockbuster & similar crapware can generate.
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they bent over backwards for apple...

Currently I don't care for an pure google phone becuase i'd probably root it and installed CM7. But it would be nice to get one.
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PhillyCheez said:
they bent over backwards for apple...
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They bent over backwards for Apple because they have been kicking themselves since they passed on the iPhone the first time. They saw the chance to steal a big amount of AT&T iPhone users and jumped. Now if they actually stole a lot of AT&T iPhone users is a different matter. I don't think they stole that many so far. I think when the next iPhone comes out, they will see a big influx.

ddgarcia05 said:
Currently I don't care for an pure google phone becuase i'd probably root it and installed CM7. But it would be nice to get one.
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What do you mean? Google phones are MADE for rooting and flashing custom ROMs.... and in fact the Nexus 1 and Nexus S both have CM7.

ddgarcia05 said:
Currently I don't care for an pure google phone becuase i'd probably root it and installed CM7. But it would be nice to get one.
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LOL. Sorry couldn't help it.
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Hopefully the rumors of the nexus prime are true and it comes to Verizon. LTE equipped.

PhillyCheez said:
verizon LTE + nexus would be a smash hit...
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*drools* holy crap that would be freakin' amazing!!!!

orkillakilla said:
They bent over backwards for Apple because they have been kicking themselves since they passed on the iPhone the first time. They saw the chance to steal a big amount of AT&T iPhone users and jumped. Now if they actually stole a lot of AT&T iPhone users is a different matter. I don't think they stole that many so far. I think when the next iPhone comes out, they will see a big influx.
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I said what I said because Verizon changed their closed ways for a iphone... Not sure why they wouldn't do it for an Android phone. The nexus phones are sellers as well and if they really want to take away users from all carriers (not just at&t) they need to have one in their line up.
They will be able to take advantage of having the fastest network (while they still can) with a 4G nexus phone.
Talk about killing it! They would rape the competition having an iPhone and a 4G nexus phone.
The time is now if they are smart.

No one remembers the droid 1 with STOCK 2.0? The Xoom with STOCK 3.0 even?

The Droid one is not pure Google
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joshnichols189 said:
No one remembers the droid 1 with STOCK 2.0? The Xoom with STOCK 3.0 even?
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xoom was only stock because they didnt have time to mess it up, not because moto was trying to be ambivalent. They wanted to rush it out before the ipad2.

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LOL. Sorry couldn't help it.
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Why. I had a nexus one running cm7 and now I have a Tbolt running cm7. Yes there's a lot of development support for the device but im happy with the tbolt.
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Anybody else listing their thunderbolt?

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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lrs421 said:
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!!

eleazar123 said:
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.

eleazar123 said:
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.

lrs421 said:
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.

tflogic said:
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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There goes that, lol.
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Mustang302LX said:
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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Yeah, I would have to atleast root it, lol.
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yareally said:
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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+1
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.

lrs421 said:
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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Going to be new here

Hey guys as the title says I just ordered a g2x off ebay, I'm coming from a NS4g (can't deal with their network) and tmobile is actually pretty good here . Well I'm just wondering what's your thoughts on this phone
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castro08 said:
Hey guys as the title says I just ordered a g2x off ebay, I'm coming from a NS4g (can't deal with their network) and tmobile is actually pretty good here . Well I'm just wondering what's your thoughts on this phone
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Welcome!
I was actually pretty pleased with the phone, a few reboots here and there. Then gingerbread came and I got fed up with it, hahaha. It just wasn't gingerbread exactly.
So I rooted finally and flashed a few roms and eventually settled on one I like and the phone's been great. Fast, pretty moderate battery life, powerful.
Now I'm messing around with ICS and it's still fun.

SefEXE said:
Welcome!
I was actually pretty pleased with the phone, a few reboots here and there. Then gingerbread came and I got fed up with it, hahaha. It just wasn't gingerbread exactly.
So I rooted finally and flashed a few roms and eventually settled on one I like and the phone's been great. Fast, pretty moderate battery life, powerful.
Now I'm messing around with ICS and it's still fun.
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Thanks for your insight, highly appreciated well how stable is ics?and is it possible to use it on T-Mobile pre paid never used a GSM network
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Pre paid should be fine as long as you get a good plan in terms of data. Its a great phone, fast, Gingerbread roms are stable, and ICS future looks good due to developers and the promise from LG.
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Razorblood said:
Pre paid should be fine as long as you get a good plan in terms of data. Its a great phone, fast, Gingerbread roms are stable, and ICS future looks good due to developers and the promise from LG.
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Thanks for the reply, T-Mobile.com has one that's "unlimited data" and 100 mins I use about 30 a month lol for 30 bucks that's way cheaper then 100 for sprint lol
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Glad to have you here! I wish you luck in your ROM flashing endeavors as custom ROMs will really unleash the full potential of this powerhouse of a phone.

castro08 said:
Thanks for your insight, highly appreciated well how stable is ics?and is it possible to use it on T-Mobile pre paid never used a GSM network
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Ics is no where near stable than the ns but it will soon because of our great devs, hope you enjoy the g2x
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castro08 said:
Hey guys as the title says I just ordered a g2x off ebay, I'm coming from a NS4g (can't deal with their network) and tmobile is actually pretty good here . Well I'm just wondering what's your thoughts on this phone
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I made the same switch from the Sprint NS4G
to T-Mobile. T-Mobile data speeds are faster and voice calls are great in my areas. I dont miss my NS4G at all just my friends in that section. I'm a very proud owner of a G2x. The pixels are higher than super amoled screen and the 1000mhz tegra2 processor is superb hands down. The G2x has that high quality finish with the metal alloy bezel. Bigger specs on the camera and camcorder etc.
I'm a very proud G2x owner and I had my share of PPCs and Androids devices.
castro08 said:
Thanks for your insight, highly appreciated well how stable is ics?and is it possible to use it on T-Mobile pre paid never used a GSM network
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Once again we share somewhat the same story lol. This is my first time user GSM as my main source of cellular service.
From what we seen with ICS on the NS4G, these preliminary builds here are defiantly on par and on the right track. I remember NS4G users was running the ICS SDK port like a daily driven haha.
Our 1st build of ICS and I run it like a daily driver, NP. You might need a browser, cause is visually has some glitches that's all. I run it as is no custom kernel all week long. But that's about it.
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Thanks for the reply, T-Mobile.com has one that's "unlimited data" and 100 mins I use about 30 a month lol for 30 bucks that's way cheaper then 100 for sprint lol
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We are on the same $30 plan at T-Mobile. Saving tons of monies a year vs Sprint. I use Talkatone app (VoiceIP) recently ported from iOS to Android by the creators to make 90% of my voice calls an it works great. It works way better than GroveIP waste of $5. March 1st Talkatone will go from free to having subscriptions $1.99 a month or $20 a year. Once you see how good the app works, you will be happy to drop the $20 bucks for the year.
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info[]box1 said:
I made the same switch from the Sprint NS4G
to T-Mobile. T-Mobile data speeds are faster and voice calls are great in my areas. I dont miss my NS4G at all just my friends in that section. I'm a very proud owner of a G2x. The pixels are higher than super amoled screen and the 1000mhz tegra2 processor is superb hands down. The G2x has that high quality finish with the metal alloy bezel. Bigger specs on the camera and camcorder etc.
I'm a very proud G2x owner and I had my share of PPCs and Androids devices.
Once again we share somewhat the same story lol. This is my first time user GSM as my main source of cellular service.
From what we seen with ICS on the NS4G, these preliminary builds here are defiantly on par and on the right track. I remember NS4G users was running the ICS SDK port like a daily driven haha.
Our 1st build of ICS and I run it like a daily driver, NP. You might need a browser, cause is visually has some glitches that's all. I run it as is no custom kernel all week long. But that's about it.
We are on the same $30 plan at T-Mobile. Saving tons of monies a year vs Sprint. I use Talkatone app (VoiceIP) recently ported from iOS to Android by the creators to make 90% of my voice calls an it works great. It works way better than GroveIP waste of $5. March 1st Talkatone will go from free to having subscriptions $1.99 a month or $20 a year. Once you see how good the app works, you will be happy to drop the $20 bucks for the year.
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wow it looks like I'm doing EXACTLY what you did lol well thank you for your insight it is very helpful and detailed . You have me very excited now! You answered every one of my questions lol
Thank you once again
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castro08 said:
wow it looks like I'm doing EXACTLY what you did lol well thank you for your insight it is very helpful and detailed . You have me very excited now! You answered every one of my questions lol
Thank you once again
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That's what XDA is really and originally about. Leaving the attitudes and Egos at the door. Being as helpful to one another as possible.
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That's what XDA is really and originally about. Leaving the attitudes and Egos at the door. Being as helpful to one another as possible.
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This post ^^ should be stickied in every section of every device
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Anyone hear any updates on ICS?

I know nobody has a date or can give one but I'm curious if anybody knows where they're at with it or if anyone has a guesstimate.

I heard from my friends brother whose sisters aunt met with her cousins daughter who knows a girl tjat talked to a guy who knows Ferris, and since he isnt sick amymore, said ics is coming before 4th qtr 2014. Hope that helps dude.
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I would say mid-summer. They're already in the testing period, and by the time that is over and they've worked out the kinks, I'd say that'll hit sometime during the summer, probably later rather than sooner.

How do you know this?
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buffnutz1 said:
I know nobody has a date or can give one but I'm curious if anybody knows where they're at with it or if anyone has a guesstimate.
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I know from reliable sources that everytime someone asks, HTC and VZW move the release back two months. You just moved it back to 2013!
Seriously, I check here from time to time so as to see the announcement and that's all anyone can do.

i am going to guess that when the Droid Incredible 4g LTE launches, someone will make some working thunderbolt ICS roms

squeezyb said:
i am going to guess that when the Droid Incredible 4g LTE launches, someone will make some working thunderbolt ICS roms
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When it does we would still need an ics kernel source for the thunderbolt. That's a problem a lot of devices are having right now.
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squeezyb said:
i am going to guess that when the Droid Incredible 4g LTE launches, someone will make some working thunderbolt ICS roms
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What will the Incredible 4G give us that the Rezound couldn't?

A cool looking back cover.

It's official...we are not getting ICS :(

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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bmax327 said:
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.

Dark Jedi said:
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....

RunNgun42 said:
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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