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Is the HTC Thunderbolt that bad??
- Thread starter FordStang
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Definitely will be better than on bionic. Motorola doesn't really make great cameras. Thunderbolt takes amazing pictures. I have a program for hdr pictures, wow! Motorola cameras are washed out.
I really wanted the bionic as well but I'm happy with my thunderbolt. I'd feel bad changing something that's not broken.
Yes, I might even call you a Camaro lover!
Crazed_Z06
Member
I dunno. Im thinking the phone has an inefficient or poorly coded firmware that controls the radio because sometimes my battery is tolerable, and other times it drains within a few hours. I barely have anything on my phone.. no widgets, syncing, or apps that eat a lot of juice.
Today we were in Arrowhead,CA which is about 5000ft in elevation and the phone was dead within 3 hours. Total screen on time was 30 mins. There was a 3G signal up on the mountain with two bars. The Atrix had no problem working at altitude whereas my TB was down for the count for the whole outing (I forgot my 3 spare batteries at home)...
EDIT: Now Im back home in San Diego and the phone has only lost 30 percent in 5 hours. Battery usage is totally schitzo on this thing.
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Where do u get on dlna. How do u use it. I can't find it on my app drawer I had it on my dx.
XKXDISTURBEDXKX
Member
I love how fast this phone is, however, battery life is absolutely terrible l, even with lots of tweaks and mods and kernels, nothing will solve this problem. In my opinion you shouldn't buy it.
sent from a 1.5ghz-Cyanogen 'Bolt
sent from a 1.5ghz-Cyanogen 'Bolt
All in all I love my tbolt, but I agree with a lot of the prior posts, the battery will sometimes last me 15–16 hours other times no more than 5. One thing I never see mentioned is how fast it charges on the stock charger. 10% to 100% in less than an hour. So if you can throw it on a charger for a few minutes in the middle of the day you should get a full day out of it. Or alternatively, switch it to 3G only and you may get 2 days (my wife doesn't use 4G at all and gets about 2 days on a charge, to be fair, she has almost no apps on her phone.)
The phone and LTE are super fast, I would not go back to 3G. I think the Tbolt vs. Bionic will favor the Bionic, mostly because it is being released about 9 months after the tbolt, which is a really long time when it comes to technology. How important is a duel core processor. If you can't tell the difference, then it really comes down to motoblur vs. Sense. And Android 2.2 vs 2.3 And a few other differences.
I was one of the unlucky ones who had multiple reboots, but that seems to be fixed since the last OTA. If you intend to root, the argument most likely turns in favor of the Tbolt. But that will probably change when the Bionic has been on the market for a while. But by then, there will be another "latest and greatest" that everyone will be talking about.
IMO if you always wait for the next best technology you would still have a Grey Motorolla flip phone because there is always something better just around the corner.
Sent from my Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator
The phone and LTE are super fast, I would not go back to 3G. I think the Tbolt vs. Bionic will favor the Bionic, mostly because it is being released about 9 months after the tbolt, which is a really long time when it comes to technology. How important is a duel core processor. If you can't tell the difference, then it really comes down to motoblur vs. Sense. And Android 2.2 vs 2.3 And a few other differences.
I was one of the unlucky ones who had multiple reboots, but that seems to be fixed since the last OTA. If you intend to root, the argument most likely turns in favor of the Tbolt. But that will probably change when the Bionic has been on the market for a while. But by then, there will be another "latest and greatest" that everyone will be talking about.
IMO if you always wait for the next best technology you would still have a Grey Motorolla flip phone because there is always something better just around the corner.
Sent from my Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator
armeddroid
Senior Member
Amateurish and unpolished?
Explain this.
If your talking OTB exp with a lemon phone, then I can see your POV.
The ones that are fine, how would you apply these 2 descriptions?
Because in that sense, ALL Android phones are Amateurish and Unpolished.
It has the latest SENSE save 3.0 and it already blows out TWiz and MBlur unless the recent versions of these 2 skins have improved. Def not the CHARGE, i messed with the Charge for an hour and i cant stand the lag on it. And i had the Nexus 2 from Sprint, and that lagged as well too. After I rooted it, it was great BUT they have network problems anyway so ended up getting an EVO 3D.
Dx2, i messed with it but the same as before, MBLur is a nuisance on the DX2. It hogs mad resources.
The only thing TBOLT hogs is battery. Now for those who had issues, the 73MB update should solve a great deal of issues.
Proximity Sensor
GPS
Reboots
Spotty 4G etc etc.
The Tbolt is an excellent phone. So far it IS the best phone VZ has to offer. Thas my opinion only of course.
Crazed_Z06
Member
That's a pretty big "only thing" since it completely ruins the phone experience.
I'm not getting good battery life but it sure as hell doesn't "completely ruin" my experience.
armeddroid
Senior Member
Ruins the phone experience?
Can you call, can you text, internet browsing, play music, inspect and edit spreadsheets, make measurements, find locations, FB, G+ all that stuff is ruined because the BATTERY does not last 12 hrs??
Lmao. ok.
Better come up with a better argument then that would classify the TBOLT being "THAT BAD" according the OP.
DroidXDoes4G
Member
Well you can't call, text, browse, play music, edit spreadsheets, make measurements, find locations, FB, and G+ if your out of battery.
So i'd day it'd ruin the experience for many, including me.
armeddroid
Senior Member
LOL! Do you even pay attn what you write?
So every phone user's exp is ruined once their battery runs out??
Geez people, think before you post.
And i am not trying to insult anyone but cmon.
If your phone was one of the 10K of the 250k that was shipped on the first week and was having issues as the ones mentioned in my post earlier, THEN you have a reason to say.... it was ruined. That makes sense.
But if your phone was working and your complaint was the battery being the reason why your phone exp was RUINED?
Then you dont need a smartphone. Simple.