Verizon HTC Thunderbolt

So, I got the Thunderbolt today. I am really blown away with how fast this phone is... I am going to monitor how the battery lasts. If it can get me through a day, I am sold on this phone. Coming from the Incredible which I thought was a very smooth fast running phone, this thing blows it out of the water. The screen is huge. At first, I didn't like it, but after a while, I wonder if I could go back to a smaller screen? I will update in a few days.

 

The battery is going to blow dick the first few charges, just letting you know lol. Mine lasts around 12 hours now. When I first got it, it lasted about 6 hours lol.

 

Anyone know how to video chat with the tbolt? I tried skype, yahoo, windows live and nothing! I thought we were gonna be able to video chat between phone and comps?

 

Skype is supposably coming soon to the Thunderbolt. There are demo's available at VZW stores. Folks on my android forum are saying that "Qik" or "Tango" work as video chat

 

Tamgo works but also runs in the background when not being used ive heard which will not be good for battery life

 

Task killer fixes that.


Also, if you turn off auto sync for twitter, news, and stocks. It saves battery.

 

Task killer is kind of hit and miss with some 3rd party apps and tango being one of them

 

How the hell did you even get 6 hours? I played a few games, sent about 20 texts, and 4 or 5 phone calls, and the battery dies.

 

I would have gotten one of these had I not gotten a Droid X a few months ago. Would have liked to have waited but my Blackberry Tour took a shit.

 

Up time is at 12 1/2 hours
Use time is at 1 hour 28 minutes
Phone is at 48%

I have not added any apps to try and increase battery life. I wonder why you are getting such terrible battery life?


Liking the phone so far.

 

ive been pulling about 10hrs daily running on wifi, email sync, craigslist app running, text and browing the web and a few calls usually charge at night at about 35% or so left

 

Anyone still debating on getting th TB? Just did a speed test.



I think the app is swapping the download and upload speeds, but OMG awesome.

 

i agree the speeds are sikk, i seen you posted over on androidforums.com

ha ha prerunnerseth i believe has the same name on here as well not to sure i think its the guy who does the gauge dash light service? any who im famouzstarz over on androidforums

 

So, I ended up returning this phone before my 14 days were up... The battery life was killing me. 1400mAh for a 4.3inch screen and a LTE phone was just too underpowered IMO.

I came from an incredible, so I know android and I know how to make a battery last throughout the day...

The sad thing, I loved the phone. So fast. I found myself not using the phone to conserve battery life so it would last longer. I wouldn't be opposed to re-ordering it in the future if a decent longer life battery was available, but for now, I sent it back to keep my upgrade in-tact until I decide what to do.

 

Hell yeah

We're all just one big family on the interweb

 

so if you purchased the bolt on launch day the 14th day is today correct?

 

fo sho. I should get it replaced with a brand new one! brb

 

i was thinking the same thing...what could i come up with to get a new one

 

dirt in the rear speaker!

 

what the light leakage thing? you think that will suffice?