HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread Update Pulled by Verizon?
It has only been a couple of days since the long awaited HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update starting rolling out to owners of Verizon’s original 4G LTE flagship but it would appear that within those few days, ThunderBolt owners and Verizon have discovered some horrific bugs within the software that apparently have caused Big Red to pull the update.
No, seriously. This is not a joke. According to Droid-Life, Verizon has pulled the T-Bolt’s Gingerbread update because it is infected with a slew of bugs including broken voicemail notifications, a busted Google Talk, and more.
In fact, I’ve had several readers write in with those exact problems and I just figured that it was an isolated incident and not a widespread problem affecting all ThunderBolt owners. Looks like I was horribly wrong.
Verizon is apparently hard at work on a fix for those that have already updated but it’s unknown when the fix will be rolling out. Let’s hope it doesn’t take the three or so months it took for the carrier to roll out the random reboot fix.
How has Gingerbread been treating you ThunderBolt owners? Any other issues I should be aware of? The ThunderBolt at this point, I think, takes the crown for the most bugged device of all time.
I still dont have it…has it hit for indiana yet
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K so I have the update and I find out there is fucken bugs all over. well that’s it Im done root is next sence 3.0 if I want sum broken might as well go for sense 3.5. I would advise all of u guys to root and update 3.0 bamf for ever no bugs flawless. Let’s do this all of us hot spot none stop I have unlimited data. I signed contract a week before the new plans. My lap top uses my hot spot all the time finally getting what I payer for thumbs up if u agree.
I started out with the thunderbolt but complained my way off that horrible device. Now in the Bionic and so far has far surpased the tb. At least with the Bionic you don’t have to bring a charger wherever you go!
I received the gingerbread update but did not receive the new lock screen with it. I’m really upset was looking forward to that.
GGot the thunderbolt in march when it first came out & really aggravates me that it was gonna get gingerbread soon this is Oct & we still haven’t received it :[ . Was also supposed to get unlimited mobile hotspot as advertised on ad when it was also coming out & didn’t . Next time ill wait . Might not even get any cause now on top of charging for hotspot on top of unlimited data if you for phone back then . Now they’re gonna throttle your usage . Seriously thinking of going back to an old fashion cell phone ( basic )
I’m having problems with my mobile Internet connection. I was hoping for a few more sense 3.0 similarities but otherwise I haven’t noticed any issues yet.
Thanks for the info. I sure hope it won’t be long.
I noticed after the update my videoes stopped playing. The sounds plays, but the video sticks on the first frame.
I had the same problem. If you disable quick boot then do a full reboot this will be fixed.
That is absolutely ridiculous. I paid $300 for a smart phone that has never worked correctly, has security flaws and has a horrible battery life. I’m avoiding HTC like the plague next time. This is simply uncalled for.
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Same story here…..no voicemail notifications…I have to manually go and check to see if I have any voicemails…very annoying…and…my email noifications…not working! It is very frustrating to say the least. I really hope they can fix it faster than it took them to fix the rebooting problem.
Whatever the bugs the phone is 5 times better with this update. My battery has been much, much better. I can use my front facing camera in Skype calls and lots of other little things that add up to make a huge difference. It’s like going from Vista pre SP1 to Windows 7.
My phone is ALL jacked up! My ringtones on my contacts are screwed up, apps dont work, drops network, and the voicemail thing too!!!
Oh and when i try to call someone i have to push on there name several times to get it to call ane sometimes i have to exit the phone ane go back into it to call. Also when i text someone and leave the conversation up it wont let me reply unless i back out and reopen the message! I now hate my phone!!!! Hhmm may switch to apple.
I got tired of VZ and their updates and rooted my phone. I have been running gingerbread with sense 3.0 for months and with almost virtually no problems. The devs out there making roms for the rooted phones are relentless in fixing problems. I am not sorry I did this and have never looked back.;
The volume on the dail pad is low on the first number you dail. Also when you back out the camera it makes a popping noise and Mr data connection is messed up too.
My email is broken. It just pops up a sorry stop unexpectedly w/ force quit botton.
Sounds like a real mixed bag of problems among TB users! I got the GB update last month, then another one last week. Only problems I have are the screwed up ringtone assignments and the sound is all broken up on Skype calls (which is the biggest reason I got this thing).