Goomba Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 i hope to get mine this weekend. i have read some things about the battery life. http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/03/18/htc-thunderbolt-battery-life/# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 How's your battery Jonesie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Tminus 55mins until my POS junker goes back This is the most exciting day of my vzw phone life, even more exciting to RETURN this phone than when I bought my amazing D1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The extended looks like crap http://images.htcpedia.com/news_imgs/af/02/th_e7be85d34ceb5f071744413e194e_182x136.jpg A few reviews have found its 4 hours of battery life in 4g. If you use it youll get like 3 hours. I have my phone hooked to a charger all day so I'm cool. Anyone that is away from a charger for more than 4 hours has to put it in 3g. I R Dissapoint with battery. Ray, the speeds are the same as the droid 1 from my post on the first page when its in 3g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staywide8 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I have no issue with the battery life. Manage to get 10-12 hours out of the battery. edit-in 4g as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I have no issue with the battery life. Manage to get 10-12 hours out of the battery. edit-in 4g as well. I wonder why yours lasts so long. When I get back I'll have to test some things out. I looked at 25 reviews and none of them got more than 8 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Not sure how valid it is but I hear there is a bug in the Blockbuster app on the phone that causes it to constantly update movie listings therefore draining the battery at an incredible rate. Even if you never opened the app or not I hear it does this on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Like most devices, it is usage dependent. The harder you hit the 4g radio the the faster it will chew through battery. If you just browse a few sites and play a few games, it's an all-day phone. If you pulled down 3GB+ of data in 1 day Like I did yesterday, it will DESTROY IT. Think of it as toting around a cable modem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Even 10-12 is terrible. That means you cant take it off the charger at 8am, go to work, and go to the bar and shut it down. 20 hrs should be a minimum to anyone thats on this forum for any phone. Verizon needs a better way to manage their 4g network so it doesnt kill this phone. This is their EVO. And people are talking....very bad things about this phone. Thats not what verizon needs for their intro 4g phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 If you pulled down 3GB+ I did this at work last weekend lol. I was on 4g and had a macbook pro wirelessly tethered torrenting a program. It was 4Gb. Needless to say, the phone was EXTREMELY hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm willing to concede something for this type of bandwidth that is portable. Allegedly, 2.3 will bring some additional battery tweaks. Hell, when the first roms are available they will bring improvements with them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Just sat back down from taking that clunker back. Theres numerous posts on cell forums about the antennas being whack on these things. If you live in an awesome area you may have better luck then the rest of us that literally cant function with one. I unplugged mine at 11am and by the time I got to the vzw store at 1221 it was down to 66% !!!! Like WHAT thheeeeeeee f*ck lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Just sat back down from taking that clunker back. Theres numerous posts on cell forums about the antennas being whack on these things. If you live in an awesome area you may have better luck then the rest of us that literally cant function with one. I unplugged mine at 11am and by the time I got to the vzw store at 1221 it was down to 66% !!!! Like WHAT thheeeeeeee f*ck lol. Yeah, mine isn't nearly that bad, maybe you got a dud ? Hell, with occasional use, I can charge it one night and skip a night.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrxRcr Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I would wait on one of the dual core processor phones with 4g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I have noticed that when I turn wifi on, on my incredible, and associate. Web surfing, email etc... don't chew thru the battery. I am assuming the same applies. Dim the screen, lock it fast, wifi, sync every 30 minutes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I may have gotten a dud who knows. Theres just tons of posts about massive antenna fail. The sad thing is, the 14 day return policy shoots down the fact that I wanted to keep that thing. If it had a 30 day I would have kept it, suffered and waited for any possible updates. No way in hell Im losing my upgrade discount for something that may never get fixed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I would wait on one of the dual core processor phones with 4g. Bionics battery life is worse at the moment. The simple truth is the more your phone works the more battery it will drain. Blazing speeds need blazing speed power. I have a charger at work, in my car, 3 at home, and its my secondary phone so Im gonna keep it. If you are the kind of person that needs a phone that will last for 2 days without a charge then every other phone on the market except this one is for you. But at the same time no other phone is powerful enough to give you a full signal on xbox live. The update may give you an extra hour or two but nothing major. Either buy a seperate battery or keep a charger on you. The phone is badass, I was making calls in the middle of the swamp when my D1 and the wifes cosmos had no signal. Plus it takes pics like this!!! http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/xxtheonlyxx/IMAG0004.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/xxtheonlyxx/IMAG0052.jpg Like John said you only have 14 days and this is the first VZW 4g phone so there will be problems that WILL surface. Do whats best for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Loving the camera on this phone as well! Much better than the crap in th D1/D2/Dx ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Get rid of crap sense. I have a theory that sense drains batteries faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Why the fuck did they put the charging port there...kickstand is pure useless in landscape...what a dumbass design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I may have gotten a dud who knows. Theres just tons of posts about massive antenna fail. The sad thing is, the 14 day return policy shoots down the fact that I wanted to keep that thing. If it had a 30 day I would have kept it, suffered and waited for any possible updates. No way in hell Im losing my upgrade discount for something that may never get fixed!! Why didn't you exchange it and start the 14 days over....root it, then see if the batt life is better. eVO was horrid until I rooted and used an abc kernel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I unplugged mine at 11am and by the time I got to the vzw store at 1221 it was down to 66% !!!! Like WHAT thheeeeeeee f*ck lol. Did you turn anything off? GPS/data? This phone lasts longer than my droid, and I use my phone a lot. Been unplugged since 11am, moderate to heavy use, and has about 40% battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Where is the best place to go about finding info on rooting my Thunderbolt? I'd like to get rid of all the excess crap apps and keep stuff from running. I killed all the apps that were running last night when I plugged it in and this morning there are 14 running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Where is the best place to go about finding info on rooting my Thunderbolt? . Right here and no where else http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=943 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Right here and no where else http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=943 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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