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Battery Issues causing delay?

And they..just found out about this now? Serioiusly..wouldin't you think final testing should've taken place in like December, or January. And when this issue arrises, you get PR on the horn and say "let em know we're gonna delay this mofo for awhile" I'd take a press release in January saying the phone might be pushed back a month or so to March or possibly April. Rather than, absolutely no official updates. Or even verizon just saying "WTF guys, we haven't said anything yet, expect it in ________ now STFU and GTFO"
 
pr0nstarz said:
And they..just found out about this now? Serioiusly..wouldin't you think final testing should've taken place in like December, or January. And when this issue arrises, you get PR on the horn and say "let em know we're gonna delay this mofo for awhile" I'd take a press release in January saying the phone might be pushed back a month or so to March or possibly April. Rather than, absolutely no official updates. Or even verizon just saying "WTF guys, we haven't said anything yet, expect it in ________ now STFU and GTFO"
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this.

something smells funky about this rumor. considering that 4g is this phone's huge breakthrough feature it seems very unlikely that they would find out mere days or weeks before release that 4g sucks the battery dry.
 
I worried myself to death about the battery on the Inc BEFORE I got it. I was "this" close to ordering an extended battery before I had it in hand. Turns out, I didn't need it.

And I also really want the bigger screen. I had the X, but it's taller and skinnier than the T-Bolt. Not by much, but it makes a difference.
 
milan03 said:
... and it doesn't have an LTE radio...
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Zero phones have an LTE radio...so everything you and everyone else is saying is pure speculation....you have no idea what you are talking about, unless you actually work for HTC or Verizon...if that's the case, FIX THE PHONE:eek:
 
HTCThunderbolt said:
Im at school from 700 to 230.. No charging.
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I attach my phone to school computers all the time, even if the USB ports are locked out (in some companies), you should still be able to charge the phones. Best way to avoid fast drain on the phone is limit the data connections it makes. If you configure your email to get sent to you only when you manually retrieve it, that'll cut down, if you limit how often it checks weather, sports, news updates, that'll help. Also if you use bluetooth, or have it playing music all the time, that'll put a strain on the battery. It all depends on how you intend to use the phone. If you must have all your email as soon as it is sent from the originator, your weather, sports, traffic, stock updates in real time, and intend to listen to the MP3 player non-stop, then all I can say is you might have an issue with information overload.
 
jayishere said:
If it gets 8-12 hours on a charge, I'm a happy guy
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There are already extended batteries out for the Thunderbolt. What *I* want though, is the Thunderbolt version of the Seidio 3500 extended battery for the Incredible. That one battery doubled the battery capacity and absolutely revolutionized the way my Dinc behaved. No more battery problems, PERIOD.
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Why stop posting in it? Just as much speculation as all the others. Nobody here or apparently even VZW (ATM) has a clue WHEN the TB will release, so folks in this forum and others create a new reality every day. :)

By the time this thing releases, it might be be old school ;) :)
 
rushmore said:
Why stop posting in it? Just as much speculation as all the others. Nobody here or apparently even VZW (ATM) has a clue WHEN the TB will release, so folks in this forum and others create a new reality every day. :)

By the time this thing releases, it might be be old school ;) :)
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I think we are looking at an if situation here. That is, if they will even bother to release it at all.
 
Tech Addiction said:
That and constantly polling the radio and the tower and vice versa.
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Polling and attenuation issues can suck power real fast. Add a higher band radio and best to use near a power socket ;)

Hope they fix the issue quickly. 4G is no harm no foul for me anyway (not planned for at least a year where I live).
 
Among other config issues on the Evo, the XDA guys discovered that the 4G on/off widget itself was a huge culprit in polling - you only had to use it once, then turn it off - polled endlessly and drained battery. I confirmed this in my system logs, personally.

Could be something else on this phone, if the story's true - or it could be something that simple.
 
EarlyMon said:
Among other config issues on the Evo, the XDA guys discovered that the 4G on/off widget itself was a huge culprit in polling - you only had to use it once, then turn it off - polled endlessly and drained battery. I confirmed this in my system logs, personally.

Could be something else on this phone, if the story's true - or it could be something that simple.
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I was just going to ask if it would have an on/off switch for the forgees. Does that mean that the switch doesnt work?
 
EvilMonkey said:
I was just going to ask if it would have an on/off switch for the forgees. Does that mean that the switch doesnt work?
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In our case, yes and no - if you put it on and you were in 4G, you were good to go. If you turned it off, it was a dice toss what really happened. It was eventually fixed with an intelligent polling config option, and many Evo sufferers claimed way better 4G battery life after that (Dec/Jan timeframe, 3.70 Evo update).

It was a combination of how the radios were managed plus a defective widget, if I understood the issue correctly.

Can't guess what they've done on the Thunderbolt, obviously - or again, if this T-bolt story is true or only rumor.
 
So it 4g can be turned off completely now? or does it still poll when its off, just not as much? I would think, whatever the fix was, they would already have it in the thunderbolt.
 
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