Comments on: HTC: We’re Aware We Missed the Deadline For ICS on the Thunderbolt

By: jeesung

jeesung — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:21:00 +0000

speaking of expired, you know this post is 3 months old

By: George Lopez VII

George Lopez VII — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:52:00 +0000

I just found an expired generic bottle of Robotussin from ’04…..you down to drink?

By: Lyle Tuttle

Lyle Tuttle — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:02:00 +0000

I just wrote this letter:

November 9, 2012

Lowell C. McAdam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Verizon
140 West Street
NEW YORK, NY 10007

Sir:

I own a Verizon Thunderbolt cell phone.

I love the phone, but am not happy with Verizon.

Why?

Because Thunderbolt owners have been promised updates and
upgrades to the phone’s operating system for far too long, with promises made
and promises repeatedly broken. We are
still waiting!!

I find it interesting that upgrades to newer operating
systems are available for the phone, but require that the phone owner ‘hack’
the phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879151

I have no intention of doing that, but my point is
this: If the hackers have upgrades, and post
them freely on the internet for free download, why can’t Verizon work with
those hackers to support that upgrade to their customers?

Every day, cell phone users are bombarded with offers of new
phones; with new systems; with new apps that are intended to make our current
phones obsolete.

It seems to me that the lack of official upgrades to my
phone while they are readily available on the internet, but not supported by
Verizon is nothing more than an effort to drive me to buy a newer phone……a
deliberate withholding of an upgrade leading current users to “retire” these
phones, thus driving the sale of new equipment.

Please tell me that is not the case, and that your past
promises of upgrades will finally be forthcoming.

Sincerely

my name, address

CC:

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

By: KleenDroid

KleenDroid — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:34:00 +0000

My wife is still using my Thunderbolt. By the time the Nexus came out I had my upgrade available two years after my D1. Of course I had to pay for my DX and T-Bolt. This phone stuff is expensive.

By: Dre Garner

Dre Garner — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Did you trade your Tbolt for the Nexus?

By: samari711

samari711 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:31:00 +0000

At least there’s a working RIL for ICS with it. hopefully any devs that are still interested in the Bolt can make some progress now.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:13:00 +0000

so there you freaking have it, always the carriers fault

By: Gloria Flory

Gloria Flory — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:33:00 +0000

that's funny, my tbolt is rocking ics with google now. no need to wait for Verizon...HopsOnToday5.blogspot.com

By: Michael Nash

Michael Nash — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:03:00 +0000

You’re an idiot.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:53:00 +0000

I love android but when apple updates there devices they all get the update on the same date as promised. I may be tossing in the towel with android and taking a bite of the apple…pissed bionic owner….

By: Joe C.

Joe C. — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:07:00 +0000

It sucks, but I’ll probably have a new phone (probably Razr Maxx or SIII) by the time this crummy phone finally gets ICS.

By: cleetose

cleetose — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 07:02:00 +0000

Glad I ditched my Thunderbolt for a Nexus, though it’s in update purgatory too.

By: coolsilver

coolsilver — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:02:00 +0000

It’s not the best build. Power management still needs tweeked a lot. Radio isn’t perfect but it is stable.

By: coolsilver

coolsilver — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Reps will say anything over the phone if they won’t get caught by QA. Harassing both is only a waste of time.

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:12:00 +0000

This is all Crap!! I have called Verizon and HTC yesterday about the ICS update for the HTC Thunderbolt and Verizon says they have nothing to do with updates. Verizon told me that it’s all HTC and Google. I was transferred to HTC when I talked to the representative he told me they just now started on the ICS build for this device, and that Verizon would let us know when one came available. They were both on the line(conference call) I told the HTC representative what Verizon told me and he said that was false, than the Verizon person who was ease dropping on the convo with out me knowing said she did not say that. I quickly called her out and she proceeded to ask the HTC representative if ICS was coming to this phone…. he said no.. but not even a min ago he told me they just started on the build…. I wouldn’t expect an update anytime soon. Root your phone and put what you want on it. There is already a stable ICS build out for this phone now anyway. I will never buy a HTC product again. Bottom line is that they should have told us (the customers) that they tried but did not make the deadline and did not want to release a buggy os update. But this is not the case.