I noticed in one of the sticky threads it mentions that 8 GB of Internal memory was advertised for the Thunderbolt, and we're only getting about 2.4. The link it has for the discussion of the issue no longer exists, and I was wondering if anyone's come to any solutions/conclusions for this issue at all?
Regarding internal storage...
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The conclusion is that basically, it is true. You will have no more than 2.4GB internal storage that you can access. The consensus is that the ads were simply in error. There was actually 4GB of total and 2.4GB of usable.
The good news is that since the phone comes with a 32GB SD card, no one that I know of has ever has any issues with storage space. As far as apps, just go with the defaults. There is no need to "conserve" internal memory. It never seems to get even close to filled up.
-Frank
I thought there were also 2 speculations about this:
that there is 8gb of internal but only 4gb is allocated for OS use by mistake.
that there is 8gb but they set it up as a 4gb mirrored virtual drive.
Although I would imagine the guys that hack these things to get at root access would be able to say without question what the hardware is, at least what the device can recognize, maybe one of them will chime in. Or someone that has torn one down ad can cross-reference a part number for the memory.
This is kind of like putting 4GB of RAM in a Win98 PC. The mobo may accommodate it but the OS simply is not going to address all of it.
Try putting 8GB of RAM in this same theoretical PC and, OS notwithstanding, the chipset on the mobo probably won't be able to see or address all of it.
So that gives us 3 possibilities with the TBolt.
1. It does not have 8GB of physical memory
2. It has 8GB but the rest of the hardware can't address it or has not been configured to do it.
3. It has 8GB but the OS can't address it all.
Kinda fun to dredge this old chestnut back up. Too quiet in here with all these phones working properly.
that there is 8gb of internal but only 4gb is allocated for OS use by mistake.
that there is 8gb but they set it up as a 4gb mirrored virtual drive.
Although I would imagine the guys that hack these things to get at root access would be able to say without question what the hardware is, at least what the device can recognize, maybe one of them will chime in. Or someone that has torn one down ad can cross-reference a part number for the memory.
This is kind of like putting 4GB of RAM in a Win98 PC. The mobo may accommodate it but the OS simply is not going to address all of it.
Try putting 8GB of RAM in this same theoretical PC and, OS notwithstanding, the chipset on the mobo probably won't be able to see or address all of it.
So that gives us 3 possibilities with the TBolt.
1. It does not have 8GB of physical memory
2. It has 8GB but the rest of the hardware can't address it or has not been configured to do it.
3. It has 8GB but the OS can't address it all.
Kinda fun to dredge this old chestnut back up. Too quiet in here with all these phones working properly.
Fun? Well... OkayKinda fun to dredge this old chestnut back up. Too quiet in here with all these phones working properly.
The way I remember all the hullabaloo about this issue was that HTC itself finally admitted that it didn't have 8GB at release and that it was just a spec sheet error.-Frank
If that were the case, one would expect that their website would have been corrected:Fun? Well... Okay
-Frank
HTC ThunderBolt
Yeah, I know. I remember that from the discussions too.
Actually, I'm way past that. It didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now. We have plenty of storage, internal and external.
-Frank
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I agree it's not really an issue, but I'm still interested. I missed the earlier discussion.
Thanks, Robrecht
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