There is a 4G LTE phone with GB now, what's the excuse now?

[PapaSmurf6768]

GINGERBREAD WILL BE OUT THIS MONTH! Please everyone... stop worrying about it. It's not that big a deal...

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

Anyone whom thinks an update will not have bugs is nieve. I spend 60 hours a week dissecting bug riddled updates.




There will never be a time when OEM developers can keep up with community developers.

And it is not just Verizon's testing, its also a supreme lack of fresh eyes on the project and a need for a more polished product. Why do you think Samsung wanted the creator of CyanogenMod? Copy+Paste porting does not sell phones, which is why the comment made in another topic on this forum of selling all Android phones vanilla would be rather poor choice business-wise. Each software update, big or small, carries the expectation of added features. Added features run the high potential of bugs, which then have to be worked out... if the OEM devs can find them.

You are comparing a free-lance pirate versus a country's navy ship: A pirate can fire on whatever ship he wants, regardless of affiliation, although such freedom comes with little financial backing. A country's navy ship is required to walk on egg-shells and honour treaties/cease-fires in return for having the nation's coffers fund their voyages. Pirates tend to be the bigger innovator based on necessity, but they require other ships to plunder in order to remain afloat.

Translation: OEM devs often times are bound by constraints community devs are not. While community devs often require their base for development leaked from OEM devs, they tend to be more innovative based on the necessity of creativity and speed (what fun is a custom ROM that has absolutely nothing "custom" about it? What good is a Eclair ROM for the Thunderbolt?). OEM devs in most cases can produce a more polished product due to more vast resources, but it comes at the cost of the speed and innovation under which community devs thrive.




In my opinion, HTC's numbers as a company speak for themselves. They push out more updates and faster than other OEMs. They really need to apologize for nothing. HTC has been working tirelessly to get Gingerbread pushed to all of their currently supported line up while trying not to get sued for some asinine infringement claim from some half eaten piece of fruit.

We at Verizon have been working tirelessly to get updates approved for two-thirds of the Droid franchise while trying not to screw up phones (lot of good that did lol). I personally would rather a working phone on *slightly* outdated software, than bleeding-edge software that never bloody works.



(Me and my mass quoting lol)

"some half eaten piece of fruit." I like that, thanks for the chuckle......now get back to work, I'd like to have OTA GB on my TB by Monday morning.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

GINGERBREAD WILL BE OUT THIS MONTH! Please everyone... stop worrying about it. It's not that big a deal...

Anxious and worried are synonyms.

 

[angel35]

Ill wait today and next week???:'(

 

[Mortiel]

"some half eaten piece of fruit." I like that, thanks for the chuckle......now get back to work, I'd like to have OTA GB on my TB by Monday morning.

I promise the update will be available to everyone on Monday... of course which Monday is the real question!

I personally think the update will be available to everyone (left) on Monday, 24 Dec, 2012.

(BTW, I don't make the updates... I work on fixing them *after* they come out.)

 

[Kgreenel]

OP sorta has a point. Gingerbread wont change your life.. I had it on my rooted Incredible. Its not a huge deal..

 

[hmackenz]

I keep hearing about how great HTC is at pushing out software updates but as someone who ordered the tbolt on release day, I have a really hard time seeing it. At this point, I'd rather them skip even giving us Gingerbread. By the time we get it Ice Cream sandwich will be weeks away.

 

[Kronko]

I keep hearing about how great HTC is at pushing out software updates but as someone who ordered the tbolt on release day, I have a really hard time seeing it. At this point, I'd rather them skip even giving us Gingerbread. By the time we get it Ice Cream sandwich will be weeks away.

I would say months away.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

I promise the update will be available to everyone on Monday... of course which Monday is the real question!

I personally think the update will be available to everyone (left) on Monday, 24 Dec, 2012.

(BTW, I don't make the updates... I work on fixing them *after* they come out.)

Monday, 24 Dec. 2012 - terrific, we'll all be incinerated on 12/21/2012.....I may have to root.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

I keep hearing about how great HTC is at pushing out software updates but as someone who ordered the tbolt on release day, I have a really hard time seeing it. At this point, I'd rather them skip even giving us Gingerbread. By the time we get it Ice Cream sandwich will be weeks away.

Not sure ICS will even work on a TB, but it will be out on other phones before TB gets GB.

 

[drhere]

Quick question, I am deciding to root my T-Bolt, do I need BOTH Titanium Backup and ROM Manager?

Thanks.

 

[atakin77]

Quick question, I am deciding to root my T-Bolt, do I need BOTH Titanium Backup and ROM Manager?

Thanks.

Yes, you should get both. Titanium backup is used to backup your user apps, data, and system settings. ROM Manager is used to load new ROMs or take a complete snapshot of your entire system for backup and restore.

 

[drhere]

Great thanks.

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[Forgetful]

Great thanks.

Sent from my HTC T-Bolt via Tapatalk

My backup root/pro is much easier for backups and restores. I'll probably never go back to titanium.

Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk

 

[hmackenz]

Not sure ICS will even work on a TB, but it will be out on other phones before TB gets GB.

Yeah this is basically what I meant. That's further behind the curve than I'd like to be

 

[z71kris]

maybe the problem is vzw thinks we have it already :lol:

Verizon Catalog Says the Thunderbolt Already Has Gingerbread, If Only That Were True - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[BattleSwine]

maybe the problem is vzw thinks we have it already :lol:

Verizon Catalog Says the Thunderbolt Already Has Gingerbread, If Only That Were True - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

LOL, was thinking same thing.

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[z71kris]

ha, what I did not see is the Bionic is listed as coming soon, but its hear....

 

[natehoy]

ha, what I did not see is the Bionic is listed as coming soon, but its hear....

Yeah, that catalog is full of temporal paradoxes, isn't it?

 

[Mortiel]

Monday, 24 Dec. 2012 - terrific, we'll all be incinerated on 12/21/2012.....I may have to root.

Your iPhone 8 will save you... from dying in an "untrendy" manner!