[Thunderbolt General] mathers53:
Many people have argued that since the thunderbolt has not been updated with gingerbread that it will die out and be worthless. I'm here to tell you that is not the case at all.

Those with the bolt will tell you that their main problem is the battery life. This is exactly right but I have setup my phone that allows my phone to last for days without a charge. Also this does not require you to root your phone, so this will work for everyone and silence all the retarded people who keep posting that its dead. The two biggest factors is of course 4G and the display that eat the battery most.

Make no mistake about it tho, HTC implementations along with the hardware on this baby still takes the cake for flagship of Verizon.Don't be fooled by the dual core hardware, good in theory but let's face it phones aren't their yet, apps don't need two cores but more RAM would be nice.

Read this if you want your phone to live. I have reached 60+ hours unplugged, I am an IT network manager, I know stuff so leh dew it.

1. Get the extended battery. No matter what type of Android phone you have you are going to need it, especially without gingerbread. This is 4GLTE inside a laptop, do those last more than a few hours? ill answer for you, NO.

2. Disable what you don't use. This is why widgets were made to disable data, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. when not in use. Get a new brightness widget by curvefish set it to 25% and as well as turn off the animations if you really want more improvement. Disable always-on mobile data, as well as roaming, and manage your email accounts so they sync manually. As far as location goes just use Google services, GPS standalone is a drainer.

3. Create setting shortcuts on the home screen. Add accounts and sync so you can disable auto sync and background data. Background data is only used for the market learn to disable it fools. Add a shortcut to running services as well to keep the RAM usage to a minimum.

4. A main issue always discussed is the bloatware app of blockbuster. Make sure you enter the program and disable automatic movie updates. Then go to running services and disable both instances of PVMtpservicestart and PVWmdrmService. You will have to do this every time you REBOOT but not fast boot.

5. For gods sake, don't be a fool any longer! HTC gave you some of the best widgets but use them wisely...just because you have 6 screens doesn't mean use them all. One widget app that will be loved by all is widgetsoid, extremely useful. Even the HTC clock has separate animations that can be disabled if needed.

6. NEVER by any means should you use any type of juice defender or task killer. It does more harm than good even with Android Froyo 2.2 can still manage this. Download apps such as battery indicator tht shows your battery in increments of 1% and doesn't use any resources in the background. Don't be the fool that gets apps cus they are cute and have no use, you are better than that, atleast I'd hope so..

7. Apps that will ultimately benefit you are things like GO SMS Pro ( since the stock messaging constantly lags and freezes), Astro file manager, Androidzip, LTE On and Off in order to make sure your always using your 4G data only. And of course Uninstaller by rhythm software, Poynt one of the best find anything anywhere app and definitely Documents to Go from which I'm typing on now.

8. Sounds and keyboard is up next. Many like to use haptic feedback or sounds when you click things or type. However, use one or the other it may drain a bit of battery but its not a killer. Whatever floats your boat in that one but as far sounds go try and use either sound notifications or vibrate not both at the same time. Disable all LED notifications and allow yourself the satisfaction of being free of the annoying blinking light.

9. Charging the battery. Who would have thought that it would be important, but yea fools it is. The best way is to let your battery drain down to 5%, restart, then go for a full charge. But once that green light shows up you need to unplug it or else the battery gets angry at you and will decrease the power of the charge and ultimately ruin your battery faster.

10. As far as using different themes and wallpapers it honestly doesnt matter just stay away from the live wallpapers. We all know that touching the pond and making it seem like we just threw a rock in the water can be amusing but completely pointless. It has been reported that gingerbread is coming in Q3 of this year either this month or next, but we all know that could be bs.

When all said and done you will love the improvements and the fact that you didn't have to root your phone will put your mind at ease. I just wanted to share my knowledge of this phone to others to show and prove the fact that this phone is capable you just need to be proactive. Android is a perfect OS for smartphones, Linux like qualities, and strong structures that could really last. Any questions or concerns you can always message me. I just hope some one reads this and actually tries what I have successfully configured.

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