[Thunderbolt General] nxslt1:
Here's some things I've discovered about my phone and thought I would post them in case some one else has the same problems.

I've had my Tbolt for a few months now. For the first month I used the stock rom and it sucked really bad, I hated the phone. It was so laggy, tap on something and wait 2 or 3 seconds for anything to happen. So I went to a GB AOSP rom. Loved it, nice and fast BUT I hate and despise the whole gingerbread keyboard experience. I loved the keyboard on my stock Incredible. I endured for a couple months with the GB keyboard.

In that time my battery started not charging to 100%, it only goes to 89%. Come to find out it is being charged all the way because I checked the voltage with a meter and it reads 4.2 volts after being charged for several hours. No big deal other than an annoyance. I get 6-7 hours of pretty much non stop use with the seidio 3500 mah battery. The other annoying thing is it drops pretty fast and when it get's to 2% it will stay on 2% for 2-3 hours of non stop use before it finally dies.

So I set out to remedy this with every kernel I could finally, several different GB aosp and sense roms, resetting battery stats in CWM, different battery calibration apps and nothing worked. So I gave up on that, after all I was still getting full use of the battery.

Then I noticed not too long after I started using GB AOSP roms that my d/l speed dropped way down. With the stock rom when I first got the phone I would consistently get 15+ mbps speed, awesome. When I went to GB AOSP it dropped to 5 mbps, usually alot less than that, but would occasionaly go up 10 mbps. The internet was slow, youtube vids were grueling to try and watch with the HQ setting on. Took at least 10 seconds before the vid would start and then it would stop and buffer constantly during playback on HQ setting. That really pissed me off so I tried every radio I could find but nothing changed. The only thing I noticed was after a fresh restart the d/l speed would go up to 10 mbps for a few minutes but would quickly drop back to 5 or less, usually around 3. I was pissed because I thought it was Verizon's fault.

So a couple weeks ago I decided screw it, I really hate the GB keyboard so I went back to my stock Froyo rom. It was slow and laggy as usual but I like the keyboard experience better and noticed my freakin d/l speed was back to normal. With Froyo it never drops below 10 mbps and is usually 15+. So I decided to install Lancher Pro and see what happened, I'll be damned if most if not all the lag was gone. Tap on something and bam there it was. I was happy....until my fully charged 3500 mah battery died after only 2-3 hours of use. I was like what the hell??? So I started installing various Froyo sense and de sensed roms in order to keep my froyo keyboard and great d/l speed but see if I could improve battery life. Every Froyo rom I tried would kill the 3500 mah battery in 2-3 hours of non stop use no matter what I did. So I decided to check the voltage on the "dead" battery and it showed 3.9 volts which is NOT dead. 3.6 to 3.7 volts should be dead. So where the GB roms would at least give me full battery use (and cut my internet speed to nothing) the Froyos won't for whatever reason, they just won't read the voltage right. And by the way, no battery app I've ever used will read the right voltage on the phone. It's usually off by .3 or .4 volts. When the battery dies the app says it at like 3.3 to 3.4 but the meter says 3.6 to 3.7 so don't trust those battery apps too much.

Anyway, so I had a dilemma, use a GB rom with full battery life but crappy d/l speed and a keyboard I hated, or use froyo with a keyboard experience I loved with great d/l speed but not full life of my battery. I would go thru 3 3500 mah batteries in one night at work and still have to put it on the charger before the end of the night. 2 were cheap ebay batteries, wouldn't last no time really with Froyo. (and Yes my job has a lot of downtime most nights so I use the hell out of my phone. lol)

So a couple nights ago I decided to try a sense 3.5 rom. Love it!! Love the keyboard experience, my d/l speed is freakin awesome with the 906 radio, and my awesome battery life is back!! And it's pretty fast too, not quite as fast as an AOSP but I can live with it. Videos on youtube with HQ on start within a couple seconds and I have yet to have one stop and buffer. Awesome devs we have here!! I just wish one of them could fix the battery issue so it would actually show 100% charge instead of 89%.

Anyway, just thought I'd share the problems and fixes I've had with this phone over the last few months.