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ThunderBolt Is Total Junk

alfieferenzo84
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‎03-21-2011 04:27 PM

I got mine on friday.

 

First thing out of the box the volume key dont work (down), There is light bleed thou on the buttons, And the power button has no feedback have to hit 10 x before it turns on.

 

So i charged it up and did some test.

 

2-4hrs is the max battery on this thing so i dont know where they got 6hrs from. I have charged the phone about 10 cycles now.

 

I went and did the test mode and put the phone into cmda only to see if it would help with battery no luck. cmda only 4hrs, cmda 3g 3hrs, 4g about 2-3hrs

 

My screen is turned all the way down, All Apps closed and all data is off. 4hrs max. Did about 10hrs of reading online for tricks none help really....

 

But we got this phone for the 4g so to be real with 4g on i get about 2-3 hrs of use.

 

Swype keyboard you have to get a copy for a evo or it wont work, The beta is buggy no auto space.

 

Some bloatware...

 

Call/speaker voice is bad not clear at all

 

When playing angry birds if i grab my phone a certin way it popup with that speak now thing.

 

Apps crash alot.

 

Screen is not very clear but it is big.

 

All bad aside the phone is nice but with only 2-4hrs of battery its going back to the store. If it laster 6hrs i would keep it.

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PJNC284
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‎03-21-2011 04:34 PM

It should get more than that with the screen on full brightness and heavy usage.  You may have a bad battery.

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to PJNC284
‎03-21-2011 04:39 PM

Do you have the phone? Read all over the net you will not get more then 3-4hrs from this phone

 

I was thinking about exchaging it for a last resort but after reading around its true...

 

Oh i am talking about use time not how long it will sit in sleep mode.

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PJNC284
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‎03-21-2011 04:46 PM

yes I have the phone.  After the first full charge, I tried to see how quickly I could kill the battery with streaming iheartradio with the screen on full brightness and then playing around on youtube and easily got almost 6hrs of continuous usage which is better than the Fascinate I have.  Standby time also seems to be better and I usually only have about 2 hrs or so of "actual screen on" time so I have no issue getting through the day.   I'm mainly on wifi.  3G is slightly less and I don't have LTE in my area yet.

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to PJNC284
‎03-21-2011 04:52 PM

I dont know maybe it is a bad phone but everywhere online go with what i am saying. You samsung should get way better battery....

 

So i am testing screen on everything else off. All data and service is off. Just the screen is on and its set to the lowest setting. I have had the phone on for 4 hrs and 15min and its at 27%. So this test looks good. No service no nothing just screen on it prolly wont make it to 5hrs thats amazing.

 

Do you think i should exchange it and try another? I really like the 4g its so fast. All the other issues im sure can be fixed with rooting or something.

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RobB772
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-21-2011 04:52 PM

I get a lot more than 2-3 hours, more like 6+ hours with ~37% charge left. Yesterday I played all day trying to fix my weather location problem, texted 15+ times, got 3 or 4 phone calls and dueled with my wife on who could go places on the internet faster(her iPhone or my thunderbolt), Downloaded stuff from the market, played Angry Birds ect.

Are you searching for 4G/3G signal or do you get a strong signal (It could be all the searching eating battery life much the same as old phones did searching for analog/digital coverage

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to RobB772
‎03-21-2011 05:03 PM

i cant even get 5hrs with just the screen on and its at its lowest setting...

 

went into test mode and turned off all service

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AZSALUKI
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-21-2011 05:10 PM

i suspect this has A LOT to do with LTE. from what i've seen on the forums, those that don't have LTE available in their area are getting significantly more battery life. those on the LTE network seem to barely get 5-6 hours, whether they are actually using it or not. i'm in an LTE area and i'm nervous to get one now. i can handle 3 hours of actual use if i get another 8-10 of idle/standby time......but i can't handle it if it will be dead in 5-6 hours without even using it, because it constantly drops the LTE. i can't get one until the 29th so i guess i'll jst keep monitoring these threads.

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to AZSALUKI
‎03-21-2011 05:15 PM

all services off i cant get 5hrs so it dont matter about 4g

 

the screen alone kills the battery in 4 1/2 hrs on lowest settings and again all services are off

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PJNC284
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-21-2011 05:21 PM

That's the consequence of having a large screen.  None of the Android phones are going to get great battery life when compared to a blackberry or flip phone.

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to PJNC284
‎03-21-2011 05:45 PM

iphone got 9 hrs

 

samsung got 8hrs

 

driod x got 6-7hrs

 

that is use time had them all

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crimedoggies
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-21-2011 06:39 PM
alfieferenzo84 wrote:

iphone got 9 hrs

 

samsung got 8hrs

 

driod x got 6-7hrs

 

that is use time had them all

Have the phone and easily get 6 hours out of it and I am constantly on 4G LTE because I'm 4G everywhere I go where I live.

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AndyC812
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In response to crimedoggies
‎03-21-2011 07:22 PM

I'm on the fringe of 4G in NJ.  This morning I took the phone off the charger about 6:30.  On my commute I go from 3G to 4G, to no signal (in subway) back to 4G.  I turned off WiFi on the way. Did a few text messages and read email and PDF attachment on the bus.  By 10AM it was down to about 67%.  Then I tried streaming some video at lunchtime over LTE and went down to less than 40% in no time.  I think LTE does have a big impact, although by utility (Advanced TaskManager) tells me the biggest drain was the screen, which I can believe, "internet" was a distant second. 

 

I have been keeping this thing on a charger whenever possible.  So far it's worth it.

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budone
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In response to AZSALUKI
‎03-21-2011 08:29 PM

If you are not in an LTE area, the phone will continue to look for a signal. (Much like the days when we went between EVDO and rA. Or leaving WiFi on when you are not near a connection)

 

You may want to shut down the 4G radio until you need it.

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alfieferenzo84
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In response to budone
‎03-22-2011 02:51 AM

all service off no data no phone service just screen on and it only last a little under 5 hrs of doing nothing

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F250FX4
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-22-2011 03:48 AM

Sick of hearing all the whining from the keyboard kami's......GET OVER IT. If you don't like it then return it. Don't complain.I assure you that your girlfriend, assuming that you're straight, will appreciate some real-time vs text time.

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kizzle53
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-22-2011 08:05 PM

 

alfieferenzo84 wrote:

all service off no data no phone service just screen on and it only last a little under 5 hrs of doing nothing

 

 

Just popped in my head. Wonder if you have applications running in the background that you dont know of? If you havent already try and download advanced task killer and kill all running apps in background. I have it and since I have been using it I seem to be getting pretty good battery life now.

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argyleylw
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In response to alfieferenzo84
‎03-23-2011 06:24 PM
alfieferenzo84 wrote:

all service off no data no phone service just screen on and it only last a little under 5 hrs of doing nothing

Mine is the same...have you figured out anyway to fix it? Or why we are only getting that much time and some other people are getting 8 hours???? Help :smileysad:

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stevemj3dguy
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‎03-23-2011 12:35 AM

I just got my Thunderbolt and got the extended battery from the very beginning. It cost an additional $50 but all of these large touch screens are battery hogs and if you wanna use them all day ya gotta go with the fat battery

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AZSALUKI
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In response to stevemj3dguy
‎03-23-2011 12:40 AM

i'm considering that fat battery but it looks ABSURD in the pics. just how bad is it to put in your pocket???

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rummared78
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‎03-23-2011 12:42 AM

where did u find angry birds after installing it?? i have all preinstalled apps. just not any that i download.....driving me nuts!!!

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