I have a mint HTC Thunderbolt for sale sans sd card. Everything is in mint condition as well as a clean ESN. It will include a aftermarket extended battery with a cover. The phone also has a stock screen protector on it so the actual screen is flawless. Below are some photos to view the actual phone. The phone is currently unlocked and unrooted.
Well I picked up a HTC Thunderbolt and I have to say that I am impressed with it and have not found any faults in it yet. The 4.3″ display is pretty sweet and being the same screen size as the Droid X this Thunderbolt is one sexy beast in form, fit and function.
Here are some quick specs for you:
HTC Thunderbolt Specifications:
Starting off the HTC Thunderbolt has a 4.3 inch WVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen display covering the front of the phone. Below the display are the usual set of Android shortcuts for menu, home, back and search. Up above is a small 1.3 inch megapixel front facing camera used for video chatting. Placed on the right is the volume rocker, opposite resides the microUSB, and on top the 3.5 mm headphone jack and power / lock button. The HTC Thunderbolt is rounded out on the back with an 8 megapixel camera and dual LED flash. Underneath, the camera on the back, is a small kickstand that can be lifted up from the back. It’s nicely designed and adds functionality to the HTC Thunderbolt.
The HTC Thunderbolt, like all other Android powered handsets, is very easy to pick up and use. The touch interface is not daunting and as it is touch, very easy to understand. HTC Sense is a third party proprietary overlay made by HTC to enhance the user experience for Android. Similar to Motorola’s MotoBLUR and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, the HTC Sense UI is a nice addition, but ultimately hurts the end user as these third party overlays delay over the air updates of the latest and greatest version of Android.
The 1 GHz Snapdragon processor runs Android 2.2 with Sense UI smoothly and it feels very much like the user experience for most other HTC smartphones. Nothing earth shattering to make the HTC Thunderbolt stand out. Overall, the user interface is simplistic, easy to learn and easy to master. Everything has been kept simple, changing themes is also as simple as going into your settings and swiping around to select the theme you want.
Features
The front facing camera has also not been skimped on, offering an impressive 1.3 megapixels. This means your video chatting over the HTC Thunderbolt will be a little clearer for those on the other end. The 8 megapixel camera on the back with dual LED flash is also a welcome addition to a world of 5 megapixel camera phones. The kickstand is also an interesting little feature that HTC seems to be pursuing on their entire line up of smartphones. It’s a nice subtle addition to the HTC Thunderbolt, and allows it to be used as a media player for long trips where you want to keep the phone hands free.
Now if only we can get this powerhouse rooted.
Well it looks like Android is taking over as my personal choice of OS to use on a daily basis. I still use my trusty BB 9700, however I seem to forget to check it quite often. As you can see from the photo above the 4 front devices are mine and the others are family members.
I am currently using a Droid Incredible and ever since I installed Swype I love it even more. I also have a Droid X (for sale) and a Samsung Fascinate that I switch between often.
Unlike the BlackBerry where you are very limited on the OS selection (ie. carrier version, leak or hybrid) Android has a wide variety of types of ROMs you can choose from. Of course you still have the carriers release but you also have hybrid types of ROMs that gives you custom features from launchers to over clocking.
If you want to read about what is going on in the world of Android visit AndroidDoes for the latest news.
This is a tutorial of how to back up your 3rd party applications using DM6 (leaked by @ssjason) using Win7 via Parallels Desktop.
Open DM6 and connect your device, once it recognizes your device select “Switch devices…” from the Device drop down box.
Click the device that you have attached to DM6
Check the box next to “Third-party applications” and click next.
The next two screen shots are of the processes that it will go through while backing up the 3rd party applications.
Once the back up has completed select cancel.
Next go to your C: drive and in the search bar type in your PIN to the device that you just backed up the 3rd party applications and hit enter. You want to copy the file from C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Temp and save it where you want.
The screen shot is from the file that was saved and you can see all the cod’s to your applications. You can use this same file to restore your 3rd party applications.
I hope this has helped at least one person. Any questions or thoughts please leave a comment.
When I get time I will do a tutorial on how to restore your 3rd party applications using DM6.
Well I’ve been using a Nexus One for a few weeks now and being on a BlackBerry forever it’s a breath of fresh air. Believe it or not I did wait in line to get the G1 for my wife and I but Android was in it’s infancy. Now they have blown up and I’m pretty happy with the Nexus one as far as hardware and especially software.
Nexus One
Here are some BlackBerry shortcuts that I have used and I hope you find them useful as well.
Shift and space – to enter a ‘/’ in the web address field
Space – to enter a period in the web address field
a – to add a bookmark
Enter – to follow a link
g – to bring up the Start/Go to… page
h – to load the home page
i – to zoom in on a web page
j – to turn on support for JavaScript
k – to open the bookmark list
l – to view the web page address for a link
o – to zoom out on a web page
p – to view the web page address for the current page
r – to refresh a web page
s – to open the browser options
shift and space – to move up a screen
u – to hide/view the banner
y – to view a list of recently visited web pages
z – to switch between Column view and Page view
b – to move to the bottom of the web page
f – to find keywords in the current page
space – to move down a screen
t – to move to the top of the web page
If you have any other shortcuts please feel free to let me know.
Well .586 was just leaked for the 9700 so if you want copy and paste the link provided to download you the latest leaked OS.
Copy and paste this link into your browser > http://rapidshare.com/files/369740301/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel994_PL5.1.0.146_A5.0.0.586.exe
Well I haven’t had to time to play with either update but i will amend this post when I do to let you know what I find different on both leaks.
I also included a link to download the .566 os (just copy and place in your browser) below.
http://rapidshare.com/files/367314426/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel965_PL5.1.0.145_A5.0.0.566.exe
Well I have loaded this os on my 9700 and I don’t see much of a difference from .536. Besides the lock feature not working the old way everyone should just get use to the simple process of just pressing “ALT+ENTER” if you have the password set, if not the lock button at the top of the device will just lock the keyboard. Battery life is pretty darn good considering I have quite a few app running in the background. Again battery life is based on an individual’s usages. UMA connectivity with .545 is definitely stronger. I was having some issues with .536 not locking onto and keeping UMA connections. That seems to be resolved with .545.
Well I loaded this new .536 yesterday and I have to say this is the best OS build for the 9700 to date. I have no issues with any of my 3rd party app but i have heard people having issues with a few 3rd party apps but none of them I have personally. The Lock button on top is now functioning as a combination of stand-by and keypad lock. The usual Lock icon on your BlackBerry menu has became “Password Lock”, which functions as the old fashion combination of keypad and password lock. In addition, the password auto-lock feature after amount of x minutes still works as it was designed to be like before .536 was leaked.
The mute button now only does its only job to mute the mic while in phone mode or playing music/video.The speed of the browser is on par with the .442/.497 I was running earlier just without the java folder swap as well as it being a stable build. Load this OS when you get a chance on your 9700 and I’m sure you’ll love it!
Here is a link to the .536 OS just copy and paste. http://rapidshare.com/files/359857553/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel907_PL5.1.0.138_A5.0.0.536.exe
