HTC Thunderbolt owners have been teased, but not pleased with the promised Gingerbread update. It was finally released a month ago only to be dropped for issues. Trust me, that was a good thing. I am sure a lot of you thought you might not even see it in 2011, but it looks like HTC has come through as the support docs are up. This update will bring you to build 2.11.605.5 and baseband 1.48.00.0906w_1, 0.01.78.0906w_2.
It's too bad Thunderbolt owners weren't able to enjoy some Gingerbread loving before the SDK for Ice Cream Sandwich was released, but as the saying goes, “It's never too late.” Lets hope this update goes a tad smoother.
Full changelog after the break:
Enhancements
Download Manager App:
New App to manage all of your downloads from web browsing, email attachments and other apps.
App and Power Management Details:
Under Manage Applications, a new “Running” tab displays a list of active applications and the storage and memory being used by each. Power efficiency mode option has also been added under Settings > Power.
New Desktop User Interface:
New widgets, icons and screens with refreshed colors.
Full Dock Mode App:
This App includes three shortcuts at the bottom: Gallery, Music and Calendar. In addition, this mode showcases Friend Stream updates, upcoming meeting invites, notifications, weather clock and has a slide show as the background wallpaper. Within this App, a user can also enable the mobile hotspot in dock mode.
Additional device features:
- Alarm notifications will no longer appear while in Emergency Mode.
- Improved security features that reduce device vulnerability.
- Improved data connectivity.
- Improved audio quality while using Bluetooth®.
- Bluetooth security patch has been included.
- Decreased wait time when saving audio attachments.
- Basic voicemail notification will now notify when a newvoicemail has been received.
- V CAST Tones now comes preloaded.
- New Google Books app.
- Enhanced UI for data roaming.
- SMS messages will no longer send to incorrect recipient on rare occasions.
- Reduced Force Close errors while using TuneWiki.
- Reduced Force Close errors when using the front camera.
- Audio on BT Car Kit no longer reroutes to phone when receiving a SMS message.
Since my update to 2.11.605.5 I have little to no data connectivity. FB takes forever, websites take long to load, and my texts are sending/recieving with huge delays, today a 4 hour delay from a few different customers. I know i have my networks turned on, my phone has decent battery, and im still getting only “1x” and 2 bars of reception in places I usually get full service. Any ideas??