14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has reportedly pulled off the Android Gingerbread software update that started to roll-out on its ThunderBolt devices only a few days ago.
The main reason that determined the wireless carrier to halt the deployment was the large number of bugs that the software included, it seems.
Not only did the new update arrive much later that initially expected, but it seems that users will actually have to wait even longer before it is made available for their devices.
Verizon and HTC unveiled the HTC ThunderBolt to the world during CES 2011 in January, their first LTE-capable mobile phone, running under Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, but upgradeable to the then newer Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform.
The phone went for sale only several weeks after being unveiled, yet the update to Gingerbread was not made available until about six months later.
Earlier this week, HTC announced that the update will be released before the end of September, and they did manage to touch the deadline, but with the cost of software reliability, it seems.
Some of those who already downloaded and installed the Gingerbread update report that, among the issues that it created, some of the most important ones affected the voicemail notifications, while others were related to Google Talk.
The app was supposed to bring along video calling on the go, a feature largely expected to arrive on handsets via the Android 2.3.4 software update, yet it seems that it actually managed to break things.
No official word on the update being pulled emerged for the time being from Verizon or HTC, but rumor has it that the two might be set to set things straight soon, and that a new flavor of the Gingerbread update will soon be delivered to ThunderBolt users.
Those who would like to learn more on what the update is set to bring along should have a look at our previous post on the matter. More details on the update roll-out are bound to emerge soon, so stay tuned for more on this.