Toshiba Thrive

kjy2010 · Jul 12, 2011

GuitarrassDeAmor said:
Oh snap, gonna try hooking up my Zune.
EDIT: Nope.

Is this a processor limitation, or software?

I've only encountered the sleep bug once, and I just did a hard reset. Other than that it has been fine so far. Did the OTA update do anything?

I restored back to factory defaults, with no update, still had the sleep bug. The CS guy at Toshiba tried denying the issue, then I told him to see if there was a bulletin out on it, and sure enough, there was. I asked if there was an ETA out for a fix, he said their "engineering department was hard at work coming up with an update to fix it". If the DEVs here on this forum can fix a sleep bug in a day, why hasn't Toshiba been able to figure it out?!?
That is not the only con of this tablet however. It has a plastic/acrylic screen of some sort. It's not glass, and certainly not gorilla glass. I took mine back just over an hour ago and went back to the Iconia. IMHO for the money ($30.00 less), and feature set, it's the best one out to date.
Like I said, it's just my opinion, please don't anyone take it personally.

GuitarrassDeAmor · Jul 13, 2011

kjy2010 said:
I restored back to factory defaults, with no update, still had the sleep bug. The CS guy at Toshiba tried denying the issue, then I told him to see if there was a bulletin out on it, and sure enough, there was. I asked if there was an ETA out for a fix, he said their "engineering department was hard at work coming up with an update to fix it". If the DEVs here on this forum can fix a sleep bug in a day, why hasn't Toshiba been able to figure it out?!?
That is not the only con of this tablet however. It has a plastic/acrylic screen of some sort. It's not glass, and certainly not gorilla glass. I took mine back just over an hour ago and went back to the Iconia. IMHO for the money ($30.00 less), and feature set, it's the best one out to date.
Like I said, it's just my opinion, please don't anyone take it personally.

I don't know, no excuse for that really. I don't mind the screen, but I do wish it was Gorilla Glass. That would be awesome. The Iconia feels cheaply made in my opinion, and that is just from messing around on it at Best Buy. I've handled every tablet, and besides the Touchpad (ugly shaped IMO), that is the only one I really don't like the make of. It also feels heavier than the Thrive, which I don't mind, but it is. As for the opinion, as long as you're not saying it's **** because you couldn't figure out how to turn it on (and provide an actual reason), I don't think many care.

teh roxxorz · Jul 13, 2011

GuitarrassDeAmor said:
I don't know, no excuse for that really. I don't mind the screen, but I do wish it was Gorilla Glass. That would be awesome. The Iconia feels cheaply made in my opinion, and that is just from messing around on it at Best Buy. I've handled every tablet, and besides the Touchpad (ugly shaped IMO), that is the only one I really don't like the make of. It also feels heavier than the Thrive, which I don't mind, but it is. As for the opinion, as long as you're not saying it's **** because you couldn't figure out how to turn it on (and provide an actual reason), I don't think many care.

I agree, the hp touchpad is ugly, the concept designer should be shot, because its not sexy.

Also I agree, need some hardened facts. I am going to be picking mine up between this friday and next saturday. Execellent mini scam to get 20% off at best buy.

davin8r · Jul 13, 2011

GuitarrassDeAmor said:
Is this a processor limitation, or software?

From what I understand, it is a processor limitation of Tegra 2 (no support for hardware acceleration of h264 high profile video).

gsum · Jul 13, 2011

References

May want to check out specs on toshiba support page. I can't post links yet

Good FAQ and reviews I came across was including SD cards, sleep, display quality, full review

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive/373335-full-review-thrive.html

Butterxbean · Jul 13, 2011

About the Toshiba Thrive Screen Material...

One of our Thrivey friends over at Thriveforums.org put up a video as a screen test using a key. It help up just fine, no protector, so whether it's gorilla glass or not, This stuff will keep your screen safe!

hobbiteer · Jul 13, 2011

So, over at the Thrive forums they seem to have successfully tested the bootloader and it is not locked. (Just like Toshiba promised.) Apparently we just need a recovery kernal and we should be set. Here[URL] is the forum. If we could get a dev like kousch or a on RA for help on recovery it would be awesome. It would also be much appreciated if anybody who wants one check out my thread for a thrive sub-forum.

rushless · Jul 13, 2011

The sleep bug issue is forcing me to return the Thrive. I like the device a LOT, but nine out of ten times I have to power the device down and power back on when it goes in sleep mode.

If I turn the display off and then back on within a few seconds- no problem, but when the device goes into a sleep state- it does NOT wake back up when pressing the power button. Keeping music running is too impractical and hurts battery life, since that is not the only thing that will load in the background, being Android.

Best Buy is getting returns due to the issue, so it can not be helping the launch. You would think that Toshiba would mention the issue and a fix is coming- to reduce returns.

The Thrive is sweet, but right now, a nasty a$$ sleep bug is ruining that sweetness.

rushless · Jul 13, 2011

gsum said:
May want to check out specs on toshiba support page. I can't post links yet

Good FAQ and reviews I came across was including SD cards, sleep, display quality, full review

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive/373335-full-review-thrive.html

Ironically, that is my review and I am returning the Thrive due to it not wanting to come out of sleep mode when pressing the power button

dalepl · Jul 13, 2011

hobbiteer said:
So, over at the Thrive forums they seem to have successfully tested the bootloader and it is not locked. (Just like Toshiba promised.) Apparently we just need a recovery kernal and we should be set. Here[URL] is the forum. If we could get a dev like kousch or a on RA for help on recovery it would be awesome. It would also be much appreciated if anybody who wants one check out my thread for a thrive sub-forum.

Good stuff. Maybe XDA will see this and give us our own SUB. If not, maybe we should start getting development SUBS on the Thrive site.

dalepl · Jul 13, 2011

rushless said:
The sleep bug issue is forcing me to return the Thrive. I like the device a LOT, but nine out of ten times I have to power the device down and power back on when it goes in sleep mode.

If I turn the display off and then back on within a few seconds- no problem, but when the device goes into a sleep state- it does NOT wake back up when pressing the power button. Keeping music running is too impractical and hurts battery life, since that is not the only thing that will load in the background, being Android.

Best Buy is getting returns due to the issue, so it can not be helping the launch. You would think that Toshiba would mention the issue and a fix is coming- to reduce returns.

The Thrive is sweet, but right now, a nasty a$$ sleep bug is ruining that sweetness.

I had the same issue. I tried the fix of taking the battery out and powering up without the battery and then reinserting the battery. This has seemed to have fixed the issue. I have had no sleep issues since.

GuitarrassDeAmor · Jul 13, 2011

I did a review of the tablet (video and written). I've had two lock screen bugs, one when I first got the device, and the second when I was writing my review ironically.

The tablet that claims to be everything the public wants and more is here. After an early release by a few stores, namely the Best Buy in Austin, TX, the Thrive has finally released everywhere July 10th, 2011. Coming in at $429, $479, or $579 for the 8gb, 16gb, and 32gb versions respectively, the tablet is aggressively priced in lieu of other tablets currently on the market. Sporting full size USB, HDMI, and SD slots/ports, Toshiba strives to provide a more laptop like experience with the Thrive. So how does it fair?

My review: http://www.wallpapereuphoria.com/in...ent&view=category&layout=blog&id=37&Itemid=60

Video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6OAugmdVDo&hd=1 -- Not that good, never done one before, and didn't exactly know when or what order I was going to go over stuff in.

jrob09BHS · Jul 13, 2011

i wouldnt dare buy a tablet without my socks being microwaved first

Suaveak · Jul 13, 2011

sleep bug fix...

Well my Thrive had the same sleep issue and random reboot while sleeping.

So my fix has been to go to wifi settings and set the wifi disconnect policy from when screen turns off to never. I haven't had a problem since I changed this last night.

Hope this helps.

hobbiteer · Jul 13, 2011

dalepl said:
Good stuff. Maybe XDA will see this and give us our own SUB. If not, maybe we should start getting development SUBS on the Thrive site.

That would be awesome if so.

tombarr · Jul 14, 2011

Any ideas on an unlocked bootloader? I've heard rumours about some update removing it... but sure.

BlackRose 22 · Jul 14, 2011

You don't need.. to copy a movie or something related .. to internel memory to watch it. .. another great feature USB hosting .. and dual storage .. like if your keyboard has a port for USB .. it reads both .. when you have two USB hooked up.. video play back is great to

KickAss City Mik_CM7 FK V18.BFS

tombarr · Jul 14, 2011

Sure you don't need an unlocked bootloader, but why would you not want one? It couldn't hurt, plus when (if) Google drops Honeycomb source better custom kernels will arrive (although from what I've read the Thrive already performs pretty well).

infazzdar · Jul 14, 2011

So does this tablet have an unlocked bootloader?

That will make or break my decision on purchasing one.

Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

Natolx · Jul 14, 2011

infazzdar said:
So does this tablet have an unlocked bootloader?

That will make or break my decision on purchasing one.

Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

It DOES have an unlocked bootloader. In fact its totally unlocked from the factory(unheard of).

I know this because I bricked mine by flashing the rooted boot.img for the Xoom with fastboot.

On that note, if anyone know of a way to extract or has access to a stock boot.img I would be very grateful!

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