- Run one of the leaked RUUs for the Thunderbolt that includes Gingerbread
- This will unfortunately still leave you running Sense 2.1, back in the "dark ages" technology timeline speaking
- Run one of the Sense 3.0 or Sense 3.5 GB-based ROMs ported to the Thunderbolt
- Thanks to the unique nature of the 4G RIL, TeamBAMF is really the only team to have working GB Sense 3+ ROMs. If you're running a Sense 3+ ROM on your TBolt, even if it's not an official TeamBAMF release, you likely have @adrynalyne and/or @erishasnobatter to thank for it...
Now, for the goods:
- Grab and flash a GB radio (I prefer the actual latest from the last leak/almost-but-pulled-official release: MR3 GB radio from 2.11.605.3, 1.48.00.906w_1, 0.01.78.0906w_2) from this TeamBAMF.net thread: http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/242-Radios! you can also find separated CDMA and LTE radios at this RootzWiki thread: http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?2937-RADIO-HTC-Thunderbolt-Radios-PG05IMG.zip-(Updated-24-Sep-2011)
- Try one of these three great and stable ROMs:
- BAMF Forever (Currently 1.0.8) - Sense 3.0, been around the longest of the 3
- http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?5065-GB-2.11.605.3-Sense3.0-BAMF-Forever-1.0.8
- http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/1713-GB-2.11.605.3-Sense3.0-BAMF-Forever-1.0.8
- BAMF SoaB (Currently v1.02) - Sense 3.5, ported from a Bliss RUU, been around fairly long, lots of activity
- http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?5914-GB-2.11.605.3-Sense3.5-BAMF-SoaB-v1.02
- http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/1965-GB-2.11.605.3-Sense3.5-BAMF-SoaB-v1.02
- Touch my BAMF (Currently 1.0.4) - Sense 3.0, Ported from the Touch 4G Slide, claim to fame is that it is the only (that I know of) GB Sense ROM with working landscape mode!
- http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?6675-GB-Touch-my-BAMF-1.0.4
- http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/2173-GB-Touch-my-BAMF-1.0.4
- Update: TeamBAMF just doesn't stop - Touch my BAMF Remix (currently 1.0.4) was just released, I guess I know what I'm doing this evening:
If you've had a good experience with a different Thunderbolt GB ROM, please leave a comment. I haven't yet been adventurous enough to try @LayherDaddy's CyanogenMod not-quite-official releases (e.g. http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?392-ROM-Not-fully-Official-CM7-for-Thunderbolt.-7.1.1-Updated-10-2-1-25AM-EST )
Happy ROM-ing!