[Crucial_Xtreme]

Newest 8830 OS 4.5.0.138

Download here at US CELLULAR or here at VERIZON


For install instruction to load any carrier 8830 OS on your BB:

1. Back up data on Desktop Manager under Back up/restore option
2. Back up your 3rd party apps. Instructions here--> http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-...cations-53201/
3. Disconnect your BB from Desktop Manager
4. Download desired OS to your PC
5. Install/run OS to PC
6. Delete vendor.xml file. It's located in c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader
7. Connect BB to Desktop Manager and it should prompt the upgrade. If not click app loader and that should initialize it.
8. Do not unplug BB during the process. It will take around 30-60 minutes to complete upgrade.

[s3ancall]

Does this put the call timer back in during calls????

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[saintj]

SO no one has downloaded this??

[snison]

Does this put the call timer back in during calls????

Not on mine.

[snison]

SO no one has downloaded this??

Meeeeeee

[eladthe1]

Just installed 4.5.0.138. Went pretty smooth...found no differences yet. Memory leakage seems a bit better than .127. I still have not been able to find what changes were made. Anyone know what, if anything, they supposedly fixed?

[whiteknight2000]

does the slingplayer still works???

[muchgooder.com]

I am trying to upgrade from .135 and desktop manager doesn't see the upgrade. Any thoughts? I've done this many times and never had a problem.

[wxmancanada]

Hmm, does this support streaming media now?

[kemrogers]

Well folks, I did all that was outlined by others, and ended up with a phone that was unstable and locking up constantly (every 5 minutes the battery had to be removed).

I wiped the BB, and it was still unstable.

I then reinstalled the old version, ran the restore, and I am happily back in the land of the living...even if the OS is a bit weak.

[FF22]

I don't know if this is/was your issue but each time I upgraded from the 4.2 os, I would get the lockups. I read somewhere that erasing the xxxthumbnail.DAT files (some form of index file) found in the various folders on the SD card would prevent the lockups. It would take time initially to reindex all of my mp3 files and photos but the lockups stopped. I had to do this upgrading from the beta to the 135 Sprint version, too.

[Xopher]

I have been running .138 for weeks and it is very stable on my BB. I haven't seen any real changes between this version and .127, other than I got ~2MB additional free memory. Memory management seems to be better as well, at least it seems like it.

[ediggity]

Thanks, I wasn't going to upgrade, but I'll try it now. Been running .135 for a few weeks now...

[koosking83]

PROBLEMS WITH THIS VERSION -- this is if in stalled on VZW 8830

1. TODAY THEME --- does not show your old calendar -- only new posts

2. NO TIMER ON CALLS

3. THE BROWSER HAS BUGS - it freezes up, slow with obtaining data and getting to web pages

4. when sending an email or sms -- it stalls for a while and is not instant

other than that -- i found nothing else wrong -- downgrading to .127

dont know anything about the memory leaks and things like that

if any of you do recommend a stable version for the VZ 8830 -- please let me know... thank you

[s3ancall]

For vzw I have the 135 and I can deal with no call timer because the browser is so much better that's wh�t I would recomend

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[koosking83]

are you comparing the browser in .127 to .135 ??? or .135 to .138???


right now i am back to .127

[politjunkie#CB]

I am trying to upgrade from .135 and desktop manager doesn't see the upgrade. Any thoughts? I've done this many times and never had a problem.

Did you ever find anything? Mine is the same

[postflight]

does the slingplayer still works???

Yep! I even switched to the non-beta (curve) release of SPM on OS .138, and it's still working.

[macthenaif]

Using the Bell Mobility OS 4.5.0.127 on my Verizon 8830. No major issues, and I'm not tempted to upgrade further.

[bfoster]

PROBLEMS WITH THIS VERSION -- this is if in stalled on VZW 8830

1. TODAY THEME --- does not show your old calendar -- only new posts

Try going to Options>Advanced Options>Default Services
and see if it changed your email addy for your calendar.
I had a lot of settings changed when upgrading to this version (not sure why?) and it really was a bit irritating for about a week trying to get everything reset.
Make sure the one selected in the Default Services matches the one with all the entries in your calendar. It may be one you don't want for your calendar... several of us had email accounts become the default for our calendars we did not want
Another thing you may want to do is make 'default permissions' a lot more restrictive. After I did that the mysterious setting changes in various programs stopped, but you'll have to go through your programs one by one okaying everything (it's worth it).

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[jordanl17]

I downloaded the US Cellular OS 4.5, but I am going to be installing this on a Verizon 8830.. does it matter that my Verizon phone is CDMA.. ?

Thanks

[FF22]

You can use the USCell, the Bell or Sprint versions as long as you follow directions to remove that vendor.xml file.

(your profile, under your name, lists the Curve)

[Porter]

Upgraded an 8830 WE (Verizon) from 4.2.x to this version. Now the speakerphone function does not work.

Has anyone else run into this?

[wxmancanada]

Been running .138 just fine on my Telus 8830 for about 24 hours now.

[Mr. Bond]

I'd like to hear more user input, as I'm running .127, and the phone is crawling.