Official OS 7.0.0.585 for the Bold 9900

**Adam Zeis** · 12-09-2011, 09:00 AM

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**sbx9900** · 12-09-2011, 09:05 AM

This was just leaked a few days back and now it is made official....any definitive feedback of this version from those who have used it?

**riyami999** · 12-09-2011, 09:27 AM

Is This MultiLanguage ??

i use Arabic sometimes : ??

**EECGeek** · 12-09-2011, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by sbx9900

This was just leaked a few days back and now it is made official....any definitive feedback of this version from those who have used it?

I went from .261 to .540 which was a big improvement to me and .585 is even better, battery life was my only issue and now to me it is solved.

I did get a 507 JVM error on inital install, but recovered it and installed fine second time, I suspect this has nothing to do with the actual update though, just a phone glitch.

Greg

**Cleanton** · 12-09-2011, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by EECGeek

battery life was my only issue and now to me it is solved.

Greg

How did you solve the battery life?

**maroonedfrancis** · 12-09-2011, 09:37 AM

Battery life was worse with the leaked .585 for me so i went back to .540

**jefo13** · 12-09-2011, 09:45 AM

Does anyone know if this version has the updated graphics like 7.1 (for example in 7.1 phone mute is a microphone w a line across as opossed to a phone with a line across)

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by riyami999

Is This MultiLanguage ??

i use Arabic sometimes : ??

No, it's an AllLanguage build... but it still has Arabic

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by jefo13

Does anyone know if this version has the updated graphics like 7.1 (for example in 7.1 phone mute is a microphone w a line across as opossed to a phone with a line across)

Nope... graphics are the same as in any other OS7 version

**emirozmen** · 12-09-2011, 09:57 AM

No, not touching this one.

**lycafe** · 12-09-2011, 10:06 AM

I will save most of you your time.. This OS is not as good as .540.. The major glitch I found is the battery going from 99+ to 92 in a matter of minutes by browsing.. not going to 98 then to 97 etc., but jump to 92... And it eats up the battery.. enough said.

**jonduran86** · 12-09-2011, 10:08 AM

Cool. Any mirrored links tho? Can't seem to dl it from that site

**sbx9900** · 12-09-2011, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by EECGeek

I went from .261 to .540 which was a big improvement to me and .585 is even better, battery life was my only issue and now to me it is solved.

Greg

Good for you for having a good battery life with this. I'm on .540 at the moment, and battery life is good despite my having a lot of apps. I can easily get at least 12 hours with it which is more than sufficient for me to get by until i get home and i have a car charger in case i'm caught with no battery life on the road....

But the forums have mixed reviews regarding battery life, and it is not a settled issue. If i hear a dramatic improvement with this official version, then i have no choice but to take the plunge....until an official 7.1 with a comparable battery life comes along....

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by lycafe

I will save most of you your time.. This OS is not as good as .540.. The major glitch I found is the battery going from 99+ to 92 in a matter of minutes by browsing.. not going to 98 then to 97 etc., but jump to 92... And it eats up the battery.. enough said.

Easily fixed by using the best of both worlds... new .585 cods with solid .540 radio

**Cleanton** · 12-09-2011, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Phill_UK

Easily fixed by using the best of both worlds... new .585 cods with solid .540 radio

How do you do this?

**TLD1** · 12-09-2011, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by drunkorexia

How do you do this?

I would like to know as well, Phil.

**lycafe** · 12-09-2011, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Phill_UK

Easily fixed by using the best of both worlds... new .585 cods with solid .540 radio

Nice!

You like to hybrid the OSes eh? LoL.. Just like you did with .503 and .540 too if I'm not mistaken. I think I will play safe and just stick with just .540

**lycafe** · 12-09-2011, 11:07 AM

I think Phill just installed .540 and .585 OSes on his computer and then just copied .540 sfi file over to .585 sfi file. So basically you have .540 radio file and the rest is just .585 cods.

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by drunkorexia

How do you do this?

Originally Posted by davistld01

I would like to know as well, Phil.

Download and install both .540 and .585 on your PC

Copy the .540 radio file from:-
C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research In Motion/Shared/Loader Files/9900M_v7.0.0.540_P5.0.0.694/UMTS

Drop this into the .585 radio folder and overwrite the existing file:-
C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research In Motion/Shared/Loader Files/9900AllLang_v7.0.0.585_P5.0.0.734/UMTS

Might be worth saving the .585 radio file somewhere else first, just in case

Delete the vendor file(s), shrink, wipe, whatever etc. etc... and install

Originally Posted by lycafe

Nice!

You like to hybrid the OSes eh? LoL.. Just like you did with .503 and .540 too if I'm not mistaken. I think I will play safe and just stick with just .540

Yeah, it's gotta be done

**m.seif** · 12-09-2011, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by riyami999

Is This MultiLanguage ??

i use Arabic sometimes : ??

According to experts in the leak thread, it does not have Arabic.

CORRECTION

It turns to be I was mistaken as you can see from the post below. It does have Arabic

**ArabPDA** · 12-09-2011, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by m.seif

According to experts in the leak thread, it does not have Arabic.

The leaked one was Multi-language, but this All Languages, so it should support Arabic.

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 12:58 PM

Both the leaked .585 and this official version are AllLanguage builds, and both contain Arabic.

**the brother** · 12-09-2011, 01:03 PM

even the vodafone DE site is showing an old version....

https://swdownloads.blackberry.com/D...1A60E117.node1

**Phill_UK** · 12-09-2011, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by the brother

even the vodafone DE site is showing an old version....

https://swdownloads.blackberry.com/D...1A60E117.node1

Yeah, all EMEA carriers are only showing .296 now since RIM pulled .540 from their site.

You'll have to use the link in the first post to download this one... or a mirror

**inamar** · 12-09-2011, 01:18 PM

Have a very strange problem on .540. Every time I do a battery pull and open Social feeds, (I use it for nothing but news. No bbm or Facebook feeds etc) after letting things load and try quitting it hangs. I have to do an application switch go back and its fine again. This happens once after a battery pull. Anybody else face the same problem. Not a big deal, just wondering if anyone else faced a similar issue.