1. john doe iii's Avatar
    Hi fellow Curve users ..... I migrated over from the Storm due to a cracked screen and unable to upgrade til this summer.

    Anyhow.... got me a hand me down 8330 from a friend and was a little skeptical on if id be able to cope with the missing features from my storm but after loading 5.0.0.230 im not missing a thing..... and my SLINGPLAYER works better on my curve than it did on the storm. No more memory issues....nice themes...working SPM..... GPS works.... I LIKE IT.
    01-28-10 11:19 AM
  2. sisblub's Avatar
    does it have enough memory to handle os 5? im just wondering if its slow running os 5 or not..
    01-28-10 11:57 AM
  3. Wuzz Ranger's Avatar
    Curve has plenty of memory for 5.0. I tried a Storm out for awhile, when I put the Curve in my hand....it fit like a glove!
    01-28-10 12:13 PM
  4. john doe iii's Avatar
    Runs smooth to me.... At first boot I have about 32mb of mem. I only have facebook, slingplayer, where, and 2 other apps.

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    01-28-10 12:18 PM
  5. xliderider's Avatar
    Didn't want to try Boost Mobile's 5.0.0.438 for the 8330? The GPS may not be working on that build though.
    01-28-10 02:11 PM
  6. ttfmaep's Avatar
    I have been trying to find out what 5.0 has that 4.5 doesn't (for a Curve.) I hope one or more of you will try to explain it to me!

    Thanks
    01-28-10 04:14 PM
  7. john doe iii's Avatar
    Updated web browser with more accurate ajax rendering, faster java, google gears, threaded text, and a lot more.

    Its like win98 to xp.

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    01-28-10 04:23 PM
  8. fdb8231's Avatar
    I'm with you on this one John
    01-28-10 06:11 PM
  9. darylschneider's Avatar
    I installed 5.0 on my Alltel/Verizon 8330 and its been a mess since.NO GPS.....bad memory leakage..........runs slow......have to pull battery 15 times a day to get enough memory to use the thing. Can anyone help me get back to 4.5? I can't seem to find instructions that I had once to reinstall an older op sys.
    01-28-10 09:49 PM
  10. jorger81's Avatar
    Hi fellow Curve users ..... I migrated over from the Storm due to a cracked screen and unable to upgrade til this summer.

    Anyhow.... got me a hand me down 8330 from a friend and was a little skeptical on if id be able to cope with the missing features from my storm but after loading 5.0.0.230 im not missing a thing..... and my SLINGPLAYER works better on my curve than it did on the storm. No more memory issues....nice themes...working SPM..... GPS works.... I LIKE IT.
    Where'd you get your file from ? What did you use to download ?

    Everyone on here has done something different than the necxt guy
    01-29-10 12:34 AM
  11. fdb8231's Avatar
    I installed 5.0 on my Alltel/Verizon 8330 and its been a mess since.NO GPS.....bad memory leakage..........runs slow......have to pull battery 15 times a day to get enough memory to use the thing. Can anyone help me get back to 4.5? I can't seem to find instructions that I had once to reinstall an older op sys.
    Did you shrink the OS? If not you basically have no memory. Read up on shrinking an OS. Then wipe. Shrink 5.0 and reload. I'm using it with no problems. Have on avg. 30 - 34 mb of memory. The gps thing don't know what to tell you mine works fine.
    01-29-10 03:37 AM
  12. john doe iii's Avatar
    Did you shrink the OS? If not you basically have no memory. Read up on shrinking an OS. Then wipe. Shrink 5.0 and reload. I'm using it with no problems. Have on avg. 30 - 34 mb of memory. The gps thing don't know what to tell you mine works fine.
    Fdb - which 5.0 version are you using?

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    01-29-10 10:31 AM
  13. Isriam's Avatar
    version 5.0.230 will reboot after 60 minutes on a phone call.
    01-29-10 11:10 AM
  14. j.p.hatfield's Avatar
    running the boost 5.0.0.438 and it runs great...fast browser, not much mem leak...
    01-29-10 11:40 AM
  15. The Me's Avatar
    I start with 16.9MB and after it fully loads, couple minutes, it is at 12.7MB. Then, after some use, it goes to 5.7MB. If I clean the memory with the memory shredder, it gains about 1MB-3MB.

    There is a big leak with the Boost Mobile Official OS. How can the OS be official and released when it leaks so much? I mean, it's suppose to be able to maintain itself. Sometimes, the phone will just restart. What if it happens during an important call, while you are in a business meeting!
    I am not going to the 4.5 or whatever it was 4.7... because threaded SMS is just too good!
    But if this leak can be fixed, it would be great.

    Anyone have any idea how to fix those memory leak?
    01-29-10 10:24 PM
  16. fdb8231's Avatar
    Fdb - which 5.0 version are you using?

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    Was using boost. Now trying out nathanix hybrid.
    01-30-10 11:38 AM
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