8220 os on an 8520?

[MamaBee]

I just got off a chat with my carrier. They replaced my phone after the whole 5.0 sound issue. So I'm back to 4.6.

I just talked with them to see if they have 4.6 still available for download in case things go awry again if I upgrade to 4.6. The lady I was chatting with said that I could download and install the 4.6 for the 8220 and run that on my 8520.

Is that true?

[ridesno159]

No you can't... You'll end up with an expensive paperweight, but it probably wouldn't even attempt to load the 8220 software. Good job asking here before you tried though...

[MamaBee]

Lovely! I started thinking about it, and thought it sounded kind of off. So I called customer care and asked for the Blackberry department and they told me the same thing, that I could load that software onto my 8520 as well.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

[lak611]

It will not work. The hardware and screen resolution on a Pearl Flip are completely different from that of the 8520.

[MamaBee]

That is what I thought. I am still scratching my head over it. I have saved the chat and I verified with the person I spoke to that they think that will work. I have an 8220 and I see that they are radically different BlackBerries. I even asked them about the screen resolution. They insist it will work.

I think I'll call again.

Normally, I'm comfortable tinkering with my BlackBerry. For some reason having that sound issue makes me feel really nervous about messing with anything. Yesterday I spent the day waiting for calls because my grandpa wasn't expected to live much longer and I needed to help my brother in the Army find a flight to get him home in time for a funeral. I missed two calls from my brother and two from my mom because they never even rang.


ETA: Here's the chat. I edited it because it has my full name in it.

Tmo: You can choose to install the software for the Blackberry 8220 as it is 4.6 in your desktop manager to change the software back to 4.6.
Me: Aaah. And the BB8220 software will work fine on an 8520 even with different screen resolutions?
Tmo: That is correct as it is just the operating system.
Me : Okay, fantastic. So I would be fine to upgrade my 8520 to the 5.0.0.822 that is available through Tmobile. If the sound issues happen again, I can download 4.6 from the 8220 via Tmobile and downgrade my os to that one. Is that correct?
Tmo: That is correct.
Tmo: If the issue is not resolved the we can look into an exchange. I am not showing any known issues with the 8520 software update.

[MamaBee]

Wow. Just called again and they are saying the same thing.

Wondering if I just risk it and if it goes bad again we replace the device. Again.

I don't want to do that though...

[lak611]

I would not risk it. It guarantees your 8520 will malfunction. Stick with OSes for your specific device.

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[MamaBee]

I agree, Laura. It just feels too risky. I mean, if any Os works on any BlackBerry, why aren't we all running the exact same build?

Their advice just stuns me.

[BergerKing]

Well, dunno why they'd think it's Ok, it is a well known fact that OSes are device specific. An 8220 OS isn't gonna work on an 8520, period. The Pearl flip has code the Curve 2 doesn't. What a doof.

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[MamaBee]

Finally got someone who said that I should never attempt that. LOL!

Good thing I didn't!

I'm going to go to .681 and call it a day.