The best ver of OS 5 for Pearl 3G 9100

[Sashko]

M'lady has a Pearl 3G, and she's fond of OS 5, so when I tried to upgrade her to OS 6 it wasn't long before she asked to go back to OS 5.


Anyhow, she's currently running 5.0.0.604 which seems to be causing freezing and what-not rather constantly. I'm wondering which ver of OS 5 has been running the best on the Pearl 3G 9100 for you peeps. Thanks in advance.

[kurtla]

I have had not a single issue with my os version and your other half is a real keeper as version 6 brings nothing significant from a productivity standpoint to the little device. the first thing most people do is get a v5 theme to get rid of the bs that v6 brings starting with that horizontal crap to drill into sub-menus. os 5 might be xp but v6 is vista for sure. v6 was just another fire ready aim from rim imo as is v7. they are one fcked up company but the 9100 can be a nice device for select individuals. sorry for the rant, on hold...

[Sashko]

No worries about the rant, Kurtla. What ver of OS 5 are you using?

[kurtla]

sorry, its in my sig -- .884

[TequilaAddict]

I am on .604 and can't say it freezes on me. Does your better half use QuickPull? I have it to reset my phone once a day.

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[kurtla]

ok i'll bite, why do you have to reset your phone every day?

[TequilaAddict]

Avoid freezing problems.

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[Sashko]

Originally Posted by kurtla

sorry, its in my sig -- .884

Cool, I'll have to give that one a go.

Originally Posted by TequilaAddict

I am on .604 and can't say it freezes on me. Does your better half use QuickPull? I have it to reset my phone once a day.

No, she doesn't use QuickPull. Speaking of which, I don't quite get why unlike the full qwerty BlackBerrys, the Pearl 3G doesn't have a keyboard shortcut for rebooting it :-S

It does sound like .604 is problematic for you as well ;-)

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[kurtla]

I have had my device since the week it came out last year in july and have done maybe 7 or 8 battery pulls in total for that entire time, every other month tops. the only time I have reboot is when I have installed new apps or updates, maybe 12 times in total. .884 is rock solid and i have never had a single freeze or incident of any kind. my 9100 is windows 7 lol

[TequilaAddict]

Originally Posted by Sashko

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No, she doesn't use QuickPull. Speaking of which, I don't quite get why unlike the full qwerty BlackBerrys, the Pearl 3G doesn't have a keyboard shortcut for rebooting it :-S

It does sound like .604 is problematic for you as well ;-)

Actually, my phone works very well on .604.

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[schmoozer]

Originally Posted by Sashko

...I don't quite get why...the Pearl 3G doesn't have a keyboard shortcut for rebooting it :-S


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Dont you?

A good guess is that such honors are reserved *only* for full qwerty berrys as a defining/premium feature...

...I mean, it's not like restart options could be designed into an OS, now could it?

RIM needs to justify why customers should pay more, for devices with the same software potential/features - but making sensible decisions is not one of RIM's fortes, apparantly.

[schmoozer]

Originally Posted by kurtla

...never had a single freeze or incident of any kind...

What about the double typing curse featurette? Did anyone have it resolved via an OS update?

[kurtla]

thank god never had that one lol. was hopeful of getting a tmo curve for myself but the battery has been thinking twice - the 9100 has amazing battery life. you still on a 9780?

[schmoozer]

Yea, just got one as a replacement candidate for my busted 9700...had hoped to find another bnib tmo 9700 - but those seem really scarce these days.

On the upside, the small footprint of the 9100 plus it's 9700 features makes it a killer pda.

[kurtla]

I think the 9780 is great, my other half has one - you like the 9700 better?