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I've been reading a LOT these past few days about upgrading from .148 and have, what you guys may find a sorta silly question, but I'm a Noob, what can I say? ha ha
Can I upgrade to ANY newer version or do I have to upgrade in order? For example, first go to .151, then to .167, .173, etc..
Is there an upgrade that's BETTER than the others? Should I move up to the latest one? (What IS the latest one? ha)
Right now I'm having TONS of memory leakage issues.... so that's why I'm looking to leave .148 behind in a BIG way!
I also want to thank you guys ALL for being here. You have answered SO many of my questions as I grow with my very first Blackberry.
~Chris
09-25-09 09:04 AM - Thanks guys.... I'm gonna go with .151 right now because my biggest issue is memory leakage and from all that I've read, .151 seems to fix that particular issue.
Thanks you all for your help. I'll post again afterward (hopefully) with a BIG sigh of relief!
ok.....here goes.................drum roll please......09-26-09 07:37 AM - I was right there where you are a couple months ago so I know how frustrating upgrading leaks could be, but try this, it worked for me..
Uninstall anything you downloaded on your computer through the control pannel, after you delete the OS you already downloaded, make sure there are no other OS downloads on your computer, create a new folder on your desktop and label it...I just labeled mine bbos, then redownload the leaked .151 and save it to that folder, it makes it easier to find, then just follow the instructions on the "how to upgrade your os" thread from here, about how you have to run the OS file before you can install and deleting the vendor files and all, sorry I'm at work right now so I'm not gonna try to do it from memory, but i'm just talking about the steps before you can upload it to your phone. my best advice would be don't use the BB desktop manager for the install, and turn off (or unplug) your computer from the internet while doing the install, not sure why, but I was having problems with my install and I read to do that and it worked perfectly. .151 is fairly easy to install and it was a great place for me to start learning about how to do OS upgrades. good luck09-26-09 12:21 PM - Glad to hear it all worked out, as far as the memory goes, I know games take up alot of space and it looks like you have a couple, but its not as much about how many MB you have free, its how the phone uses the available memory, the biggest difference you should see in upgrading to .151 is it should remain stable, ie. it won't leak throughout the day, i'm using .230 and i boot up at about 34 MB, and I have yet to drop below 30 MB, vs. .148 in which I would boot up with like 38 MB and in a couple hours be down to 10 or 15 or so.
If you want more memory, delete anything you don't use regulary, and see what happens.
If you use everything you have on your phone regulary, and your memory is stable, you are good to go.09-26-09 02:48 PM - Hey, my names Chris too, hahaha
I just know how it is, cuz I just started doing leaked upgrades about a month or so ago myself, so I know exactly how it feels, I was worried when I started and I didn't know if I would brick my phone, but then I was like, whats the worst that could happen, if anything, I would just really toss it into a pool and then pay the 50 bucks for lost/stolen insurance.
....and wait til you start messing around with all the stuff you can get here, its a little more complicated installing .230 cuz of the "hybrid" nature of having to install over .191, but when you get confortable doing installs, wait til you get to a 5.0 OS, it blows all the 4.7 OS's out of the water with what the storm can do.09-26-09 03:36 PM
