I just bricked my berry, and have to replace it b/c I followed an update icon that was sent to mhy VZW Tour last night. When it finished it said I had to re-install the OS, and I can't even do that now!
I have never had an issue with an OTA update. Your first mistake was to click on an icon instead of going through Options/Advanced Options/Wireless Upgrade. Any app can push an icon to your BB so going through some random icon that showed up on your device is not a best practice to follow.
Lots of folks upgraded their OS using the OTA method and it worked fine (including me). i don't have a PC but even if i did i will be using the OTA update.
Users brick their devices using Desktop Manager and OTA pretty evenly.
I just bricked my berry, and have to replace it b/c I followed an update icon that was sent to mhy VZW Tour last night. When it finished it said I had to re-install the OS, and I can't even do that now!
I also did the update when I woke up this morning. My Tour is stuck in an infinite loop of a progress bar saying "Rolling back java" and starting at 91% each time. it goes to 100% and then restarts the whole process over.
Anyway to get out of this without clean slating my BB?
I also did the update when I woke up this morning. My Tour is stuck in an infinite loop of a progress bar saying "Rolling back java" and starting at 91% each time. it goes to 100% and then restarts the whole process over.
Anyway to get out of this without clean slating my BB?
Hopefully you backed up your data before doing all that. In that case, just wipe clean and start over.
First off get a computer so you can do a backup. Who doesn't even have a computer. Second the OTA update worked fine for me. It did do somekind of backup automaticall for me and then reinstalled everything. DM wasn't going to replace everything for me automaticall and that is why I did the OTA update.
I was prompted to do it so I did and I lost power during the update so when i turned my blackberry back on i saw my home screen was reset to the default, but the update came right back on to the same percentages. Does anyone know if im going to lose all my contacts, it was in the middle of backing everything up.
The issue for me is that each time I try to reinstall the OS I get crazy messages like fatal errors, etc using desktop manager. I get the same sort of thing using the apploader. As soon as I get to where I need to move past step 3 I get
A fatal error has occurred while updating your device's software. Please try again.
The issue for me is that each time I try to reinstall the OS I get crazy messages like fatal errors, etc using desktop manager. I get the same sort of thing using the apploader. As soon as I get to where I need to move past step 3 I get
A fatal error has occurred while updating your device's software. Please try again.
My ota took less than half hour to do..I dont think desktop manager would be that quick....sure wasnt for my curve. Just the minor pain of signing up for 3rd party apps..Ota is way to go
I did the OTA upgrade immediately upon receiving the phone. It took about 45 minutes total (download and installation) and worked flawlessly. The advice about backing up prior to upgrading makes good sense if you already have a lot of data loaded on your phone, though.
lol...i can't believe a newbe just told a mod to get a computer. classic.
Originally Posted by jkpitcher
First off get a computer so you can do a backup. Who doesn't even have a computer. Second the OTA update worked fine for me. It did do somekind of backup automaticall for me and then reinstalled everything. DM wasn't going to replace everything for me automaticall and that is why I did the OTA update.
Always, always, ALWAYS back up before doing any sort of update. Unbricking a Blackberry may freak you out at first, but once you get used to it, it becomes natural.