How to Downgrade Your OS (with Pix)

[Rooster]

a full back up restores my 3rd party apps, yes.

[fcortese]

Rooster, thanks. great job!! That's is what this web site is all about, Help each other!!

[BedStuyBandit]

This post is the best! it helped me remove problematic .86 which was a weekend killer! Storm users unite!

[pkcable]

You made the bigtime Roo and got stickied! Congrats!

[Tippo]

I followed the steps and the old OS doesn't want to uninstall. I have to send this phone back for a guy I know and it needs .75. I tried "downgrading" to .75 and it just comes up with the application list, for whatever reason. It doesn't give me an option to install .75. I must be missing something here...


I think I actually got it. Thanks Roost

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by Tippo

I followed the steps and the old OS doesn't want to uninstall. I have to send this phone back for a guy I know and it needs .75. I tried "downgrading" to .75 and it just comes up with the application list, for whatever reason. It doesn't give me an option to install .75. I must be missing something here...


I think I actually got it. Thanks Roost

Check your phone under options > about. What does it say on the third line down?

[DBC17]

What if I just want to re-install my existing OS (.90)? I've heard some people report they get better results the second time around.

Do I need to revert back to .75 and then install .90, or can I just go through software update without downgrading?

Thanks.

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by DBC17

What if I just want to re-install my existing OS (.90)? I've heard some people report they get better results the second time around.

Do I need to revert back to .75 and then install .90, or can I just go through software update without downgrading?

Thanks.

Not that I recommend this, but a wipe and a reinstall seems like the best route. Don's sticky has a link to the wipe guide.

What I would recommend is letting the OS settle a bit and warm up before making any hasty decisions.

Good Luck!

[DBC17]

Originally Posted by Rooster

Not that I recommend this, but a wipe and a reinstall seems like the best route. Don's sticky has a link to the wipe guide.

What I would recommend is letting the OS settle a bit and warm up before making any hasty decisions.

Good Luck!

It definitely has gotten better throughout the course of the day today. But yesterday was not good.

I got the Media Card Inserted SOD for the first time ever, and it happened in the middle of the night with my phone on Bedside mode - not a nice wake up call.

Weatherbug has been acting weird, and i'm still getting the spining clock WAY more than i expected with this OS.

Anyway, as i mentioned, it is getting better and I'm not looking to downgrade, but i figured perhaps another install would have it running even quicker.

[diemandave]

I loaded the .90 upgrade and was not happy with the results and had no luck restoring to my old os, that was until I did a search and found your great post! Great job and thanks for all the help! I really appreciate getting my storm back to normal.
Thanks again!

[kb24 uses the bb storm]

i installed 90 on the 9530 and am thinking of installing leaked version .85 do i follow these same steps, even though .85 is not an official release

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by kb24 uses the bb storm

i installed 90 on the 9530 and am thinking of installing leaked version .85 do i follow these same steps, even though .85 is not an official release

just replacce 85 with the downgrade OS in the steps in the first post. That's it!

[djeli]

Will a downgrade work if ur phone just stays on a black screen... I can her my calls and my txt come thru but i cant see nothing...i'm running the new os 90

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by djeli

Will a downgrade work if ur phone just stays on a black screen... I can her my calls and my txt come thru but i cant see nothing...i'm running the new os 90

I dont see why not. You have the verizon screen freeze? Try it and post back your findings please.

[fourire]

The files and the directory are always there so after I installed the new OS but I want to know if it is normal that the files + directory are there ??