Version Numbers Explained (.148, .203, .181)!

FineWolf · Thread Author #1 05-31-2009, 06:08 PM

A RIM OS has three version numbers:

Application (4.7.0.148)

Application is basically everything that the phone does. From the SMS App, to BlackBerry Messenger, it is composed of all the applications that comes by default on your BlackBerry.

It is also the number people usualy refer to when talking about an OS release. In case of the latest Verizon update, it is 4.7.0.148.

Platform (4.0.0.181)

The platform is basically the "drivers" to the OS. It is the layer responsible of communicating commands to the hardware. It controls the cell phone radio, screen display, power regulation, camera (hardware) as well as the bluetooth radio. It is commonly refered to as the radio file on CrackBerry.

In case of Verizon's latest release, the platform number is 4.0.0.181.

Package (4.7.0.203)

RIM develops applications and platform separately. When they decide to put the two together for testing, they give the combo a version number. This is the package number. Arguably, this should be number used to refer to a particular OS number, but convention uses the application number instead.

In case of Verizon's latest release, the package version is 4.7.0.203.

When two releases have the same package number, it is safe to assume that they are the exact same release. The leaked version of the Verizon's release has the same package number, therefore it is the same.

There is also another number reported in your about screen:

Branding Version

The Branding Version changes from phone to phone and doesn't change on an OS update. Is will always be the same on your phone. Branding is saved on special memory while in factory.

The version number is formated the following way:
1.0.XXX.YYY

Where XXX is your Vendor ID and YYY is the Revision Number. Here are possible Vendor IDs (That I know of):
001 Research In Motion

100 T-Mobile US

101 AWS

102 Cingular Wireless or AT&T

103 Nextel

104 Sprint PCS

105 Verizon

106 Alltel

107 Rogers

109 Bell Mobility Canada

111 MM02 DE

113 Telfort

114 T-Mobile DE/AU

115 TIM

116 Hutchison

117 Bouygues

118 SFR

119 Orange_France

120 VODAFONE (UK)

121 Telcel

122 Telstra

123 T-Mobile (UK)

124 Vodafone Germany

125 MM02 UK/IRL/NL

126 Telus

127 SMART

128 Starhub

129 Telefonica

130 Swisscom

131 Cable & Wireless

132 Vodafone (IT)

133 Vodafone (ES)

134 T-Mobile (NL)

135 Cincinnati Bell

136 Telefonica_LAM

137 Vodafone Austria

138 Vodafone Australia

139 Vodafone Ireland

140 Vodafone Sweden

141 CSL

142 Orange UK

143 Vodafone New Zealand

144 SingTel

145 Globe

146 Optus

147 Orange Mobistar

148 Vodafone_HU

149 Bharti

150 KPN

151 TIM_Greece

152 Proximus

153 Vodafone_Portugal

154 TIM_Brazil

155 BT_Mobile

156 Earthlink

158 E-Plus

159 BASE

160 Dobson

161 Vodafone_Egypt

162 Orange_Switzerland

164 Triton

165 Maxis

166 Vodafone_Denmark_(TDC)

167 MobileOne_(Voda_Singapore)

168 Vodacom

169 T-Mobile_PO

170 T-Mobile_CZ

171 T-Mobile_HU

173 MTN

174 Entel

175 Amena

176 SmarTone

177 TCS

178 Avea

179 F100

180 Turkcell

181 Partner

183 Orange_Global

186 Telkomsel

188 Vodafone_Greece

189 USCC

190 Mobilink

194 Voda_Luxembourg

195 Voda_Iceland

198 Vodafone_CZ

204 China_Mobile

205 Movilnet

209 Sympac

210 TIM_Argentina

212 Etisalat

214 AMX

215 Telefonica_Venezuela

217 Orange Romania

218 KTP

222 Mobitel Bulgaria

224 PCCW/Sunday

227 Mobily

229 Eurotel

230 Hutchison Essar

FineWolf · Thread Author #2 05-31-2009, 07:32 PM

Bump as I see a bunch of people asking questions about this...

rgustafson85 · #3 05-31-2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FineWolf

A RIM OS has three version numbers:

Software - Platform - Package

Software is the software part of the OS, all the SMS apps, phone apps and everything.

Platform is the equivalent of the "drivers" in Windows. That's what is in charge of communicating with the hardware. It is also commonly called radio file here but it is also in charge of the display and sound.

Package is, well, software and platform.

Software has it's own version number (in this case, 4.7.0.148)
Platform has it's own version number (4.0.0.181)

Package is a number that gets incremented everytime RIM decides to put a software + platform together for testing. In this case, it is 4.7.0.203.

So, in the case of the official Verizon release:
Package: 4.7.0.203
Software: 4.7.0.148
Platform: 4.0.0.181

In the case of the leaked .148 release:
Package: 4.7.0.203
Software: 4.7.0.148
Platform: 4.0.0.181

Therefore, the leaked and the official Verizon release ARE IDENTICAL.

Great Post...now maybe the numerous threads and all the questions within the threads will decrease..

OK..wishful thinking...

Thanks

DeaconBlue · #4 05-31-2009, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rgustafson85

Great Post...now maybe the numerous threads and all the questions within the threads will decrease..

OK..wishful thinking...

Thanks

Yeah, that would be wishful thinking.

FineWolf · Thread Author #5 05-31-2009, 07:42 PM

I just updated my post to be clearer.

kriptikchicken · #6 05-31-2009, 07:44 PM

So why is the Vodafone .141 'official' release 10megs larger than the .141 leak showing multiple file size differences and additional files when extracted and compared?

FineWolf · Thread Author #7 05-31-2009, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriptikchicken

So why is the Vodafone .141 'official' release 10megs larger than the .141 leak showing multiple file size differences and additional files when extracted and compared?

Vodafone had a different package number than the leaked version.

Also, don't forget that Vodaphone uses the 9500, so you need to be sure to compare the 9500 official with 9500 leak.

techitrucker · #8 05-31-2009, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriptikchicken

So why is the Vodafone .141 'official' release 10megs larger than the .141 leak showing multiple file size differences and additional files when extracted and compared?

If I remember right, the leak was English and Spanish only while the actual release was all languages for obvious reasons. Vodaphone is a very large company. Languages add quite a bit to a package. Could be wrong. Only had it installed like five minutes and .148 a got leaked unexpectedly.