update old spare blackberry

**dfb8085** · 06-17-2012, 10:25 AM

I have my wife's old Bold 9000 plugged in and trying to bring the battery back to life. If I succeed does it have to have a sims card in it in order for me to try and do a update on it?

**amazinglygraceless** · 06-17-2012, 10:29 AM

No. You can update the OS with or without the SIM present.

**BoldPreza** · 06-17-2012, 05:55 PM

You might just be better off buying a new battery off Ebay.

**delfteo** · 06-17-2012, 08:10 PM

Or you can follow this thread to have fun with your bb 9000

DelftEo v7.5 bold 9000 SUPER BATTERY hybrid

Enjoy DelftEo

**walibaa** · 06-18-2012, 04:30 AM

Get your self a new battery..if its hardware fault get a new berry

**dfb8085** · 06-18-2012, 10:51 AM

Well I still haven't been able to revive the old battery. The phone has been on constant charge for 4 days but since I'm a patience soul I will give it a week. Just red light at first and then a battery icon some times showing a lightning bolt.

**dfb8085** · 06-18-2012, 11:03 PM

well believe it or not the old battery came to life tonight. when i walked into the kitchen and saw it on i was very happy. it had been plugged in solid since about last Thursday and it took it this long to come back. so always just let it sit for a very long time before you ever throw out what actually may be a good battery.

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**blackberry-unlocking710** · 06-19-2012, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by dfb8085

well believe it or not the old battery came to life tonight. when i walked into the kitchen and saw it on i was very happy. it had been plugged in solid since about last Thursday and it took it this long to come back. so always just let it sit for a very long time before you ever throw out what actually may be a good battery.

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Congratulations, your Patience pays off...
But the real question now is for how long the battery holds after it's charged..

**dfb8085** · 06-19-2012, 12:24 AM

i left it turned in but unpluged and will let it go down and cycle it a couple of times and will report back

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**dfb8085** · 06-19-2012, 01:11 PM

well the battery is still on full charge after a day. I was able to use wifi with no sim card installed and check for updates for the Bold 9000 running OS 5 . Of course there was no updates available so I left it turned on and will allow the battery to run down so I can charge it again. Looks like I'll have to relearn the OS 5 if I ever have to use the phone in an emergency.