Leaked OS 7.1.0.205 for BlackBerry Bold 9900 Findings and Fixes (

[Rootbrian]

Originally Posted by SHADMOS

gps takes a long time for me to locate. One time up to 15 min????!! What should i do? re-install?

You could try that, if it doesn't work, 7.1.0.190 will. Only takes less than A minute on the previous leak for me.

[olblueyez]

GPS works fine. Try not standing in a Bank Vault next time pal.

[Phat.Boi]

I'm getting a high battry drain percentage. Is there possibly anything that I can do to lower this percentage besides switching to 2G? Phill I was wondering what your battry drain was because I'm on the same network as you. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

[MrChiezy]

Originally Posted by Phill_UK

You need an active BlackBerry data plan to install any OS, leaked or official.

But why could I download .585 and can't download 7.1?
I don't have BIS because the seller forgot to include that, but I do have normal Internet.

[byul]

you can install a leaked or a official OS without BIS, but not via OTA.
you can try to download the 7.1 and then update it with DM.

[byul]

Originally Posted by Phat.Boi

I'm getting a high battry drain percentage. Is there possibly anything that I can do to lower this percentage besides switching to 2G? Phill I was wondering what your battry drain was because I'm on the same network as you. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

you need to give the OS some time to settle in, try to play with your settings, applications.
you can try to put it on 2G and see if the battery becomes better.
phill may be on the same network, but it can still work out different, if you want to try-
follow his steps.

[GJW]

Originally Posted by Phat.Boi

I'm getting a high battry drain percentage. Is there possibly anything that I can do to lower this percentage besides switching to 2G? Phill I was wondering what your battry drain was because I'm on the same network as you. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Also do at least one battery pull every day for the first 4 or 5 days.

[rayzian]

Anyone else find the browser extrenely laggy/unresponsive in this build? Even as I type this I can see the letters trying to catch up and its MAD annoying.. Definitely going back to a 7.0 build..

[Phill_UK]

Originally Posted by MrChiezy

I don't have BIS because the seller forgot to include that, but I do have normal Internet.

BIS has nothing to do with the seller, that's down to you the buyer to sort out.

[Phill_UK]

Originally Posted by Phat.Boi

Phill I was wondering what your battry drain was because I'm on the same network as you. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

My battery life has always been good. Never use 2G and have Sure Signal at home. No special settings, just in a good signal area.

This is after 14 hours, but today has been pretty light usage compared to weekdays...

[me4tux]

Originally Posted by Rootbrian

How about you try it and see if it works? Better than waiting or getting no answer.

Okay, I did it.

It loaded sucessfully on an AT&T 9900. Some version infos:

7.1 Bundle 648 (v7.1.0.205, Platform 5.1.0.181)
3G/4G Bands 1,2,5,6
Branding Version: 1.0.102.464A
WLAN Version: 4.5.0.130

I had to load it twice. It loaded successfully on 1st try (did not use BBSAK util), but I decided to use BBSAK to wipe and reset the device since I had some anomalies previously (on my original OS) with Service Book entries and decided to try out a fresh clean install.

When I attempted to turn on Mobile Hotspot, it errors out saying the service provider did not enable this feature.
"Activation Required Dialog box: Mobile Hotspot is not set up for this account. Please call AT&T Customer Care"
Has anyone any ideas what to tinker with??? Thanks for any suggestions!

So far, it works fine (calls + data on AT&T network). I can tether to PC and surf the net, and I can even connect my personal Mifi battery operated device (using APN: phone) and use it as my router (USB cable connected to 9900). YES, I do have Blackberry tethering service on my call plan activated.

One note (related to before the OS 7.1 upgrade):
I have not YET connected to BES activation because previously on my old OS, when I did the BES activation to connect to my corp email; it clobbered my ability to use the Mifi device although tethering continued to work fine. The "Modem Enabled" indicator does not show up when I connect my Mifi device to it. The BES activation downloaded something that disabled this capability but the tethering to a PC continues to work just fine.

Any ideas what to look for in Service Books before I attempt the BES activation on this new OS 7.1 ?

Thanks.

[MrChiezy]

Originally Posted by Phill_UK

My battery life has always been good. Never use 2G and have Sure Signal at home. No special settings, just in a good signal area.

This is after 14 hours, but today has been pretty light usage compared to weekdays...

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Yeah, I know, that's why I upgraded to a contract with BIS but ont 1 April.
But I've I try to upgrade my phone to 7.1, it says I don't have a Active Blackberry data plan, so I can't go to 7.1 untill I have BIS right?

[ndpsorts316]

I guess I'm confused at this moment. I also have a Att Bold 9900. Of course Att has not come out with an offical 7.1 os download. But Im assuming this is no longer leaked right? As blackberry has announced the os offical. I want to try to update to 7.1 before waiting for ATT, but I am unable to find a download link as most of the mirrors have pulled the download. Does anybody have any links handy? I will keep searching in the mean time.

[Rootbrian]

Originally Posted by ndpsorts316

I guess I'm confused at this moment. I also have a Att Bold 9900. Of course Att has not come out with an offical 7.1 os download. But Im assuming this is no longer leaked right? As blackberry has announced the os offical. I want to try to update to 7.1 before waiting for ATT, but I am unable to find a download link as most of the mirrors have pulled the download. Does anybody have any links handy? I will keep searching in the mean time.

T-Mobile has it. Just remember to delete the vendor.xml files.

[Phill_UK]

Originally Posted by ndpsorts316

I guess I'm confused at this moment. I also have a Att Bold 9900. Of course Att has not come out with an offical 7.1 os download. But Im assuming this is no longer leaked right? As blackberry has announced the os offical. I want to try to update to 7.1 before waiting for ATT, but I am unable to find a download link as most of the mirrors have pulled the download. Does anybody have any links handy? I will keep searching in the mean time.

It's still leaked. An OS only becomes official when a carrier supports it, and as yet, none have.

As for live links... try this