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Ever since going to .191 and now to .230.....
I lost my BBM. Couldn't find it....I tried over and over, but nothing worked!
In the AppLoader screen, it wouldn't let me "tick" or "untick" the BBM 4.7 applciation! The default action was "none." even thought it said "none", I kept hoping that every time I tried to reinstall the OS, the BBM would come back....but never!!!!
Here is where I think the problem lay.....I was running BBM 5.0, like many of us, on a previous 4.7 Hybrid OS.
As we found out on these latest 5.0 leaks, BBM doesn't play with them!
HERE'S THE SOLUTION!!!
with your storm attached to your PC, open up the BB desktop manager.
Click on Application Loader.
Click on Add/Remove Applications.
Scroll down and find the App BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.
Highlight it.
When you highlight it, the "Delete" box should then be allowed to be clicked.
Click "Delete"
then, go and choose or not choose any apps you want to Add/Remove, etc.
Once ready, click "next."
Finish out the Add/Remove Apps process.
Once that is completed, (i can't remember if the phone needs to reboot or not. sorrry.) You are going to need to reload your OS. Don't worry, it;s a quickie!
Close out the Desktop Manager once everything is done from the previous process.
Go into My Computer and navigate to the AppLoader within the Blackberry OS files. It is probably at an address like this:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
Launch the "Loader."
As the Loader goes through its process, you'll eventually get to the screen where you can choose what parts of the OS you want loaded onto your phone.
If you have already loaded a leaked OS, this is old hat for you.
Well.....here's the WINNER! you now should be able to select the check box next to "BlackBerry Messenger." it should be the 4.7 messenger that came with the OS .191 or .230!! When you tick the box, it should change the action to "install" !!!
proceed to finish the instal process.....probably hit "next." I forget that too. lol.
anyway, this should get BBM 4.7 installed on your Storm!!! once the phone reboots, you should have it!!
I hope this helps you out. I know I was super frustrated with this for days!!
Get to it!
AndrewLast edited by TurboCam; 09-17-09 at 10:21 PM.
09-17-09 05:26 PM - excellent instructions...I too thought I was crazy!!Ever since going to .191 and now to .230.....
I lost my BBM. Couldn't find it....I tried over and over, but nothing worked!
In the AppLoader screen, it wouldn't let me "tick" or "untick" the BBM 4.7 applciation! The default action was "none." even thought it said "none", I kept hoping that every time I tried to reinstall the OS, the BBM would come back....but never!!!!
Here is where I think the problem lay.....I was running BBM 5.0, like many of us, on a previous 4.7 Hybrid OS.
As we found out on these latest 5.0 leaks, BBM doesn't play with them!
HERE'S THE SOLUTION!!!
with your storm attached to your PC, open up the BB desktop manager.
Click on Application Loader.
Click on Add/Remove Applications.
Scroll down and find the App BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.
Highlight it.
When you highlight it, the "Delete" box should then be allowed to be clicked.
Click "Delete"
then, go and choose or not choose any apps you want to Add/Remove, etc.
Once ready, click "next."
Finish out the Add/Remove Apps process.
Once that is completed, (i can't remember if the phone needs to reboot or not. sorrry.) You are going to need to reload your OS. Don't worry, it;s a quickie!
Close out the Desktop Manager once everything is done from the previous process.
Go into My Computer and navigate to the AppLoader within the Blackberry OS files. It is probably at an address like this:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
Launch the "Loader."
As the Loader goes through its process, you'll eventually get to the screen where you can choose what parts of the OS you want loaded onto your phone.
If you have already loaded a leaked OS, this is old hat for you.
Well.....here's the WINNER! you now should be able to select the check box next to "BlackBerry Messenger." it should be the 4.7 messenger that came with the OS .191 or .230!! When you tick the box, it should change the action to "install" !!!
proceed to finish the instal process.....probably hit "next." I forget that too. lol.
anyway, this should get BBM 4.7 installed on your Storm!!! once the phone reboots, you should have it!!
I hope this helps you out. I know I was super frustrated with this for days!!
Get to it!
Andrew09-17-09 06:32 PM - I followed the instructions to remove the BBM 5.0 and it says it is deleting it. However after I reboot my phone (3 times) it was still there. When going to uploader I would get the "downgrade" option on the tick box.
I finally fixed it this way:
I went to applications list on the phone and selected "add ons" it then showed BBM 5.0 was installed and I just clicked on DELETE.
I rebooted the phone and then went to uploader and now I had the 'none' and 'install' option next to BlackBerry Messenger near the top. (it is 4.7..you can see that when you click on DETAILS) I clicked install, and when the phone restarted, voila!
I had .140 for a while and didn't upgrade to .191 because I didn't want to lose BBM 5.0 and the camera but now mostly everything else works on .230 including Windows Live Messenger and I don't have to use instango for that. Flick scrolling and threaded sms more than makes up for not having BBM 5.0
09-18-09 04:42 AM - You are the MAN!!!!!! Thanks!Ever since going to .191 and now to .230.....
I lost my BBM. Couldn't find it....I tried over and over, but nothing worked!
In the AppLoader screen, it wouldn't let me "tick" or "untick" the BBM 4.7 applciation! The default action was "none." even thought it said "none", I kept hoping that every time I tried to reinstall the OS, the BBM would come back....but never!!!!
Here is where I think the problem lay.....I was running BBM 5.0, like many of us, on a previous 4.7 Hybrid OS.
As we found out on these latest 5.0 leaks, BBM doesn't play with them!
HERE'S THE SOLUTION!!!
with your storm attached to your PC, open up the BB desktop manager.
Click on Application Loader.
Click on Add/Remove Applications.
Scroll down and find the App BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.
Highlight it.
When you highlight it, the "Delete" box should then be allowed to be clicked.
Click "Delete"
then, go and choose or not choose any apps you want to Add/Remove, etc.
Once ready, click "next."
Finish out the Add/Remove Apps process.
Once that is completed, (i can't remember if the phone needs to reboot or not. sorrry.) You are going to need to reload your OS. Don't worry, it;s a quickie!
Close out the Desktop Manager once everything is done from the previous process.
Go into My Computer and navigate to the AppLoader within the Blackberry OS files. It is probably at an address like this:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
Launch the "Loader."
As the Loader goes through its process, you'll eventually get to the screen where you can choose what parts of the OS you want loaded onto your phone.
If you have already loaded a leaked OS, this is old hat for you.
Well.....here's the WINNER! you now should be able to select the check box next to "BlackBerry Messenger." it should be the 4.7 messenger that came with the OS .191 or .230!! When you tick the box, it should change the action to "install" !!!
proceed to finish the instal process.....probably hit "next." I forget that too. lol.
anyway, this should get BBM 4.7 installed on your Storm!!! once the phone reboots, you should have it!!
I hope this helps you out. I know I was super frustrated with this for days!!
Get to it!
Andrew
I do need to add that I had no contacts after this. I had done a Backup using BB DM for Mac. I did a restore from that Backup of my BlackBerry Messenger item and it restored my contacts. I have to see if they actually work.Last edited by Ravenell; 10-04-09 at 07:31 AM.
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