The following findings have been collecting from the posts in this thread and on this forum. Positive findings are marked in blue, negative findings are marked in red. Neutral or unconfirmed findings in gray.
Device operation is smooth and responsive. codemaker
Higher device memory than previous release on boot. codemaker
Better memory management (might be the result of higher device memory). codemaker
"Device media processor is busy." error message does not seem to occur, but occasionally, media playback does stop in the same manner as if the error message had been encountered. codemakerBB KB14943BB KB14028macduff98 (blackberry support forums) codemaker
Playback is restored after a battery pull. Starting voice dialing, waiting for it to initialize then exiting it also restores media playback.
Some users experience chirping on calls. This seems to be dependent on where you are located (see previous findings threads for details). bbeck
Tasks were restored with incorrect due times. codemaker
Power off icon cannot be hidden. codemaker
This may be an isolated incident. It has been sporadically reported for previous releases and has only affected some users.
I have been using this release for a few weeks. Immediately I noticed more device memory on boot than the previous release. With the last release, I would boot with like 1.5 megs free and have to do multiple battery pulls a day to avoid nearly constant hourglassing; with this release I boot with 5-7 megs and my battery pull frequency has been reduced to once every few days depending on my usage patterns. I have also observed this release to be more resilient to running out of memory, although this may be a result of the increased memory on boot. This release seems slightly smoother in operation than the previous release too. Ever so slightly smoother. I have not noticed any changes in battery consumption and I cannot comment on the chirping problem as I didn't experience it with the previous release.
Overall I find this release to work much better than the previous one. Mainly because of the increase in free memory.
Note: I removed the default themes to help free up space so this isn't a completely stock install.
4.5.0.186 4/21/2010
This upgrade fixes:
- Audio issues for ringers and alarms
- Call flash issue
Note: I did still encounter a problem playing back alarms and when I noticed that, playing back an audio file also did not work. If I remember correctly, starting voice dialing still fixes the issue. Also I did not see the "device media processor busy" error when playback failed; it simply did not play anything and neither the track timer or progress bar moved.
This will probably be the last 8830 findings thread I will participate in. Look for my future input in the 9650 thread, starting May 23rd. You stay classy 8830, you are one of the most classy blackberries every made. (-_-)
I noticed one BIG fix with this one, on the GSM side of the house. I was having trouble keeping a connection to BIS with .175, but with .186, no issues at all!
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