[lordnordeth]

It's official folks...this is no longer the current highest 8330 OS, Boost Mobile has released an OFFICIAL 5.0! (.438 I believe)

[Lufusol]

It's official folks...this is no longer the current highest 8330 OS, Boost Mobile has released an OFFICIAL 5.0! (.438 I believe)

Because I'm more of a reader than a writer here I can't post a proper link... but you can get it here:

h t t p : / / w w w .blackberryos.com/forums/83xx-operating-software/12821-os-5-0-0-438-findings-fixes.html

[kane1600]

My battery life sucks since installing .175

same here.

[wbray123]

Thank you to this forum for giving me simple instructions on upgrading my OS. Maybe I can keep my unit running until a new model catches my eye. My browser was also old and I was receiving error messages about doing an update. Did this update include the browser? I think it must have because i didn't see the error message, but am not sure.

[crybaby02]

can anyone tell me how to recieve picture text and send without going to the internet link

[tabraha]

can anyone tell me how to recieve picture text and send without going to the internet link

Try starting a new thread. You'll have better luck.

[xliderider]

can anyone tell me how to recieve picture text and send without going to the internet link

That is just the way Sprint does it for an 8330, you really don't have any way around it. If you had an 8330m then you would be able to view pictures sent via MMS directly on your BB.

[WolfRodriguez]

im new to the site what is the point of this download?

[jrunnels]

Sprint has released a new release today. 4.5.0.186. Have installed but not many differences that I have noticed just yet.

[saleen2002]

how is 4.5.0.186? is it better then .175?

[Bike_Rider]

Here's just a FYI I found from Sprint's website while upgrading to .186 just now.

This upgrade (186) fixes:
- Audio issues for ringers and alarms
- Call flash issue

[bacon.jay]

What about battery life for .186 compared to .175? Decreased battery life is something I noticed right away after I installed .175, and I am curious if .186 is better.

I also do NOT experience the same memory leak that a lot of other people are experiencing with this OS. Perhaps it has something to do with specific 3rd-party apps. The most I lose during the day is maybe 3mb, and after a reset I have almost 35mb of file free.

Before I installed .175 I wiped with JL_cmdr, and ran shrink a OS after I'd installed the OS on my desktop. Maybe that had something to do with it.

[bacon.jay]

What about battery life for .186 compared to .175? Decreased battery life is something I noticed right away after I installed .175, and I am curious if .186 is better.

I also do NOT experience the same memory leak that a lot of other people are experiencing with this OS. Perhaps it has something to do with specific 3rd-party apps. The most I lose during the day is maybe 3mb, and after a reset I have almost 35mb of file free.

Before I installed .175 I wiped with JL_cmdr, and ran shrink a OS after I'd installed the OS on my desktop. Maybe that had something to do with it.

After using this build for several days, i can definitely feel the effects of decreased battery life, however it is not so bad that it's dead by the end of the day, even with EXTREMELY heavy usage, so it's not that much of a problem.

I maintain the statement in my previous post that there is no memory leak with my BB. I have the following apps installed:

Ubertwitter
Bolt Browser
Facebook
Poynt
Viigo
Quickpull

My file-free hovers between 33 and 34 MB and hasn't gone below 33 for the entire time I've been using this OS, and have not had to do a battery pull due to low memory.

One extremely negative thing I've noticed about this build is that it is LAGGY AS F%^K!!!!! Seriously, it laaagggggggggs, locks up, and overall IS NOT SMOOTH at ALL! In three days of using this, i've had to do a batt-pull about 2 or three times because it locked up on me with more than 2 apps running.

Hopefully the next official version rectifies this, or we get a kick-@$$ 4.5 hybrid using this build, because it's memory merits are there (for me at least).

[jsciiijd]

5.0 is never coming for the Curve 8330m, is it?

[xliderider]

5.0 is never coming for the Curve 8330m, is it?

It doesn't look good. By the way, this is the "other" thread, for the non-m version.

[xliderider]

One extremely negative thing I've noticed about this build is that it is LAGGY AS F%^K!!!!! Seriously, it laaagggggggggs, locks up, and overall IS NOT SMOOTH at ALL! In three days of using this, i've had to do a batt-pull about 2 or three times because it locked up on me with more than 2 apps running.

Sounds more like your memory card got corrupted. Those symptoms can easily be caused by the filesystem on your card getting messed up during the os install.

[saleen2002]

is 4.5.0.186 better then any of the other 4.5 os? how is battery life?

[xliderider]

I believe it is the best 4.5 os out so far. Maybe someone else can answer your question about battery life.

[BigBadWulf]

I believe it is the best 4.5 os out so far. Maybe someone else can answer your question about battery life.

We've both got an arm tied behind our back. You get why battery life has become the hot topic of conversation?

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[harryzwd]

any more thoughts as to whether or not to stick with .175 or upgrade to .186...? any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. i'm about to do an update for a fiends and have to choose between the two...so i'm wondering which on i should do.

[anon(141115)]

.186 is worth it to me just for the profiles crash fix.

[xliderider]

.186 is worth it to me just for the profiles crash fix.

^^^ This. Then if your friend complains about chirping (if on Verizon), then swap the .sfi radio file for the .131 radio.

[AINOKEA.]

My sisters phone still has v4.3.0.127
is there an upgrade OTA? i cant seem to find the (wireless update) in advance options. also cant find send service books! can someone help me on how to update this 8330 to its current OS through Sprint. please thank you!

[xliderider]

My sisters phone still has v4.3.0.127
is there an upgrade OTA? i cant seem to find the (wireless update) in advance options. also cant find send service books! can someone help me on how to update this 8330 to its current OS through Sprint. please thank you!

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[firepsych]

Not fair. BBMaps works with 4.5 (186) but not 5.0 yet otherwise 5.0 is so much nicer. What to do....

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