Guys i've just added a link to install BBM 5.0 to the first post in this thread, more progress for us.
i need some people willing to test it out on their 8830's i'm sure u all want to anyway haha
To install just extract the zip file on your computer. Remember the location. Open up Desktop Manager and click on Application Loader. Under Add/Remove Applications press Start. When the screen comes up with all the apps on your device, select Browse and navigate to the folder you extracted from the zip. Choose the BlackBerryMessenger.alx and click next. Then just wait for the phone to reboot and walla, the brand new BBM 5.
Does you have to install a hybrid or can you just install BBM 5.0. My friends 8830 is a work phone and even though they dont have BES she really doesnt want to update the OS on her phone but she does want BBM 5.0
I think you at least have to have 4.5.0.160 installed to run BBM 5.0. I don't know if that is enuogh to make it work onthe 8830WE, but others running 4.5.0.138 on their Curve 8330s no longer had the BBM icon after installing BBM 5.0.
If she doesn't have 4.5.0.160 already installed, then an upgrade will probably be necessary for BBM 5.0 to work. Her choice to go with .160 or the hybrid.
Guys i've just added a link to install BBM 5.0 to the first post in this thread, more progress for us.
i need some people willing to test it out on their 8830's i'm sure u all want to anyway haha
To install just extract the zip file on your computer. Remember the location. Open up Desktop Manager and click on Application Loader. Under Add/Remove Applications press Start. When the screen comes up with all the apps on your device, select Browse and navigate to the folder you extracted from the zip. Choose the BlackBerryMessenger.alx and click next. Then just wait for the phone to reboot and walla, the brand new BBM 5.