Unfortunately, it didn't restore my non-functioning audio with BT. After I loaded the .190 files, I couldn't open the VAD app either. Oh well, back to square one.
Unfortunately, it didn't restore my non-functioning audio with BT. After I loaded the .190 files, I couldn't open the VAD app either. Oh well, back to square one.
That's because VAD has very little to do with Bluetooth, and if VAD was working but BT wasn't, replacing the VAD files won't do anything for you. And the poster of the files you used originally posted them in the .238 thread and uses a bold, which means you put VAD files for the wrong device on your 8330. Might have something to do with why it broke.
Try this:
1. Uninstall all versions of the device software from your computer.
2. Use DM to back up your phone.
3. Download and install the device software that worked for you last (links to the OS downloads are all over this site. Check the 8330 forum. I've neer been in there but I'm quite sure there's a sticky at the top of it with the most recent official OS release, and there's also the OS Super Page stickied at the top of this beta OS forum. Find the correct version for YOUR phone).
4. Copy the net_rim_vad files from the java folder to somplace else on your computer.
5. Download and install 5.0.0.230 to your computer (I think... again, read what's the right version for YOUR device).
6. Copy your saved vad files over the ones in the java folder of the 5.0 OS you just installed.
7. Delete vendor.xml from the new OS.
8. Wipe your phone and install the OS using DM or better yet, loader.exe
EDIT: As a matter of fact, grabbing the old vad cod files my not even be necessary in your case, since vad wasn't broken for you on OS .230. Still try the wipe and re-install to bring it back, and it may even solve your BT problem. Read the .230 threads to see if others are missing BT functionality. I remember reading about Bold users awhile back that were losing BT with 5.0, but that turned out to be related to the model of headset... some worked, some didn't.