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iPhone user of 4 years moves to the Z10! But needs help.
Hi everyone,
Model: BlackBerry Z10 STL100-2 | Software release: 10.2.1.2102 | OS version: 10.2.1.2141 | Radio version: 10.2.1.2141
Been lying dormant on these forums for a while but decided to snag a bargain Z10 smartphone and toss that crappy iOS 7 device. During setup, the device was auto-upgraded to the version above using BlackBerry Link.
Just got my Z10 and set it up but I do have a few questions.
Media
Where on earth is the audio equalizer in BlackBerry 10? When my iPhone was in for repair once, I used an older BlackBerry OS7.1 device (Curve 9360) and it had this...
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The sound quality was incredible through headphones. Where is this feature on the Z10? ✓ Answered - feature will be added in a future 10.3 software update.
Storage
My 64GB microSD memory card is not recognized by the Z10 but does work flawlessly on all my laptops with a built-in SD card reader. A 32GB microSD memory card works fine in the Z10 though, but why doesn't a 64GB one work? ✓ Answered - exFAT 64GB microSD cards are not supported below 10.2.1.3175
Android Player
The Android player included in my current software version is awful. Games like Candy Crush and Temple Run 2 don't run anywhere near as well as they did on the iPhone. Is there any way to improve the performance of the Android runtime?
Software update
My network (3 UK) have discontinued the Z10 and won't approve any further OS upgrades. I hope I'm not stuck on the one listed at the top of this post. This means that BlackBerry Link and the device both say that I have the latest version of device software already installed when I don't! In the past you could delete a vendor.xml file on BlackBerry OS7 devices and force-load a newer OS. Doesn't seem to work like that anymore.
I looked for alternative means of updating the device software to .3175 and I stumbled across Sachesi. Fired that up and tried to do an OTA upgrade for my Z10 but it's not showing the latest version. The screenshot below shows Vodafone as recommended by this forum. I also tried O2 but their update also shows the same version.
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That's the version I already have installed on the Z10! Is there any other way to force-load 10.2.1.3175 onto my Z10, preferably a non-destructive update?
That's all for now. Get involved if you can answer any of these questions! Cheers guys.