View Full Version : Sprint 8703e Software Available - 4.1.0.493
Sprint (United States) - 4.1.0.493/4.1.0.359
Installation Download: Click Here (https://www.blackberry.com/SoftwareDownload/index.jsp?client=URNZcPHMm)
Installation File Name: 8703eEFSBP_PBr4.1.0_rel493_PL2.2.0.166_A4.1.0.359_SprintPCS.exe
Installation Path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files\8703e-v4.1.0.359_P2.2.0.166
BlackBerry.alx Download: Click Here (http://www.blackberryforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5421&d=1159477523)
InPocket
09-28-2006, 03:57 PM
What does this mean? I can update my 8703e OS with this 7130e update?
This is the 8703e software. I simply said they also updated the 7130e software as well. And yes, you can update your Verizon 8703e with this software (although you may be the first in the world to do so).
jungleland
09-28-2006, 05:23 PM
Great work jibi...Nice find...
have you had the chance to examine the package? Any noticeable changes?
Where can we get the release notes?
Release notes are only released by T-Mobile Europe to my knowledge. No other carrier, unless you're a major account and request the information from your rep, makes this information publically available. The themes are the same from the previous release to this one. Aside from that, nothing else I can really look at.
loweredxtreme
09-29-2006, 12:46 AM
Sprint 8703e OS will work on the VzW phones as well?
jungleland
09-29-2006, 08:33 AM
Sprint 8703e OS will work on the VzW phones as well?
yes
koleary19067
09-29-2006, 08:46 AM
I have been playing with the new version since last night and have not found any noticeable change.
InPocket
09-29-2006, 09:06 AM
well i have v4.1.0.344
it looks like this one is higher...*EDIT - by THIS one i meant the one posted. jesus, you guys are like wolverines. when you see a small wound you just rip. its all love*
or im ignorant about OS (which I am)
koleary19067
09-29-2006, 09:19 AM
well i have v4.1.0.344
it looks like this one is higher...
Now thats funny. LOL
jungleland
09-29-2006, 09:20 AM
Now thats funny. LOL
No, it would have been funnier if he had said that .344 was higher:smile:
junior1790
09-29-2006, 09:29 AM
No, it would have been funnier if he had said that .344 was higher:smile:
Ease up on my man pocket, he's been a solid new comer......
jungleland
09-29-2006, 09:31 AM
Ease up on my man pocket, he's been a solid new comer......
I think he knows we're joking...He does not need you to fight a battle that does not need to be fought ...
koleary19067
09-29-2006, 09:44 AM
I think he knows we're joking...He does not need you to fight a battle that does not need to be fought ...
I was only playing with him. No harm meant.
InPocket
09-29-2006, 11:52 AM
i cried on the inside. a little.
ok. alot. so technically this update will work. ill try it.
thanks junior
you guys are dicks.
kidding, i love you guys. except junior.
SprintGuyUGA
10-01-2006, 09:13 PM
I read that the newer version S/W is required to run TeleNav GPS services S/W on the Sprint BB's. Haven't heard anything else.
louieguy
10-02-2006, 01:34 AM
Will updating the Verizon 8703e with Sprint's firmware enable the GPS function? (It's to my understanding that the Verizon 8703e has GPS capabilities but that it's only enabled for emergency use only.)
TreyS
10-02-2006, 04:56 PM
OK, who will be first to test this out? :P
Next question, if we run the Sprint OS on the VZW 8703e, is there any GPS software that we can use to take advantage of the new OS?
Just curious......
rpvitale
10-02-2006, 06:40 PM
Does anyone know if this version increases the speaker volume. I'd love to get the 8703 as load as the 8700c (telstra).
Does anyone know if this version increases the speaker volume. I'd love to get the 8703 as load as the 8700c (telstra).
Just try it. Seems like no one is reporting anything back. Might as well give it a go - only takes about 40 mins total, and a rollback takes about 15-30 mins.
cdd543
10-02-2006, 08:06 PM
Just try it. Seems like no one is reporting anything back. Might as well give it a go - only takes about 40 mins total, and a rollback takes about 15-30 mins.
I put it on mine and there seem to be no major changes.
rpvitale
10-02-2006, 08:08 PM
Does it enable GPS? Does it make it louder?
ill just wait for 4.2, if aint broke dont fix it, i don't want to temper with what seems to be a phone that has not given me any trouble so far which is rare, keeping fingers crossed
cdd543
10-02-2006, 10:43 PM
Does it enable GPS? Does it make it louder?
no to gps..speakerphone seems a touch louder, but I am not sure as I have only used it in my car before. I don't notice any earpiece difference.
Dewars
10-03-2006, 11:58 AM
To use this OS on a VZW 8703e, I use the BlackBerry.alx listed above? or do I need the alx file from the VZW os version? Thanks :-)
jungleland
10-03-2006, 12:02 PM
To use this OS on a VZW 8703e, I use the BlackBerry.alx listed above? or do I need the alx file from the VZW os version? Thanks :-)
neither...You can simply install the new OS with no problems...The .ALX file is for those wishing to get all of the extra themes...
rblatt
10-06-2006, 08:46 AM
The Sprint 8703 GPS works !!!!!! I used the Spot software (the only package I could find) and tried it out in demo mode. It found where I was and displayed it on a map. A few items i noticed: 1. map downloads were really, really slow!! 2 i was never able to get it to display at the street level as the demo timed out. I think it stays in demo mode for 30 minutes or so and then you have to restart it. So, the bottom line is: GPS works for the Spring 8703, but we woefully need some software that will work. Spot doesn't seem to have either tech support or the ability to send data fast enough to make it usable. I hope this helps others. If I find any mapping software that works better, I will post. If anyone has found any mapping software that works well, please let me know.
I tried to update (*22899) & when the "update" was finished, I still had v4.10.344. What gives?
Dewars
10-06-2006, 01:14 PM
I tried to update (*22899) & when the "update" was finished, I still had v4.10.344. What gives?
*22899 does not update your OS, only the PRL. You need to load the OS with your computer.
jungleland
10-06-2006, 01:15 PM
*22899 does not update your OS, only the PRL. You need to load the OS with your computer.
thank you...I'm glad you answered that..If I had to, well, I might not have been so short and sweet...(y) (y)
Thanks for clearing that up! (y)
jungleland
10-06-2006, 01:25 PM
Thanks for clearing that up! (y)
You got it...to update your OS, make sure after you install the update package, that you delete the "VENDOR.XML" file........ AFTER you install the package
Pentarus
10-19-2006, 03:46 PM
Guys..
In reference to upgrading the OS to get GPS to work on the 8703e... I really don't think changing OS will work. I have a Bell Mobility 8703e and, like the Verizon devices, the GPS feature is disabled. I have also tried downloading the Sprint OS on my 8703e but it didn't change anything... So the OS is not the solution... What we really need is a "firmware" upgrade. I don't know if you noticed, but changing the OS does not change the splash screen that loads (first screen you see) when you reboot the device... Mine still has the Bell Mobility logo. So... I leads me to believe the there is still code in there specifically from Bell.. the firmware.
Just so you know.. On the Bell Mobility Network, 7250 users had to download the new 4.1 OS from the Bell site AND physically take their device to a store to get the firmware updated to benefit from EVDO... I have a suspicion the same will apply to GPS on the 8703e...
Now.. If only there was a way of telling what firmware version we were running on our devices.. maybe we could compare notes...
Or should we even bother since we seem to be at the mercy of our respective carriers???
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