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Should be pretty good. Sounds like this was tagged with gold candidate code. Known Fixes and Issues below on next post. My 8900 has been pretty good with .144 so will see how this goes. Been pretty happy with 8900 all around so far.

Instructions:
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Fixes in 4.6.1.152

Fixed issues
This section lists fixed issues from build 4.6.1 release 217 to 4.6.1 release 241 for Platforms 4.2.0.91 and 2.5.0.45 BlackBerry Applications version 4.6.1.152.

Video Camera
If you tried to skip forward in an MPEG-4 file, your device might have reset unexpectedly.
If you saved a 3GPP audio file, your device might have saved the file in the videos folder by default.
If you played a video file that was not supported by the media player, your device might have attempted to upload the video file and then failed to indicate that the file type was not supported by the media player.
If you were streaming a video on your device and you tried to rewind, forward, or stop the video, when you tried to play the video again, the video might not have played or the video quality might not have been as expected.
If you did not have any memory available to record a voice note, the message that your device displayed might not have been worded correctly.

Phone
If you made an outgoing call on your device, when the call was ended, it might have taken up to 28 seconds until the call was disconnected.
If your device was using UMA and you made a phone call, your device might have ended the phone call unexpectedly.
The smart dialing country code and number length might not have been correct for some countries.

Browser
The label for the web'n'walk browser icon might not have been correct.
If you were using your device as a tethered modem while you were driving, your device might have reset.

Messages
If you received an MMS message from a contact in your address book, your device might not have recognized the contact.
If a Service Indication (SI) message was pushed to your device, your device might not have been able to receive the message if it had a 400 character URL and a 200 character message.
If you received an S/MIME email, the name of the certificate might not have appeared as expected.

Localization
If you used your device in Spanish, the instructions to unlock your device might not have been translated.
If you were using your device in Czech, some text might not have been translated correctly, and some text might not have been translated.

Bluetooth Technology
If your display language was set to German some text might not have been translated as expected in the Bluetooth options.

Wireless Networks
If you turned on your connection to the Wi-Fi network and then left your device unattended for an extended period of time, your connection to the Wi-Fi network might have turned off unexpectedly, and you might not have been able to turn it back on again.
In some cases when you turned on your device and it searched for a network, the device might have unexpectedly gone into manual mode and you might have received an error message.
If your device was using UMA, the battery power level might have decreased more quickly than expected
If you manually selected a wireless network to connect to and then you turned your device off, if this wireless network was no longer available when you turned your device on again and you manually selected a different wireless network, your device might have incorrectly indicated that you could only make emergency calls.
If your device was using UMA, you scanned for available Wi-Fi networks, and then you tried to connect to a different access point, you might have received an error message.

Miscellaneous
In some cases if you tried to make changes to your profile in the SIM ToolKit, the changes might not have been saved and you might have received an error message.
Certificates might have been missing from your device.
In Advanced Options, the preloaded WAP service book might not have been up to date.
If you were selecting the time zone from the Setup Wizard, the time zones might not have appeared in the expected order.

Upon further investigation, the following reported issues were found not to be issues:
If you take a picture, the flash might remain on longer than expected.
If you turn on the alarm and then complete Enterprise Activation, the alarm might be turned off after Enterprise Activation is complete.
If you used Set Up Call in the SIM Toolkit, some UI elements in the phone might not display correctly.
The following issues are believed to be fixed in this software release, but have not been confirmed to be closed:
If you stream a video on your device, the audio and the video might not be synchronized or the video quality might be lower than expected.
If you press a key during a phone call, your device might play the key tone continuously.
If you make an outgoing phone call, the text that displays the name and phone number might not appear as large as expected.
If you change lines on a dual SIM card, your device might display unexpected symbols.
If you turn your device on, your GPRS indicator might display in lower case.
If you play a sample video, your device might reset unexpectedly.
If your wireless service provider is T-Mobile US and you open the WAP browser, you might receive an error message.
If you try to send a picture via MMS message, your device might reset unexpectedly.
If you try to switch to a different saved Wi-Fi profile, it might appear that your device has connected to the new wireless access point, when it has not.
If you are using your device in Russian, some of the menu items might appear in English or you might notice some spelling and grammar errors.
If you send an email message in an area with no wireless network coverage or low wireless network coverage, and then you move into an area with good wireless network coverage, the email message might not send as expected.
If you are using your device in German and you select MMS in the device options, some text in the Message Filtering fields might not be translated correctly.
If Audible Roll is set to Click in the Screen/Keyboard Options, you might hear a crackling noise when scrolling through applications or when playing a video.
Voice dialling might not recognize commands properly for the first five seconds after the beep.
If you are connected to a network that allows only one PDP context, you open a web page in the WAP browser, press the Menu key, select Go To, and then type a web page address, you might receive an error message.
In some cases, if you make a VoIP call your device might end the call unexpectedly.




Known Issues in 4.6.1.152

myFaves
In some cases, if you set a DRM protected image as a myFaves icon, the copied image might lose its DRM protection.
If you turn on your device, you might only see 4 myFaves contacts circles displayed instead of the expected 5.
If you delete a picture that is set as a myFaves icon, the myFaves icon might not turn into a silhouette as expected.
In some cases, after you update the software for your device, myFaves might not be displayed on the Home screen as expected.
In some cases if you refresh your myFaves contacts, you might receive an error message.
If you select a myFaves contact and verify the anniversary reminder, it might not default to 7 days as expected.
If you inadvertently exit while editing a myFaves contact, you might not receive a popup or warning message to Cancel or Save and your edit might not be saved.
If you add a contact to myFaves and then view the contact in your address book, the pawprint icon might not be scaled as expected.
If you insert a SIM card that supports myFaves, your myFaves contacts might not update as expected.
If you open the activity log for a myFaves contact, your device might display myFaves activity that is not actually associated with that contact.
If you receive an image in an email attachment and set the image as a myFaves icon, it might not save as expected.
If you try to add voice to an audio postcard, your device might indicate that there is not enough room left to record the file, even though there is.

Themes
If you are using the Precision Zen theme, the icon for Texas Hold 'Em King 2 might not render as expected.

Video Camera
If you pause a video, and then try to zoom in or out using the volume keys, your device might stop responding and the video camera might close unexpectedly.

Camera
If you save a picture on your device, the picture might be saved without the file extension .dm
If you take a picture without a media card inserted, you might receive an error message and the picture might not be saved.
If you save a picture to your device, the picture might not immediately appear in your picture folders.

Media
If you stream a video on your device, the audio and the video might not be synchronized or the video quality might be lower than expected.
If you play a video and then let it automatically playback, while the video is paused during buffering, the video image might display lower down on the screen than expected.
In some cases, you might not be able to delete pictures that are stored in your device.
If you download an OMA forward locked image file, your device might not display the image as expected.
If you cancel a music file download, the media player might open and display an error message.

Browser
In some cases when you access a third party application, the browser might not open automatically as expected.
Using the HTTP get command might not open the associated webpage as expected.
If you open certain web pages in a WAP browser, tables might not be aligned correctly.
In the browser, links might not appear as expected on certain web pages.
If you are connected to a network that allows only one PDP context, you open a web page in the WAP browser, press the Menu key, select Go To, and then type a web page address, you might receive an error message.
If you switch from the browser to another application, when you return to the browser your device might display a blank screen.

Messages
In some cases after you update the software on your device, the indicator advising you have a new email message might appear to be cropped.
If you reply to an SMS text message, and you select Remove History from the menu options, your device might not respond as expected.
If your SIM card is full, you might not be able to receive SMS messages.
If you send a class 2 SMS text message, it might not be stored in the SIM card.
If you receive an encrypted email you might not be able to view inline images as attachments as expected.
If you send directions from BlackBerry Maps via SMS, the word "chateau" might not be spelled correctly.
If you open an email message and look up a contact, send the message, open a second email message and look up the same contact again, your device might show the lookup twice.
If you send an email message while you are on a phone call, the pending indicator might not appear next to the email message in the message list.

Calendar
In a calendar appointment, you might be able to type non-numeric characters in the moderator or participant fields.

Clock
If you set multiple calendar alarms for the same time, you might receive an error message when you try to dismiss the first alarm.

Localization
If you are using your device in a language other than English, the Call field in the contacts application might not be translated.
If you are using your device in Brazilian Portuguese, the date might be displayed in the wrong order.
If you are using your device in French and then change your display language to English, some text might remain in French.
If you are using your device in French, some characters might not display as expected.
If you are using your device in French, the message that is displayed when a call is missed might appear in English.
If you are using your device in Spanish, some text in the voice notes menu might not be translated correctly.
If your display language is set to Polish and you press the Mute key to enter or exit Standby Mode, your device might display a message in English.
If you are using your device in Dutch, the date might not display correctly.

Wireless Networks
If you are using certain SIM cards, the wireless service provider’s name might be displayed more than once on the home screen.
In some cases, the name of your wireless service provider might not be displayed on the home screen as expected.
If your device displays a lowercase edge wireless coverage indicator, you might still be able to send and receive emails.
If you are streaming a video over UMA, and you leave UMA coverage and move into an area with GPRS coverage, your device might display GPR instead of GPRS on the Home screen.
If your device is connected to the Wi-Fi network, you are connected to a phone call, and you try to send an email message, the email message might not send.
If you start a download or upload and then your device performs an LAU/RAU update, the download or upload might not resume following the update.

Bluetooth
If your device is paired with a Bluetooth car kit and contacts have been transferred, your contacts might be listed by phone number instead of by name as expected.
If you transfer a file from your device over a Bluetooth connection, it might take longer than expected.

Miscellaneous
On rare occasions, your device might display an unexpected SIM card error message. Workaround: Turn your device off and then on again.
During some security tests, if you select Semitrusted With Permission and then download SK2, the download might fail.
If you enable Not Signed with Permission and then download SK2, your device might unexpectedly display text that the install was successful.
If you enable Trusted Without Permission and then download SK2, your device might unexpectedly display text that the install was successful.
If you type "myver" followed by the space key while using BlackBerry Messenger, the current software version on your device might not display correctly.
If your wireless provider is StarHub, your device might not include the service books for WAP 2.0.
If you start an IP modem session, your device might not indicate that you are connected to an IP modem on the Home screen.
If you save an encrypted file on your device and then remove the memory card and insert it into a second device, you might receive an error message when opening the file.
In some cases, your device might make PDP context requests after receiving critical PDP context rejects.
If you are using your device as an IP modem, Modem Mode Enabled might not appear on the Home screen as expected.

Special Thanks to Kevin

great write-up, thanks a lot!

hmm it against site policy to post links to a leaked OS... please remove it..

Where did you get your list?

"Dancass".. you may want to remove the link from this forum.. It is against the rule of this forum to post Beta links. Sorry !! Any of the mods could ban you.

Great write up !!!!

Yay just installed it

hi just wanna get some feedback on the new OS... how is like compare to 133??

thx alot

Tones are still too loud. No other issues so far.

Tones are normal with 4.6.1.156

oh that's just unfair.

What abt the battery issue? btw thank you for the quick reply

Hi Guys,
I rely on UMA for reception at home with very poor cellular signal inside my house. The write-up mentions UMA holding calls better and I will suddenly disconnect during some calls. Can anyone comment on UMA improvement with this OS?
Thanks!
Doc

UMA seems solid but then again, I didn't have a problem before. Probably because I don't talk on the phone very much so I haven't noticed.

Battery life seems yet again improved over 133 and 144. It's tough to say because normally I'm at work and on EDGE (in more than one way) and not at home on UMA. Been off the cradle for 6hrs and I'm at 95% battery with moderate usage.

Hopefully I'll get my Jav soon!!!

Ya man your still old school, keepin it real.

Thanks for the great write-up! Don't know how you were able to post the link since the forum police is very strict about posting links to beta releases!

We hope you do as well, then you can teach everything you learn with our new toy/BB!

blah blah blah blah

Wirelessly posted (BB 11020)

Yup.

Installed last night - so far soo good... havent really noticed any problems, but then again didnt really notice anything before either.

I've had one issue since I got the phone and that was on UMA during a phone call... someone else called me and left a voicemail... as soon as the voicemail notification came through my current phone call ended. I also got a text message about the same time.

Is there some kind of limit to the amount of data coming in or something which would cause that or just an issue that needs to be fixed? Note that this was on the previous OS and not this beta install.

Downloaded .152 but cannot load it onto the 8900 since I'm on BES. Any way of getting around it?

TIA

Ok, so it's been about 13 hours since I took it off the charger this morning. I've been logged into AIM and G-talk all day, I've had WiFi on the whole time with about 9 of those hours connected to UMA. I made a 52 minute UMA call without it dropping (although I never had a problem before). I also used both G-talk and Blackberry messenger occasionally thoughout the day. Used the browser a couple times as well.

As of right now I'm at 70% battery remaining.

.152 is much more stable than the previous versions.

Working great on my Javelin.

do any of you guys have problems with youtube on .152? I seem to get errors after playing the first video after a battery pull. Didn't experience this with .133

I get error also. I do not know if will help someone figure out why but just played video from media card and loaded in player and played fine. Appears player is not at fault.

Wirelessly posted

Not sure if this is a bug but overnite seems my history and cookies got erased had to log on to the forums and my setting in browser got reset. Hmm

Coincidently just got email from Blackberry that my carrier recomends update of OS and the one listed is 4.6 .1.133. Apparently that is official for T-Mobile USA now. Maybe with these issues would be better to "downgrade" from 4.6.1.152.

Just to follow-up youtube issue-I downgraded to 4.6.1.133 and youtube now works fine.

Doc

Same for me, youtube doesn't works with 4.6.1.152

I am not sure if this is an issue in 152 or issue for the whole 4.6 but I was on the phone the other night and I was TM uma and i was playing with the router (dd wrt) and rebooted it while i was on the phone the call was dropped. I remember on my 8320 i didn't have problem transitioning from wifi uma to regular wireless network.

This beta OS seems to be rebooting my phone a lot.

It tends to randomly turn off wifi after a while, and if you try to turn it back on, the phone reboots itself.

Other than that, I haven't found any other issues with it. I am going to revert back to .133, just because I like my wifi =P

Wirelessly posted (BB 11020)

That is normal. The device needs to sense that its losing signal inorder to make the transition. If you suddenly lose the wifi it can't make the handoff. Rebooting the router while on a call will always result in a dropped call.

This happens to me almost with every beta OS on any device I have owned.

i downgraded back to .133 as well.

Any secret to upgrading 8900 to the .152 (or the .133)? I deleted the vendor file, made some adjustments in the blackberry.alx file to enable some additional themes and desktop manager would not recognize the new OS. Deleted the old OS one from computer.

I tried using the loader app in the apploader file, but that left me with an error and no working OS and had to do a lot of work getting my phone back to the original .114.

I have upgraded both my 8100 and 8320 to newer OS ... regular and beta, with no problems. Don't know if it is different with Device Manager 4.7.0.32. Should I downgrade to another version of DM?

Try using .114's radio file.

I believe DM 4.7 does not recognize beta OS. Try using DM 4.6.. it should be Okay.

will downgrade to DM 4.6 and see what happens. Any comments on which beta is more stable? the .133 or the .154?

I've used DM 4.7 to load all of the OSes to the 8900 with no problem. One strange thing I did notice is with .133 beta if I deleted the vendor.xml, desktop manager no longer recognized the upgrade.. Odd, but after I replaced the file, all went back to normal.

Been running .152, but if you use youtube, I'd recommend .133.