If you recently downloaded the beta version of BBM 5.0 before you post about having problems please re-register your BB and anyone you will be speaking with. Not sure if it has anything to do with the recent outage of the beta of the BBM.

Prior to this clear out any BBM Conversations.

Go to Options, Advanced Options, Host Routing Table, click the Menu Key and Register now. This will re-register your BB with the network and hopefully solve the problem.

I didnt know this was an issue. Thank you for the info

I've reinstalled it and will give it a whirl. Thanks for the tip.

thanks so much! this has solved the problem for the moment. although i may revert back to the old one if it doesn't stabilize.

I really have a feeling this might have to do with the Outage the other day. Prior to the Outage everything was working ok.

Ignore this.. being lazy!

Got to http://www.blackberrynews.com/2009/0...ota-available/

The problem that i am having with the bbm5 is that the person that i am chatthing with is not receiving my msg's ... i re-registered just now and the problem remains.

Yes, right now it's working perfect, like normal. i hope it sticks, i'm trying to recover all my contacts!

Thanks, but the OTA links are "brown bread" (dead)

Will check on the links.

johnbergoon.com has live OTA links

Links at BlackBerryNews.com have been updated as of now.

http://www.blackberrynews.com/2009/0...ota-available/

The manual install links are still good also here:
http://www.blackberrynews.com/2009/0...-storm-leaked/

So this doesn't work with the 4.5.77 OS (Curve 8330)?

What makes you say this? BBM 5.0 should work fine on the 8330.

I had big problems with using this with with an 8330. I was first using .160 OS, then downgraded to .131.

The thing that really ticked me off was I suddenly got a screen saying BBM was changing to one of my other email accounts (not my main account) and the screen stuck there and I couldn't use BBM at all. I clicked cancel and it wiped out all of my contacts (fortunately I had a backup).

I downgraded BBM back to what comes with 4.5.0.131.

Because I installed it on the BB 8330 and the icon doesn't show up on my screen. I re-registered the host routing table and nothing. I'm thinking that I need to update the OS version.

I haven't experienced any issues with it thus far.

@darknightz, have you tried changing themes to see if you can locate it? If you go into Options > Advanced Options > Applications, do you see BBM 5.0 listed?

I saw application installed on DM but couldn't find it on the Blackberry.

I believe on you will need OS 4.5.0.131 or great on the Curve, for this BBM 5.0 to work.

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this. This is good info to know. I am running .160 and BBM 5.0 is working for me thus far.

I am having problems with it as well, i'm about to downgrade because messages aren't being received. I have tried all solutions on several forums and still no results.

same with the pearl i had 4.5.0.138 and it did not show up untill i down graded to .131

I'm getting severe lag. Both outgoing messages are taking a long time being delivered even though the icon shows it has been sent to the network. And the delivery (D) and read (R) notifies are taking a long time to come back.

And now everything is zippy fast.

I hear ya on this one!

BBM did that to me as well, and the screen just got stuck there! when i did cancel, all my contacts got wiped, but i loaded the old backup file i had, which, for some reason made me lose about 75 of my contacts, and it started lagging really badly.

I took js's advice, made a backup, deleted 5.0 from the app list. after which i downgraded from 4.6.0.282 to 4.6.0.247 and loaded BBM 4.6, and restored my contacts with the same backup file i had and now it's working fine. although for some reason, i cant upgrade back to .282 :S

The backup u made was it a general back up or u backed up bbm only?

I had the same problem, at first I updated with OTA and there was a download error, next I see my BB freeze and removed the battery. Then no BBM icon!
Then I reinstalled the OS (hate to have corrupt files) with old BBM and restored a backup file with all my BB contacts. Everything fine, but I really wanted the BBM 5.0, so I manually installed BBM 5.0 but had just 7 contacts instead of the 250+ I used to have. I tried to restore the file with BB contacts, but my BB just freezes and always appear after a long time with those 7 contacts.

My girlfriend came to me and I installed manually the new BBM with an OS update (she had 4.5.0.124 and went into 4.5.0.153) and lost not even one of her contacts... well she has just 30 or less.

I just resigned to lose the contacts and add them up, cause I'm excited to use this program. Guess it has to do something with having so much contacts. Anyone who can prove this wrong would be really helpful...

It was a general backup that i had made. which was a blessing! i restored all my contacts, thanks to this. but i had to downgrade to OS 4.6.0.247. Small price to pay for getting my BBM back!

I had about 110+ and i landed up with only 20 by the end of it all. what was worse was when i got the new bbm set up, this screen came up (it's been mentioned before by juwaack), sayin it was switching my email account to the one associated with my BBM (which made no sense, it was switching to my WORK email!), and the screen froze, and once i hit 'cancel', it wiped even the contacts i already had!! so i had to REload the backup which i though had all my contacts, but noooo it loaded those 20 only!

Downgrading and reloading BBM 4.6 and then restoring the phone made me get back all my contacts. weird. yes. i'll stick with the old BBM, till it's officially released. the lags of delivery are also annoying!

Hi guys... Some on on my bbm list cant view her avatar. We tried changing pics, we linked her bbm with her phone contact.. we rebooted a few times but nothing. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanx

Jairo

well i installed it on a bb 8900 - running 5.0.100, the BBM icon has gone.
luckily it was just my work one with a couple of contacts, so will rebuild it.
my personal one is 4.6.1.231- has anyone tested it on this??

It's a RIM issue.

everything seems pretty good with BBM5, worked well from the install.

Found out the workaround... it's a hassle but hey it's a beta version. Delete the contact and add it again.

The lag came back plus it wouldn't send out when I was connected to WiFi. Reverted to the old version.

oooh,. thats important and wont be able to check that till im home, any issues with WIFI and BBM5??

Wirelessly posted (Bold)

Here's my expierence. I found BBM5 by accident really, just surfing the web. Came across a download link. I think it was Berryreview.com but not sure; maybe I was linked to there or from there to another site...it was late at night. Downloaded zip file, extracted, opened the BBM5 Java folder copied files. Opened the 4.6.282 Java folder, pasted files. It asked to overite I said yes to all. Ran apploader installed BBM5. It worked well from the start, it showed up in application list as BBM5.0 no problems. But no avatars and no RIM emails. So I thought maybe a bad file somewhere in Java and deleted BBM. I reinstalled BBM5 via OTA from link in this sticky. BBM was downloaded but no longer showed in my application list, contacts missing. So plugged into my PC ran the apploader, it loaded the BBM5 that I copied/pasted from zip download. Apploader installed BBM5 and Core Applications this time. I imediately received RIM emails, sync'd emails on Bold, received avatars, everything is working great. Don't know if each download method filled any gaps within the files, but it works.

yep works fine on the wifi.

i did all that i could and im still having trouble with bbm 5.0....i know how to get 5.0 off but how do i get the one i had before back on...please E-mail ..i really need to be able to use my bbm

There is an Outage, nothing you can do right now.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/netw...ml#post1435897