I installed this update about a week ago. I waited to post because I wanted to see if I would have any problems with the update. Everything went great and the install went well. I may be wrong but it appears to me that everything runs a little cleaner for me. My Blackberry used to hang sometimes thinking away with that annoying little hourglass and that seems not to happen anymore. Thanks for the heads up on the updates os.

Does anyone know if the 8310 can handle Chinese? Can it read and allow me to write chinese characters? If so, can you direct me where to go?
Sorry these forums are a little confusing, i'm just trying to navigate my way around and make sure that the 8310 can handle Chinese before i go and buy one.

Thank you for your help

tontoe

Yes, it can handle Chinese. You need to find an OS that has Chinese Language support included. Search trough the Asian carriers in this list and see if you can find one.

BlackBerry Operating System Downloads - BlackBerryFAQ

anyone have any idea on which is the best to offer chinese text support but the screens still show in english?

sorry i dont have my 8310 yet so i cant check myself

thankyou!

That will be the 4.2.2.184 chinese OS
It can display chinese, chinese or english input and menu.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...4-chinese.html

thank you so much!!!! i will try it as soon as i get my new bb!

Could someone please help me out here? I download the updated OS and install it... but when i reconnect the bb and run dm, there is no prompt to upgrade. If i go to app loader the OS does not show there... BTW - i did delete the vendor.xml file

Does anyone know if that Bluetooth Spyware works on the 8300?

Need help....

Make sure you delete the vendor.xml file before you hook the USB to the BB.

Welcome to the BBF!

I am not sure what 'Bluetooth Spyware" of which you speak, but I don't know of any spyware that works on a BB. So, it is unlikely.

Thanks.. i had done that already.. no luck. any other suggestions?

I had the same problem so I had to do it on my laptop. No idea why.

I downloaded the new OS earlier today. I gotta' say, from previous update experiance (on a pearl), this was the fastes OS download ever! My Curve seems to be running very smooth and a bit faster!

HOORAY!

does anyone know what the improvements are over v4.2.2.170 from att?

nothing obvious except it seems to run smoother, less hour glass

i installed it but now my calander will not show the upcoming 2 events on the home screen like it used to in my today theme. anyone run into this prob??
all my cal events are still in the cal but it doesnt show them on the today screen. wtf, help please...

THANKS!!

change the theme to another and then back. if that doesnt work try a battery pull

Installed the update and GPS doesn't work any more :(

Rolled back to my older version and it's all good... anyone else have the same problem??

public

:P

I've installed this firmware about 1 month ago.

1.The blackberry hang up randomly and need to remove the battery to restart.
2.About 1 day on 5 gprs is down. You need to remove battery and restart.
3.when you dial a fixed number beside a pabx in some case you doesn't ear the tone line (other firmware phone, with the same number work!)



for italy, i don't suggest to upgrade

I installed it a week ago and it drained my battery in one day. Went back to v4.2.2.184.

That can sometimes be the theme being used or 3rd party apps, not necessarily the OS itself.

I get an Intellisync error when it tries to sync my organizer info. It says "Unknown error reported"

I tried downgrading Desktop Manager to 4.2, but that didn't help.

Any thoughts?

i just upgraded and it now shows that i have an unread message, but i cannot find it. its very frustrating. can anyone help with this?

Do you have the "Messages" icon? After an OS upgrade there is usually a welcome message placed in that folder.

where?

sorry im kinda new...

On the home screen? From the home screen hit the menu key and select "show all." Then go to "Messages."

that was it.

you are very wise. much appreciated!

i installed this yesterday i noticed absolutely nothing besides having more free memory, even with many apps opened. I am looking forward to 4.5 unlocking the video cam, streaming video and hopefully support for 8gb sdhc cards.. that would be SWEET (to hell with those crap iphones..)

Most of the incremental upgrades are bug fixes only. You may or may not notice differences.

You're right it was the theme I was using, thank you for the info.

Install went fine for the most part. However, my BB Maps is gone now!
Still shows in my list of Applications but the icon is gone with no way to access it.
Used the Application Loader to remove and reinstall it but still nada.
Changed my theme back to the default AT&T then throughout the other three I have installed and it still wont show up.

Any ideas on how to get this back??

Is it hidden? From home screen, menu key, "show all"

Nope did that too and only hidden icons are Compose and Saved Messages.
It used to live right next to the Telenav icon but now nothing..

AT&T is beginning to require a service book be pushed to your device for BB Maps to work. It may not work for now, until you get that service book.

Ahh bummer. Is this something I can grab manually or do I just wait on AT&T to automatically push it out to the phone??

Read over this thread:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gps-...lackberry.html

Thanks for the tips! Just followed that thread and edited the file.
Plugged in my Curve and right away it told me there was an update available for BB Maps. Let it do its thing theres my icon back!

Excellent.

You might still lose it again in the future if this AT&T crap happens, if they begin requiring a service book for it to operate. They control the push of the service book.

Hopefully there will be a workaround hehe. I just got the Curve last week and was quite displeased to learn that everything I wanted it for (AIM/Yahoo/MSN/GPS/etc) costs MORE money on top of what I already had. I was under the impression that BB Maps did not work with AT&T (Cant remember where I read that) but was stoked the other night while sitting at a friends house and I watched it track me by satellite hehe. Guess theres always Google maps as well but with a $109 a month bill for voice/data/messaging, I WONT be paying another $30 or so for the Telenav service! Bad enough Im going to end up buying Jivetalk just to use Instant Messaging! (Until them Pidgin devs port Pidgin hehe)