Does OS 4.5 add SureType to Curves? I miss that from my Pearl.

TIA.

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No, a Curve (qwerty) keyboard will never have SureType. That is only for a condensed keyboard like the 81xx and 71xx devices.

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If you haven't done, do a battery pull reboot and try again. That will often reset the communication and TCP settings.

I kinda knew the answer, but was thinking in terms of QWERTY + SureType: Once configured/figured out, it could easily be quite a speed improvement.

Thank you.

I have an 8320 on T-Mobile as well. I have never used wap.voicestream.net. I always use wap.voicestream.com. Try the later and see if that gets you going.

Doug

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Yep, its wap.voicestream.com. Not .net

sorry, I mistyped. I did have .com, not .net. Serves me right for making a post that early in the morning. Im still having the same issue although BB Messenger seems to be working, but is massively delayed, by like 2-3 hours. It's not a network issue either as I have another T-Mobile BB user in the house with me with no issues. I'm not sure whats wrong with it.

1- BBMessenger messages don't travel over the TCP. If those are delayed by 2-3 hours, you can bet that you are having local network issues from Tmobile. If your other device is working well on BBM, test sending it a PIN message (Main message folder > Compose PIN) and see how long it takes. Send a reply, how long does it take?).

well, after several battery pulls and deleting all the apps and reinstalling them I seem to be back in business. I'm not sure what happened to be honest because I still had no connectivity after the last reset and then about 2 hours after I got a barrage of emails and decided to check to see if the service worked and they do. Thanks for the troubleshooting help The OS is great!

I've tried installing this OS using the instructions listed, but it's not loading onto my phone... even when I use the application loader. Any suggestions?

The instructions work. I have used them numerous times.

Did you delete the vendor.xml file?

What other new features you guys have experienced with new 4.5 OS for Curve 8320? I am with TMobile USA too and bit hesistant to try the new OS (since the 4.5 OS is not officially released by the provider ) Also if something goes wrong can we revert back to 4.2.2.180 (the old OS)

Btw does the display look more crisp and clear now? Also how many of you are having ringing issues like ringtone not as loud or any other major annoyance with thew new OS?

Thanks

I'm on T-Mobile and have updated my firmware with pretty much anything I can find. The biggest issue I have ever had was with the MyFaves not displaying properly...but I figured that out, too.
4.5 is a HUGE improvement over 4.2. You won't regret doing it. As for volume and other issues, it is NOT that bad. I had to turn mine down to get it to normal levels for the office.
And, yes, you can revert back if you want to.

I'm using a tmob 8320 and I just upgraded to os 4.5 two days ago.

Here are a few observations.

1) Before upgrading, if you have the surreal theme, DELETE IT. I spent three hours trying to break my phone out of an endless crash loop. (I didn't know this was a known problem, but it is) Aside of the theme prob, everything else was smooth.

2) Video cam is great
3) Html email is great, except for spam, which I wish would go back to text.
4) Overall, the os feels a little sluggish
5) The voice quality is NOTICABLY better. It seemed like people would cut out when I spoke, making conversations a little more walkie talkie "ish". This is gone now.
6) Haven't noticed any difference with UMA quality either way.

I was getting a little bored and wanted to tinker with my phone. I'd say go for the upgrade, but lower your expectations a little. It's got a few new tricks, but there doesn't seem to be much to get excited about.

My 2cents

I have done about a half dozen upgrades to my 8320 since the first 4.5's starting floating around. I have never had too much trouble. I have had a couple white screens but was able to recover without much trouble.

I have been waiting for a good 81 or later release to use the new 16gb card option. My problem is, I dowloaded, ran the app, removed the vendor.xml, plugged in the BB, started DM and have not been able to get the upgrade option. Click on the app loader and it states that there are no updates available.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

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I just upgraded and my system seems a bit slower than my last upgrade. I think my last was the .51. Any suggestions on speeding the up without downgrading?

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Was there an update to this update?

I just upgraded and everything went grrrrrrrrrreattttttt!.....

Thanks guys for all the response. I will keep the upgrade to a hold till TMobile officially releases it to the masses.

I had this happen on a few of my upgrades. Even though it doesnt automatically recognize the upgrade, choose "next" from the app loader screen and then "advanced" and the upgrade of OS is listed there. Not sure why it is not automatic, but this worked also.

Cheers

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I just upgraded last night. So far, so good. I'm happy!

For anyone who is having issues with their ringtone volume. I've had .81 for about a week and it is my observation that there is no noticable improvement in this OS.

I am running .81 running on t-mobile usa. Ever since I upgraded to any of the 4.5 versions my phone randomly resets. And I have to wait for 5 min to come back. Any ideas??????

You might be in for a long wait - T-Mobile is notoriously slow, they are still offering 4.2.2.180 while everyone else (including RIM itself) is offering 4.2.2.184 for you. Waiting on T-Mobile to release anything official is a long shot.

^x2

The newest 4.5 OS's are far better than even 4.2.2.184.

Hi, I am having problems with MDS activation on this build. everything else is splendid.

Anyone have MDS working (maybe even with Notes?)

Thanks!

Was unsure about doing it....decided to just do it...followed the directions and worked out great..took like a 1/2 hour....if your unsure...just do it!

thanks for the great directions

That's good to know cause I was having trouble with the volume being about 50% LESS with 4.5 then with 4.22. I am waiting for a fix b4 I go back to 4.5 as I have reverted back to 4.22. I difficult of a fix can it be?

Hello i have problem with headphones. Thy aren't working on 4.5 When i plugin to my curve is about 1 second silence and music play from speakers. On 4.2.2 i have normally listen on headphones. Is it a bug of 4.5?

Okay, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. This shouldn't be this dificult.

I have Desktop Ver 4.6, and I've downloaded the OS, installed it, removed Vendor.XML, and it doesn't recognize that I need an upgrade...

I'm not on a PC that's affiliated with the email account on the BB, but I tell it that I'm on the BES during the desktop install...

Any ideas?

any Fido users downloaded this OS? If so please give feedbacks.

would I still have to take out media card when installing program?

or reformat media card?

Hello. I have a 8320 and was using t-mobile 4.2 software. I recently upgraded to 4.5 and while the OS is working fine I seem to have lost all of my preloaded photos. The only one I'm really interested in is orbital.jpg. Can anyone tell me how to get it installed on my 8320. Thanks.

Upgrades last weekend and went with no problems.

I love the BB Messenger Voice note option now!

One option i'm having a issue with is again BB messenger. Anytime the phone goes to sleep or I exit from the "Messenger" portion to say goto Email. It auto closes all my conversations. I really don't like that. I prefer to manually close them. Can this be changed?

Urlryn

Upgraded last week. Gave it some time to marinate in my phone.

Pros-
WiFi is a ton better
Keeps UMA signals with less drops
Memory Leaks fixed
Noticeably quicker

Cons-
None thus far

Well thats basically it.

whats the difference between 4.5.0.55 and this one

I just upgraded to 4.5 yesterday. Everything is working great so far, so thanks for that. However, when browsing after 15 min the hour glass starts spinning non stop, and i have to do a battery pull to fix it.it still won't let me browse longer than 15 min. has anyone had this problem if so, what do I need to do to fix this. I have t mo 8320. thanks in advance.

I went through all the instructions and deleted the vendor.xml then connected my bb. I didnt get the prompt to upgrade so i followed the other instructions in here and went to the advanced section but their still wasnt the option to upgrade OS so I went to the browse option to add files and went to the folders where the vendor.xml file was located and added each file seperately yet when i try to upgrade it now says it cannot be loaded because some files are missing, i added every file in the folder so Iam lost now any help would be appreciated

what are you not running to have that much free memory? I upgraded to this OS and I'm stuck somewhere between 15-19 mb free even after the standard memory mods.