8320 TMobile OS 4.2.2.171


To install this software on any 8320: (If you just purchased an 8320 from TMobile then you likely already have this OS on your device.)

1. Download and install the latest Desktop Manager from here

2. Download and install the OS packaged linked above.
3. Delete the vendor.xml file located in c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader
4. Connect BB, open Desktop Manager and you should be prompted to upgrade.

To add vendor themes here is the link to the edited .alx files for this OS. There are IM alx's included as they were in the same folder and vendor coded to TMobile. When the other carriers come out with the 8320 this may allow them to work on the other carries. (just a guess on my part-John Clark.)

Edited .alx's

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhh what so many have been waiting for.

I have stickied this for now.

weird it says SIZE=81MB for the OS but when I download it is 10.2MB

Check back later this morning. I believe they are just putting this up now.

Dont download it yet, you'll just get an error when you try to install it.

Womp womp womp...

/thread crap

link?

It is not working yet so they removed it.

**edit** link removed pending update.

It's not out there yet.

When it WAS there, did anyone notice if they provided an update for 8300 OS as well? (although I'd really rather just find 4.3 for the 8300)

T-Mobile doesn't sell the 8300, so it wasn't there. The 8320's OS won't work on the 8300.

For the 8300, use this:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...l-chinese.html

Now TMo has taken down the entire page from the earlier link, simply redirects you to the list of TMo phones.

You can get the current OS from tmobile by logging into my-tmobile, changing your phone type to the 8320 and then clicking the system upgrade link. It has links to desktop manager and 4.2.2.171.

My TMO curve came with this OS version.

I think all the phones did. People are looking for it should they need to wipe and reload their OS.

yes but this is so you can edit alx, etc, etc

That is STILL only a 10mb download, not the full 81 stated. Something still wrong with it.

Thx...but this is still the older 4.2.2.146 that has been available for a while

Me want shiny new OS for my Curve!

Well until RIM announces official and posted on THEIR site today ... I think we'll all have to wait. Speaking of which YA'LL will have to wait. Enjoy your CURVE WiFi'ing until then as some of us still don't have such toys :(

No WiFi Curve for this codemonkey -- I have plain ol' vanilla 8300, unlocked, running on TMo.

Ah well. I imagine 4.3 will be out from several carriers soon...

AFAIK, there is no newer OS than that. TMo won't be releasing one, because they didn't/don't have the 8300.

That's been my fear. I should be glad that they're at least providing the service books I need. I'll have to wait for other carriers who DO sell the 8300 in order to get the latest OS when 4.3 comes out.

Interesting internal debate going on related to this:

- One thought is that, by getting 8320, I'll always get the latest version that TMo publishes -- even if it's not yet available in an 8300 version

- Other thought, though, is that relatively few carriers will have 8320 compared to 8300. As a result, combined with T-Mobile's tendency to go slow with new firmware releases (historically), I wonder if 8300 releases will, generally speaking, be more recent than 8320 releases (i.e., be at later version numbers)

...and install desktop apps that don't have OTA installers.

The link is back, I am currently 17.1meg through (21%) of the download here in Firefox of the full 81meg file and it's going normally.

Hey all, after I installed the OS and plugged in my 8320 I was greeted with the below:



What do y'all think, accept and let if fly? Or maybe... cancel, full backup, unplug/replug and then let if fly?

Why is it that I keep wanting to hit the "Cancel" button every time I view this page?

Why is it everytime I view this page I wanna laugh?

I still can only download a 10MB file from TMo (link at start of thread)! Broken?

How did you install it?

Here are the edited .alx files for themes and BBMaps ( for later AT&T devices)

Additionally, there are .alx's (& .cod's) for all the new IM apps. They were each vendor coded to TMo (vendor id 100) in the .alx files. I removed the vendor ID's for later use on other carrier 8320's when they come out.

*It might be possible to extract the .cod's for the IM apps and load them onto the other Curves, however, I don't have one to try it on.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/atta...-4.2.2.310.zip

Thanks John!

Thats just mean.
Confirmed file download link working. Just finished downloading the file.

I still get the 10MB thing like earlier

At Snoopy. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I downloaded, installed and created the .alx's already. Must be something on your end.

I also get the 10MB file, as well. Strange. I tried clearing my Browser cache and still no luck. Just glad I don't actually have the device or need the OS yet. I am sure it will get resolved soon.

How many new themes are available?

The look the same as the other 8300 themes. But I don't have a device to load them too.

OK here's the answer -- this dialog box is because during the initial on-device setup wizard I chose to keep US English and nothing else. It appears, though, "parts" were left behind and I had half Spanish junk and some UK English junk still sitting on the device.

If you get this dialog, choose Cancel. Start the Application Loader and in the dialog for selections, de-select the leftover UK English display support and the Spanish Input Methods; the apploader will then erase the leftover COD files off your device and reboot it. Quit all of the Desktop Manager, unplug your device and plug it back in - now when you start Desktop Manager you will no longer get this dialog.

I now have ~2meg more free on my phone, and (finally!) ALT+ENTER will lock my keyboard instead of bringing up the stupid Input Switcher popup.

EDIT: for the record I have 17meg free now with all my regular 3rd party apps installed: jivetalk, mail by google, google mail, google maps, freerange, logicmail, midpssh, syncje, autolock