When I download it from the Opera site, it says it installed, but when I try to run it....it gives me another installing progress bar that reaches half way through then says "Unable to connect to the Internet, check your settings" although I have a BB internet connection that's always on... I tried the remove battery trick but that didn't help....any tips to install it?

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Much better, IMO.

Go to Options/Applications and hover over Opera Mini and press the menu key. Click on edit positions and set all to allow, and save. Then run Opera.
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On your Blackberry, if after you install Opera Mini 5.1 and try to open it and get "Installing..." and then "Unable to connect...":

Try opening Opera Mini 5.1 when you are connected via wifi first. It should work for you then. Once open, you can turn off wifi, and then go into "Settings" > "Advanced" > "Network Test..."

When you load a page, it should complete the Network Test and see that you're no longer on wifi. From then, you should be able to connect fine using the mobile network.

I suspect Opera Mini remembers the last connection method you were using before you re-installed the latest version and therefore only attempts that connection method, rather than running a proper connection network test.

This worked for me.