i upgraded to this one, and not i cant get my pc to recognize it as storage device even though its turned on on my bold, how do i get this fixed? roxio media manager is full of bugs, stops responding every time i try to add video

The upgrading is a smooth 25 minutes process. Got a new folder (instant Messaging). The problem is, just realized that all the contacts in my speed dial list is missing from the phonebook.... how do i restore them?

I had plenty of problems upgrading from .219 to this firmware...
Although I followed instructions (and i did upgrade many times before), after loader.exe finished it told me that 99 of 600 messages were not restored (some error)...

Phone works slowly, every apps (even when i click on mailbox) takes 10 secs to load.

Most disturbing - mail icon that shows all messages combined from all accounts is gone!? Any ideas how to get it back? Because i dont really feel to open ever of my 5 configured mailboxes...

where i can find the update with arabic enabled???
and hw i could update?
can any one help me plz

hi any one know is this version fix the gps i am working with the .237 and it woks slowly

the GPS-chip in the bold works very slwoly...it doesn't matter which OS is installed on the bold.

The multilingual work fine as it is include arabic.

ill keep .237 this one is super buggy

I'm running v4.6.0.92 Everything works great.
Where can I find out what the new versions are improving on or what functions have been added?

Thanks

having some issues with this release:
battery draining waaaay to fast
i keep on getting the "hourglass" intermittently
my bold has now started overheating...
boot time when taking out the battery is now approx 3-4 minutes.....
gonna have to bump back down....
good luck guys!

Does anyone else find it amazing how varied the experiences are?

One guy says it is beautiful and the next guy calls it a catastrophe.

R

I find it equally amazing. I've been using .247 for a couple weeks now--last version I used was .234. I don't find it to be "buggy" at all in terms of crashes, spurious behavior, etc., and I think it runs pretty fast, compared to some previous versions. Mainly, it just works with all my apps.

My only complaint with the Bold is with the 3G stability in low signal strength areas, and reception in general. I don't know if it's any different from previous versions.

Above it's mentioned that the GPS is independent of the OS version. OK, but what about the reception? Why would later versions of an OS degrade reception? When the BB OS programmers tweak the program, why would successive versions work /less/ well in terms of very basic functions, like making and receiving calls?

I just updated to this OS and it keeps showing that I have an e-mail message, not a text message.. I have 0 unread email messages but yet it shows i do.. i tried doing mark all prior as opened, didnt help, deleted everything, didnt help.. any ideas? SOMEONE HELP ME ASAP! ive tried everything, deleting the email, re-doing the email.. nothing seems to be working!

battery pull

try going into your saved msgs folder and marking all read there. the new msg indicator was on, however when i went into my msgs there were none there (i had just done a 'delete prior'). i went into saved msgs marked them all read and the indicator went away.

try to check your general messages icon-folder. i ve separeted the icon, cause i didnt need it, and had the same problem with you once.

well folks....i decided to re-install the firmware again
and now the issues have been resolved....
no more overheating
no more hourglass
battery drains how it was previously
it was just probably a bad install before....
so far so good...

Can someone report which version of Bluetooth software comes with this OS? Usually in the "about" screen. Thanks!

1.1

Thanks -- that's the same buggy one that was shipped with .167! Hopefully they update some time soon.

I upgraded to this release via Desktop Manager.

Why bother going to all the trouble to get a possibly bogus copy from a dodgy website?

On the plus side, I got ~ 50Mb free memory after upgrading

31.4 MB after battery pull on .244. I have a lot of programs on my Bold. Down to 18.7 MB after 5 days use. The low memory after 5 days use does not seem to effect operations though. On .224, I was not able to do voice dialing after 2 days use. Received message that memory was too low. Do not have that issue with .244 even when down to 18.7 MB.

I updated to this an my battery life is complete shit now. I left this morning at 9am with 100% battery life. Around 10am I went on a call for an hour or so on my bluetooth, went in and out of 3G, to EDGE, to GPRS, back to 3G. By about 1pm or so, my battery was down to 40%. By 3pm, it was yellow and I had to plug it in. I read about 10 e-mails, wrote 4-5, and talked another 20 minute or so. So an hour and a half in calls and some e-mail's almost completely killed my battery. Only problem is that in order to downgrade, I have to go through hell and back getting a new BES activation and explain why I have to re-connect to the server again for the 2nd time in a few weeks. Ugh.

Where do you check the available memory and how do you go about getting more it back....

Cheers

D

options-memory
delete old emails/sms including sent.
clear cache of broswer
remove applications you dont use, and make sure when not using applications they are closed and not running in the background

For Bold users, does it still wipe your ring profiles when you update an OS? It would always do that on my Pearl and it would take me a while to go through and reset ringtones/volume for every profile.

To the person asking about Mass Storage Mode when you plug in, I have the same problem, but I'm on the original OS that AT&T shipped. Maybe 1/3 times it will actually pop up the option and recognize it as a "storage device". The rest of the time I'd have to use Roxio. Not sure what the problem is.

There's a couple of threads floating around talking about the Calendar and Today Themes after upgrading to this OS? Is this a known issue? For example...

1) My email and facebook calendars are no longer showing in my BB calendar, even after re-sync'ing
2) My "Today" panel in a theme I'm using (iBerry) is empty because of this. Even after re-installing the theme.

Are others having this issue as well?

Andy

No it doesn't - not restoring your data after you wipe the phone does however.

I disagree.

On my Bold, every time I upgrade the OS I restore the data, and the ring tones have changed to the defaults, including the vibration settings. I have to reset them. I think it is mostly with the later OS versions, since I don't recall that happening a few months ago.

.247 looks like its been pulled from the site http://upload.simobil.si/9000M_PBr4....A4.6.0.247.exe. Does anybody know if it's available anywhere else?

No it hasnt. It is still there, and I can still download it.
Try again.

This version is horrible. I'm on AT&T and I've tried installing it three times. Every single time, I get a bunch of unhandled exceptions every time I unlock the phone and my VM indicator will not turn off even after multiple battery pulls and installations.

It's not horrible. Infact it's the most stable OS to date.

You are trying to install it on 8800, but it's for Bold 9000.

which link is working?

I just downloaded this & went to upgrade but its telling me I'll be downgrading & the software thats on my phone is newer then this..lol..? Im still useing .221 =\

So.. my 9000 is still running .162 on Rogers. I've tried three times now to run this .247 upgrade and each time it fails.
Battery-pulls, resets, etc..
I'm even getting a database fail on a backup from the BB Desktop without upgrade.

WTF?
I'm not giving this another try yet because one of these times I'm afraid it'll just brick completely.

Been running this os for a few weeks and now I'm realizing that I haven't been getting voicemail notifications!! How can I fix this. I see missed calls but no vm icon or tone.

You need to get rid of all the visual voicemail files. One easy way is to go to the OS directory in Windows, find the net.rim.vvm.alx file, edit it to change the "series=true" to false, then rerun the application loader in DM, unchecking the VVM option first, and you'll get your VM notifications back. Probably you could just delete the vvm modules in the BB, but I'm not sure about that. Someone else will have to chime in here on that one.

Some day in the next decade, and probably before the Cubs win their first World Series in over 100 years, AT&T will put through the service books for visual voice mail and the problem will be solved.

Latest .247 OS for Blackberry Bold is now available on BB hosted site for carrier AVEA:

https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads...F22A6C2A830A17

I have been running this OS for a week, was only a vew releases behind prior to this one - I forget exactly which.

Anyhow, I am convinced that this release is draining the battery faster, I have had numerous call drop-outs every day, and my Wi-Fi connection at home is not always available anymore... had none of these issues prior to the upgrade.


I'm not sure that I will downgrade, but I am eager for the next release to be made available and I'll jump straight onto it.


I wish that RIM would provide release notes so that we have some idea of what changes with each release.