Latest OS: 9530 5.0.0.508/5.0.0.328 (Multilanguage) - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community

penguin3107 · 11:07 AM

BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.328 (Multilanguage)
This is from Verizon Wireless, and will work on any 9530 model by following the directions below.

Package Version: 5.1.0.0.508
Consisting of:

* Applications: 5.0.0.328
* Software Platform: 4.2.0.128
* File name: 9530AMEA_PBr5_1_.0.0_rel508_PL4.2.0.128_A5.0.0.328 .ex e
* File size: 132MB

Download the OS file here:
Verizon Wireless :: BlackBerry Storm 9530 :: OS 5.0.0.328

Direct file download here:
http://appstore.vzw.com.edgesuite.ne....0.0.328 .exe

Instructions for installing either version on ANY carrier's 9530:

1. Download the above OS file to the PC then install it to the PC by running (double clicking) the file you downloaded.
2. Go to c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader and delete the file named "vendor.xml."
3. Plug in BB and double click on "Loader.exe." It's located in the same place as the above vendor.xml file.

The process takes about 45 minutes to an hour depending on how much data you have to backup and restore during the process. Once it's done loading the new OS it will reboot (it may do this twice during the entire process.) You will see a white screen with an hourglass for up to 20 minutes at a time while the DM says "waiting for initialization."
If, for some reason, you end up with a white screen with small icons and the number 507, simply connect to the PC again and run Loader.exe again and it should load the OS to the device.

Previous OS release:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ilanguage.html

katin2 · 10-25-2009, 10:58 PM

Finally , this OS is like night and day .. Lots of great changes

craigw9292 · 10-25-2009, 11:04 PM

and it rocks!!!

Upgrade worked like a charm, too many good things to mention.

I got it direct from VZW.

katin2 · 10-25-2009, 11:08 PM

SMS is probably my favorite change. Upgrade was super easy

pcerio · **OS:** 5.0.0.328

Upgraded thru DM. Thrilled to have an official 5.0, held off on installing all the leaks.

bigblack · 11:41 PM

anyone see a decrease in free memory? I was runnin .151 before and had 33 Mb now i have 27 Mb after battery pull

also anyone know how i can remove visual voice mail trough a mac?

BBCrackhead · 10-25-2009, 11:52 PM

Does anyones else have a problem with the icon that is in the first slot in Portrait mode?

It seems have no space between the icon and the text below it. It only happens when in half portrait mode and only the first icon. The icon and text are bunched up.

jdmevo8 · 10-26-2009, 12:07 AM

I cannot find BB 5.0. It shows it installed on the App World but I cannot find it int he Instant Messenger. Does anyone else have this concern?

dimberman · 10-26-2009, 12:33 AM

I might be late to the party...but I am so glad they brought back the Today Mode for device settings. The theme control, sms, and overall feel is much better than any version previous.

It kinda reminds be of my RIM 920.

D.

BruceDBR · 10-26-2009, 12:49 AM

Here's my official "me too"! I got home after watching some football with some friends and was delighted to see the update ready! One thing I just noticed is the return of being able to choose how many times the ring tone will play! Very nice! And the keys and the entire device just seems snappier!!

The only problem I'm having is I've got a "new message" indicator with a "2" on it. I can't find where the unread message is! I just did a battery pull, thinking that would clear it...but alas...nothing! Anyone have any suggestions?

BruceDBR · 10-26-2009, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruceDBR

Here's my official "me too"! I got home after watching some football with some friends and was delighted to see the update ready! One thing I just noticed is the return of being able to choose how many times the ring tone will play! Very nice! And the keys and the entire device just seems snappier!!

The only problem I'm having is I've got a "new message" indicator with a "2" on it. I can't find where the unread message is! I just did a battery pull, thinking that would clear it...but alas...nothing! Anyone have any suggestions?

Never mind. When i read about the "today" settings, I changed my theme back to Zen and changed it to "today". Voila...I saw the unread mesages!

Pretty nice!! Thanks RIM and Verizon!!

dlanemarker · 10-26-2009, 03:36 AM

hey does anyone else have an issue with an unlocked to tmobile with EDGE going to edge? I've tried all the "tricks" but it seems to not helping.. any suggestions?

akosnitzky · **OS:** 5.0.0.419

Wirelessly posted (Lets Go Canes!)

I am NOT a Storm user but I am glad the phone was addressed in light of OS issues when it was released last year.

jason1114 · 10-26-2009, 09:02 AM

One thing I did notice this AM after upgrading the OS is now my BES messages have their own mail box YEAH

Raptor464 · 10-26-2009, 09:42 AM

Here's a direct link: http://appstore.vzw.com.edgesuite.ne....0.0.328 .exe

westentertainer · 10-26-2009, 09:49 AM

i only upgraed 2 days ago to the leaked 323 .should i upgrade to this realease .will i see any benifit thanks

Triforce66 · 10-26-2009, 11:01 AM

Could someone please point me in the right direction on a change log for this.. I am running 4.7.0.148 (last official release).. I would like to know what is new/updated before I go and upgrade..

Thank You

JSanders · 10-26-2009, 11:15 AM

Yes, there has been a changelog posted:

Here are some taken from BlackBerryCool:
Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530 official OS 5.0.0.328 plus changelog | BlackBerry Cool

Quote:

* Significant improvements in rotation detection and screen painting have been introduced in this software.
* Device displayed a white bar at the bottom of the screen after a rotation event.
* When setting a custom SMS tone for a single contact, this tone may playback unexpectedly for SMS’ received from other contacts.
* When swiping down the virtual keyboard in an MMS message the send and save draft icons did not appear as expected.
* When viewing an SMS there was no simple way to call the current user.
* Now the user can select the number from the Callback Number field or from the message body and call that number from the pop up menu.
* The delete prior function has the unwanted side-effect of triggering the compose email screen.
* The user cannot configure their profile settings to increase the number of alerts when being notified of an event such as incoming SMS or email.
* Previous software versions did not allow the user to increase the count of notifications (i.e. Beep 5 times when when I get an email and beep 3 times when I get an sms). In this software, this is now allowed with counts from 1-10.
* When trying to set a home screen background of a certain resolution (more specifically a resolution matching either the width or the height of the native resolution of the LCD) it may have appeared as a black screen.
* When trying to edit/create a folder, the virtual keyboard did not render to allow the user to enter the names of said folders.
* Intermittently, when streaming a video while doing a handover to 2G on a 3G network the video would stop playing.
* If you paused a video recording and then resumed, the icon state may not have reflected the current recording state.
* After recoding a video of a certain size (7M) the saved video may be corrupted and unplayable.
* During manual network selection, the radio buttons associated with the networks did not render as expected.
* When moving out of coverage your device display for no coverage may have been inconsistent.
* During voice calls, your device may have reset on a rare occasion.
* After viewing and accepting the End User Licensing Agreement of the App World application the application doesn’t startup (fixes introduced in the latest version of App World).
* On some rare occasions, the device may reset on its own during a voice call or while idle.
* During an MTP side load of 16GB of music, the device would leak memory and stop the transfer at ~75%.
* During device full boot-up, the progress bar skips from 0% complete to ~66% complete instead of showing a gradual progression (Note: from 66% to 100% it does show a gradual progression).

Triforce66 · 10-26-2009, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSanders

Yes, there has been a changelog posted:

Here are some taken from BlackBerryCool:
Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530 official OS 5.0.0.328 plus changelog | BlackBerry Cool

Thank you!

jason1114 · 10-26-2009, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBCrackhead

Does anyones else have a problem with the icon that is in the first slot in Portrait mode?

It seems have no space between the icon and the text below it. It only happens when in half portrait mode and only the first icon. The icon and text are bunched up.

I have this issue as well. Thought it was only cause it was my BES icon but its any icon in that position

audiokat · 10-26-2009, 04:49 PM

Wow I can't believe nobody has mentioned these big ones.

1. Screen locks on phone call all by itself. I just uninstalled the 3rd party app and it works great by itself.
2. Unbelievable it does the same thing on visual voice mail!
3. The headset volume on visual voicemail seems normal now!

I'm loving this new OS!

audiokat · 10-26-2009, 05:41 PM

is anyone else missing messenger? It sais its archived and needs to be reinstalled. I've done that 3 times but still can't find the actual app

Kopter · 06:15 PM

I don't have #1 above (audiokat's post)... but yes.. this OS is by far the best!

Nextel User · 10-26-2009, 07:11 PM

is hebrew included in this multilanguage release?

audiokat · 10-26-2009, 07:29 PM

well it doesn't lock really it just turns the screen off. I uninstalled screen lock and so far I haven't been able to do anything to the screen while on the phone.

zero7404 · **OS:** 5.0.0.328

dling this OS right now....would be interesting to see what's different from .323 which is what i'm using now.

ernhrts3n8 · 10-26-2009, 09:25 PM

seems like it is taking forever to download using DM. I think it is getting stuck while down loading, has this happened to anyone else?

zero7404 · **OS:** 5.0.0.328

this was the first OS upgrade i did thru the dm 5.0 interface. i usually use loader.exe

anyway, so far i have noticed no changes between 323 and 328. works fine, except storm level isn't compatible yet. the developer says they're working on an update but who knows wen that will happen....

kunalbhavsar4u · **seprate sms and msg folder -** 10-27-2009, 12:12 AM

hii..
i just change my os to 5.0.0.238 but i select option not to show sent messages even though it show in sms folder. can anybody help me..what to do in this scenario ?

jason1114 · 10-27-2009, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audiokat

well it doesn't lock really it just turns the screen off. I uninstalled screen lock and so far I haven't been able to do anything to the screen while on the phone.

What if you need to dial number after making the call is this possible?

dcpuser · 07:43 AM

My thoughts so far on this upgrade...

I went from .151 to 5.0.0.328 and had a lot trouble at first getting the OS to load properly. I read that its highly suggested for people running 4.x version to update to an older 5.x before upgrading to this guy after the fact and I maybe forced to do that. Anyway I had to wipe the handheld and then used DM (version 5) to load up the OS and it went fine. I like and dislike some of the aesthetic touches from the update but I also noticed a couple of issues:

1. BBM5 refuses to upgrade properly from 4.x to 5.x using App World. Prior I had no issues updating the app. It shows up as an installed cod but no name suggesting maybe its corrupted somehow? No icon of the app shows. If I reinstall 4.x and do a direct download of 5 from the website it works fine also suggesting App World is not usable. Which leads to 2.

2. App World does not work well for me. It refuses to close and the icon disappears after a period of usage. Subsequent uninstalls and reinstalls doesn't change anything. I'm resigned to not install at all. Again, did not have this issue with 4.x

3. Screen Lock is kind of flaky (the one on the physical handheld and not the lock icon). I have to now force it down harder in order for the handheld to lock. If I don't the screen tries to lock and then it reverts back to unlock immediately right after. If I downgrade my handheld software to 4.x the screen locks fine. Is there a setting now for how much pressure it senses from buttons???

4. Restoring all of my data (backup/restore) from 4.x to 5.x messes up the GUI of the handheld (Icons change or vanish). I'm going to assume there were some code changes from these two versions. Think I'll just now restore messages and see how that goes.

5. Battery is draining ALOT faster with this version. Same daily activities using the same apps and signal strength was not an issue.

6. The swipe down to remove keyboard is not as responsive or doesn't respond at all. I had to bring up the menu and do hide keyboard. Downgrading to 4.x software removes the problem.

Despite all this the big positives I have seen thus far were much better response time when flipping screens and switching portrait and landscape modes. The bug where one side of the headphone has much lower audio output also seems to have been fixed with this version.

I'm going to give this guy another wipe and re-install again and see if I can work out the kinks. Otherwise I'll have to chalk the bugs I'm facing as that, bugs, and hope another update will come along.

mhennessey · 10:14 AM

All I can say is...I love V5. This is what is should have been from day 1. I can now say I love my Storm and I don't have to lie a bit anymore.

I did lose my 3G after going from a leak to the release version though.

BruceDBR · 10-27-2009, 09:57 AM

I agree. This is like an entirely new phone! Now I won't be in as much of a rush to to get mny Storm2. I still want it, but I can now wait a week or 2 if I need to...money-wise.

ernhrts3n8 · 10-27-2009, 11:03 AM

I cannot download this version to my phone. I keep getting a fatal error. I checked with Verizon and they said that Blackberry was having some issues with some phones being able to download and suggested that I wait a few days and try again. I think I will stick with my older version.

kpoland · 11:38 AM

I'm getting an error because I'm trying to upgrade a spare BB. "Only active BlackBerry service subscribers are entitled to install this BlackBerry Device Software upgrade."

This device is SPARE. We use it for testing. No contract is associated with it.

Is there a way to get around this? Anyone have any ideas?

*EDIT* Figured it out. NM!

dexterfalcon · **OS:** 5.0.0.328

Downloaded and installed without issue. The modules took about an hour to download but there were a few hundred of them. As everyone else said this new system rocks! It fixes most all issues I would regularly encounter. The camera and video camera are significantly improved, now they seem reliable enough for every day use. The media player made a few nice improvements, I especially like how now whenever you touch the screen the track's progress bar appears then disappears with another touch instead of having to touch all over the screen for a few minutes before anything responds. The only thing I noticed that needs further attention is the Whew and straight faced smileys are mislabeled and should be reversed. Facebook originally told me to downgrade for functionality but after reinstalling it through App world everything is smooth again and it updated my contacts list and calendar with my FB friend info, pretty neat. All in all I would say this is what I expected from the storm originally but after waiting it's now here and I couldn't be happier (well maybe happier with tabbed browsing...)

lamenfoot · 10-27-2009, 12:10 PM

Hi all..

I have an unlocked 9530 from VW , and using it in a local carrier in Asia , and dont have a data plan .. I have tried loading this new .328 to my storm but it doesn't allow me to do it, I tried deleting vendor.xml file also, now my latest finding is if I run apploader.exe it show there is no device software available for the connected device.
Please help me with your valuable comments to load .328 into my unlocked BB.

craigw9292 · 10-27-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audiokat

is anyone else missing messenger? It sais its archived and needs to be reinstalled. I've done that 3 times but still can't find the actual app

Delete it then install from app world.

icantpickem · **Tethering Issues on 5.0 -** 10-27-2009, 04:28 PM

Anyone try tethering Storm using vista or windows 7?

Mill1978 · 10-27-2009, 04:36 PM

I love the new OS!!! No reboots all day and I have been using my storm allday long