Has anyone been able to load any of the OS on the Verizon 8703e? I have tried every OS and followed the instructions precisely. When I launch the Desktop Manager...nothing! It doesn't give me the option to upgrade nor is there any OS listed in the applicaton loader. Suggestions or work arounds?

I sucessfully installed the Zen theme for Telstra last night. No errors and instructions were great! Upon complete I was expecting to see my icons listed to the right hand side of homescreen as other zen sceen shots I've seen. Much to my disappointment all my icons are on the home screen like previous OS? Did I do something wrong? Can anyone help me please?

Please ignore my last post.......I figured it out...i assumed all the themes loaded would be Zen like.....ie vodaphone....When i actually select the theme with Zen I now see what i expected to. Sorry for the question. Please ignore.

Wanted to say thank you to Seattle18! Zen is now my friend!

Hello There.

I'm newish to BB but not new to cracking software and I have a couple followup questions:

1. If I do a software upgrade (to a diff carrier's version), will I loose all my contacts on the BB messinger?
2. WIll I have to go through enterprise activation?
3. I can't seem to tell which version of software I'll need in order to get the much talked about Zen theme. (I have an 8703e)
4.I understand I'll need to upgrade the software and then download the theme. Is that correct?
5. Have oter users tried this process onthe 8703e and been successful? It's so new, I do't want to miss any important steps.

Thanks for your time all.

If you do this upgrade do you have to re-install any of the third party software? Do all of your Profiles such as ringtones etc stay the same as well?

Thanks!

to get zen on your verizon 8703e go to the 8700 sub-forum and find the thread named "Jini, we need the .alx for the 8703e" follow the instructions in post number 24 by jibi. worked for me.

sorry i would just post a link but i guess i cant until i reach 10 posts.

well if anyone figures out how to install zen without having a PC let me know (I have a mac)

When I did it, I did not have to reinstall any 3rd party software, as I upgraded the OS it reinstalled them for me.
And it kept all my contacts and ringtones.

For those asking about Zen for the 8703e, see this thread:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...?highlight=ZEN

oh yeah, about the previous posts about upgrading and noticing Signal or Volume changes:

I upgraded to the Bharti OS, and now in my house I always get 3 or 4 bars, always EDGE.
Before, on the T-Mobile OS, inside my house I would always get 1 to 3 bars, almost always GPRS. I used to only get EDGE when I went outside.
I have been testing this for several days now.
This OS has definitely made 2 significant changes:
1. My volume is louder (I had to reset the volume levels on my profiles because they were now TOO loud), and
2. My reception inside my house is better.

So for those of you who are noticing these same changes after upgrading, it's not your imagination.

Zen Rocks, how do I change the wallpaper on the Zen Themes,

go to your pictures and select 'set as backround'

I'm guessing i'm just doomed to not have Zen then, since I don't own a windows computer ??

I just installed ZEN on my 8700c and I LOVE IT ! Thanks for the instructions..they worked to the letter !

Until RIM makes a desktop software for mac, you're out of luck. Hopefully pocket mac will make this option available in future releases.

mecha, see this thread. zen ota.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...x-8703e-4.html

ZEN is the BOMB! Thank u for providing direct instrustions which were easy to follow.

NEWBIE QUESTION (YES, I have SEARCHED)...

I'm having a unique problem that seems not to appear anywhere. My phone works fine and I wanted the Zen theme, so I followed ALL of the instructions given (to the letter)...when the desktop manager begins the update, it gets FROZEN on "Wait for device initialization"...

it's been this way for like 2 hours...I'm afraid to unplug. SOMEBODY HELP!!!

8700g, T-Mobile

Edit: Nevermind. Figured it out.

Can anyone tell me if I can edit a theme. I want to change a few things from one i downloaded. thx.

Thanks so much to Seattle18 for this extremely helpful information!

I made a BB sized Batman background to match the very sleek looking PC wallpaper I found online if anyone wants to use it or if you'd like to add it to your gallery.:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...blackberry.jpg

I'm tried to download the Zen OS with the instructions from this post with no luck. Has anyone with a Sprint 8703e had any luck with downloading Zen? If so, please let me know how. Thanks......

Frank

Hi there,

I followed the instructions and have installed the Zen theme - everything worked great, but now I have a weird setup in my email accounts, once I've read a message, it now shows (-1) next to the account - it seems to only be the case with my bberry push mail account...

Also the unread messages symbol at the top of the screen only shows when the screen is locked; is this normal?

Has anybody seen either of these before? Any ideas?

Thx

Instructions were very easy to follow and worked the first attempt. Thanks for taking the time to write it out for everyone!

Any else notice the Bharti/T-Mobile link isn't working anymore (at the start of this thread)?

It's back up

Followed the steps precisely and everything goes well until I perform the update in step 8. When I try to update the system I get an Invalid Configuration Window. See attached image. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian

Got it figured out. Looks like I shouldn't have been doing the update at 0230... guess I forgot a step. Turns out I had two instances of the handheld software. Forgot to delete the original instance before installing the new.
Thanks for all the help here regardless.

Just got my 8700 an hour ago!!! Just did this, exactly as written, and worked great!!!

Wanted to thank you all for your time and input into this. I love this device. Makes me wonder why I had the 7290 for so long!!!

Thanks again!!!

Got the new bharti.. and it's workin great so far. I'm thinking of upgrading to that new 8703 software.. should I do it? or should I not? hahah.

I noticed that they have updated the firmware for Bharti to BlackBerry Handheld Software v4.1.0.466. Can/should I use this instead of 280?

Also I have Desktop Manager 4.2 installed. Will that work?

Regards,

Scott

The Zen is OK, but I'm REALLY diggin' the Vodafone Today theme. I've tried several times to start using the Zen theme since everyone seems to love it so much, but I keep on reverting back to Vodafone Today!

Puts all of my important info on the home screen, and looks nice and clean. Granted, I'm not thrilled about the colors, but the functionality (now that the mysterious SMS problem has disappeared) is fantastic.

I have an 8700g and put 4.1.0.309 on as my OS, and now need to un-do everything as that OS is intended for a 7105t. It played havoc with my network sporadically connecting to gprs and then edge and then losing connection entirely.

Is that link out of date for the 8700g OS?

Just wanted to thank everyone who posted the Zen theme instructions. It worked perfectly for me and I love the new look.

My only question is this: Is there a way to get new wallpaper pictures on the phone by sending them through the app loader or do you have to do it OTA.

Thanks

is "vodafone today" included in these themes?

How do you delete the Zen theme and go back to the original theme?

I keep having issues with the Zen theme so I'll just stick with the basic.

Just wanted to post that I was able to get the Zen theme working with no problems whatsoever on my 8700c. That is one kickass theme! Thanks a bunch Seattle for such a great step-by-step guide!

never mind,

I'm still yankin my hair out all night trying to get this damn Zen gig to work.

My phone is the Sprint 8703e.
I followed the first pages directions to the "T" and all I'm getting is an error stating that
I'm downgrading my software and it won't work.

I read this whole thing.....
blackberryforums.com/ringtones-themes-wallpaper-discussion/37436-vodafone-dimension-
today-themes-8700-only-download-installation-information.html
Am I supposed to have a different ALX file for Telstra to load properly here or what ?