[dunkley]

I had a very weird thing happen to my blackberry a few days after I loaded 0.69

The majority of my buttons were remapped to different combinations of letters. For example when I press my green "Call" button it would type out the characters "yi" and when I pressed the space button it would type "nm". Only about half the buttons worked as they should.

I fixed it by reloading my previous backup.

[rivviepop]

I took the plunge this morning, two things of note: this OS "fixes" my device not charging under Fedora 9, it now works perfectly - the other is that the SyncJe 3.0.0 beta client works great.

I took the safe route and wiped my device and only restored trivial items (Browser Bookmarks, etc.) and no other data, reinstalling and reconfiguring all 3rd party apps by hand.

[John Clark]

At least you're not cursing me for pushing you into the upgrade!

[NJBlackBerry]

Originally Posted by John Clark

At least you're not cursing me for pushing you into the upgrade!

Day's not over yet.

[hyperj]

i seem to be having a problem with .69 that's strange....
every now and them my radio will not connect? usually when i come out of an
area with no coverage ( i work in the lower level of a building with poor
coverage even with wifi ) if i power cycle my curve 8320 it comes back?
it's a little annoying not worth scraping the upgrade though.

anyone else having this happen?

[John Clark]

Usually you can just turn off the mobile network and then turn it back on.

[rivviepop]

Originally Posted by John Clark

At least you're not cursing me for pushing you into the upgrade!

I gotta say, Docs2Go is one robust app. I've thrown a huge spreadsheet at it and it can correctly find the data in the right column on row 7438 of the document - takes awhile, but it does the job. I've thrown the full doc of TCPIP Illustrated Vol 1 at it (~500pp) and it rocked that book. It has a few problems with more graphic intense docs (it goes ugly on the USPSA and IDPA rulebooks/handbooks) and those with intense formatting (like Scott Sigler's 'Infected'). It's handling Cory Doctorow's Little Brother like a champ however! Even has bookmark support which is nice.

But I digress. I started out with some 26meg free after the fresh OS install, I'm down to 16meg free already. Kickin strong though, no weird problems and quite snappy. I can't stand the new bold header on unread emails/sms however, it's horrible looking with the standard BBMilliBank Tall font. Craptastic!

(that 2-line address book needs to go as well, what a waste of space - bad UI choice, RIM)

[John Clark]

Try the alpha sans fonts....very nice. IMO, the best part of the 4.5 upgrade. The 8700 didn't get those.

You get used to the two line address book.

[dentalrep]

Originally Posted by dentalrep

When I sync with Outlook it only carries over the appointments from my default email. SO I have a complete schedule on my Blackberry and an incomplete schedule on my Outlook Calendar.

Any fix for this?

If I do this will appointments from both email addresses carry over to my Outlook calendar?

[jclem65]

thankyou john, that is easyer them powering down the device....

[infernox]

Does this version fix the BB Messenger contact reset bug? Been looking for a resolution to it. If I just install the new BB Messengers files from this beta, will it work or is the BBM OS specific? I am running a 8300 on 4.5.0.55.

[jamexman]

Originally Posted by infernox

Does this version fix the BB Messenger contact reset bug? Been looking for a resolution to it. If I just install the new BB Messengers files from this beta, will it work or is the BBM OS specific? I am running a 8300 on 4.5.0.55.

Nope, it doesn't, I'm having the same issue. Only happens if I reset the phone.

[hotburnttoast]

I find battery life sucks with this build, especially with bluetooth on, I cant seem to make it a full day with a battery. And no I am not on the phone all the time. UMA is buggy as well, cant seem to hold a stable connection

[John Clark]

This build is better than .55

Are you using wifi all day?

[hotburnttoast]

Yes I am connected to WiFi about 90% of the day

[John Clark]

Do you know what settings are on the router you're using? When I set my Beacon Interval to 50 (as suggested in the FAQ) my battery gets hit very hard. When I set it back to 100 (default) my battery does pretty well.

[ricpac]

I'm finally within distance of a Windows PC; I'm still in the process of upgrading. Well, good luck to me.

EDIT: Boy was I surprised too when I was able to find a copy on the web as most of the links weren't working or have already been taken down

[ricpac]

Upgraded. Done. Wi-Fi's pretty fassttt! I'm gonna love this. The last OS I had before this was .52! I'm always late

[rachamphetamine]

Ooh, I need to convince my roommate to let me steal her computer for an hour or two to test this one out..

[ricpac]

One hour would be enough racha!