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You have an 8830, correct? Your profile shows your carrier as T-Mobile, the 8830 will not work with T-Mobile. Please correct your profile to avoid confusion on future posts.
Follow these steps to the letter and be patient.
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ilanguage.html
This should fix you up. Do this from your Windows machine. You do not need DM to load the new OS. Just follow the directions as stated. Take your time and don't try to take shortcuts or skip any steps.