[TXLady]

Painless update. Have not noticed anything new yet except I did not have to re-register docs to go to retain the xls (was still there after upgrade). Reloaded everything flawlessly.

[bluejacket]

Originally Posted by DrMoze

Or better yet, not claim this at all. How can you tell that the battery life is better within a day or 2 of installing a new OS? There are also many variables that affect battery life, including usage of various apps/functions, where your BB is (searching for signals, etc.) and the like.

Nevertheless, EVERY new OS release (beta or official) will always be accompanied by gushing reports that "everything is so much FASTER!" and battery life is "WAY BETTER!" Take these reports with a grain of salt. Aside from very early device OS upgrades, pretty much every OS I've installed shows, at best, marginal improvements in speed and/or battery life. Often there is no real discernible difference. (Sometimes connectivity or wifi/network switching seems better, though).

The first time I upgraded my OS from the factory settings, the battery usage was massively improved, but I only noticed this as it had been previously very poor. I'd be hard-pressed to notice any change now.

[rifleman]

Form 206 to this build, the battery life is significantly improved. At the endo of the day, used to have less than 1/4 left, not I have more than half. I'd say that this build is a MUST.

[ChumsGum]

painless upgrade so far. many of my 3rd party setting like opera mini and pandora carried over while settings for bbweather and slacker did not, not a big deal

woohoo, can't wait to get the gazillion hours of battery life!

[raygnlz]

Has anyone noticed the call log is slightly different? I am longer getting the in, out, and missed call icons next to the contacts name.

[bluejacket]

Oooh, this seems to upgrade blackberry messenger and fix the myver error. The correct OS version is now displayed.

[mattyass]

Anybody else having problems opening wav attachments? I'm getting "conversion failed" after updating.

[kd78]

Anyone notice any changes with UMA/GPS reliability? Does GPS come up quickly? Does UMA handoff work pretty well in this release?

I am installing now and will post what I find on these two topics.

[wolfgaze]

What's the verdict on battery life with this release compared to .206???

[ChumsGum]

so i upgraded from the factory 114 and have to say the battery and performance increases are greatly exaggerated. standby and talktime improve slightly but battery drain heavy apps like pandora don't. it maybe a tad snappier all around but it's really not noticeable. every user is different but in my opinion, upgrading, in general, isn't worth it. wait for the official 5.0 OS update i say.

[bluejacket]

Originally Posted by wolfgaze

What's the verdict on battery life with this release compared to .206???

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ml#post1387571

Originally Posted by ChumsGum

so i upgraded from the factory 114 and have to say the battery and performance increases are greatly exaggerated. standby and talktime improve slightly but battery drain heavy apps like pandora don't. it maybe a tad snappier all around but it's really not noticeable. every user is different but in my opinion, upgrading, in general, isn't worth it. wait for the official 5.0 OS update i say.

Considering I previously wasn't using any battery intensive apps, and battery was going down 80% in a day, and now it goes down about 15% I'd say it was a marked improvement. It seems strange that you'd discourage upgrading to point releases. There may be other fixes, for security or stability, or usability (like that nice holding down the menu button trick). It's a little arbitrary to say people should wait til 5.0.

[TXLady]

Originally Posted by raygnlz

Has anyone noticed the call log is slightly different? I am longer getting the in, out, and missed call icons next to the contacts name.

I still have the icons in the call log.

[SilvioD]

is anybody getting a lag when the someone calls them... my phone screen lags and i feel like i have to hit the button twice for it to register

[Starchest]

Better battery life, but now when I press the green button to get a call it takes like 2 seconds to open the call. Impressively annoying.

[jirelok]

I would have to agree with the answered call lag. It takes a couple seconds for the call status to move from "Calling" to "Connected" after pressing the green answer button. Quite annoying indeed.

[PressureDrop]

Originally Posted by kd78

Anyone notice any changes with UMA/GPS reliability? Does GPS come up quickly? Does UMA handoff work pretty well in this release?

I am installing now and will post what I find on these two topics.

I was getting dropped UMA calls about 75% of the time. I have had none since I upgraded. Battery life is a little better too

[crossbearer]

Hi All,
New to thread and to blackberry. I had a Pharos M619 (Blackbrick) not your daddy's blackberry that's for sure. lol I am loving my 8900 even though it was a struggle to give up Win Mobile 6.1. However, the functionality of the blackberry has really impressed me and the form factor doesn't even compare. Downloading the upgrade now and if it improves my blackberry then I will be a real happy camper.

Update went smooth, considering I had one file from BB Messenger that wouldn't restore. Other than that I will have to put it through the test and see how it performs. So far a little slow, maybe another reboot will help.

[RadHaz75]

this is available for download on AT&T's site now as well (though i still haven't gotten mine that i was promised from their WES party)

[bryanus]

I recently updated to .206 (previous verison), and noticed that the notification volumes were much louder than before.

In fact, I couldn't hear an audible difference between a notification set to "Low" vs "Medium"; it's the same volume.

Can anyone with this update tell me if "Low" is in fact "Low" and not the same as "Medium" for say, "Classic Phone" ring tone?

My Quiet profile I use for the office is now waaay too loud!

[Godzilla07]

What are the improvements of .231 over .206? Is there improved battery life? How's UMA on this build?