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Originally Posted by JSanders

Thanks, it appears to be the same file we have listed in our Sticky Note at the top of this section. The M indicates the OS is multilanguage.

Appearances can be deceiving. Both are multilanguage.

The rim8830c.sfi files are different.

8830uAMEA_PBr4.5.0_rel201_PL3.4.0.28_A4.5.0.135_Sp rint.exe - 8830 rim8830.sfi 16,940,000 bytes

8830mAMEA_PBr4.5.0_rel201_PL3.4.0.28_A4.5.0.135.ex e - 8830m rim8830.sfi 16,948,752 bytes

Note that the hardware IDs are different. From Vendor.xml -

<vendor id="0x68" Name="Sprint">
<bundle id="System" version="4.5.0.201">
<devicehwid>0x04000E04 0x06000E04</devicehwid>
</bundle>

The quick and dirty test is to extract the files via an administrative install and use CFP to get the fileinfo.

cfp fileinfo rim8830c.sfi (from the 8830m package) yields:

OS Version:            3.4.0.28
    Hardware ID:       0x06000E04 RIM BlackBerry Device
    Metrics Version:   3.16
    FS Code Version:   10.0.0.0
    FAT Code Version:  2.14
    Package Version:   "3.4.0.28"
    Build Date:        Feb 09 2009
    Build Time:        01:17:03
    Build User:        absadmin
    SV Number:         20
    OS Address:        0x00040000-0x01069DEB
    App Start:         0x00ED5624

    RAM usage:         0x10000000-0x11041FD8
    IRAM End:          no IRAM!
    DSP ROM2 Address:  *not present*
    OS Extended Addr:  0x00000000
    LDR Blocks:        0x00194714

    API Checksum:      0x00000000
    JumpTable (<3):    0x000432C0
    JumpTable (>2):    0x00044AC8

    Radio Code:        Unknown radio code linked
    OS API Version:    96.0
    STP Protocol Ver:  5.90.4 (release OS)

cfp fileinfo rim8830c.sfi (from the 8830 package) yields:

OS Version:            3.4.0.28
    Hardware ID:       0x04000E04 RIM BlackBerry Device
    Metrics Version:   3.16
    FS Code Version:   10.0.0.0
    FAT Code Version:  2.14
    Package Version:   "3.4.0.28"
    Build Date:        Feb 09 2009
    Build Time:        01:37:12
    Build User:        absadmin
    SV Number:         20
    OS Address:        0x00040000-0x01067BBB
    App Start:         0x00ED33F8

    RAM usage:         0x10000000-0x11041FD8
    IRAM End:          no IRAM!
    DSP ROM2 Address:  *not present*
    OS Extended Addr:  0x00000000
    LDR Blocks:        0x00194710

    API Checksum:      0x00000000
    JumpTable (<3):    0x000432AC
    JumpTable (>2):    0x00044AB4

    Radio Code:        Eltron4 UOOS radio code linked
    OS API Version:    96.0
    STP Protocol Ver:  5.90.4 (release OS)

Clearly there is an 8830 hardware variant with its own OS build, and its now available for download.

sR