[juan06nice]

Originally Posted by juan06nice

Hi everybody.

I come from France and i'm the owner of a great Pearl. My problem is that my vendor has only released the oldest firmware you can find for this phone. I'm presently working on 4.2.0.51....
So, I would like to know if installing the version you propose is possible with a French provider and if it will not affect my communications (as our networks are not really the same i think). Please note that my phone is locked (SFR enterprises).
I hope your version fixes these ****ing errors that sometime erases my mails with no reason, do not react normally when i try to answer a call (and so destroy my ears !) or show bad pictures of my correspondants during a call.

Waiting for your answers. Many thx.

No answer ?

[pengy]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Not necessarily. Do you have a specific Blackberry Data Plan? It usually runs $20 per month. No BB data plan, no BBMaps.

ok then i guessi don't have it BB data plan then...thx for your help though

[laurentio]

the only bug i have notice so for is that sometimes when i get a call it doesn't display on the phone. it is buzzing/vibrating and ringing but it doesn't show anything on the screen. if i press the green button i can take the call and if i look at the screen while the call is still on it shows that there is no call.
strange...

[nrk]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Not necessarily. Do you have a specific Blackberry Data Plan? It usually runs $20 per month. No BB data plan, no BBMaps.

I think we can use the BBMaps whenever you get at least the "gprs" (lower case) signal. I don't have the BB data plan, but I subscribe grps service with my local mobile provide (Viettel) and the BBMaps just works fine.

[dwc]

Asked on page 5, but got no response. Any way to "preserve" the yahoo messenger? Every time I upgrade the process removes the app and I have to go back and find it and install it again via the web. Just hoping someone knew how to work around that:

Unrecognized modules that will be removed:
net_rim_yahoo_messenger
net_rim_bb_qm_yahoo_resource_en
net_rim_bb_qm_lib

[John Clark]

Originally Posted by nrk

I think we can use the BBMaps whenever you get at least the "gprs" (lower case) signal. I don't have the BB data plan, but I subscribe grps service with my local mobile provide (Viettel) and the BBMaps just works fine.

It is possible but results vary. To set up this way you'll need your APN settings for your carrier.

You can find them here:

Carrier specific APN/TCP settings - BlackBerryFAQ

[firstrebel]

The current approved UK O2 version is 4.2.1.93 and I am not too pleased. I don't use Suretype I use the double tap and I get lots of spelling errors. For example, double tap D/F to get 'f' and you get 'dd'.

Bob

[ziggy3055]

Originally Posted by chadmd23

I can't find the goofy tmo myfav icons I used to have. Like I used a cartoon pic of the house for a home phone number.

yep same here i lost all the pre-loaded myfaves pictures when i upgraded

[mr.green96]

Does anyone know of a way to up date the pearl software via a mac?

[John Clark]

mr. green,
Your question has been asked and answered many times on this forum. You can't do OS upgrades with a mac unless you have a way of running windows on your mac. You need a PC. Check out our Mac Users Corner forum for more info on using mac with the Blackberry.

[juan06nice]

I would like to know if installing the version you propose is possible with a French provider and if it will not affect my communications (as our networks are not really the same i think). Please note that my phone is locked (SFR enterprises).

[John Clark]

Yes, it will work.

[ssnxp]

Is the letter doulbing problem still showing up in the new OS?

I know that it shows up in the phone app, but does the multitap still double up in other things, say, SMS composing?

[chadmd23]

Originally Posted by ziggy3055

yep same here i lost all the pre-loaded myfaves pictures when i upgraded

Mine are back now. Maybe they come over in a service book?

[absoluteevel]

I noticed that if I get an SMS (have not tried other message types) and wait for 15-20 minutes without checking it, the blinking LED changes from RED back to GREEN. At this point, if I pick up the phone, there is still a new message indicator on the screen, and the message is still indicated as new, just the LED had changed what it is displaying.

[catwoman66]

Originally Posted by juan06nice

No answer ?

hi, you should be able to download any other carriers firmware, they do it all the time here in Italy with no problem, can't your customer care confirm that? cat

[juan06nice]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Yes, it will work.

Thanks

[juan06nice]

Originally Posted by catwoman66

hi, you should be able to download any other carriers firmware, they do it all the time here in Italy with no problem, can't your customer care confirm that? cat

I think you have never called a french hotline... They don't know what they talk about. They don't even know what a blackberry is. I have paid a lot to contact unskilled people before giving up.

[n0tad00d]

Originally Posted by skalover89

Is the dropped call issue fixed?

Nope, not fixed, I had to downgrade. Again.

[caruso81]

Originally Posted by ScottGB24

Has anyone else noticed a bad slow down with this newest version from AT&T?

Could be the usual lag upon rebooting...but I've noticed a bad lag in the ALT-SYM sequence. Easily 3 seconds before the symbols come up.