[John Clark]

Originally Posted by Kousagi

The upgrade killed my Pearl, all it does is show the spinning hour glass after the OS was finished installing. Any suggestions?

Sounds like you disconnected it too early...did you remove the battery while it was initializing? it's posted in the first post that it can show that hourglass for up to 20 minutes at a time. Here is how to fix it if it doesn't come up eventually. Give it at least 30 minutes spinning before doing the following:

How do I wipe the BlackBerry using Jl Cmder? - BlackBerryFAQ

What to do next if Jl Cmder will not connect and wipe - BlackBerryFAQ

[rickdek]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Sounds like you disconnected it too early...did you remove the battery while it was initializing? it's posted in the first post that it can show that hourglass for up to 20 minutes at a time.

Yes same happened here. After about 20-30 minutes I was about to pull the battery when it finally initialized. after that it just went through.
So a simple advice, let it go for a while and never do it when you are in a hurry

Rick

[brianb7590]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8100/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

Shuffle feature in music player is something new to me....

[Manafa]

I did the upgrade and it was ok, but the same bug with the multitap. So, I try to reset the phone and now multitap work fine. I don't know how long it will work, because I mention that after every software update multitap work for some time, but after a while the bug appear again. This is my first time to reset the phone after update. Maybe this is the key to solve the problem. I used the program SoftReset to reset the phone. Maybe if you pull out the battery it will be the same effect.

[flamerbeastie]

Quick Question, Any word on A2DP support? I havent tried my Stereo Headset with this OS as they are in storage while I move.....

Any good news??????

<~~Crosses Fingers

[cdoggLBC]

Can someone test the SMS not queuing bug (i.e. no service = red X) when they install? Thanks.

[Kousagi]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Sounds like you disconnected it too early...did you remove the battery while it was initializing? it's posted in the first post that it can show that hourglass for up to 20 minutes at a time. Here is how to fix it if it doesn't come up eventually. Give it at least 30 minutes spinning before doing the following:

How do I wipe the BlackBerry using Jl Cmder? - BlackBerryFAQ

What to do next if Jl Cmder will not connect and wipe - BlackBerryFAQ

Ya, I was going to bed and after ten minutes reset the thing. Misread about the wait, so good ole user error wins out again. Currently reloading everything, only problem i had was the reinitialzation after the loading of software, it timed out. I put the battery back in and now is getting past that stage, the reinitialize after the loading of system software, not after the whole thing is done. So heres to hoping it works. I just got my BBP two days ago, I love it to death already, so I really hope I can fix my own blunder lol.

[evilcaptain]

Upgraded last night. Everything works fine so far. I use suretype. I did notice that the pearl responds a bit faster overall. I wonder if it is better os coding or possibly some overclocking.

[Kousagi]

And back up and running, thanks for the prompt 3 minute response that early, or late,

[ajs3898]

flawless yet again. seems to be pretty smooth.

[zimbu1234]

I think overall its faster, but like someone else said, I could just be thinking that as well.

The thing that always kills me about these upgrades is that why oh why don't they bring back the option to toggle between SureType and MultiTap using the * or SYM key???

That would make me super happy. Its such a small thing but it would mean so much!

[camaro322hp]

i never really sent MMS messages before, but i tried today to send 4 different MMS messages to 4 different numbers and they all failed to send. not sure if this is related to the upgrade or not....

[[IFC]Area51]

Originally Posted by John Clark

What bug? The doubling letters problem doesn't happen anymore on my device. I never use multitap but was well aware of the problem. Go to screen keyboard and change key rate to slow. Works fine for me.

I have tried that before and never did that make any change to the multitap issue. I guess maybe now with this upgrade it might actually work? let me go check! brb.

P.S. Didn't work!

Ok John Clark!, so you can see what we've been referring to.

Enable multitap then go compose an SMS message.

When on the typing field type: san francisco nice and fast you should have something like this san frabbcuusco.

Never has this happened to me before at the rate of speed i always write on multitap.

Over all this OS does seem more responsive and havent had a dropped call yet! " knocks on wood ".

[John Clark]

Ok, tried it again. For me, it only does it occasionally and only if I type it really fast. I can't even double tap anything that fast. If I go at a normal rate it works fine. I guess that's why I didn't notice it. It's much better than it was in previous versions.

[sowhynot]

Anyone know if this new OS allows stereo bluetooth headphones to work?

[John Clark]

Originally Posted by sowhynot

Anyone know if this new OS allows stereo bluetooth headphones to work?

Doubtful. Stereo bluetooth will likely be in future updates like 4.2.2 or 4.3.

[laurentio]

oh yeah!!!
without any doubt the best OS so far!
very fast.
thank you.

[morrow95]

Originally Posted by cdoggLBC

Can someone test the SMS not queuing bug (i.e. no service = red X) when they install? Thanks.

Happened to me this morning - text didnt send and the red x came up and had to resend. I REALLY like the queue feature on the original OS... hopefully this will be fixed down the road.

[cdoggLBC]

Originally Posted by morrow95

Happened to me this morning - text didnt send and the red x came up and had to resend. I REALLY like the queue feature on the original OS... hopefully this will be fixed down the road.

To me this is a killer feature. I won't be updating from 4.2.0.73 until this is fixed.

[dlpisgreat]

No dropped call yet. Received a call in a 1-2 bar area and it lasted for about 4.5 minutes. On .101, I would be lucky to get around 2 before it sounded like rushing air. Looks positive.