on 6 Feb 2010 10:13 AM
Alright, this is kinda getting out of hand now. Alltel has finally released OS 5.0.0.419 for the BlackBerry Tour and while people are grabbing that up, Verizon users are still waiting to get their official release. I suppose we could all take it as a good sign that the Verizon-acquired company has got the release but really? Why not just roll it out across both carriers?
Boost is the bastard child of Sprint/Nextel and they launched the 8330 with OS 5.0 on it while Sprint users are still pissing into the wind waiting for their update.
Although Sprint has not been faithful; Crackberry has been with continual OS updates via leaks and other carriers officials which are a piece of cake to install via the instructions provided here on Crackberry.com in the how-to section of the forums. Keep waiting your only making your own hair turn gray. Oh well and the hair of those around you as well. So be nice to yourself and your neighbors co-workers and friends by updating your Blackberry's OS at once! Don't delay you won't regret it.
Come on Verizon you would think that boasting being the nations best carrier you would release the best stuff I've had 5.0on my tour for weeks now. I'm nothing but pleased. Verizon what are you waiting for?????
Hopefully , this means 5.0 will come to VZW real soon...followed by the Tour9650!
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna jump off the vzw ship when my contract is expired. My Tour is unlocked, I see no reason to stay. My expierience with their CS has been less than stellar, and this withholding of the OS isn't helping. With their well funded and huge testing and dev dept size, I'm sure they finished certifying 419 long ago. This is just silly now.
Unless they Didn't certify it for some reason, and have another build up their sleeve. They'll look pretty silly if they don't, but they've been there before too.
Why does this site constantly comment about Verizon as if Sprint dosen't exist? Somebody in Verizons pocket? We're waiting too.
I'm with you on this one!
agree......
as of Jan 9th the purchase was completed. But per an LA Times article I read (link below), VZW will keep using the Alltel name for next few months, and start the re-branding process from Alltel to VZW in the 2nd quarter of this year.
So essentially what it amounts to is similar to a subsidiary getting the upgrade before the parent company. Kind of bassackwards, and a tidbit that makes it newsworthy.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/01/verizon-alltel.html
Yeah, show us Sprint customers some luv too!
Sprint Navigation and Sprint TV are working fine... Strange I saw so many people saying Sprint TV doesn't work with .419. Its working great for me better than ever before. Oh and if your on the dreadful 4.7 you should definitely upgrade without giving it a second thought. That goes for all Tour 9630 owners! Upgrade Now! Or else! =)
I talked to somebody from sprint last week and I told him about boost 8330 with 5.0 he said boost can't have a blackberry called that its sprint branded I told you know sprint owns boost right he was like I have to look in to that I was trying to find out when is the tour getting the update they don't know anything where do they find people like this its crazy
Great story tell it again.
PS- PUNCTUATION IS YOUR FRIEND! JEEZ!
What's really crazy is trying to figure out what you posted. It's not making any sense due to a severe lack of punctuations. Come on, buddy. Try it again.
i worked for sprint up till a few months ago, and i am confused as how they would call the Boost phone an 8330 as well, but upon doing some research it does indeed look like a phone that is to be coming out(originally slated looked like for january 14th, but nothing yet). so everything makes sense, as im sure Sprint will release their 5.0 software for their blackberries before/when boost comes out with their version of the blackberry. Boost is a pre-paid divison of Nextel, therefore it is only logical Sprint would not fall behind their own pre-paid section for updates. --and on a sidenote, i am personally ticked off at the fact that 5.0 has yet to be released. my main thing im looking forward to is TRUE threaded text messaging. and as I got a taste of a beta version of 5.0(threaded texting seems to go just as BBM is), there were too many small glitches here and there that made me revert back to the legit 4.7.. please, RIM, Sprint, PLEASE release 5.0, im sick of having to scroll through a million texts, or constantly use the search function to isolate a persons texts :P
Verizon has the best network and I've been a BB customer for 11 years...but they ALWAYS rollout their updates late...ALWAYS!!! Why would this one be any different?
honestly you would think verizon would get it before alltel. but i think its coming on monday.
I won't hold my breath, Verizon seems to be behind the 8 ball on a lot of things. I will give them credit for a stable fast network with good service in my area, but other then that they always seem to be the last to get what was new 6 months ago both hardware and software wise.
Any news on when sprint will release the update? There is really no excuse fro Sprint or Verizon to be so late in releasing this
When they release it I hope it is a later release that functions properly on ALL levels.
Man. I'm all for waiting if it means less issues and bugs. But this is getting a little crazy now.
All I can say is Wow.
While the description is correct that this is the 419, the link states 416... small detail. Probably just a typo?
This official Alltel release actually fixes the pic resizing problem that Alltel users were experiencing with all the 5.0 beta releases.
Didnt Verizon do this with the Storms. Once Storm 2 was released they also released the 5.0 for the Storm 1. Effectively diminishing some of the "reliability" advantages of upgrading to the Storm 2.
First they said the BB Tour 9650 was going to be released on Feb.3 ...NO WORD..now this...Why is RIM playing these games and WTH is VZW waiting for?!!!!
I'm still optimisticly waiting for the 9650.
Who is this "they" that said it was coming February 3rd? Verizon hasn't ever said it was coming February 3rd, let alone acknowledge the device even exists.
Being an Alltel customer is awesome...at least for a day.
Verizon didn't buy all the Alltel stores, just most of them. There are some stores that stayed Alltel, and, in my area of South Georgia anyway, their commercials are still pretty prevalent on TV (with Chad, ugh). The remaining Alltel stores were supposed to be purchased by another company, and the brand gone for good, but apparently the sale didn't go through, or it hasn't yet.
This update is probably for the customers who are still separate Alltel, not Verizon/Alltel.
Verizon didn't take over in Colorado where I am and Alltel is still operating/advertising independently.
It's a divested market as per regulated by the FCC..technically, VZW could own them but the FCC mandated it was too much for VZW to control. So seperate as they may be, they still have a controlling interest and could oversee something as dumb as an OS release. Considering it's network sharing capabilities one OS on the other could clearly be approved.
What? This is wrong on so many levels. Technically, no; VZW couldn't own them because in divested areas (like mine) VZW would have had a monopoly with Alltel being the only other carrier. VZW also does NOT have a controlling interest in the divested markets. These markets were placed in a trust and must operate as a separate company. By law, VZW can have nothing to do with the divested markets. The only thing they could do is decide who to sell the markets to; which they already have.
That doesn't surprise me that verizon is taking forever on releasing the 5.0 for the tour beause they have always been for the best coverage and suppport not much else. let's see if they release it this year
I just installed this on my Sprint Tour this morning.
So far, (KNOCK ON WOOD!) everything seems great.
If I recall, Sprint TV doesn't work properly on this build... so we Sprint customers will probably have to wait until a new build is released. Hopefully it will have a better radio than .419, too.
it doesnt make sense that the 2 biggest carriers are BSin...they have to be next though because I don't think there are anymore carriers left...lol
my bad let me re word that the 2 biggest carriers with the Tour that is...
You need to get your SH*T together, I'm getting sick of waiting for you be the last carrier to release an official 5.0 OS for the Tour. A relatively small company you own released it before you did? WTF?
Well, if it ever gets to Verizon- sorry for asking, but what will 5.0 get me? What are the upgrades?
If you want 419 or 5.0 in general, just install one of these! Its not going to be ANY different than if your carrier releases it. If your not running 5.0 its not your carriers fault at this point, its not RIMs its yours.
Cheers
I installed this release to my VZW 9630 via App Loader & everything is A-OK.
Only one minor issue - BB Messenger was lost somehow. No biggie, just downloaded from the BBM OTA site and all is good!!
Not sure there is any reason to wait for VZW to release....
If you are a VZW customer and want to do this - be sure to delete the Vendor.XML file after running the .exe
- - jnn
for all of you waiting for official carrier releases. it's probably gonna be a cold day in hell if it ever happens. LOL
just grab what's out there. it really don't matter what carrier releases. it's ALL the same stuff.
if your not running it by now. the only person to blame is yourself.
RIMM released 5.0 back in june.
some carriers probably have no desire of releasing it. they're in the bussiness of selling phones. not software.
This may be true but it would be in the best interest of the carrier to give the customer the most up to date software possible for their devices so that customer doesn't get pissed off and move to a different carrier. It doesn't matter how many phones a rep tries to sell me, if I'm not happy with my device, service or CS then I'm gone. And not releasing OS updates isn't good CS...I understand that VZW has probably got something up their sleeves and are not going to release .419 but damn.
One issue i have found so far is that Rhapsody doesn't work with this release. maybe they are looking for a fix first...
Downloaded the file and installed. Removed the vendor files. It shows up in desktop manager with a star next to it. But when I select the upgrade it checks and says no update need. I need some help on how to get it installed. Thanks
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