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Upgrade Your OS Via the Web: BlackBerry.com/upgrades

by Kevin Michaluk on 23 Sep 2008 12:04 PM
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OS 4.5 Upgrades Now Available from CrackBerry.com!

Update: HOOOOLLDDD your Horses. Don't get too excited clicking and hoping to update anything just yet. Apologies to the frustrated members of CrackBerry Nation who were excited to update to the latest release of OS 4.5 officially. Our buds over at BerryReview have summed up the situation nicely so I'll borrow from them on this:

Looks like the Web Upgrade for OS 4.5 we mentioned before is limited by your PIN # and its association with your carrier. If your carrier does not officially support OS 4.5 then this is useless. In essence this Web Based option just helps people to upgrade their OS officially. Talk about a letdown... 

To check if an OS upgrade is officially available for your device, go here: https://www.blackberry.com/hhupgrade/

For more info on this slightly messy information, click here. Sorry all... back to waiting! **

Been jonesing for OS4.5??? It looks like your day has "officially" come! RIM has made made OS4.5 BlackBerry device upgrades available via the web at blackberry.com/upgrades

Assuming you're using Internet Explorer (you'll need IE to get the ActiveX Control to work), just visit blackberry.com/upgrades and click the Upgrade button. Follow all of the instructions and you will soon have yourself the latest offical OS for your BlackBerryd device. I haven't had a chance to check into exactly what version of OS4.5 it will spit back yet (and whether or not all devices/carriers are supported), so if you give it a go be sure to report back in the comments with your findings and experiences.

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Posted by dasbeav Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

It looks like it's only released for "Blackberry." So far all the provider sites I've checked say 4.3 (for CDMA carriers) or 4.2 (for GSM carriers). Granted I haven't run through all of them yet....

 
 
Posted by lamonicaj Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

It's not available for Sprint

 
 
Posted by GlamSwagger Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Geez now I can be "official" I wonder if there is anything different from the french version that i downloaded months ago?

 
 
Posted by solnsusie Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I tryed to download the upgrade and it says that upgrade is finished, but when i check the phone there is still the same OS 4.2, any help please.....

 
 
Posted by okgrjba Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

what version is it? .55, .69?

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

the version i'm downloading to my 8120 right now is .55

 
 
Posted by okgrjba Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

really? i had nothing but problems with that version as a beta. hmm,,,decisions decisions.

 
 
Posted by SLVR6 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Tried it earlier like I was a BES user and entered my PIN. Not for you is what it said. I will try their little program and see what that rates.

 
 
Posted by Valace2 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

So will this upgrade work with the individual carriers? Verizon and AT&T and so on and so forth?
This would help ease the pain of having to wait for the frickin storm

 
 
Posted by David Guillaume Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Tried it on various devices, 8700, 8707, 8100, 8110 on O2 and Voda in the UK, only one is on 4.5 but they all said they were running the latest version, it didn't mention that one was on a BES

 
 
Posted by KillingWthASmile Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

No AT&T Love just yet.

 
 
Posted by nicroma Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Yep, I can confirm is does NOT work with AT&T. I tried and it tells me I am already running the latest software. I have a Curve running 4.2.

 
 
Posted by Digirati Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Argh! I'm getting so sick of AT&T being behind on everything. What about if my Curve is unlocked? Would upgrading the OS cause it to be locked back to AT&T whenever they get their heads out of you know where and offer the update.

 
 
Posted by h4x0rmx Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

The upgrade won't lock back your bb to AT&T as far as I can tell. I have an unlocked bb with a Tmobile SIM card, I upgraded it to 4.5.055 and it works perfect
(I didn't upgrade it through this page, though)

 
 
Posted by nickadelman Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Just tried updating my phone. Nuffin.

By the way, the updater has to be run in IE.

 
 
Posted by Valace2 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

All this bloody wait an no one can use the darn thing

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Its doesn't work on my Rogers 8310. I get a fatal error on their app screen when its verifying my OS and apps through my 8310.

 
 
Posted by RainerG Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I don't know about other carriers, but the Version on T-Mobile Germany's site is .69 (4.5.0.69_P2.7.0.72 to be precise).

 
 
Posted by RainerG Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

... this is for 8100/8110/8300/8310/8700/8800.

 
 
Posted by am24 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I think I may go cry now

 
 
Posted by Marty McFly Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

hahah!

but yeah, when will VZW get this rolled out? I'll probably have a Storm before my 8830 ever gets upgraded.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

woohoo!! to be official now. Sweet. Has anyone tried it for T-mobile?

 
 
Posted by bobs415 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Hasn't worked for T-Mo......yet!

 
 
Posted by tardman91 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

So will it work on a T-Mobile 8320? I can't really tell from the site and I dont't want to connect my phone to the computer to try it because I'm afraid of ruining it.

 
 
Posted by cr0bar Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

It kicked back 4.5.0.55 for me (which is the ver o2 UK have released on their site so i suppose it makes sense)

 
 
Posted by Dante44bx Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Why did I think it would work on Verizon. I followed all the steps, downloaded the Apps loader and it tells me that OS ver 4.3.0 is the latest version for my device. So just to let you know, If you have Verizon, Don't waste your time.

 
 
Posted by TyD Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

in news and rumors. so far no one has had it update. It will dl the application updater but then will say that you are running the current software...

 
 
Posted by Madtown Tim Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Just tried the app loader and I also got the "you are running the most current version..."

v.4.3.0.127

 
 
Posted by gabedamian Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

After going thru the entire process and being excited to upgarde to OS4.5 I was informed that my provider dosen't support 4.5 yet and was asked for my email address to notify me when tMobile would.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Just tried it with my T-Mobile 8320 Curve and it said I've got the latest version, and to give my email address to receive notification when there's an update. Dang! WTF is wrong with these carriers?

 
 
Posted by dasbeav Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Any word on what it does to a Sprint 8330? I've got 30 min before I can go check...

 
 
Posted by roboy02 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I have been waiting on the Bold for FOREVER and was hoping that 4.5 would at least hold me over til that comes out. But now I can't even get that, I'm totally bummed out now.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

All I get is a 500 Error

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

It would make sense to also put in your post that this update does not work on any carrier instead of getting millions of people all excited that they can finally have html e-mail...

 
 
Posted by dgglee Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

tried to update on my Rogers 8100 Pearl but the updater says I'm running the latest software v4.2.1.109

 
 
Posted by magikweis Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Here are the articles from RIM KB

Upgrade How-to
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/dynamickc.do?externalId=KB16068&sliceId=S...

Requirements
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/dynamickc.do?externalId=KB16069&sliceId=S...

 
 
Posted by cipher916 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

My Sprint-Nextel 8130 Pearl is still running 4.3.0.127 after attempting to upgrade. All I got was a request for my email address. Bummer...

 
 
Posted by raelssur Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

When I tried to upload this it told me that it is not compatible with T-Mobile

 
 
Posted by JennaNenna Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Ive never upgraded my OS before and only had my bb for three months - so Im almost certain this would be a result of my own personal error... right??

I clicked the linked, followed instructions, connected device - and I get an error message telling me Ive already installed the most recent software - but Im only running 4.3

Meh, I'll try again later.

 
 
Posted by cbs2669 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

"Here's something else that won't work"...should be the new slogan for RIM. They suck more than a Tijuana crack whore these days.

 
 
Posted by delikid Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Just tried on my 8330 as a sprint customer...

"BlackBerry® Device Software v4.5 is not supported by your wireless service provider."

yeah, big surprise there.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I have loaded this on my pearl and even though most of all works I still have issues with the GPS and errors. I cant afford to lose my phone unexpectedly so i downgraded until alltel can support this

 
 
Posted by HR Evangelist Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Would not work on t-mobile yet, so pissed!

 
 
Posted by dunn782 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Not AT&T, T-mob, Sprint, VZW, Rogers. I can only hope that the surfacing of the site means we'll be able to upgrade soon.

 
 
Posted by Tweet Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

how is this different from following the OS upgrade procedures in the forum? i did that a month ago and the version i have on my 8330 vzw curve is v4.5.0.56

 
 
Posted by pirate03 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I tried upgrading my 8830 (Alltel) and it indicated that i had the latest and greatest, even though the 8830 is listed as a compatible device.

Bummer...

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

I followed all the instructions and at the end of the application loader I got a fatal error. Now my blackberry screen is black and the blinker light is blinking red.
Tried a battery pull and nothing.
I HAVE NO PHONE NOW ! AHHHHHHHH

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

It's quite fixable, just google search "blackberry red light flashing black screen" and you will find your solution

 
 
Posted by a77boy Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

This is ridiculous

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1236 days ago

Will not update the 8120. A check on the RIM site states that "This upgrade is not supported by your carrier (T-Mobile, USA). Hey, T-Mobile what are you waiting for 5.0

 
 
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