BlackBerry OS

BB OS Leaks: 5.0.0.190 for Bold and 8900 w/ threaded SMS; 5.0.0.154 for Storm 9530; OS 5.0.0.140 for Tour!

by Kevin Michaluk

on 26 Aug 2009 12:46 AM

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OS Leaks: Threaded SMS Now on BlackBerry!

Holy Geebus. Talk about leaky leaky. After OS 5.0.0.154 showed up in the forums for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 late last night, our pal TimBuk2 sent in some BlackBerry OS download links for the Tour, Bold and Curve 8900. For the Tour, version 5.0.0.140 is pretty old now and kinda buggy, but OS 5.0.0.190 is hot off the press for the Bold and 8900 and makes some jumps forward with OS 5.0 including the appearance of threaded SMS (as pictured above)!! Finally - a native threaded SMS client on BlackBerry! Tabbed browsing is gone (for now at least) in .190 but there's some other cool features too, like theme previews upon downloading and a few other tweaks (just installed an am playing with it now)! Be sure to visit the Storm OS forum and Beta OS forum (for all other devices) for the details on all of these versions.

*OS Disclaimer - This is an unofficial release. If you choose to install, do so at your own risk and only if you're comfortable in the process of upgrading and downgrading your device software. It is quite normal during operating system development for certain features to be crippled or disabled while others are tested, and these beta builds often reflect that. They are not always better. Depending on your BlackBerry comfort level, it may be best for you to wait for community feedback on a build before deciding to download and install for yourself or simply wait for the next official release. If you require support, you will find it in our CrackBerry forums via our extremely knowledgeable community base - do not contact your carrier or RIM for Beta OS technical support (their first course of action will be to advise you to downgrade to a supported OS). Follow the links below for more information and instructions. *

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124 Comments

Posted by Snipes Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

I just downgraded from .100 a few hours ago! WELP... back to the DM... lol.

Posted by driphter Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Our stock OS is super buggy and slow. Why upgrade to 5.0 to take on additional bugs and slowness. Want an udated OS? Use Irtehun's Hybrid. It's really solid. No Memory Leaks. Super Fast and no wierdness. Just my 2cents

Posted by salanester Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Finally!

Posted by piper975 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

When is a leaked version of 5.0 going to drop for the 8350i ???

Posted by cenloe Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

So im confused, .140 for the Tour is buggy but .190 has threaded SMS? Why the link for .140 then?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

.140 is for the Tour.

.190 is for the Bold & 8900. There isn't a .190 for Tour to install yet...

Posted by brucegolfnut Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Cant wait to load to my Tour and Curve 89000!

Posted by brucegolfnut Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

ok, 4th

Posted by gbeebe Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

I'm so excited for threaded SMS... Oh god.. Haha

Posted by lovelo Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

im excited! i cant wait to try it. ive been waiting for months! :)

Posted by divincenzo Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

should we wait for a hybrid with the tour os?

Posted by mad_vtak Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Would there be a way to extract the treaded sms and incorp. that into the current OS?

Like how BBM5 was.

Posted by amirnabilkamelsaad Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Finally AT&T releases the latest OS and now a new Beta comes out the same day.
I believe I'll pass the update for this time but it would be really nice if someone could figure out if all the software works (IMs, facebook, google voice/sync/maps...etc) on it.
Cheers..:D

Posted by rosalesj Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

cool was looking for an upgrade for my bold

Posted by TallyHo Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Apparently FB does not work :( Here's to hoping someone leaks the new version of BBM with the threaded text :) Come on, you know you want to!!

Posted by lovelo Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

bbm 5.0 has been leaked. ive had it for months. search around and find the link

Posted by vladdyworld Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

wow. looks like the 8330 really is left in the dust these days... :(

Posted by delikid Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Yeah, I was just gonna comment on that. The damn vendors keep coming out with new phone, and the carriers lock us into frickin long a@@ contracts that we can get out of to get the newer phones... OH, unless you wanna pay $500 for the newest phone... sucks.

Posted by arekieh Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

omg, when is os 5.0 actually gonna be released? like officially? any eta's? that is gonna be sweet when it does.

Posted by ntensive Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Can someone let me know how its working for the Curve 8900? Cons?

Posted by rosho Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

there is no bbm 5.O with this one. and facebook nor the app world for that matter works with it

Posted by iLovemy_bb Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 890 days ago

It is working fine for the Curve 8900, it took me about 2 hours to download and I had to disconnect it from my comp to finish it. You may loose all of your info when you finish but if you go back to DM then you can put the backed up info back on there and it's smooth sailing. I have it on mine and I'm in love with the new threaded sms and the cool way you can customize everything, you can even go from Zen to Today style Precision themes, yourself.

Posted by noto220 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

installing now, is .190 only for threaded does .140 contain threaded also?

Posted by robotaholic Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

I just downgraded my blackberry messenger 5.0 due to having to readd my contacts who are on my list everytime I want to talk to them- like they'll be on my list and when I send someone a message it says I need to readd them and then they're pending authorization, then they're added and we can talk, then the next day it starts again- I send someone a message and I get the readd prompt again- over and over- and now that I'm back to regular bbm, there is the whole os 5.0 for my phone lol - how ironic

anyway, threaded sms, wow, who uses sms anymore? after I discovered bbm, sms seems so prehistoric lol and all my friends have blackberrys so forget sms lol

what really are the other new features besides threaded sms or memory statistics or whatever? a loading screen progress bar? there has to be something more... (i guess the regular os has so many features that there aren't really any more to put on there)

Posted by cloudwarz01 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

you can now uninstall apps without going into options. Just highlight the app, hit bb button and Delete, WOWzer! tabbed browsing, bettering sound profile management over the previous OS(for the storm atleast) a native today screen.. just get it, you'll love it. besides telling you everything it can do takes away from the fun.

Posted by bbeezy Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

so it DOES have tabbed browsing?

Posted by victorythagr8 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

What phone did you own in the past because my Storm had that option from the start.

Posted by iLovemy_bb Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 890 days ago

my BB Curve 8900 has been doing that forever...

Posted by cloudwarz01 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

also there Tasks, memopad, documents to go and the other frills are now available(on the 9530 atleast) whereas with .140 on the 9530 they were not supported.

My apologies. tabbed browsing is not supported. stick with what the man says, he knows.

Posted by lovelo Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

seriously? not everyone has a blackberry. so almost everyone accept the 5 ppl i know who r on my list still use sms. bbm i would prefer though, if more of my friends had bb's

Posted by connorcorneil Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

wish they had one for the older curve or at least the threaded sms!

Posted by cloudwarz01 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

love staying up late updating my Berrys, all 3 of them...

Posted by nikkie Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Just please don't call us (the carriers) when it causes issues.

Also remember what happened a few weeks ago with the leak of bbim 5.0, it crashed the system. Lets not let that happen again.

Posted by trev9065 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

i cant wait to try this out for my bold! I'm downloading now, will update soon.

Posted by clarkkentsm Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

i downloaded the old 5.0 os buti had to downgrade again. Can someone play around and let me know some problem kinks before i download....ie facebook?

Posted by jwilliams Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

No love for the 8300's I know the hardware is limited but it doesn't seem like much to ask for a clock/timer and threaded SMS.

Posted by bbeezy Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

now, WHY......(frustration)....out of all things, would they leave out tabbed browsing?<-------- (rhetorical question) that was the seller for me. no tabbed browsing, no deal. what could they have added that was better than tabbed browsing? is it a front facing camera?

Posted by sibbe Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

I can't wait to get this on my Pearl 8110!

Posted by clexman Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Yessss Cant wait to see what happens

Posted by BlameMyEquilibrium Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

I know how tempting it may be to want to upgrade to 5.0 for the Tour but, it's best to just wait. There's nothing noticeably different at all, besides the loading screen in fact, it actually takes away from 4.7. Just wait. I'm going back to 4.7. Just trying to help.

Posted by ladiablita20 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

DONT DO IT....

Posted by ladiablita20 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

PLEASE DONT DO IT IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR BLACKBERRY

Posted by dphorgan2 Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

Why? Because you don't know what YOU are doing?

Posted by rosho Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 891 days ago

None of my favorite apps work on it.. Facebook App World.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... but I am anxious for the official.. Internet loading is super fast.