Leaked: OS 5.0.0.303 For The BlackBerry Tour 9630

on 12 Dec 2009 02:11 PM

Well, it's been a while since the BlackBerry Tour 9630 had a leak so here it is. This has been floating around for a while now and let me just say when other devices are well into the .4xx it's probably best you skip over this one. It took this long to show up for a reason, the reports are the radio is bad in this one meaning you likely will have connection problems if loaded. Either way, I'm sure some of you will still check it out, worst case just downgrade again. Don't forget to back up your device.

*OS Disclaimer - Please Read: Keep in mind this is NOT an official release and as such is not supported by RIM or your Carrier. 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. *

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: BlackBerry Tour 9630

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Posted by DanielVox Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

There you go . . . LOL Yay Tour People !

Now will everyone stop asking for leaks.. face it .. old phone means you don't get new Software … hahaha

Posted by cenloe Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Grow a brain fool. It's about time we get a OS leak and when we do, its radio is bad?? Seems we get shafted once again.

Posted by r3g Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Don't take the internet so seriously lol..

Posted by SueyChoy Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Gratz to the tour people!!
Now how about the 9530 Love?

Posted by Kirblar Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I know right

Posted by shooptek Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Fork.

Still waiting for an official release...

Posted by stillborn86 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Why does this link say it's for the BlackBerry Bold 9630?

Posted by Bla1ze Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

You have an overactive imagination, lol? :P

Posted by stillborn86 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

They JUST changed it! Those tricky b@st@rds! It said there was a "Tour 9630" leak in the banner, but the link below for the download said to click to download the "BlackBerry Bold 9630" leak. It was a little odd since I didn't know (at first) which device the leak was for.

I wouldn't have been surprised if the Bold got another leak...

Posted by BBlover4life Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

about time eh?
now you can sell it with 5.0 and buy a real phone. Like a Bold 9700 :P :P

Posted by JustinD2473 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

the tour has had 5.0 versions for longer than the 9700 has exsisted. 230 was a pretty solid build, tour owners just want something newer.

Posted by stillborn86 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

10char

Posted by PDM Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I imagine this will only be the start of alot of whinging about the OS...

Hey, at least they'll have something new to complain about... :)

Posted by ryanbg Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I give up. I lost all hope...

Posted by xxDruMMer BoYxx Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Why so much bashing on the Tour Os's. I dont understand. We havent had alot of leaks, wouldnt you do a little complaining yourself? The Bold 9700 is a good phone, but so is the Tour. Like ive said, unfortunately, 5.0 os wont come out till the Tour 2 comes out, just like they did for the Storm>

Posted by automan69 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I have read all over the web sites that this a bad bad os. I wouldn't install it. This should have not be leaked out. Personally I can wait for official os from RIM. Good luck for those that can't wait.

Posted by mjbesen310 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

dont install this leak Tour owners... the radio is the main fuction of the phone, without it, we have ourselves a nice paperweight

Posted by stillborn86 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

What? What do you mean by this post?

Posted by stillborn86 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'm reading the thread on this leak and I understand.

This sucks. I was fine with my version of .230 on my Tour, but now, in the light of a new leak, I want something different! FML.

Posted by skyboxer Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

So this would be good for Sprint Tour owners then? :)
I loved that commercial!

I dunno why someone would risk their job leaking a bad OS.

Posted by Jonezed7 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'm pretty happy with my .230 leak. I'll just wait for an official I guess....

Posted by Suillira Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'll hold on to the .230 for a little while longer.....

Posted by rmingram Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I have a storm 2 and I'm so happy for you Tour people, lol. Happy flashing people.

Posted by ChiWo Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

We waited forever for a new leak and it's a bad leak...

Posted by sixxpak56 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

why they releasing these shitty os leaks give us the official for gods sake . the tour is now officially a has been . i ended up getting htc hero better os good phone. giving bb to my girl lol. there is no excuse for blackberry to wait till the new tour comes out well i moved on gave up my bb adios bb

Posted by skyboxer Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'm glad we have .230. A newer 5.0 leak/release seems like its a long way off. At least to me.

Posted by skyboxer Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I'm glad we have .230. A newer 5.0 leak/release seems like its a long way off. At least to me.

Posted by samuels1289 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

So how is this different than bbhybrid leaked os and this?

Posted by dreedy1 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

It doesn't shock me that after MONTHS of waiting for something to come out of the OS leaks for the Tour that we would get something that is a piece of sh*t! As my signature says...we Tour owners have become RIM's redheaded stepchildren. Anyone got a link to the .230 leak?

Posted by snowwy66 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

i wouldn't count on a official version when tour2 comes out. curve2 is out now and curve1 is still waiting for an official version.

besides. tour1 hasn't been out that long. 5-6 months. it gonna be long time before tour2 rolls out.

somewhere on the net i found information about 6 phones i think it was that rimm will be releasing next year. so, for all we know. us older phones might not get any love at all. unless someone has inside information for us older phones. i've kinda given up hope. curve is basically a relic now. almost 2 years. only one leak. tour isn't getting any love either. 6 months. only phones getting any love are the new models released after the tour.

5 has been out for what? 3 months now. rim just now released a blackberry appworld that works on curve1. while all the newer models had it all along.

Posted by w1z4rd Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Well, I'll say it right now, if they do screw us tour owners over on this, the tour will be the last bb I own. There are too many other options out now to get shit on by RIM.

Posted by Dr.Boost Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Really trying to keep the faith, honestly though, if two of my good friends would not have made the BB move, I would prob been on to a different phone by now.

Will stick it out, cause I do enjoy many BB features. As mentioned got a decent amount of my friends on BBM

Posted by PlayaX01 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Honetly i think im in the same boat as you...BB is just too far behind competition..ive had a BB for years now and if they dont step up ill have to swicth to another smartphone because this is ridiculous.

Posted by djrollerx Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Unless something spectacular happens in the next year, my Tour will be the last Blackberry I own. Sure they have great features, but the competition is catching up quickly, and some have even made strides ahead of RIM. If RIM would just take notes from MAC and come out with a great phone and work on tweaking it instead of releasing a new model every 3 months, I would probably keep buying from them. Since that isn't gonna happen, I think ill take my chances with an iPhone next year, with or without Verizon.

Posted by mingus007 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Watch what you wish for! RIM may end-up "going iPhone" on us (scratchy beauty and gimpy functionality-- remember, push email was a bit of an afterthought for those guys). Not meaning to iPhone bash, but there's a reason I went w/BB. (And no. The STORM was inherently a BB and NOT an iPhone. Was never quite sure how to categorize it, honestly.)

That said, not a big RIM-naysayer for not releasing new OSs EXCEPT that 5.x was clearly ready for later phones (w/o any more "power" than the Tour that would prohibit it from running) and that the FUNCTIONALITY of that OS (4.7 > 5.x) is vastly improved. Those, to me, are reasons to be irritated at RIM trying to noodle us to replace our phones "just to get the new OS". Bad medicine.

I went w/BB b/c neither the WinMo nor the iPhone would handle the key functionality I sought: email and "just working" (and be able to take a drop or three). Android may be a contender at some point, but something about Google being legally allowed to keep and scrape data forever leaves that big stick up the backside feeling...

Time will tell!

Can definitely understand the frustrations of lack-of-Tour-OS5-going-official folks, though. (I'm using .230, btw. Finally married well to the BBM x.54 leaked yesterday so I'm pretty content.)

G'luck to others who wade these waters!

Posted by snowwy66 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

well, the tour owners should be happy. i was looking at another sight. it has forums AND a download link for different model os's. but guess what! notta for curve 1. no forums, no download links. ABSOLUTELY NOTTA. and to think i have 15 months left on my 2 years. and the phone is still being sold.

Posted by coffee-turtle Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Has anyone seen the changelog for this over .230?
I too have been pretty content with .230 and I don't want any radio problems.
Has anyone confirmed how this new leak works and if it even worth the upgrade?

Thanks.

Posted by syquest1 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Why should us Tour owners be happy when we wait FOREVER for a leak and when we do get a leak it is a piece of shit that will basically make your Tour worthless? I will keep saying it...RIM doesnt care about us Tour owners. Its like they couldnt wait to move on after its release. Face it folks...us Tour owners will not get a leak worth trying until Tour 2 is released probably and it still may not happen even then. No way in hell am I downloading this new leak. I will keep rocking .230 and keep sticking straight pins into my RIM voodoo doll.

Posted by estarno Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I would never install a non-official OS. But I just want to say why the hell is RIM/Verizon so damn slow with upgrading their software? Isn't it their job to release phones that work well? What the hell are they doing up there in Canada, sitting on their as*es? Do your frickin' jobs already.

Life at RIM:
"Okay, the Tour's hardware is ready"
"Well, the software isn't working that well yet..."
"Who cares, we're shipping it... add it to the never-ending list of things to eventually fix that we'll never get to because we're too busy designing the newest devices that have the same problems..."

Posted by skeeter21 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

This is the best reply on this forum

Posted by wylie8604 Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

I've used every leak thus far and this one is the best. You no longer have to go to your messages folder to start a message (email sms or mms) since it would just get stuck if you did it from your contacts book, also the media player seems to be smooth at last. I keep hearing the radio is bad but mine has actually improved since I loaded it this morning and the browser is much more responsive. So far a fairly solid build. I'll keep poking deeper though to find anything that stands out.

Posted by lobbyintx Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

can i install this release without having installed the others in progression?

Posted by ricky_antanies Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

Just downloaded it and at first it had trouble connecting to 3G but now it works just fine

Posted by poolguy Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 792 days ago

So far so good! I have only had it lock up on me twice, but then again, I have only just got it on here. I have cked everything out that I have, all Apps work.

Posted by jlnunez06 Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

Radio simply sucks! everything else is very smooth, all apps work fine too. Upon restart radio seems awesome and everything works great but its only a matter of minutes before it starts acting up. Random restarts, sim card errors and loss of signal.

Posted by Samckaz Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

Major radio problems. keeps on searching for network, WTH is wrong with RIM?

Posted by poolguy Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

Im sorry I don't understand, wtf is the Raido Proplems, are you listening to a raido on the thing or is it just a speratic thing for some Tours to take the Leaked OS and some NOT to take it! They are all the same device RIGHT, then WTF do some work and others don't? Someone help me with this. I have it downloaded, I have NO problems with it at all. Everything I have on mine WORKS, like Slacker, Northstar, Point, even my theams. The issue with the SIM card and the no signal, I had just pulled them and reinserted them and then restarted. After I had a restart, I had done a Battery Pull. Now everything is all good.Just like all other times I have done an OS install, except for the SIM and memory card reinsurtion, this wasn't to bad of an install. Good luck to all!

Posted by cmoody1906 Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

Ok so I have a Mac, and i have the desktop manager for mac. Im trying to download and install the 5.0 for my 9630 but when i download the file, its in .exe file format which is PC based and not recognizable on macs. Is there a way I can download and install the software on my mac, or convert the .exe file? I need help...thanks

Posted by syquest1 Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

Will someone please wake me up when a Tour leak worth trying is available...or God forbid an actual official OS 5 release? Thank you.

Posted by berrygoodg Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 791 days ago

for official 5.0 OS people may just have to step on over to the world of GSM it looks like. All CDMA versions get are leaked operating systems. Either take it or leave it...at least thats the way things seem to be for CDMA. Take it or leave it.

Leaked: OS 5.0.0.303 For The BlackBerry Tour 9630

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