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Posted by mail2aj Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Downloading......

 
 
Posted by Daniel0181 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Downloading

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

downloading

 
 
Posted by rj160202 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

on downloading?

 
 
Posted by rj160202 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago
 
 
Posted by deadhou5e Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

http://rapidshare.com/files/383883780/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1111_PL5.1.0.153...

Another RS Mirror !

 
 
Posted by BarchettaX1 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

...That this will end up being TMo's official update/release for the 9700 on May 11?

 
 
Posted by kanehusky Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

T-Mobile's official update on May 11th is 5.0.0.586

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

who cares, .586 is already out of date by a couple revisions... LOL

 
 
Posted by veii Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

I knew this would happen while I was away on holidays. What a nightmare. Wonder what the main changes are in this OS?

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

megaupload MUCH faster than rapidshare btw...

 
 
Posted by YAndrew927 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

really fast which is always good!

 
 
Posted by infinus Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

What is this going on.....

I thought OS6 is coming to 9700.....

So how more OS leaks...

 
 
Posted by KattDaon Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

As much as I wanna try this leak but May 11th is coming and im pretty such that this leak might be the Offical on May 11th for T-Mobile so i'ma wait and see

 
 
Posted by Guyluvsgals Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Downloaded......updating handset

 
 
Posted by ronnymes Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Downloading right now, flashing with a few minutes... Rapidshare sucks :(

But great post!

 
 
Posted by Nemesis2k9 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Well I guess the original storm is dead now:(

 
 
Posted by terrie1972 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Since I noticed everyone has 9700, does anyone having a problem getting bluetooth headsets to work?

 
 
Posted by infinus Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Nope,
BT Headset is loud and clear as usual

 
 
Posted by nolhayes Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

do you mean the call quality or the profile sounds?

 
 
Posted by mail2aj Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Nope, no issues at all.

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

installing... almost done!

 
 
Posted by AnneO Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

I think I will wait a bit until someone gives some feedback

 
 
Posted by YAndrew927 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

About Time That This Is Released. I've Been Waiting For A Month For A New OS Leak. Yay! :) lol

 
 
Posted by infinus Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

So,

Expert feedback....waiting....
Anything new....
Or just incremental build recompiled with minor change.

 
 
Posted by BajanDude2 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

feeedback!

 
 
Posted by BajanDude2 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

feeedback!

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

i went from 108MB to 122MB free!

 
 
Posted by AnneO Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

ok, what else do you have for us?????

 
 
Posted by amirnabilkamelsaad Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Since you are one of the first to install, mind if I ask you a couple of questions to help us all out?
1- Restart time, is it under 5 mins or still hovering around 10 mins?
2- Apps you are running normally and what's not working if any.
3- Pictures, do they load quickly or is there a noticeable lag?
4- Any unusual restarts?
5- Down the road, how about dropped calls? I've been nagged a lot the past few weeks from that problem..

Any/all answers would be very helpful. Enjoy your new OS pal.

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

1) restart still only about 2min... same as when i had .593
2) berryweather, meterberry, FB, UT, google maps, flixster, google voice, bloomberg... that's about it... nothing much
3)seem to load fine... maybe a bit faster
4) zero restarts so far (never had much with .593 either... this 9700 is solid)
5) no idea yet obviously... but i've never had an issue with .593 so i'm not expecting any with this... i have excellent 3G in my area and UMA works flawlessly for me...

 
 
Posted by amirnabilkamelsaad Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Thanks a lot for your input...just installed it too

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Enjoy! :) It's awesome!

 
 
Posted by ricotjioe29 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

rapidshare acount sharing to forum crackberry
username: ricotjioe29
paswaord: myworld

for 1 day only. tomorow i want change pasword

tq

 
 
Posted by StAiChiLLiN Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

i just went with a hybrid last last night.

 
 
Posted by nkauchak Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

only running since this morning, had .593 before this, but this one is very problematic thus far.

already had to reboot (which takes tediously long) 3 times from freeze-ups.

don't have time to rollback now, but if you're on .593, I suggest staying. haven't noticed any monumental changes and certainly buggy.

 
 
Posted by ricotjioe29 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

don't upgarde wait may 11 until official. booting so long, 15minute restart...... no good

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

no freezes or battery pulls yet here... not noticing any bugs thus far, except a bit of contact sync issues that I'm not even sure are related to the update... i think from the apploader backup process things got screwed in my contacts, and it's fairly minor... only a couple of 'em...

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

booting takes no longer compared to .593 for me.... takes about 2min or so still with .656... same

 
 
Posted by rrbela Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Can I do this OTA?

 
 
Posted by ianig9 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

No, I'm afraid not. Only from computer via USB.

 
 
Posted by bry1377 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

What are the chances that on May 11th TMO will release OS 6 for 9700??? Not pretty good :(

 
 
Posted by ronnymes Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Flashed it, and using it now for a few hours but it's feels faster than .593
But not much of a big different, it's a keeper for me.
Unless the battery drains faster, but think it's draining the same as .593

 
 
Posted by msweet Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

does 3G wireless location work on this release?

 
 
Posted by sweeterman85 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

No problems yet, all my apps work, got a memory boost, and reboot time seems the same.

 
 
Posted by vod332 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

1. As stated in this thread already, the release by TMO on May 11th, is .586.

2. The 9700 will not be receiving a full version of OS6 because it doesn't have the RAM for it. 512 needed and 9700 only has 256. Rumors of a version of OS6 without some key features may be possible for 9700.

3. Don't expect to see OS6 until late in the year. I wouldn't even start thinking about official versions from carriers until October/November, if not later.

 
 
Posted by samsnz Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Where did you get this information seeing as OS 6 was demonstrated on a 9700? I have not seen ANY hard numbers for hardware requirements; just speculation.

 
 
Posted by cynyoou Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Everything running faster
foursquare good
facebook good
weatherbug good
socialscope good
poynt good
wifi good
slacker radio good
Vlingo good

Enjoy everyone Cyndi

 
 
Posted by parmijo11 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

I can't log into bb twitter app on this OS.

 
 
Posted by charlesbii Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Same here! Posted comments just after you... Could be a bug!

 
 
Posted by charlesbii Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Twitter for BlackBerry® is not loading on 9700/5.0.0.656. Any success and/or advice?

 
 
Posted by parmijo11 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

I've tried on WIFI, 3G, and EDGE. No dice...

 
 
Posted by darkstar954 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Its not the OS, its the app it self, mines was having issue, and once I log out, I'm unable to sign back in.

 
 
Posted by robarias Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Weird, i did a roll back on my 9700 and it does not connect either

 
 
Posted by parmijo11 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Just tried sim and battery pull, issue persists. Damn.

 
 
Posted by carlosg2002 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

has anyone figured out how to fix the twitter app. and also when u place a call is the "my number" 555-555-5555 is it complete of chopped off?

 
 
Posted by parmijo11 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Mine shows my number except last two digits. Good find.

 
 
Posted by carlosg2002 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

yea i am not updating it then i hate that problem it happened before with some other builds its annoying. what else did u find?

 
 
Posted by berryfreak310 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

The T-Mobile My Account app does not work with this build.

However, Shazam does work on this build.

Could not locate the Blackberry App world icon after installing the OS, even though the app showed up in the "Add-On" application list. Had to download again to get the icon to appear.

Font size of 3G/EDGE/UMA is now the same on the home screen and app screen.

Have ~15-20MB more application space on this build!! Had 132MB free after install before loading apps.

Scrolling through my pictures folder freezes the phone for a couple seconds after almost every swipe of the trackpad. Takes a lot longer for the thumbnail images to render on screen than the previous build I used. Scrolling through the pictures folder on build .586 was flawless. This version behaves like most of the early 5.0 builds - when it comes to viewing your pictures.

That's all I have to report for now.

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

T-Mobile My Account works just fine with .656 for me... no issues

I'm noticing scrolling through pics is fast... noticeably faster than on .593 (which wasn't bad in itself)...

Odd how there are such a wide range of impressions with this leak... I have yet to find a single problem... yet some others have nothing but problems...

 
 
Posted by patkennedyjr Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

$2.99 or free? If its for free its for me!

 
 
Posted by ibzrg1570 Wednesday, May 05, 2010 750 days ago

Does it fix the review bug? I'm running .593 and when I try to read reviews it shuts down the app.

 
 
Posted by presean Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Do not install this OS twitter don't work even you back to .0.593

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Ubertwitter works perfectly fine... no issues

 
 
Posted by nolhayes Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Could this possibly be the TMO OS update that's suppose to occur this Tuesday? :-/
either way does anyone notice any changes?

 
 
Posted by mi_canuck Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

No

 
 
Posted by plo Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

The official release by T-Mobile for the 9700 on May 11th is gonna be the .586 build.

 
 
Posted by Black90404Berry Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Ever since the 5.0.0.586 update, the AOL and Yahoo! email icons are no longer available, just the boring white mail icon with the globe at the bottom.

 
 
Posted by mippie32 Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

For a superfast download link, please see:
http://tinyurl.com/36etemo

 
 
Posted by netzone Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Twitter cannot load after login.. stuck!!
Better not upgrade to this version if you using Native Twitter

 
 
Posted by lycan666 Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

works fine for me

 
 
Posted by leftajarandy Thursday, May 06, 2010 750 days ago

Logged in straight away?
Some people are posting that the app was not working in general at the time so maybe it was just co-incidental bad timing?

 
 
Posted by gerry702 Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

everything works perfectly, i se uber twitter and BB twitter both are fine all apps load up and work greaet the one thing i did notice is my GPS works better with poynt and other apps

 
 
Posted by Danno_999 Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

I get an uncaught exception error with net_rim_bb_phone_app(52) at boot up. The Twitter will not login as others have noted. All my other apps seem to be ok so far. I have lots so I won't post them all. At this point I'm pretty sure I'm going back to .593 shortly going to try a few battery pulls first.

Just a side note. Why do people even bother posting a comment telling us they are downloading the OS. Just in case you are confused silly people, nobody cares!! You don't win a prize for the fastest download. We only need to know the good or bad about the OS. It's so annoying.

 
 
Posted by msliggins Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

I installed yesterday and have not had any issues so far. I have noticed that movement on the phone has speed up. I have not noticed the lags of .593 either. I will keeping it for a while :)

 
 
Posted by presean Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

Ladies and gents there is a solution for twitter from ya boi presean from France, so listen: if you have some problems with logging, you must unstall your twitter app then install the leak version here http://ota.bbtweeps.com/ the old leaked then upgrade.

 
 
Posted by mrakifa Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

Why so serious?!

 
 
Posted by maiia Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

I'm not having any problems with my apps, they're all working well. But I can't seem to connect to 3G. I can connect to 2G just fine .. But not 3G. Anyone going through the same problem?

 
 
Posted by BBGun Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

Rapidshare Mirror:

http://rapidshare.com/files/383969182
/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1111_PL5.1.0.153_A5.0.0.656.exe

 
 
Posted by jaiskywalk Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

I wonder what the differences are>>>

 
 
Posted by omz69 Thursday, May 06, 2010 749 days ago

Better work on the 9700!!! I can't imagine having to buy a new bb just for a new OS!

 
 
Posted by PredatorGanaz Friday, May 07, 2010 749 days ago

So far no issues. For the Win of it.

 
 
Posted by ReyRey305 Friday, May 07, 2010 748 days ago

I'm still having issues with the Media Player.
I have to stop playing a song before I unplug my headphones or the app freezes. It did the same on .593. This sucks!

 
 
Posted by ladyodin Saturday, May 08, 2010 747 days ago

I have done OS updates to my BB Bold 9700 before with no problems. This latest update, OS 5.0.0656, won't install onto my bold 9700. I have no idea what I did wrong. Can anyone help.

 
 
Posted by tfung Saturday, May 08, 2010 747 days ago

Is there an eastasian or alllanguage version yet?

 
 
Posted by scpineda Sunday, May 09, 2010 746 days ago

I am with T-Mobile, and the upgrade process went relatively smooth with the exception of duplicate entries being created in my Calendar afterwards. I had to go through and change the duration of some All Day events to "0 Days". I am not sure what I could have done prior to prevent this. Any suggestions?

There are two noticeable improvements that I have seen so far since upgrading this morning.

First, I have noticed an improvement in speakerphone volume. Prior to this upgrade, speakerphone volume when listening to messages through Visual Voice Mail has been low even on the loudest setting. I can now clearly hear the voice mail messages via speakerphone while I sit in my living room with the television on, whereas before I had to hold the phone up to my ear to hear messages with the speakerphone activated. The same holds true with audio in video playback in the Media Player.

Second, picture thumbnails are appearing lightning fast in the Media section, whereas there was a noticeable lag before.

So, I'm happy that these two issues have been fixed. What other improvements have you all seen? Are upgrade features ever listed with these unofficial releases?

 
 
Posted by jayrezny Monday, May 10, 2010 745 days ago

facebook didnt work for me

 
 
Posted by SheeB Monday, May 10, 2010 745 days ago

I got the duplicate calendar entries (typical for me it seems when doing an OS update) and all I do is a battery pull and things return to normal.

I also installed Facebook and it works fine.

 
 
Posted by Snowblind2010 Monday, May 10, 2010 745 days ago

I seem to be getting better battery life with this update. Could be just me though, perhaps a placebo effect???

 
 
Posted by J-MIKE Tuesday, May 11, 2010 744 days ago

I have a bb 9700 on the Telus network. First thing I noticed after I upgraded from my last update is ubertwitter can not connect on the 3g network. What I mean by that is I'm getting all the notifications on tweets and stuff normally... but if I try to open web link from the uber app. I get this message " this is a WI-FI service.please ensure your device has an active Wi-Fi connection and try again." I have full 3g connection and my setting for uber is set the right way for auto detection. I did battery pull and its not working (only when trying open weblink to a tweet).
all other applications works perfectly and smoother.
-poynt
-dictionary.com
-navita translator
-food network
-backgrounds
-scoremobile
-ebay
-cibc
-youtube
-ing direct

I noticed a increase in the battery life...and I can quote that I am a heavy user. I'm not sure about this one... could be just me... but when on a call... I put the sound volume at max to heard properly... any body notice a difference? Speaking phone is clearer.
If anybody notice the uber problem... let me know if there's a fix for it... it's kinda annoying..
Great leak OS as I'm also getting less drop calls(First I thought it was the network)

Thanks

 
 
Posted by ibzrg1570 Wednesday, May 12, 2010 743 days ago

You have your default browser set to "Hotspot Browser" which connects to the Internet via WiFi.

Go to Browser Options>General Properties>Default Browser>Internet Browser

It should work after that.

 
 
Posted by Christorian Tuesday, May 11, 2010 744 days ago

Im fairly new no my phone could anyone help me out by telling me how to download this to my phone? I have T-Mobile.

 
 
Posted by Christorian Tuesday, May 11, 2010 744 days ago

help

 
 
Posted by SheeB Wednesday, May 12, 2010 743 days ago

A bug I am experiencing on Rogers Wireless running this OS is whenever I delete a new voicemail, I get a sms notification alert. I understand that Rogers must send a sms to the handset to deactivate the voicemail waiting indicator but I have never actually received a sms alert for which there is nothing in the sms inbox.

 
 
Posted by gordonzhao Wednesday, May 12, 2010 743 days ago

Everything else works fine, haven't had any drop calls since I updated this morning. Though I'm on T-Mobile and the 3G is running around 700kbps when I ran the test on http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html. Small minor problem with Facebook, the app sometimes freezes from scrolling, I have to hit back and then re enter the page I was looking at in order to scroll up and down. The second problem is the lock button, it works, but it puts the phone in stand by and isn't utilizing the lock function it is suppose to. The Standby/Mute button doesn't do anything from the home screen, it actually mutes during a call though so that works as it should. Anyone else experiencing this? I may update to Turkcell's official release. But I read something about deleting a vendor.xml file? Can someone tell me where this is located?

 
 
Posted by gordonzhao Wednesday, May 12, 2010 743 days ago

I take that last part back, I should have posted the past part in the Turkcell Official Release.

 
 
Posted by Christorian Thursday, May 13, 2010 743 days ago

help

 
 
Posted by AnthonyRH Friday, May 21, 2010 734 days ago

After I download the .EXE file and run it, It does not show up on my blackberry desktop manager list as new OS's to update.

what am I doing wrong??

 
 
Posted by ritzcrakca Friday, May 21, 2010 734 days ago

I get this msg that says "REQUEST ENTITY TOO LARGE", does this mean I don't have enough memory on my brand new white 9700?? i did the device switch on Desktop Manager. how do i free up more room? I never transfered my old apps over.

 
 
Posted by andredesignz Sunday, May 23, 2010 732 days ago

it works perfect for me