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Official 8830 WE 4.5 OS Released!

by Bla1ze on 7 Feb 2009 03:08 AM
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BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Gets 4.5

Finally, the wait is over for all you 8830 World Edition owners out there that have been hanging on patiently (perhaps not so patiently?) for an official release of the 4.5 OS. Bell Mobility has answered the ultimate question of "When, will 4.5 be available for my device?." Right now as a matter of fact, you can head on over to their download site and grab 4.5.0.127 right from the RIM servers and load it onto your 8830 and enjoy all that official 4.5 goodness that the OS brings along with it. Of course, all the upgrade procedures and discussion forums are indicated below, be sure to check them out.

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Posted by mike240se Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

can my friend load this on her verizon WE phone?

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Delete the vendor.xml file and good to go.

 
 
Posted by kdsooner Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

how?

 
 
Posted by piggly009 Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

come on wheres the storm love????

 
 
Posted by sk817 Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

they should release the storms official update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by piggly009 Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

dude this is almost the same post as i made... but ne ways storm ftw

 
 
Posted by websitemedia Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

is this the beta version? ready for public safe use?

 
 
Posted by Ruescape Gold Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

So which times the Os grab 4.5.0.127 for 8830 maybe upgrade at HongKong?

 
 
Posted by redcoyote7 Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

I'm not getting this to show up in my available apps to install. Any ideas?

 
 
Posted by vickipapa Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Can i just say that i'm so freakin' excited! I did the upgrade and youtube FINALLY works! I have docs to go! It’s a beautiful thing

 
 
Posted by jdconrad Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Will I be able to download this for my Sprint World Edition 8830?

 
 
Posted by Jackal Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

well that didnt take long...

 
 
Posted by Bravegiant Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Friends,
I cannot afford to brick my phone. Having said that, I want upgrade. Can this be used on verizon phone? Also, any link to best instructions to do so?

Thanks

 
 
Posted by scottlucky13 Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Its about frakn time! I am on verizon. all i did was delete the vendor.xml file. made sure i had desktop 4.5 software and downloaded the software 4.5 for the phone and i was good to go :) finally youtube and html email :) I realize 4.5 had been out in beta but i just dont like using beta versions of software.

 
 
Posted by redcoyote7 Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

Where is this located? Phone or comp? Obviously I'm a bb noob.

 
 
Posted by scottlucky13 Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader

 
 
Posted by gschoelles Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Had a difficult time installing but here is what I ended up doing.

1 wiped my BB with JavaLoader then tried to use the BlackBerry Desktop which failed. However after a bit of Googling I used the loader.exe from the common file directory standing alone did the job toot sweet.

I am a happy camper

 
 
Posted by Nomeros Saturday, Feb 07, 2009 1202 days ago

Everything went well with the upgrade, only problem is I've lost the ability to tether with my MacBook Pro via BlueTooth.

Anyone else see this?

 
 
Posted by wthechief Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

IT WORKS!!! WOOOOO IT FIXED ALL MY ISSUES AND YOU TUBE IS GREAT!!!!!! AWESOME!

 
 
Posted by Anon Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

and my phone is much better now. One thing I encountered was that I had to delete the vendor file just before I clicked "upgrade" (i.e. when the dialogue box opens prompting you to upgrade, only then did I delete the vendor file). Before hand, the vendor file kept reappearing, and DM would only show OS v4.2.

 
 
Posted by wthechief Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

The only issue I have had is that I can't end a conversation in messenger. It just stays open. Must be a bug.

 
 
Posted by DravenX Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 1201 days ago

The update won't work for me. Deleted the vendor file and still nothing.

 
 
Posted by wilmguy Monday, Feb 09, 2009 1201 days ago

I downloaded the higher operating system and still can't recieve pic text. Does anyone know how to get that for the 8830?

 
 
Posted by Will this work on verizon? Monday, Feb 09, 2009 1200 days ago

Downloading BlackBerry Handheld Software v4.5.0.177 (Multilanguage)

According to the RIM link it shows a version .177?

 
 
Posted by Jim Ruebel Monday, Feb 09, 2009 1200 days ago

What is the upshot of deleting the vendor file? When I installed the beta (.101), I forgot to do so and everything installed andoworked normally. The file is only 1K, so it's not a space issue. If Verizon.xml interferes with te installation for Bell Mobility, can it be restoreed to the folder once the installation is complete?

 
 
Posted by Airgasms Monday, Feb 09, 2009 1200 days ago

it's great to have youtube now. Just a quick question... How do you use the controls on youtube? I see a volume control on the lower right hand side but I can't get to it.

 
 
Posted by Waiting for Niagra Monday, Feb 09, 2009 1200 days ago

I did the upgrade, and everything worked out fine. My only issue is this: My sounds/speakers are like boo-boo gas. It's awful. A few of the tones are different, and the music that I have on here sounds like mono! There's no bass, and the quality doesn't sound anywhere near what it was before the upgrade.

Anyone else have this issue? Anyway to revert it back to how it was before?

 
 
Posted by benguzman Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 1199 days ago

24 hours and counting. So far so good. Huge improvement in memory, no major drawbacks. I do experience the occasional lag in "waking-up"; but i can live with it.

The only advice i can give, remember which custom ring tones you have asigned in the address book, you will lose these. Annoying, yes; but not a big deal.