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Official OS 5.0.0.438 for the BlackBerry Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile

by Adam Zeis

on 22 Jan 2010 11:46 AM

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Yesterday we noted that the Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile was shipping with OS 5.0.0.438, and now it looks like its officially available for download. 8330 users can jump over to the BlackBerry Software Downloads page and snag the latest update. If you're not on Boost, just remember to delete the vendor.xml file before upgrading and you should be good to go. Glad to see that the 5.0 updates are floating in from various carriers, but as with most of you, yes I'm still wondering when we'll see another official release for the Tour :-)

Download OS 5.0.0.438 for the Blackberry Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile >>

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Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry OS; Tags: Boost Mobile, Curve 8330

214 Comments

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

I know all the 8330 users are gonna be happy

Posted by chochopr Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 750 days ago

we been through this already with the same 8330, cause when it came out for I believe it was Sprint or Nextel it had around the same version but when ppl got it, the phone was the same old platform version as the other ones, and the only reason why I think the OS is a higher version for this BB is because it's a Walkie-Talkie type phone. I mean correct me if I'm wrong.

But I do remember reading something like this b4 a while back from crackberry and of course ppl was still whining but little did they know that the phone needed that upgrade but the same old platform because of the walkie-talkie app/button on the side.

Posted by mookish Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Tour whiners in 3...2...1...

Posted by wcmarchese Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

hahahahahahaha

But the Tour whiner, me, came after a legit 8330 comment.

WCM

Posted by joshua.worth Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

All the Tour owners should be happy we have the .419 leak and its official as well. I am very happy my Tour is like a whole new phone since the upgrade from 4.7 I hated my Tour then now I'm back in love with Blackberry

Posted by tavella Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Will this work on both the 8330 and 8330M or just the 8330?

Posted by W1nks Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

I was wondering the same. I don't think it does though.

Posted by wcmarchese Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

That's funny, I remember when I was waiting forever for the 4.5 for the 8330, now the 5.0 comes out and for that model before the TOUR???

Hilarious.

WCM

Posted by joshua.worth Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Official Tour 5.0.0.419 has been out since Monday Jan 18 2010 5:07pm
Here you go Official Tour OS 5.0

http://crackberry.com/official-blackberry-tour-9630-os-5-0-0-419-release...

And the same OS has been out in a leak since Jan 4 2010 5:26pm

Here is the leak

http://crackberry.com/leaked-os-5-0-0-419-blackberry-tour-9630

Posted by lazydogrex Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Will this upgrade work on my Jitterbug phone???

Posted by silverbizack Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

I know u are kidding but thats funny, "jitterbug phone"

Posted by raven6870 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

That didn't take long at all, I just came on to see if it just happens to be available and staring me in the face. KA-CHOW!!!

Posted by mscooley Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

:) .419

Posted by CrippleMeeKL Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Where can I get a Mac version of the OS?

Posted by qwiksilver Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

I thought MTS released the 5.0 for the tour a couple days back. I even downloaded it from blackberry. is there something more official than that? nice about this for the 8330. will it work for the 8330m?

Posted by devil24 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

8330 and 8330m are different beasts.

Posted by Dominick079 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Its good to see that Boost has a Blackberry now too bad its the old curve and not the new one...But I guess beggers can't be choosers...I have Bold 9700 and it's the best cell phone out there....Better then I-Phone!!!!!

Posted by Dominick079 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Posted by jiffy247 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

8350i users= "what did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP!!!" and im not even a redhead......

Posted by 1jaxstate1 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

What about the 8900 Curve!

Posted by Deathcommand Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Where is 8330m?
sadd..

Posted by josh_johnson11 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Is Boost Mobile a GSM or CDMA network? Will this download work with my Sprint 8330?

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Yes it will. Boost actually is IDEN not CDMA or GSM from my knowledge. Uses sim card but still runs off CDMA if you will.

Posted by joshua.worth Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

If you have the 8330 or the 8330m

Posted by K9LEE Monday, Jan 25, 2010 748 days ago

YES IT WILL WORK ON SPRINT, WITHOUT CHANING ANYTHING OR ALTERING THE OS

Posted by 04Taco Friday, Jan 22, 2010 751 days ago

Boost is a CDMA network. My guess is that all Boost Curves are of the 8330M variety. Sprint stopped selling 8330's around a year ago andthe 8330M came out. This was due to a patent infingement that forced RIM to use a different chipset. If your BB has a MEID instead of ESN, you have the new chipset, which all new CDMA BBs have.

Posted by CybermatriX Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Literally a slap in the face for Sprint customers. I think Sprint is never gonna release it for us 8330/8330m owners. My reasoning behind this is, there's a new Curve out, they want customers to upgrade to that so they lock us into another 1-2 year contract. 'Cause if they released if for the 8330/8330m it would probably delay their post-paid customers from upgrading for sometime.

Posted by jmlowes Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

I have been so looking forward to this for quite some time.

Anyway, for some reason the desktop manager won't install this OS for me. It sees it and if I select it I get a "No software update is required for your device." message in AppLoader.

My CDMA Curve 8330 is currently running 4.5.0.169, which I installed previously using this same method.

Any ideas as to why this isn't working for me?

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Did you delete the Vendor.xml file?

Posted by jmlowes Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

I did delete the vendor.xml file.

The update appears to be installing now. I ran the Loader app instead of going through Desktop Manager and it looks much happier.

Thanks.

Posted by 04Taco Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

and is your 8330 an M model or not?

Posted by jmlowes Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Not an M model.

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Make sure there is no other OS installed on your computer. And use AppLoader insted of DM. Apploader is found where you found the vendor.xml

Posted by AllEyezOnD Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 749 days ago

ok so i have apploader open, and clicked on the add button, but were do i find the os at

Posted by jmlowes Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Yippeeee! I got it installed and everything is working great. Now I need to reinstall some apps.

Posted by K9LEE Monday, Jan 25, 2010 748 days ago

ARE YOU RUNNING ON A SPRINT? IF NOT DELETE THE VENDOR.XML IN C:/PROGRAMS/COMMON/REASERCHINMOTION/LOADER

THEN RUN THE LOADER.EXE ICON IN SAME FILE

Posted by mdalgart Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

No Idea why, with a 5.0 OS already seen by Boost, but Verizon has an OS update to 4.5.0.175 posted yesterday.

Does this make sense to ANYONE???

Posted by natescurve Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

This will seem like a stupid question I'm sure, but what are the benefits to upgrading to the new OS 5.0.0.438?

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

better features. Go to blackberry site for details

Posted by K9LEE Monday, Jan 25, 2010 748 days ago

MAINLY THREADED CHAT AND AS TIME GOES BY, VENDORS WONT WRITE FOR OLD OS. ALSO THERE ARE SOME MINOR CHANGES, LIKE GENERAL SETTINGS THAT ARE EASIER TO USE, AND ONLY ONE "INBOX" WHERE ALL YOUR EMAILS GO

Posted by agaldo81 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Which file is that?

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

which can be found after you install the software on your PC under computer/c:/program files/common files/research in motion/apploader.

Posted by agaldo81 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

thanks going to give it a shot now

Posted by agaldo81 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Just ran the install and nothing happened.

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

U installed it on ur pc or phone?

Posted by lphil24 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

is there any danger or issues with downloading this OS on a sprint phone? do i have to do anything differently?

Posted by tae_254 Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

Make sure you delete the vendor.xml file. which can be found after you install the software on your PC under computer/c:/program files/common files/research in motion/apploader.

Posted by benpierce Friday, Jan 22, 2010 750 days ago

I don't know enough about OS's - does anyone know if this OS would be compatible with an 8320, or is it strictly an 8330 OS??

Thanks!