on 23 Jun 2010 10:56 AM
T-Mobile has officially released OS 5.0.0.714 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700. The software should be popping up via the wireless update on most devices (if you have an official OS installed already). If you don't have the option, you can grab the OS from T-Mobile for a desktop install (we created a mirror so you don't need to go through T-Mobile to get to the download). No word on whats new and exciting with this build, so be sure to drop a comment with your findings.
Hot damn T-Mo! Seems as if you're keeping up with the Jones's. I'm going IN...
Downloaded it last night. BBM is now a core app. Never been a huge BBM'er, but now I have no choice, no way to remove it. Gained a little memory. Whole process went smoothly. Used MaxMem to clear out all the junk I don't use and now we're back in business. Good to see T-Mobile keeping up.
what's maxmem?
It's a great little app that deletes things like voice dialing, carrier themes, lot of clutter that you'll never use. It'll walk you through how to use it. Make sure to check it out if you wanna free up 5-10 MB
Go to appworld and download another version to replace what you have. When you do that the new version will then be an add on and you can delete it.
BBM is a very cool app and may payoff to have it in the long run.
Do a google search for ota download of bbm 5.0.66, download it. It will replace the version you have on your phone, it will be in the add on section. Completely deletable.
if you want to remove bbm you have to download older version and it will be placed on add on or third party (not remember exactly) so then you be able to delete it completely from your bb...good luck
Downloading it now!!!
It is a very stable OS though, no memory leaks of any kind. Holding strong at 134 MB with 10 apps. Battery life is good seeing how I run some contstant apps (Beejive and SocialScope). Had to reset some settings on crunchsms and BerryWeather but I can live with that.
Downloading Now!!!!
*On Soap Box*
No one cares that you're downloading it. This isn't facebook or twitter, no one cares about your status. Quit wasting people's time.
This is my number one pet peeve of this site.
*Off Soap Box*
My number one pep peeve on this site it people that complain about other people post. lol
No one cares about your pet peeves. Quit wasting people's time.
:-)
it seems that there is now real drastic changes.. the only really change that i've seen so far is that .714 is using about 20mb more memory. also it looks like blackberry messenger is no longer an option to delete.
Got OTA pushed to mine.
If you do an OTA update, will it erase my phone. I've neva did an OTA update before.
I'm happy that T-Mobile is updating the Bold 9700 but I have the Curve 8520... Are they ever going to have a 5.0 update for the 8520??? -____-
I believe the 8530 is the only 85xx model that can go 5.0 due to the amount of available memory.
.743 is actually running extremely well on my TMO 9700. Battery life is fantastic on this build (for me anyway). Using BlackBerry 6 Theme (FREE App on MobiHand), by BBThemes and my 9700 has found new life and running tip top!
do you have a link to that BB 6 theme page? please.
http://www.mobihand.com/product.asp?id=64471&n=!6-for-BlackBerry
I have .743 but I still want to try out this official OS from TMO even tho that one was running well. Its probably not a true "downgrade"
I was going to ask about the difference with .714 and .743 which I'm running now with no problems.
I'm upgrading right now... hoping to have no issues :)
Tmo gave me this update OTA??? Wow. Took advantage, updating while at work...awesome. Hope it fixes the minor bugs of .586.
No Updates Available when I checked for updates OTA
When I first checked it said there wasn't any but then maybe 20 mins later it popped up on my homescreen
So will the original Blackberry Bold 9700 be able to operate OS 6 or not ??
They say no due to it only having 256 and not the 512 ram needed. But I am still in hopes for it. Or they can just bring out the rumored updated version or the older 9700 and I'd be ok with that too.
I just finished installing the new update. I gained 18mb memory. Seems to be working great. Only thing i noticed was my callendar entries were duplicated so I had to go in and delete each one of the copies.
Last time i updated my phone, it froze half way and damaged my berry and had to get a replacement from t-mobile......:/
Just updated OTA and it took about 30-45 minutes to do the whole thing, download included. Very satisfied with how quickly it went.
I upgraded this morning, and I noticed weather eye isn't working. I deleted and redownloaded from BB App world and still get a java.io.IOEexception error when trying to view the weather.
are the lock functions back to where they belong? ie, can you use the top of the phone to lock the phone and/or put it on stanby? thanks in advance
I press lock now and it turns the screen black you press the keypad and it says screen locked press lock button again to unlock. Also it doesn't ask for my password anymore unless you physically click the lock button on the home screen.
Locking it from the top of the phone only locks the keypad.
Lock button on top left only puts it on stand-by. Mute key on top right only mutes calls, music, etc. You have to manually do the lock to lock the phone. I have it automatically lock every hr if I don't touch the phone.
I hate that I would of loved if they put it back to the way it was before.
I'm using version .680 and the top lock key doesn't work, but hitting the letter 'K' does lock it on this version, which I do know did not work on .586.
One thing for sure that’s still most annoying to me is the Shift - Del feature that will delete ALL of your typed text when ur trying to type something…
WHY?!! Why keep that stupid feature?
I didn't know that existed, awesome.
I thought I was the only one!
They should at least put an "undo" option to balance this out!
They need to make it something like a hold del to delete all. Cuz I run into this all the time. It sucks.
ive got .743 now on t mo
. should i switch to .714
Firmware upgrades don't like me. Be it the phone, my router, MP3 player, etc.. My track record is poor. 'Update firmware' is code for 'brick your device'
top bar on bbm where it has your name and status now stays in place when you scroll down.
Bug where it won't advance to the next song is still there. Anybody know how to fix this?
just downloaded the update to my phone and it seems to be working fine.
Just updated it from a .656 the only thing that I would miss is the it shows top 5-6 recent sms you have had on screen. I don't know why TMO doesn't like this feature. Restart seems to be a little quicker.
ive got .743 now on t mo
. should i switch to .714
im using .743 and it works really good... my battery life is really good. and so far it hasent give me any problem with drop calls or anything.. for now ima stick with .743 unless tmobile os works better... anybody has change from 743 to .714?
Got my notification and took advantage of my employers unholy quick connection. Took 15 minutes start to finish. .714 seems a bit quicker for me, trackpad seems more responsive & I went from 123.9mb memory to 128.6 so a decent jump. I'm happy with it..that's 2 in what, 8 weeks. 'Bout time T-Mo
Hey, i have many third party apps and themes that i don't want to lost like i did last time when upgrading to .586.... Is there any program or anyway to make a FULL backup that will take my third party apps and restore my phone how it was before?
Thanks.
I had to downgrade after the last official upgrade because my browser was significantly slower, facebook kept freezing, and my trackpad was no longer smooth. This upgrade is MUCH better. Everything seems to be fixed from the last upgrade. The only thing I miss from .330 (Yes, I know that's an oldie. I got burnt by a leaked version and only use official upgrades.) is that this new version goes black when you lock the keys instead of just going to the lock screen. I am infamous for "purse dialing", so I like to double check to make sure that my phone is locked before I put it in my purse and now I have to push an extra button to make sure, not just check the screen. (I know, sounds kind of lazy, huh?) Otherwise, I'm very pleased! Way to go, T-mobile!
Mirror RS : h**p://rapidshare.com/files/402193191/T-Mobile_BlackBerry_Bold_9700_5.0.0.714.exe
Anyone know the official change log.
My local Sales Engineer from T-Mobile alluded to this update fixing the dropped call issue that happened from the phone constantly going from 3G to EDGE and vice versa.
When the network switches back and forth the calls are supposed to transfer over without dropping but that wasn't the case.
Fixed my visual voicemail time stamp problem. YAY! :)
.714 working well for me... Better than .586 with which I had major 3G problems... With .714 finally got 3G back on track again... With 586 I'd have full 3G bars, but data wasn't going through, had to use EDGE... With 714 3G data working great
And .743 was a disaster on my TMo 9700...
Use BBsak to do a full back up of all ur apps.
Took about 20 minutes total to install the update. Haven't toyed around with it too much yet but everything seems to be working just fine. Even fixed my "uncaught exception" error issue in the browser. Good work T-Mobile!
I currently have .714 software , is that the latest one?
Bricked My BB, had to go old skool to revive it !
Uncaught exception errors. Lag on startup, slow performance. Not very happy with this. I had 656 before and upgraded because it was an official T-Mobile update. T-mobile never updates, and this is one they should have stayed away from. I can't believe the problems I'm having. I've had to do at least a dozen battery pulls. I've tried reinstalling most of my apps. Nothing seems to be working. Add that on top of my calendar and contacts being screwed up by Google Sync, and I'm ready to switch to the Jitterbug phone. Crap!
LOL Jitterbug
After I updated to .714 my phone became extremely unresponsive. Sometimes it takes 10-15 seconds to come out of screen lock, and my call quality has noticeably degraded. Hopefully it’s just a temporary performance problem. :(
This unresponsiveness is happening to me as well. Just as you describe. I also find it absolutely annoying that it needs to be re-established with the Enterprise Server. My IT department will love me tomorrow!
drop from five bars signal to one and no net conection, im hating so much im writing from my wives iphone aaaaahhhhh
In addition to the slow response upon waking from sleep upon upgrading to .714, I too seem to have a loss in signal to the point where I have no service in my apartment in NYC. I'm downgrading to .6xx.
It's unbelievable that this version wasn't tested further before release. Why did I even bother to upgrade?!
I love this OS. It fixed the long-standing issue I've had which is playing music and then the music cutting off when a bbm or something is received. Also the battery life is great. Restart time seems the same as .743 but 3G video streaming seems better. Also bbm being core only seems right if you ask me.
download on desktop manager,then BBM can
be removed if u dont use.
Solid os everything works
wifi,3g,uma,battery life !
I tried to upgrade from 656 to 714 on my desktop. AppLoader says core apps on my 9700 are newer than what's contained in 714. Anyone experience this?
it's draining my battery. Downgrading to .686
No real appreciable difference
Too many UNCAUGHT EXCEPTIONS!!! Start up is slow. Dropped calls. VVM wont work. I HATE IT.
The standy is a fix as far as i'm concerned. That was getting pushed in my pocket and taking me offline all the time.
The upgrade has ruined the camera, making it take longer to shoot, takes fuzzy pictures with smaller files.
The upgrade makes me lose 3g to edge, at my home where previously has great 3g. On the road.
The upgrade has made the bluetooth harder to lock in with my garmin gps.
The upgrade seems to make UMA harder to switch to and hold.
Anyone gone back down to 568?
I didn't know this existed but i do remember my phone updated and it needed like a lot of battery energy. I check my phone and its OS 5.0.0.714
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