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Official OS 5.0.0.714 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 now available from T-Mobile

By Adam Zeis on 23 Jun 2010 10:56 am
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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.

Topics: BlackBerry Bold 9700 T-Mobile News & Rumors BlackBerry OS

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86 comments

MOE BEATs

Hot damn T-Mo! Seems as if you're keeping up with the Jones's. I'm going IN...

huffman18

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.

sandradee1031

what's maxmem?

huffman18

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

mckillio

Thank you for recommending that app, it cleared up almost 20mb for me and I even use crackmem. It did change the look of my FB app and not for the better but it was still worth it.

sandradee1031

where can I find this app at?

D_March

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.

lccurtis1

BBM is a very cool app and may payoff to have it in the long run.

sweetlittlehugs

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.

joju58

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

Jkozy

Downloading it now!!!

huffman18

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.

GQ06

Downloading Now!!!!

mckillio

*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*

Connor83

My number one pep peeve on this site it people that complain about other people post. lol

GQ06

{High Five} Good one. LoL.

bodybiz

No one cares about your pet peeves. Quit wasting people's time.

:-)

vedelorme

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.

CustomGrain

Got OTA pushed to mine.

jennberton

If you do an OTA update, will it erase my phone. I've neva did an OTA update before.

Connor83

I did mine that way and it work out wonderfully i still back it all up just in case tho

themenacexd

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??? -____-

fbihawk

I believe the 8530 is the only 85xx model that can go 5.0 due to the amount of available memory.

firespiritlord#cb

I don't know if T-Mobile will release the update for 8520, but it can handle the 5.0 OS. There is a work around in the forums on here. I haven't had a problem yet. The work around has you using a update for the 8520 from another carrier.

themenacexd

They probably won't... :( right now their main focus is the 9700... They should've at least released it for the 8900 though...

callcom

.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!

Crackberrier09

do you have a link to that BB 6 theme page? please.

xbigreemo#cb

http://www.mobihand.com/product.asp?id=64471&n=!6-for-BlackBerry

nolhayes

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"

8220flippin

I was going to ask about the difference with .714 and .743 which I'm running now with no problems.

hbalagh

I'm upgrading right now... hoping to have no issues :)

Mystro Biggz

Tmo gave me this update OTA??? Wow. Took advantage, updating while at work...awesome. Hope it fixes the minor bugs of .586.

Lpr423

No Updates Available when I checked for updates OTA

hbalagh

When I first checked it said there wasn't any but then maybe 20 mins later it popped up on my homescreen

Lpr423

So will the original Blackberry Bold 9700 be able to operate OS 6 or not ??

Connor83

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.

Kershon

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.

neuralwolf

Last time i updated my phone, it froze half way and damaged my berry and had to get a replacement from t-mobile......:/

berryaddict47

Just updated OTA and it took about 30-45 minutes to do the whole thing, download included. Very satisfied with how quickly it went.

makaveli28

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.

crisrobiou

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

makaveli28

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.

anothernick

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.

nolhayes

I hate that I would of loved if they put it back to the way it was before.

xbigreemo#cb

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.

nolhayes

Where to press k @? From the homescreen?

Crackberrier09

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?

mckillio

I didn't know that existed, awesome.

ballhawk3

I thought I was the only one!

They should at least put an "undo" option to balance this out!

Connor83

They need to make it something like a hold del to delete all. Cuz I run into this all the time. It sucks.

d00d1e

ive got .743 now on t mo
. should i switch to .714

jgbrock

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'

Vurhan

It turned out to be faulty cables.

Joe2

top bar on bbm where it has your name and status now stays in place when you scroll down.

04carmines

Bug where it won't advance to the next song is still there. Anybody know how to fix this?

jesse2903

just downloaded the update to my phone and it seems to be working fine.

anothernick

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.

d00d1e

ive got .743 now on t mo
. should i switch to .714

pagozahd

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?

rjnrobin1217

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

richm564

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.

lisamcates

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!

boy_de_ghet

Mirror RS : h**p://rapidshare.com/files/402193191/T-Mobile_BlackBerry_Bold_9700_5.0.0.714.exe

danny.boi

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.

captainbdsc

Fixed my visual voicemail time stamp problem. YAY! :)

LCW

.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

LCW

And .743 was a disaster on my TMo 9700...

shadowswittness

Use BBsak to do a full back up of all ur apps.

Snow81

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!

brandito96

I currently have .714 software , is that the latest one?

muppetmandan

Bricked My BB, had to go old skool to revive it !

DieselCityMag

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!

chilledfresh

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. :(

scarce10

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!

gizmojoc

drop from five bars signal to one and no net conection, im hating so much im writing from my wives iphone aaaaahhhhh

scarce10

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?!

nolhayes

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.

mike22

download on desktop manager,then BBM can
be removed if u dont use.

Solid os everything works
wifi,3g,uma,battery life !

shimataro

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?

Hotchanna

it's draining my battery. Downgrading to .686

nanddm98

No real appreciable difference

qb175

Too many UNCAUGHT EXCEPTIONS!!! Start up is slow. Dropped calls. VVM wont work. I HATE IT.

jonygitar

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?

MILLYBLICK

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