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Official OS 7.0.0.474 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 from WIND

by Bla1ze on 2 Nov 2011 02:59 PM
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Official OS 7.0.0.474 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 from WIND 

Been getting that OS upgrade itch as of late? If you have a BlackBerry Bold 9900 then you can go ahead and update to the latest official OS if you think it might help. WIND Mobile has gone ahead and released OS 7.0.0.474 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. It's not a leak or anything but official OS' are often times just as good. If WIND Mobile isn't your carrier -- make sure you delete that vendor.xml file first before loading and always back up prior.

Download the official OS 7.0.0.474 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900

Source: CrackBerry Forums

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: BlackBerry Bold 9900, official os
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37 Comments

Posted by 08rodrjo Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

first

lets see what new fixes this bring hopefully better battery life

 
 
Posted by bowledbybold Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

a better battery life from this please lord...............

 
 
Posted by jabraunski Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

.353 is fine for now. if it aint broke, dont fix it.

 
 
Posted by MikeFromCanada Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Or just wait for people to provide feedback on the release if you're that hesitant.

 
 
Posted by EvanKr Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I'm all for it if it brings better battery life, the current life for the 9900 isn't anywhere near what a BBerry should be.

 
 
Posted by AnotherBillJ Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Longer battery life! Please!!

(Do I win a prize for posting something???)

 
 
Posted by Slash82 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I`M SHOCKED!
Crackberry-nation what happened to you?!

Only a few years ago (at the early OS 5.0. era):
*Update* : "YEAAAAHHHHH!!!! WOHOOOO!!!! DOWNLOADING IT!"

2011:
*Update*: "Hmm... I gonna wait, what others say... Mine is working good enough..."

:(

 
 
Posted by ewakil12 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

That's because OS7 changes everything! hahaha it's faster and very smooth...

 
 
Posted by joesworld Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

It's a good thing! Back then there were massive improvements to many areas of the OS with each release. Now they are releasing much more solid OS versions at launch meaning there are less significant changes in each version :)

 
 
Posted by Slash82 Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 204 days ago

Jup, you are right!
OS7 runs great, but I also never can't wait to get an update. ;)

 
 
Posted by tkcdamar Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I need some 9930 .400 love.......

 
 
Posted by rapsball4 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I tried a couple of other non-Telus OS's and it broke the phone functionality. Feel like I better wait until Telus releases it themselves.

 
 
Posted by advil_yum Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I'm on my 2nd non-telus release and haven't broken a thing. You're doing something wrong.

 
 
Posted by pushfan Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

what happened to BIS 4?

 
 
Posted by SC457 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

You should already have it, it has been pushed to your phone. Nothing you need to do or download.

 
 
Posted by tranceboy_johny Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Sprint (US) will never release anything :( I wish i never joined sprint

 
 
Posted by sharkfab Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Updated mine now, up from .440 - all's good, the txting bug where you select to txt someone from your contact's list and then thrown into an addition name selection in the txt body message is still there :S

mem usage is virtually the same, performance is good, browsing pics fast, no hiccups, BB protect synced. Batt life is hopefully better! Connected to WiFi profile right away, back to normal.

As for all other previous posts, pls stop, no one cares, if it's not useful to this update then pls don't post _anything_ >_>

 
 
Posted by Jake Storm Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Will this work on the PlayBook?

 
 
Posted by harshjhaveri Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Cannot Download

Site Map: Maintenance

Our website is currently undergoing a scheduled maintenance to upgrade our systems in order to better serve you.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

 
 
Posted by ifraser Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

try it again, i got the maintenance error at one point, its slow download thought

 
 
Posted by naila_nc Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Downloaded faster now, got the file in less than 5 minutes. Will update when I get home tonight.

 
 
Posted by romeo57 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Does this fix (or have) the fading trackpad light?
Unlike the .440, it just "off".

 
 
Posted by Phill_UK Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

There was nothing to fix, but yes, it's back to fading again.

 
 
Posted by romeo57 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Niceeee. Definitely gonna update my OS with this.

 
 
Posted by npunk42 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Yeah Im feeling the upgrade itch. No reason for it, my 9930 is very good as it is, battery life and all.

 
 
Posted by HeroOfTime Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

i cant even open the file, when i try to it says "Error reading start-up initiation file"

 
 
Posted by MarketRide Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

that means it didn't fully download. Look at the size of the file.

 
 
Posted by Dixit Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 204 days ago

Ive reloaded this .474 about 5 times now in the past 2 hours with verious different methods of not shrinking, not restoring data, then loading everything. Problem is simply this, Im on a BES and its been activating just fine, no issues there. But the BES based email is not in HTML anymore. If I go to Message Options and then Email Preferences for my BES there is no option for Enable HTML email. Yet its there for my GMAIL and that works fine. So something is wrong with this build (at least for me) not enabling HTML for the BES based email.

****EDIT****
Great........ Just downgraded to .440 and still no HTML option for my BES email. Now I cant even get it back. Great......... Damnit. Clearly was working before the upgrade now its disappeared. So Im sure its not BES/ITPolicy issue as it was there at 3pm.

****EDIT**** 11/3/11
So after reloading this joker about 5 different times, various wipes, even doing a factory reset, still no HTML option for the BES email. Talked to BES admin this morning and he couldnt find anything wrong. So we were about to wipe my entire BES profile and start from scratch to see if that fixes it, and right before we do that, the BES Admin decides to send the service books down from the BES side, and what you know, flipping HTML email option showed up and all is good now.

Just odd how I wiped it 5-6times, reloaded it, each time let it active the BES side (via tethered to Desktop Manager) and you would think it would be bring the latest service books down from the BES side, I guess not.

Dixit

 
 
Posted by Bobchin Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 203 days ago

I'm on BES too... didn't have any issues. I know that BES policies are really annoying if you try to remove them...sometime they stick even after a wipe.

 
 
Posted by mubaraknie Monday, Nov 07, 2011 200 days ago

I also had the same problem, I tried to update two OS of WIND , but all is failure untill I can not downgrade to the old OS except OS 296.

 
 
Posted by unlimiteduno Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

MU link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C96A1S5M

 
 
Posted by johndoo Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 204 days ago

or here u have choice ! : http://www.berryfornoobs.com/?p=4905

 
 
Posted by rohit.sangtani Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 203 days ago

Barely took a few minutes to install once I searched & deleted all vendor.xml files off my PC.

Overall, the smoothest build yet. Browsing is much, much faster, even on an EDGE connection. & yes, the dimming lights on the keypad are back (the instant off lights were starting to make me feel like I was using a Chinese phone). My battery indicator has barely moved in the last few hours with normal usage, just hoping it stays that stable overall.

And yes, I completely agree with the fact that if you do not have a useful comment or a real question, DO NOT COMMENT ON OS RELEASES. We have great forums at CrackBerry where you can go for a rant, so please use those instead!

 
 
Posted by Bobchin Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 203 days ago

Just updated from .439... seems like battery life is significantly better... or is it my imagination? I rebooted 4 or 5 times, reloaded all my apps to log in... and went down from 50 to 45% in heavy usage

 
 
Posted by cvdburgh Friday, Nov 04, 2011 203 days ago

That is a useful insight.

Will you please keep us posted how battery life seems after a couple of days use?
That is the main improvement I'm looking for.

 
 
Posted by romeo57 Saturday, Nov 05, 2011 202 days ago

After 3 days of having this version. These are my findings:
1. My battery drain drastically. 15% per hour, sometimes 25% per hour. Compared to .353, only 8% max per hour.
2. The RSS feeds doesn't show the exact feeds, it got mixed up.
3. In ввм, when u press "sym" on the keypad, you'll see the letter "W" isn't there.
Those are what I've experienced.

 
 
Posted by cvdburgh Sunday, Nov 06, 2011 201 days ago

well, that makes it 1 positive and 1 negative on battery life for ths build

any more people willing to post their experiences?