Official OS Releases For Bold And Storm (9500)!

on 11 Mar 2009 08:14 PM

Well, what do we have here now? Official releases of some recent OS' for the 9500 series Storm and the Bold... sure is! Seems SiMobile has gone live with the official versions of the 4.6.0.247 for the BlackBerry Bold and following up last night's leak of 4.7.0.114 for the Storm, have also released 4.7.0.113 (9500 Storms only). You can grab both downloads at the links below and be sure to leave some comments. I'm rather interested to see if an official release of 4.7.0.113 will show up for the 9530 Storm. Thanks to all who emailed this one in!!

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87 Comments

Posted by jrgonz454 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Hope they fix 114 issues

Posted by BrianSam Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Do you have issue with the numeric KB during phone call...the Numeric KB seem not to come up or dead?

Posted by gettat2d Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

do you mean 4.7.0.113 for the storm?

Posted by CrackCurve56 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

If this is the same as the beta OS, why bother? There were dozens of problems with it. What company would be dumb enough to release this?

Posted by Thomas843 Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1065 days ago

I have this OS for a week now without any problems, this has been the best OS for me so far!! Dont know what problems you talking about....

Posted by bmw594 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

I'm a fairly new Bold user. So with that being said I have already loaded the Beta release of 247. So would there be a difference between this official release and the one I already have on my bold? I only ask because I've had 247 on my Bold for the past couple days and I am starting to hate it considering I get lots of errors and can't load themes and even vlingo and Slacker won't open correctly. This may be a dumb question like everyone else says when they don't wanna get attacked by experienced users that don't have time for questions we should already have the answers to. My personal thought would be that they may have made tweaks to an official release but why not change the os from 247 to 248? Or even 247.1? Any help with this is appreciated.

P.S. Thanks Cellunlock! Just got my Bold unlocked but I don't really know why cause I just stare at it now thinking it will be different. Now I'm trying to find someone with T-Mobile so I can test it and see if it worked. :-)

Thanks!

Matt
Pensacola, Florida

Posted by epik6489 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Its for the Storm 9500..that European version

Posted by renzi555 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

It's always funny when someone correcting people doesn't know what they're talking about. :)

The 9500 came out with 4.7.0.XX. 4.6 doesn't support touch, so yeah, that's the European version. And if you'd READ, you'd notice that he said 4.6.0.114 leaked for the 9530 also, which wasn't the European version or the right OS #.

And he fixed it now too.

Posted by dream_chaser Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

boo-hoo

Posted by joethestone23 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Guarantee the Verizon update comes right after the buy one get one promotion! Count it!

Posted by AnimalPOP Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

don't you mean 4.7.XXXX OS' for the 95XX phones and 4.6.XXX for the bold?

Where is the beta love for the 8900, as 4.6.1.174 is the latest beta released for it

Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Hehe! Ya, forgive me got all flustered with my typing, my bad!

Corrected, again..Sorry! :)

Posted by NinjaRAT Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

I just downloaded the leaked .114 beta, but I'm hoping that with the official Euro one, the US shouldn't be far behind? Maybe?!? :(

Posted by Everlast04x Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

i got so excited then so dissapointed i cant wait for a 9350 release

Posted by CrackCurve56 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

bmw: You are right. This would be the same as the beta OS, as I'm sure Simobile added nothing. Also Simobile isn't one of the official carriers listed on RIM'S country website, so they just took a bad beta OS and called it "official." I wouldn't doubt that it didn't have RIM'S permission either.

Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

So Vodafone is NOT part of RIMS official carriers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si.mobil

http://mobileemail.vodafone.si/

http://worldwide.blackberry.com/landing.jsp?regionId=561&providerID=1567

Posted by CrackCurve56 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

From what I gather from AT&T Reps, AT&T will be releasing an "official" Bold release this May. :)

Posted by brodcaster Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

I got the OS update...

but I still don't have the bold nor the storm

Keeping the FAITH!!!

Posted by CrackCurve56 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Garz: I always trust your reviews. I felt from you that 4.6.0.247 had quite a few "bugs" to put it mildly. Others reported that also. Why would an unknown company use a bug ridden OS for such an expensive phone like the Bold?

Posted by Michael L Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

for a real provider to release the os

Posted by Michael L Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

for a real provider to release the os

Posted by sk817 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Dude i agree they should fix some of the bugs in .114 but verizon better speed things up..

Posted by Rayford Booth Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

RIM Rogers update is showing a version number of: v4.6.0.292

Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

You're looking at the wrong section...

File name: 9000M_PBr4.6.0_rel292_PL4.0.0.155_A4.6.0.162_Rogers.exe

A4.6.0.162 <---Application version, .162 is all that matters in those numbers.

Posted by cbprod99 Friday, Mar 13, 2009 1065 days ago

so is that the latest offical release?

Posted by xWiggy18x Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Whatever you do, do not download the update for the storm. I had to call verizon and we took everything off the device and reloaded it back to default. It screwed up my device and everything went blurry like a fuzzy tv. it wouldn't go away and every time i'd get a call it wouldn't ring and wouldn't show i had a miss call or voice mail. DON"T INSTALL!!!!!!

Posted by SpartanA24 Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

The reason you had issues is because this update isn't for Storms on Verizon's network...

Posted by paulmac Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1065 days ago

Really, which part of 9500 ONLY did you not understand???

Posted by CrackCurve56 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

Bl1aze: SiMobile may be legit, but then again WHY are they releasing such a bug ridden update to OS?

Posted by mrsFAB Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

I hope this mean that the 9530 offical os is on the way.

Posted by ipod error 1418 Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 1026 days ago

I have a strong impression that the new 9530 OS is indeed on its way. We shall see.

Posted by youmom1235 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

ok well it work with storm 9530.

Posted by alu1008 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

How come official released has lower version number (.113) than beta (.114) released? Any reason ?

Posted by Everlast04x Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

i have a feeling the beta test is for the next (version .120something)and they started testing it right away after finishing the newest official release

Posted by JordanMan009 Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 1066 days ago

i currently have an unlocked att bold that with my t-mobile sim card, so i want to know if i update my phone, if it will take away the unlocked feature and lock it again. This would be very helpful.

Posted by mespinoza99 Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1065 days ago

I'm in the exact same boat and have wondered this myself with all of these new OS releases. I think I'm going to back up my BB Bold first then try the new update. That way I have a fallback if necessary.

Posted by JordanMan009 Saturday, Mar 14, 2009 1064 days ago

can you please tell me what happens so i know whether or not i should do it. Thanks.

Posted by NYC_Gadgeteer Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

Why is it that they can't get on the ball and follow suit with releasing official os updates?

Posted by Audizine Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

looks like the official release will be here soon for verizon!!! i can't wait!!!

Posted by Praisedeath Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

The 9500 has gotten 2 if not 3 official updates. The 9530 (Verizon) has only released 1 update , that was back at the end of December. I love Verizon coverage, but their phone support isn't the greatest. Wished Verizon would relase more official updates for the phone.

Posted by rfdesort Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

amen brother.

Posted by Anonymous123 Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

That is not exactly true:
The Storm 9500 in greece is the only one who got two official updates.
In germany there is just one official update back in dec 2008. So we are also waiting to get some official stuff to get rid of those bugs. :-(

Posted by Mark , NYCer in OZ Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1065 days ago

I am living in Australia now orginally from New York and i am jealous you guys have 4.7.0.83 as a official release. we are stuck on 4.7.0.78 here in Australia. That is cool i will just get an American Storm and use that instead lol. I will wait for them to put out an official version but doubt they will until the apps world is complete. RIM Probably wants to do it all in one shot and i prefer they did. After all these beta "leaks" i am sure they(if they are smart) have collected alot of data to make there forrays into the the consumer market better handled. They can also have the storm working at it's full potential. Getting tired of the Apple-Zombies flashing there Iphones like it is "ish" when it is more disabled than a beat up holden Barina on the side of the road on the Pacific Highway!!!!

Posted by SICILIANBADGUY Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

WHY COULDN'T THERE BE AN UPDATE FOR THE 9530??? WE'VE WAITED WHAT? 3 MONTHS NOW...... ALL THESE LEAKED UPDATES BUT NO OFFICIAL THIS IS CRAP!!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT VERIZON!!!

Posted by 3G.BoldBerry Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

im guessing this is the same beta they just rename the file since they are both the same size, it should be either smaller or larger not the same size. this is a sham no need to update anything if anyone did update please do let us know whats the difference. thanks.

Posted by chyoch Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

I'm sure that the man in charge of releasing official OS of verizon got fired in january. that's why 9530 users can't get any update...

just joke. sorry.

Posted by loslwm Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

Verizon needs to work diligently with RIM and get us an official release! We've waited patiently and we're continuing to do so until there is one...

Posted by nafiz011 Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

thanks Bla1ze, just upgraded to .113 from .78.
worth upgrading guyz.

Posted by kramed Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

This is the exact same as the beta released last week. It is full of bugs and I wish I hadnt upgraded, my today theme among other things is completely broken.

Posted by NeoTrace Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 1066 days ago

no problems at all, running smoothly

numeric kb also works at calls