OS 4.7.0.122 for the Storm 9530 Now Available from Bell Site

on 16 Apr 2009 09:34 AM

Last week Canadian carrier Bell released OS 4.7.0.122 for the BlackBerry Storm to their customers, but it was only really available for download via Desktop Manager upgrade. It's now up on Bell's website, so anybody with a BlackBerry Storm 9530 can now easily download it and give it a go.

Keep in mind that while this is an official release, it's only official from Bell, so treat it with the same sort of respect as you do beta releases if you're on Verizon or Telus (if your carrier isn't supporting the release don't call them expecting support on it and keep in mind certain carrier-specific functions you're used to may not work). That said, I know some many of you are going to give this a go regardless. Be sure to report your findings or jump into the Storm to see what others have said and are saying about 4.7.0.122.

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98 Comments

Posted by DixieNormous Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

F*ck you Verizon! I wouldn't be so mad if they were still developing a stable release, but .122 seems stable and has become official for a number of carriers. Why can't Verizon step up since this seems to be stable enough to be an official release?

Posted by AnonymousME Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

the worse part about verizon releasing their update soo much later than everybody else, is that they aren't even going to release this version.. they seem to be preparing to release .113 (???)... check out the pcworld article:
www.pcworld.com/article/163056/blackberry_storm_to_get_firmware_update.h...

man verizon.. you guys screwed up on the release AND the support of this phone

Posted by errick78 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

My sentiments exactly. It is very disappointing. I would not have used the language you used but, man when i saw that F Bomb, I could not stop laughing!!!

Posted by chrisek Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

you can find it here:)

http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/storm-9530-os-4-7-0-122-fast-download-...

Posted by hennesseystealth Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

Not everyone that tried 122 had success. My battery was dropping 14% per hour in idle mode and about 5% in 113. 122 has some device dependent issues much like 99 did. 113 makes more sense as a stable release even if it does have memory leakage that 122 doesn't. I just couldn't deal with the battery drain and the radio bouncing back and forth between 1X and 1XEV.

Posted by hgroiss Wednesday, May 20, 2009 995 days ago

Good news... If you are a recent blackberry storm buyer, verizon made it easy to load 4.7.0.122. I recently sent my Old P.O.S. BB Storm in and recieved a new one, I was looking to install 4.7.0.122 and it was already on it. There is no vendor file that needs to be deleted simply run the Loader.exe file under AppLoader and the BB will take care of the rest. This is no joke, so if you recently got one take a look you may be in for a little treat.

4.7.0.122 makes having a storm a little more enjoyable

Posted by cslave Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I agree, verizon needs to man up and release something already. .122 would woo everyone still on .75!

oh well, I'm satisfied with me .113/5.0 hybrid right now, so even if they do make it official I'm sticking with .113

Posted by tburbodberry Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Dude calm down. If you have .122 on your storm already why do you care if Verizon releases it...especially considering it will be the same version. Don't get me wrong, I want it released officially too, but seriously, the F bomb? It's not that serious.

Verizon released the device a bit too early anyway. Don't you think they want to make sure the next official OS is in tip top shape so they don't get scrutinized again?

Posted by Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Again, Verizon is way to slow on the uptake and I feel doing more harm to their customers by not releasing an update or even releasing information related to their progress with the update. I for one am turning over a new leaf and returning my STORM. This is poor business on their part.

Posted by kal3i Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Seriously ...

So far: Bell 2 — Verizon 0

Is a Bell 9530 SO FREAKIN different from a Verizon 9530 that the OS will vary that much? Why does it seem Verizon is constantly dragging their feet?

I really hope there is some reasonable explanation.

ffs.

Posted by papped Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

It's got nothing to do with the device and probably a lot to do with Verizon's tons of OS customizations (restrictions, etc).

Posted by richardmartin19 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

If everybody on here complained to verizon instead of complaining on every post about someone else getting an update then maybe they would do something faster. But instead this site is full of people complaining ABOUT verizon instead of TO verizon. I would rather wait for them to have everything sorted out and relaese great software instead of having it now and listening to people complain about it not being great and why did verizon release crappy software again. anybody else agree?

Posted by joshuasburton Friday, Apr 17, 2009 1029 days ago

I agree. Here is a website address to the official Verizon forum. Considering the Storm OS thread is only 3 pages long, I think it might be newly created. I just wanted to share it and encourage people to flood it with OS findings and rants.

http://wireless-forums.verizon.com/vrzn/

Posted by j0hnnyRingo Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Its official somewhere, so my as well load it up. People are going to bitch and moan either way. If Verizon released an official every week, people would bitch about them not being stable enough. If Verizon waited for a very stable OS (like they do), people bitch.

Lose, lose situation for VZW.

Posted by clyde67 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Has anyone done this exact install with their Verizon Storm????

Posted by pkcable Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

It's about darn (wanted to use a stronger word, but this IS the front of the site ;) ) time they released the exe, but I've been on 122 for a while now, thanks to the clever folks here at CB. ;)

Posted by Smiley88 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

WTF?? what about Telus customers?

Posted by rapsball4 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I feel like Telus won't let themselves get too far behind Bell. I have no sources or anything, just a hunch that it won't be too much longer. Unlike Verizon, they have to compete for Storms in Canada. I'm pretty happy with .113 so I think I'm going to wait for Telus to go official instead of playing around.

Posted by BB_Love Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Wow! I have Verizon and could care less if they release it or not.. it's much more exciting this way.

Posted by Nerdlife Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Dying for portrait qwerty. come on with the official already.

Posted by shain Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I'm on Verizon and have been running OS .113 for almost 2 weeks and it is literally night and day from the OS .75 that was on the Storm when I purchased it. .113 is a really good OS and yes, it has full QWERTY in Portrait mode.

Posted by 40kal Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

im still running .103 and it has qwerty in portrait view..

Posted by Panya T. Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

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Posted by Saiyajin Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

1) Completely off topic. We're discussing an OS upgrade.
2) Wrong. I've shopped Crackberry and have had no problems with them at all.
3) If you feel that bad about these things, don't post at all and waste space and time. You're not even showing as a registered user.

Posted by Rizzy09 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

OMG, this is getting out of hand, cant wait for the Niagara 9630

Posted by ploopydoopy Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Who's to say the big V won't fuck that one up to?

Posted by BBrutto Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

For some reason this wont load on my phone! The Vendor File has been deleted and everytime I install the update exe and then open the desktop manager it doesnt begin to load the new OS. Ive never had this problem before! Does anyone know what is going on?

Posted by DawnGP143 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

It's been my experience when downloading and attempting to install a new OS from another vendor that I've had to make sure I was NOT connected to the internet. You might want to disable your internet connection and try it again.

Hope it works! Let me know.

Posted by Oilersboy Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

hey to all verizon users, keep e mailing them and they will cave in and gives you a new version like bell have already ! best way is tell them you have a problem with your storm with this. but for telus users , they are working on it and will release newer version soon !!

Posted by larry_balls Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

is gay

Posted by FiLLiEs Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Damn i really am a loser. i gotta find something better to do with my time. Its getting old checking the site everyday to see if VZW woke up

Posted by Dane Karges Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I love how you guys are bitching about Verizon and Bell.... What about us Telus guys who haven't had an official release yet either. I'm running .109 and am happy with that so.....? TELUS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by groovedaddy24 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Let's put our foot in Verizon's ass! flood them with calls, emails, and letters. Richardmartin19 is right, while they may see some comments on here, flooding their corporate emails with pissed off emails by the masses has got to do something! They are so behind with everything. Coinsidence that they released the Curve MONTHS after every other carrier had it? Hmmm.

Posted by richardmartin19 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I need to show this to my wife! Someone said i was right!!!

Posted by scurvydlicious Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

Priceless ;^)

Posted by lish shaffer Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

So will this work on verizon storm or no?

Posted by VinceTybor Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I have VZW Storm. I just tried running it and opened Desktop Manager and it didnt run new OS. Don't think it works. If someone has done it let me know why it's not working for me.

Posted by DawnGP143 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

See my reply to someone else above about disabling your internet before starting up your DM. It's worked for me in the past.

Hope it helps!!!

Posted by irvingc Friday, Apr 17, 2009 1029 days ago

i have verizon and have had no problems with getting the new os to work. just follow the steps to the t and it should not be a problem.

Posted by irvingc Friday, Apr 17, 2009 1029 days ago

i have verizon and have had no problems with getting the new os to work. just follow the steps to the t and it should not be a problem.

Posted by sfogle Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I have .113 on two Storms on Verizon and it has worked flawlessly...tremendous improvement over the .75 that came on the devices.

Posted by jmarruda Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Thats what i would like to know also.

Posted by phareone21 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Help, I have downloaded and installed the OS onto my computer but when I try to use my DM to install it onto my phone, it doesn't recognize that it is there. Help!!!

Posted by hugebeeg Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Has anyone tried putting .113 on a phone that is on a BES? Do I have to work through my IT guys to make it work? Or can I just do it myself without screwing things up.

Posted by NinjaRAT Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

Yes, I have upgraded to .113 on my VZN 9530 and am connected to my company's BES. The only thing needed from BES, is the activation password, so you can Enterprise Activate after upgrading.

Helps that I'm my company's BES admin, so you might want to offer some sort of bribe to yours (presuming he/she isn't you).

I tend to like coffee flavored products though pizza is a universal bribe.

Posted by hugebeeg Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

They limit some of the things that we can do on our phones. You don't find this might be a problem do you? You are the experienced one. They are all jealous of our phones, so I'm not sure how helpful they may be.

Posted by dabears55 Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1030 days ago

I am the BES Admin in my District as well. Gimme Diet Mt. Dew and I''l let you slap my ass and you can call me Shirley.

Posted by hugebeeg Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 1022 days ago

Is that done with the app loader upgrade?

Posted by black berry single Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

Damm you are cheap, just a diet Mountain Dew?

Posted by PeekPoke Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 1029 days ago

LOL! This site is always entertaining...