w00t! Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hannukah, Festivus or anything and everything else this Holiday Season, for you BlackBerry Storm 9530 owners the sweetest gift just arrived... a new update to the 9530 Storm's OS!
This isn't an official release, nor are we even certain at this point that this will be a version that gets released by Verizon (likely a stepping stone on the way to their next release), but if you feel the need to upgrade then 4.7.0.83 is now available online! It started floating around earlier today and thankfully it didn't take long for it to leak. I've had it on my Storm for a few hours now and have noticed a bit more snappiness all around. Install at your own risk, and be sure to check our Storm forums for every itty bitty detail that's sure to emerge regarding this release.
Update: OS 4.7.0.83 now leaked and available for the Storm 9500 - click here to get it.
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Nice vid. Thanks Kevin. :)
but the Storm still sucks. It's still slow as hell and still has more glitches than iPhone has fanboys !! My favorite is how the camera just pops up at random though. That's just the greatest. Oh, and how sometimes, no matter how many times you press the send key when it's ringing, it won't answer the phone. I came ever so close to whipping mine against the wall the other night. I think the Storm should be voted BIGGEST FAILURE GADGET OF THE DECADE !!! Stop trying to convince yourselves that it was a good investment.
Go ahead and slam me now Crucial. You know you want to !!
You Truly Have NO life.
Fuckin idiot...
did your mommy teach you that naughty language ? I have quite a busy life actually. I think I just hit a sore spot and it made you angry. It'll be ok. You sound like you just need a hug :)
Maybe you got unlucky with yours. Mine's fine. Swap it for another. Or if you're sick of it now, just stick with the 3G iPhone instead.
I think your just jelious that the bb is getting better everyday n one thing, your jus the failure
if you're going to talk smack, learn how to spell !! JELIOUS !?!?!? J-E-A-L-O-U-S is the correct way to spell it. I know, you were probably abused as a child. It's ok. Hugs for you too !!!
Lol it thrills me you take time out of your busy schedule to post on this website.
I think YOU need a hug too. Cheer up, sport.
Awww... I'm sure you'd like to give everyone here a hug. That's so tender.
No phone is perfect. every phone has its pitfalls. just because the iPhone was followed, and lead by a crap-load of media hype and "industry changing" hype doesn't mean squat when it has so many issues itself.
Truth be told it's a basic phone with an excellent touch screen and a surprisingly good browser. Oh, and it has games. That's good for the kids. :) No video. No pix messaging. Blah. but it does do what its designed to do... uh, fairly well? Yeah.
It certainly impacted the industry and is an excellent phone... yes, phone. But my storm has been nothing but excellent. Yeah, there have been issues, DUH!
You can bash on Blackberry all you'd like, but the numbers don't lie. Blackberry is still a hot contender (which is obviously why you get so fired-up...otherwise you just wouldn't care! hahahah) http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081201/WIRELESS/811269984/1094/MOBI...
Anyway, good luck in your debate, you're gonna need all the help you can get.
Oh, and lastly... if Mr Jobs can't even show up to the CTIA convention--which, if it weren't FOR cell phone and their utter success, the iPhone wouldn't exist--then I have no support for him. Nor his slander-advertising. How about we just promote our product and what it DOES instead of trying to boo-hoo-I'm-still-in-3rd-grade-I'm-gonna-tear-you-down-to-make-me-feel-better approach.
that you honestly think that I even remotely respect Apple. I just returned my Storm and picked up a Curve instead. The Storm is a piece of junk. You can't deny it. I LOVE my Curve however. So go hug yourself and SHUT THE FUCK UP.
calm down,
nobody cares about what you think about the storm, its cool and we all like it, so enjoy your next 4 minutes trying to come up with a reply to this, save it and go somewhere else to provoke people, maybe you should buy a punching dummy and take out your anger on it.
PS who gives a shit about spelling?
I just received my Storm tonight. It is a bit of a learning curve from using the Palm 755p from Sprint. I have been with Sprint PCS for 10 yrs this week and I just switched to Verizon..........Now I'm part of the network!! I am confused though, I can't seem to find those guys around my house like you see in the commercials. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. My Storm is slick, slow and confusing but hopefully in the next couple of days I'll either learn it or just learn to live with it.
Cheers
hukd on fonix wreely wurkd 4 mee
I had same experience. when i get an incoming call, i keep on pressing SEND button or the touch "Answer" option but it takes a hell of time to accept the call and sometimes the caller fades up and hangs up.. Storm is too slow device..
Hey check out a complete set of reviews/feedback for the firmware update 4.7.0.83 here @ http://smartphone-guru.blogspot.com/2008/12/blackberry-storm-firmware-up...
Funny my first post on this website is in a bashing thread. No prob. I've had lot's of experience on boards since 1990.
All I got to say about the abusers and bashers on this site is, God only protects babies and fools and I ain't seen no babies post on here yet.
As far as the Blackberry Storm goes, I got the 9530 and I'm currently downloading the .83 update using my Verizon Tethering Plan. I love the phone and wouldn't trade it for anything. It's also my first Blackberry as I'be a Motorola Fan since I have owned C.B.'s, HAM Radio's, Walky Talkies, and Portable T.V.'s from them when most of you were still shiting in your pants. Have fun bashing the Storm, all I can say is the phone has outlasted the Bartender from my favorite bar. Wish I had a picture of the goose-egg on his forehead from this phone. Best Damn Product I've owned since a Timex Watch.
Nice video Kevin! I will be sure to tell my best friend about this one.
You know I think the OS is getting better, my only 'issue' is the huge lag of the camera. Fix that and its winner winner chicken dinner.
Yeah, it's definitely getting smoother. Bit of lag every now and then, the OS is definitely getting speedier. Not sure if it's in my head, but the web browser seemed faster to me at re-rendering pages (as you scroll up/down quick and or zoom in/out). Gotta play with it more and see how it holds up.
I agree with the web browsing, mine is a lot better and I don't have high speed in my area(I'm still rocking 1X).
I see you took my advice from the last storm OS video and added some music, lol
owow
I downloaded the last update OTA and guess what my phone totally crashed and locked up and Verizon was unable to fix it then they messed my replacement up and ive been with out a phone for a week now but i finally get my new one tomrrow! I am glad im not the only one who is really annoyed with the camera lag! Does anyone know is there a quick fix to speed that up till they get that issue fixed as well?
lowering the size of the picture (less MP) will speed up the camera a bit
Where did you get your OTA download update?
Where is the video?
its still slow. and it didnt fix the screen click....
What do you meen it didn't fix the screen click?
fack i want my storm already, c-mon bell work some christmas magic :p
lol The music was a nice touch.
Can anyone provide a mirror for this...most corp. networks block that upload site.
Cheers.
hey i was woundering when i upgraded to .75 i had to send out requests for all of my buddies on bbm again. is there something im not doing right when saving my contacts pin numbers? and my real question is will this happen again when i upgrade to .83 thank you
Kevin, can you advise if this OS update helps with the camera lag at all? I'm loving everything about this phone, EXCEPT for the crappy camera.
What lag are you referring to, the lag when moving the camera, or the lag when taking a shot?
if it is lag when taking a shot you are concerned with, are you using the right side convenience key to take the picture, or are you clicking the screen. If you are just clicking the screen, try the right convenience key, it is a 2 stage button, pressing it lightly activates auto-focus, once it's focused, press the button the rest of the way to snap the shot.
Hot dog! That fixed my problem with the camera. Why isn't that it the manual anywhere???
Great video! I hope there is more to the .83 upgrade than that. I have the .75 and those issues were fixed with it. Is their anything else new?? Hope so! If not this is going to be a long ride.
Also available as a torrent at:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1730204/3389628/
Can someone check to see if it fixed bug with the video camera locking while recording a video. Or if it's actually saving the videos fine and playing back.
The browser is DEFINITELY faster...I do have EVDO, and before the browser sucked! Much improved!
Not that I'm bitching, but why is it okay for unofficial software to be posted on the forums for this device, but not for others?
Wooooo WHooooo!!!
Im having trouble. I click the download link from the blog and it goies to another site. What do I click at that point to start the download? THanks
Is, since this is an unofficial release, what will be the OS that Verizon will officially release?
And more importantly, when will this happen?
Oh, and thanks for video Kevin!
I NOTICED SOME OF YOUS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING THE NEW OS 4.7.0.83 SO IF YOU GUYS WANT IT JUST LET ME KNOW I'LL SENT IT TO YOU... NO B.S.
Can some one host that file onto another forum, or site?
I cant download, i guess you have to register to download, and i don't want to register.
thanks
it doesnt seem to work on the computer im using, can you send me a copy to matt.michaelson@gmail.com
thanks!
I cant download the os when I click the link. The torrent wont work either. can you send it to mrcodyd@gmail.com please thanks
Can you send my a copy please.
hey can you sent me a copy of the os 4.7.0.83
I think it needs at least 5.0. Sorry but I hate the Storm. I am using my Curve instead and dropping this piece of junk back to Verizon.