Sprint rolling out BIS 4.1 tomorrow?
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Bla1ze on 7 Oct 2011 04:29 pm
We've spoke about BIS 4.1 coming to North America soon and the latest Sprint PlayBook gives us a good indication as to when. Unless plans have changed, it appears as though Sprint customers (and maybe other carriers) will be enabling BIS 4.1 tomorrow at some point. Most likely in the wee hours of the morning to limit the impact on services. That's about it for now -- we'll just have to wait and see if they roll it out or if it's been put off for another date, which does sometimes happen.
Learn more about BIS 4.1
raiderfan#CB Oct 7, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Hell Yeah.......will be nice to remove the word "truncated" from my downloaded emails
shankeith Oct 7, 2011 at 5:03 pm
+111111111111111111111111111111111111111
djdonnyk Oct 7, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Looking forward to it for sure, thanks for the update.
johnmarki Oct 7, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Woot Woot. I was starting to doubt Sprint, but it seems they didn't forget about us BlackBerry users after all!
neoflasher Oct 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm
waiting.....
C4U2NV Oct 7, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Not just sprint but other carriers as well..
hjmargarido Oct 7, 2011 at 5:04 pm
already rolling in europe...awesome with increased email capacity...
decypher44 Oct 7, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Sweeeeeeet!!!!!!!
SC457 Oct 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Awesome, great upgrade!
Marvin-13 Oct 7, 2011 at 6:22 pm
is the size increased for receiving emails? or sending them?
hjmargarido Oct 7, 2011 at 7:03 pm
both sides...photos inclusive in body of mail
scottae316 Oct 7, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Sprint has always seemed to support Blackberry well, and I am glad to see it continue. I know that the other carriers in North America will roll it out, but hey way to go Sprint.
BB_Bmore Oct 7, 2011 at 10:28 pm
:)
LutherSnow74 Oct 8, 2011 at 3:35 am
Sprint's BIS website is down...
El Platanero Oct 8, 2011 at 8:56 am
so how can we tell that it was done yet?
mmeadows59215 Oct 8, 2011 at 9:02 am
I am on ATT network. I have not been receiving email messages this morning. I've sent service books... They come through fine. But still no emails coming through. I'm starting to think it could be possibly related to this update?! I don't know. Anyone else?
black_hat Oct 8, 2011 at 10:37 am
I'm on Sprint and I'm having the same issue.
sj-performance Oct 8, 2011 at 11:33 am
im on sprint...this morning emails not going thru and when i do get an email it says "message truncated due to size"
ejjanczy Oct 8, 2011 at 12:06 pm
I'm getting the same error message too and these are lil sentence or two text only emails like from ESPN news alerts which is what I have to resort to cause Sprint is making the sender pay for text messages earlier this year.
ejjanczy Oct 8, 2011 at 3:13 pm
*UPDATE*
As of 1 pm ET emails are working properly as I am able to read my emails.
decypher44 Oct 8, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Anyone confirm this was done yet? I wish there was an easy way to find out.
757EliasHZ Oct 8, 2011 at 12:06 pm
T-Mobile USA here: I'm also getting "message truncated due to size" on all of the emails I'm receiving, no matter how small.
WarEagle1986 Oct 8, 2011 at 12:10 pm
2011-OCT-08, Carrier=Verizon, phone=9850
Turned on mobile this morning and found that e-mails sent to/from my 9850 via BIS for either/both Hotmail and MSN all show same error message "Message truncated due to size". Further, see same issue with another POP3 account (unrelated webmail service set up through major domain provider).
File Size:
Problem is NOT a file size issue - many of these e-mails are simple text files and even the largest messages (full html with attachments) are well under all BIS limits. Also, I have directly viewed all e-mails and confirmed file sizes directly at the respective web-mail applications without issue. Further, I have sent small test messages to/from phone and still recieve same error message.
Seem to recall other RIM users on other carriers having this sort of issue over last month, first time I've seen this on my Verizon 9850.
Notes:
A) Not seeing this problem with BES account - it is functioning normally.
B) After checking all of my BIS linked e-mail accounts, interested to discover that only ONE seems to be functioning OK and it is the carrier e-mail, i.e., VZW bb e-mail "...vzw.blackberry.net". < Interesting, eh? >
Would like to see if anyone else obtains same result (i.e., no error message) when using your carrier issued xxx.blackberry.net e-mail address.
RIM 9850 (current)
Recent primary RIM devices: RIM 9550, 9530, 8830.
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sunjammer Oct 8, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I'm on Rogers, and definitely an issue with this BIS update! All emails I receive today, even a one-word email I sent to myself, show "Message truncated due to size"
decypher44 Oct 8, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Sent myself small test email. No problem. Sent myself enail with 9 mb attachment. Have not received.
decypher44 Oct 8, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Scratch that. "Email truncated due to size"
Gucio84pl Oct 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm
I am on verizon and just deleted my aol and earthlink emails account and restarted blackberry. Than i send service books and setup emails again. As soon as I finished I received emails from september 14 on aol and earthlink. Not sure if BIS was update or not because can't check BIS version and can't check how big emails can receive because don't have access to computer now to send big file.
ridwial Oct 8, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Anyone know when BIS 4.1 will come to Southeast Asia? I'm in Indonesia but I've received nothing as of yet. Also, is there any way to check the BIS version on 9800?
yvpan1 Oct 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm
yes it should, asia pacific is the first region to have the BIS 4.1 implemented since 2 weeks ago, and you dont need to worry bout that, it's there for you.
Canadians & Americans, are you guys still experiencing problems with your BIS emails so far?
Vanti Oct 9, 2011 at 12:53 am
yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally have been waiting seems dam silly that we didnt get it sooner even though we border the might rim nation. ( Canada not included )