BlackBerry Messenger Updated - v5.0.1.38 now available for download

I've heard that cops can tap into the new blackberry messenger - fact???

This version is horrible my girl BBMs me at 8pm i get em at 2am....it takes forever to send

Been using it for a few days. Working fine on my 8320, same functions, a touch of minimalism on its layout and some thins are reordered to make it more efficient. The "multi chat" is the old "conference", never had trouble with the conferences, just miss the different nick color on every conferencist, now it just slightly change the bubble color. Been using History since .57 and it's still working ok. BBM Groups are faster and even though it's "retrieving messages" every time i enter the chat, on .57 it had to load the messages too and now is even faster than then. MY ONLY COMPLAINT is that Voice Notes is screwed up. When I hit the record button it lags for 3-5mins (haven't really timed it, it's an approx.) with the hourglass and then i can record, but it's not useful that way. Hate it because i like pretty much VN and i'm really liking this update :/

OTA WAS FASTER FOR ME.....

i also chose for it to show names :) nice. but not much change in the homescreen.

HELP SOMEBODY,been trying the voice transfer for days and it just lagsssss for ever to the point that I have to reboot!!!!!the recording screen comes up ones in wile and that might take five minutes or more. And the pict transfer is not much better!!!!I have a curve 8330. With sprint...thanks

I was using the beta version(I think it was version 5.0.1.36?), and I'm very dissapointed that they took away the history feature.

It gave you the option to go through all the converstions you had by day/month. This was very convenient for me, as I like to close old conversations often.

Reverting to the old BBM isn't working eithr!!!

I don't know if its my 9700 or what BUT sometimes I can't get the last BBM message to appear within a chat unless I change something within the BBM options. Then it will fully appear. Hard to explain but I can see what the person sent but when I click on it, it will show our conversation but without what they just sent me. I can still see what they sent within my main messages but not within BBM. In order for me to get it to pop up within BBM, I have to change any setting within BBM's options, save it, and then it will show up. Anyone having this issue?

OK...so update done on an older 8700g...so i can see what's new etc before i do my Bold...nope..I don't see anything new?? Conference chats renamed to multi person chat? bubble style all grey...i used no borders which is still white same as standard was....maybe the location flg shows now on this old blackberry...can't remember if it did or not before??

So fellow crackberry people...whats IS new exactly?

I just downloaded the latest version of bbm on my tour. Now i don't see the app anywhere, I re-downloaded the app and now it is asking for my display name. All of my contact pins are gone. How can i get them back. I did not back up. Please help.

I can't see anyone's status just their personal message. It can't see "busy" or "working" etc just their twitter like statement. Help Please

not sure if it's just me but EVERY TIME i get a message within a group chat and go to open it through my messages, it says "Retrieving chat messages, please wait..." it's definitely pretty annoying and rarely happened with the last version. anyone else?

overall though, i actually like it..and the colors unlike alot of people..seems like a more masculine feel? haha

needs update now
Android gets a nice update
My contacts and calendar still dont link up. They leave bes users in the cold

So I downloaded this new messenger and now I can't update my status if anyone knows how to fix that email me.kareemdedan@bmobile.tt.blackberry.com

after upgrading it yesterday,bbm has been lagging and the message doesnt delivered in the right order,does anyone experiencing this too?i'm in indonesia

Some of my friends uses weird symbols for their nickname. because of these symbols, the photo profile of that person becomes bigger a takes like a 1/3 of the screen page. no problems with the same nickname for the previous .0.57.

there's also a dirty line on some chats.

at least now ppl can read my status..

Don't like the new colours as much, too dark. I wish RIM would allow customizable colours.

has anyone got a chance to use it?

Still doesn't work on my Storm 1 with bell :(

the only thing i don't really like is the fact when you hit the back button it doesn't clear the conversation, it just go back to the main bbm page. Does anyone know a quick way of erasing the entire thing besides going to the menu and hitting clear field?

7.8mb is the full download. 2.5mb is the update.

Is there a way to change the color on the font for the contacts name when a message is sent/received. It's only black now is that permanent? I want the green/blue back.

Was working great. After rebooting device a few times later the icon disappeared. It's still downloaded on my BB and in Appworld but it's not where to be found. Very frustrating. I have tried several reboots with no luck..

I just got the new BBM installed but I can't view my contact's display pictures. Any help please?

i feel like with each update, they continue to get smaller and smaller. blackberry is trying to make us go blind

The link from the BlackBerry Home Page is working

Is it true that if you update your BBM to the new version that "the government" police etc. will have access to your messages?

http://www.blackberry.com/select/bbm/download.shtml

Call me nuts, but I've been hearing through the grape vine cops can track the conversations with this new update. I am skeptical if that is true, however, can someone please give some insight on these rumours....thank you.

I like the shaded conversation bubbles! Nice update.

They made the message thread look bland. It's just grey and sea green whatever. Not too enticing to see and use. Hope the color scheme could be changed though since chatting looks a bit boring because of the color scheme of the thread.

It looks fun to use but a bit square. The one I downloaded was only 2.8MB and I know it's out of the question but It took me 3:30 to reboot my 9700. So again I'm not sure why the 9700 in the reboot shootout took more than 9minutes. Haha. Anyways looking forward to having a much better bbm experience. Thanks crackberry for the info!

Damn!

link is working again.. but i'm getting a 907 invalid cod error:s what the heck is that?

It's a bit ugly...seems to be faster though. It was worth an upgrade, but probably not worth all the hoops I had to jump through to get it...

it works just very slow

I tried blackberry.com/bbm from my phone and it dowloaded. My phone is in the process of rebooting now,

I tried blackberry.com/bbm from my phone and it dowloaded. My phone is in the process of rebooting now,

The Link worked great! http://blackberry.com/bbm. Thanks for posting it. I was now able to finally download the new bbm.

Keyboard issue seems to be fixed!!!!!!!!!!!

downloading now!

http://blackberry.com/bbm works now!

they have a pretty fast non imaged download page setup right now. try goin quick to get it before they go down again!

downloading mine right now.

You can download and install via Desktop Manager here:
http://www.blackberry.gen.tr/

doesn't work for me either. gives me an error

The link I got sent for OTA download is www.blackberry.com/bbmemailme/?

If you go to the website for App World and check out BBM it shows the new version. You fill out the email address and it sends you a link. You follow the link, and App World has the old version there.

WHAT??

Why is that RIM can't get their act together?

I've been on the beta test version but when i log in to App World the screen initially shows 5.0.1.38 but then refreshes itself and then shows 5.0.0.57. Is that actually a step up?

So I was able to upgrade from within App World to the new version this morning. After rebooting I cannot find the icon for BBM now. I even had a friend message me and it never came through but shows as sent on his side.

Go into App World - shows I have it installed
Go into Applications list - shows I have it installed
icon cannot be found anywhere!

Pulled the battery, changed themes....no where to be found and when friends message me I get no notification...

Any help is appreciated....

Well I got it to email me the OTA link but when I click the link in my email it won't load the site...

their servers cant handle ota requests for a update, FAIL but whatever. Why not at least update the App World?

I love my blackberry dont get me wrong but I am seriously considering making a move to another platform/device. Slips like this is why people laugh at RIM.

Has anyone encountered this little glitch before where there's a black line that will appear occasionally in the chat window, I managed to grab a screenshot of it and I've been asking around if anyone has seen this but apparently so far I'm the only one who got this even before updating it to v5.0.1.38

I am gonna post the link to the image here and hopefully someone can tell me what's up...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4882776744_232e015027.jpg

BB Pin: 22193808

Cheers!

Servers are probably been hammered, ive downloaded with no issues 5 mins ago, message delivery is faster, pictures preview is awesome, file transfer is MUCH faster without pauses, status update bug of 100 contacts is fixed, this is by far the best BBM yet.

i was expecting there to be many noticable changes and updates, but its just small lil things that dont really make that much of a difference one way or another. i like that it seems a tad bit faster and crisper look. other than that, nothing too special like more ppl have been saying.

The link blackberry.com/messenger doesn't work now - just get a 503 service temporarily unavailable page. Anybody tried this morning?

Wow, I'm seeing all these comments that the links and updates aren't working. I was lucky enough to see this blog & update it last night and the new BBM works great. I hope they get the links to work again.

Just checked BlackBerry AppWorld and the new version appears.

argh, can't download, bad gateway. would really have preferred appworld to be updated first.

Can't get in yet.

A few tweeks here and there, but for the most part not much more since the 5.0 roll out. Good thing is that all the new stuff feels like it should have been there already. I am liking SMS integration feature (allows you to read SMS messages from linked contacts in the BBM application). Some of my colleagues don't like it, but I think there is enough difference between the SMS and BBM conversation boxes to know which one your'e reading.
The thumbnail of pictures being received is nice. Group Chat seems to be working alot faster, not sure if continued usage will slow it up, but I do notice that the chats are loaded in the conversation box and not before you actually get into the chat (this is cool).
Not sure how an "expand all" option is useful but still loving "collapse all".
All in all not a bad upgrade. Not too much not too little. Continuing to explore more features. But so far I'm giving it a thumbs up!!

Man! The servers are getting HAMMERED.... Time out after time out.. Now the page is not avaialable.. I think we gonna see a crash..

I think the server is ****** up!

or somewhere else?

please....

Please fix you link since App World is atrocious at doing anything...ty

The OTA link posted keeps going 404, 503, and connection time out.

Am loving it

Ok i tried downloading this new version and it wouldn't work. Even the website doesnt exist anymore, is this version real?

I'm using a 9700 on Rogers. I downloaded this from App World last night and it works fine. Download was 5.7 MB. I'm guessing the 7 MB file is for the touchscreen version?

Plenty of visual changes in my opinion. More options when you hit the BlackBerry button. It does seem like there is less room for text in the chat boxes. Not sure if the text size has increased, or there are just bigger gaps between messages.

Colours seem more dull, perhaps trying to look more "professional" I'm fine with it.

Overall haven't really noticed any difference in performance or battery drain.

I keep getting an error message whats up with that

be able to copy/paste more than just one line of a conversation. really annoying.

I just updated my App World and then the new version of BBM showed up....getting it now

I've been trying for hours now.. Link is still down :(

Yeah, they took the links down for some reason, very weird. Maybe released it a minute too soon?

Link still not working for me, either. :(

Are you guys simply going to www.blackberry.com/messenger? That works. That's how I upgraded.

The picture sending/receiving is great! Very fast and you get the full pic right away.

Even Blackberry.com is down. Seems they are doing some maintence??

Anyone have a working link?

anyone know how to bypass this? Running a Sprint 8330

Does anyone know if the Set Alert feature that is available on BBM4.6 and was removed for all other versions of 5 is available on this new release?

Why was I sleeping when this came out?!?!?!? none of the links work for me :-(

Nice now you can set your own name for a contact and it wont change when they update their names! great now to set names for all the @ss on my list that change their name ever hour!!

Is It Just Me or do I smell OS 6 close around the corner

dead links...
My first attempt, It showed up in app world and I clicked to download, however the server location timed out or something! i rebooted and tried again, but this time it only showed version 5.0.57!

Why RIM hasn't figured out that their customers don't like refreshing over and over, and searching the Internet to find the place to download updates is beyond me.

What's the point of AppWorld if RIM *doesn't* update the app links there for their own applications? Seriously... that makes no sense.

So... I'm doing the 'refresh' thing on my Storm2 every chance I get trying to hope I'm lucky and get the download to go. Frustrating. This is one of the areas RIM *needs* immediate improvement.

Cant download the file because my 8900 browser is giving me this: HTTP Error 500: Server Error

Also tried the BB App World and did not even see the upgrade option or an updated version.

Can anyone post a Appworld link to this version (website)

LINKS DONT WORK!!

been trying for 3hrs now...links still dead

Pros:
The My profile section has good aesthetic improvements
"New Multi-person chat" is an exciting addition

Cons
The ridiculously large font size! I can't figure out how to change it

The background colors in a chat conversation: UGLY

Overall what i hate the most is that the text is SO LARGE!!

" wow Great Improved
Found Chat window like a Tweet on Ubertwitter new version
more fun, because it has Color scheme
Thanks RIM

The links don't work. Fix them please.

I kinda had to get this version because I just downgraded my OS (don't ask, long story) anyway, things I've notivced are yeah, the chat screen is definitely different & while I'm usually a grey kinda guy, I'm not liking it all that much, would rather it be white again. 2nd, I like how the escape key clear what you were typing, now that it just exits the chat only to leave it there to when you come back, I'm not liking that so much. 3rd, the "my profile" section has definitely changed from before, it's really the first thing I noticed, if I could change back I think I would, I liked the old version better I think.

none of these links are working and Blackberry App World does not have the version listed above. Went to blackberry.com and the only vrison available is the version that I already have. Can someone send me a link to james.thickson@rogers.blackberry.net Thank you

App world for me is still showing 0.57. Weird.

I love crackberry users!!... lol but i've updated and its pretty good to me. Better than the old version.

Same here trying to download but I keep getting the message
HTTP Error : Bad Gateway. I wonder how long this is going to go on for?

I got Bold 9700 for Vodacom

Gateway error here too!!

My battery seems to be draining faster today after upgrading bbm.

Yeah so I've been trying to get my phone to dl this for like an hour now both through the blackberry.com/messenger site and the blackberry.com/bbm site... and it keeps saying bad gateway.

Anyone else?

P.S. I have the tour for Verizon.

When I try either links, I get a page with a Proxy error:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /devicesoftware/entry.do.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

I guess I'll try again later.

I'm also getting the 502: Bad Gateway message! What gives?

The bbm I'm downloading now is 5.6 mb

Good AM CB Family... Im getting a weird gateway error when going to link. Maybe everyone is trying to download the new messenger. Ill wait a few and try again later.

They no longer show up with their own lil mini grey background...

Is this because too many people are trying to download and the servers are crashing?

I tested /messenger and I got gateway error myself. Those RIM homos are trying to force you to use valuable mobile data or something ? I was using the hotspot browser.

No worries. OTA is down for a little while. Can't wait to DL it either. :D

I'm on Vodafone UK and every time I try to download this it comes up with the message HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway. But this only happens when I try download this everything else is fine.

I have the Bold 9700

HELP!?

The previous BB betazone version (5.0.1.17) is better and this version had too many problems in the bz forums thats why I never updated even after the beta offer.

I think the whole world is downloading now :-) I managed to update mine but now I cannot update the bbm for my wife.

I downloaded dm 6 last night & it told me my 9650 could be updated to .810 from .732. I did the update & realized it put me back to 5.0 for bbm.

I went to dl the new bbm this morning & it's telling me the gateway times out & app world doesn't show the new version.

I had the new bbm on my 9650 running .732 last night before the update. Did rim pull the update?

the "newnewinternet.com" is reporting that Saudi Arabia is gunno shut down BBM on friday.

I keep getting bad gateway error also...

Tried downloading a few times -- keep getting "bad gateway error"...all other web access seems fine (wap, web, etc)...ideas?

Fuck. The links don't work for me.

Any fix to this error? App world isn't showing the updated version either but is showing 5.0.0.57 version :(

Each time I try the OTA I get a Bad Gateway Error. My app world does not show the updated version.

Group chat icons are still messed up.

Can't believe they released it to the public like this...

Even though each of my groups have different icons, they just show as one icon in the homescreen...disappointing!

so i dl'd the new update from the app world, and after my phone rebooted there was no longer a bbm for me to use, and i tried to dl bbm again and it says that its already installed...any help on how to get it back?

Wasn't there suppose to be an option on the new version that stops broadcast coming from contacts?

Just got it and I love it!

grey colour on chat background look so dingy and dark. mad hate

2 other changes I have spotted...

If you start typing a message and press the escape key, it doesnt delete what you have already put, it comes out of the conversation and then when you return, the text is still there.

Also, there is now the option to add a contact the home screen, not sure if that was there previously or not.

My 9700 has such an awesome battery life that I'm scared to upgrade. Can anyone comment on their battery experiences so far?

what's the deal with the different file sizes?

Seems more 'os6' than os5
Oh and the smiley icon with the sunglasses doesn't come with B) anymore: you have to type B-). Weird.

Also noticed that now you can see the status of the message without having to open it.

i heard that the police can track this version of bbm, apartently it was on the news .. can anyone confirm

Can anybody tell me why the download from appworld is twice the size compared to the one directly from rim?

Finally a english flag added! *eng* pity the world cup is over and all

I just downloaded it and only see minor changes..the chat layout color sucks, would be nice if we could choose our own color scheme, multi person chat is cool, not bad...so far.

Is amy one else's icons huge?? especially my own status info & profile pic! Is there any way to change the gray background?

This latest update is very, very high end. The groups now work flawlessly for the Storm 9550. It almost feels like a little bit of 6.0 on my phone now. The group pictures slide oh so smoothly now from image to image. I really like how the chats appear now too. Very, very impressive.

Send location which has not worked for me since getting BBM 5.x finally works again!!! I also like how they grouped all of the send options together - this is a definite improvement!

nevermind i got it :D its pretty awesome :)

this is not showing up on my app world... or the website. is this just me?

Thanks LyBerry

seems my profile picture is smaller.Is it me are other people seeing the same thing as well?

Let the record show that I love this new version on my 9550. I wasn't one of the beta users and upgraded to 5.0.1.38 from 5.0.0.57. Multiple people wanna switch back for various reasons so, courtesy of BBTweeps - http://bbtweeps.com/files/php/bbm.php

yay for a bbm update but im trying to download it...i went onto blackberry.com/bbm and gave my email for the download link and on tht page it shows the new bbm and when i wanna see it to download it in app world it shows the other version before this can someone help me :)

I've checked app world and this upate is not showing for me. Version I see is 5.0.0.38. Is the update for the 9650?

Sick new BBM, really like it so far.

I just downloaded now, my Storm is rebooting and its awesome that this didn't go to beta zone first!!!!!
Does anyone know whats new about this update?!
oh yeah I downloaded it directly from the web so it was only 2.7 mb!!!

Just updated on my 9550, and I've sent msgs to two different people, neither are going through.. just stuck on the "clock"...

Noticed that when having a conversation, you no longer see " is writing message" when person you are bbm'ing is in process of writing back.

I don't remember if it did this prior to update, but it now shows the time of each message on the right of the message, at least in bubble chat style.

i like this!! this is a good step up from the previous bbm!! lol it looks refreshing! i wish i could change the color of the chat box though.. now that would be sick!!

Has anybody else had problems with sending voice notes?,every time I have try it just got hung up and starting clocking had to reboot!!!!!:-(

Has anybody else had problems with sending voice notes?,every time I have try it just got hung up and starting clocking had to reboot!!!!!:-(

Ooo the chat layout looks more appealing.

will kevin do another stress test on this version

Hmmm...it says it requires 6MB of app memory but when I rebooted after downloading it I gained 6MB :s

love the new look only thing why status msg on the right of the contact name ... any help of fixing that ...or does anyone know how to get the msg under contact name like before ...

The pics for my bbm contacts are bigger and clearer and the background for a conversation is grey in color now.

Haven't spoken to anyone yet through bbm so can't comment on that but so far it's more aesthetically pleasing.

Her phone froze then she did a battery pull now she doesn't have BBM at all? This happen to anyone?

Does anyone know if BBM got the issue fix with the BBM Group chat with the keyboard issue on the storm?

Thanks for the update RIM! 5.6 mb, with plenty to spair :)

Help i cant download it, in bb app world doesnt appear

Like the new background. Makes it different than the messaging. You could update your "personal message" even in the old version and you dont have to have more than 100 contacts. Love the speed and a little tweaks here and there i noticed too :)

If you're a beta tester its nothing new

Alright i'm up and running dammm rim thanks for not fixing the group icon issue serious come on.

Clicked on the link under this article on my phone and downloaded it. Showing as 2.9mb on my phone on the download screen.

Differences noticed so far:

1. In stripes style convos the convo background colours are different. When you open a fresh convo the background is greyed out, not white too.

2. You now have the option to show your timezone/location. Not automatic.

3. status "available" doesnt have green dot beside it. No symbol for it. busy status remains with its symbol.

Other small things too...

downloaded it on my 9780 and my wifes 8330. mine already had 5.0.1.34 i dont notice any changes as of yet. prob some minor tweaks behind the scenes.

seems more stable

Just got it, chat window is different. anyone notice anything different?

WAOOO this is just what i was waiting for. like with the old one for your status to change you must have no more than 100 contact and it was anoying. but with this one it just DO IT! LOVEE IT THANKS CB ure the best!

Nicceeeeeeeeeee

whats with the grey background? thats really ugly.

also, what happened to my name colors?

I believe you can now update your status message (now called personal message) if you have more than 100 contacts.

any OS?

when are they gonna roll out the update for aim? One that you can actually see icons and statuses

Sure wish I had more friends with BBM so i could use this app more.

omg, it's so slow!

There is nothing new that I see from .32 and .38. It was probably just small bug fixes. It is just a hair faster that .32, but nothing to write home to MoM about.

only changes i see this far is the text are in bubbles now!!

installing and rebooting now yeepy.

just downloaded.... rebooting now..

anyone have the .cod files for 5.0.0.57?

Any way of changing the stripe color? I see a grey and green color and it's pretty nasty....