Alright, BlackBerry 9700 owners. It's your turn, here is the leaked OS 5.0.0.656 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700. As it was posted in the CrackBerry forums earlier today, you can check that thread out and share your thoughts on it. As always be sure to back up your data before you load this release up folks.
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Leaked: OS 5.0.0.656 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700
it works perfect for me
I get this msg that says "REQUEST ENTITY TOO LARGE", does this mean I don't have enough memory on my brand new white 9700?? i did the device switch on Desktop Manager. how do i free up more room? I never transfered my old apps over.
After I download the .EXE file and run it, It does not show up on my blackberry desktop manager list as new OS's to update.
what am I doing wrong??
help
I take that last part back, I should have posted the past part in the Turkcell Official Release.
Everything else works fine, haven't had any drop calls since I updated this morning. Though I'm on T-Mobile and the 3G is running around 700kbps when I ran the test on http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html. Small minor problem with Facebook, the app sometimes freezes from scrolling, I have to hit back and then re enter the page I was looking at in order to scroll up and down. The second problem is the lock button, it works, but it puts the phone in stand by and isn't utilizing the lock function it is suppose to. The Standby/Mute button doesn't do anything from the home screen, it actually mutes during a call though so that works as it should. Anyone else experiencing this? I may update to Turkcell's official release. But I read something about deleting a vendor.xml file? Can someone tell me where this is located?
A bug I am experiencing on Rogers Wireless running this OS is whenever I delete a new voicemail, I get a sms notification alert. I understand that Rogers must send a sms to the handset to deactivate the voicemail waiting indicator but I have never actually received a sms alert for which there is nothing in the sms inbox.
help
Im fairly new no my phone could anyone help me out by telling me how to download this to my phone? I have T-Mobile.
I have a bb 9700 on the Telus network. First thing I noticed after I upgraded from my last update is ubertwitter can not connect on the 3g network. What I mean by that is I'm getting all the notifications on tweets and stuff normally... but if I try to open web link from the uber app. I get this message " this is a WI-FI service.please ensure your device has an active Wi-Fi connection and try again." I have full 3g connection and my setting for uber is set the right way for auto detection. I did battery pull and its not working (only when trying open weblink to a tweet).
all other applications works perfectly and smoother.
-poynt
-dictionary.com
-navita translator
-food network
-backgrounds
-scoremobile
-ebay
-cibc
-youtube
-ing direct
I noticed a increase in the battery life...and I can quote that I am a heavy user. I'm not sure about this one... could be just me... but when on a call... I put the sound volume at max to heard properly... any body notice a difference? Speaking phone is clearer.
If anybody notice the uber problem... let me know if there's a fix for it... it's kinda annoying..
Great leak OS as I'm also getting less drop calls(First I thought it was the network)
Thanks
You have your default browser set to "Hotspot Browser" which connects to the Internet via WiFi.
Go to Browser Options>General Properties>Default Browser>Internet Browser
It should work after that.
I seem to be getting better battery life with this update. Could be just me though, perhaps a placebo effect???
I got the duplicate calendar entries (typical for me it seems when doing an OS update) and all I do is a battery pull and things return to normal.
I also installed Facebook and it works fine.
facebook didnt work for me
I am with T-Mobile, and the upgrade process went relatively smooth with the exception of duplicate entries being created in my Calendar afterwards. I had to go through and change the duration of some All Day events to "0 Days". I am not sure what I could have done prior to prevent this. Any suggestions?
There are two noticeable improvements that I have seen so far since upgrading this morning.
First, I have noticed an improvement in speakerphone volume. Prior to this upgrade, speakerphone volume when listening to messages through Visual Voice Mail has been low even on the loudest setting. I can now clearly hear the voice mail messages via speakerphone while I sit in my living room with the television on, whereas before I had to hold the phone up to my ear to hear messages with the speakerphone activated. The same holds true with audio in video playback in the Media Player.
Second, picture thumbnails are appearing lightning fast in the Media section, whereas there was a noticeable lag before.
So, I'm happy that these two issues have been fixed. What other improvements have you all seen? Are upgrade features ever listed with these unofficial releases?
Is there an eastasian or alllanguage version yet?
I have done OS updates to my BB Bold 9700 before with no problems. This latest update, OS 5.0.0656, won't install onto my bold 9700. I have no idea what I did wrong. Can anyone help.
I'm still having issues with the Media Player.
I have to stop playing a song before I unplug my headphones or the app freezes. It did the same on .593. This sucks!
So far no issues. For the Win of it.
Better work on the 9700!!! I can't imagine having to buy a new bb just for a new OS!
I wonder what the differences are>>>
Rapidshare Mirror:
http://rapidshare.com/files/383969182
/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1111_PL5.1.0.153_A5.0.0.656.exe
I'm not having any problems with my apps, they're all working well. But I can't seem to connect to 3G. I can connect to 2G just fine .. But not 3G. Anyone going through the same problem?
Why so serious?!
Ladies and gents there is a solution for twitter from ya boi presean from France, so listen: if you have some problems with logging, you must unstall your twitter app then install the leak version here http://ota.bbtweeps.com/ the old leaked then upgrade.
I installed yesterday and have not had any issues so far. I have noticed that movement on the phone has speed up. I have not noticed the lags of .593 either. I will keeping it for a while :)
I get an uncaught exception error with net_rim_bb_phone_app(52) at boot up. The Twitter will not login as others have noted. All my other apps seem to be ok so far. I have lots so I won't post them all. At this point I'm pretty sure I'm going back to .593 shortly going to try a few battery pulls first.
Just a side note. Why do people even bother posting a comment telling us they are downloading the OS. Just in case you are confused silly people, nobody cares!! You don't win a prize for the fastest download. We only need to know the good or bad about the OS. It's so annoying.
everything works perfectly, i se uber twitter and BB twitter both are fine all apps load up and work greaet the one thing i did notice is my GPS works better with poynt and other apps
Logged in straight away?
Some people are posting that the app was not working in general at the time so maybe it was just co-incidental bad timing?
Twitter cannot load after login.. stuck!!
Better not upgrade to this version if you using Native Twitter
works fine for me
For a superfast download link, please see:
http://upsyndroom.nl/2010/05/06/os-5-0-0-656-voor-blackberry-9700-us-eng...
Ever since the 5.0.0.586 update, the AOL and Yahoo! email icons are no longer available, just the boring white mail icon with the globe at the bottom.
The official release by T-Mobile for the 9700 on May 11th is gonna be the .586 build.
Could this possibly be the TMO OS update that's suppose to occur this Tuesday? :-/
either way does anyone notice any changes?
No
Do not install this OS twitter don't work even you back to .0.593
Ubertwitter works perfectly fine... no issues
Does it fix the review bug? I'm running .593 and when I try to read reviews it shuts down the app.
$2.99 or free? If its for free its for me!
The T-Mobile My Account app does not work with this build.
However, Shazam does work on this build.
Could not locate the Blackberry App world icon after installing the OS, even though the app showed up in the "Add-On" application list. Had to download again to get the icon to appear.
Font size of 3G/EDGE/UMA is now the same on the home screen and app screen.
Have ~15-20MB more application space on this build!! Had 132MB free after install before loading apps.
Scrolling through my pictures folder freezes the phone for a couple seconds after almost every swipe of the trackpad. Takes a lot longer for the thumbnail images to render on screen than the previous build I used. Scrolling through the pictures folder on build .586 was flawless. This version behaves like most of the early 5.0 builds - when it comes to viewing your pictures.
That's all I have to report for now.
T-Mobile My Account works just fine with .656 for me... no issues
I'm noticing scrolling through pics is fast... noticeably faster than on .593 (which wasn't bad in itself)...
Odd how there are such a wide range of impressions with this leak... I have yet to find a single problem... yet some others have nothing but problems...
has anyone figured out how to fix the twitter app. and also when u place a call is the "my number" 555-555-5555 is it complete of chopped off?
Mine shows my number except last two digits. Good find.
yea i am not updating it then i hate that problem it happened before with some other builds its annoying. what else did u find?
Just tried sim and battery pull, issue persists. Damn.
Twitter for BlackBerry® is not loading on 9700/5.0.0.656. Any success and/or advice?
I've tried on WIFI, 3G, and EDGE. No dice...
Its not the OS, its the app it self, mines was having issue, and once I log out, I'm unable to sign back in.
Weird, i did a roll back on my 9700 and it does not connect either
I can't log into bb twitter app on this OS.
Same here! Posted comments just after you... Could be a bug!
Everything running faster
foursquare good
facebook good
weatherbug good
socialscope good
poynt good
wifi good
slacker radio good
Vlingo good
Enjoy everyone Cyndi
1. As stated in this thread already, the release by TMO on May 11th, is .586.
2. The 9700 will not be receiving a full version of OS6 because it doesn't have the RAM for it. 512 needed and 9700 only has 256. Rumors of a version of OS6 without some key features may be possible for 9700.
3. Don't expect to see OS6 until late in the year. I wouldn't even start thinking about official versions from carriers until October/November, if not later.
Where did you get this information seeing as OS 6 was demonstrated on a 9700? I have not seen ANY hard numbers for hardware requirements; just speculation.
No problems yet, all my apps work, got a memory boost, and reboot time seems the same.
does 3G wireless location work on this release?
Flashed it, and using it now for a few hours but it's feels faster than .593
But not much of a big different, it's a keeper for me.
Unless the battery drains faster, but think it's draining the same as .593
What are the chances that on May 11th TMO will release OS 6 for 9700??? Not pretty good :(
Can I do this OTA?
No, I'm afraid not. Only from computer via USB.
booting takes no longer compared to .593 for me.... takes about 2min or so still with .656... same
no freezes or battery pulls yet here... not noticing any bugs thus far, except a bit of contact sync issues that I'm not even sure are related to the update... i think from the apploader backup process things got screwed in my contacts, and it's fairly minor... only a couple of 'em...
don't upgarde wait may 11 until official. booting so long, 15minute restart...... no good
only running since this morning, had .593 before this, but this one is very problematic thus far.
already had to reboot (which takes tediously long) 3 times from freeze-ups.
don't have time to rollback now, but if you're on .593, I suggest staying. haven't noticed any monumental changes and certainly buggy.
i just went with a hybrid last last night.
rapidshare acount sharing to forum crackberry
username: ricotjioe29
paswaord: myworld
for 1 day only. tomorow i want change pasword
tq
i went from 108MB to 122MB free!
ok, what else do you have for us?????
Since you are one of the first to install, mind if I ask you a couple of questions to help us all out?
1- Restart time, is it under 5 mins or still hovering around 10 mins?
2- Apps you are running normally and what's not working if any.
3- Pictures, do they load quickly or is there a noticeable lag?
4- Any unusual restarts?
5- Down the road, how about dropped calls? I've been nagged a lot the past few weeks from that problem..
Any/all answers would be very helpful. Enjoy your new OS pal.
1) restart still only about 2min... same as when i had .593
2) berryweather, meterberry, FB, UT, google maps, flixster, google voice, bloomberg... that's about it... nothing much
3)seem to load fine... maybe a bit faster
4) zero restarts so far (never had much with .593 either... this 9700 is solid)
5) no idea yet obviously... but i've never had an issue with .593 so i'm not expecting any with this... i have excellent 3G in my area and UMA works flawlessly for me...
Thanks a lot for your input...just installed it too
Enjoy! :) It's awesome!
feeedback!
feeedback!
So,
Expert feedback....waiting....
Anything new....
Or just incremental build recompiled with minor change.
About Time That This Is Released. I've Been Waiting For A Month For A New OS Leak. Yay! :) lol
I think I will wait a bit until someone gives some feedback
installing... almost done!
Since I noticed everyone has 9700, does anyone having a problem getting bluetooth headsets to work?
Nope,
BT Headset is loud and clear as usual
do you mean the call quality or the profile sounds?
Nope, no issues at all.
Well I guess the original storm is dead now:(
Downloading right now, flashing with a few minutes... Rapidshare sucks :(
But great post!
Downloaded......updating handset
As much as I wanna try this leak but May 11th is coming and im pretty such that this leak might be the Offical on May 11th for T-Mobile so i'ma wait and see
What is this going on.....
I thought OS6 is coming to 9700.....
So how more OS leaks...
megaupload MUCH faster than rapidshare btw...
really fast which is always good!
I knew this would happen while I was away on holidays. What a nightmare. Wonder what the main changes are in this OS?
...That this will end up being TMo's official update/release for the 9700 on May 11?
T-Mobile's official update on May 11th is 5.0.0.586
who cares, .586 is already out of date by a couple revisions... LOL
http://rapidshare.com/files/383883780/9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1111_PL5.1.0.153...
Another RS Mirror !
on downloading?
downloading
Downloading
Downloading......