BlackBerry is preparing to roll out Marshmallow to Priv beta testers who have opted into the program and completed necessary enrollment steps. The company has confirmed in the beta zone that Marshmallow will be released to the program from today.
So, how will you receive the update on your Priv? Should you be in the beta, you'll receive Marshmallow as you would a normal system update. Either the OS will ping you with a notification to upgrade, or you can check manually by heading into Settings > About phone > System updates. Be patient if the update isn't quite hitting your handset yet as only some participants will receive it today.
"Some participants will start to receive Marshmallow software tomorrow (Wednesday, EST). We will take a similar approach to how we brought people into the program when rolling out the software update: start with a small group, monitor for any critical issues, then expand to larger and larger groups. We expect to have everyone updated by the end of the week."
As a side note, be sure to have diagnostic reporting enabled on your Priv. Android 6.0 will not be fired to your Priv if you have not completed this step or have disabled diagnostics. Haven't signed up to the beta program yet? There may still be time for you to get on the wagon before the rollout commences.
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Marshmallow beta will soon begin rolling out to first wave of Priv testers
!!:!!!.!!!!!..!$ ';;'|:{!
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Okay, so I was accepted in to the beta, and I've followed all of the steps but still no option to download Marshmallow.
Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?
I'm betting all my peanuts on the latter...
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As mentioned elsewhere, BBRY continues to roll out M in tranches over the weekend. If you were able to acquire the security token, you should be fine.
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Going back to the topic that was in the article, priv user here, got my marshmallow update yesterday noticed a couple extra features, a few things in different places but overall better performance. Going to do some battery tests today to see if that's any better. It hasn't crashed yet so a good first swing in the PRIV beta test for marshmallow.
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I got it, so far its running great
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Been running the update for about 6 hours after installation. Much faster, battery life is much better and some cool little features. That's all from me now.
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Got it, disabled some permissions on some apps and they still work so all good so far!
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Got my MM update right now, drained my battery by about 20% but so far everything is about the same with minor visual changes.
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It's sure to drain while downloading and installing, that's a big process for over a GB update. Now that mine is in place battery is gving indicator of long time remaining - but I will see how that really transpires over the day. Also curious to see how my heatings issues will be...so far seems decent.
I hope BlackBerry will release Marshmallow for Priv
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Uh, what?
Woke up to update available. Downloading now.
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It's out already, I'm downloading :-)
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**** Android, give us a updated OS10 version.
At least update the BlackBerry Browser and the android engine!!
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i've get update from OTA :)
My update to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow Beta) has arrived! I had to go into Settings/About Phone/System Updates to find that it was there, it did not show up automatically.
It's a massive 1110.2Mb fileso no doubt will take time. I have just started. I have read elsewhere that the phone is likely to get very warm in the process, not something to worry about.
Wish me luck, and to those who receive their updates today!
Model STV100-4 on the O2 network in the UK.
I switched back to the Passport because of how badly the Priv was lagging. I had forgotten how **** fluid and responsive BB10 was. What a **** fine OS and what a shame it didn't gain the momentum it deserves. I'll wait and see how the Marshmallow release fairs though I think my expectations are probably too high. In the meantime, happy as a clam with the Passport.
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Eh, doubt the Sony xperia m4 I have will get it. Lol
Typed using my BlackBerry Classic running 10.3.2.2876 on WINDmobile HSPA+
So nobody received the update on Wednesday?
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I did lol.
OTA? lol
I did also
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Looking forward to it. Just received my PRIV and I love it!
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Any word on whether or not BlackBerry is adding more features from bb10 to this version of Droid software? Like their music app, storymaker, or bb10 apps accessible?
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Apps that you bought from the Amazon App store can be transferred but not BB10 app store apps, hopefully BlackBerry Blend
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I was justified invited to the beta but I am getting a cannot connect to server on the security token loader anyone have this issue ?
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Have you tried rebooting? If not, try that.
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Thanks for your reply. Tried that a couple times but no go. Tried closing other apps but still no go.
I did sign into the beta message board and saw that there are a few people having this issue but not corrections yet.
Any other tricks you would have would be appreciated
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What Difference does it Make!!?? Roll from one Piece of Crap OS to another. Still smells like Crap.
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You could have condensed this to .. Crybaby.. Crybaby.
Where are all the people complaining about people not adhering to the NDA and such? The way I've read a certain few in both the CB as well as the Beta Zone forums freaking about the mere discussion of the BETA's projected roll out, you'd think, for sure, those same folks would be policing this very article as well... Guess they must've come to their senses and realized the difference between common knowledge vs actual BETA secrecy... About time...
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Never mind. I stand corrected and see that a few have already assembled to display their dismay in regards to this article and the 'breach of BlackBerry's' sacred 'NDA'... Nice to know they are consistent with their stances if nothing else...
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Priv for president!! Hahahaaa!
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Looking forward to Beta test. Will let you know anything I am allowed to discuss outwith the NDA
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My wife got Marshmallow update last nite - on her Sony Xperia. Boy I was so jealous and she had no idea what it was huh. Played with it a little bit.
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When is Marshmallow going to be on the BlackBerry Priv with a normal update? First it said by the end of April, but if the Beta is just now rolling out then that's not a good sign that it's going to still be the end of April
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Wish I had one to be a tester! Never used android beforw
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It's Sad BB10 is no more. No new hardware for this year means DONE with BlackBerry 10. After 14 years I moved to Android but still with BlackBerry Price. Hope the Marshmallow is easier to use. Having a tough time with Lollypop. Handling media from storage card is ****. Many more stupidity. BB10 was flawless. Well
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Similar boat but haven't actually purchased an Android... yet. Played with the LG G5 and didn't like the predictable texts being on the top row of the keyboard and my VKB corrects automatically when I type with BB10 didn't see that happening with the G5. Not sure if a third party is available or not. It just didn't have that BlackBerry experience and I get that it totally won't but I'd like to find something close... help?
It's easy to bash BlackBerry for not keeping up with the "Joneses" but we may be super spoiled and don't realize it until we own an Android. Would love to hear from users who have left to Android and if it actually is wow!
If Marshmallow provides for a greater balance between BlackBerry and Android than it actually may be my next move but will wait it out until September to see how the tech world will unfold in 2016.
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It's not a "wow" experience, at all, beyond the way you feel when you play with the next generation's hardware -- pretty screen, snappy speed with good multimedia, but nowhere near as easy and automatic as BB10. The G5 with Swiftkey is almost certainly a better phone than the Priv with BlackBerry's skin of Swiftkey. I suppose it's the encoding, but the Priv is slow and occasionally laggy after a couple of weeks. I'd hope that BlackBerry open sources BlackBerry 10 and/or sells it to someone who can spend the time and money to make it into what it deserves to be. In the meantime, the best OS today with the best ecosystem is iOS. Although, it's not there right now, Windows 10 looks like it might be very awesome next year or so. BlackBerry 10 has the potential to become something very different and very special, but not under John Chen.
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Thank you.
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So with permissions i'm curious if big time apps like Facebook and instagram etc will allow me to block access to location and contacts etc.
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Yes they do.
When you disable a permission for an app, Android will feed the app false information so that the app continues to work, but without accurate info. For example, if you disable the Camera app for Facebook, whenever you go to take a picture with the Facebook app, it'll just show a black screen where ordinarily it would show whatever the camera was capturing.
Thank you both. Can't wait to download some apps in my wishlist which are being saved until I get permission controls. Good luck to all the beta testers out there! Make sure we get a nice smooth update!
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It's interesting that there will be only 2 to 3 weeks between the launch of the beta and the actual release. I would assume that 3 to 6 months would have been a better time frame to iron out the wrinkles.
I'm sure this is not the first round of QA if it's being opened to this size of an audience through their Beta program. Must have already had plenty of wrinkles ironed out internally before making it here. We will know soon enough.
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They are really looking to fix the game stoppers. Remember that BB now probably doesn't have to many people to test this completely and giving this to 1,000 or 5,000 or 10,000 people can help you find out quick any major ones and fix that before release.
Use Bb10 and don't worry about all this app permission stuff. Lol
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I wish! But without further upgrades to BB10...what's the point?
Agreed
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Dead OS
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**** off with these posts that breach nda's. You are going to get the beta shut off to enterprises only before it has even started.
I totally agree... NDA's have come to mean very little, which is very very sad.
It was mentioned in the beta forums that it is no secret the beta is taking place. Discussion this information is not in breach of the NDA. It is a public beta after all, everyone knows it's rolling out. Calm down.
However, if they discuss issues related to how marshmallow interacts with physical keyboard or BlackBerry software, then yes. You would then have all the right to call them out.
You may discuss the fact that you are part of the beta tests. That's what is meant when BlackBerry says that it's no secret the beta is taking place. You may even discuss anything that's Android Marshmallow specific and related.
You may NOT, however, discuss release dates, BlackBerry-specific software features, etc.
It appears CrackBerry is all for promoting breaches of the NDA.
Is it a violation if we ask if someone has it installed on their phone?
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No... but it may be a violation if that someone tells you they have.
Awesome! I hope ppl can share their experiences with the MM update (especially if theres any updates to the HUB!)
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That's what I'm hoping for improvements to the BlackBerry apps... maybe even some new onces.
Wooohoooo! Can't wait
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Before I get a Priv I want to see how Marshmallow goes. I avoid android apps because of the permissions.
9000 > Q10 > Z10 >Z30>Z30>
Doesn't change much.....
As it's still up to the developers to make their apps compatible. On my Marshmallow device, disabling permissions usually breaks the app... A couple that have been made compatible... you get warnings and request to enable the permissions so much that you don't have much choice. Either you do it, or you don't use the app.
If an app says it needs access to your contacts, calendar, storage, camera or location.... it probably really does NEED that access in order to function as the developer planed.
I realize that certain apps need permission for certain things, but not everything and not all the time.
I like being able to decide what an app can use. For example, if I want to post a picture on CrackBerry, I enable it to access my pictures. After I have posted the picture, I can shut off that permission.
There is no reason Sirius XM from Amazon has to know anything about my files on the cloud or my contacts. On my iPad it works without that. So I don't use that app on my Z30.
9000 > Q10 > Z10 >Z30>Z30>
That's cuz for Apple WE are not the product. Their software and hardware are the product. For android WE are the product. Google could care less what they make off of that NEXUS line. Say what you will about Apple, but at the very least they are not mining our private information to sell it off. I dont like their hardware but Apple software is second to BB10. Too bad BB10 is going bye bye
Wow Tumacan, such BS! "Say what you will about Apple, but at the very least they are not mining our private information to sell it off." So tell me what private information they are selling off? Do they give your name and address and blood type with that? Maybe your SSN too?
I guess Google doesn't have options to opt out of anything. Those SOB!
Here, how bout your read up.
"The short version — No. It's more valuable to them if they keep it for themselves."
http://www.androidcentral.com/ask-ac-does-google-sell-your-data
I get that Nick. But you have to "jump through hoops" to tweak the privacy settings on Android and even then you don't have options on some stuff. By DEFAULT Apple does not mine your private info. And NO Android does not ask for my SSN. But guess what else is private to me MY CONTACTS yeah. that's right. not sure about you but that's private information for me. You must work in marketing. LOL If you still do not know how Google makes money...maybe YOU should do some reading.
The thing is your DO NOT have to jump through hoops. Once the first bootup of the phone the first few screens allow you to opt out of it all. Again, the first few screens during bootup. That is it. Nothing else. "Google" will not be doing anything.
Now once you install apps it's up to you what you give them access to but this has nothing to do with Google. This is why I comment. People say stuff they've heard like playing telephone and after a while it's just not true.
Hey Nick don't waste your time on iSheep.
Oh come on. People hear things over and over again and they just believe it. Everyone guilty of this in some aspect. Our minds easily accept things without any facts to back them up if it agrees with our beliefs already but if not you want proof. Politics is like that. If you lean one way and people tell you stuff over and over that goes with that thinking you just believe it. Now if you lean one way and someone says something against that then you need proof and more proof and more poof and even then you still find it hard to believe.
Ok... you've knocked a little sense into me. But you do know how Google makes their money right? Forget about app developers, they will do what the OS allows them too. Why do you think that the apple app store is free from crap and spyware laden apps as opposed to Google Play?
If you think the iOS app store is free from crap your wrong. As far as spyware what is that? Apps that ask for more access than you need? How do we know what is needed. Only something like a flashlight app wanting contacts access and no one should be even tempted to download crappy apps. Let me teach you how to use the Android Play Store.
1. What do you want? Once you know do a Google search for "best calendar app" or whatever and there are tons of sites that pay people to review apps. You get apps based on these sites and by checking the rating of the app your golden.
Lets talk about how Google makes their money. First we look at their mission. "To make the wolds knowledge available to everyone in the world." Lets think on how can you do this. 1. We know the world isn't rich. Infact 80% is considered lower that middle class. (Little money). So how can you make the worlds knowledge available for even poor people and still pay your employees. We'll the one thing through the last 100 years or more has been ads. Ads paid for tv shows since I was a little kid. Ads paid for news. It's the one thing that even poor people can do / see to help pay for the "thing" your getting. If Google charged and didn't do ads the people who could have used it would have been tiny. You can't do the world including poor without ads. You just cant.
Nick, you must have not ever been exposed to open source, freeware, or shareware. Information is not something that should be the responsibility of one group of individuals working together to profit off of the whims of others' curiosity and interest... or any one group at all. Information true or false is the responsibility of each and every one of us to catalog and protect for the future and the curious roamings of another. I'd also like to say that I'm not against ads. I'm against personalized or invasive ads that are either based on pages you have visited and items or services purchased or ads that distract attention from content or disguise themselves as content of the environment they are held in. I don't even think Google is evil, misguided and capitalized, but not evil. Just as microsoft, apple, and even java have become.
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Of course none of the 700 million or so credit cards Apple celebrates as having on file will ever be used for data mining.
Again, you are missing the point. Contacts, device information, access to you visited locations, access to local files, access to your pictures, access to AP infomation... Should I go on? VS credit card information which is required to make purchases electronically EVERYWHERE. LOL
Google doesn't need access to these things. You can again turn it all off. Now it helps google to have device info so if your device crashes or isn't working well Google's debugger can try to figure out what was happening and all conditions when it crashed. Maybe they can fix it for future releases. Apple wants and gets this same info as well as a credit card if you want to use touch and pay or buy apps or movies. THe one thing I can tell you is just like Apple, Google will secure this and make sure no one gets it unless mandated by law. So my point is no matter what you think Apple is doing the same as Google and both make sure nothing gets out.
I think it's been proven and said repeatedly, that Apple does the exact same thing... And have for years. It's in their EULA, they just aren't as open about it as Google. Whether this guy wants to accept that or not, it's the truth. Plus, didn't apple get busted a few years ago sending packets with user location, device information and everything else from every single ios device, without the users knowledge? And shortly after that they provided a way to kinda disable this and opt out buried deep in the settings? Imessage still routes all messages, even sms, through apple's server, where they store them. Etc. Apple isn't any better about privacy, than Google, and in some ways they are worse.
Ok Nick. Very interesting take on things. But I am convinced that you work for Google or Marketing somewhere. LOL. Google scans email and sells private information. That's what they do. I do not see the good in that. Sorry.
Not necessarily. Plenty of Apps out there that offer one service and then want access to your stuff (device information, contacts, ect.) to mine your private information and sell it off. Why would a flash light app need access to my contacts to work properly? Exactly.
Because some Russian or elsewhere database wants them...
You've been SQrewL'ed... ;-P
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I disagree...
Only an established office suite, or reputable communication software needs all those permissions.
Too many developers are permissions abusers, and I can't respect that.
Happily, I enjoy having a blackberry and using android apps. Many of these apps don't ask to use my hub.
Blackberry can only help the user to a degree, by hardening the kernel. This stops some malicious software.
But the overall business plan of Google Android is to create leads for advertisers.
If you need a marriage counselor, don't google it. Your spouse will suddenly hear from divorce lawyers.
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It's also worth mentioning that without root, you won't be able to change permissions on stock Google and BlackBerry apps. Nor will you be able to delete them.
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This isn't completely true, unless blackberry has made it this way, every marshmallow device I use let's me set permissions on Google (even play services) and manufacturer apps. Some can't be Uninstalled, but they can be disabled without root.
I've never had this problem, I revoke permissions and it doesn't break the app at all. It won't let you do things you revoke permissions for, but the app doesn't crash. For example, if you revoke storage permission, and try to share a photo to that app, it won't do it. Or Facebook, I've revoked every single permission for it, still works just fine, never crashes. Even the apps that haven't been updated to the new granular permissions. And the pop up asking for permission, there's a little check box saying never ask again... Tick that and they never ask again. Pretty simple.
Having said that, I have around 300 apps on my main phone, and maybe 5 or 6 of them haven't been updated to the marshmallow permissions.
A lot of apps say they need access to phone and contacts you can get rid of the contacts on some of them because they don't need contacts they use the phone but can do just fine without contacts if not just re-enable contacts.
I have been a die-hard blackberry user and my very first smartphone was a blackberry when Nokia symbian phones were more affordable compared to BlackBerry back in 2007. I have always used the flagship bold devices and 9900 was my last bold before my current phone the Q10. I love BB10 so much that I refused to use any other OS out there. As it stands Chen won't release any other BB10 device and I have been waiting for a worthy successor to my Q10 with best in class specs to no avail. Before some folks start whining how BB10 doesn't need beefy specs yes I know but, the prices BlackBerry charges for their low spec phones is so on the high side. The Priv isn't worth it IMO $649 is freaking high for last year's specs. It is still yet to receive marshmallow, the build quality isn't that great just plastic all around, the screen is average as well as the camera and the blackberry android hub version isn't as smooth as BB10. The keyboard I will give some credit but after typing on my Q10 for over 3yrs and typing on the Priv I played with at AT&T store it just not comparable. The Q10 still trumps it hands down. So I made up my mind and pre-ordered the HTC10. This phone is a beast on its own. Latest spec, brand new camera which promises to rival the best in class, excellent solid build quality, fingerprint sensor, 5mp front camera with OIS first smartphone to implement that feature, 12mp rear camera with laser focus and the expandable storage via Micro SD allows you to install apps directly on it. The screen is on another league of its own and ships with android 6.01 out of the box with other bells and whistles. I paid 599 for this great phone after HTC offered me $100 discount for early Pre-order. I will conclude Chen calling the Priv high end is laughable as there's nothing high end about this over priced phone.
Customized Black & White Q10
The BlackBerry Classic is way nicer and a better build than the q10, so you could have made a switch there! Yah I no spec wise it's not much different but there are some. Personally I feel it looks much better than the q10 not to mention it feels better in the hands.
I would put the priv at the bottom level of the high end phones! I do agree about the plastic. I dnt mind the carbon weave in the back though! Priv still has good specs, except for some parts of it ie: the front face camera!
I will be moving away from BlackBerry 10 soon as well but my first Droid phone will BlackBerry the priv!
I agree the priv is about 100 bucks over priced.
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I'm going to build my next phone... PKB and CLI... about 22.5 x 22.5 x 3
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Call it a luggable 2.0
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I'm downloading it right now!!! Can't wait to see the new features!!! :D
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