Update: Bell has also now started sending out the January patch, we've updated the post to reflect the addition.
Following the initial push of the January security patch for the BlackBerry Priv, Canadian carriers Rogers, Bell and Telus have now gone ahead and released the update to their Priv owning customers. The update itself comes in at only 16MB and is identified as being build version AAD250.
If you're wondering what all has changed, BlackBerry has outlined the details through the BlackBerry Knowledge Base, right here or if you prefer, you can read Google's outline as well. If you own a Priv and are not yet seeing the update, you can check manually by heading into your Settings, About phone and checking for it there.
Are you not on Rogers or Telus but also got the update? Go ahead and let others know in the comments. There's sure to be other carriers rolling it out soon as well if they haven't started already.
Thanks, Raino!
Reader comments
Rogers, Bell and TELUS Priv's now receiving January security patch
Still nothing on ATT. This shouldn't be that hard.
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The more updates, the better. :)
Posted from my windmobile blackberry bold 9900 via opera mini.
Anyone here on Fido?
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Good news.
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So......how is this priv comparing to Samsung s6?
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I have to say that I'm finding my picture password to be slightly less sensitive. I've been able to get it on the first try all day. So either I suddenly got better or the update helped :-)
-from my Priv 5.1.1
Received from MTS last night.
-from my Priv 5.1.1
Still waiting for AT&T to release it :((
From my Awesome Priv!!!!
Awesome!! Means I should get it on AT&T in a week or 2!!!
I got this security update earlier this month directly from BlackBerry. I'm curious though. Why does the BlackBerry bulletin mention only 5 vulnerabilities as being patched, whereas the Google bulletin mentions 8?
Definitely good news for priv owners, but what about the rest of bb10 users??? So dying to see a brand new bb10 phone..
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So many continuous updates show how pathetic is going security of junkroid.
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The interesting thing is looking at Google's list and Blackberry's list and noting the differences.
Dumbest comment ever. Like saying if you never get updates your device isn't hackable. So dumb
Yeah.
But compare desktop Linux with Windows... :-D
• There's a Crack in the Berry right now... •
If you were my child I would put you over my knee and give you something to cry about. By your logic BlackBerry OS 10 updates must be proof it is garbage too. You petulant millennial.
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How about lowering the price? That would be nice.
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+1 I'm definitely waiting for this thing to drop in price. Going to be another few months though I'm afraid. :(
Look! It's Zedzilla30!
Blaaaaa1ze we don't pluralise with apostrophes. Privs. I blame your autocorrect. :)
Extruded on my Priv
Maybe he meant (On) Rogers, Bell and Telus Priv is receiving... ? ;)
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Or... Rogers, Bell, and Telus all share a single Priv, and it is currently receiving the patch! I wonder who the lucky user is who gets to use it today! :P
Extruded on my Priv
Just got it on Wind as well.
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Rogers Wireless is sending out the update tonight, 11 January 2016.
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Umm. I'm on Rogers. Updated hours ago...
Posted from my Priv!
SaskTel has it too.
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Good job BlackBerry.
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I am an ATT customer. All this sounds excellent.
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Wake me up in 2 weeks for AT&T!
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Ya, ZZZZZZZZZZZZ'
Nothing for BB10??
Oh the humanity!!
There, now that we got that out in the open...
:)
*C5303
Came here looking for this.
Glad I found it.
+1 to you, somebody had to do it. Seriously or joking.
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Lol
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just received from update from Bell.
BlackBerry Priv | 5.1.1 AAD027 | Bell
Bell has it too.
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Did they change the update animation?
I don't remember seeing the little droid with the blue atomic like thingy swirling around his belly during the update process.....
Maybe I just missed it in the December update.
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STV100-3
You just missed it.
The General better check next month and have a Hoot,lol must admit ,it's fun to watch your phone do things on it's own,when I think about how VR is going to explode I get goose bumps,haha
Yep
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Hey Bla1ze is there any chance my Priv has a virus? I may have been watching some "videos" and a thing came onto the screen with a countdown and had a google logo with the message "click here to fix your blackberry priv because it is infected" or something like that. Anyways I did not click. I closed the window so fast and restarted my phone. Nothing going on as of right now. Should I factory wipe the phone? Again I did not click on anything and the phone seems ok after 30 min.
Thoughts other than don't go onto those sites?
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No chance. Thats just a pop-up ad, when you click on it, you're redirected to an app they are selling. You'd have to actually install something on your phone for it to be a problem. So, as long as you don't do that, the chances of getting malware on Android are pretty slim. Less than 1% of devices are affected by it... And that's usually from installing pirated apps from questionable website, not play store.
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-reassures-how-safe-android-really-a...
http://www.androidcentral.com/antivirus-android-do-you-need-it
http://www.androidcentral.com/whats-difference-between-malware-spyware-a...
Thank your for the reply and sources. I feel much better especially after waking up and my phone didn't crash.
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Scareware... welcome to Windows™ on mobile... :-D
• There's a Crack in the Berry right now... •
You can say that, but I saw these pop up "scare ware" ads on my z10/30, Playbook, and old legacy devices, too. And a few months ago, a friend with an iPhone was freaking out about the same pop-up. Happens to them all. They're usually on...umm...adult sites. Haha
You're welcome, not sure why 2 of the links aren't working... You can just search android central for them.
I'll try again, too
http://www.androidcentral.com/whats-difference-between-malware-spyware-a...
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-reassures-how-safe-android-really-a...
Nice. Regular updates are so refreshing coming from a Z10 and Note 3 this is awesome!
Definitely nice.
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What's good about this? These are not enhancements. They are security patches. The fact there are regular security patches tells me it's not a secure OS in spite of BlackBerry saying it would be.
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Wrong. It tell people that Google cares enough to pay a lot of people not only money to fix the issues but to activly try to hack it. That is the way it should be. You're the type that says "no updates all year!" It must be unhackable! So not smart.
Security Patch, schmurity schmatch. Whatever
Oh, the sacrifices they make just to play games.
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