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OS 4.5.0.37 Download Links For 8100, 8300, 8700, & 8800 Series!!!

by Ronen Halevy on May 26th, 2008 at 11:28 am EST

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Hope you guys are having fun with OS 4.5… The links had to be taken down per request. We didn’t start the fire I recommend searching the web if your still looking for the latest OS versions.

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121 Comments to “OS 4.5.0.37 Download Links For 8100, 8300, 8700, & 8800 Series!!!”

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Posted by: JJMchee
May 26, 2008 at 9:51 pm EST

These are still beta releases and not the final release imo.
Posted by: Claudio
May 26, 2008 at 10:03 pm EST

i installed it and it is working fine as of now. BB 8320
Posted by: smis
May 26, 2008 at 10:06 pm EST

My wife says “if I get she would be afraid I would go to jail for doing this”.
Posted by: E Dot Hill
May 26, 2008 at 10:15 pm EST

just downloaded the OS now and it moved super fast…got it in abt 10 minutes

lets hope the install on the phone goes as smoothly!
Posted by: willie bb
May 26, 2008 at 10:15 pm EST

is there media player for 8700, does any have 1 to discuss this wit i have the 4.5.0.37 os on my hh bb and how i get utube or streaming videos
Posted by: stranjal7
May 26, 2008 at 10:18 pm EST

8320 users!!! Does your berry still goes to UMA?
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 26, 2008 at 11:20 pm EST

These updates support Chinese displays?
Posted by: Ronen Halevy
May 26, 2008 at 11:21 pm EST

not quite sure Darkdragoon…
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 26, 2008 at 11:23 pm EST

Thanks for you quick reply Ronen. I’ll just have to take my chances and see.
Posted by: redzapper
May 26, 2008 at 11:24 pm EST

Installed it on my 8800 – very cool!
I did run into the rebooting problem where it rebooted constantly but formatting the media card solved that issue.
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 26, 2008 at 11:26 pm EST

To bypass all these rebooting issues, I guess I will take out my media card before doing the updates.
Posted by: BBOS
May 26, 2008 at 11:28 pm EST

the links can also be found here…
Posted by: BigAtRest
May 26, 2008 at 11:35 pm EST

Installed it on my 8320. almost ok UMA not showing and when I try to sign on to my AIM it prompts “service not enabled for this handheld”
Posted by: Q
May 26, 2008 at 11:51 pm EST

dark dragon
did that fix the issues? i think that it is when you do a backup or anything like that with your memory card in it dose something to it…. i had mine out then when i went to go and do a backup then the rebooting issue became an issue…
oh and i have a 8820
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 12:08 am EST

Q, I’m still downloading… But here is what I will do, I’m gonna take out the media card, hook it up to the DM, do a backup and then proceed to upgrade the OS. Logically it should resolve much of the issue.
Posted by: E Dot Hill
May 27, 2008 at 12:47 am EST

my last post didnt make it up….

short story, i like it! ive got an 8320, and its working great!!

thanks BerryReview!
E
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 1:25 am EST

The whole update process took less then 30 minutes and had no issue whatsoever…
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 1:53 am EST

So far everything looks good.

Pros: Got that iPhone like fonts, better browsing experience using cursor, spell checks. Support all major languages, the L Dimension theme, better email viewing.

Cons: Google maps not working, Facebooks apps not working. BB maps prompts for configs.

Thats it for now.
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 2:14 am EST

Facebook apps works after reloading.
Posted by: Q
May 27, 2008 at 2:39 am EST

k i figured out the memory card issue… lets just say take your card out before you update and before you do any backups… after that it works like a charm even with my 8gb micro
sdhc card
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 2:55 am EST

Yup… simple as that.
Posted by: darkdragoon
May 27, 2008 at 3:05 am EST

Anyone got the BB map issue? I got an message saying that my device is not configred for BIS and BES access.
Posted by: Danny
May 27, 2008 at 6:24 am EST

I have an 8310 and just flashed to the new rom, I like it but it is very slow at times………
Posted by: DavidB
May 27, 2008 at 8:05 am EST

Q: that just seems logical. I wouldn’t have even thought to do an OS upgrade with mymedia card installed.

Question for the crowd. Can someone with a 83xx or 81xx shoot a video clip and then email it to someone with and 88xx and see if email in 4.5 recognizes .3gp attachment type and will let you save it to card? 4.2 doesn’t recognize so when my wife videos the baby she can’t send them to me to view when traveling.
Posted by: Lance G.
May 27, 2008 at 8:48 am EST

Curve 8320. Works Wonderful in every aspect with the exception of UMA. My Wifi still works for data, browsing, messaging, etc. But not with UMA. I did a few wifi diagnostics and noticed it will continue to try and reconnect but fails everytime. Is anyone else having this issue?
Posted by: stranjal7
May 27, 2008 at 9:18 am EST

Yup. A known issue with this beta and the 8320.
Posted by: Calum
May 27, 2008 at 9:19 am EST

Big issues with the browser. Yes it looks nicer, but if I hover over a text box for the first time it will let me type. If I hover over it, then move away, and hover over it again it wont let me. I have to refresh the page. Anyone else having this problem? Other aspects of the browser feel awkward too, but the browser was always terrible. As mentioned, some icons look blurry and pixelated. Docs to go is pointless without paying for the upgrade to create a new document. I tried resetting it, but couldn’t get my old OS back. I used the backup and restore. Didn’t work. Wouldn’t let me remove it in the application loader and the ‘wipe handheld’ option didn’t work. All these things just caused more problems I had to spend hours fixing. I’m now just going to stick with it and hope the official release comes out soon, with all the problems fixed. Very soon. I’m not saying don’t download it, just be aware of the problems. And yes, there are lots of improvements for the browser and hopefully it will be very good once it’s sorted properly.
Posted by: Steve Berghorn
May 27, 2008 at 9:42 am EST

OK here is the poop on my experience… I have a T-Mobile 8820. The download was a bit slow but not horrible. The install took about an hour; I was a bit preoccupied watching the NCAA Lacrosse Championships…. the install went well, no issues. It did break UMA. My guess is that we will have to wait for the release from T-Mobile on this feature. All other apps seem to work OK i.e. Google Maps, BlackBerry Maps, Viigo, GMail and Telenav. It took me about an hour to get it reactivated on my BES. I had to delete myself from our server and recreate myself. Still the activation took over an hour then hung at 98%. I cancelled and reactivated again and it finished the second time. Overall the UI is very nice. Mail and calendar are an improvement. Love the browser as well. I tested most of the features and they all seem to work OK such as free/busytime lookup, remote e-mail lookup, DocsToGo, Audio/Video streaming in the browser (YouTube) and the automatic playlists. Native attachment downloads work as well. HTML e-mail support does not seem to work, someone please let me know if I am wrong.
Posted by: stranjal7
May 27, 2008 at 9:45 am EST

The problem with the browser can be resolved by not choosing to use the pointer in column view. As for the pictures, I believe that you can choose the quality of the initial picture quality to cut down on load time.
Posted by: Steve Berghorn
May 27, 2008 at 10:04 am EST

Oh… also installed Sametime 2.0 and it works well. Another big improvement.
Posted by: RC
May 27, 2008 at 12:06 pm EST

My Rogers 8310 seems to be a bit slower since I installed the update, but nothing critical. One of the bigger pains in the ass is when I pull the battery and restart the device my icons/ribbon goes back to the default, so any moves or hides or folders I have done are gone. Very irritating. Maybe it has to do with the theme I am using, the BB Today Plus. Anyone else with this issue?
Posted by: Ronen Halevy
May 27, 2008 at 12:25 pm EST

RC,
That is a known bug with the today plus theme and OS 4.5. I remember reading a fix somewhere. All other themes are fine for some reason…
Posted by: royeiror
May 27, 2008 at 1:17 pm EST

I installed these on my pearl and on my GF’s 8800, the pearl works flawlessly, i had previously used 4.5.0.10 and i saw some minor differences.on the 8800 i came across the media card problem, since i had already upgraded with the card inside, i backed up the data, formated it within the device and loaded all the stuff back in it, sadly, it kept resetting, so i did as the first post states and turned off the media card support. My GF has some custom ringtones in the card, so i would like for her to have them back working and all, has anyone solved this problem any other way?
Posted by: brian
May 27, 2008 at 1:34 pm EST

Royeiror,

To answer your question, what I have done is backup my card to my local PC. Then format the card and reinsert it back into the blackberry. Then using Desktop Manager transfering the Media back onto your blackberry. Don’t use local copy and paste options as I tried this and it failed. Hope this helps. Other than that issue, 4.5.0.37 has performed flawlessly on my 8800 with no problems…
Posted by: royeiror
May 27, 2008 at 1:51 pm EST

bian: thanks for the quick response, i did in fact cop the stuff back on the card using mass storage mode, so i hope following your sugestion helps. any other settings that i should take into account?
Posted by: brian
May 27, 2008 at 2:09 pm EST

Royeiror,

Thats it. If you format the card under the new OS, 4.5.037 and use Desktop manager to copy everything back onto the card, everything should work now, no more crashing or reboot…
Posted by: Kaleb
May 27, 2008 at 2:16 pm EST

Hey brian how big is your card? I have a 8 gb and it would take forever to copy it through the manager ….
Posted by: conedude13
May 27, 2008 at 2:30 pm EST

Pandora still doesn’t work; mobile or regular on bb browser or opera mini.

also, isn’t there supposed to be full html email in this one? i thought there was supposed to be.
Posted by: Kaleb
May 27, 2008 at 2:31 pm EST

Hey brian how big is your memory card? I have a 8 gb and it would take forever to load everything back on it through the desktop manager …. Any ideas?
Posted by: Kaleb
May 27, 2008 at 2:35 pm EST

The html email is also carrier dependant …. So that be why ….
Posted by: RC
May 27, 2008 at 2:45 pm EST

Thanks Ronen. I will do some more digging.

From what I understand is the carrier’s BIS has to be a certain version. Understandable since no carrier has released their version that their BIS would be equipped for same.
Posted by: Calum
May 27, 2008 at 3:45 pm EST

Is anyone else having a problem receiving facebook notifications? Mine aren’t getting through. I tried going into facebook, changing my email and changing it back but it didn’t work. This and the other problems make me want my old OS back but I can’t get it. Does anyone know a definate way to get my old OS. I feel like I’ve tried everything. Iknow there’s lots of good things but there’s lots of things which need fixing too. I should have just waited for the official release.
Posted by: brian
May 27, 2008 at 4:14 pm EST

Kaleb,

I only have a 1gb memory card, but its only probably got 200mb-300mb of stuff. The transfer rate seems pretty quick. It isn’t too bad. But if you talking about 8gb of data transfer from your computer to the blackberry it might take a while.
Posted by: SABrown
May 27, 2008 at 7:27 pm EST

I have the 8100 and loaded the new OS onto my berry. i have been waiting for it forever so that i can use my phone with stereo bluetooth. HOWEVER, it doesnt seem to be working with my motorola HT820’s. ANyone else having issues with that?
Posted by: Jamie Spears
May 27, 2008 at 10:39 pm EST

Found a simple fix…when ever i restart my bb after deleting or adding an application; for some reason some of the desktop icon symbols disappear. I found that if you just switch what ever theme your using and then switch it back; the desktop icon symbol come back.
Posted by: nghia
May 28, 2008 at 10:42 am EST

thanks ! Good Luck To U
Posted by: Sean
May 28, 2008 at 2:26 pm EST

Just installed on my 8110 (At&t) No huge differences. Still no HTML email but the media player looks good. everything works so far
Posted by: ONE
May 28, 2008 at 2:44 pm EST

To everyone the htm email is a part of the carrier BIS software and won’t work untill they turn it on …. So the OS still might have html emails …. But we won’t know untill the carriers get the go ahead from RIM to do it (probably when the final release will be comming out)
Posted by: willie bb
May 29, 2008 at 10:15 pm EST

what is the 2.0 download that steve berghorn is speaking of, please advise
Posted by: Elaine
May 30, 2008 at 9:25 am EST

I downloaded the 4.5 & would like to have the older operating system back. Is there any way to do that? Please let me know. Thanks, Elaine

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