CDMA OS 4.5.0.33 Found Online For 8330 & 8830

by the BerryReview Team on Jun 25th, 2008 at 10:29 am EST

8330os45[1] It seems like CDMA users won’t be too far behind GSM users with OS 4.5 this time around. Links to OS 4.5.0.33 for the BlackBerry 8330 & 8830 are popping up all over the web. We have already had 3 different sets of links sent in to us as tips over the last day.

I tried the 8330 OS on a Sprint 8330 and a friend tried the 8830 OS on a Verizon 8830 and both work well. There are some reports on the 8830 having voice quality issues.

Just as an example of how easy these OS 4.5 links are to find:

8830 CDMA – 8830CDMA_Public_4.5.0_rel48_4.5.0.33.exe

8330 CDMA – 8330CDMA_Public_4.5.0_rel48_4.5.0.33.exe

NOTE: I would not recommend installing these OSs on your Berry if you don’t know what you are doing. Even if you do these may cause problems!!!

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154 Comments to “CDMA OS 4.5.0.33 Found Online For 8330 & 8830”

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Posted by: Josue
June 26, 2008 at 9:52 am EST

Lee,

I also installed on my Sprint 8330. Can you tell me if you noticed that there is only an option to delete an e-mail? Thanks in advance!
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 11:01 am EST

Ok, I’m in the process of upgrading now… how long does it take?

It’s been almost half an hour and it’s still going.
Posted by: LeoG
June 26, 2008 at 11:03 am EST

Verizon 8330, did the upgrade, SMS seems to be working fine on my Curve, email is working fine as well. I am, however, having problems getting Google Maps 2.1 to start after selecting to allow permission to access radio information the device locks up. I may just deny that access since I have an external GPS I use for position reporting.
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 11:16 am EST

Ironically, it finished as I left the last comment. Looks nice, seems to run nice. No problems here so far on a BB 8830 WE for Sprint.
Posted by: LeoG
June 26, 2008 at 11:55 am EST

The only thing I cannot get to work is Google Maps 2.1. I haven’t tried 2.2 yet as I need external BlueTooth GPS option. Anyone know a work around or have any adivce?
Posted by: Tom
June 26, 2008 at 11:59 am EST

I’m on verizon w/an 8830 and everything works but the SMS. I did not do a total wipe install, so I don’t know if the SMS funkiness is b/c something is lingering. Has anyone with verizon on an 8830 been able to send SMS messages? If so, did you do a full wipe install?
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 12:27 pm EST

I am liking the new themes. The L one looks quite nice, although I might get rid of it anyway (on Sprint).

Also, youtube videos are quite nice.

I like the way the messages look and it does feel snappier. Very nice. Looking forward to after this weekend though. Need to figure out how to add Docs to Go though and then remove that XML file.
Posted by: CC
June 26, 2008 at 12:34 pm EST

On Verizon Network, SMS OK, You Tube OK, VZ Navigator OK, Internet OK, company email OK, Media Player OK, Everything works perfect! Now Docs to go is another issue. Is it worth the effort to get it to install properly? Also notices free memory before was 21 megs and is now 17 megs without the Docs to Go module……

CC
Posted by: David
June 26, 2008 at 2:03 pm EST

4.5.0.33 on VZW.
These are the issues i noticed,
1. Browser- problems typing in boxes
2. Ringer/Alarm- VERY VERY LOW RINGER even lower then 4.2!
3. Blackberry messenger- red indicator stays on sometimes
4. Shift/select/copy/paste- doesn’t work!
5. when backlight off selecting ball or pressing key turns on screen and selects whatever the courser is on or presses that key.
6. Media card- cannot access media card from computer or Mass Storage drive.
7. when scrolling does not click
8. have noticed heavy memory leak!
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 2:07 pm EST

Ok, I’ve noticed on Sprint, copy and paste doesn’t (high-light text) with the shift button.

For people typing into web browsers, hover over the area you want to input text and begin typing. That works for me.
Posted by: David
June 26, 2008 at 2:16 pm EST

hovering over area and typing works but if you try to hover over again it doesn’t type.
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 2:45 pm EST

I seem to have lost my facebook app even though it says it’s installed. That kinda sucks.
Posted by: Nikolaus
June 26, 2008 at 5:04 pm EST

Hey “portorikan”, I had the same issue with the FaceBook app when I upgraded my 8320 to 4.5.0.44. However I did a re-install and all was fixed. If I would need to do this again I would uninstall Facebook first, upgrade OS and then install Facebook.
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 5:27 pm EST

@Nikolaus

Thanks. I’ll try that later.
Posted by: Rusty
June 26, 2008 at 5:51 pm EST

Voice Notes is not working on mine. Anyone else have that problem?
Posted by: portorikan
June 26, 2008 at 5:53 pm EST

If you disable cursor in column view you can type in fields in the browser easier.

I also don’t have voice notes, but I never did before.
Posted by: Adam K
June 26, 2008 at 8:38 pm EST

I look forward to seeing a more current beta product from this site. : -)
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:11 am EST

Ok so.. Break.com works but you HAVE to use the emulation for the blackberry browser. Youtube no go. SMS is bugged at best. Phone has froze up a couple times and the media player has crashed the phone. Most of that you all reported.. Whats the deal with the new ringtones… I mean they are not new but boy do they sound different. The mp3’s I have loaded sound no different… But say Tune_Entertainer for example. Used to be very loud and full sounding. Now its sounds like crap! Very tiny and no bass to it at all… Midi engine changed??
Posted by: gary
June 27, 2008 at 2:21 am EST

i just installed 4.5 on my vzw 8330. i can’t send outgoing sms messages and can’t receive incoming calls.

any suggestions?
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:24 am EST

Downgrade or try a reinstall. Its beta. I have seen no posts to fix these type of problems…
Posted by: gary
June 27, 2008 at 2:25 am EST

thank you. i figured out the phone calls. got that to work.. but the sms thing is insane.

what is the easiest way to downgrade? thank you.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:29 am EST

How did you get the phone working?? Sms sucks for sure. I can receive sms from friends.. From the web… Just not from the same network
Posted by: gary
June 27, 2008 at 2:31 am EST

i just hit *73 and send. all calls were going directly into voicemail. that cured it.

i can receive sms from friends, but i can’t send any out. it just puts an X next to the message.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:32 am EST

To downgrade uninstall os 4.5 from ur programs in the control panel of ur computer. Reinstall 4.2 and connect ur phone. Should downgrade you. Search online for downgrade instructions if you need more detail

-sent via OS4.5-
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:34 am EST

See strange for me because my sms send successfully to everyone just don’t always reach them.
Posted by: gary
June 27, 2008 at 2:37 am EST

did u download directly from the blackberry site or another site?

i did from a 3rd party site. i’m doing from blackberry now.

i just want to be able to send sms. is that so much to ask for?
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 2:45 am EST

There is no official release of 4.5 for my phone that I know of…
Posted by: Corey Gilmore
June 27, 2008 at 8:02 am EST

A pseudo fix for the Browser text field issue is to uncheck “Enable cursor in column view” under Browser Options > General Properties. The browser will feel like the old 4.2 browser, but at least it’ll be usable.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 1:23 pm EST

SMS is currently working no problem today. Sends immediately. All I did was go into sms options set to urgent and immediate then set back to normal and immediate. Battery pull and away we go! Who knows why?!
Posted by: Scott
June 27, 2008 at 2:36 pm EST

Version 4.5.0.33 works fine on my 8830 VZW
Posted by: Eric
June 27, 2008 at 3:13 pm EST

Here is another update.

After following the above idea to set the importance and set it back I was able to send an SMS. I was not able to yesterday. Also I didnt have to reboot the phone.

One other thought might be someone called Verizon and they fixed it and it was more a time issue then a work around.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 3:54 pm EST

Woohoo! Verified! Thanks Eric. I dont know if they have fixed it our if my workaround is the fix. I am on Bell and had problems all day yesterday. Messed with the SMS and voila! Cool to know I actually figured something out before the rest of the world lol!!!
Posted by: rsohne
June 27, 2008 at 4:08 pm EST

Any work around for selecting text?
Posted by: Jeromy
June 27, 2008 at 5:50 pm EST

Upgraded 4.5.0.33 last night on 8830 with Verizon – Required deleting vend0r.xml file

Used these install instructions: http://goesmobile.jhosie.mobi/2008/06/blackberry-pearl-8100-software-upgrade.html

They are NOT specifically for the 8830, but they work none the less.

* Noticed select button no longer works for selecting multiple emails (to delete) or selecting anything (I really miss this feature!)
* Media Player looks nice, but is buggy; hangs on movies and some won’t play anymore. – Sometimes have to reset phone to resolve hung state.
* SMS wasn’t working, but after following “Canson” instructions “Thanks man!”
* To Enable HTML e-mail on BES Server: http://www.blackberryforums.com/bes-admin-corner/125787-howto-enable-disable-html-email-processing-bes-4-1-sp5.html

Enabled this feature, restarted phone and BES Server and HTML Email Rocks!

* HTML Support to all others: http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/06/21/blackberry-finally-gets-html-email/

There is supposed to be a network upgrade this weekend to enable full native HTML email support.

*Pressing center ball to wake up selects whatever the cursor is over automatically (annoying and hard to retrain myself to press a different key to wake up from sleep)
*Youtube works nicely although a bit pixelated at times but sound quality is superb.
*Love the updates to the daily calendar view, Address book, and browser
*For you road warriors out there, I came across vlingo “http://downloads.vlingo.com” today and am very impressed with it (free speech to text utility).
*GoogleMaps 2.2.0 works well (no GPS though, thanks Verizon!). Wish BBerry Maps had Cellular Triangulation. For that matter, wish Verizon allowed GPS; heck, why not wish for a Bentley while I’m at it.

All in all I like the updates, can live with the bugs (now that SMS is working), and can’t wait for future releases.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 6:31 pm EST

Since I helped a couple of you out maybe you could help me! LOL here goes… No youtube still!! Reinstalled the os. Tried emulating every browser. Tried the proxy thing… Nothing. Only site I can stream from is m.Break.com Help a man out who has helped you!
Posted by: Jeromy
June 27, 2008 at 7:35 pm EST

Canson,

Not sure if this will do anything, but on Verizon they use servicebooks to allow the phone to know what it can do on Verizon’s network. At one point I knew a way to delete all the service books but I forgot. You can request a service book update from the BES Server and also from Verizon directly. To request a service book update from Verizon access your e-mail settings on the blackberry. Once logged into your account you can click a link for servicebook update which will re-sync with your phone. From BES right click your name and select “Send Servicebook update”.

If this doesn’t fix the problem you could double check the security Firewall to verify nothing is getting blocked.

Last resort would be to Backup your device and wipe the handheld. Options / Security Options / General Settings / Options Key / Wipe Handheld.

After the wipe I would see if youtube works. If not just restore. If it does work have fun reinstalling your apps…

P.S. Don’t ever pull out the battery again use Ctrl+Alt+Del or for the BBerry “Lt ALT+ Rt Shift + Del”

Hope something here helps.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 7:54 pm EST

Jeromy,

Tried all of these things… I am on the bell network and I have sent the service books already. I see in my listing of servicebooks that some have a red x. Also… If it was in the firewall setting what could I do besides allow all??? Thanks for taking the time to write everything you have I will keep at it. If you have any other ideas be sure to post.
Posted by: Jeromy
June 27, 2008 at 8:26 pm EST

Canson,
Have you tried to delete all the service books, then resend?

http://support.appriver.com/Customer/KBArticle.aspx?articleid=205

When does the error occur, before selecting a video, clicking a video, or opening in the media player?
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 8:51 pm EST

Can I really delete them all??? I have GPS Nav that costs 10 bucks a month but I dont pay for it cause I cancelled… I beleive it still works due to the service book still being there.

What happens when I click the video is it says loading forever.. there is alot of network activity and then it says “Error Playing” An error has occured attempting to play media.
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 8:59 pm EST

Ok my bad. No service books have a red x that was my certificates. What service books should I delete?? Should I really delete them all???
Posted by: Canson
June 27, 2008 at 9:19 pm EST

Ok without deleting any of the servicebooks I sent them again from BIS. No luck with youutbe. Just afraid to delete the service books and something not work after.
Posted by: Tim
June 28, 2008 at 12:22 am EST

I’m gonna compromise and try installing this on my “old” BB 8830 and see how it goes. Not quite ready to risk Beta software on my Curve.
Posted by: Tim
June 28, 2008 at 2:57 am EST

After hunting all over for the vendor.xml file so I could rename it I appear to have gotten this to work. It installed, rebooted and seems to work. *crosses fingers*
Posted by: Canson
June 28, 2008 at 11:19 am EST

I had installed unite! 1.01 before OS4.5 I can see there is an IT policy called Bluetooth tracking. How the hell do I get this thing off of here???
Posted by: Cliff
June 28, 2008 at 8:01 pm EST

VZW 8830 works fine. Noticed a little heating when watching Youtube videos, but that’s to be expected. Waiting for HTML e-mail though… I’m sick of having to read HTML, very annoying… The Bold needs to be out sooner. Why does RIM make us do this to ourselves!?!?
Posted by: Tomp
June 28, 2008 at 11:46 pm EST

I’m also having a problem with playing youtube videos. It comes up with a message Javascript is not enabled. However, in my settings it shows enabled. Tried resetting but no luck. Anyone else having this problem?
Posted by: Tomp
June 29, 2008 at 12:03 am EST

Ok, I figured out how to play Youtube videos. While in Browser, select Browser options, then Browser Configuration. The Emulation Mode is defaulted to Microsoft IE. Change it to Blackberry. After doing this, Youtube works fine.
Posted by: Brent
June 29, 2008 at 12:15 pm EST

I installed the 8330 version on Verizon last night and I couldnt send SMS messages

I tried everything i could to get it to work with no luck.
I down graded back.

If anyone gets a version working on a 8330 without the SMS problem let me know.
My PIN is 319F92F8
Posted by: Tomp
June 29, 2008 at 2:25 pm EST

I’ve loaded and started using Vlingo after verfying everything working with 4.5 beta. All I can say is wow, it has brought the BB to a new level of performance!
The program allows one to do google searches, texting, and emailing hands free. There is no drain on the memory, since it streams data from a server in Cambridge, MA. Not a problem, if you are on an unlimited data plan. A little buggy, still in it’s beta release. But very cool and useful.
Jeromy, many kudos for the link
Posted by: rsohne
June 29, 2008 at 2:50 pm EST

Has anyone figured out a way to select text yet?