OS 4.5.0.77 For 8330 & 8830 Found Online!!!

by Ronen Halevy on Aug 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm EST

detectivestock Another tip from one of our secret agents. Turns out that OS 4.5.0.77 is now making its rounds around the interweb. Many people have spotted it already but we had a set of links sent in as proof:

You can find them at the links below:

8330: http://www.mediafire.com/?ejfzak4uy3f
8830: http://www.mediafire.com/?gnvehbcgiw3

This fixes the 1-2 second delay before a call is successfully answered and you get a voice path. Let us know what else you find.

UPDATE: Thanks to The Fantom we have another link to the 8330 OS at: http://www.mediafire.com/?zsm2xsbhdmv

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79 Comments to “OS 4.5.0.77 For 8330 & 8830 Found Online!!!”

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Posted by: DavidB
September 1, 2008 at 7:30 am EST

OS releases are device specific. When this thread says it is for 8330 and 8830, that means ONLY those devices. Not even other devices in the same famile (so no 8300, 8310, 8320, or 8350 or 8800, 8820).
Posted by: tolcrackmonkey
September 1, 2008 at 10:01 am EST

Bushey, the os files are device specific. I’m not sure that it’ll even load on the incorrect device. When I upgraded my 8330 curve, and then plugged my girldriends perl in, it didn’t try to upgrade it, but when I plugged my sons 8330 curve in it asked me if I wanted to upgrade it. Seems kind of like it querys the device.
Posted by: mike068
September 9, 2008 at 12:33 pm EST

Does any one know of any further updates for the CDMA 8330 or when the next will be out.
Posted by: DavidB
September 9, 2008 at 12:44 pm EST

Really. I sure hope a better release comes soon. I consider myself pretty tech and Blackberry savvy, and I spent almost the entire day yesterday down hard from screwing with trying 4.5.0.77 on my Verizon 8830. If my experience was indicative of how much “better” .77 is than previos CDMA beta’s then WOW has RIM got a ways to go for a stable 4.5 release. No WONDER we keep hearing about both software and hardware being delayed all over the place from carrier acceptance, RIM has CLEARLY got some serious development problems (too many OS’s/devices trying to launch right now to do any single one right). Between missing rings tones, no vibrate at all, the media player app appearing and disappearing seemingly at random, I finally just gave up and wiped it out back to 4.2.2.196. At least I can hear/feel the phone ring now.

PLEASE RIM, pick either software 4.5/4.6/4.7 or hardware Bold/Storm/Kickstart, focus your attention, and get ONE of them out the door as a properly stable release like we’ve come to expect from you!!!
Posted by: mike068
September 9, 2008 at 1:38 pm EST

I Have a sprint 8330 and I have not had 95% of the problems people have been reporting. I have upgraded with each beta version. I am a pretty technically savvy person with most things and consider myself a BB power user. I also have about 45 to 50 third party apps installed at any given time, so you guessed it I am a compulsive installer ill try most things.
Posted by: Rich
September 10, 2008 at 1:57 pm EST

I have an 8330, and this update rocks so far. The html email is better, and no more delay on phone calls.
Posted by: Rich
September 11, 2008 at 10:00 pm EST

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows how to get ALL of the images to download in emails? I have the html email coming thru and only SOME of them download in the email. I have switched my email settings to download automatically, but still no change. I still have to go to the menu key, and select the get images. And then the whole, you will expose your email address to the internet thing comes up. select yes or no. Can anyone help with the situation?
Posted by: ED
September 16, 2008 at 9:10 am EST

I installed the OS 4.5.0.77 on my BB 8830 from Sprint with no issues to report. HTML Email looks great! (Remember to resend your service books). GTalk, Google Maps, GMail, Viigo, Opera Mini all working after the restore from back up.
Posted by: sovak75
September 16, 2008 at 8:35 pm EST

This version ROCKS on my VZW Curve! Just as stable as the 4.3.x releases and battery life seems better than the previous 4.5.x releases.
Posted by: bblair
September 20, 2008 at 1:19 pm EST

What is the pass word to unlock the file to down load this up grade at the link given above if pass word is not need some one please tell me what I’m doing wrongm
Posted by: ocgreenmachine
September 26, 2008 at 12:22 am EST

I just downloaded the file and ran it on my computer. Opened up desktop manager and under device software it shows both 4.2.2.196 and 4.5.0.77. Connected my blackberry 8830 to the computer, and it isn’t updating the device software to 4.5.0.77. Anyone have a fix?
Posted by: tolcrackmonkey
September 26, 2008 at 12:25 am EST

Bblair, what version of the desktop manager do you have?
Posted by: Brian
September 26, 2008 at 12:26 am EST

delete or rename vendor.xml
Posted by: ocgreenmachine
September 26, 2008 at 1:00 am EST

where do i find vendor.xml?
Posted by: Brian
September 26, 2008 at 1:31 am EST

inside C://Program Files/Common Files/Research in Motion/AppLoader
Posted by: mike068
October 8, 2008 at 2:40 pm EST

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of beta os 4.5.0.89 ?
Posted by: kidhertz
October 21, 2008 at 4:30 pm EST

It’s not in the wild yet…
Posted by: chadmarkley
October 27, 2008 at 7:45 pm EST

So, I have an 8830 from Verizon. I pulled down the 4.5.77 software and I ran the download. Bummer…it only starts up the application installer but it doesn’t do anythng with regards to installing the 4.5 upgrade. What the heck am I doing wrong?

Thx in advance
Posted by: VZWRocks
October 27, 2008 at 8:18 pm EST

chadmarkley,

You need to delete or rename vendor.xml and then run the BB Desktpo Software which should detect the new fersion and promto for you to OK the upgrade. It wont install Docs To Go by default you need to go to the App installer screen to do that manually.
Posted by: Victor
November 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm EST

Does anyone know if there are a newer version than 4.5.0.77 for the 8830 CDMA ?

Thanks, Victor
Posted by: DavidB
November 10, 2008 at 6:37 pm EST

@Victor:
Much as we’d like to see it seems .77 is the highest out there for CDMA.
Posted by: Ron b
November 13, 2008 at 2:39 am EST

What version of the desktop software are you using? First make sure you are using the Desktop Mgr. 4.5 before you download and install the 4.5.77 os
Posted by: Ron B
November 13, 2008 at 2:40 am EST

I heard there is a 4.6 out there. I'm looking for it tonight.
Posted by: Victor
November 25, 2008 at 10:15 am EST

Today I received an email from RIM. They said the 4.5 is out for my model (8000 series, mine is 8830). I'll let you know if i can successful upgrade.
Posted by: Victor Arocha
November 26, 2008 at 5:12 am EST

I was unable to install the upgrade from the RIM Website, but I found the 4.5.101 upgrade on the web (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V1G8IYSR). Installed and running perfectly on my BB 8830 with BES enabled.

Pros vs 4.5.0.77:
- Responsiveness
- Voice Quality
- No more dropped calls
- Quickest reset process
- Fastest Browser
- Better Blackberry Messenger
- Windows Live Messenger and GTalk runs smoothly
- Includes Ringtones (missing on 4.5.0.77)
Posted by: DavidB
November 27, 2008 at 8:52 am EST

@Victor:
I too am running .101 now on my 8830. Do you have a icon for Media Player on your device? I can’t get one to show up. The app is there and runs when launch a youtube clip for example, but no icon to run it standalone and play music and such.