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8830 OS 4.5.0.135 (Maybe) Officially Available From RIM

by Ronen Halevy on Feb 24th, 2009 at 10:12 pm EST
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8830 users have been left out in the cold recently with updates especially official updates. Mcky over at PinStack found that if he used RIM’s web upgrade service it upgraded his device to OS 4.5.0.135. Not sure if this will work for everybody but it is definitely worth a shot. Let us know what you find in the new OS versions in the comments below.

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/update/

NOTE: This only works from Internet Explorer on a Windows PC. No luck on my Mac.

Thanks DavidB for the tip!

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13 Comments to “8830 OS 4.5.0.135 (Maybe) Officially Available From RIM”

  1. Posted by: Jason Emerick
    February 24, 2009 at 10:40 pm EST

    I just tried with my Verizon 8830 running 4.2 and there were no updates available through the above website nor the Verizon website :(

    Not too worried about it. Thinking about getting a Curve next month for my new every 2.

    • Posted by: Nikolaus Walch
      February 24, 2009 at 11:31 pm EST

      @Jason make sure to get the Curve 8900 man. No sense in getting a new 83XX device at this point.

    • Posted by: Shane McKeever
      February 25, 2009 at 2:28 pm EST

      I too have the 4.2 Verizon and, alas, no update. My jobsite will not allow camera phones and I get crap service from AT&T at home. Oh well. Maybe if I pull the battery, seems to make everything else work better…

  2. Posted by: Smartmouth
    February 24, 2009 at 11:40 pm EST

    Searching for BlackBerry OS releases for:
    Device: 8830
    Network: All
    Region: All

    Downloading carrier list from BlackBerryFAQ… done.

    Parsing carrier list for links… done.

    Checking Bell Mobility Inc….
    Applications: 4.5.0.127

  3. Posted by: ymw
    February 25, 2009 at 12:43 am EST

    why did I start this upgrade at 12:40 AM ?!?!

  4. Posted by: nifty5
    February 25, 2009 at 1:00 am EST

    As I’m on a BES, no upgrade for me :(

  5. Posted by: gse
    February 25, 2009 at 1:17 am EST

    8830 owner…did not work for me.. asking the same question:why am I starting this so late. going to try the bell update now…

  6. Posted by: DavidB
    February 25, 2009 at 11:39 am EST

    My VZW 8830 is running .127 Bell and I got a no updates available.

  7. Posted by: M
    February 25, 2009 at 12:44 pm EST

    Didn’t work with my 8830 on Telus network

    I am pretty sure the application reads what carrier your with and looks to see if that carrier has an official update.. which Telus does not (damn now I wish I was with bell)

  8. Posted by: John Cringer
    February 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm EST

    Alltel 8830. Desktop Manager says I have an update available… then tells me I don’t…

    Bell .127

  9. Posted by: DavidB
    March 4, 2009 at 7:36 am EST

    All you guys running 4.2 that aren’t offered an upgrade via this tool, get thee to blackberry.com and download the official 4.5 release from Sprint for 8830. Install it on you PC, delete the vendor.xml, and using loader.exe (same dir as vendor.xml) do the upgrade. 4.5 is SO worth it from 4.2 even if its not an official Telus or Verizon release its too good not to do it!