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UPDATE: New BlackBerry Messenger for OS 4.5 – OS 5.1 Leaked

by Ronen Halevy on Jul 17th, 2009 at 3:07 pm EST
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newbbmleak Luis let you know that the Storm edition of the new BlackBerry Messenger was leaked. Now it looks like it is available for the Storm, Tour, 8900, 83XX, and even OS 5.1.0 & 5.0.0!

Big shout out to the guys at BlackBerryOS for hooking us all up!

Direct download links @ Megaupload

Check out the download links here. Sadly they are desktop manager only for now.

Download it NOW and let us know what you find!

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  2. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm EST

    Funny that people are still posting links about this. I dare u to turn your phone off and back on again. When u finally do, you will not have any messenger install and all your contacts will be deleted.

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    • Posted by: Blackberry_Junkie
      July 19, 2009 at 6:44 pm EST

      Funny that people are still posting links about this. I dare u to turn your phone off and back on again. When u finally do, you will not have any messenger install and all your contacts will be deleted.

      I took your dare with my 8900 and after removing the battery and allowing the phone to reboot, still all is in tact. Why are you trying to scare our fellow bb’ers???

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  3. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 5:42 pm EST

    Only get blackberry software from blackberry.com or u risk bricking your phone. If its not available for your phone, its for a reason.I work for tech support for a mobile operator and this is all I handle today, installing new ROMs on messed up phones.
    It may look and work ok but when u turn your phone off and back on the contacts and messenger are missing. U need to back up your phone, wipe it, restore the phone from the back up. Download the ROM from your mobile provider, install that to the PC and update via DM.

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    • Posted by: Luis Merlos
      July 19, 2009 at 5:55 pm EST

      Most of the people that do this probably know what there doing and they know what risk there taking and if anything wouldn’t that mean Job security?
      But I have not seen people complain about all their contacts missing, the BBM 5.0 is buggy but the features make up for it.

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  4. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 6:03 pm EST

    May just be my network but what’s the point if it does not work. Also, the process of getting it back on is not supposed to be supported so I was being nice to customers. I’m supposed to say, can u nake call and get sms and internet. Which u can, and then send the customer to RIM/Blackberry as its not a network issue. Then u can explain to RIM how u got their stolen test version of BBM5.

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    • Posted by: Ronen Halevy
      July 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm EST

      CaptianConner,
      You are being nice to customers which is a good thing to do. I cannot imagine why you would not want to be nice to customers…

      This is the same as installing a Beta OS on your BlackBerry or better yet installing another carriers OS on your BlackBerry. It works but is only intended if you know what you are doing. This is obviously a beta and with betas you take a risk of getting a FUBAR phone. Its a good thing that installing any application on your BlackBerry does not void your warranty.

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  5. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 6:21 pm EST

    With my network, if you said you bricked it yourself then that is not covered under the warranty. If you said it just happened it would be sent of for repair/software reload and may take upto 28days. If you know how to load the ROM back on your self then no problem, but this thing is going round on places like facebook and being sent as a link via sms and BBM etc to people who would not know what a forum is… So, dont use unless you see what its like and dont mind the risk of losing your BBM contacts and having to go through the reloading process. Peace, im outta ya…

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  6. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 6:41 pm EST

    Google talk is better and work on non RIM handsets too. What’s the point.

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    • Posted by: Blackberry_Junkie
      July 19, 2009 at 6:46 pm EST

      Please do us all a favor and trade in your BB for a Palm Pre. Thx!

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      • Posted by: captainconner
        July 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm EST

        Was thinking of doing that today actually, the new pre is out soon, very slow browser on all RIMs. Even on the Bold and using opera mini, lol. May get a windows handset too. More apps, flash browser, HSDPA internet speeds, dozons of handsets to chose from, extremely customizable software with millions of apps, handset as HSDPA modem for laptop… The 8900 is ok for email, sms and messaging but not much else… just my ‘professional’ opinion. You could stick it somewhere though.

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  7. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 6:45 pm EST

    its only been out a couple of days. Has anyone taken the battery out of the phones and turned it back on? If so can you tell me if its still working and what network you are on?

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    • Posted by: Blackberry_Junkie
      July 19, 2009 at 6:57 pm EST

      Works fine for me. I did it because one of the other commenters challenged us to do so and the new BBM along with all my contacts are still in place. I don’t know if it makes a difference but I downloaded the messenger upgrade for my 8900 to my computer via the .zip file then did the upgrade that way. I just talked to my friend who has an 8310 and she says she’s done a battery pull twice since the software upgrade and has no problems.

      We’re both with T-Mobile.

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    • Posted by: Dominik
      July 19, 2009 at 11:39 pm EST

      My Sprint 9630 Tour, battery pulls and the icon is still there. Used DM 5.0 to load the BBM on my BB.

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    • Posted by: Nikolaus Walch
      July 20, 2009 at 12:03 pm EST

      I have a T-Mo 8900 and running 4.6.1.250. No problems here, running since Saturday.

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  8. Posted by: captainconner
    July 19, 2009 at 6:49 pm EST

    OMFG, outta ya 4 eva, unsubcribing too.

    Reply
  9. Posted by: hitman36
    July 20, 2009 at 4:50 am EST

    Be careful installing the BBM, mine doenst work well with it and sending messages 20 minutes later. i guess its network related.

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  10. Posted by: Tom
    July 20, 2009 at 11:58 am EST

    @hitman36 I don’t think its network related, on my Storm I seem to have some messages that are not going through at all. They never change to delivered and I called the person and asked and they did not receive them. Seems to happen at least once every 4 or 5 messages. Will probably downgrade when I get home later today.

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  11. Posted by: oracle
    July 20, 2009 at 6:46 pm EST

    i heard from my friend that with the new bbm version _ the rim can track and suspended it if the pin is not in the right country ( actually i dont believe it but just curious )

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  12. Posted by: Jaime
    July 20, 2009 at 8:49 pm EST

    Installed via ota in my pearl 8120 with os 4.5.0.161. Is working w/o a problem.

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  13. Posted by: Blackberry_Junkie
    July 21, 2009 at 12:22 am EST

    Ok, so one of my friends sent me a note on my messenger to tell me to make sure all of my permissions were set on the new messenger.

    From the main screen go to Options -> Advance Options -> Applications Then hilight the BBM & press the Menu/Blackberry button, then “Edit Default Permissions” and set all three fields (Connections, Interactions, User Data) are set to “Allow”.

    I did this on my 8900 and now I can see the pics my friends have set as their profile pic. My friend who has the 8310 from T-Mobile didn’t have that happen with hers though. In any event, I suggest everyone do it just as a precaution to make sure some of the potential “bugs” don’t mess up the bbm.

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    • Posted by: YAREE
      November 3, 2009 at 11:44 am EST

      i just downloaded it again and set the settings you suggested. sent out a few invites. as soon i hear back from then imma see if changing the settings works.

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  14. Posted by: Alex C
    July 21, 2009 at 11:47 pm EST

    guys there is ota link at http://www.blackberrylatino.com
    direct from your berry

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  15. Posted by: franklin6416633
    July 22, 2009 at 11:45 pm EST

    Bb 9000 verry fine

    Reply
  16. Posted by: skashyap
    July 23, 2009 at 4:14 am EST

    Hey Guys,

    I am one of the many who installed bb messenger 5.0 as soon as it came out. Worked fine for a day after which it started having issues, 3 out of 5 messages would go, the status of my contacts wouldn’t change, messages would be delayed by 20 min etc etc.

    I managed to do a good install used it for 3 days now without any issue, although i probably wiped my phone 10 15 times until i realized the problem. It seems that 1st you cant install the new bb messenger on top of the old one, neither can you load contacts from the old one to the new one from a back up (Went through all databases one by one). Both of these create a issue with the bbm.

    What I did was use jl cmdr, and wipe out my entire blackberry and reloaded the os minus blackberry messenger. Then I installed the new blackberry messenger on the phone with a clean os which has no blackberry messenger files. I then loaded my entire backup on my phone the normal way and got a java error my bbm wasn’t working. But what i did was use the bbm to create a backup of all my contacts on my media card.

    I repeated the entire process again wiping the phone, loaded the os without bbm, installed the new one once the phone started and imported all my contacts through my backup. Now what i did, i opened my backup through the advanced feature of desktop manager and loaded all my databases except the bb messenger, Google messenger ones.

    My phone works like a charm plus I didn’t loose all my databases. What i did loose was my applications but i didn’t mind installing 10 of them again.

    Hope this works for you guys

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  17. Posted by: skashyap
    July 23, 2009 at 4:53 am EST

    I backed up my contacts first time through the new bb messenger just as clarification……………it opened let me backup but didnt let me send messages

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  18. Posted by: Amber
    August 17, 2009 at 2:42 am EST

    This happened to my friend too. I wonder if you have to update your version before doing it. I’m running the 4.5.0.138 and mine is working with no problems.

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  19. Posted by: Amber
    August 17, 2009 at 2:43 am EST

    Does anyone know the story with the barcode and what to do with it?

    Let me know if ya’ll find something out.

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  20. Posted by: Upperslime
    October 8, 2009 at 12:28 am EST

    how do i remove bb messenger from my storm.
    I dont use it and dont want it running

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  21. Posted by: meme
    October 8, 2009 at 7:47 pm EST

    i downloaded the new bbm, i thought it was a system update because it was sent to my friends phone then it was sent to my phone.

    i really dont like it and i was wondering how do i get my old one back

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  22. Posted by: ezzy
    October 8, 2009 at 8:09 pm EST

    i got a notification on my phone about the new bbm so i upgraded
    i didnt know it was a bug because it was sent through my phone and also my friend told me about it
    and how she also downloaded it.

    i really dont like the new one, and i was wondering how i can get the old one back
    can someone please help me
    ASAP!!

    thanx

    Reply
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