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Hot !! OS v5.0.0.238 for Bold 9000 and Curve 8900 found online

by Greg Myers on Sep 29th, 2009 at 4:11 am EST
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image-thumb1One of our readers dropped this one on our desk a few minutes ago. I have not had a chance to test it as of yet as I’m still actually downloading at the moment. It has been a crazy day for leaks but keep them coming guys and girls.

Update: Just confirmed this leak originated from Kevin @ CrackBerry

You can pick it up from:

Bold 9000: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=52XEQR6C

Curve 8900: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9WL5RSEK

Let us know what you find in the comment below.

Thank you ‘detectivereview’ for the link.

NOTE: Do not install this software if you do not know what you are doing. It may make your BlackBerry FUBAR or just plain angry.

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38 Comments to “Hot !! OS v5.0.0.238 for Bold 9000 and Curve 8900 found online”

  1. Posted by: liefje
    September 29, 2009 at 6:18 am EST

    for anyone who running it, pls let us know!! im kinda worried :D

    Reply
  2. Posted by: ricky
    September 29, 2009 at 6:27 am EST

    ill try..downloading…

    Reply
  3. Posted by: liefje
    September 29, 2009 at 6:44 am EST

    @ricky
    thanks!! im downloading it too! keep me updates! :-)

    Reply
  4. Posted by: Larry
    September 29, 2009 at 7:56 am EST

    I see no difference over 5.0.190 so far….. I think the official 5.0 release is close.

    Reply
  5. Posted by: preeee
    September 29, 2009 at 8:16 am EST

    internet browser? internet? only wap?

    Reply
  6. Posted by: Remzi Turer
    September 29, 2009 at 8:34 am EST

    For Bold:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/286464917/9000M_PBr5.0.0_rel366_PL5.2.0.14_A5.0.0.238.exe

    I am starting to upgrade, wish me luck… BTW, no BBM 5.0 in the release, if anyone is curious.

    Reply
  7. Posted by: Nikolaus
    September 29, 2009 at 8:50 am EST

    What! No internet browser? I can’t install that!!

    Reply
  8. Posted by: Luis Merlos
    September 29, 2009 at 9:02 am EST

    That’s weird the fact that they removed the apn settings

    Reply
  9. Posted by: oracle
    September 29, 2009 at 9:36 am EST

    BBM5 does NOT work on it

    Reply
  10. Posted by: JR
    September 29, 2009 at 9:42 am EST

    Just installed on my Bold and BBM5 works just fine.

    Reply
  11. Posted by: Remzi Turer
    September 29, 2009 at 9:43 am EST

    Which version of BBM5 JR?

    Reply
  12. Posted by: JR
    September 29, 2009 at 9:53 am EST

    How do I tell what version it is? I had the original zipped file containing all the BBM5 and just used that to install.

    Reply
  13. Posted by: Remzi Turer
    September 29, 2009 at 9:56 am EST

    Simply go under Options – Applications, select Add-on from pull down menu, there you can see the version info of BBM. Also can you upload the files you have for BBM somewhere or send the link you got it from?

    Reply
  14. Posted by: BBGUY
    September 29, 2009 at 10:00 am EST

    Anyone have a link that’s not on Rapidshare. My company doesn’t allow downloads from file sharing sites.

    thx

    John L

    Reply
  15. Posted by: JR
    September 29, 2009 at 10:02 am EST

    It just says version 5.0? I don’t see any other numbers.

    The file is on my computer at home.

    Reply
  16. Posted by: Remzi Turer
    September 29, 2009 at 10:20 am EST

    Do you see anything different when you click on the Blackberry Messenger when you are in the applications list? It may give further details there.

    Reply
  17. Posted by: JR
    September 29, 2009 at 10:22 am EST

    Still gives me the same number – 5.0. Unless I completely missing something here haha

    Reply
  18. Posted by: Remzi Turer
    September 29, 2009 at 10:28 am EST

    Well, when you get a chance, send/upload the zip file somewhere and I’ll take a look, you made me curious ;)

    Reply
  19. Posted by: wgflax
    September 29, 2009 at 10:36 am EST

    bbm 5.0 does not work on my 5.0.0.238 either whether i do it OTA or Desktop. It is there on my phone but not available. so I don’t know how JR got it to work on his but I have to downgrade. So if JR can provide the link where he got his as the ones from theiexplorers.com is not working on mine!

    Reply
  20. Posted by: JR
    September 29, 2009 at 10:41 am EST

    It didn’t work when I tried to install via desktop manager. I had to use the app loader FYI

    Reply
  22. Posted by: Sebastian
    September 29, 2009 at 11:36 am EST

    Anyone having the BBM5 for the Bold OS 5 release?

    Reply
  23. Posted by: wojtas25
    September 29, 2009 at 1:48 pm EST

    Anybody noticed some problems with OS *.238 and OperaMini5? Pages wont load.

    Reply
  24. Posted by: Amir Saad
    September 29, 2009 at 11:14 pm EST

    Nice update, almost busted my phone since i ran out of memory in the middle of the update…thank God..I didn’t brick my phone. Phew…

    Reply
  25. Posted by: Michael Jones
    September 30, 2009 at 8:13 am EST

    I tried it, and Facebook didn’t work out of the gate, but after re-installing Facebook, it worked. But I still got that dang MediaNet crap instead of the real browser, and it did hang up on me a few times. You cannot use the BB browser. Period. I have heard about that service book hack, but I tried it before several times and gave up.

    Also, Viigo didn’t work, until I removed it and re-installed, but even then, it cropped the pages (every single page), when I clicked an RSS feed. It only showed one page, and would not scroll on any page. That is a deal-breaker for me; I use Viigo every day, throughout the day.

    So back to 4.6 I go. I am going out of town on business in a few days and I can’t play around with buggy betas. I know, “installer beware”.

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    • Posted by: Remzi Turer
      September 30, 2009 at 8:54 am EST

      I upgraded from a .190, which was able to use BB browser with the hack. Since I didn’t wipe and used the DM, it backed up and restored and BB Browser (aka Internet browser) works fine for me.

      Viigo is a pain to me, such a memory hog, so I use Freerange. Much lighterweight, clean cut interface.

      As for Facebook, I use Socialscope, as it handles both Twitter and Facebook, works great on .238

      Reply
    • Posted by: Kevin D
      September 30, 2009 at 1:00 pm EST

      Blackberry browser works for me. No hacks or anything necessary. 8900 on Rogers. Did have to reinstall facebook though

      Reply
  26. Posted by: jaybone3030
    September 30, 2009 at 3:13 pm EST

    Apps issues the same. Scrolling problems with viigo. Etc. Had to do the browser fix with the att service books. Battery life is WAY better then the .190. Bbm I won’t bother with only because it takes so much time to downgrade back to 4.7 if the Bbm 5.0 icon is missing.

    Reply
  27. Posted by: LeOpArDo
    September 30, 2009 at 9:26 pm EST

    The Voice Dialing is not working on this version :-( . I have tried almost everythingbu unsucessfull. Any suggest?

    Reply

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