Upgrading Your BlackBerry: How-to

[Vindicated3777]

Says not available for AT&T yet...if theres a way around this for the pearl...please e-mail me and give me some information. Thanks!

[jason taylor]

i can not get the 4.5 to download on the 8300 it starts to download then stops at 9.61mb what am i doing wrong

[Caboose447]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

i can not get the 4.5 to download on the 8300 it starts to download then stops at 9.61mb what am i doing wrong

Are you downloading the file on this site on your BB or on your computer?

[BlackBerryGirl7]

Originally Posted by Caboose447

Do you have Blackberry Desktop manager installed? You need that installed in order to upgrade your BB OS. Once it's installed, install the OS 4.5 (leave your BB disconnected) and when it asks if you want to start desktop manager, don't start it. Then move the vendor.xml from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader to somewhere else (I just moved it to my desktop).

From there, connect your BB, and run the desktop manager. It should see that you've got updates. (The 4.5 OS comes with "Documents 2 Go" which is nice). You can go through what's gonna be installed, and add/remove items from there. Pretty much leave it as is.

Once you click next, the update will start. It'll take about 20-30 minutes for the entire process to complete (unless your PC is sloooooooooooow).

Once the upgrade is complete, your phone will "re-activate", but other than that, it should work like it did before, only newer OS.

I hope that's not too confusing

First of all thank you for trying to help.
Well see, the problem is that I've downloaded 4.5.0.69 from the BBPearl 8100 section, and I have it on my desktop waiting, and yes I have DM 4.5 installed, but when I click on the 4.5.0.69 file nothing happens...Should I try downloading a different file?

[CAROLFLORES32]

Wonderful i love it!

[crackberry84]

So, i just followed the directions that applied to updating my 8700c bb with 4.5 os. I installed the applicable version of 4.5 and followed the installation instructions. I deleted that file in common files (which by the way, i later saw someone say it should be moved..not deleted! although the instructions in the beginning say to delete). Once installation had completed, i plugged my bb in and a little window popped up in my tool bar on the bottom right that said that something was installing. I noticed that you had said that i should start desktop manager and I would be prompted to update so i did that and nothing happened. So, i assumed that message on the bottom right was informing me that the update had already occurred, but when i checked my phone..nothing happened! now what do i do?

[Rollin]

Reinstall the OS

[CAROLFLORES32]

I need help! I noticed that I no longer haveany ringtones. Also, if I change themes; the folders and all the set ups to it disapear. Otherwise all is good. Please advise.
Thanks!

[LlamaLord]

NEW METHOD:
Hook up your phone to your Computer and go to this page:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]


Hey I Posted This Up!!!! = p make sure you put Thanks To LlamaLord = D

[crabatin]

When I want to add an application, the BB is looking for an .ali or.alx file. However, when I download an application such as a game it comes through as a .jad or .jar file.

How can I get the game onto the BB?