Comments on: T-Mobile Blackberry Curve gets 4.5 update… oh yeah!

By: Saturn5

Saturn5 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:09:43 +0000

Nope, no coincidence on the battery usage problems. Ever since I have changed to the 4.5 upgrade I have been having to charge my phone a lot. Just during the superbowl, with no calls.. so only in standby mode, it went down 1/3 of the battery indicator.
What does the new update have running that doesn’t need to be sucking power?

By: MBZ

MBZ — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:50:56 +0000

A great upgrade – almost like getting a new phone. Only one problem has been the dismal battery life since the 4.5 upgrade. Bought a new battery with no change in battery life. Spoke with TMO and they suggested another download, with no change on the battery issue. Last phone call they suggested possibly a new phone. I can’t believe that it is a coincidence that the battery problem started the same day as the 4.5 upgrade. Any answers out there ?

By: William

William — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:02 +0000

Ahh…the magic of Plagarism.

By: Renne

Renne — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:46:19 +0000

I need to knw if anyone knows how to make my AIM, yahoo and MSN messenger work without having to pay the 20 dollars a month for the internet,
I was told that it should work just with the t-zones and my unlimited text message package, But I called t mobile and they say that I have to have the internet plan on it in order for it to work, that apperently the aims services cannot work on the new blackberry just with the text and tzones,
so, Unless I pay the 20 dollars for internet and 15 more for unlimited texts, I am not able to log on to my aims
does anyone knows how to make those services work with jsut t zones and the texts messages, just like on the blackberry pearl?

thank you all.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:30:21 +0000

In addition to the battery issues, i also have had bluetooth and ringer issues since the update. I now have difficulty pairing and often have to power the phone on and off to get it to accept pairing from my earpiece. With the ringer, i’ve changed the ringer about 12 times for one contact and it always reverts to the original ringer

By: batteryisse

batteryisse — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:09:56 +0000

** BEWARE **

My co-workers and I all installed the OS over a week ago and have been having significant power/battery drainage problems. We have all had to charge our phones A LOT more and my phone powers down during calls last more than 5 minutes.

Anyone else having power/battery problems since downloading the upgrade (more like a downgrade)?

By: ShrinkingWig

ShrinkingWig — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:20:14 +0000

You should try the one that users at eveek are using I did and it works GREAT no more waiting 3 mins for the internet to refresh,I would and have recommended it to all.

By: Aoea

Aoea — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:32:32 +0000

Are you guys assholes? At the bottom of the article it says:

[Via Tmonews]

Read

Are you really that dumb?

By: MamboKing

MamboKing — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:34:35 +0000

I did the upgrade a few days ago and it is great.
My only complain is that it has slowed down a little bit. When i back out from the IM folder to the main folder, it takes about 3 seconds to go. It used to be instantly.

Docs to Go is great, free version lets you edit MS document. Thats just great!

By: BLacKula

BLacKula — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:44:37 +0000

@ Chelle

Do you have another battery to try to make sure ur battery isn’t bad. I never any trouble with the update.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:53:37 +0000

Although I’m pleased with the upgrades that have come with the update, my battery life has been crap. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

By: haha22

haha22 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:34:20 +0000

Even though the video support and rtsp is cool and all, why do videos only play on like a fourth of the screen , the are so tiny, before I upgraded when I downloaded videos from vuclip they used the whole screen, this is a bummer

By: haha22

haha22 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:32:44 +0000

Even though the video support and rtsp is cool and all, why do videos only play on like a fourth of the screen , thewy are so tiney, before I upgraded when I downloaded videos from vuclip they used the whole screen, this is a bummer

By: XenomanX

XenomanX — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:34:48 +0000

@shontae

You’ll have to have a PC available. OTA wont work because the old OS has to be completely deleted from the phone and then the new one installed. It’s basically like doing a format on your computer. Sorry =(. See if one of your friends will let you borrow their laptop or use their desktop for a bit so you can upgrade.

By: shontae

shontae — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:31:03 +0000

FiNALLY! I’ve been too wary to install the others and wanted to wait for Tmobile to get with the program. I can’t wait to finally install. Because my laptop is out of order is it possible to do this via my blackberry? Or will I have to wait now to get my laptop back on trach?

By: Jdslim

Jdslim — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:06:24 +0000

Supports up to 16 g micosd now.

By: XenomanX

XenomanX — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:11:02 +0000

@Kevo

I haven’t received any emails with images in them since this update, but I had been using 4.5.0.43 (or summat, was in the .4x or .5x area) and I just had to retrieve the images when I opened the email. I can’t see why this function would have been removed either.

And to everyone having install issues with it bricking the berry, just restart the install if it bricks you, it’ll pick up where it left off. Took me about an hour and a half to update, had to run it thrice before it would actually work. Not much of an improvement over the version of the OS I was using, but hey, it no longer gives me confusing terms like CS and PS for my preferred network options. =)

By: Kevo

Kevo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:25:57 +0000

Upgraded last night. HTML email “formatting” is such a tease. Would have liked full HTML emails. Still cannot view images within email. I know it would slow down email reading as far as downloading the images, but it would be a nice option to have.

By: BT

BT — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:05:04 +0000

@wellington armelin

Did you get it before the summer or like before the summer? I bet you sound real like smart when you speak.

By: asaiz1

asaiz1 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:21:04 +0000

I got it and installed it last nite! Its great! Now i can watch youtube on my BB after the they added video support! Nice update so far! Love T-mobile too!

By: CS

CS — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:08:16 +0000

Okay so i did the update last night and my phone has been running slightly faster. After backing up and deleting my phone it bricked it while initializing the new install. This can happen to any blackberry but you just have to run the installer again. Just make a backup file first.

But i think anyone that’s done a few updates knows it can brick at any time

Also…@ the first commentor. T-mobile has the highest blackberry attatch rate per customer. Way to do the research

By: Techranter

Techranter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:46:21 +0000

A word of wisdom to all that are upgrading. There are certain themes that won’t run on 4.5 (surreal for one) and will brick your phone upon updating. Make sure you switch back to a generic theme before updating.

Trust me, I learned the hard way.

By: Marc Flores

Marc Flores — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:39:13 +0000

@spoggle Nice! That’s an unexpected surprise.

By: spoggle

spoggle — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:30:20 +0000

and my 8GB SDhC card works!

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:26:52 +0000

ah. well ya learn something new. i work in tech care so doing things like that were deffinatly not in the training. Sorry about the bad info then
-Jess

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:45:31 +0000

nope, gotta be an T-Mo 8320. every providers BB has different firmware. AT&T’s 8320 is different then T-Mobz, and they are both 8320’s.

No, you are wrong. 4.5 for the 8320 will work on ANY 8320 BB, as long as you remove the vendor.xml file prior to the upgrade. I upgraded my AT&T 8310 months ago with some European’s vendor’s 4.5 release. They are all the same.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:21:35 +0000

@ ricky.
go to help>about desktop manager> device software and make sure you have the software installed on the computer (it will say something like 4.5.xxx for the 8320 series handset) if it is then try having your device hooked up to your computer (it most likely will not show connected) and double click on the application load wizard, if it detects your device on the connection selection window then just click next till it starts updating and do not what so ever remove your device or battery or power down the computer till it says complete. if the cennection selection does not see your device close application loader, remove your device, remove the battery frm the device, reconnect it, and reopen app laoder, it will then see your device and click next till it starts updating, as soon as the update hits the “waiting for device initialization” phase re install the battery while it is connected to the computer. if that fails call t-mobz and they will xfer you to RIM for thew tools for Java loader.
-Jess

By: rell

rell — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:20:38 +0000

Love the new os the really is the ultimate phone now I was gng 2 vzw but I think imma stick around .I’m in luv all over again

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:15:04 +0000

upgrading is easy, go to http://www.t-mobile.com/bbupgrade and download the desktop manager if you do not have it downloaded already, then after it is installed (or if you already have it installed) go back the same sight and download the handheld software. after that is downloaded and installed it will ask if you want to open the dtm. check yes. when dtm opens hook uyp your bb, if dtm sees your bb it will present you with the available upgrade, select upgrade now and continue to click next till it starts upgrading. if it does not see your device go to options and connection settings and select usb. it will then see your device. if it does not show you available upgrades but does see your device go to help>about desktop manager> device software tab and see if the software is installed. if not go back up to the top of these instructions to the site and redownload and install the handheld software. its rediculously simple and unlike winmo does not delete all your info.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:52:37 +0000

I tried updated my Blackberry and now my BlackBerry is blank and just has an error, I have NO clue what to do! Someone help.