Story or no story, the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS has issues
We gave you our theory, we gave you RIM’s official statement and now people, it’s time to move on. The bottom line is that everyone who snagged a Storm from Verizon ended up with v4.7.0.65. The indisputable caveat – v4.7.0.65 has issues. No firmware is perfect and no future firmware revision will ever be completely bug-free, but what we can tell you is that the folks at RIM and Verizon know v4.7.0.65 might be just a little sub-par. How do we know they know? Why else would they be issuing OS updates just a few weeks after releasing the handset? That’s right people, we got our hands on a preliminary internal communique detailing a series of updates coming soon to a Verizon Storm near you. The first in fact, will likely come next week – just a few short weeks after the launch. Basically, RIM and Verizon have targeted a variety of major issues and will address them through a series of OTA software updates. The list below is split up between issues that will definitely be resolved with the first update next week and issues that will be resolved in a second OTA update that will likely arrive later in December. Hit the jump for the break down and rest a bit easier knowing that whether or not the various issues with v4.7.0.65 are deal breakers for you, Verizon and RIM know there are problems are are working to fix them.
Note that the following is not a complete list of issues that will be covered in the upcoming OS updates. Instead, this is a list of issues being circulated internally at Verizon to ensure that employees do not authorize any Certified Like-new device exchanges for customers citing any of the following as their problems… The first is our favorite by far and no, the last one isn’t a joke – it’s really on there.
Issues to be resolved by the first OTA update (Maintenance Release 1) – December, week 1:
- If a customer receives a call while listening to music at low volume using a wired headset, the music volume may suddenly increase to the highest level (!). Interim recovery instructions: Lower the volume using the buttons on the side of the handset.
- When using voice-activated dialing, incoming audio may be muted. Interim recovery instructions: Enter the menu and select “Activate Handset or Speaker”.
- The handset may reset itself while sitting idle or while using multimedia applications. No interim recovery instructions provided.
Issues to be resolved by a subsequent Maintenance Release:
- Customers may intermittently lose email connectivity via CDMA and/or international roaming modes. Interim recovery instructions: Main menu -> Manage Connections -> Select mobile network -> Turn radio off, then Turn radio on. If this does not resolve the issue, pull the battery.
- When powering on the handset, the radio sometimes does not turn on. Interim recovery instructions: Main menu -> Manage Connections -> Select mobile network -> Turn radio on. If this does not resolve the issue, pull the battery.
- Pressing the send key while the device is in landscape mode will open the phone application in portrait mode, but the speed dial function may not work. Interim recovery instructions: Press escape until the home screen appears, then press the send key with the handset in portrait orientation.
- Sometimes entering characters on the virtual keyboard doesn’t work. Interim recovery instructions: Re-select the character.
Thanks, krazyVZW!
So this is what you call work, huh. Tell me how many do you think the Windows App Store will start off with because again you seem to mention things that are important to your argument. If the RIM app store is a collection of all the RIM apps from years past then how many will the Windows App store have as opposed to Apple’s? And how many would Symbian’s have? The point is that it does not matter how long it took to accumulate them. They are there and will be made available. If Apple did not have any App Store do you think there would be 10,000 apps? NOPE. But Windows Mobile has accumulated about 3 times that amount without an App store so again you’re not saying much.
Again you’ve taken a non-iphone post past the 300 mark for your own iphone nonsense. I’m done with you and I know you’ll definitely take it to another post and BG will have no choice but to get rid of you.
Do you promise to be done with him? I’m not taking sides, it’s just that this has gone on for too long now. There is no useful information coming from this anymore. Someone has to stop. At one point I thought it would take a turn for the better but I was wrong. Pleeeeeeease somebody just kill it already.
@ Like-To-SPIN and SPIN:
First you said I was wrong, now I am right and it is because Microsoft has been pouring its money in recent years into shareholder dividends, stock buybacks, and acquisitions.
So I guess YOU NOW admit I was TOTALLY CORRECT. Apple has MORE cash on hand, than Microsoft! Thank you, MORON. EXACTLY what I said.
I will remind you, this is YOU attacking me for RIMM stock drop due to poor performance claiming all the analysis on Wall Street was biased! Then you claimed I was wrong. SEE how you SPIN? HAHAHAHA
Now Microsoft has recently bought back stock and paid dividends this is correct, BUT I will point out this was to save the stock from sinking in a bad economy and it has not helped much. Their stock is STILL at the lowest in over 7 years and has dropped at a fast rate in the last year. It is only $19.18 today. Microsoft has not made ANY significant acquisitions in the last few years however. They tried and failed with Yahoo. They may try again with Yahoo, or even RIM.
MS is desperate to remain relevant in mobile devices and the Internet as their Windows/Office monopoly fades. Windows, IE, and Office all have dropped in use. Latest numbers showed IE with less than a 70 percent marketshare. Of course in search Google has continued to beat then up. Now they have Android to compete against Windows Mobile.
Being financially conservative in a down economy is smart. They are NOT more profitable than Microsoft, they do beat RIM however in profitability. They are on more solid ground than RIM also.
So I guess we can say you were WRONG again while attacking me, as Apple DOES have MORE cash in the bank than EVEN Microsoft, certainly more than RIM! HAHAHA
OK FOOL!
@ Storm Trooper Yea I’m done…done just like the last time…He’ll undoubtedly want to be my little bitch and follow me around BGR though. That’s how he ended up here…responding to everything I post whether it deals with him or not.
@ Like-To-SPIN:
You have made NO relevant point and have not even been close to correct once. Maybe the others on here are right, you might want to give up your ridiculous tirade. It is obvious to me that you want to spend all day post comment after comment, for what purpose to say you posted more?
We don’t agree! Fine. You are just digging a bigger hole! You lost dude. All I have done was answer each one of your attacks and rub you nose in your lack of facts! I cared about facts, not how many posts that are completely wrong. You are a moron that needs meds. Stop already or I will send over Maliek to kick your ass.
Maybe Maliek now sees what you are all about and wished he didn’t align himself earlier.
@ Like-To-SPIN:
Spin a martyr now. I am thru with you also, don’t worry. YOU leave out the point that it WAS YOU that originally attacked me, and it was YOU who did it again on this post.
I only responded to you attacks and a question from an actual user you did not bother to address. So go away please!
@ Likeabite
Awesome! It certainly is appreciated. Have a wonderful day to all of you regardless of manufacturer, carrier or app count.
@ Paul
I didn’t align myself with anyone and always addressed you personally but you are such a dick with a little man’s complex that you think the world cares about your opinion. My point this entire time was that you are destroying this site with this bullshit. You referenced me in 4 or 5 different comments when I wasn’t even on here yesterday. How pathetic is that? That is what I have been saying all along. I even told you to take it off these boards and gave you my email address and you continued with it here. Again, how pathetic can one person be? Take your own advice and go away also.
BGR please ban this idiotic little kid.
@ Maliek:
OK, you could not leave well enough alone. I answered your comments when they WERE addressed to me FROM YOU, NOT before. YOU only wished I referenced you. I never even noticed you until you attacked me.
YOU did align yourself with the other two morons as you ONLY wanted me to stop defending the bull they were spewing my way! Apparently, you still are. Even after watching the other moron post complete garbage with zero facts every three minutes, you STILL blame me.
You are a total ass. All you did was threaten violence. As you had a difficult time with facts and keeping up. So if you want to continue this nonsense, so be it. I will smack you all over this blog if you want. Or just leave well enough alone and shut up. I have better things to do with my time, I suggest you funnel your aggression somewhere else. Please take your MEDS!
Shove your email address. It was YOU who dearly wants to continue the attack, not me. Three against ONE and you all lost, you really want to continue? OK, by me. 10,523 iPhone apps NOW!
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Again, I am not taking your or their bullshit, so if you really want this to stop, than STOP! Shut Up while you are behind. Let’s see who the little man is, the bigger man could walk away.
@ Storm Trooper:
Take a serious read here. I was thru, HE is not it seems! Now if shuts up and goes away we can all get some peace, or I suggest you turn off your INBOX! HAHA
@ Paul
Then why did you write me 3 times last night when I was no longer on here and I never bothered to answer you back and you have mentioned my name again today when I have not said one single word to you? It’s because you got your silly feelings hurt.
Let’s see if you can be the bigger man and adhere to these words and stop bothering everyone here. I will not respond to anything else you have to say unless it is in my email inbox where I will shred you. If you continue to post here just so you can be seen and bother these people, that shows what kind of man you are. I know you will write here one more time just to try and save face and that’s fine with me. After that, contact me on my email just like you already said we could do, then you punked out on. Now, act like my puppet and my bitch and respond back on this board like we all know you will do. I’m the only one between you and I trying to get this bullshit off of these boards. So go ahead and respond back to me here because it is what you do. You might as well sign your next comment, “Maliek’ Bitch.”
4 words for you:
Write me personally, dickhead.
To everyone else here I apologize if this crap was filling your inbox but you can read back and see how many times I have asked him to write me and I provided my email address. I asked him not to write here specifically because there were many people who also wanted him to shut the hell up just like I have. If he continues from this point on, there is nothing more that anyone can do about this man except continuing to ask BGR that he be banned. Hopefully, BGR takes heed but I won’t respond to anymore of his nonsense on these boards.
On Nov 27, 2008 @ 1:02 pm, Paul Said:
@ Sauce:
Totally ignore this moron Likeabite as he NEVER even owned an iPhone or a BB and spins more than a convicted politician! He is a FANBOY that bought NOTHING!
He just likes to attack and attack and call everyone stupid and other names. He is a total moron!
Software 2.2 for the iPhone added significant feature, not a bug fixer.Missing features? The Storm lacks WiFi and 10,000 apps that are on the iPhone, here is a few MISSING features!
On Nov 27, 2008 @ 1:06 pm, Paul Said:
@ Like-To-LIE
Stop the relentless attacks or I will expose you again and again. You NEVER owned a BB or an iPhone. You NEVER owned even and iPod, a Mac, or a Nokia phone. You are just a name calling FANBOY that LOVES something he doesn’t even OWN. I finished wiping the floor with you on the other post, I can continue here if you like. Either keep it civil or shut up!
On Nov 28, 2008 @ 7:08 pm, Paul Said:
@ Likeabite:
What do you know, your device is virtual and ONLY in your head! HAHA
Even the virtual Storm is NOT perfect! HAHAHA
On Nov 29, 2008 @ 2:04 pm, Maliek Said:
This place is a bunch of little kids that point fingers and say, “haha my phone is better than yours.” Let’s be honest, the iPhone was in complete disarray when it was launched and years later, it still has problems but got better with updates. The storm has some issues also because it is new technology and everyone that got one now are basically the test subjects for the phones. It will also get better with updates. Stop acting like some damn little kids and pointing fingers over something as insignificant as a smartphone. Also, if someone loves their iphone so much, why waste your time going to articles or sites geared to other smartphone users just to put other phones down. Get a life. Then you wonder why people refer to you as fanboys. You people come off looking completely ridiculous.
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On Nov 29, 2008 @ 2:15 pm, likeabite Said:
@ Maliek…agreed…this is a post about the Storm…thus why do I see nonStorm comments??
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On Nov 29, 2008 @ 2:21 pm, Paul Said:
@ Maliek:
You said: “Years later!” HAHA The iPhone beat all of RIM in only 15 months, it is ONLY 18 months old, get your facts right. This was Apple’s FIRST phone. In 4 and half months the App Store has 10,111 apps. The latest iPhone 2.2 update added significant features and was not a bug fix as BB Fanboys like twist the truth.
RIM has been making phones for years and has ONLY about 700 apps and basically none for the Storm and No WiFi. We are just pointing out the facts, sorry you may not like them as they are.
Give the FANBOYS some time to “spin” them so you will like them better! Time to realize the BB Storm is a bug-FEST and when the BB FANBOYS piled on the iPhone when it was released it was NOT warranted, especially after all RIM did was try to copy the iPhone!
If “smartphones” were so insignificant FOR YOU, why are you reading this POST? If you are not an offended BB FANBOY yourself, why comment? Nice try on trying to act “above it all.” HAHAHA
The Storm lines are gone, the bugs are all there, the reviews were all mostly negative, the bubble has burst. GET OVER IT!
By the time RIM issues a working fix, for the Storm to make it a decent phone, there will be another few thousand apps, and another iPhone update adding yet again MORE features!
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On Nov 29, 2008 @ 2:28 pm, Paul Said:
@ likeabite:
“Like-To=Spin” is a complete and utter MORON!
I invite all to just read the other post were I wiped the floor with him and EXPOSED “Like-To=Spin” as being a phony were he lied about the iPhone and BB. It turned out he NEVER OWNED either one, and all he did was attack people who did.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/31/the-real-reason-the-blackberry-storm-doesnt-have-wi-fi-or-tri-band-hsdpa/comment-page-20/#comments
He goes off topic ANY time he is losing an argument. He did it for over 100 comments.
He never even owned a BB, an iPhone, or an iPod as he made up stories all over the place as if he did. He is a liar and FANBOY.
Shut-up or I will wipe the floor with you again as I have all your past comments to EXPOSE you some more!
Here is the source of the problem. I commented on someone’s post and you responded to it, not once but three times. Your name was not mentioned not once so who addressed who first, especially when, as evidenced by your own words, the comment I made had nothing to do with you. The same goes for Maliek, who you addressed when he was not talking to you just so you could have something to say. Nothing in this posts shows that we started it first. And you wonder why you’d be the one getting banned. Another reason why I won’t bother with you anymore. Just had to prove that a lie is a lie no matter how you spin it. CASE CLOSED.
Theme Question:
when I go to change themes, I click on the one that looks like a lightning storm, actually it’s the only option for me at this time. The Theme dosen’t change. Any clue? Please don’t beat me up, I’m new at Blackberry.
@ Maliek:
ONE WORD – NO! Since all the comments are up here find where that happened! You just want to fight as you are off your MEDS and are looking for a place to funnel your aggression.
I have no idea what you game is, but you are an ass. You only have shredded yourself by proving you are a moron, who has NOTHING to say except yell. Not one thing in your last two comments has anything to do with the post or the discussion, just needless aggression toward someone you don’t know. Get a hobby. HAHA
Sorry your feelings are hurt. Maybe a lobotomy might be in order or shock treatment as this what happens to raving lunatics. HAHA
Why would I write YOU personally, I don’t need a bitch! I don’t even like you. HAHA
Just for fun 10,524 iPhone Apps NOW.
@ StormTropper and others:
Again watch the Lion roar as the mouse beats him up! I was through, finished posting, HE isn’t! HE ACTUALLY THINKS his aggression matters. Don’t blame me for this latest garbage he started it, I was done!
Sorry your INBOXES are being filled up with the primitive rants of a madman! I will be happy he goes away. At least my debates with the other guy were on facts. HAHA
@ KSJ
There are no other themes for the storm yet. There are many BB sites on the net that have some very nice themes for the BB so keep checking for when they will be available. They just started rolling them our for the Bold so I’m hoping they will have some for the storm in the upcoming weeks.
It’s funny how mine has that lightning bolt screen in the theme selection also yet verizon doesn’t have that on the actual home screen on the phone. lol.
@KSJ
I did the same thing and nothing changed. Maybe that is the theme we are running on our phones and when we attempt to change it, we are just changing it to what it is already running, thus, no change. Who knows.
@ KSJ I’d suggest a google search to see what you can come up with. The phone is relatively new so if you want anything substantial from it it’ll require a bit of work.
@ Storm Trooper and KSJ
It is the actual theme that we are running. Verizon just disabled that lighitng bolt/storm wallpaper just because that’s what Verizon does. lol.
That’s kind of what I thought, but being the lightning bolt was there, I thought it was available. Not a big deal. It’s kind of when XP was first released and we all couldn’t wait for the first service pack. Thanks
@ Likeabite
No, there aren’t any new themes for it yet. Google search won’t produce anything new but I frequent the usually spots like crackberry.com, themes4bb.com, bplay.com and everythingberry.com
Anyone else running OS .76 that BG reported on 11/30/08? Interested to know what you think of it.
I don’t know anyone that got their hands on that OS update. Only .75 was leaked to the public early. Since .76 still has some issues, I hope they are working on those before they roll it out to the masses.
Here’s my specs, and having no issues: I just checked for upgrades today
BlackBerry® 9530
smartphone (3G, CDMA)
v4.7.0.65 (Platform 4.0.0.82)
Cryptographic Kernel v3.8.5.51
Branding Version: 1.0.105.220
Micro Edition Configuration: CLDC-1.1
Micro Edition Profile: MIDP-2.0
Micro Edition JTWI Version: 1.0
Micro Edition Media Version: 1.1
Micro Edition PIM Version: 1.0
Micro Edition File Version: 1.0
Micro Edition Bluetooth Version: 1.1
Micro Edition Location Version: 1.0.1
@ KSJ
You are still running v4.7.0.65. I wasn’t really having many issues with mine either except the camera acted a bit buggy but it was such a small concern that it didn’t bother me. I did the update to .76 because it was supposed to improve the battery and solve some of those camera issues. Either way it goes, my Storm has been stable.
where did you find 76? I got mine from blackberry’s website earlier this morning.