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Installing unofficial operating systems on your BlackBery with a Mac
Posted by Joe on October 12, 2009
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac hit the airwaves recently, and we’ve seen no shortage of reviews. The application is pretty straight forward, though it lacks a few features of the PC version. One is the ability to install unofficial OS upgrades. But, like all things Berry, someone has created a workaround. The following video shows you how to get around the problem of having a .exe OS file on a Mac that doesn’t run the file type. After the jump, OS 5.0 links, so you can test it yourself.
All of the OS 5.0 files are hosted on Mega Upload.
8830 – 5.0.0.230
8900 – 5.0.0.238
9000 – 5.0.0.238
9530 – 5.0.0.230
9630 – 5.0.0.230
Once again, we must disclaim that these are unofficial operating system files, and they may cause unexpected errors and malfunctions to your BlackBerry. Be sure you have a backup in place, just in case you need to wipe your device and start over again.
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2 Comments ↓
now if someone could do the same for windows desktop manager
I was using .297 from AT&T and i followed this steps to install the 5.0.0.238 on my Bold.
After loading the official OS there was no problem at all. The problem came when i loaded the .238 files and Desktop Manager for Mac tried to load the OS again. After rebooting the phone i got a blank screen with a list of all my applications and the first time configuration wizard on top. When i clicked continue it just hung up. And from now on it just gets stuck in that screen.
I’m downloading the 238 version for Windows. i will wipe the device and load it from there.
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