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The time was right over the weekend. I was at my girlfriend’s place. She has a PC, I have a Mac, so this was my opportunity to take care of any BlackBerry issues which require Desktop Software. When I saw that Verizon officially released 4.5 for the 8330, I thought I was in heaven. I sat down at the table, downloaded Desktop Manager, and followed the link to download Verizon’s 4.5. Only, it wasn’t there anymore. Undeterred, I just followed the link for the Cellular South version of the software. That worked fine. After I opened DM, it asked me to upgrade. That’s where the fun, and the misery, began.
I set the process in motion, knowing it would take a bit. Sitting down with a book, I waited, and waited, and waited. Then the girlfriend’s apartment phone rang, and I got up to get it. Hey, it could have been her, after all. Not like she could have called my phone; upgrading the OS means your radio is off. Yet when I stood up, something caught. My BlackBerry went tumbling to the ground, thudding on the floor. The worst part: the USB cable had disconnected.
(For the record, it was the girlfriend who was calling. Not that this makes it any better.)
I thought my Berry was dead. It wouldn’t turn on. No lights flashed. It was just a hunk of metal and plastic. The neighbors might have been startled by my cries of agony. I honestly thought it was gone for good.
Then I thought better of it. There are plenty of things that can go wrong with a BlackBerry, and most of them are documented on the Internet. So I did some searching while I pulled the battery a few times. Finally, the LED started blinking. After a little more searching I found great instructions from BlackBerry FAQ. Once I did that, it re-started the 4.5 install process.
Of course, I lost everything, including my apps, messages, phone numbers (for the second time in two months). But I did get 4.5. Which is cool. I went out and got the Storm Dock Bottom Zen Today Plus theme, which rocks. Now I’ll have to see what else 4.5 can do.
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You write on a site called BB Geeks and DIDN’T back up before you upgraded your os?!?! Thats just crazyness! :P
http://forums.crackberry.com/f95/proper-upgrade-downgrade-procedure-53359/
It was actually doing the automatic backup when I killed it. I suppose I should have done one independent of the upgrade, though.
I am *still* waiting for att to release 4.5 for the curve, what a bunch of losers! I upgraded to 4.5 when vodaphone first released it, but it killed bluetooth stereo, so I backed it out.
Does A2DP (bluetooth stereo) work on your version of 4.5?
My experience was seamless on a verizon BB. OS 4.5 works great and no hiccups. Had nightmares doing the wifes phone tho. Same phone but would not take. i see no docs to go support tho-must be me. Anyway I’m piping right along
My biggest fear in life is my BB disconnecting while it’s upgrading. My mouth actually fell open when I read that yours did. lol… Glad you’re Berry’s back in action.
And remember folks, always back up!
oh man I know what this is like. I upgraded my 8830 to 4.5 on the weekend but didn’t have any ringtones? wtf? So then I had to downgrade, copy the ring tones over and upgrade again. The whole time I was sure I was going to BRICK it!
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