Bold OS .247
 

found online...

Grrr I was just coming to POST! :P

You leaked it?

does it still have that jpg.rem problem?

That problem has never been reported in .247, and only some users had the issue in .244

I did not lol but I saw the leak on BR.

i'm still on .210. Is this worth upgrading to?

Does it have the VVM icon?

It broke the status text on third party themes (again!). Strange, .245 had it fixed.

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Feels exactly like 237. I noticed a bit more free memory. But that's most likely because when I upgraded it cleared all of my messages, call log, internet cache, and event log.

I'm still on .216 because of the homescreen font/text issue with some custom themes. Anyone noticed same issue on this?

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.245 or .247? Which is a better bet?

I'm running on .237, which is great.

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It fixed the .rem issue, also can hide images. Only thing that I don't like is how when you push the BB button to light up the screen it opens the menu for the application your in or takes you to the 2nd screen other than the home screen.

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.247
I have been told that .237 is a really good OS, I would stick with it until further notice.

i moved from .237, which i thought was pretty good, to.247 which seems pretty good so far. Flawless installtion and been running very smooth for the past 6 hours.

...and for the record...I'm NOT "secret agent JC"

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...That's a hard argument.

Seems "secret agent JC" leaked the OS to BR. Just saying it wasn't me.

downloading now, thanks

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't want to downgrade just to check this... but previously when we push the Blackberry button to pull up the menu, a second press of the Blackberry button would close the menu. Is that right? Because now, a second press actually selects the menu item that's highlighted. Which is actually pretty nice for when I'm sending emails and texts. I just press that button twice instead of that one to get the menu and then either the track ball or the enter key.

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Just installed this and it went flawless. Also fixed the overlapping text problem I used to observe with first result in google search. Just hope it improves my battery life but u never know

I just noticed this. I never would have noticed without your post, though.

Great, thanks

Been running .247 for about 24hrs, and it seems fine. All 3rd party apps working well, no negatives so far.

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Looks like if you have BBM settings to show that you are on the phone, after you hang up it doesn't change back.

Seems to me the WiFi code has gone downhill. Last good code for my WiFi was 219. Been running dd-wrt 24-sp1 for over 6 months and never had an issue. With .247, I can't even connect with no security. :(

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Wifi seems to be good on my end.

WiFi works quite well on this build. I've gone through quite a few of the beta OS builds ... in the past week I've gone from .234 to .241 and today up to .247. I skipped .244 and .245 after reading about some of the issues.

We'll see how this one goes ... seems like the most free memory after battery pull I've had in a while at 53MB. Good start.

Bold OS ....244
 

I just finished upload the 244 but now the message on each people in the contactlist of the bb messanger are not displayed, so only their names only on the contatcs list. anybody could help ?

thanks

What am I missing? The second push of the bb button brings up the options to move, move to folder, hide or add folder.

A new feature of .247 is that if you push and hold the bb button it brings up the taskman.

nice find

^Yup..great feature. Basically puts QuickLauncher out of business unfortunately...Storm has this feature too

Pretty stable so far. Wi-Fi is working great. Battery life has been good. There don't seem to be any huge changes over .237 outside of the menu button shortcuts mentioned above though.

The browser is noticeably faster for me (previously on .237)
and as others have mentioned - the thumbnails also show up MUCH faster.

-c

is this the same thing as holding the ALT key + the back arrow key? Appears the Quick Launch third party app does not more than this? Correct me if I'm wrong because I don't have Quick Launch and was thinking of buying it though.

This is very cool. Free Quicklaunch!

alright, i'm gonna hang on to .237 for a bit :) thanks a ton :)

I guess I'll dive in and download...

24 hr's of running it, lost 5MB's of memory and now it's stable, battery life is solid as .237, pictures load faster then any other OS I've tried, WiFi connects the same as .237, Haven't tested the 3G dropped calls yet going to GRPS either because that normally happens on the conference calls on the way home from work.

i had a dropped call issue with this os - happened a couple of times since upgrading. I wonder if the issue has come back again.

I thinks 247 it's good for me

Anyone else had a chance to test the 3G to GPRS?

I know the menu button shortcuts are new, but has holding the escape key down during browsing always brought up the 'Do you want to close the Browser?' dialogue? I knew that repeatedly tapping the button until you got to that point worked. If this has always been the case, it's a new one on me.

How is bedside mode? Does screen stay on when device is plugged in?

That's a Browser configuration option and yes i have always had that functionality since a long time.

Good thing I've been using the Menu-> Close option all this time or I'd really be wearin' it! LOL Thanks for the info.


Edit: I'm not seeing an option under Browser configuration pertaining to holding the Escape key to completely close out of the browser. I see the option under General properties to Prompt Before Closing Browser on Escape, but it seems like that's just to ask you before closing out, and has nothing to do with being able to close the Browser no matter how many pages deep you are by holding down the Escape key. Are you just saying that it's always been a built-in feature of the browser and it's not configurable?

It's the prompt before you close option. Holding down the escape key I believe triggers the prompt.

Ahhhh...okay. That's where the confusion lies. I was saying that holding down the escape key completely closes you out of the browser no matter how many pages deep you are, and I wasn't sure if that was a new development. I should've left the prompt out altogether.

I don't recall ever being able to close out using the escape key without having to back through every page I had visited until now. I probably just never tried holding down the key to be honest. LOL

You're thinking of the home screen to the icons screen. I meant in any menu. Like when typing an SMS message, you can press the bb button to get the menu. Before, a second press would just close the menu. Now it acts as if you press in the pearl or press the enter key. It selects the menu item it's on. So to send said sms message, just press the bb button twice. It's quicker. And I like it a lot because I always worry about wearing out my pearl so now I don't have to use it as often =)

Memory leak does seem greatly improved, it runs quite smoothly overall and right now I have 65 percent battery. With .234 and .241 I'd be down to 40 percent by now easily.

Doesn't only bring up the most recent? Is there a way to assign apps to that ribbon?

Not that i'm aware of. (n)

So, not so much like QuickLaunch.

Is QuickLaunch still better and have more functionalities?

.247 Works great for me!

i still like Quicklaunch

To hold the BB-button is indeed a nice addition. Till now battery life seems pretty ok.

very nice....

btw...

Wtf is a 9900?!

i upgraded from .234, and its been a good build for me. i like the new hold the menu button to access the quick launch thing.

Battery life is great for me too. QL is nice.

calls
 

To many dropped calls on 3g but not edge :(

That's just your crappy Scarbeeria area with 3G in general. ;-)

Just updated from .241 on mine (unlocked and debranded)

Not noticing anything different or unusual right now, except for one thing. When I am on 3G....instead of getting the Blackberry logo as I had previously, I have:

3g

Switching over to 2G only shows EDGE (in all caps) as before.

EDIT: I spoke too soon. No data was able on 3g; however, resending all service books completely restored the 3G Blackberry logo...and all data connectivity.

It doesn't put QuickLaunch out of business at all.

Same here.

I don't think it's meant to be anything like a quick launch. It's just an easier way to get to the task switcher. Probably for better one-handed usage. Instead of pressing a combination of keys, you get to hold in one key. Same probably goes for now being able to press the BB button to select items in a menu. Quicker to press the same button rather than one to pull the menu then have to move your finger/thumb to a different button to select.

i like the new features! :)

One thing I noticed was the GPS rips....I was expecting to wait while searching for sats for the normal couple minutes or so sitting in my living room but bam 5 seconds and 10 sats and 2.8m Wahoo

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Yeah, I got used to them pretty quickly and I'm loving them now 8-)

Look what I found:

http://www.blackberrynews.com/2009/0...0247-released/

I saw that too :P That didn't take them long. Well, of all the betas, I would have chosen this one as well. It's been going pretty darn good for me so far. And I've really taken a liking to the little new BB button functions. 8-)

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I'm loving .247! Its a solid build. Fast and very stable. Battery life is excellent.

so the best upgrade would be the official .247? (previously running on .237)

Pretty sure the "official" and the beta are the exact same code. But I guess if you want to feel safer, install the official one =D

Same code - even the distribution and size is the same.

GoodBye .247
 

So close. Think I'll have to give this one back. Something isn't quite right with the Radio and Battery. 90% real good 10% +/- too peculiar.
Really going to miss this one but .234 better suits my environment.

.237 is soooo stable, i absolutely love it. .245 was HORRID i downgraded in a matter of hours. i'm still having a small issue with battery life on .237, but it's better than what i had with the leak on .245.

if .247 is as close to .237 then i might just do an official upgrade. still waiting for more feedback. :)

God, how much feedback do you need to make a simple 15 minute upgrade that you can always downgrade from? Here's 37 pages of feedback. Happy reading.

http://forums.crackberry.com/f95/bol...6/index37.html

Now only if it was 40 pages, it would have made the decision so much easier ;)

BTW, I am on 247 so don't flame me :)

It is pretty funny..........I usually try each one just to see. But I agree 40 pages might make it easier than 37 hehehehehe too funny

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Are you speaking about the partially missing 1st letter of the program name when you rollover the program icon? Then yes, I have the same problem.

I'm also having an issue with the custom theme's on this release, the today themes in particular. I'm getting weird Arabic characters when an e-mail or txt pops up and the calender items that are listed have the same ones. There is no other language installed except english. When I switch to another of the today themes the text gets squished together in a few places making the txt very hard to read. However, I'm no longer getting the error that is telling me the unit it resetting so that's good.

I've had no issues with this version. The battery life is kickass on it too.

So far, after almost 48-hours of running .247 I can truthfully say that it's the fastest, smoothest, and most stable OS build I've used to date. I am totally impressed with the huge increase in battery life...:smile:

The only glitch I can find is the "white screen" I get sometimes upon pulling the Bold from it's belt-clip leather holster. Hitting the back button takes care of it quickly...but it's a nuisance anyway.

Just curious how you determined the battery life kicks ass. I just upgraded the firmware for my Nikon P6000. The release specifically mentions it addressed that issue. How does one know what RIM did here. BTW I use the Seidio 3500 on the weekends and never worry about Pandora or my GPS. In fact I should try running both on bike ride. Too bad its supposed to rain tomorrow.

The Dog on .247

Just a thought.. perhaps when a "beta" OS is released, the "beta" thread could be closed with a link posted to the "official" thread. That way, there would be a clear cutoff... read the beta thread until release and read the official thread after release. (Simpler for the readers and those looking for answers.)

Regardless of whether you do anything with this idea, this site and forum are terrific... lifeline at times!! So, everything you do is much appreciated.

Back to .237 for me. Loved .247 apart from a horrible battery issue which I never had in any previous build.

Left work at 5pm yesterday with BB fully charged, device auto off at 10:30pm and dead by 7am when I went to check it (should auto on at 6:30am) This has now happened twice in the space of a week so it's a downgrade to .237 for now.

.247 is now in Production....

Not sure what you mean? I am using it now.

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been using this build now for a week or two, and it has been good to me.

.247 is the best os as of now.

I have had this for a week or so and found it to be good. My only issue is really bad speakerphone feedback and the occasional white screen when removing from the holster and there is an email on the phone. My memory seems to be staying consistent with this one though. I can't wait for a release that doesnt have the speakerphone whistle though, its pretty annoying.