[Ammi123]

Hi all!
I tried several times to install this Firmware to my Pearl (vodafone germany software) but the desktop manager software didnt show it in the to install list.
I searched my whole computer for that vendor.xml but I also didn´t find that too. Can sb be so kind and help me?

My biggest prob @the moment is that i cant youse my vodafone BB with my T-Mobile Europe Contract because, so they told me the APN was not correct.

The service-guy gave me the hint to search the forums for help....

I found several posts in different forums where the people wrote that they just installed a brandingfree fw and afterwards they could use it with tmobile.
So please help me with my prob!

[CaptSwerve]

I didn't read your entire post before posting

[Ammi123]

Hi!
Thx for the quick answer! But there is a Problem with that guide.
On my Computer there is no Common files folder in Programm Files and no folder called Apploader. I searched my computer for both and also for the vendor.xml but did not find any. I just wiped my BB with JL_Cmder and installed the newest software provided by T-Mobile (germany) because thats the only software that i can install. I will try to deinstall the complete Desktop Manager but did that twice and it didnt help.

[John Clark]

Well, that's a first. I've never seen someone say they didn't have a "common files" folder. It's located in c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader. If you've installed the TMobile OS then it's got to be there unless you've got some Windows Installation that I'm not familiar with.

[Ammi123]

lol thx dude but i have simply winxp and tried different desktop manager softwares (vodafone, tmobile and Rim). I just wiped of everything from my PC what had to do with BB and just downloading everything again from RIm the newest versions. Their servers are extremly slow.....
Another interesting thing is that the even after wiping the BB completly with JL_Cmder and installing the t-mobile fw the FW still is Vodafone....

[John Clark]

When your BB starts up it will ALWAYS say Vodafone forever and ever. You can't change that. The only way to tell what OS you have is to look in >Options >About.

After you install the desktop manager and the OS package again copy and paste this into windows explorer:

c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader

you should see the vendor.xml that needs to be deleted.

[Ammi123]

LOL finally I found the vendor.xml look where I found it: C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Research In Motion\AppLoader
Excellent! It worked! I could choose installing the new FW! THX again dude!

I have a last question: Now that I have installed the new firmware, is the BB free to use with every Provider or am I still limited to vodafone by APN? (not simlock)
I tried to get this info at the t-mobile support hotline but they know exactly as much as I know the only difference is they get money for not knowing what they should.....

[NorthernYankee]

Originally Posted by duramaxlb7

im running this software and sometimes when im talking

yoi start hearing jibberish cant hear anything from other end sounds like its severely breaking up but got full signal etc.

hang up call voicemail same shit happens everyday when im on a call

Reboot phone then it works fine until it happens again

anyone else have this issue?

I have almost the same issue...I will be talking and then all of a sudden the line seems to go dead. I cannot hear anything from the other end, but I am still connected. I have to pull the battery and then it works fine.

[Helmdawg]

I haven't had any issues with the upgrade.

[danwestness]

ok... i'm freaking out right about now...

i installed the TIM 4.2.1.66 and i think it's causing my bluetooth not to work correctly with my Garmin Nuvi 680... I want to go back to the old firmware, but can't figure out how to rollback the software...

i have tried uninstalling EVERYTHING having to do with blackberry... and then go delete all the blackberry directories and re-install the software from both the linked download of the older firmware and from the Software CD that came with the phone... but there is never an option to install/overwrite/downgrade the software...

How do i go back?!?!?!?!?

[John Clark]

Have you tried deleting the Garmin from the Bluetooth List and re-pairing it?

Since you have deleted EVERYTHING do the following to downgrade:

1. Install Desktop Manager 4.2 SP1.
2. Install the OS you wish to downgrade to onto your PC.
3. Delete the Vendor.xml file
4. Plug in the BB, open Desktop Manager and run Application Loader.
5. It should see the old OS and ask if you want to downgrade.

Note: If you wish you can wipe with JL_Cmder and reload the OS after that. See Main Page - BlackBerryFAQ for lots more info on this.

[danwestness]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Have you tried deleting the Garmin from the Bluetooth List and re-pairing it?

Since you have deleted EVERYTHING do the following to downgrade:

1. Install Desktop Manager 4.2 SP1.
2. Install the OS you wish to downgrade to onto your PC.
3. Delete the Vendor.xml file
4. Plug in the BB, open Desktop Manager and run Application Loader.
5. It should see the old OS and ask if you want to downgrade.

Note: If you wish you can wipe with JL_Cmder and reload the OS after that. See Main Page - BlackBerryFAQ for lots more info on this.

Hey John,

I have tried those steps multiple times now... it never asked me if i want to downgrade... JL_Cmder gives me the blue screen of death. I'm upgrades me phone to the new Rogers OS now... let's see if that does me any good...

[ejmccartin]

oh my! I did this upgrade a few weeks ago with no problems. haven't been on the board much since and never even thought to look for the auto dim off feature. so glad I went skimming here today. SO glad to have my auto dim off again. thank you TIM! (or whom so ever made this release)

<insert dance of joy here>

[rouen1969]

I have had the new software instaled for about a week and everything is still great... worried I might come across something, but ll's well!

[mountebank]

I'm a newbie here, and I can't even download the version to my computer. I followed the link to the website https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/browseSoftware.do and once I download the file it says..."would you like to open your desktop manager now" and that's it. If I choose to open the manager, nothing happens, if I choose not to open it...nothing happens. I can't seem to find the files necessary to load the new OS.

can anyone help?

[John Clark]

Newer OS 4.2.1.94 version released:

Get it Here

[Dinkoh]

Originally Posted by zimbu1234

Anyone having an issue with Google Talk? No issues with signing in but when I sign out I get this message, Uncaught Exception: Merged Collection modified outside of FolderHierarchies lock.

Then you hit OK, and when you look at the icon for GTalk and it shows you as logged in and available. But when you click on it, it shows the log on screen?

Oh and I have tried removing the app, rebooting, and reinstalling from the Blackberry Mobile Site, no luck.

i'm having this problem with the new update as well. anyone have a solution to this problem?

[zimbu1234]

Originally Posted by Dinkoh

i'm having this problem with the new update as well. anyone have a solution to this problem?

This happens when you log out and you have not closed your conversations. Close your conversations and it shouldn't happen and it will show you as logged out of GTalk.