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07-13-2009, 11:38 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Model: 9700
OS: 6.0.0.380
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Just installed 4.6.0.282
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Just upgraded to 4.6.0.282 on my AT&T Bold 9000.
Time to upgrade: 22 mins
Checked the following based on the issues reported by others:
1. Overall performance: Excellent
2. Call quality: Excellent
3. Browser performance: Excellent
4. Tethering performance: Usable (AT&T)
Connects at 921.6 (377k Download, 141k Upload, 224ms Latency)
5. Battery performance: TBD
I've used BB's for years, and for me this is the best of the lineup. Screen is so sharp and bright, performance is quick, overall a real joy to use.
This firmware update seems to render picture thumbnails faster. I'll let y'all know if I find any problems. Pretty good at first blush.
Regards,
Rob
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07-13-2009, 12:28 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Model: 9000
OS: 4.6.0.167
PIN: 24A5EC16
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Hey gents.. My first post. yay... anyway im torn in doing this update. I don't want to lose all my appointments on my calander. what are the big differences between what i have and this new one? I have 4.6.0.167. should I upgrade or wait...
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07-13-2009, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Toronto Canada
Model: Q10
OS: 10.2.1.21
Carrier: Rogers
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Originally Posted by fonejunkie
If 3G is not available, the device will fall back to 2G anyway... unless the 3G Only setting is "3G or nothing". Not an issue, as I see it. Maybe I am not understanding the problem completely.
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I use the 3G only with Rogers, otherwise in weak 3G signal areas (as in 28th floor office) it will go down to edge where I get gsm buzzing in my speakers, more multipath bounce on the cell phone and much less speed on data.
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07-13-2009, 02:58 PM
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Knows Where the Search Button Is
Join Date: Mar 2007
Model: 8120
OS: 4.5.0.110
Carrier: AT&T
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3G Only, would be a nice option.
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07-13-2009, 03:38 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Model: 9700
OS: 6.0.0.380
PIN: N/A
Carrier: AT&T Wireless
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Seeing Possible Battery Drain with 4.6.0.282
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Originally Posted by RAlfieri
Just upgraded to 4.6.0.282 on my AT&T Bold 9000.
5. Battery performance: TBD
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I believe I am seeing a faster than normal battery drain, and I have an extended Seidio battery on my Bold. Will keep an eye on it.
Regards,
Rob
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07-13-2009, 08:35 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Model: 9700
OS: 6.0.0.380
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Better Results with Rogers 4.6.0.282
I just installed the Rogers 4.6.0.282 over the Vodafone version of 282 and I am seeing a big improvement in overall performance, battery life, and free memory. I don't know what Rogers may have done to their build of 282, but it seems to yield much better results on my AT&T Bold.
I know I'm not imagining this. There is a noticable difference. Even though all of this code is distributed by Blackberry, does each carrier have the option of tweaking the packages somehow? I'm curious. Something is different...
Regards,
Rob
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07-14-2009, 01:03 PM
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BlackBerry Mensa
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Chester,UK
Model: 9000
PIN: N/A
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your posting in the wrong place.
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07-14-2009, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Washington DC
Model: 9900
OS: 7.X
PIN: ask Nicely.
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Has anyone noticed the bb losing time? Sometimes during battery pulls or scheduled power off. Whenever I boot up again it asks me to edit the time. By default I have it set to pull the timer from cell towers. Not it seems to lose (be 20minutes) behind. And recently it seems to be prompted this whenever I use quickpull.
Any ideas? Really annoying.
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07-14-2009, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Model: iFone
OS: iOS4
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Originally Posted by scaevola
Wirelessly posted (8300)
Has anyone noticed the bb losing time? Sometimes during battery pulls or scheduled power off. Whenever I boot up again it asks me to edit the time. By default I have it set to pull the timer from cell towers. Not it seems to lose (be 20minutes) behind. And recently it seems to be prompted this whenever I use quickpull.
Any ideas? Really annoying.
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07-14-2009, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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I have had it be out by about 3 - 6 mins after a battery pull. even though the battery pull was less than aa minute.
not sure what causes it, but I just edit the time.
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07-14-2009, 01:23 PM
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battery drains quickly with the new os, so reverted back to .266
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07-14-2009, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Midnightdraven
I have had it be out by about 3 - 6 mins after a battery pull. even though the battery pull was less than aa minute.
not sure what causes it, but I just edit the time.
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Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
If so I can't imagine why,
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07-14-2009, 01:47 PM
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BlackBerry Mensa
Join Date: Jan 2009
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I dont care, hence why i just edit it instead of worrying why it does it.
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07-18-2009, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Roswell, GA
Model: 8700c
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Originally Posted by ELIH2
haven't had a great result with this OS. Since loading it my battery drains away withing a couple of hours! No matter how many battery pulls I do the drain keeps ocurring so I am now going back to the last OS. Also, once I installed this OS all my icons were in different places which has bever happened to me before when installing a new one. Maybe this is unique to me though!
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I had massive battery drain, too. Unfortunately, my bold bricked when I was downgrading ;-(. Thank god for my warranty.
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07-19-2009, 02:31 AM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Model: 9810
OS: 7.1.0...
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Upgrading from 4.6.0.266
Here's hoping that this battery issue people have been advising about doesn't happen.
--Phil
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07-19-2009, 12:17 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
Model: 9000
Carrier: ATT
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Been running this since the post was updated.
I've had no issues. Battery life is normal, but I'm not running any applications.
I haven't read all the posts in this thread, but I think some of the battery issues are due to running data intensive apps while on 2G. This was an issue with my Pearl and the 8700 before it.
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07-20-2009, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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This new version has actually improved my battery life !!!
--Phil
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07-20-2009, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Nu Joise'
Model: Bold
OS: 5.0.0.681
Carrier: AT&T
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In a week post upgrading to 4.6.0.282 on my AT&T Bold 9000, here are my observations:
- 34 mins to upgrade
- Overall performance - excellent
- Battery life has increased instead decreased times reported
- no java exception errors on running minimonitor utility or any other app
- GPS - very fast acquisition of satellites
- Bluetooth - I have had issues with prior version using 2-3 Plantronics headsets, this version works brilliant and not sure why but range is over 40 feet
- Pictures seem to show faster
- Browser is faster than before
- Wi-Fi works even when I hide the SSID on my router
- No dropped calls so far
Been using Blackberry for years, I believe that this version is the best of all.
If problems show up, I will post them.
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07-20-2009, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: LA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Medic48
This new version has actually improved my battery life !!!
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07-21-2009, 03:10 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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I have noticed that e-mails received are not showing up on my today screen unless I get more than one. Then the second line will show the e-mail but the first line does not.
I'm gonna try updated the home theme's version too see if that fixes. Will report later.
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