[snowmangoh]

Originally Posted by gingerka

I have bought a BB 9700 in USA. But how can i change the language to Turkish?

try this

[gingerka]

nope none of these version has Turkish language option

[lovescakemix]

Originally Posted by gingerka

nope none of these version has Turkish language option

.442 does have turkish

[JSanders]

Originally Posted by lovescakemix

.442 does have turkish

I assume that would be the Multilanguage version of the OS?

[vollrathian]

Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry

There are no posted release notes. RIM and the carriers have them, but do not share them. Assume it is bug fixes and tweaks.

gotcha, from what ive been reading there is no reason for me to upgrade from .423

[NJBlackBerry]

I find the radio to be much more stable on .442. On .423 it would switch from UMA to EDGE to GPRS. Much better on .442.

[r_ss]

I've been using for one day and the battery died on my at work. I didnt have anything running on device and had been using as regular. gonna try one more day may go back to old OS.

[zenj]

I have failed to upgrade and now the phone has a white screen that says

Reload Software 507

I tried running it again and again with no success

Anything i can do to go back to previous software ?

It's not recognised on BBDM

Any tools and tricks please ?

[gingerka]

Originally Posted by lovescakemix

.442 does have turkish

.442 is suitable for bb9700?

[anar_baku]

Originally Posted by Medic48

So I downloaded Desktop Manager 5.0.1 and now it seems to recognize and is installing the new os.

Weird

--Phil

Hi Phil,

Can you please explain the exact process you followed. I am having the exact same issue as you did. I delete the Vendor.xml, then use the Loader.exe to try to upgrade the OS. However, the loader doesn't seem to recognise the new OS. I also tried to uninstall the Desktop Manager and installed version 5.0.1 as you suggested, still no joy.

Please advise.

Thanks!

Anar

[stevew]

I had the exact same issue on a brand new Windows 7 install on one of my Dell notebooks yesterday. I moved to another PC, loaded the software and it installed perfectly. I'm on it now. Seems to be fine - and so far does not have the caller ID issue that .423 had, where it would pickup the caller ID from a previous call, until you actually answered the phone. Can't comment about battery life as some others have reported, but will know in a few days I'm sure.

[Medic48]

Originally Posted by anar_baku

Hi Phil,

Can you please explain the exact process you followed. I am having the exact same issue as you did. I delete the Vendor.xml, then use the Loader.exe to try to upgrade the OS. However, the loader doesn't seem to recognise the new OS. I also tried to uninstall the Desktop Manager and installed version 5.0.1 as you suggested, still no joy.

Please advise.

Thanks!

Anar

Hey Anar,

The process that I followed is I deleted ALL Operating Systems (including Blackberry Operating Systems that are not related to the 9700). Delete the Blackberry Desktop Managers and Blackberry Updaters (use your Windows Control Panel to remove everything).

Install the Blackberry Desktop Manager 5.0.1, but do not open.

Install the Blackberry Operating System 5.0.0.726/5.0.0.442

Plug your blackberry into the USB and open/run the Blackberry Desktop Manager.

At which point, I cancelled any synchronization and let it check for application upgrades. The DM automatically detected the new operating system and the upgrade was completed.

NOTE: I tried the same process to update my Blackberry 9000 Bold and that failed so it may have just been pure luck.

Best of luck to you,
--Phil

[stevew]

Battery life on .442 isn't as good as it was on .423 (for me anyway)

[NJBlackBerry]

Originally Posted by stevew

Battery life on .442 isn't as good as it was on .423 (for me anyway)

I agree - but the radio seems more stable.

[quillhill]

Battery life seems about the same for me as on .423. Unplugged around 7 a.m. on Tuesday and was at 30 percent when I went to bed at 11 p.m. last night. Charging every other night works for me. I have a car charger now I just need to get a second wall charger to keep here at the office.

So far, this seems to be running quite nicely, aside from a couple little quirks.

[r_ss]

Originally Posted by stevew

Battery life on .442 isn't as good as it was on .423 (for me anyway)

Agreed ...

[Jarrod623]

Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry

I agree - but the radio seems more stable.

Radio is def more stable, for me at least!
Battery sucks compared to .423

If they take .423 battery and smash with .442 and make .460 ill be happy!

[mi_canuck]

Originally Posted by stevew

Battery life on .442 isn't as good as it was on .423 (for me anyway)

how might it compare with .330 (I know, I'm a BB newb... ;) lol)

[raynicolini]

Originally Posted by Medic48

Hello everyone,

I really need some help here.

I have deleted every other OS I had then installed this OS, I uninstalled my Desktop Manager and deleted the vendor.xml file and still it does not recognize the new OS.

UPDATE
I have also tried deleting the device.xml file to see if that had any issues and it still shows the same error message when I attempt to force load the Blackberry.alx

Please help,
--Phil

I am with rogers and i am having the same problem, when I had my 9000 I had no problem upgrading my OS , but for some reason i cannot upgrade the OS for my 9700

need help

[anar_baku]

Originally Posted by Medic48

Hey Anar,

The process that I followed is I deleted ALL Operating Systems (including Blackberry Operating Systems that are not related to the 9700). Delete the Blackberry Desktop Managers and Blackberry Updaters (use your Windows Control Panel to remove everything).

Install the Blackberry Desktop Manager 5.0.1, but do not open.

Install the Blackberry Operating System 5.0.0.726/5.0.0.442

Plug your blackberry into the USB and open/run the Blackberry Desktop Manager.

At which point, I cancelled any synchronization and let it check for application upgrades. The DM automatically detected the new operating system and the upgrade was completed.

NOTE: I tried the same process to update my Blackberry 9000 Bold and that failed so it may have just been pure luck.

Best of luck to you,
--Phil

Thanks a lot Phil, but I managed to resolve my issue after reading sevew's thread. For me the problem was due to Windows 7 as it was for him too. Basically this seems to be a Windows 7 issue. Luckily I have another laptop with XP on it, tried it on that and it worked perfectly.

Unfortunately uninstalling all BB software from my first laptop and reinstalling wasn't solving my issue. Few people seem to be having the same issue and I suspect most of them are on Windows 7, so hope this resolves their issues.