BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 finds its way onto the web

by Darren Murph posted May 29th 2008 at 8:02PM

Numerically, it's just a smidgen of an update, but for OS 4.5 users everywhere, we know you're craving the very latest point release. Apparently RIM wasn't too happy about the download links finding their way out onto the world wide intarnetz, but if you've got an 8100, 8300, 8700 or 8800 handset, we'd highly recommend firing up Google and doing a bit of sleuthing.

Filed under: Software, RIM

Tags: blackberry, blackberry os, BlackberryOs, leak, os, OS 4.5.0.37, Os4.5.0.37, rim

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neutral

texan @ May 29th 2008 9:58PM

I have a T-Mobile 8100 with 4.2.1.07 installed , i found the link via rapid share downloaded it , ran the exe its installed on my computer, but my desktop manager is still 4.2. How do i go about getting this onto my Blackberry?

Neutral

Chino B @ May 29th 2008 10:07PM

http://www.blackberryunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=799

Have fun =]

Neutral

carcomptoy @ May 30th 2008 12:31AM

How reliable has this been? Is there a possibility of dead-bricking the phone?

Also, would I also be able to still have UMA on my T-Mobile Curve 8320?

Neutral

Jim @ May 30th 2008 8:11AM

I don't know about UMA on your 8320 but I stuck this on my 8310 and had serious signal loss issues. I've had .10 and .18 as well and had the same troubles. Obviously it's a beta so I'm not complaining - just blew it away and reinstalled the last stable release from ATT. No sweatski.

Neutral

BerryReview @ May 30th 2008 8:16AM

carcomptoy,
I would not recommend it for the 8320 since it does not work nicely with UMA. That seems to require some more testing. There has not been any cases of bricking a phone but some t-mobile users are reporting issues with their SIM card. I can confirm it works with 8310, 8100, 8110, 8800, & 8820 like a charm.

If your interested in T-mobile UMA support look for the older OS 4.5.0.18 which worked fine with UMA from what I remember. No promises. :)

Neutral

carcomptoy @ May 30th 2008 9:33AM

Where might I find that?

Neutral

Rey @ May 30th 2008 9:41AM

UMA is not working on mine after i installed it which suks but wifi works and i must say wifi is faster i dunno why. also youtube works ! and the os is great no bugs found yet only the UMA service any ideas if there is a fix for this ?

Neutral

backbeat @ May 30th 2008 9:54AM

Any experienced 8700G-users with the most recent 4.5.0.37 on TMo? Success? Limitations?

Neutral

Timothy Chan @ May 30th 2008 12:13PM

I updated my 8700g to 4.5.0.37 last night and played around with it for a while. Everything seems to be up and running with no noticeable problems.

Neutral

Morgan Boyle @ May 30th 2008 2:39PM

Can anyone tell me how to get this OS installed?

i have installed it on my computer and have BDM 4.3 installed now too. but not sure where to go from there.

any help?

Neutral

Eric @ May 30th 2008 3:12PM

If you're not familiar with how to load an OS to your BB, I wouldn't recommend messing around with a beta version of 4.5. You WILL have issues.

Neutral

texan @ May 31st 2008 12:04PM

i wish we could reply to a reply , eric if we dont ever figure out then we will never learn. Do you have a tut or anything you could link us to ? i have googled but have not been able to figure it out.

Neutral

Eric @ Jun 15th 2008 4:04PM

You'll just have to Google around for the OS. I can tell you that the latest is 4.5.0.42. However, the reason why I say if you don't know how to load an OS onto your BB, you should wait for a stable official version and then follow the usual steps posted in most (if not all) BB message boards out there. Some people have experienced fried SIM cards with some releases of Beta 4.5. Not that many (maybe a couple) have experienced it on 4.5.0.42 though. Some applications won't work right with 4.5 either, i.e. Google Maps, you have to do some workaround to make it work. Best bet is to read up on some message boards and decide if you want to make the plunge and start messing with your OS.

Neutral

Olaf Dunn @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:20PM

We've been having hits on our mobile site with version 5???
Here are the header details.

header-name:user-agent
header-value:BlackBerry8110/5.0.0.20 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/-1

header-name:x-wap-profile
header-value:"http://www.blackberry.net/go/mobile/profiles/uaprof/8110/5.0.0.rdf"

Neutral