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Blackberry Connect for R5A firmware on the P990i |
bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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Lets start a separate discussion for the new BB Connect required for R5A.
Anyone with any news? |
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artesea
Joined: Jul 26, 2006
Posts: 222
From: Lincoln, UK
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The only reason why I haven't flashed the phone yet.
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bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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hahaha... good move!
i got 'fooled' into upgrading last night... first thing i did after finding out about the firmware was to go to SE's support pages and check if there was a new version of BB Connect/Desktop.
and to my surprise the link for the BB software was in fact 'Down for Maintenance' or whatever the message was... so i was CONVINCED they were putting up a new version!
after the link became live again, turns out its still v3.45 
anyhow... i think the new one might be v4.0 thats already been announced for the Nokia E90, which is still far from launch. i hope it shows up for UIQ3 sooner that.
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asida
Joined: Mar 31, 2007
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I've updated my phone today and BB Connect v3.45 works fine
[ This Message was edited by: asida on 2007-04-11 03:35 ] |
bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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@asida: you cant be serious??
youre receiving emails etc?
and you have R5A17?
on a different note, whats irritating is is the fact that SE put up a new version of Exchange ActiveSync earlier today for the new firmware.
But no Blackberry love.
[ This Message was edited by: bondizi on 2007-04-11 05:03 ] |
Zorbec
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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Blast - why didn't I check here before updating...
Now I'm running R5A17/R9F011, happy to be rid of the transitions, but no BlackBerry...
Service doesn't even start: it reports "APN connected", then no connection to service. Can't send/receive email, can't search for addresses, can't sync calendar...
The BB mail icon (yellow enveloppe with green @) is not displayed anymore on the bottom of the screen - I guess because no messages are coming through.
SE still publishes BBconnect 3.45 - installer is "SIGNED_blackberry_R1A47_V3_45_1_P990.sis" which admittedly should've been a warning; however I would've hoped for SE to flag the issue on the BBconnect download page, with a warning 3.45 is incompatible with latest firmware...
Question: is there any way to revert to previous firmware?
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bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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No way to revert to older firm ware sadly. I also email'd SE support and got the stupidest response. 'thank you for your query. As you are a US resident, you will need to write to SE Support USA. This is the UK support line. ' can you believe that? |
akhilkvav
Joined: Apr 07, 2007
Posts: 12
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Here's BB Connect 3.5:
http://rapidshare.com/files/2[....]V3_50_ZEBRA_localised_PROD.SIS
This should definitely work on the new firmware.
[ This Message was edited by: akhilkvav on 2007-04-13 20:21 ] |
gadgetboytom
Joined: Feb 12, 2002
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From: London
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Thanks! i can confirm it works with both BES and BIS.
What a great week it has been! |
bondizi
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 221
From: Boston MA
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@akhilkvav:
thanks! works like a charm...
in retrospect, we had to wait only 3 days for this, which is great.
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Zorbec
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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akhilkvav: my hat off to you!
I downloaded BBconnect 3.5 this morning, installed over 3.47, sent a new registration message, then used BBconnect Desktop on my PC to connect to P990i and reprovision services. Works fine since then: tested incoming and outgoing email, calendar appointments and directory search.
Many thanks for your timely and accurate help!
Cheers,
zorbec |
akhilkvav
Joined: Apr 07, 2007
Posts: 12
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No sweat.. glad to be of help guys.. |
carlover76
Joined: Feb 24, 2003
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Can anyone post a better link to download the BB Connect software besides RapidShare cos I am having problem with it. |
artesea
Joined: Jul 26, 2006
Posts: 222
From: Lincoln, UK
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http://www.box.net/shared/j95a1xdnkg 
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graphreak
Joined: Apr 12, 2007
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Thanks Akhilkvav,
I can confirm that the 3.5 you've provided is working great on BIS
(cingular) on Phone: R9F011/CDA: R5A13 now.
Appreciate the help.
~Graph |
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Posted: 2007-04-10 19:24
