Blackberry OS 6.0 now available for the 9700
 

Anyone out there with a 9700 and wanting to know if OS 6 is worth it.... Hell yeah it is! Lol

I'm like a kid with a new toy right now. Well worth the upgrade.

I'm glad I held out and didn't bother with the Torch now.

pearl as well ?

Na the leak is only for the 9700 at the month. Not sure if the Pearl will ever see it.

Rah, I take that back. How did I miss that!
Well done

I was actually counting on you Snazy for being the blackberry forum expert ,

- i see we might have to review your pay :D

Haha I hate the Pearl almost as much as the Storm!
But I still feel I failed you lol

OS 6 is great :)

I will take a look, but I would have thought it runs a little slow due to processor speed.

Downloaded it. Going to see how other people get on before I update. need to make sure Telmap Navigator runs Ok on OS6

Ru Ning beautifully on mine, full install and restore leaves 70mb free, as oppose to 83 that was left with my apps on too.
All my apps, berry weather, berry buzz, tube maps, etc all working fine.
Occasions momentary stutter when you have 10+ chats open with a few browser pages too.
The universal search is superb, the multiple home screens are little confusing, as for social feeds. Very nice indeed, well thought out.

All in all, running fine little different to what most berry users are used to,but worth the upgrade.

Is telmap a paid product? If not I will install it and let you know.

?Where can I get the update for the 9700? please

I tell you what, this is great!

My 9800 is now a paper weight.

You can sign up to the beta and try it for free.

http://global.telmap.com/tugpcbeta/

If you could Snazy that would be great. I'll be upgrading to OS6 tonight anyway.... I cant resit! :thumb:

Now you have the link, let me know how you get on.
Read the how to first to avoid any cock ups lol

Lol I told my mate a few people had said that,he won't believe me, but came from the 8900 to a torch so obviously he won't lol

Will do mate, anything in particular you want checking?

Just does it run. does it pick up your GPS etc. It's a really useful Sat Nav for me which I'd hate to be without.

Ok starting download now, ran into a small issue, but will let you know the outcome.

On OS5 TelMap didn't like predictive text so I had to disable that. It's a known bug. May be something you encounter.

cheers for the help.

I read there are still some issues, particularly with third-party apps. Ubertwitter, for example.

this is the only reason I've been holding off. I assume the leak was vendor-neutral, Snazy?

Leaked beta OS from a source other that BlackBerry? you must be mad :cuckoo:

That said, Ive done it in the past! its the sort of thing you only regret when things go wrong. I remember doing my iPhone to IOS4 while it was still dev release and had a hell of a time trying to roll it back to something workable.

Aaah I don't use predictive text anyway lol. Loaded just waiting for it to initialise

The leak has a vendor file which as norm you just delete before installing.
The Twitter app i have works fine, and integrates perfectly with social feeds.

Ok, installation not completing. Seems to complete but when you go to open the app it's not having it. Will try again in a bit.

Cheers Snazy. I had an issue running Telmap last night as it happens on OS5 .979

Message of synchronizing resources...please wait. It hung like that for ages. I just had to exit in the end. Left it like that later when I got home and it did load but after how long I'm not sure. may be an issue their side as it connects to their servers I presume.

If it failed I could always go back to my 9800, or roll it back....or even put my hand in my drawer and pull out another 9700.

No danger.

Lush :D

Only problem is that I cannot get my network connections working - missing APN?

Phone is a Voda 9700 (unlocked) with an O2 Sim on a BES

Where to get my operator settings from?

The source is RIM, just not officially onto the carriers. RIM dont release OS's to the consumer, they release them to the networks. The networks take their own sweet time rolling them out, if they bother at all.

Its a genuine release so to speak, just not intended to go direct from RIM to consumer.

Aaaah that might explain it then. Has it worked since last night? That might be why it wont connect at the mo. Thats the only issue with it for now.


Have you tried re-sending your service books at all ?
Not sure on the BES side of things to be fair. :brickwall lol

Sorted - had to put in the old services...


It is lush :)

Haha tis a nice change isnt it :D
Takes a bit of getting used to, and finding some of the settings is a pain, but I for one am sold

Glad you like :thumb:

Re-loading the maps and re trying now.

What are peoples favourite finds on the new OS?

Mine are, side swiping between messages, browser zoom using alt/trackpad up and down.... So far lol

just upgraded. seems nice. very slick.