There are several sources that showing internal Verizon websites leaked that reveal an update to the first gen BlackBerry Storm today at 7:00 pm PDT. to OS 5.0.0.328. The average update time will take less than an hour, usually around 20-45 minutes.
The new BlackBerry Storm2 (which has gotten better reviews than the first BlackBerry Storm) will come already preloaded with the OS 5.0. There are some major improvements in this version of the BlackBerry Storm operating system udpate to 5.0.0.328. The browser is greatly improved and has better rendering of CSS and JavaScript. The 5.0 update offers better screen rotation and a pop-up menu to call a person when an SMS text message is received.
In the BlackBerrry Storm update 5.0, users can increase the number of SMS alerts up to 10 and there improved video/media playing. There's better auto-correction while typing and enhanced sensing of copy/paste. It also adds the quick buttons to access the web, add dates to calendar and send email.
There supposedly will not be an over-the-air update of this BlackBerry update, therefore, you will have take action yourself. You can access the update my visiting the RIM BlackBerry update website to download the file or via your desktop manager where you will see that there is a new update available.
Before you update, be sure to backup your data.
To Back Up Data:
Open up the
Blackberry Desktop Manager Program and click on Backup and Restore .
How to Update BlackBerry Storm From Your Computer:
- Open up
Blackberry Desktop Manager Program (available for download from your service provider or RIM.) - Click on
Application Loader. - Click on Update
software and follow the prompts. - Make
sure the USB cable is connected to your computer and your BlackBerry Storm.
There will an instruction page on the Verizon website with more details.
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To see all the glitches fixed in this update, please continue reading.
This Update 5.0 Fixes the Following Glithces:
- When setting a custom SMS tone for a single contact, this tone may playback unexpectedly for SMS' received from other contacts.
- When swiping down the virtual keyboard in an MMS message the send and save draft icons did not appear as expected.
- The delete prior function has the unwanted side-effect of triggering the compose email screen.
- The user cannot configure their profile settings to increase the number of alerts when being notified of an event such as incoming SMS or email.
- When trying to set a home screen background of a certain resolution (more specifically a resolution matching either the width or the height of the native resolution of the LCD) it may have appeared as a black screen.
- When trying to edit/create a folder, the virtual keyboard did not render to allow the user to enter the names of said folders.
- Intermittently, when streaming a video while doing a handover to 2G on a 3G network the video would stop playing.
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If you paused a video recording and then resumed, the icon state may not have reflected the current recording state.
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During manual network selection, the radio buttons associated with the networks did not render as expected.
- When moving out of coverage your device display for no coverage may have been inconsistent.
- During voice calls, your device may have reset on a rare occasion.
- After viewing and accepting the End User Licensing Agreement of the App World application the application doesn't startup (fixes introduced in the latest version of App World).
- On some rare occasions, the device may reset on its own during a voice call or while idle.
- During an MTP side load of 16GB of music, the device would leak memory and stop the transfer at ~75%.
- During device full boot-up, the progress bar skips from 0% complete to ~66% complete instead of showing a gradual progression (Note: from 66% to 100% it does show a gradual progression).