5.0 for the Storm is a HUGE improvement over 4.6.
Also of note... BBM 5 is not included int he OS installer... You need to
download it from www.blackberry.com/messenger after the upgrade.
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From: "Sobey, Richard A" <[email protected]>
To: "A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc."
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 12:19:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] New 5.0 Storm OS
When you say “loads different” are you implying the upgrade
procedure is different, or that the users will be getting all the lovely new
features (I say that very tongue in cheek) of OS 5.0? Because as far as I can
see, neither is true. YMMV though.
Richard
From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eggan, Mark
Sent: 28 October 2009 16:02
To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc.
Subject: [Bes-admins] New 5.0 Storm OS
For
those of you that have user-owned BBs, are you going to be doing the OS
update? The update (see thoughts below) is LOADS different from other
updates. I’m reluctant to publish this on BES! Below is an email
(modified) that was sent to ‘The Boss’ last night.
Be
aware that the install will disconnect you from the Blackberry Enterprise
Server (BES), and that you will have to reactivate when the upgrade has
completed (instructions at the bottom of this e-mail).
I
can give you a password that is good for up to 48 hours when you are
ready. Although on my first test on this I noticed that I was
disconnected from BES (I sent a wipe command to my phone from BAS), then after
the new 5.0 OS was installed, BB rebooted and then 10 minutes later EA had
completed. Thought this was kind of weird as I did send a wipe/disable to
it as I mentioned earlier. Anyways, that’s another ball of wax as I
digress.
Requirements:
Need
to have the “Desktop Manager” software installed on the pc where the upgrade
will take place.
The
Desktop Manager software needs to be closed and the device “Not”
attached/tethered to the pc.
Run
the executable shown below, it will have you reboot when finished – takes @
10-15 mins.
After
the reboot, open up the Desktop Manager software and select “Application
Loader”
Then
select “Update Software” … it will find the new 5.0 upgrade and start
upgrading.
You
will have an option, which I chose, to backup your data and restore upon
upgrading – takes @ 15-20 mins.
The
Activation process should take @10-15 mins
Notes:
The
device software will want you to install 5.1 desktop software – the 4.7 seemed
to have worked just fine if you don’t want to wait for the 304MB download for
5.1 desktop
Mark Eggan | ITS Help Desk | 259 -8142
Information Systems Specialist II
PPlease consider the environment before printing this message.
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