Comments on: The official Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.148 impressions

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:44:04 +0000

How did I miss this update? transferred to a Mac and been waiting for the Manager to come out and work with my phone. Finally it came out and much to my surprise there was a software update! Wow I was about ready to throw my storm out the window! SO many issues with it and this update has been sweet. Corrects a lot of the things I had issues with. Called my Blackberry buddies to make sure they had it. And like me lots didn’t

I think I am falling in love with this phone( FINALLY )

By: mia

mia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:34:39 +0000

The storm is a nightmare! With the 1st one I endured lost of contact list 3 times, constant freeze ups that required the battery to be pulled, not being able to answer the phone when it rang due to touch pad freeze or the phones inability to ring. Upgraded OS which not only crashed my phone but crashed my computer as well. Finally verizon replaced it with a new one and it well for about 2- days and is now headed down the same road as the other….THIS PHONE IS A LEMON….

By: mike

mike — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:52:16 +0000

screen is not responding, had to pull the battery out

By: watkins

watkins — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:05:09 +0000

well after reading all of these horror stories……….it just doesn’t make sense to me that all of these problems are going down……i had my storm from the release date……never switched os’s until the official update……..it worked awesome….then i switched to BBCv7 which is v4.7.0.151/181 and i have transitions, the internet is faster, limited spinning clocks and it’s just an all around better os……..come over to BlackberryOS.com and check it out……tons of the questions that you guys/girls have can be answered for you

By: disappointed

disappointed — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:00:50 +0000

the new os .148 sucks, still is slow, the olny good part is the camera.
the os still crash on media player, on websites,

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:31:01 +0000

does anyone know how to get the facebook app to act like the other blackberry facebook apps where the icons are on top of the screen and the updates are beneath them? My home page just says no messages and when i click on updates, the icons go away and i cant easily switch between them. thanks.

By: James

James — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:22:01 +0000

this update is junk. it was good for about 3 days. since then my screen becomes unresponsive about 15 times a day. i cant click on anything and it will do this during the middle of a txt. all the sudden i can no longer type. so i have to remove the battery and start all over. this update was a pre-mature release, its garbage and i called this morning and went back to my curve! thanks for this update that made my life just a little bit worse!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:59:08 +0000

I noticed with the update everything was responding very slowly. I saw the hourglass (clock) alot. Even when I went to unlock the phone it would pause for a bit before I could do anything. Once I removed the battery and rebooted the phone, everything worked fine and the lag was no longer there. My only gripe is the keyboard is portrait mode is now very clumsy and makes alot of mistake. The full key board is cool, but still I prefer they keyboard of the landscape mode over that. Coincidentally, typing in landscape mode had improved dramatically, less mistakes. I wish RIM would incorporate the T9 feature on these phones. Autotext just doesnt work well.

By: iStorm

iStorm — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:04:44 +0000

Rob, backup your contacts/Apps/Settings and do a “Wipe Handheld” in Options -> Security Options -> General Settings, press Menu key and select Wipe Handheld.

By: iStorm

iStorm — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:55:56 +0000

Bill, check your setting in Options -> Screen/Keyboard

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:17:24 +0000

has anyone had a problem viewing the screen in the daylight? I can never see anything on the phone when I am outside. Any help would be appreciated.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:34 +0000

I am having major issues with the newest update. It keeps telling me I have to free up space. So far I have deleted every email, every text, every photo, and have done 5 or 6 battery pulls, and its still not enough.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:58:59 +0000

You have three types of memory: Application, Device and Media Card. The memory that they are talking about is application memory. Go to options, memory and you will see application memory. That is the one that you need to get to 5.5. Therefore, the only way to get it up to size is delete applications. The only problem is that I have never found out a source that will tell me which application uses how much memory. So you do a little russian roulette to determine which one or more than one that will do it for you. Remember to power off and remove battery for a few minutes before powering back on to really erase the application and reset the Storm.

By: Jamal

Jamal — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:44:26 +0000

I am trying to update to the new software, but it keeps telling me “Not enought available memory to complete upgrade. Delete 5.5MB of personal data and then resume upgrade.”
When I look at my memory it seems I still have 8 gigs of free space, I have like 5 pics and no songs – I’m not sure whats the issue.. ANY IDEAS??

By: Bill P.

Bill P. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:28:29 +0000

I just updated my BBerry Storm. Wow. Awesome. And it was so easy. I heard a few stories on the web of difficulties. But the people I spoke with over the last few days, incuding an older bartender, assured me it wasn’t so bad. In fact, it was easy. When I got the notice for downloading on my screen, I panicked. Then I ignored it. Later, I plugged the unit into its docking charger, took a deep breath, pressed okay a few times, then took a nap. When I awoke an hour later, the update was complete and working very fine. Sure, I had to re-acknowledge permissions and settings on a few apps. Big deal. People are starving and being blown up in other parts of the world. I’ll take a few app-resets, thank you. And my storm really does respond MUCH faster, cleaner, and it does a much better job of understanding what I am trying to type with my big thumbs.

So, for a non-techie like me, I am quite happy. Thanks BBerry Storm Team! You made my day.

By: thekilby

thekilby — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:11:45 +0000

I had the problem with the battery and just took it in and they replaced the phone, so far so good except I lost all my apps and luckily i backed up some of my contacts on my cpu. Good luck

By: thekilby

thekilby — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:09:49 +0000

Does anyone have the web address of the introductory email that the staff sends to your storm with all the free applications, such as Google Maps, Trapster, Slacker, etc…? I had to get a new storm and lost everything including contacts. FML

Thanks

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:09:25 +0000

Jessica:

You are working with very low memory users and probably on your media card anyway. You need to delete apps that you installed after you purchased the Storm. sync it back to your desktop, delete all apps added, power off, remove battery, wait a few minutes, insert battery and once booted up, check your memry again to make sure you are there. You should be, so immedately do the upgrade. Once the upgrade is finished you can back to the desktop and resync most of what you deleted and if not go get them again.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:52:51 +0000

On mine it says that i dont have enough memory and i need to delete some personal info. and wen i do it still doesnt work i deleted 3 songs and all my videos and soe of my pictures.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:48:48 +0000

the only problem i have with the update is everytime i answer or make a phone call it answers it staright to headset with none attached or bluetooth connection off and i have to enable handset to hear anything really frustrating any suggestions

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:26:43 +0000

I downloaded the update and the started the upgrade process, that was at 10:00 am it is now 6:30 pm and I cannot access anything on the phone the screen is just black, I called Verizon tech support and was told the the upgrade fried my phone and I would have to have it replaced. I would like to know why RIM would create a update that has the possibility of making your phone useless, it seems to me that the upgrade should have been tested for any defects before they released it. In my opinion the upgrade is really a downgrade. A phone that does nothing is not an upgrade

By: Bernie L.

Bernie L. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:00:07 +0000

Another glitch. When recording video, zoom doesn’t work.

Criag, try clearing your browser cache, cookies, etc. Maybe???

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:54:40 +0000

I too have a huge battery drain after the update. I could get 24 hours or more before the update, now it is dead in 8 hours. I don’t use VZW Nav, so that can’t be it. Wonder what is wrong?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:45:27 +0000

That surprises me. Once I deleted a few apps (Forbes was the worse) (I never did find out a location that informed me of the memory usage for each app) I did the update and gained some 30mb’s of memory. Additionally, the typing has improved a 1000%. Still have not figured the “balloon” part for going back over text yet. Battery life did not change either way. I would delete all nonessential apps and add them back one at a time and see if you can locate the culprit. Had to do that once myself and one of the games was running in the background. Once I deleted it I was fine. The BB system makes it very hard to do any diagnosis.

By: thekilby

thekilby — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:36:32 +0000

I got the update and my phone crashed… It sucks! The letters on the keyboard are crooked and everything runs slower, not to mention my battery life is about 4 hours (not using it). I went to the verizon store and the gave me a new battery, did nothing. ANy suggestions?

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:48:02 +0000

ok! Took the battery out for 20 minutes… now it is working fine for now.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Ever since I downloaded the upgrade 4.7.0.148 on my Storm, email, and text messages will not open in landscape. It is very frustrating. Other than that everything else is good.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:40 +0000

I have been trying all day to free up enough memory for the upgrade. Every time I delete a program and clear th ebattery there is either no improvment or even worse. Very frutrating.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:10:45 +0000

On 4.7.0.148 does anyone have an issue of getting double or triple letters with just 1 push of the letter? This is the only thing that is really annoying, it is making typing fast impossible.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:17:15 +0000

I had figured out a work around to get predictive (sure type) in multi-tap portrait mode; then I upgraded and can’t do it anymore. Does anyone know how to get this feature back? I think originally it was a bug but it works great for me.