BlackBerry

[Rabidferret]

Come on VF get this update released OR are the powers that be ripping it to pieces and removing bits

[DaveCD]

Hi Rabidferret

Thank you for your post and it is great to see you.

When it comes to firmware we keep our cards close to our chest, but you can see our Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Many Thanks

DaveCD

eForum Team

[Rabidferret]

When I click your link I get....... Sorry, you do not have sufficient privileges for that action. Please click the Back button on your browser. Return to my original page O hum

[DaveCD]

Hi Rabidferret

Thank you for your post and for letting me know you are having difficulties as I have just tried this and it worked.

So you do not think I am telling a bad joke I have put the link below and you can select it from there.

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Trash/Frequently-asked-questions-Firmware/td-p/585663

Many Thanks

DaveCD

eForum Team

[deejayburnout]

I have tried the same 2 links and each time its tells me i am denied?

[Rabidferret]

Just tried the 2nd link and still getting the same message!!!!!! So I think you need to look into this without passing people to a bog standard statement and just answer a perfectly good question!!!!!

[DaveCD]

Hi deejayburnout and Rabidferret 

Please can you let me know which browsers you are using and try an alternative.

Unfortunately we are very limited on the information we can provide around firmware and you can find the information in our frequently asked questions, if you are unable to follow the link it can be found by going to our homepage on the eForum and searching frequently asked questions firmware.

Many Thanks

DaveCD

eForum Team

[deejayburnout]

Safari for me.

let me try chrome

[deejayburnout]

Chrome doesnt work either

[Rabidferret]

Safari & IE 9

[Vertego]

I think it's a ploy not to keep Vodafone users up to date - mushrooms!!! Kept in the dark and fed ****

[pau1j]

No carrier seems to give a timetable for Blackberry OS releases (in fact, neither does RIM - which is why there's such a rumour mill surrounding any update).  Why should Vodafone be any different?

If you know enough to ask about 7.1, you know where it can be found and how to install it if you want it.  Cajoling on a forum (which is unlikely to be read by the actual guys/girls doing the tweaking & taking the decisions) for an official release which the OP (probably correctly) assumes will be devoid of some features seems to be a waste of time that could be used downloading/installing 7.1.

[Rabidferret]

Yawn yawn yawn......this was asked about towards the end of sat year and was fed bs then as we are mushrooms being kept in the dark ;-) 2 months later and still nothing ...why is it T-Mobile can release it but VF can't. VF need to come back into the real world and stop the very long delays in releasing updates.....

[Dave]

Hi guys,

Apologies for the confusion with the link previously. The correct link to the Firmware FAQ is here.

Dave

[SatanicBuddha]

Dear Rabidferret,

T-Mobile UK have not released V 7.1 if you check here:

https://swdownloads.blackberry.com/Downloads/browseSoftware.do

I think you may be getting muddled up with T-Mobile in the US, which was announced last week.

As far as I know, there are no networks in the UK that have relased 7.1, however I could be wrong. Last I checked (Vodafone, O2 and 20/20) was this morning.

Cheers

[pau1j]

UK/European telcoms always seem to lag behind on these releases - leave pause for conspiracy theorists  - but the fact is there is very little difference in terms of features between 7.0 & 7.1.

I've been running 7.1.0.267 (pulled from a US telcom) for the last week or so. There's an extra menu option here & there but the only major changes are an in-built diagnostic application (Blackberry Device Analyzer ... their spelling, not mine!) and Mobile Hotspot (which can rebroadcast 3G as a wifi signal).

As it turns out, Blackberry Device Analyzer is amusing but not really that useful for most users & can actually be downloaded OTA for 7.0 without too much difficulty (I had it running on 7.0).  And Hotspot eats the battery like it's going out of fashion (even more for the average 9900 user to complain about). The splash-screen even suggests putting the phone on charge when using hotspot.

With regard to battery life, 7.1.0.267 does seem to be better than 7.0.0.585 (the current Vodafone offering) but around the same as 7.0.0.296 (the OS my 9900 had out-of-the-box).  I am showing an average drain (with TinyMeter) of 3.8% with low-medium use ... so two days between charges with ease.

[ikrip]

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pau1j wrote:

... & can actually be downloaded OTA for 7.0 ...

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What's OTA?

[SatanicBuddha]

OTA: Over The Air

[ikrip]

Thanks.

[Vertego]

Now released on O2. Come on Vodafone, let's be having it!