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Undo the Update?

Yesterday I downloaded the update that was announced in an email. So many things are different and I DON'T LIKE IT! How can I undo the update and go back to the way things were. The ring tone I like is gone, the desktop photo I like is gone, the icons now fly all over the place and disappear at the touch of the mouse button, the menu key no longer brings up additional icons (it brings up a menu instead making additional work). I can't even figure out how to make a call now. There's got to be a way to get rid of the update. Thanks.

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ewalker

It's fixed! For any others with this problem, go to the post titled "Downgrade OS6 to OS5." StreetDocRN posted specific instructions on how to rid your Blackberry of the scourge of OS6. Thanks, Doc!

StreetDocRN

ewalker wrote:
It's fixed! For any others with this problem, go to the post titled "Downgrade OS6 to OS5." StreetDocRN posted specific instructions on how to rid your Blackberry of the scourge of OS6. Thanks, Doc!

No problem. If anyone needs help downgrading or are not sure of how to perform the task, just let me know. I know it can be a pain in the you know what when you are not sure of how to upgrade or downgrade.

Always here to help,

Doc

ntrnalyflawless

Hey Doc,

I am a doofes with the glossary of most of everything and would like to know if there is actually a difference between 6.0.1 update and 6 os update. Everyone seems to refer the new update to 6 os but when i went to update it didn't have no abbr. of "os" anywhere but downloaded it anyway.

Also I've downloaded free themes onto my phone and i have found them by doing lord knows what but i found it but have no option to set it on my phone but know it's downloaded on my phone somehow. Gone onto BB app world and downloaded a theme there also but can't set it ot my phone.

The guide/help tells me to go to options from the menu and select "display, etc" but i don't have that option to do so. Is this a glitch in the download or does the upgraded version not offer this.

Please get back to me when possible.

ps. downloaded back to the 5.0 a few times and for some reason only the major apps such as "home, contact, etc" are on the screen nothing else. So had to go back to the 6.0.

It's a nightmare for some options but love the way txt messaging looks now!

StreetDocRN

Hey,

You will find that most of the themes out there right now are compatible with Blackberry Software OS 5 and not OS 6. However, if you do find some for the new OS, once you download them, they can be activated by going to Options>Display>Screen Display. At the bottom of that page you will find any OS 6 compatible themes right there. To change to a particular installed theme, simply scroll to it and press the trackball and select Activate.

To understand more about OS 5, go to Blackberry's web site at http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/devices/ and to understand more about the newer OS 6 go to Blackberry's site at http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/blackberry6/ They can give you a basic understanding of what is different and new.

The term OS means Operating System. The Blackberry OS 6 is to the Blackberry as Windows XP or Windows Vista is to the PC. Just as certain software is made to only run in Windows Vista and may not be compatible with Windows 95 or XP, certain themes or applications for the Blackberry 6 OS may not be compatible with OS 5. Usually, the vendor will let you know if an app or theme is compatible with certain OSs.

I hope I helped you understand a little bit more. If I can ever be of assistance, please call on me. The only way I learned about all this stuff was keeping up in these forums and messing around with my Blackberry. You don't want to know how many times I "bricked" my Blackberry when I first started out and had to reload my Blackberry...LOL. Good luck...

Doc

adamant

well i am going back **bleep** i type to 5.0. cant stand the way 6.0's web is..

adamant

i went back to 5.0.0.737 hoping to solve the problem with the web page font size and its the same as the 6.0//..

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