Upgrade to OS 5.0.0.591 caused severe battery drain on Tour 9630

[Jude526]

I had upgraded when it was released and kept it two days.  It had issues I just didn't like and some other things I just hated.

I downgraded back to the 4.7  You can do this with the DM  it is the only way you can downgrade back to the 4.7

Since I received an email saying the 5.0 has been improved, I went ahead and installed it.  But I don't know if I am going to keep it.  My battery life is horrible and in an hour's time it has dropped 10% and I am not using it.  Not a phone call, not a text or an email.  Just sitting there.  I don't know if I am going to keep it.  I might just downgrade again.

I am really unhappy with RIM and may go Android.  I don't understand the 1+ dialing and I have it set to no in phone options and it still dials the 1 + since I have the 5.0   This wasn't so with the 4.7

I also am not a fan of the threaded texting and I don't like how my email is with it either.

I will keep it for a couple of days and see.  But these issues really bug me. 

[LCromwell]

Did you pull the bat.? Did you do the over the air fiX?

[Jude526]

even with the patch it is horrible   I don't like the changes they have made   I wasted my day.  I just downgraded back to the 4.7

if anyone wants to downgrade  it can be done in the desktop manager. 

[Whitney2009]

Verizon tole me that there was no way to downgrade back to the old OS.   Can anyone provide me some basici steps on how to downgrade via Desktop Manager?

Thanks! 

[StreetDocRN]

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Whitney2009 wrote:

Verizon tole me that there was no way to downgrade back to the old OS.   Can anyone provide me some basici steps on how to downgrade via Desktop Manager?

Thanks! 

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I prepared a little "how-to" for downgrading.  It is in a pdf file attached to this reply.

Doc

[Whitney2009]

Thanks, Doc! I may try to downgrade. If I do, I'll let you know if your instructions work for me! I'll be sure to give you a Kudo's.

Whitney

[StreetDocRN]

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Whitney2009 wrote:

Thanks, Doc! I may try to downgrade. If I do, I'll let you know if your instructions work for me! I'll be sure to give you a Kudo's.

Whitney

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Thanks, Whitney.  If you need any help, I'll be around the forums all night tonight.  Hazards of working night shift and being off for a night, LOL

Doc

Ps...except during Lost...I'll be glued to the TV...

[Tinkerer]

Downgrade may be done within the BB device itself if the BB upgrade was done using BB Wireless Update (without Desktop Manager).  Go back into Wireless Update:

Wireless Update > Check for Updates...(when it gives you the option, select "Downgrade").

This is what I did, to downgrade back to 4.7 after unwittingly accepting the Verizon Wireless Update pushing 5.0.0.591 first "buggy" update.

("Bug" really means "fault", unless you paid money for the product in which case it means "defect".)