You might notice that your blackberry phone refused to turn on, display white Blackberry screen, not booting into the home screen or a freezing / very slow. It means your phone has crashed.
A crazed , Nuked or Corrupt Blackberry operating system is nothing out of the blues so don’t panic if you find yourself in such a situation; it’s something that are most likely to come across sooner or later as you are using your Blackberry anyway.
Some Common Reasons that can Make Blackberry OS Crash, Corrupt or Nuked
- Unplugging or disconnecting your Blackberry during an OS upgrade or update.
- Installing too many heavy apps.
- Installing incompatible apps.
- Downloading your Blackberry Operating System Software from suspicious sources.
The following tutorial teaches you how to install/updated/latest Blackberry OS on your Blackberry. This method is universal, which means that it works on OS5, 6, and the latest OS7. It works on old phones as well as on the latest OS7 powered device.
To Install/Upgrade a Blackberry Operating System (OS):
1. You need to install the Blackberry Desktop Manager, it comes in a CD when you purchase your Blackberry phone or you can simply download the latest version >>here<<.
2. An additional software to download is BBSAK, is to backup trusty 3rd party Blackberry applications and restore them among other functions >>Download it Here<<.
3. Lastly, you need to download the version of the OS you want to install. A simple way of getting this is by visiting ww.blackberryrocks.com/blackberry-os and trace a suitable OS from there. Before moving to further process, you should have everything you need to perform the installation by now. Checklist:
– Current OS downloaded and installed on your windows PC like any other normal software
– Latest DM downloaded and installed on your windows PC
– BBSAK downloaded and installed on your Windows PC as well
1. Now Connect your blackberry phone to your PC with your stock blackberry USB cord, and fire up BBSAK.
BBSAK will automatically detect your Blackberry. Once BBSAK detected your BB, hit the “Backup Apps” button to backup your 3rd party applications that have been installed on your Blackberry.
2. Be patient, this process will take up to five minutes max. When it’s done, hit “OK” and exit out the program.
3. Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager (DM). Click “Device”, then select “Backup and Restore”, once you are in it, click “advanced” and back up the settings you would to backup. Only backup your calendar, service books, bbm contact list, and contacts because if you are backing up other settings from the old device, when you load them onto the new OS, the extra old settings might not compatible with the new OS. Once the backup progress is done, exit out of DM.
4. Launch BBSAK again; make sure that your DM is not running in the background. Click “Wipe Device” this time. It will wipe out everything on your BB. Once the wiping process is done, the phone will reboot itself. Then you will see a “507 error”. Please do not freak out, this is normal; it means you are doing the thing right. “507 error” means your phone OS is corrupted or there isn’t one. To be sure that your phone is wiped clean, click “wipe device” again, the program will perform the same wiping process like the first time you did. Again, the phone will reboot and the 507 error will appear as expected.
Warning – This step is extremely important, so follow this instruction carefully:
5. Navigate yourself to this location on your computer: C:Program FilesCommon FilesResearch in MotionApploader. Once you are in it, find the “vendor” file and delete it.
If you are running on Windows 7 64 bits, you will have two vendor files instead of one like xp and vista. So locate yourself to the 2 hidden vendor file by doing following:
- Open up a command prompt:
- Type “command prompt” on your computer’s built-in search engine to bring up the window.
- Type “dir /a /s C:vendor.xml” in it. Once you typed in the command, the hidden vendor file will pop out. Delete that hidden vendor file.
- “C” is the hard drive that your current Windows is installed on it, so if you have your windows running on a “D” drive, please change “C” to “D”.
6. In the same folder, find “Loader” and launch it.
7. After it detectyour PIN click next/continue, follow the program itself, select whatever extras you want to install along with the new OS. Then hit “Next” for a couple of times, then the loader will begin the actual OS installation process.
8. Hit “Close” when it’s done.
Congratulations! You’ve survived your first manual Blackberry Operation System upgrade by yourself.
Be aware that once you hit “close” the Blackberry will restart itself. The first startup after the new OS is installed on the phone will take 3-4 minutes longer than a normal startup.
9. At this time, do not disconnect your phone after the new upgrade. Launch DM again to check if you have the new OS installed or not. Once you got in DM it will read your phone’s information by itself.
10. Do the same with bbsak, load your 3 party apps back via bbsak. Once the loading is done, your phone will restart again. You are done. Your phone is up and running! Note: If you didn’t delete the vendor and proceed to next step, bad things might happen. It’s complicated to explain what the vendor file does, so make sure you delete it.
This method will not work if you have a Mac. A Mac OS powered machine with XP installed on a virtual machine will also NOT cut it. This method will ONLY work with the Windows powered machine. So if you don’t have a windows PC, borrow your mom’s, neighbor’s, friend’s whatever.
Hope this solved some issues you might be facing with your Blackberry Smartphone.
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50 thoughts on “How to Flash (Install/Upgrade) a Blackberry Operating System”
Only the DM was able to download succesfully. The rest is just not downloading And the BBSAK is just downloading installer not the main software
Chai my man.ur too much abeg.upon say we dey on xmas celebration yet ur still updating.its really not easy cause I checked other blogs α̲̅Ω̴̩̩̩̥d̶̲̥̅̊ websites none of them is updating except.ur alwz sharp α̲̅Ω̴̩̩̩̥d̶̲̥̅̊ cool bro.u too much.#respect
Here is another link 2 download BBSAK v1.9.2
U need to be patient & u must have good network b4 u can be able 2 download OS versions, dat is d only sure link 4 it.
Tnx 4 ur wonderful comment friend & am grateful 4 ur concerned.
Funsho please i need ur help, i need 4.2 4.1 rom for lg p999 to upgrade mine please help me, thanks for being there.
There is no reliable link for OS download shelaf…pls help
Thats the only thing I need to download so I can test this thread if its legit but shelaf told me to wait and am still waiting oOooo…. Please shelaf help us find another link for the OS download please
I support this motion too, there is no convincing link for the OS jare….. Help us abeg Shelaf
hello broda, pls wat should b done to a bb bold 2 which cannot download even when the os was upgraded?
Is d BB App World installed on it?
Great info pls how can I know my blackberry os,am using bb9790 and again 'mac os' what does he mean,pls I don't knw dat is why am asking pls
Go to OPTIONS >> ABOUT and it will provides your device info, including the OS (Operating System) usually within the first 3 lines of all that info (it's the number after the "V")
If you saw: v5.0.0.438. That means your BB is running version 5.0
Hope this Helped?
guy pls ma bb9900 bis subscription is nt working, its only loading the bb world but i cant download & other apps like fb, bbm etc are nt working… i've also tried other peoples SIM bt its still nt working…. Pls what do think i should d
blackberry9000
is this legit/ i dont want to cause any damage to the computer! it keeps saying dont run
where it is written "Pin" mine is showing Pin: Disconnect. and it not detecting my phone.. i done change cable taya
Bro my service provider does not have internet settings for my bb wat cn i dov
Bros wats d cause of bold6 crashing every 3days, after flashing it plz i need a solution
you should contact your service provider for their internet settings ..
you should contact your service providers for the internet settings. it depends tho*
it MAY* be the cause of some apps u normally install on ur phone. delete all unused apps on your phone
Guys .. quick question.. can anyone help me with the issue of freezing of bold 5 after installing whatsapp ? .. The phone works fine after uninsatlling of whatsapp.
BOLD 6 – #BB9900 issues …
gud post
Hi, can you help me? I can't find the OS for Blackberry Curve 7 (9310) at blackberryrocks.com/blackberry-os. Can I use any other one instaed? Please reply asap. Thanks. The informations here are quite helpful!
just tested diz tread some min ago……..it worked out blackberryrocks.com/blackberry-os#sthash.JQPw4Wxa.dpuf for ur os
plz how do i delete the hidden vendor using command prompt?
i forgot to backup now can't connect
it got stuck after the first installation
Pls my bold 5 just froze up touchscreen and track pad not working. Note the phone load normal but it will just freez
certificate error its coming
i have wipe my files without backup, can it affect because it don't want to install so how can i do
Good day Mr. Shelaf,
I have a HTC phone to flash, when I plug the phone to the system, the application is not detecting it. Though the phone is not booting. Please how can I go about this, I have been on this issue for long to detect and flash the phones.
I even have intention of flashing All kind of android phones in my area, what solution and advice can you please provide for me. Am highly greatfull for you respond and solution in advance. Thank you! 08169961829……
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i finishing dont the flashing. but after flashing my phone is wont turn off. stuck at loading screen.
does i work for os 10 fones?
IT WORKS PERFECT. I TOOK GH20 CEDIS FOR FIXING BOLD 3 OS….
it almost worked successfully for me also, but I forgot to backup the apps before wiping the phone, so I am thinking that's why bbsak is displaying "os not found find a suitable os for your device" how should I do with that???
Pls help, my BB9930 is just blinking red light. How do I go about it?
please sir the bbsak is not detecting my phone, what do i do?
all yeah
Thanks you so much, it works. i was a bit nervous at the first when showing 507 error, i follow your tutorials carefully, it works for me thanks a lot
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Hello My Bold 5 Blackberry wont complete booting process. please what d I do?
Please my Blackberry Bold 5 wont bootup fully. How can I resolve this problem.
Your phone won't boot correctly because you didn't delete the vendor file(s). In my own case , it booted, shows the welcome screen but the screen is a bit rough due to cracks,it told me to read and press OK at the button, I scrolled down using the screen touch but the area to press OK is faulty , I try to use trackpads and keyboards to navigate but nothing , does it mean the trackpad and keyboard are not working or does it mean I can only run it with touchscreen and keyboard and trackpad will activate afterwards ?
Please i need to know if the bb bold 5 has pin-out because my charging point is condemn and is not connecting please help me, i need my phone please.
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