Blackberry Smartphone OS Version Upgrade Guide (5.0, 6.0, 7.0)

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Blackberry, The Smartphone that has dominated Nigeria's striving Mobile Phone market which previously had Nokia as the Leader.

The high-Class Smart phone which used to be owned by the High and Mighty can now be found in the hands of Primary / Secondary school Kids - Its Now used by the Young and Old, and this is a Good thing.

Blackberry OS Just as Microsoft Releases new version of their famous operating systems - windows xp, windows vista, windows 7 and now Windows 8 - Research in Motion (RIM) also releases new and better versions of the Blackberry Device Operating system(5.0, 6.0, 7.0 etc)


The Question is: Do you need to upgrade Your Blackberry Device Software? - YES, you Do
Without an Upgraded operating system software, your device might lack some awesome new features included in the New upgrade which improves performance and overall user experience.

Upgrading also resolves some memory, Blackberry Messenger and App world issues

There are several methods used to Upgrade a Blackberry Device: Wireless Update, OTA, And Desktop manager - Which we will concentrate on.

Blackberry Upgrade Prerequisite

• A Computer with Blackberry Desktop Manager Installed. Download Blackberry Desktop Manager Here)
  
  • Your Blackberry Device Operating System Software: You must Download your Operator specific Device software e.g Download Device software for AT&T / Verizon Wireless / T-Mobile USA For a complete list of other Operator specific software - Click Here
  
  BACK-UP: The importance of a Back-up before any software upgrade is Highly recommended. - Connect your Blackberry to Desktop Manager and Do a Back up of all Data and applications.
  
  Install the Downloaded Blackberry device software and its content - when complete, navigate to this Folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader and Rename the vendor.xml file to _vendor.xml.
  
  Next Run the Apploader.exe file and Follow the Onscreen instructions to BackUp your apps and Carry out the Install.
  
  If you have any Problems - Don't hesitate to ask questions below.