Today, or at least as of yesterday, the Blackberry Storm community rejoiced with the new “official” release of the Storm new OS for Verizon Blackberry Storm 9530!

What’s In The Number?

Explanation: http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/version-numbers-explained-148-203-181-a-238534/ (thanks FineWolf)

A RIM OS has three version numbers:

Software (4.7.0.148)

The software is basically everything that the phone does. From the SMS App, to BlackBerry Messenger, it is composed of all the applications that comes by default on your BlackBerry.

It is also the number people usualy refer to when talking about an OS release. In case of the latest Verizon update, it is 4.7.0.148.
Platform (4.0.0.181)

The platform is basically the “drivers” to the OS. It is the layer responsible of communicating commands to the hardware. It controls the cell phone radio, screen display, power regulation as well as the bluetooth radio. It is commonly refered to as the radio file on CrackBerry.

In case of Verizon’s latest release, the platform number is 4.0.0.181.
Package (4.7.0.203)

RIM develops the software and platform separately. When they decide to put the two together for testing, they give the combo a version number. This is the package number. Arguably, this should be number used to refer to a particular OS number, but convention uses the software number instead.

In case of Verizon’s latest release, the package version is 4.7.0.203.
When two releases have the same package number, it is safe to assume that they are the exact same release. The leaked version of the Verizon’s release has the same package number, therefore it is the same.

There is also another number reported in your about screen:

Branding Version

The Branding Version changes from phone to phone and doesn’t change on an OS update. Is will always be the same on your phone. Branding is saved on special memory while in factory.

The version number is formated the following way:

1.0.XXX.YYY

Where XXX is your Vendor ID and YYY is the Revision Number. Here are possible Vendor IDs (That I know of):

• 100 T-Mobile US
• 101 AWS
• 102 Cingular Wireless or AT&T
• 103 Nextel
• 104 Sprint PCS
• 105 Verizon
• 106 Alltel
• 107 Rogers
• 109 Bell Mobility Canada
• 111 MM02 DE
• 113 Telfort
• 114 T-Mobile DE/AU
• 115 TIM
• 116 Hutchison
• 117 Bouygues
• 118 SFR
• 119 Orange_France
• 120 VODAFONE (UK)
• 121 Telcel
• 122 Telstra
• 123 T-Mobile (UK)
• 124 Vodafone Germany
• 125 MM02 UK/IRL/NL
• 126 Telus
• 127 SMART
• 128 Starhub
• 129 Telefonica
• 130 Swisscom
• 131 Cable & Wireless
• 132 Vodafone (IT)
• 133 Vodafone (ES)
• 134 T-Mobile (NL)
• 135 Cincinnati Bell
• 136 Telefonica_LAM
• 137 Vodafone Austria
• 138 Vodafone Australia
• 139 Vodafone Ireland
• 140 Vodafone Sweden
• 141 CSL
• 142 Orange UK
• 143 Vodafone New Zealand
• 144 SingTel
• 145 Globe
• 146 Optus
• 147 Orange Mobistar
• 148 Vodafone_HU
• 149 Bharti
• 150 KPN
• 151 TIM_Greece
• 152 Proximus
• 153 Vodafone_Portugal
• 154 TIM_Brazil
• 155 BT_Mobile
• 156 Earthlink
• 158 E-Plus
• 159 BASE
• 160 Dobson
• 161 Vodafone_Egypt
• 162 Orange_Switzerland
• 164 Triton
• 165 Maxis
• 166 Vodafone_Denmark_(TDC)
• 167 MobileOne_(Voda_Singapore)
• 168 Vodacom
• 169 T-Mobile_PO
• 170 T-Mobile_CZ
• 171 T-Mobile_HU
• 173 MTN
• 174 Entel
• 175 Amena
• 176 SmarTone
• 177 TCS
• 178 Avea
• 179 F100
• 180 Turkcell
• 181 Partner
• 183 Orange_Global
• 186 Telkomsel
• 188 Vodafone_Greece
• 189 USCC
• 190 Mobilink
• 194 Voda_Luxembourg
• 195 Voda_Iceland
• 198 Vodafone_CZ
• 204 China_Mobile
• 205 Movilnet
• 209 Sympac
• 210 TIM_Argentina
• 212 Etisalat
• 214 AMX
• 215 Telefonica_Venezuela
• 217 Orange Romania
• 218 KTP
• 222 Mobitel Bulgaria
• 224 PCCW/Sunday
• 227 Mobily
• 229 Eurotel
• 230 Hutchison Essar

Download OS

To download, point your Internet Explorer to one of these locations

• RIM BlackBerry Site -> http://na.blackberry.com/eng/update/
• Verizon Apps Store -> http://appstore.vzw.com.edgesuite.net/download/9530AMEA_PBr4.7.0_rel203_PL4.0.0.181_A4.7.0.148_Verizon_Wireless.exe
• Mirror #1 -> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T33FUZO3
• Mirror #2 -> http://rapidshare.com/files/240033257/9530AMEA_PBr4.7.0_rel203_PL4.0.0.181_A4.7.0.148_Verizon_Wireless.exe.html

Older version (leaked) could be found here

• http://knguyentu.com/wordpress/2009/02/blackberry-storm-9530-unleashed/

Make sure you use Blackberry Desktop Manager to backup your phone first! If you need help, look here (http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/info-help-guide-upgrade-downgrade-backup-bricked-storm-your-full-resource-213706/)

For those who been using the Blackberry Storm and have not updated the OS since purchase, you will be greatly pleased with the result. The new OS made navigation much more smooth, browser is faster, and accelerator response better.

Discussion Threads:

You can read up on people discussion here:

• Crackberry Discussion Form – http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/148-out-download-issues-me-too-posts-238361/
• Approval Leak Memo – http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/148-approved-verizon-237223/

If you are interested in more talk, you can look at the discussion of this version when it was leaked over 2 weeks ago.

• Leaked .148 Findings – http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/4-7-0-148-finding-fixes-thread-231484/
• Download .148 Leaked Version, look at the Blackberry thread on this forum for the list of all previous leaked version at http://knguyentu.com/wordpress/2009/02/blackberry-storm-9530-unleashed/

If you are not sure about doing the install yourself, wait a few weeks for the local store to have them. You can bring it in to your local VZW store for them to upgrade you to the latest Official OS.

OS Change Logs

What changed? A whole bunch! Here is a list from version 0.75 and all the changes along the way until .148 we have now.  (http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/05/29/blackberry-storm-os-470148-change-log/)

Text Version: http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/just-got-sent-full-change-log-another-friend-236583/

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