Storm 4.7.0.78 OS update official

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• I bought a UK STORM at release 4.7.0.65. I heard that an upgrade to 78 was due as there was much discussion on the NET. My phone had sluggish accelerometers, slow apps and romped through battery. I decided to try the Vodafone DE site and downloaded the upgrade - it has seemed to work like a dream - no problems with install at all (make sure if using a laptop you are on MAINS POWER). It took about 25 mins so BE PATIENT - at one point it looks like it has frozen but it has NOT. Phone seems fine now, rotation of screen is much better - will have to wait and see if battery life is improved. A good tip- delete Vodafone Live - it polls the the network all the time and consumes battery. Posted by Ian Joseph, England
• I have just upgraded my Storm too (via the Blackberry Desktop Manager). So it must essentially be the same as the one on Vodafone DE. It is a relief that Vodafone and RIM released this update so soon (it's a shame that consumers had to be guinea pigs yet again and point out these flaws in the first place though!) I think that one of the reasons why the Storm can have a poor battery life is due to the phone not fully exiting applications, after about a week or so, once I started getting used to the phone, I realised that apps such as the camera were still running, which I suspect will drain the battery pretty quickly Posted by Adrian , Warrington, England
• Well now heres a turn up I didnt wxpect to be able to connect to my tomtom 720 internet services but yes it did , and they didnt even know it
  
  1. I have downloaded the new software for storm, installed it, version 4.7.0.78
  2. Completely removed the bluetooth settings on the tomtom,
  3. Reconnected the blackberry storm to the tomtom
  4. retried to connect to view weather on the service menu, Waited, it the tom tom stuch at 50% for 5mins
  5 Still waited, it then, the tomtom then jumped through 75% and asked for settings such as passwords, confirmed everything and up came the weather, yipiee!!!!!!
  
  6. connected traffic and yes it connected,
  
  
  It looks as if the patch supplied 4.7.0.78 has worked, (you may see applicatoin 4.7.0.100.78 in the download but it is the right one well done Vodaphone!!!! Posted by Peter Coulson, UK
• there is a pending release of 4.7.0.87 due out very soon for the Storm 9500 shortly....... Posted by Adrian, England