BlackBerry OS 5.0 leaks for Storm 9530

Sure, BlackBerry firmware leaks are pretty much a dime a dozen -- especially for the Verizon-branded Storm and its CDMA cousins in Canada -- but how often is it that you've seen a 5.0 ROM leak? Not bloody often, so this one should get a few folks pretty fired up. This particular build is 5.0.0.140, and while some people have managed to successfully install it, we'd definitely recommend proceeding with extreme caution -- the firmware's apparently originally from a Chinese site with no clear backstory, so the security of the update definitely can't be guaranteed (especially in light of that recent spyware scare). If you have a go at it anyway -- and we know you probably will -- let us know how it goes.

[ixianradeon Posted Jul 23rd 2009 10:51AM]

I can't wait till all cameras have auto focus then mr blury cam will be history

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 23rd 2009 12:40PM]

I'm running this build on my Storm right now. Seems to be running great so far, though earlier today I had a random reset of the handset, and occassionally the phone doesn't realize when you've read or deleted messages, and the phone keeps the indicators for new messages up.

The new OS also seems to be eating a bit more memory. I currently have 24.50MB of memory free, whereas on my 151 build, I used to run around between 28.5 and 31MB of memory.

Funky.

[MJ Posted Jul 23rd 2009 11:12PM]

Here is a mirror that seems to work well...
http://76.162.50.118/CDMA/BB9530/os.html

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:16AM]

Tried it. Fun, but not nearly stable enough for a realtime device. Let's see what's next.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2009 10:14AM]

LOVE it! Faster and more responsive for sure. However, also buggy as a leak.
Cannot set alarm time.
GPS (BBMaps) clunky and unreliable.
Random reboots.
Cannot set certain program accesses and permissions, won't retain changes.
When typing, periods and random symbols sometimes get entered.
And of course, no BBMsgr or Facebook yet.
Official release would be a dream come true.