Well as many of you know the download limit in the BlackBerry Browser is only 2.3MB which makes a lot of users mad/upset/angry/all of the above? lol They usually have to resort to downloading Opera Mini and download files that way or if you’re lucky enough to get in on the Skyfire action, you can also download large files via that. Well I have the solution for you and no longer will you need an extra browser just to download large files, I have used the BlackBerry Browser to download files in size from 30MB to 600MB and I have proof here:
This is ~30MB file
This is ~130MB file
This is ~600MB file
I have used Rapidshare and Megaupload to get links and they work just fine.
Ok, enough with the pictures and time for the explanation, RIM sets your download limit by setting it’s WAP and “Internet” Browser to a specific port and thus not letting you download anything above that port limit. Well one night I happened to “stumble” upon something that caught my eye and I jumped on it, needless to say it was a nice “find” by doing this work around it uses another RIM port with no limit and turns your phone into a “real” browser per se…I would get into the port explanation and mumbo jumbo, but the little I have written is probably already over everyones head, so I just left out of much of the technical stuff out 
I have been testing and using different OS and devices to make sure this would work for EVERYONE and I’ve verified it does indeed work, I’ve even tested on OS 5.0.0.191 and works like a champ.
Ok, fine fine here is what you do…go to options…advanced…service book…QWERTY users hold ALT and type SBEB, Storm users this will be ALT 4?2? and for SureType, umm I forget but ill solve it. You should get message that says “Legacy SB Restore Enabled”
Now open DM go to backup/restore…advanced…open the .ipd linked HERE
On the left hand box go to file open…select the .ipd file open it and send it to device hit ok, unplug the device now to to your phone browser go to options…general properties and you should now have new option for “NET Browser” set that and start browsing and downloading
Your first download you will get an agreement thing from RIM saying they aren’t responsible for any third party things you download, just hit “I Agree”
If you found this useful, please DONATE or at least leave a comment or something. These write-ups take time and what not and a lot of the time I don’t even get feedback if it worked or not or thanks.
“If I have helped you, help me”
P.S. If you’re email addresses are gone just go to Options…..Advanced…HRT and reregister, might not take the first time, but takes a minute or two to happen. If you ask for help about this, I will not help you as I JUST posted the fix.
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Great work once again 0mie!!!
Hi, 0mie, does it work using APN blackberry.net?
Or using APN provider (WAP)?
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It works fine, just when i want to get to mobile.blackberry.com it says my device is not supported… i hace choosen Explorer as default browser and the same message/page is shown.
any hint in how to get this working?
thanks for your time and tutorial.
regards
ive re-sent my service books 5 times now with 4 battery pulls and still no emails – how do i get rid of this.
Nice work Omie. Would like to see more of the technical side since I am interested in it.
For VZW you may want to add that you will need to delete the MMS settings and then push all your service books back to the device. I had to do this on 3 tours I tested this on and also a curve. All running stock OS firmware from VZW.
I’ve ever download another .ipd file for my Blackberry browser. So now I can using Blackberry browser without BIS.
If I using this .ipd file, is this .ipd file will replace my recent .ipd ? so I need select “browser” in my Blackberry.
But I think this is great.
Thanks you
wheres the regular internet browser how do you get that back? and i cat change the browser to firefox or internet explorer its locked. using bold 9000 os5.0.0.190
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I have a Bold running .297 on AT&T BIS. I followed the directions verbatim and even have a NET Browser, but trying to download large files results in the following error:
The requested page was too large to deliver to the device
Any ideas?
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how do i type SBEB on a storm , i use a 9500 and i have tried doing as directed but no show
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Awesome, just saw this on hackaday. I will be trying this tonight.
Great work, I will try other time…my area doesn’t work with megaupload.
Killed my outgoing/incoming e-mail. Re-registering HRT did not fix. Restored to a recent backup and am fine again, but would not recommend.
Not working on sprint 9630 OS 5.0.191 DM 5.1 ! Did as told
YO, i cant download rapidshare NO freaking flash, SO HOW ARE YOU doing this!?
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it didnt work for me. my browser is gone n none of my apps or AIM will connect. plus i accidentally cleared my service book. how doi undo this?!?! HELPPPP!!!!
Very nice site!
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0mie,
you r the man thanks for the info worked like a charm BTW running 5.0.0.230.
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Omie,
Just got a BB (9360) and am a noob on this stuff. What does “Now open DM go to backup/restore…” mean?
i tried this and changed the browser configuration and general properties to NET Browser. It doesn’t work and the following appear when i open the browser: “unable to connect to the internet, please try again later”. How do i get it to work?
Great site, how do I subscribe?
Hi , i followed all the steps, downloaded the file, loaded it on my blackberry using desktop manager, then i change the option to NET BROWSER and SAVED IT… now when i open a website or try to open a download from rapidshar it gives me the following message “A communication failure has occurred. The server maybe busy, please try again later.if the problem presists contact your service provider” and as soon as i change the option to INTERNET BROWSER this problem goes away! i didn not get the last screen to AGREE tough :/
anyone having the same problem?
Hi, im having the same problem as the above user, and if i pu the net browser on the browser doesnt work at all, have to put it on wap again for it to work, any suggestions??? i get the same message
“A communication failure has occurred. The server maybe busy, please try again later.if the problem presists contact your service provider”
Hi, i have tried it, and it is not working on my blackberry 8900. after i do everything, when i have the NET BROWSER activated, the internet browser does not work, keep saying “A communication failure has occurred. The server maybe busy, please try again later.if the problem presists contact your service provider” and when i put it back to the WAP browser option it works again but still doenst allow me to download large files… is there any other step im missing or any suggestions on how to fix this?
Regards
when i try use the NET BROWSER , the internet browser does not work gives me the following message:
“A communication failure has occurred. The server maybe busy, please try again later.if the problem presists contact your service provider”
any suggestions on how to fix this?
im having the same problem just rcently tho.it happens when i hard reset my phone. i hve to do the process all over agin and dont know why. have you found a solution yet???
i couldnt get this work for me. well it does just when i try to send a mms it wont do it. for some reason the mms service book that it replaced messes with the one needed to send mms. any other way around this?
when i downloaded this too i just realized that with att you can no longer recieve or send mms to anyone even urself. that suck. wheres the fix fot that. again running now bold 9000 os 5.0.0.238 i love being able to save big files and stream everything
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This works fine but still with the 9520 I dont know how u get medaupload to work, for me it loops back to the caphatca page after counting down to zero.
Hi. I got this to work but now all my email is gone. I can receive emails but i cant send out. Please help!!
Hi. I got this to work but now all my email is gone. I can receive emails but i cant send out. Please help!!!
I cant send emails, receive or send MMS now…
tried this and was billed by my service provider for call charges when I was browsinf from my bold. NET browser did not appear on my bill as data charges but my call charges trippled… can it be fixed so that my carrier does not bill me for this
thanks for quick response
I still had the message when I installed it on my BB 9000 Bold, I didn’t get an Agree/Disagree notification and things relating to MMS were deleted. I was able to restore the service book entries from an earlier backup though.
Will this work on my Storm with 5.0.0.328 on it? Does anybody know if it will?
Great work thank
great work thanks
Hmm the email missing problem is easily fixed after re-register my email again and not forgetting to register HRT again, however my browser isn’t working after selecting ‘NET BROWSER’. It always say unable to connect to the server..Is it cause by the different rim like from t-mobile etc?
I was curious as to if anyone has got this to work on the storm running 5.0.328 also
It’s not work on my storm…
i think it stopped working. i keep geting a message upon opening “unable to connect to server” i re-downloaded and did everything over and it works now but wondering if you have run into this problem??? please let me know thanks
omie i found a new problem and cant figure out why this is happening please help. ive had this working for months now and all of a sudden if i hard reset my phone i cant use the browser anymore. i get the message unable to connect to server. to solve the problem my only option so far is to not hard reset or if i do reset to reload everything all over again. have you seen this b4 and is there a better solution. thanks
im on a bold 9000 os 5.0.314 by the way and have been for a long time so i cant figure it out
THIS WOOOOORKS…I don’t know why so many people are having problems. Follow the instructions and it should work. Don’t forget to make a backup of your BB first on Desktop Manager.
One question for you 0mie. I have tried a bunch of hosting sites from rapidshare to hotfile. They all work, EXCEPT the most important one, MEGAUPLOAD!
I cannot seems to click on either “Premium Download” or “Regular Download,” after the 45 second countdown is over. It is as if my cursor does not recognize a link and stays in “arrow mode” and not that finger icon (link).
Please help 0mie
Thanks
*IMPORTANT NOTE
like i said before, this hack does work, but there are a couple of things you should know that i’ve experienced.
- NEVER EVER cancel/interfere a download in the middle of the download process. Whenever i have done this the hack does not work the next times i want to download something. Your “NET Browser” reverts back to acting as the “Internet Browser,” giving you the 413 request too large error.
- To fix this follow all of 0mie’s instructions ALL over again, and make sure you don’t interfere with any downloads
- megaupload “premium” or “regular” links were not active even after the 45 second countdown. i was only able to click on them once i selected “column view.”
Thanks,
Anthony
Bold 9700
5.0.0.344
Have you made any progress on the MMS issue? Or some way to revert the changes without restoring the phone?
i had issues with mms. all i had to do was delete all the MMS service books (should be 2 in some cases 3 of them). after doing that just resend your service books and it should work.
works everytime for me
i just want to clear something that, is this limit just for emails attachment viewing or for BB explorer, coz in my emails attachment 2.9 MB is the limit and where i download from internet explorer i cant download 30 and more then that from internet with out any issue and without any work you told up there..
Sorry ignore the upper comments just consider the below
i just want to clear something that, is this limit just for emails attachment viewing in BIS or for BB explorer, coz in my emails attachment 2.9 MB is the limit from RIM and where if i download any file from internet explorer or BB explorer i can download 30 and more then that from internet with out any issue and without any work you told up there..
@ Hadi
prove that you can download a 700mb + file on your blackberry without the patch. cause unless you’re using another browser…it cannot be done