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IT leaders are tasked with making technical magic, improving customer experience, and boosting the bottom line yet often without any increase to the IT budget. How are organizations striking the balance between new initiatives and cost control Download our report to learn about the biggest challenges and how savvy IT executives are overcoming them. Video. Sponsored Video. Slideshows. Twitter Feed. Blackberry Software Update Encountered An Error' title='Blackberry Software Update Encountered An Error' />How To Fix Reload Software 5. Error On Your Black. Blackberry Software Update Encountered An Error' title='Blackberry Software Update Encountered An Error' />Berry. So this should be a quickie. At a recent clients place I encountered an error that happened when I tried to update her Blackberry Storm for the first time in a LONG time. It was the dreaded Reload Software 5. Here is the setup so that if you happened to do the exact same thing, the solution will be fully applicable. The solution, however, works for all other blackberrys or is it blackberries Anybody know the plural version of a Blackberry Installed Desktop Manager from Blackberry site. After installation, innocently plugged in the Blackberry. Casually chatted with the client while it connected and prompted me to update the apps, firmware, and OSFORTUNATELY, when asked to backup Blackberry first, I said OK. Never deny backupsBlackberry backs up. New BB software downloads from the web. Two thirds of the way through the backup, for some inexplicable reason, it crashesReload Software 5. Blackberry has turned itself into a pricey brick. Oh no What to do  Number one thing to NEVER do in any situation IN LIFE is PANIC. I dont remember a situation ever where panicking was ever a good thing. Ati Dual Monitor Driver. Thinks back to vehicular accidents survivedOk, heres the solution Why beat around the bush You just want your BB back right NOTE Its essential that the solution is performed in the order listedwhyBecause it wont work otherwisetrust me. Unplug the BB in current brick form. Go into your Desktop Manager settings and make sure that it isnt configured to back up upon syncing. Why because if you dont, the minute your BB is back online, it can potentially copy over all your backed up datathen youre really USCWAPYour BB should still be showing that annoying error on the screen. Get rid of it by taking out the battery. Nowwith the battery still out of your BB, plug it into your computer. Depending on your OS, it will either recognize it right away and restore applications, or it will as it was in my case not do anything because I was on a Mac. Let it steep for a bit if you are on a Mac and stare at the lovely no battery icon that shows up when you have it plugged in. After you are sufficiently satisfied that nothing more is going to happen, insert the battery without disconnecting the connection. Now watch the magic happenthe software will state the obvious and tell you that there is no OS present and will prompt you to choose which OS you wish to install. I chose the recommended latest one. Evolution Futuyma 2009 Pdf. The re installation of the BB OS should occur at this point. If it doesnt Re do this whole process again. I would say that after 3 or 4 times, if it STILL doesnt work, then your BB is pretty messed up and you should probably just get a new oneEpilogue After you are done restoring the OS or restoring the upgraded OS, you will notice that you have NOTHING on it in terms of your settings and data. AGAIN, DONT PANIC  What did we say about that Instead, plug the BB back hopefully you didnt re configure it to automatically backup yetif so, turn it back off and stop jumping the gun and once the BB is recognized, click on the Restore icon. You will then be asked to choose what file to use to restore and there should be the one you just backed up everything on. Do so and enjoy your BB again Hope you enjoyed another one of my All Things Tech postsI know I did, and when Im this tired at nightthats all that matters.