BluePearls: For best results/performance.
1. Backup your device, do a customised backup of all your data and apps with link. Do not back settings cus restoring will result to issues.
2. Download the autoloader
3. Do a SIC wipe. This is necessary because SIC wipe, wipes all traces of the previous OS. For more info about SIC wipe and how to do it, check HERE.

Please make sure you do a backup of your phone and charge your phone at least up to 70%.
If NEPA no dey, be sure your PC can hold up to 2hrs of power.
If you're confused, please ask the guys in the house who know how to, to help you so you don't brick your phone or damage it. Good luck.

guruvick:

thanks bro.. please after downloading how do I install it?

scarr: Just to chip in, too much SIC wipe damages d memory of the phone, so nldrs make sure u dont do it often

BluePearls:

Make sure you do a backup first. Do a customised blackup with link. Backup your data, apps etc, but don't backup settings or the android runtime, restoring both might cause issues. But I prefer to do a fresh installation of everything.
Plug your phone to PC, extract the autoloader and run the exe file. Sit back and watch the magic.
I recommend doing a SIC wipe with the autoloader, but you can do a system wipe after the installation, before restoring your apps n stuff.

simdam500: hows the battery life so far

I've just been told not to get it new(meanwhine i want to get it new to prevent later prob with battery) cos of some battery ish wahala but my instinct still tell me the battery will be better, cos i hate it wen a phone battery is not good (which makes me lost update on nairaland) or wana travel 8hrs and befor 2hrs to d journey it off... So, how's d battery life and u got it for new right?

tziz: dnt know wat y'all see in blackberry sha, its a rilly silly fon, imagine d Z3 I bot som days bck jst heats up while using it, even wen I put it on 2g, it still heats up n it affects my batt! den if I put it on 3G, I culd even iron a shirt wit it. dis is rilly stupid sha.
Btwn, pls cn som1 point me to where settings is on dis bbm.. I want to stop seeing wat music pple r listenin to n I dnt want pple to see mine too. Tnx. silly scrapberry!

BluePearls:

Right at about that. Must be used with caution.
The issue of wipe or no wipe before or after loading autoloaders have been debated for a while now. Some feel it's necessary while others think it's not. The whole point of doing a SIC wipe is to ensure you have a fresh phone to install on and to make sure traces or bugs of the previous OS do not cause issues for you other than the issues which comes with the installed OS.
Once again, as advised, use with caution people.

walcolm:

did you download them from BBWorld?

cupid4ig: it's network mine works

tziz: dnt know wat y'all see in blackberry sha, its a rilly silly fon, imagine d Z3 I bot som days bck jst heats up while using it, even wen I put it on 2g, it still heats up n it affects my batt! den if I put it on 3G, I culd even iron a shirt wit it. dis is rilly stupid sha.
Btwn, pls cn som1 point me to where settings is on dis bbm.. I want to stop seeing wat music pple r listenin to n I dnt want pple to see mine too. Tnx. silly scrapberry!

tziz: dnt know wat y'all see in blackberry sha, its a rilly silly fon, imagine d Z3 I bot som days bck jst heats up while using it, even wen I put it on 2g, it still heats up n it affects my batt! den if I put it on 3G, I culd even iron a shirt wit it. dis is rilly stupid sha.
Btwn, pls cn som1 point me to where settings is on dis bbm.. I want to stop seeing wat music pple r listenin to n I dnt want pple to see mine too. Tnx. silly scrapberry!

henry007: hope you're not a troll coz I took my time to reply you on the other thread

samsard: for settings on BBM, swipe from top to bottom when BBM is open. Plus I use a Z10 and it's no scrap!!!!!!!!!! Saying that is like insulting the intelligence of other BlackBerry 10 users! there is something known as defective unit.

oseiwe:
Hahaha...just go open dry cleaning shop and use your phone as the iron, you go make am!
If you read the 'silly scrapberry' manual, you go see the way to enter settings

guruvick:

please the 1.3gb file I downloaded you didn't mention anything about it?
where will I put it for the app loader to use it after the sic wipe

LMAyedun: Pls, i plan to buy Q5 this week... I need advices. What are the advantages & disadvantages?

holusormi: Pls house, I need a link to the 10.3 autoloader for Q10.. pls ejoor

justi4jesu:

Blackberry Q5 is a pretty good smartphone with a superb OS 10. It's fast, smooth and has no lag. It does not hang either (till now) even if one opens multiple applications. The screen is fairly decent in size for a comfortable viewing and the Qwerty keyboard is an added option. Overall it scores '4' star and is a good value for money. As a professional one would like it.

BluePearls:

sorry for getting back to you late. if you havent done the installation yet, follow this simple steps without doing the SIC wipe.
do a backup as advised, plug in your phone to PC via usb, close BB-Link if its open, extract the autoloader you just downloaded and run the exe file. Let it install without any form of[b]interruption[/b],
especially unplugging the phone from PC or your PC shutting down. When the installation is done, i suggest you should do a security wipe once or twice. give the phone few hours to settle in and then restore your apps and whatnot.

harrysterol: this sound better that SIC tin is scaring me already, cos I hv downloaded the sic bt getting scared of the wipe tin again, am yet to finish downloadin d 1.4gb tin

BluePearls: .

spaxendre:

I'm buying a new Q10 today. I suppose i don't need to do a SIC wipe before Upgrading the OS right? Just dowload and run yea?

tziz:
Hey easy ok? it's nt a must to comment, if I didn't hav persistent problms, I won't post dis here. dyu even knw wat "troll" means? abg pack one side o!

LMAyedun: Many thanks, but Q5 supports instagram i think? + what abt the cheapest subscription for Q5 in Nigeria?

BluePearls:

Pretty much! Do a security wipe after installation. Welcome to the BB10 family in advance

Oh, just in case you don't like the 10.3 OS, you can always revert to the previous OS just by downgrading with lower OS autoloader of your choice.

BluePearls:

Nothing scary about it
It does about 5 wipes when you run it. The first wipe is a nuke wipe, means it turns your phone to planet-0
The rest of the wipes are just security wipes, after which it prompts you to install the OS and Radio file extracted from the autoloader.

henry007: you had heating problems and you were generalising like all of us do @ "what do y'all see in BlackBerry sha" and "silly scrapberry". you complained in another thread of same ish......yet I dont know what a troll is?