A build of BlackBerry 6 for the Tour/Bold 9650 has been leaked with instructions on installation ahead of carrier specific builds. The 9650 build features all of the main features of BlackBerry 6, save for touch display support such as the WebKit browser, Universal Search, and Social Feeds, with the Social Feeds functionality needing to be activated in the App Loader. The update is Windows-only and the build version is OS 6.0.0.222.
1) Backup your settings, contacts, and apps to the Desktop Manager before installing the new OS (BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife is another backup alternative)
2) After installing the OS update on the computer, delete the ‘Vendor.xml’ file found at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
3) If the Desktop Manager does not detect the update, open the App Loader from the above location, and select the update.
4) To get Social Feeds to function, you must manually select it in the App Loader.
