How To Downgrade From BBM 8.0.0.94 Back To Old Version

The new BBM is so slow that it freezes phones. You do not want your BBM to hang, it is better you keep using the old
version 7.0.1.23
If you have already upgraded your BBM and would like to downgrade, follow these

steps below.
1. Press Your Blackberry button to go to
Menu
2. Select Applications in your Menu
3. Run Blackberry Protect and backup
your contacts
4. After backup is complete, go back to
Menu
5. Select 'Options'
6. Select 'Device' inside Options
7. Select 'Application Management' inside
Device
8. Scroll to Blackberry Messenger and
delete it
9 After deleting is complete, it will ask
you to restart your phone, let it restart'
10. After your phone restarts, just type
'about' at the home screen of your phone
and some icons will pop-up (Browser
History, Social Feeds, Facebook, Options,
Help etc)
11. Select Options and Click 'About
Device Versions' to see your Blackberry
OS version
You will see an option that looks like
this…
Blackberry (R) 9900
smartphone (3G, CDMA, Wi-Fi)
7.1 Bundle 921 (v7.1.0.267, platform
5.1.0.230)
The red text above tells you that the device
is running OS Version 7.1 (Note: Yours
might be different from this…maybe 6.1,
7.0 and so on)…
12. After taking note of your OS version
13. Make sure your phone Network is on
3G (for fast download ) and Download the
corresponding Blackberry Messenger
according to your OS from the list
below…
Blackberry Messenger For OS 5.0
(http://url.prohp.net/zntjn)
Blackberry Messenger For OS 6.0
(http://url.prohp.net/sscvw)
Blackberry Messenger For OS 7.0
(http://url.prohp.net/prkrd)
Blackberry Messenger For OS 7.1
(http://url.prohp.net/meomg)
14. After Clicking on any of the links
above, a new page will appear, wait for the
page to load completely, lets say 10
seconds.
15. After the page loads completely, scroll
to the top right side of the page and click
' SKIP AD'
16. Download and Blackberry Messenger
that will pop up, then RUN IT. This
usually takes time to complete but if its
taking so much time lets say more than 30
minutes, remove your phone's battery and
put it back.

After your phone comes up, you will have your old Blackberry Messenger back. Enjoy!