The final version of Opera Mini 5 has been out for three months and for most people, myself included it works great. But on the Opera Mini User forum there is a recurrent theme of some users, particularly BlackBerry users, trying the released version and insisting that one of the Beta versions, usually Beta 2, was better.
At one time there was sticky post on the forum with links to the Opera Mini 5 Beta versions. The post is still there but the Beta links are gone. Forum moderator Mannes explained the removal as,
"Sorry, but I decided to remove betas from that post. Betas can always easily be downloaded other ways, and also, when a final version is released, we don't want anyone to be using betas anymore."
I can understand Opera wanting users to be on the latest version, but when that version doesn't work it's nice to have the option to roll back to an older one. It's not really that easy to find the Betas on the web or there wouldn't be so many users asking for them on the forums. So I've gathered up all the Opera Mini 5 versions I've been able to find and linked to them below.
These are all English language versions. Java phone users should try the JAD link first and if it doesn't work try the JAR. The ZIP files are for use with BlackBerry Desktop Manager
Opera Mini 5 Beta 1
Unsigned: JAD, JAR
BlackBerry OS 4.2 ZIP
BlackBerry OS 4.3-4.6 ZIP
BlackBerry OS 4.7-5.0 ZIP
Opera Mini 5 Beta 2
Unsigned: JAD, JAR
Signed (multiple certificates) JAD
BlackBerry OS 4.2 ZIP
BlackBerry OS 4.3-4.6 ZIP
BlackBerry OS 4.7-5.0 ZIP
I don't have the other signed Java versions or OTA files for BlackBerrys yet. If and when I find them I will post them here. If any readers have copies of the missing versions and are willing to share them, please leave a comment.
