We can all say what we want about the BlackBerry Priv – and we pretty much have – but there might still be some people out there who want BlackBerry’s apps that can only be found on the Priv. We don’t want to have to purchase the USD$700 flagship phone just so we can use that nice Calendar app, so some nice people at XDA have ripped out the apps from the Priv’s OS and have made them available in installable APK formats.
First up, we have the Priv’s on-screen keyboard (yes, because you can’t have the slide-out one for free) – which has been tested to be working without the other apps being installed. There are some weird things that happened on TouchWiz-based phones (Samsung), but they can be tweaked so that the app works right.
Next up are the ones you probably have to install together – BlackBerry Services and BlackBerry Launcher. If you liked what you saw from the BlackBerry Priv’s main launcher, then you can get it now. Lastly – and probably the most useful of the lot – is the Calendar app, which is actually not a bad one to have on your phone.
Check out the source link below for the official XDA thread, and make sure you click on the right download links. The thread also has the other BB apps – like the Hub and the other widgets – but those remain unpatched and will be unstable on your devices.
SOURCE: XDA
