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Here to introduce my alternative website “Just About BlackBerry”. This website is mainly share useful BlackBerry tips. Especially for BlackBerry beginner, it serve as guidance / resourceful help for them. So, please dont miss it

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BlackBerry App Word for all

“BlackBerry App World” lets you personalize your BlackBerry with tons of great apps while you on the go. In order to access those free BlackBerry apps arround the world, you must have BlackBerry App World installed into your BlackBerry phone.

The problem is BlackBerry App World is support selected country only. Like Malaysia is the country DOESN’T support this app. However, there is a alternative way for user to download this app and run it in every country / region.

Download to computer, install vis BlackBerry Desktop Manager
Click HERE

How To Install BlackBerry App World
1) Unzip the downloaded file. It consist of 2 files in the same folder.
2) Connect Blackberry device to computer by using cable
3) Make sure your PC has Blackberry Desktop Manager and internet access
4) Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager then click on Application Loader
5) Select Add/Remove Applications
6) Click Browse button and select the *.alx file where you have downloaded
7) Click next button. Done.

Blackberry Messenger 5 official release

It have been long time wating since leak version spread in the internet, finally Blackberry Messenger 5 (BBM5) is officially released on 7-Oct-2009. BBM 5 brings a new interface and a ton of new features.

One of the awesome feature is “BBM Groups”. What are BBM groups? BBM Groups allow you to have real-time chat with group of people. Within the group you can share and comment on photos (like facebook), upload and transfer files, and even share tasks and calendar appointments.

The person who created a group is the Administrator, he/she has full control for the group, but he/she still can assign privileges to other users. Below screenshot is showing the major option is the group activity

Members – shows all Group members
Chat – opens the current “chat room” or group discussion
Pictures – view all pictures uploaded by the group
Lists – task list for the group
Calendar – upload/send appointments to group members

For those who haven’t download the official BBM5, you can click on the OTA link below to download.
http://mobileapps.blackberry.com/devicesoftware/entry.do?code=bbm

QuickPull – Easiest way to reset your Blackberry

For regular Blackberry users, most of them should know that full reset Blackberry smartphone is required to pull battery out. By doing phone resetting, it will free up unnecessary memory, make your smartphone response faster and stable. It is quick hassle to pull battery out, but you have to do it after certain period of time usage.

Here to introduce QuickPull. This software will perform a phone reset or on a pre-determined schedule reset without battery pull. Quickpull is a free application, and you can download it at below OTA:

http://go.mobihand.com/?op=dlmh&pd=22989&l=1&ps=102

Schedule a reset time while you are sleeping so that you don’t have to experience the slowness. BlackBerry are really taking extremely long reset time. I would say even worse than Windows. Anyway like me, I set it to reboot at 4am automatically.

Top 14 tips for Blackberry smartphone

1. To switch to another application, press and hold menu button.
2. To exit a screen or dialog box, press the Escape button.
3. To select a check box, press the Space key. To clear the check box, press the Space key again.
4. To select a line of text, press the Shift key and roll the trackball.
5. To cut selected text, press the Shift key + the Backspace key. To copy selected text, press the Alt key and press the trackball. To paste text, press the Shift key and press the trackball.
6. To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears.
7. To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.
8. To insert the sign (@) in an Email field, press the Space key.
9. To reply to a message, press R. To forward a message, press F. To reply to all, press L.
10. To move to the top of a screen, press T. To move to the bottom of a screen, press B.
11. To scroll down a screen, press the Space key. To scroll up a screen, press the Shift key + the Space key.
12. To turn on CAP lock, press the Alt key + the Right Shift key. To turn off CAP lock, press the Right Shift key.
13. In the messages list: To view sent messages, press the Alt key + O. To view received messages, press the Alt key + I. To view SMS messages, press the Alt key + S. To view phone call logs, press the Alt key + P. To view voice mail messages, press the Alt key + V.
14. To move to the next item, press N. To move to the previous item, press P.

Blackberry As Tethered Modem (for Maxis and Celcom)

You computer must have Blackberry Desktop Manager. This is the most important software must be installed into your computer. You can download at Blackberry Official website.

Please connect your Blackberry Phone to computer with USB cable

If you already install Blackberry Desktop Manager, you should see a “Standard Modem” under Device Manager. Right click the Standard Modem, and select Properties

Go to Advanced tab – insert the Extra initialization Command as below

For Maxis
at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”unet”

For Celcom
at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”celcom3g”

Go to Diagnostics tab – press Query Modem button. Make sure you are successful query the modem. If you fail to query, check the USB connection or restart your phone. If you successful, click ok button to close the windows.

Create new internet connection
Go to Control Panel -> Network connections -> click “create new connection”
New connection Wizard will popup – click next
Select “Connect to the internet” – click next
Select “Set up my connection manually” – click next
Select “Connect using a dial-up modem” – click next
Select “Modem – Standard Modem” (See below screenshot) – click next

Give any ISP name – click next
Enter the Phone Number that need to be dial, which is *99# – click next

At this point, you should reach the account and password screen,
For Maxis
Username: maxis
Password: wap

For Celcom
Do not key in anything, just leave it blank and click next

Select “Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop” – click finish button

How to connect to the internet
Make sure Dekstop Manager is running and Blackberry phone is connected to computer with USB cable.
Double click on the newly created connection at desktop and click on “Dial”.
Start to surf internet….. Enjoy

How To Setup Email Account On Your Blackberry

Most of people know Blackberry phone allows user to send and receive email with it’s “push email” feature. Basically, there are 2 type of services provided by service provider

Blackberry Enterprise Server
BES is mainly connect to Corporate / Organization email system such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise that allow users always have access to their company email

Blackberry Internet Service
BIS is allows POP3 and IMAP email integration for the personal user. It allows up to 10 email accounts to be accessed, including many popular email clients such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL.

Email configuration in Blackberry phone is extremely simple. If you would like to access personal email such as Yahoo, Gmail… then you need BIS from service provider and just with below simple configuration steps.

How to setup email account on your Blackberry
Press Menu, go to Setup > E-mail setting

You need a Blackberry Account to configure email. If you don’t have, click on “Create New Account” to create one. If you already have, just login with your username and password. Once you already login, you will see below screen

Click “Add My Existing Email Account” to add new email account, below screen will appear

Assume that you would like to configure Yahoo mail into Blackberry phone, just insert your Yahoo email address then follow with the password that use to login to Yahoo mail.

That’s all for the configuration step. Now you are ready to send and receive Yahoo mail. And you can see a new icon added into Blackberry menu.

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Blackberry Command Code

Do you know that actually Blackberry phone is built-in many hidden commands that to check uptime, voice/data usage and etc….? All this command is very useful when you consider buying new / used Blackberry phone. Here I will share those commands to you. I hope it will be useful.

To Check Device General Information
At the home screen, type: alt + shift + h
Your phone will shows

To Check Device Voice/Data Usage
Go to: Options -> Status -> Then type: BUYR
Your phone will shows

Note: If Data/Voice usage shows 0, meaning this is the brand new phone.

To Check Device Locked or Unlocked
Go to: Options -> Advanced Options -> SIM CARD -> Then type: MEPD
Your phone will shows

Note: Each value should status “Disable”. If you see any “Active” value, probably this phone is locked by provider.

To unlock the phone, type: MEP alt + E
The phone will show up dialog screen for you to insert 13 digits unlock code. Once you insert correctly, phone will become unlocked permanently.
The 13 digits unlock code is vary from phone to phone; it’s depend on phone IMEI. To obtain the unlock code, you should contact your service provider.

How To Backup Blackberry 3rd Party Application

I believe many of you have experience to upgrade you Blackberry device OS or wipe handheld to default setting when encounter error. No doubt, by doing this it may solve your blackberry’s issue, but your will lost all your data.

Even though you can restore the backup from Desktop Manager (provided you have the backup file), but you still lost all those 3rd party application. The only way you can do is install back each application one by one at OTA.

Today I will share the idea to backup those 3rd applications at you Blackberry device. With simple steps, you will able to restore back all application without download it again at OTA. Following are the step by step…

1) Please install Blackberry Desktop Manager 4.7 (You can download it at http://www.blackberry.com)
2) Connect Blackberry device to computer
3) Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager then click on Device Switch Wizard

4) Select “Third-party Applications” only then click Next

5) At this point, Desktop Manager will back up 3rd party apps. When finished PLEASE DO NOT CLICK NEXT OR CANCEL.
6) Using Windows build-in Search feature to search the folder with same name with your Blackberry PIN and *.alx file. (make sure you enable hidden files & folders searching) Usually you can get your folder at below location

C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Name]\Local Settings\Temp

7) Make a copy for both the folder and *.alx. All these files are your 3rd party application backup. Please keep it in a safer place.
Go back to the Desktop Manager and cancel the process.

How To Restore Back Your 3rd Party Application
1) Connect Blackberry device to computer
2) Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager then click on Application Loader
3) Select Add/Remove Applications
4) Click Browse button and select the *.alx file where you have backup
5) Click next button to restore. Done.

How To Upgrade Blackberry OS

First you will need to download the BlackBerry OS software file to your computer. You can search from Google with keyword “Blackberry OS [Carrier name]”. Or you may refer to here to download the official Blackberry OS

Be sure you selected the right blackberry model then download the latest OS file to desktop. There are unofficial versions (some call it leak version) of blackberry OS floating around the internet, do it at your own risk if you decided to use those unofficial OS.

Install Blackberry OS software into default location (Basically just click next until end during installation) If you’re using software version from a different service provider other than your own, after the installation wizard is done you will need go to delete the Vendor.xml file. It can be found following this path:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader

After the deletion of the Vendor.xml file (if needed), plug in your device to the computer via USB cable and then double click on the Loader.exe file in the same folder

Click next for the first screen, the Wizard should automatically detect the port and should display USB and your PIN number. Like screenshot below

Next the Application Loader Wizard will read your devices system configuration. System will allow you to choose any applications that you would like to install into Blackberry handheld. Here you need to make sure applications such as BlackBerry Attachment Service, BlackBerry Messenger, and 3rd Party Application boxes are ticked, and any other applications you want installed to the device and select ‘Next’.

Completing the Application Loader Wizard screen will come up next and and show you exactly what Applications are being installed. Make sure everything you want installed is selected and select ‘Finish’.

It is depending on Blackberry device and can take up between 20-45 minutes for OS installation. PLEASE DO NOT UNPLUG CABLE FROM THE DEVICE. THIS WILL CAUSE YOUR DEVICE BRICKED AND MAKE YOUR DEVICE IN DEEP TROUBLE. Be patient and wait until the Application Loader Wizard is states Loading Operation is Complete.

At this point, you can unplug your device and your device is restarting. Usually it will take long time for the first restart (approximately 12min). Enjoy the new Operating System.

See also
Blackberry Command Code
How To Backup Blackberry 3rd Party Application
How To Setup Email Account On Your Blackberry