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How to create and edit Profiles on your Blackberry, Blackberry 101

Gary — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:06:28 +0000

CrackBerry has a good article on how to create and edit BlackBerry Profiles. It is a good read to check out for everybody, espically for Blackberry Newbies.

How to Delete or Remove your vendor.xml file for blackberry os upgrades

Gary — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:15:39 +0000

If you upgrade to the OS 4.5 and you use a different carrier OS such as Orange or Vodaphone and yada yada, you muc remove the vendor.xml file. So where is it?

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

go there and find the vendor.html file and then delete it. After that you can open the application loader and it will show your new OS to upload to your blackberry.

Blackberry FAQ, How to install Ringtones and Themes?

Gary — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:47:14 +0000

I get a lot of Questions regarding how to install the themes that we list. Here is a Great Link from Blackberry FAQ on it.

How to Add themes to your Blackberry with OTA and with Zip Downloads

All About Blackberry Themes 101

Gary — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:12:38 +0000

This is Great! I get so many questions from people about blackberry themes. Crackberry decided to post a great tutorial with screen caps to boot.

“One of the most common things people with a new BlackBerry device ask is “how do I change my theme? In this tutorial we will go over everything from start to finish –
finding themes, checking compatibility with your device, setup and even what to
do if you accidentally “brick” or “nuke” your device. Your BlackBerry ships with a few themes pre-installed, but you can find hundreds for free, as well as premium themes for a few bucks a piece. Your device will also have “hidden” vendor themes for other carriers that can be unlocked as well.” Crack Berry, Read the full tutorial for all of the details and info on Blackberry Themes.

Tutorial on how to take screen shots from your blackberry

Gary — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:07:44 +0000

Here is a good little tutorial on how to take screen shots from your blackberry. It also has a list of two free programs to download to do the screen shots with. Very good little tutorial from berry review.

Speed up loading pictures on your blackberry

Gary — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:30:40 +0000

With my Blackberry Pearl 8100 I tend to save a lot of pictures that my friends send me and that of course pictures I take. So when I go to pull up the pictures on the media section of my phone sometimes it can take a long time to pull up. My pictures are already saved to a micro SD card, which saves memory on your blackberry and helps it run faster period. I would always advise saving photos, videos, mp3’s and all to an micro SD card just to improve the performance of your blackberry.

My tip though is to make sub folders under your pictures to separate and sort your pictures in. You can do this easily by connecting your blackberry to your computer with the USB cable and on the blackberry it will pop up and ask if you want to use this as a data storage device and you tell it yes or no. Select yes on your blackberry. On your Windows computer it should pop up a list of options of how to open the attached device, you then select open folder to view files. Next select the “blackberry” folder, then select the “pictures” folder, then right click a blank area and select “new” from the right click menu and “folder.” You can then rename the folder to what you want it to be and drag the photos that you want to be saved under that folder to that folder. You can do multiple folders under the pictures folder.

When you go to view your pictures from your blackberry now, it should load much faster and will show your sub folders and select those to view your pictures.

About Playing Video on your Blackberry

Gary — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:58:24 +0000

What type of Video and Audo formats will play on my blackbery device?

“Supported Video Formats

MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and bvop, including DivX 4)

File formats – .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov Video – Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second

H.263 (Profile 0 & Profile 3)

File formats – .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov Video – up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second

Windows Media Video (Simple Profile)

File formats – .wmv Video – Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 24 frames per second

Note: Windows Media Video is supported in BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.1 only.”

Blackberry Glossary

Gary — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:42:27 +0000

Ever hear or see something you dont know what it means and it has to do with your blackberry? Check out this large Blackberry Glossary of terms that all have to do with blackberry devices and the blackberry network from Blackberry Forums.

What is a cell Phone Data Cable and how does it work?

Gary — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:42:07 +0000

What is a Data Cable for a Cell Phone and how do they work? Some mobile phones come with data cables, and most others you can purchase a data cable for. Generally they connect to your phone to the USB on your computer. What they do is allow you to transfer data from the mobile device to the computer or vise verse. One thing you may encounter with this is that when you plug the phone and data cable into your computer, then the computer may not recognize the phone. Generally the reason for this is that for a computer to recognize a device it needs software drivers. What I would advise doing in this situation is going to Google and searching for your phone make and model and drivers for that phone (Ex. LG CU500 USB Drivers). Usually you will be able to find some free on the web and then you can download and install them. That should solve your issue with the computer not recognizing your phone via the USB cable.

The Orginal Article can be found at How to 4 Phones

What do I do if my text messages stop working?

Gary — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:20:50 +0000

A frequent question people have is, what do I do when my text messages seem to stop working? If you have not changed any of your message settings then in most cases the best thing to do, is to call your customer service (which can be done by calling 611 from your mobile) and asking them to reset the text messaging on your device. What they generally will do is remove the feature and add it back. After that you will need to power cycle your phone (turn it off and then back on). That should update the text messaging on your phone and network. This will generally fix most basic text messaging issues.

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