Showing posts with label blackberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blackberry. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

How to fix a wrong unread message count on a BlackBerry

This is a quite common issue for BlackBerry users, sometimes the smart phone will fail to accurately display the unread message count. As a consequence it will show an envelope with an number at the top of you home screen (this also depends on the theme you are using).

Here are the steps to go through:

1. Check if you haven't got any unread messages that you might have saved.
2. Check if you haven't got any unread messages
3. Reconcile your inboxes
4. Delete entries in your call log
5. Battery pull (not simulated battery pull using QuickPull, it will not work)

If this doesn't help seek help on forums such as CrackBerry or just Google the issue, there are multiple things that can trigger this issue.

Thursday, 9 July 2009

BlackBerry Curve 8310 crashing/freezing behaviour

Recently I have had problems with my BlackBerry Curve 8310. It was crashing all the time, even a few minutes after a reboot. As I figured out later, there was an disk error on the memory card that caused the issue - everything is now fine after I have had formatted it.

An interesting thing happens when the device crashes - if you are playing an audio file it will continue playing, but if you unplug the headphones it will not switch to the speaker/speakerphone. The light sensor will still react to changes in lighting condition and will adjust the brightness of the screen and back light the keyboard and clitmouse, errr I mean trackball.

Surprisingly the [Shift] key will also work. Interesting.

Saturday, 21 February 2009

Twibble "tunnel timed out" error quick fix - O2 UK

I've had installed Twibble Mobile on my Blackberry Curve 8310 and received a "tunnel timed out" error message. I am on 02 UK and have found a quick fix for this problem.

All you have to do is go to Options > Advanced Options > TCP and type in the following settings.

APN: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username for APN: mobileweb
Password for APN: password

For other carriers just check their TCP settings and all should be fine.

That's all. Haven't used the app much yet, but looks much better than Twitterberry.