Blackberry thread!
Here we can share themes, apps, backgrounds, tones, or ask questions.
Please no sharing pins for bbm. Use the PM function of the forum to exchange pins.


If you don't have any questions to ask feel free to fill this out just to show your phone off!
YOUR INFORMATION - Fill this out if you want / have a blackberry.
Which Blackberry model do you own? ---->
Did you personalize/alter it? ---->
If so (to the above question), how? ---->
What OS do you have? What's your provider? ---->
What theme do you have? ---->
Where'd you download/get this theme? ---->
Ringtone? ---->
Text tone? ---->
Anything else? ---->




Blackberry Links

• http://crackberry.com/
• http://www.blackberrythemes.net/
• http://www.bbgeeks.com
• http://www.blackberryforums.com

Background Updates

• one (backgrounds 320x240)
• two (backgrounds 360x480 & 320x240)
• three (backgrounds 360x480 & 320x240)
• four (dark bottom backgrounds 320x240)
• five (backgrounds 320x240)
• six (backgrounds 320x240)
• seven (backgrounds 320x240)
• eight (backgrounds 320x240)
• nine (backgrounds 480x360)

EDIT: ALL BACKGROUNDS PLUS MORE MOVED TO: http://bbbackgrounds.blogspot.com/
but continue to use the thread for questions, comments, etc


Backgrounds Information

• 360x480 - Blackberry Storm (9530 + 9500)
• 480x360 - Blackberry Curve (8900)
• 480x320 - Blackberry Bold (9000)
• 320x240 - 88xx 83xx 87xx series
• 240x320 - Pearl flip
• 240x260 - 8100 and 71xx series
• 240x160 - 72xx and 75 xx series

& free wallpaper maker: click! or click!

Questions


Customizing Your Blackberry (& Adding Applications!)

• How do I clean my blackberry's trackball or change the color of the trackball? (caution: very hard procedure; may make you buy a new trackball)
• Where do I buy a new trackball?
• How do you install themes?
• How do I download ringtones?
• Where to download new games such as Lingo?

Problems with your Blackberry

• How come when i try to use wifi it says that im not subscribed to t-mobile. isnt wifi free?
• For some applications like facebook i get a popup that says "the service is unabled"?
• All my texts/calls got deleted?!
• All my texts/calls got deleted?! (alternative answer)
• I'm having trouble reading PDFs on my blackberry?
• Water damage! Oh no what do I do?

How to?

• How do I find out what OS version I have?
• How do turn off camera shutter sound?
• How do I download desktop manager without the CD?
• How do I mass delete text messages?
• Is there a way to block calls?
• How to set vibrate and tone on at the same time, while in any other mode (like normal)?
• How to change wallpaper without internet/email/ desktop manager?
• How do you change housing/color of blackberry?

General Blackberry Questions

• Is data plan required for the storm?
• What are the pros/cons of the blackberry flip?
• Can I send full songs/files to my phone without the desktop manager?
• How do I get korean onto my phone?
• Is there a way to hang a cellphone keychain on my blackberry?

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320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series

I just got a blackberry 88xx from t-mobile. how come when i try to use wifi it says that im not subscribed to t-mobile. isnt wifi free -___-;;. and how do u install themes

I also bought a new BlackBerry Storm
Need some cool wallpapers...anyone?

OMG, I have a Pearl and LOVE my blackberry! Ugh, can never go back. I'm going to get a new phone soon, and will probably go for the new Curve.

How to Clean the Trackball for Blackberries
★ one video
★ two text version
★ three text version
★ four text version
caution: A lot of the steps in the procedure are hard, therefore if you are inexperienced with small parts and technical things please do not even attempt this. You can easily just buy a new trackball.

Where to buy a new trackball for blackberries
★ one $13, plain white, new and clean
★ two $4, plain white, new and clean
★ three $5 red, new and clean, plus free opening tool and cleaning kit
★four $8 red, yellow, orange, green and blue, new and clean


Change the color of the Trackball
★ one - pt1 video
★ one - pt2 video
★ two video




According to this site the 88x does NOT support wifi.
Blackberry smartphones that support wifi are:

• BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8320 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i smartphone
• BlackBerry® 8820 smartphone

Sorry :[ Hmm, but ipod touches have free wifi (:

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To install themes:
1) First download the theme from a theme website such as this website (click!)
2) The file should be in a .zip format
3) Extract the files
4) Open desktop manager (cd that came with your blackberr)
5) Connect computer and blackberry via usb
6) Click on 'application loader'
7) Click on 'add' and find the files you extracted
8) Wait for blackberry to auto restart
9) Go to Themes in the options menu and it should be there!

Reason that it's prob not working
- Most bb's need Plasmic Theme Reader, but sometimes it comes with it
- Certain themes need a certain operating system such as 4.1, 4.3 or 4.5

Or you can watch youtube videos on how to install themes
part 1 & part 2

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360x480 Blackberry Storm (9530 + 9500)





320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series

how can you tell what OS version u have? lol im soo new to this phone. i tried crackberry and im even more confused. i have the 8320 curve but it seems that i gotta pay for wifi WTF right? lol i tried the disc that it came with but it wont let me dl desktop manager. i dont really have time to call blackberry tech :/ do u have suggestions on what i should do? cause im dying to change my theme and add stuff onto my fone lol thanks<3

You can find out your OS version by clicking OPTIONS (it should be the wrench icon) then click ABOUT
Then look at about the third line and it should say what version you have.
For example my third line says exactly this: "v4.5.0.77 (Platform 3.2.0.51)"
And I have version 4.5

I have no idea why your desktop manager won't download.
It could be a computer problem ...
Or you should try again.
I think it didn't work for me at first because it was lagging on the loading
But then it worked (: So keep trying!

Paying for wifi - stupid; if you don't have an ipod get an ipod touch.
free ipod. music. applications. what more can you ask for? (besides phone/text/bbm)

So to get the theme to work,
first make sure you have the desktop manager installed (:
When you figure that out I'll def guide you step by step with the rest

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320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series


360x480 Blackberry Storm (9530 + 9500)

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Blackbottoms
- Personally I love when my backgrounds are kind of dark or blackish towards the bottom. Makes my icons for my applications show better. So I specifically went on a search for black/dark bottomed backgrounds.
- Please note that this others posts do have black/dark backgrounds (:


320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series

OMG i got it haha. i got the OS 4.5 is that ok? also how do u add ringtones....lol the roxio media thing is confusing. gosh ]: i ask so many questions! sorry

There are many many different ways.
I'll just tell you some of the ways that I know.

✖✖ Phonezoo.com - which is what i use
1) create an account and sign up, make sure your phone number and phone model is correct
2) sign in
3) click ringtones (on the navigation bar)
4) click 'create from file'
5) upload the sound file
6) edit the song (only 30 seconds is allowed)
7) Finish and click save and send; it should send to your phone in the form of a multimedia message
(*note - you have to pay for the message!)
8) save the ringtone


✖✖ Crackberry.com
1) Log in or Sign up and then log in
2) Choose Genre, Album, Artist or Title
3) Choose a song
4) Enter you email that is connected to your blackberry and click the "Email me my ringtone!" button
5) Click on the URL from within the email, and the ringtone will open within your BlackBerry's Media Player
6) The Media player provides the option to "Save MP3 as Ringtone".

✖✖ Some other sites (sorry no instructions)
http://www.tuneusin.com/
http://forums.pinstack.com/downloads.php
http://www.blackberrymp3s.com/
http://www.eveek.com/

✖✖ More Extensive Information
http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-ringtone...-ringtones-884/

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320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series

ohhh I really want a blackberry curve sooo much. Instead i have a stupid razor b/c my old phone broke. My parents think the Blackberry is too expensive though. Anyway to convince them?

lover do you work at RIM? or are you a carrier rep?




you dont have to use the cd.

jsut go to blackberry.com
if its your first time there select the country.

once the page loads up your going to click on software up at the top.

once that page loads up you will see blackberry desktop software on the left hand side.

click on blackberry desktop software

then once that pages loads up click on download in the body of the page.

it will not bring up a page that asks you to please select a product.

from the drop down menu click on it and select desktop manager v4.7

then click on next.

from here you will see which version you want to download according to your liking.

in most cases i just have customers download it without media manager becuase with media manager its like 200 or 300.

from there its pretty straight forward follow the prompts.

let me know if you have any other questions

I love my curve <3

took me awhile to figure out some of the stuff like how to mass delete.

i got the deskttop thing [: and i got themes to work, but since i dont have internet i gotta do it through ZIP files /= it's ok though better than nothing. i just dont know how to:
- delete all my text msgs at once instead of one by one
- when i dial no matter what profile (loud/vibrate/quiet) it makes noise. i dont like that noise AT ALL. is there a way i can get of it?
- i hate the shutter sound can i turn it off?
im so picky and slow i know ]:

do to the deletions just highlight the day then press the menu key once then do delete prior.

as for the sounds just go to options thjen screen/keyboard and turn the key tone off

thanks for the msg helping. i did turn off the keyboard sounds. it says off. :/ even when i put it on quiet and i press a number to dial it makes the tone.

after you changed it to off or no did you press the menu key once then select save?

yeah i did even when i go to it it says key tone: off. ugh lol

lol dunno what else to tell you.

by default even if you put everythign on silent yoru still going to get the click notification regardless =x

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320x240 88xx 83xx 87xx series

I made a topic before on this, but I didn't get many answers. However, it seems like you guys will be able to help/answer me.

Has anyone changed the housing on their curves? Does that involve the screen as well? The reason why I'm asking is because my screen cracked in my bag (idk how either lol) and also, I would like to be able to change the colors of my blackberry. Does anyone have any pictures/tips/advice on this as well?

Nahz, I'm just an average everyday blackberry curve owner (:
Hbu?
And thanks for answers questions haha,
I've only had mine for like half a month





I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about but try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaFHJNNsR4
And order stuff from this website: http://cnn.cn/shop/blackberry-8300-c-200_365.html

(: Hope I helped. I'm kind of confused by your question as well
Maybe PBzAllan will know better =p

Do you mean just the bezel? Or something more like colorware?

LOL i have the same questions. i cant seem to turn off the sound when i dial a number no matter what setting i am in either.

ilove this thread though. so helpful!

i have a bb pearl.

I'm basically asking if anyone had any experiences with changing their housing/screen on their curve. :]

To answer the person below this, yes similar to color ware, except not as expensive.

I'll try to figure that out
(:
But according to this thread: CLICK!
It's not possible :/




Nope, I have never. Sorry :[
But I'll keep on looking and researching.

SOMEONE PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE help me.
so i have the old well kinda old blackberry pearl 8100
it's white and its the one everyone had couple months ago or lieka year ago.
i have t-mobile and i do NOT have the 20 dollar data plan but i still was able to picture and text message cuz i have the unlimited messaging plan. i sent myself pictures to my email ALL the time. and suddenly my phone won't send or even receive MMS period. at first i thot it was just not sending to my email but then my friends never get any of my picture messages it always has that red X mark. and i can never retrieve photos either...

help!

i'm asking for my brother,

but is there a way to BLOCK calls on the blackberry curve?
i've tried going to the call list and settings and such.. but i couldn't find it >.<
i know i have that setting on my LG ice-cream, so just wondering if you can do it on the blackberry too ?
thanks in advance!

With or without the data plan you can still MMS depending on if that's in your regular plan.
Data plan is just bbm and internet, so MMS and bbm are dependent of eachother.
What did you do just before it stopped working?
Change the plan? Changed a setting? Updated the OS?
Try taking out battery, waiting for 30 seconds and turning it back on to allow it to restart fully.







Apparently it cannot be done, but you can add the number onto your contacts list and simply turn the tone to MUTE.
For blackberrys you can add multiple numbers to one contact
there's work, work 2, home, home 2, etc so you can just
1) make a new contact and name it BLOCKED
2) click the button to left of trackball for options, click add customringtone
3) set tone to mute
(:

there's no way for it to ring and vibrate at the same time with out having to set it on loud?

You can
To set vibrate and tone on at the same time, while in any other mode (like normal) you:

1) Go to the application called PROFILES (NORMAL); or whatever it says in the parentheses
2) It will bring up a thing that says: loud, vibrate, quiet, normal, phone only and off.
3) Scroll down and click ADVANCED
4) Click on what you want to have the vibrate and tone with the options key (left of trackball)
5) Click Edit when the options come up
6) Click on phone
7) For out of holster click tone and options should come up, then click vibrate+tone
8) Exit and save, test it out

does the blackberry 8900 curve support 4gb and 8 gb SDHC cards?
just want to make sure before buying one and then realizing that it doesn't support it :X
&&thanks for all your help ^-^

oh okay that helps.. thankss

o_o I tried it all i got was vibrate and didn't hear my ring tone.

Make sure the volume is not on mute

For example mine is:
out of holster: vibrate + tone
ring tone: creashandburngirl
volume: high
repeat notification: led flashing
number of vibrations: 2

and it works

I was wondering if anyone can help me..
I tried to download the desktop software, but I cant finish installing it? Whenever I try, it keeps saying that I need to finish doing it later..
I just want to change my wallpaper

Yup, BBs with OS 4.6 and up can support up to 32gb sdhc.

You don't need desktop software to just change your wallpaper
1) Save the image that you want to be your wallpaper (you can do this by emailing it to the email that is connected to your blackberry)
2) Then go to media and you should see it there in Pictures
3) Choose the picture you want and click the options button, between the green phone and the trackball
4) Click "set as home screen image"

and voila!

i also have the storm.
and i am having trouble installing a pdf reader so i could read my ebooks on my bb.

Have you tried Mobipocket Reader? It's a free program and though you can buy ebooks from them, you can also import your own. Reads almost everything. :]

Do you know how to do it w/o internet/email on my blackberry?

thanks!

actually, you can just take a picture. If you do that, skip down to the purple writing :}
Or even..there's a thread on here, I was just on yesterday
Cute Wallpapers :}
I actually liked page 15. I think it was cuz there was Big Bang xD
you right click what you want, and then click Save Image As..
(and then give it a name)

Once you save the image, connect via USB and then go to Blackberry Desktop (when you first get your blackberry, unless you want to keep it free of updates/upgrades, you should install the CD that came with it. There should be a CD that says something like that)
If you don't have the CD, go to the Blackberry website..or even just search Blackberry. And then download the desktop...it shouldn't be that hard. Just get the latest desktop thing, it's.. 4.6?


Anyway, once you go to Blackberry Desktop, go to Media Managing.. there should be 2 divisions. (one on top, which has your computer files, and the bottom which has your phone's files)
click to where you saved the image (ie desktop if you saved it there)
and then click "pictures" (depending on if you have a media card. if you dont have a media card, just click pictures.. if you do, click Blackberry and then pictures)
Once you click Blackberry's pictures, and you have a media card, you should have some pictures that you already took on the bottom screen, unless you saved it onto your phone memory.
You can choose to save it either one, but I prefer the media card one.. anyway, just click your image and then click "copy down".


Once you have your picture, go to the picture that you just got/took and then click the blackberry button (left of the trackball) and then scroll to "set as homepage" and then get out.. and it should be in your homepage :]


If you need anymore clarifications, feel free to PM me. I've had my blackberry for almost a year now. (My parents used a contract deal and refurbished phone to get it for free)

Ah i found the mistake, it only vibrates first thennnnnn it rings.

just sharing wallpapers



all cropped/made by me

^ i LOVE the robot one! this thread is so cool XD

too bad i can't go on the internet nor do i have a memory card to transfer the wallpapers & ringtones on it D:

btw, i have a curve with at&t and i've had it since last year. i used to be able to go on the internet when i first got it, but then my mom freaked out and took SOMETHING off. she said if the bill gets high again cause i go on the internet, i'll get my phone taken away, so i was scared to LOL.
but i have so much stuff i want to put on it, so i tried going on the browser. it would load for a little, then a message popped up saying:

"you are not currently in an area that can handle data communication. as a result, the browser cannot retrieve any web pages"

i try going on it at different places cause maybe it doesn't have good signal? but it's like that everywhere o___o; so i don't really know what's wrong.

i thought you can still go on it even if you don't have a data plan, cause my brother goes on his chocolate phone to download ringtones or whatever, but he has to pay extra for the data charges.
weeeird >___>