How to Upgrade and Load A Blackberry OS

The following steps assume that you already have the operating system installed to your computer. If you do not, please download and install the OS to your computer to ensure that you are installing a clean version to your phone. To download the OS, go to your carrier's download site, available here:

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp.

1. Before you do anything, back up your BlackBerry device.  Open the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and select Backup and Restore.  On the next screen select Backup and perform a full backup of your device data.  Note where the backup file is located (usually in the Documents folder).  Close the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and leave your device plugged in.
2. Open Windows Explorer and go to the following folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader\ and open the Loader.exe file.  In Vista 64-bit computers, the file is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader.  Depending on your computer's settings, you may need to show hidden folders (under File > Options for Windows XP or Organize > Folder and Search Options in Windows Vista).
3. After the device configuration has been retrieved, you will be on the Device Application Selection page.  You may scroll through the list to ensure all the applications you want are selected.  You can also de-select any applications you don't use to save space.  Click Next.
4. On the next page, click on the Advanced button.  Ensure that both boxes (Delete all application data and Delete all currently installed applications) are checked.  Click Next.
5. Proceed with the OS reinstall.  Note that this process may take 10-30 minutes (usually ~10 minutes).  Do not disconnect the device.
6. Once the process is complete, re-open the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.  Select Backup and Restore and open the Restore application.  Select the file to restore (Backup-(Year-Month-Day).ipd) and click open.  Follow the steps to restore your device.
7. Re-enable your device connection by going to Manage Connections and turn on your Mobile Network.  Re-download any missing applications and re-connect to any BlueTooth devices and you're done.

That's it.  You should now be back up and running.  Note that this process will delete all your third party applications, hence why you need to redownload any missing applications.  WE recommend pulling your battery out for 15-30 seconds after this process is complete to ensure the device is running smooth.

It’s advisable to delete the vendor.xml before loading up the OS at : C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader\ vendor.xml.

We hope this helps those of you looking for a complete and easy to follow set of steps for reloading your operating system.  This process typically takes ~30-40 minutes to complete

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Link a Facebook friend to an existing contact on the BlackBerry smartphone

Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones is designed to allow BlackBerry smartphone users to create a link between a Facebook friend and that friend's existing contact information in the Contacts application on the BlackBerry smartphone. Once the friend is linked, the BlackBerry smartphone user can highlight the contact in the Contacts application, display the menu, and select Facebook. The following options are available:

• Send Messages
• Write on Wall
• Poke

To link a Facebook friend to an existing contact in the Contacts application, complete the following steps:

1. In the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones application, click the Friends icon.
2. Click on the friend's name, or click the Menu key.
3. Click Connect to BlackBerry Contact.
   
4. Click Select Contact.
   
5. In the Select Address list, click the contact that you want to add.

To remove the link between the Facebook friend and the contact, complete the following steps:

1. In the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones applications, click the Friends icon.
2. Click on the friend's name, or click the Menu key.
3. Click Disconnect from BlackBerry Contact.

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Push and email notifications are received for the same item, or no notification is received when using Facebook® for BlackBerry® smartphones

When using Facebook for BlackBerry 1.8 or 1.9,  either no notifications are received for wall post, comments, messages, tags, etc., or push notifications and email notifications are received for the same item on the BlackBerry smartphone.

To enable push notifications and disable all other notification:

1. Open Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones
2. Press the BlackBerry key and select Options from the menu.
3. Scroll down to the Facebook notifications section, and select the Facebook notifications checkbox if not checked
4. To ensure that all other types of notifications are disabled, click on Turn off all Facebook Email Notifications
5. Save the changes made and exit

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BlackBerry status icons-Handheld Status Icons

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BlackBerry status icons-Battery

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BlackBerry Messenger Maintenance from 2PM to 9PM on Dec 4th

BlackBerry Messenger Maintenance from 2PM to 9PM on Dec 4th 

The maintenance is being done to upgrade BlackBerry Messenger. All regions will be impacted during the maintenance.

Impact to BlackBerry Messenger users

During the maintenance, there's a downtime of 240 minutes. Users might be unable to

Update Avatars
Backup and restore data
Perform registration 

This maintenance does not impact sending or receiving BBM messages.

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Bbugmy Admin


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Hoax message circulating on BlackBerry Messenger

A hoax message circulating on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) asks users to
forward on the BBM message to their contacts in order to maintain BBM
service, and claims to have been originally sent by Research In Motion
(RIM).

Rest assured that this BBM message did not originate from RIM and that it
does not impact the security of BlackBerry smartphones. It is simply a hoax
chain message. Unfortunately, many social networking applications face this
scenario, whereby any message, including a hoax message, can be forwarded to
a user from one of their contacts. We recommend that users simply ignore the
message and do not forward it.


Ignore this message and do not forward it.

http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB21856
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Eid al-Adha Mubarak

Seperti Ibrahim AS mahu mengurbankan Ismail AS kerana diperintahkan Allah berbuat demikian, begitulah semua umat Islam dituntut berkurban untuk memberikan sedikit kegembiraan kepada golongan yang tidak berkemampuan.

Salam eid-ul adha kepada semua fans yang beragama Islam. Semoga raya kurban kali ini terus menerus memberikan kita kesedaran dan berkat.
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BlackBerry Bold 9780 with Non-Touchscreen OS 6

Celcom is selling Blackberry Bold 9780 for RM1188 at GoMobile Expo.
Celcom is the 1st Telco in Malaysia (in fact, it is the 1st in South East Asia) to launch this latest Blackberry model from RIM.

Please see below for the special packages from Celcom:

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