Things you didnt know about your Bold.

[FRUHD]

Originally Posted by jeffreii

I think he meant how to start a SMS message; similar to pressing "C" to start an email message.

This is one of those things I am surprised RIM doesn't have a shortcut for by now.

Bugged me too... so I rummaged forums and there's a program called "QSMS." Not willing to disable dialing from screen, so I just made the program a shortcut... added another icon, but I'd rather that than scroll through the menu:

"QSMS - Press 'Q' to Compose SMS
Just like you can hit ‘C’ to compose an email, you can use the ‘Q’ shortcut to compose an SMS!

To enable shortcut, please disable “Dial from home screen” option through Phone > Options. BlackBerry Pearl does not support shortcut, but you can still use QSMS through its icon or by assigning it to convenience key through Options > Screen/Keyboard.

OTA: @ berrycoder.com"

[digitalb0y]

Originally Posted by FRUHD

Ooooh crap. I did this and now I can't figure out how to go back to normal mode... Please message me? This is awful...

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Man, I'm sorry. That was really mean of me. I was attempting to be funny, and I sincerely meant to watch the thread so I could help anyone who didn't catch my sarcasm, then I forgot to watch it. I probably shouldn't have said that in the first place, and definitely should have posted this fix:

As long as dialing from the homescreen is disabled, just press O to open your options, and then T for theme. Then re-enable whatever theme you like to use. Otherwise you'll have to navigate to them using those ugly icons you now have. The shortcut I posted disables the Theme, so there's nothing telling the phone how to organize your icons, how to color your menus, etc. Your phone is fully functional, but it's ugly as sin.

To anyone I caused heartache with what in retrospect was a foolish joke, I sincerely apologize. I'm going to have to start limiting my late night, sleep-deprived, feeble attempts to be fun silly and not mean silly.

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[Mos Sincere]

Great thread with some great tips!

Originally Posted by 4eign

didnt bother reading to see if this was posted but...

open a text and type
mypin and hit space and your pin will show up

Just to add.. you can actually type this anywhere your able to write text and it will come up.

You also have

mynumber: displays your number
myver: displays OS
ld: local date
lt: local time
usrid: User ID (If you've set one)

Another tip that i haven't seen posted is if you don't use the holster for you BB, hold the Mute key at the top of your phone and it puts it on standby.

[MikeGomez]

Great info I just spend almost all morning reading and now I'm ready to keep playing with my bold
This thread should be in new user info so it wont be hard to find it againg. Thanks for all the tips

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[rich225]

love it maaaaaan

[happy_gilmore]

How do i highlight a non text field in dimensions today theme on my home screen?

Messages
(this is the blank field i want highlighted)
Calendar

Call Log

[BB_BoldLover64]

Originally Posted by ADDICT2BOLD

Hold Left Alt + Shift down and press H

You'll see phone information, pin, imei, etc. You also see your battery as a percent in that screen.

Press Left Alt + Left Shift and you switch to only numbers. You don't need to keep hitting alt to press them.
Press Left Alt + Right Shift and IT SWITCHES TO ALL CAPS. YOU GET THE IDEA NOW. LoL

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i always wanted to know how to type in caps lock without holding down the shift key THANK U

[white9000]

Originally Posted by wildCOUNTRY

Anyone have a way to change the battery meter to a percentage?

Gotta do it with a theme.

[elnino86]

Hi, what I dont understand is why I cant get those keyboard shortcuts to work. The Q for profiles and the A for lock works perfect, but a few pages back someone posted a shortcut for nearly every key. I have disabled dial from home screen but when I press the shortcut button it still asks if I want to assign a speed dial to that key?

Anyone else having this issue?

Thanks

[Don_Ignacio]

Originally Posted by bt224

Sometimes by accident, mostly reading here.

but how do people you read tips from, find those out?

Great topic!
Bookmarking.......... NOW!

[jeffreii]

Originally Posted by Don_Ignacio

but how do people you read tips from, find those out?

Great topic!
Bookmarking.......... NOW!

Years of BlackBerry knowledge I guess. And stuff like this PDF.

[eazymac]

Originally Posted by Virtualben

After spending the last ten minutes trying every possible key combination this doesn't seem to be an option. What I did dicover though is if your running
.247 and are in the sms/mms folder, a quick double tap of the menu key and you are ready to text. Also for those not aware pressing R on a text that somebody sent will set up a reply.

Actually, if you're in the sms list, hitting T then the Enter key (not together) will take you to the top of the list then start a new sms. Use that all the time (also works for emails, etc).

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[MD-berry]

To make it even faster,dial 911 and hang up right away. Your connection will be restore in less than a minute

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[eazymac]

Typing K in the browser brings up your bookmarks, too.

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[jeffreii]

Originally Posted by eazymac

Actually, if you're in the sms list, hitting T then the Enter key (not together) will take you to the top of the list then start a new sms. Use that all the time (also works for emails, etc).

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The problem is that only works if your SMS inbox is seperate from your email inbox. If they are combined, that opens an email as if you had pressed "c"