BoostBerry 8350i Workarounds

[michelbites]

This How to will combat the email, internet and text messaging problem that you get when you plug in a 8350i into the Boost Mobile network.

Email:
I found that using the Gmail application works great for notifying you of incoming email and text messages (this part will be addressed last). All you have to do is run to http://m.google.com/ and install the Gmail app to get all the functions of Gmail. It will even notify you of incoming messages if you go to your Profile and setup the alert options.

Internet:
I found using Opera mini is the best for getting around on the net if your not near a Wifi spot. If you go to http://mini.opera.com you can download the latest version there. How ever there is one little bug. The menu will not show up, I have read somewhere that if you hold the "Q" button down a list of available functions will show up. Which it does I tried it. You will just have to get by with this until there is a fix out.

I am not sure about BOLT Browser Bolt Browser as I find it very slow to load pages and hard to use on this device.

Text Messaging, SMS and Chat:
There are two options. One is Instango instango.com - Mobile Instant Messaging an all in one messenger and SMS client. And then there is Beejive Beejive - instant messaging anywhere. Just a IM client. I would use instango for this but it runs the battery down very quickly and Beejive seems to do a better job at keeping my battery life.

If you use a program called Beejive. It doesn't cost money to receive a text or SMS but it also has instant messaging which is free and easy to use. It will talk to Google Talk, AIM, MSN, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and Jabber clients. I chat on it all the time. Works great with wifi or not.

So what I did was I signed up for the instango service and got the email address they provide for free. I then used Beejive to sign into the instango jabber server. Then I set up the forwarding to the email address and when I get a text it pops right up to my Beejive IM. As for sending messages it doesn't. But I just go to Google Voice and send free Text messages from there

Forward incoming Text Messaging:
I copied this from another forum but if you wish to see the orginal post go here: HowardForums: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Text message work around for 8350i and all other (Boost iden) phones!!!!

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I know we are not getting what we pay for in the texting department so I think I have found a way to go around it. I know this works on my Blackberry 8350i and I'm sure it will work on any phone that is able to download and use the google mail app, or if you want to send text/mms strait to your email.

1) Go to Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, and Wireless Calling Plans from Sprint and on the home page find, "Need to register for access?". The next page will ask you to enter your phone number to receive a text message. Enter your boost mobile phone number.

2) Once you enter your phone number you will be taken to a page that ask for all you personal information. FILL IT OUT COMPLETELY!!! <~~~Very important!!!! Enter a user name and password. The last segment of the page is, Set up account management. This is where the magic starts to happen. Under "Identify your phone:" , select your model and phone (8350i users select other). Then enter your SIM ID. At the bottom select the option "I am not the account holder"!!!! (It may sound weird but it is the only way to make it work since Boost Mobile uses a 4 digit pin and Nextel uses a 6 digit pin.") Of course click continue.

3) Go to http://mms.nextel.com/mms and sign in using the user name and password created before. Once in you can setup your MMS to be forwarded to an email address of your choosing.

I personally use the Gmail app. It only polls once every 30 min but at least I can get text messages with my Blackberry 8350i. Hope this helps.

Also It seemed like it may have taken 24 hrs to update but once it did I get all my messages on my email and my phone.
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I hope that this helps all the people out there that are looking for a way around the problems of not having BIS or BES.

BONUS:
Here is a list of programs I find useful and you can get them free.
Google Maps - http://m.google.com/
Google Snyc - http://m.google.com/
Weather Eye - http://tinyurl.com/63o2gt
BerryTorch - BerryTorch - Personal Productivity BlackBerry Software - Crackberry Store
TIPMaster - TIP Master 1.0.1 | BlackBerry Freeware Directory
MobiPocket Reader - Mobipocket
Facebook - BlackBerry - Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones
MySpace - MySpace for BlackBerry Smartphones
iheatmusic - Your iPhone & BlackBerry are Now Radios - iHeartMusic.com 750+ Radio Stations, Videos & More

[trayrob21]

is the eqo program free for texting with boost unlimited???

[michelbites]

Originally Posted by trayrob21

is the eqo program free for texting with boost unlimited???

I dont have boost unlimited and I don't get charged for using it sooo... I am not sure...

[Roland1969]

sorry about this but you need to read more........


It does cost money to send a text or SMS to someone (.10 cents per) but it also has instant messaging

[michelbites]

Originally Posted by Roland1969

sorry about this but you need to read more........


It does cost money to send a text or SMS to someone (.10 cents per) but it also has instant messaging

Thats through the EQO service and not the use of the data packets being sent! Which is what I thought that you were talking about... EQO service charges you 10 cents a text message but not boost mobile because you are doing this through the web. Not Boost Mobile!

[justlovejoy]

hey now this is a really nice thread! don't have boost don't really wanna go back but just in case i find some one who does....

There it iz!-RunDMC

[michelbites]

Thanks just a collection of stuff I have read and stuck together to bypass all the boost problems...

[Jim1348]

Good posts. If you add Slacker Radio and Garmin Mobile you will have a great device for navigation and entertainment with a more reasonable monthly fee.

[justlovejoy]

i was really thinking about this earlier! i wanna put my gf on the $50 plan but she doesnt have a job to maintain it, but if we both were on it i can easily pay for both every month! then I'd lose the insurance and a whole bunch of stuff! Sprint got Nextel and Nextel got Boost but I'm staying with Nextel!

[dannyboy281]

how to you get google voice to work when i push the call button it sate unable to record voice

[dannyboy281]

it says you have to pay for beejive that its $20 so far i have opera mini, the google apps, mail, maps, etc., and instango downloaded i dont exactly know how to use instango but im gong to do the last step to forward messages i hope i can get this working i am also currently having problems with my contacts i saved the numbers starting with the area code or with 1 then the area code yet when i try to make an outbound call it wont let me just by selecting my contacts any answers

[dannyboy281]

how do you enable alert options to see when you get a email or text in your gmail account i fixed my problem with my contacts so i just need to know know how to work the text messaging

[dannyboy281]

looks like i received my first text messages today via gmail but it does not tell you who sent it it just a phone number you have to figure out who it was that sent it now i just need to know how to reply back and turn on voice search on the google app if any one reads this can you please reply

[dannyboy281]

Originally Posted by michelbites

This How to will combat the email, internet and text messaging problem that you get when you plug in a 8350i into the Boost Mobile network.

Email:
I found that using the Gmail application works great for notifying you of incoming email and text messages (this part will be addressed last). All you have to do is run to http://m.google.com/ and install the Gmail app to get all the functions of Gmail. It will even notify you of incoming messages if you go to your Profile and setup the alert options.

Internet:
I found using Opera mini is the best for getting around on the net if your not near a Wifi spot. If you go to http://mini.opera.com you can download the latest version there. How ever there is one little bug. The menu will not show up, I have read somewhere that if you hold the "Q" button down a list of available functions will show up. Which it does I tried it. You will just have to get by with this until there is a fix out.

I am not sure about BOLT Browser Bolt Browser as I find it very slow to load pages and hard to use on this device.

Text Messaging, SMS and Chat:
There are two options. One is Instango instango.com - Mobile Instant Messaging an all in one messenger and SMS client. And then there is Beejive Beejive - instant messaging anywhere. Just a IM client. I would use instango for this but it runs the battery down very quickly and Beejive seems to do a better job at keeping my battery life.

If you use a program called Beejive. It doesn't cost money to receive a text or SMS but it also has instant messaging which is free and easy to use. It will talk to Google Talk, AIM, MSN, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and Jabber clients. I chat on it all the time. Works great with wifi or not.

So what I did was I signed up for the instango service and got the email address they provide for free. I then used Beejive to sign into the instango jabber server. Then I set up the forwarding to the email address and when I get a text it pops right up to my Beejive IM. As for sending messages it doesn't. But I just go to Google Voice and send free Text messages from there

Forward incoming Text Messaging:
I copied this from another forum but if you wish to see the orginal post go here: HowardForums: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Text message work around for 8350i and all other (Boost iden) phones!!!!

--
I know we are not getting what we pay for in the texting department so I think I have found a way to go around it. I know this works on my Blackberry 8350i and I'm sure it will work on any phone that is able to download and use the google mail app, or if you want to send text/mms strait to your email.

1) Go to Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, and Wireless Calling Plans from Sprint and on the home page find, "Need to register for access?". The next page will ask you to enter your phone number to receive a text message. Enter your boost mobile phone number.

2) Once you enter your phone number you will be taken to a page that ask for all you personal information. FILL IT OUT COMPLETELY!!! <~~~Very important!!!! Enter a user name and password. The last segment of the page is, Set up account management. This is where the magic starts to happen. Under "Identify your phone:" , select your model and phone (8350i users select other). Then enter your SIM ID. At the bottom select the option "I am not the account holder"!!!! (It may sound weird but it is the only way to make it work since Boost Mobile uses a 4 digit pin and Nextel uses a 6 digit pin.") Of course click continue.

3) Go to http://mms.nextel.com/mms and sign in using the user name and password created before. Once in you can setup your MMS to be forwarded to an email address of your choosing.

I personally use the Gmail app. It only polls once every 30 min but at least I can get text messages with my Blackberry 8350i. Hope this helps.

Also It seemed like it may have taken 24 hrs to update but once it did I get all my messages on my email and my phone.
--

I hope that this helps all the people out there that are looking for a way around the problems of not having BIS or BES.

BONUS:
Here is a list of programs I find useful and you can get them free.
Google Maps - http://m.google.com/
Google Snyc - http://m.google.com/
Weather Eye - http://tinyurl.com/63o2gt
BerryTorch - BerryTorch - Personal Productivity BlackBerry Software - Crackberry Store
TIPMaster - TIP Master 1.0.1 | BlackBerry Freeware Directory
MobiPocket Reader - Mobipocket
Facebook - BlackBerry - Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones
MySpace - MySpace for BlackBerry Smartphones
iheatmusic - Your iPhone & BlackBerry are Now Radios - iHeartMusic.com 750+ Radio Stations, Videos & More

hey there michel i was hoping that maybe you can help me out with the problem i posted at the end of this thread which is the posts directly above this one thanks

[tprieto]

Hello my friends here are some links that might help ease the pain of having a NON BIS Blackberry.

sprintusers . com/ forum / showthread.php?t=183960

Bb. anworm . com

They have all the info needed on working around a NON BIS Blackberry, The only thing that i cant get working is SMS/MMS , Native Blackberry Messengers and AppWorld. But other than that my 8350i is a go ................Im still new so i cant post proper links yet :-/ thats why their malformed.....