How to make the 8350i work with Boost Mobile Tutorial-Revised.

**hightack** · 02-09-2010, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Jcperez602

Everything works great. Just one question about the internet browser does it only work on wifi or did i do something wrong? Is there a setting to this or what? i dont have wifi at home so yea let me know thanks in advance

You should be able to switch between the Hotspot (wifi) and the mobile browser.

**Jcperez602** · 02-09-2010, 03:43 PM

Yea figured it out thanks

**maxte24** · 02-11-2010, 09:44 AM

hi everyone ive had my phone with boost for 7 months everything worked till recently now i cant get picture messages from some people does anyone no whats going on?

**ambertn333** · 02-12-2010, 04:15 PM

I have tried to follow the instructions to get my 8350i to work, but I cannot open the service book files. It tried to opent his morning and an error message pops up and now everytime I try to open the file it goes to Adobe Reader and says file is unsupported or damaged.

**hightack** · 02-12-2010, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by ambertn333

I have tried to follow the instructions to get my 8350i to work, but I cannot open the service book files. It tried to opent his morning and an error message pops up and now everytime I try to open the file it goes to Adobe Reader and says file is unsupported or damaged.

You need a program like Winrar, or 7-zip to open the file.

**ambertn333** · 02-12-2010, 05:44 PM

Ok, I got the winrar thing, but how do I stop Adobe from trying to open the file?

**oney** · 02-12-2010, 10:13 PM

tried it today and i have text working and all.. maybe im lucky

**ambertn333** · 02-13-2010, 11:35 AM

This seems like a big hassle to me. I cannot even get the file to open on my computer to begin with.

**hightack** · 02-13-2010, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by ambertn333

This seems like a big hassle to me. I cannot even get the file to open on my computer to begin with.

Drag the file to the Winrar icon, or open Winrar and go to where file is located and click on it to unzip.

**drkPulse6** · 02-13-2010, 07:56 PM

i've been using the blackberry 7520 from nextel on boost for the past two or three months using all the same stuff, including the service books, but one of them didnt install right. i dont care because all the features that i wanted worked great. i just bought the blackberry 8350i and will be receiving it anyday soon. the shangmail didnt work because it didnt install right. and the web i used opera mini for just surfing, and when i wanted to download something, i switched to the native browser. the bummer part of the native browser on the 7520 is that for some reason it didnt want to work unless i made it think that it logged in to the wifi settings or whatever. which is funny because the 7520 doesnt have wifi. but it would log in just fine and i would be able to download apps and pics and midi ringtones. i would never try to download a video because we all know the 7520 prolly wouldnt be able to handle any vid client period. unless someone found something. just putting that out there for those of you who want a backup phone but still want all the neat blackberry features. i cant wait to get my 8350i

**abescustoms** · 02-15-2010, 02:13 AM

right on got my phone to work about time someone does this for us blackberry idiots sorry for the language but i new at these and not a compuetr gadget type of guy this link made it easy thanks guys

**Juniore2010** · 02-16-2010, 12:08 AM

Hey guys, did you know that Boost Mobile is now launching the Blackberry 8330 as CDMA. So hopefully some smart tech wizz will be able to take the service books off that phone and upload them here for us to use. Since Boost Mobile is now carrying blackberrys(its the end of the world) then they should also have a dedicated RIM server for blackberry messenger, etc....And the best part about all this is that us 8350i users can use the service for 50$ a month or pay as you go, but the 8330 users have to use the service for 60$ a month etc. Well I give it a couple of months before we can have everything working on our 8350i's

**hightack** · 02-16-2010, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Juniore2010

Hey guys, did you know that Boost Mobile is now launching the Blackberry 8330 as CDMA. So hopefully some smart tech wizz will be able to take the service books off that phone and upload them here for us to use. Since Boost Mobile is now carrying blackberrys(its the end of the world) then they should also have a dedicated RIM server for blackberry messenger, etc....And the best part about all this is that us 8350i users can use the service for 50$ a month or pay as you go, but the 8330 users have to use the service for 60$ a month etc. Well I give it a couple of months before we can have everything working on our 8350i's

The service books from the Boostmobile Blackberry will not get you BBM. There is no way to do it because it is controlled by PIN. Secondly, people are already using Sprint 8330's on the $50.00 CDMA unlimited, and PAYGO Boost Mobile Plans.

**phoneguy1180** · 02-18-2010, 10:32 AM

I'm doing it correctly browser's working but for some reason the "send mms" option is missing. I was able to do it on older version. I've only had trouble with the new version. Already tried wiping it and have done the steps multiple times.

**hightack** · 02-18-2010, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by phoneguy1180

I'm doing it correctly browser's working but for some reason the "send mms" option is missing. I was able to do it on older version. I've only had trouble with the new version. Already tried wiping it and have done the steps multiple times.

What do you mean by "old version" and "new version"? Is that for the phone or the service books?

**drkPulse6** · 02-18-2010, 03:03 PM

omg i got my bb 8350i and am using it right now

it works like a miracle! thnx a bunch!!!

**phoneguy1180** · 02-19-2010, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by hightack

What do you mean by "old version" and "new version"? Is that for the phone or the service books?

The Phone....using version 4.6.1.313(459)

**hightack** · 02-19-2010, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by phoneguy1180

The Phone....using version 4.6.1.313(459)

I can tell you from my experience in doing several 8350i's, you may be missing a step in installing the service books if you do not get MMS. Usually people forget to enter Legacy Restore Mode, delete the service book entry in DM and to delete all of the service books on the phone, before adding the new service books.

**weezie8681** · 02-27-2010, 09:25 AM

i only had 22 books upload into my phone what can I do? Everything seems to be working fine now despite the missing book.

**hightack** · 02-27-2010, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by weezie8681

i only had 22 books upload into my phone what can I do? Everything seems to be working fine now despite the missing book.

22 is OK. The book you are missing won't affect the operation of the phone.

**Vickytoria3112** · 02-28-2010, 10:53 AM

I know I may sound dumb when saying this but I want to be 100% sure I'm doing the right thing. I don't have a BB YET because of conflicting information from other forums. Can I purchase a new BB 8350i straight from nextel and all this information you provided still work. Or would I have to buy a used unlocked BB? Thnks in advance.

**Jlincberry** · 03-01-2010, 11:26 PM

Hello,

I did everything on your post to get my 8350 to work on boost. it worked great !!! I love it!!!, but after the change somehow when I make a call from my contacts list it adds a + in front of the number(+210-342-1111) therefore I can't get thro, I tried calling my other cell phone and I got nothing. I did hear the ringing on my 8350, I waited for a long time to see if my other phone would ring. It never did! Now when I type the number in manually it goes through with no problem. I tried over and over again to other numbers in my contacts it does the samething. Have you ever seen this happen before? Is there something that I can do to fix this.
Any suggestion? PLEASE!!! HELP!!
THX

**piloso** · 03-02-2010, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by Jlincberry

Hello,

I did everything on your post to get my 8350 to work on boost. it worked great !!! I love it!!!, but after the change somehow when I make a call from my contacts list it adds a + in front of the number(+210-342-1111) therefore I can't get thro, I tried calling my other cell phone and I got nothing. I did hear the ringing on my 8350, I waited for a long time to see if my other phone would ring. It never did! Now when I type the number in manually it goes through with no problem. I tried over and over again to other numbers in my contacts it does the samething. Have you ever seen this happen before? Is there something that I can do to fix this.
Any suggestion? PLEASE!!! HELP!!
THX

Your answer is in the first page of this thread...you missed it...

"Your phone will not allow you to make a call from saved contacts unles you do this:
green call buttom
menu
options
smart dialing...change country code to "unknown"