[lmi1285]

After messing around with the settings I saw firewall settings. What's everyones view. Keep the firewall on or off?

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[raemax08]

Mine says it's off and I have had no problems such far. Anyone else?

[uncheels23]

i've heard to leave it on just to be safe

[lmi1285]

ya i turned mine on for the time being but does any one else have any info on this?

[jcj1]

turning it on protects you against people hacking your device, ala paris hilton's sidekick. does hurt to have on and can turn on/off at will and reset settings if block something to get working again. I have mine on

[lmi1285]

sooo thats how they get those pictures lol

[lush242000]

Firewalls are alike condoms. Most of the time the you don't need one, but that one time you did, you will be glad you were jumping with a chute.

[lmi1285]

great metaphor lol

[owlyn]

Mine is ON and has stopped 29 inbound SMS messages. I don't have an SMS plan, so this spam would have cost me (no one I know texts me).

[montpry]

Mine is on all the time, i love the condom metaphor!

[AJErvin12]

Last week I wasn't receiving email, but everything else was working fine. After several hours of investigation I discovered the firewall had blocked 26 BIS items. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, why does it happen?

AJErvin

[Mini2Go]

Mine is ON and has stopped 29 inbound SMS messages. I don't have an SMS plan, so this spam would have cost me (no one I know texts me).

Blocking inbound SMS is a separate setting from enabling the firewall. Same screen, different function.

I agree with the condom analogy. I also recently enabled my (previously considered 'annoying') device password for the same basic reason.

[sheepdog#WN]

I have a Pearl 8130 with Sprint. In addition, I purchased the BB Smart Email viewer. Unfortunately, when I test the connection with the "BES" setting iI get a failure message. Tech support at BB Smart suggested I try turning off the firewall on the phone but when I go into the firewall selection on the phone I can't get the the thing to turn off. I see a little red lock next to firewall, but it will not let me change it. Any help would be greatly apprecciated.

[Mini2Go]

I'm not a BES user or admin, but this sounds like a setting that your BES Admin controls and you won't be able to modify.

[sheepdog#WN]

You know what....that makes sense. Thanks for the feedback.