Tips and Tricks Thread for the 8130

[scottb]

Originally Posted by afdrookie

No, it seems as though the magnet has something to do with it? Not sure why???
Rick

Oh, OK. I never use the case so the magnet never comes into play for me.

[ong-gia]

Originally Posted by garyaa

When I put my Verizon 8130 in Standby, it is easily knocked out of standby - for instance pulling it out of the case or out of your pocket presses some buttons (I htink in conjunction with trackball depression) and the unit comes out of standby and starts executing unintended operations, depending which keys were depresssed. anyone else have this?

Try holding the * button to lock the keys instead of standby. To unlock you need to push the * then the green phone button in that order so it won't happen by chance.

I just tested it and you can holster and unholster it without the magnet making the keys unlock and you can still get calls and even use your mp3 player with the keys locked. (the volume still works).


Eli

[Skippy7572]

New here to the forum. I was wondering if you can turn off that beeping chime the phone makes after you push the talk button to make a call?

[luon0010]

Just wondering if anyone knew if this was a phone issue or a service issue?

I can send, but i can't recieve.....

[JerZGirl]

these are great. Thanks guys. I have had my BB8130 for less than a month and this thread is extremely helpful.

Keep em coming...

[Sherry Hardgrave]

Can anyone tell me how I can set the music icon in the media file to the home screen?

THANKS!!

[truckman]

maybe i missed it but i downloaded a program for my phone off my internet and when i try to transfer it to my phone it just gives me an error message, it wont transfer to the phone no matter what i do, can someone help me out this is really startin to get on my nerves

[enrich2u]

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 sacrifices a full-QWERTY keyboard to attain its very appealing smaller size. But don’t be fooled by the tiny keyboard, it is amazingly powerful. But you need to practice some tips and tricks to be proficient with it. AutoText is accessed from the Options icon on the display. Here is an excerpt from the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Smartphone User Guide: AutoText is designed to replace specific text that you type with preloaded AutoText entries. If you type text that can be replaced with an AutoText entry, the text changes after you press the Space key.

[brphilips]

How do I get voice notes received through Blackberry Messenger to play through the earpiece and not speaker?

[thundrbird1]

To silence that key tone go to options/screen/keyboard/key tone then select off.

[sonabraham]

To call a phone number in a web page – highlight number – press menu – find “call xxxxx number.

[BillyB]

I am brand new to the forum and to Blackberry. I have the 8130 VZ Pearl.

What do you mean/how can you get programs down loaded on your computer to your blackberry?

I should also mention that as of yesterday, I gave up my rotary telephone phone, my am transister radio, and am glad I don't have to get up and change the channel on my black and white TV anymore...

[adgreen3830]

I currently have a company 8130 and they tell me that MMS messaging is an added feature, just wondering if anyone knows if I can get this feature somehow / somewhere. If not now, I have heard that within a couple of months Sprint may have this feature available in the normal text package.....Anyone know??

[wpwoodjr]

MMS comes with my $5/month 200 txt msgs plan on Verizon

[STYLN]

Whats the difference between a SMS text msg and MMS text msg? I have both options on my fone, is 1 better than the other or something?