PK & Friends Tips, Tricks & Help Thread

[AUDIBERRY]

Originally Posted by lyoko37

Please report your findings back. I would be interested to see just how much of a variance these steps have.

so before i read the battery pull - i had dropped to 50.1megs of memory...completed pk's list - back up to 54.7 esepcially since my mem cleaning was DISABLED as a default...just did a batt pull - 5min to reboot - checking now.

[AUDIBERRY]

Originally Posted by AUDIBERRY

so before i read the battery pull - i had dropped to 50.1megs of memory...completed pk's list - back up to 54.7 esepcially since my mem cleaning was DISABLED as a default...just did a batt pull - 5min to reboot - checking now.

54.3 Mgs at the moment..seems more stable and faster.

[pkcable]

Originally Posted by kakjea

I think this is a great thread. I was wondering if maybe you might have some answers for me on a few issues I have with this phone.

1: My Visual Voice Mail even when turned up all the way; the sound is really low. I have to use it in speaker mode to hear anything. I have upgraded the software to the 114 hybrid 2 but it was still the same quality when I had the factory software installed.

Could be an issue with the speaker itself, does it have issues in calls or at other times also? Look in to a program called youmail, it works like VVM, but in some ways it's more robust AND it's free YouMail ) Voicemail You Love

2: Does anyone know of a way to disable the acceloramator? I dont really like it that much and would rather have it in suretype mode all the time.

Can not be done at this time, BUT many have requested this feature, maybe with a RIM update?

3: When talking on the phone I often rest the phone between my ear and shoulder. I always end up pushing the screen and muting or similar. Is there a way to disable the touch screen during a phone call?

There are several 3rd party apps that do this for you and they are either free or only a couple bucks, talklock and stormlock both come right to mind. You will find them in the 3rd Party Apps thread

I belive that is all for now but other than that, I love the phone.

Thanks again for your help...

My answers are in bold.

[flashman03]

PK help me out with this.

Quote:
Originally Posted by flashman03
Alright, I did the .113 upload and resent my service books, registered the HRT and still get a message saying

"Your device does not currently have any browser configuration service book entries. Please contact your service provider to enable the browser on your device."

What else do I need to do to get the browser working again? Kind of figured that with the batt pull, resending the service books, registering the HRT again would have done the trick. What am I missing?

With this I did tip two in PK's thread
PK's Tips, Tricks & Help Thread

I have already done the long way and still have no browser like it says in my quote. I did the first method which is run the diagnostic and it says

"Radio Data Activation: No" Does that mean I have no radio file on my phone and if so what happened in upgrading to .113? I am getting my email so I dont understand what is going on.

Should I redo the unlock procedures for ATT or do you know of a better way besides what I have already tried.

[pkcable]

Originally Posted by flashman03

PK help me out with this.

Quote:
Originally Posted by flashman03
Alright, I did the .113 upload and resent my service books, registered the HRT and still get a message saying

"Your device does not currently have any browser configuration service book entries. Please contact your service provider to enable the browser on your device."

What else do I need to do to get the browser working again? Kind of figured that with the batt pull, resending the service books, registering the HRT again would have done the trick. What am I missing?

With this I did tip two in PK's thread
PK's Tips, Tricks & Help Thread

I have already done the long way and still have no browser like it says in my quote. I did the first method which is run the diagnostic and it says

"Radio Data Activation: No" Does that mean I have no radio file on my phone and if so what happened in upgrading to .113? I am getting my email so I dont understand what is going on.

Should I redo the unlock procedures for ATT or do you know of a better way besides what I have already tried.

Yes you MAY need to unlock again, but first try the steps in this thread by pltaylor (our latest Genius of Geniuses), and ask him for help, he monitors the thread....

http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/[b][/b][b][/b]...rm-95xx-107154

[flashman03]

Originally Posted by pkcable

Yes you MAY need to unlock again, but first try the steps in this thread by pltaylor (our latest Genius of Geniuses), and ask him for help, he monitors the thread....

http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/[b][/b][b][/b]...rm-95xx-107154

That where I took my info from. He seemed to be caught up in others at the time of my post so I have been waiting for his response. Im not worried about it being unlocked, once that is done I have read you dont have to do that anymore. It was more or less if you had any knowledge on getting the browser to work without having to go through the motions of his thread.

[pkcable]

Ok try this, it's a LONG shot, turn off the radio and then turn it back on, It's under Setup and Manage Connections.

[holtztwins]

PK, I dont really have any qiestions at this time..I Know, Suprising! But I really wanted to thank you for all the help you have given me through PM. You have made my first BB experience that much more enjoyable

[pkcable]

Originally Posted by holtztwins

PK, I dont really have any qiestions at this time..I Know, Suprising! But I really wanted to thank you for all the help you have given me through PM. You have made my first BB experience that much more enjoyable

No problemo! Email or PM anytime!

[DRZeran]

Originally Posted by pkcable

Sounds like you MAY need to go to your providers BIS site and delete and then re-add that email address here's a link to take you there....

https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=bell

Thank you, that worked. I deleted it then re-added it and now I can receive emails from myself through Outlook on my pc.

[lishabrndn]

so...i have a storm hooked up to us cellular cdma network. EVERYTHING works perfectly except...i can not send or receive mms messages. I dont have a service book for it either. i tried re-registering my phone...nothing. tried diagnostics...nada. i am operating on .75 OS. i had a blackberry 8330 with them before the storm and transferred and backed that one up to put the service books and such on the storm. i have to bb plan and edited the cdma settings to mimick that of one from uscc. what can i do to fix this? also, my mobile network still displays verizon. when i do a prl update is says that it is with us cellular. why? i have a friend who hooked one up to att and her phone displays that it is on att network.

[Beleva]

PK, thank you for taking the time to do this for all the newbies. When everyone is jumping on us for not knowing everything you are there to help us out...thank you!

[pkcable]

Originally Posted by lishabrndn

so...i have a storm hooked up to us cellular cdma network. EVERYTHING works perfectly except...i can not send or receive mms messages. I dont have a service book for it either. i tried re-registering my phone...nothing. tried diagnostics...nada. i am operating on .75 OS. i had a blackberry 8330 with them before the storm and transferred and backed that one up to put the service books and such on the storm. i have to bb plan and edited the cdma settings to mimick that of one from uscc. what can i do to fix this? also, my mobile network still displays verizon. when i do a prl update is says that it is with us cellular. why? i have a friend who hooked one up to att and her phone displays that it is on att network.

I don't know off hand, BUT I do know who can help you, his name is pltaylor and he wrote the tutorials for getting the Storm to work on ATT & Tmobile. He's a phone hacker extrodinair! Go to one of those 2 threads in the Storm How Too Forum, and post the question there and he will answer you.

Originally Posted by Beleva

PK, thank you for taking the time to do this for all the newbies. When everyone is jumping on us for not knowing everything you are there to help us out...thank you!

I still remember being a noob myself. I think when I get to 5000 posts and they let you choose a custom title I'm gonna pick Forever Newbie, or maybe even CrackBerry Newbie (and REALLY keep them guessing) Thanks for the kind words!

[Airedog]

A useful function of the UltraClip and Vaja Balance case configuration is that you can put your Storm on your desk, with the screen at roughly 70 degrees to the desktop, in a horizontal orientation. Easy to read and scroll.

[rob.christie]

Originally Posted by DRZeran

I ran the diagnostics test a few minutes ago and then tried again to send email from outlook express to my blackberry account, but I still get a delivery status notification email back saying it can't be delivered.

Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table'

How long should it take to start working after you run the diagnostics?

This is the email I get sent when trying to reply to the email from my BB.


The following message to <drzeran@bell.blackberry.net> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.1 <drzeran@bell.blackberry.net>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table'

Originally Posted by pkcable

Sounds like you MAY need to go to your providers BIS site and delete and then re-add that email address here's a link to take you there....

https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=bell

I ran into this problem after the BIS 2.6 upgrade last weekend. I ended up having to call VZW and get them to transfer me to the BB level 2 support folks. They deleted and re-added my vzw.blackberry.net account for me. Make sure you get BB support to do this on your BIS account for you because if you try to delete your blackberry.net account yourself through the BIS website, you will have to choose a different address when you recreate it. For some reason, when you delete it, it stays around in the system so if you try to add the same address after you delete it, it will tell you that address is already taken.